Tag: What Was First
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Episode 1395: What Was First: 2 Tone Records
Gentleman, scholar and rock and roll animal Bud Verge wants to know what the first release on 2 Tone Records was. We answer.
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Episode 1390: What Was First: Bearsville Records
We celebrate Bearsville Records and Todd Rundgren’s birthday in today’s edition of What Was First. Bearsville was born in 1969 and Todd turns 73 today.
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Episode 1388: What Was First: ZTT Records
We close out the week with a new edition of What Was First focusing on groundbreaking electro-pop label ZTT Records.
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Episode 1380: What Was First: Sarah Records
We dive into another edition of What Was First, this time exploring the first release on what a recent documentary says was “possibly the most indie of all indie labels.” That would be Sarah Records.
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Episode 1379: What Was First: Island Records
We take a suggestion from some guy named Jim Lenahan to investigate the first release on Island Records; one of the most influential labels of all time.
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Episode 1378: What Was First: Triple X Records
We wrap up with week with a “bite-size history lesson” on Triple X Records. There is plenty to learn in this episode, including stuff about Jane’s Addiction, the Ramones, Dr. Dre and of course, Rhino 39.
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Episode 1375: What Was First: Murderecords
The last day of May takes us to another episode of What Was First, where we explore the first release record labels. Today, a suggestion from listener Damon Wood sends us to Canada, where we find out what was the first release on Murderecords, a label founded and run by the members of the band Sloan.
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Episode 1371: What Was First: Flying Nun Records
Thanks to many listener suggestions, Patrick explores the first release from New Zealand’s Flying Nun Records.
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Episode 1370: What Was First: SST Records
We wrap the week with the story of the first release on one of the most iconic indie labels of all time, California’s SST Records. We fly the flag for a raging slab of punk rock that came roaring out of Hermosa Beach and blazed a trail for countless non-conformists to follow.
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Episode 1369: What Was First: Bloodshot Records
We are back on the What Was First bus today, with an episode suggested by some weird guy from the suburbia, a Mr. Jim Lenahan. We travel back in time to Chicago in the year 1994 to hear the story of the very first release on Bloodshot Records.