Episodes
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Episode 2243: The Albums of 1975 Part Four: R&B, Funk and Country
This week, we tune our ears back 50 years to 1975 and flip through some of the albums released in that year. Each episode will examine those records from a different angle. In part four of the series, we take a closer look at some of the groundbreaking and influential records released in the country, funk and R&B genres in 1975.
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Episode 2242: The Albums of 1975 Part Three: The Listeners
This week, we tune our ears back 50 years to 1975 and flip through some of the albums released in that year. Each episode will examine those records from a different angle. Our listeners take center stage in the third installment of the series, chiming in with some of their favorite albums from 50 years ago.
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Episode 2241: The Albums of 1975 Part Two: The Critics
This week, we tune our ears back 50 years to 1975 and flip through some of the albums released in that year. Each episode will examine those records from a different angle. In the second part of the series, we run down some of the critical choices for best album of 1975, including lists from Paste, Rolling Stone and the Village Voice’s Pazz and Jop.
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Episode 2240: The Albums of 1975 Part One
This week, we tune our ears back 50 years to 1975 and flip through some of the albums released in that year. Each episode will examine those records from a different angle. In part one, we focus on the biggest selling LPs that hit the racks fifty years back.
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Episode 2239: The Day John Met Yoko
Patrick searched for the exact date that John Lennon went to a gallery in London to see a preview of an exhibition by an artist named Yoko Ono… and found that it might have been this day in 1966.
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Episode 2238: Golden Growl with Ron Winters
Patrick catches up with his old friend Ron Winters (formerly of Branch Manager) to discuss Ron’s new project, Golden Growl. There is a brand-new, limited-edition 7” single out now. Ron describes the inspiration behind the project and plans for the future.
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Episode 2237: They’re in Both! Who is in both the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
Patrick discovered recently that pianist Floyd Cramer had been inducted into both the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. That prompted him to seek out others who might be members of both Halls. In this episode, he gives you the list.
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Episode 2236: Sleepers II: Track-By-Track Part Two
Sleepers is a Maryland band featuring John Rossman – some listeners may know him as Intern John – who recently released a new record, Sleepers II. Jim and Patrick got together with John to go through the album track-by-track. In the second and concluding episode, we get insights on the six songs on the second side of the album.
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Episode 2235: Sleepers II: Track-By-Track Part One
Sleepers is a Maryland band featuring John Rossman – some listeners may know him as Intern John – who recently released a new record, Sleepers II. Jim and Patrick got together with John to go through the album track-by-track. In the first episode, the guys drop the needle on side one.
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Episode 2234: Halloween with John Carpenter and Goblin
In celebration of Halloween, we explore the origins of John Carpenter’s iconic theme for the 1978 movie “Halloween,” as well as music that may have inspired it – a 1977 soundtrack by the Italian band Goblin.