1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:13,240 Welcome to the Album Nerds podcast with your hosts, Andy, Don, and Dude. 2 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:14,960 420 bros. 3 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:16,840 Hello, it's Dude. 4 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:18,800 It's Album Nerds podcast. 5 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:20,960 I got Andy and Don with me. 6 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:23,440 We're going to be celebrating 420 but in a different way. 7 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:24,440 You guys ready? 8 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:26,720 Hey man, I can celebrate two things on one day. 9 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:27,720 It's no problem. 10 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:31,720 Are you excited for record store day, Don? 11 00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:33,120 Put the needle on the record. 12 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:34,120 Put the needle on the record. 13 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:35,120 Remember that song? 14 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:36,120 Pump up the volume. 15 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:37,120 Oh yes. 16 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:41,960 Yeah, that sound just like the sample. 17 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:42,960 That's why I was confused. 18 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:44,440 I thought you started the song. 19 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:46,320 Yeah, happens a lot. 20 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:49,520 All right, so this is the Album Nerds podcast. 21 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:55,000 We love talking about albums, the album format, and generally having some very healthy male 22 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:56,000 bonding. 23 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:57,000 Got a great show for you today. 24 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:04,000 We're going to be talking about record store day on April 20th and getting into some, getting 25 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:08,400 into three album picks that will be released on that day. 26 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:10,400 Don's going to ask us a deep question. 27 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:11,400 So deep. 28 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:16,120 We're going to do some shout outs to some album related items that we're digging and 29 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:20,040 then we're going to spin the wheel of musical discovery to find out what we'll talk about 30 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:21,040 next time. 31 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:24,120 But this week, it's all about record store day. 32 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:25,760 It's called a record store. 33 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:29,760 That's what I'm talking about. 34 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:36,160 Record store day is an annual event inaugurated in 2007 to celebrate the culture of the independently 35 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:37,400 owned record store. 36 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:42,720 It is held on one Saturday, every April and every Black Friday in November. 37 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:46,600 The day brings together fans, artists, and thousands of independent record stores around 38 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:47,600 the world. 39 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:51,860 Many records are pressed specifically for record store day with a list of releases for 40 00:01:51,860 --> 00:01:56,600 each country and are only distributed to shops participating in the event. 41 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:59,880 This year's record store day takes place on April 20th. 42 00:01:59,880 --> 00:02:04,560 And today, each of us will present an album that will have a special edition for record 43 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:05,880 store day 2024. 44 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:06,880 Yeah. 45 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:12,000 And to celebrate, we talked with a friend of the show, Benji, who's a record store owner 46 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:15,960 in Grand Haven, Michigan, off the record, it's the name of his store. 47 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:21,120 So why don't we hear from him and see what he has to say about RSD, as they call it, 48 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:24,640 the kids, the kids, the kids in the industry. 49 00:02:24,640 --> 00:02:26,520 So excited to be on the show. 50 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:27,520 Thank you for having me. 51 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:31,480 I'm excited to talk about record store day at off the record in Grand Haven. 52 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:33,360 It's a huge day for me. 53 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:34,800 I listen to the community. 54 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:36,760 I see what people want to have in here. 55 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:38,200 I go for those records. 56 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:42,120 And luckily this year, it's one of the best record store days I've seen. 57 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:43,400 So many titles coming out. 58 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:46,760 I'm personally always stoked on the jazz dispensaries. 59 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:48,800 That's one of my favorite ones that come. 60 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:51,200 I've got a bunch of those coming this year. 61 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:53,960 Dr. John's got Gris Gris Gumbo dropping. 62 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:54,960 That's one of my favorites. 63 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:59,360 And anything Grateful Dead, the Jerry Garcia band's Electric Eel is going to be dope. 64 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:03,920 But for us, that's a day for me too, to show appreciation to the vinyl community. 65 00:03:03,920 --> 00:03:08,000 That's a day for me to say thank you to all of the shop family that come in here. 66 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:11,160 So we'll have free food from Carvers in Grand Rapids. 67 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:16,320 They come out and they're going to be cooking epic tacos for us all day long, starting at 68 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:17,500 5 a.m. 69 00:03:17,500 --> 00:03:20,960 Our cafe will open at 5 a.m. so you can get a warm cup of coffee while you're waiting 70 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:21,960 in line. 71 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:22,960 The door's open at 8. 72 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:28,120 We're going to have some live music, get some free food, get a cup of coffee. 73 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:29,120 Let's have some fun. 74 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:30,440 And it's on 420. 75 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:31,920 That's my favorite day of the year. 76 00:03:31,920 --> 00:03:32,920 Like I am. 77 00:03:32,920 --> 00:03:38,800 Big thing too for me is make sure if you live in a certain community and you have a small 78 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:43,860 independent record store, go in on that record store day and buy these records that you can 79 00:03:43,860 --> 00:03:46,480 only get at those stores on that day. 80 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:48,880 You're not going to be at the big box stores. 81 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:51,040 That's why record store day is so important. 82 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:55,580 It's an opportunity for the small guys to get records for you that mean something. 83 00:03:55,580 --> 00:04:01,080 So be sure to support that local record store no matter where it's at and show up. 84 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:05,280 420 is going to be a day and there's amazing albums dropping. 85 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:06,280 Amazing. 86 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:10,200 So keep talking about records and have me on your show live one of these days because 87 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:12,680 I want to talk some shit with you guys. 88 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:14,400 Hopefully get to talk to you all again soon. 89 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:15,400 Thanks, Benji. 90 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:16,400 He's excited. 91 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:20,360 Yeah, it's like Christmas and April here guys. 92 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:22,080 I mean it's a big day. 93 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:24,120 I love how he talks about the shop family. 94 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:29,000 That's such a nice term because it is such a community for people that don't collect 95 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:31,600 or don't go to record stores. 96 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:33,280 It's become more friendly than it used to be. 97 00:04:33,280 --> 00:04:35,480 It used to be kind of snobby. 98 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:39,360 Back in the day I feel like it's a more friendly environment than it used to. 99 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:42,840 So thanks again to Benji for helping us out there. 100 00:04:42,840 --> 00:04:51,600 So a big list of record store day releases, many of which are singles, live things, compilations, 101 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:57,300 lot of cool stuff, but not a ton of actual full length LPs or albums. 102 00:04:57,300 --> 00:04:58,600 So we dug from that list. 103 00:04:58,600 --> 00:04:59,600 How'd you guys do? 104 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:00,600 Did pretty well. 105 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:01,600 Did pretty well. 106 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:06,080 There's a little gems in here, things you wouldn't necessarily expect or maybe wouldn't 107 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:08,960 be like the go-to record for an artist, but there's some cool stuff. 108 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:12,960 I'll throw out a couple that I was enjoying, a Little Richard record. 109 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:16,400 It was really enjoyable from the 1973 call to Right Now. 110 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:18,400 It's got a few of his hits on it. 111 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:21,720 Not super lengthy, but it's got a good Little Richard energy. 112 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:26,160 Also from that same period, Elton John's Caribou, one of his more popular. 113 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:27,520 The Bitch is Back. 114 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:29,040 Yeah, really a fun record. 115 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:30,600 Quite a few hits on there. 116 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:32,280 Also part of record store day. 117 00:05:32,280 --> 00:05:34,440 Just to clarify, The Bitch is Back is a song on the album. 118 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:37,040 I'm not calling Elton John a bitch. 119 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:42,120 Although I think he was referring to himself in that song, but that's different. 120 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:48,680 I'll mention one more record I almost picked for today's show from a duo called Nightmares 121 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:49,680 on Wax. 122 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:54,240 They put out this cool chip-hop record in the late 90s called Carboot Soul. 123 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:56,680 Have you guys ever heard of them? 124 00:05:56,680 --> 00:05:57,680 No. 125 00:05:57,680 --> 00:05:58,680 No. 126 00:05:58,680 --> 00:05:59,680 It was such a big record for me at the time. 127 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:02,600 But then looking back on it, I don't think anybody else ever listened to it. 128 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:05,520 So I'm glad to see it's getting some notoriety now. 129 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:06,680 How about you, Don? 130 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:14,600 Well, The Cure are putting out a 40th anniversary picture disc of their 1984 album, The Top, 131 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:16,320 which is one of my favorites. 132 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:21,960 Also Alex Chilton, kind of a cult artist, was in the box tops and big star. 133 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:25,240 He has an album called Clichés, which seems to be out of print. 134 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:30,120 And so that's getting a vinyl release and hopefully it'll show up on the streaming services. 135 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:33,900 And also the English singer, Kristi McCall. 136 00:06:33,900 --> 00:06:37,320 You might know her from that POG song, The Fairy Tale of New York. 137 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:41,280 She had an album from 1993 called Titanic Days, which is pretty good. 138 00:06:41,280 --> 00:06:44,400 That's getting a vinyl release. 139 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:48,440 Some of the things, if you look at the Record Store Day list, they have different categories. 140 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:52,680 Some only have a limited number of pressings and a Record Store Day only. 141 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:57,560 There are other things that are released on Record Store Day that will continue to exist. 142 00:06:57,560 --> 00:07:01,680 So you do have a shot of getting some of this stuff even at a crowded store. 143 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:07,840 Yeah, so for me, I looked at the UK Record Store Day list because I was really scraping 144 00:07:07,840 --> 00:07:11,600 and I found Black Sabbath Paranoid, which I thought about. 145 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:17,440 It's very doomy, but I wanted something with a little more energy, a little more zazoo. 146 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:18,440 I'll call it. 147 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:22,080 You brought the zazoo in my friend. 148 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:26,480 I also listened for the first time to Collective Soul's Dosage, which is getting a Record Store 149 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:28,360 Day release on vinyl. 150 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:31,000 Collective Soul, I like many of their songs. 151 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:34,240 For me, they're more of a greatest hits band than an album band. 152 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:39,720 I just couldn't get into the whole thing, but it was a fun exploration. 153 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:44,840 Then I wanted to do Pearl Jam's new album, Dark Matter, which comes out on April 19th. 154 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:48,800 Then a special edition is being released the next day on Record Store Day, but I couldn't 155 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:52,340 listen to it, so we couldn't really talk about it here. 156 00:07:52,340 --> 00:07:53,800 Maybe next time. 157 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:57,280 All right, so enough about what we were looking at. 158 00:07:57,280 --> 00:07:59,760 Why don't we talk about what we picked? 159 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:02,520 You choose me? 160 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:14,160 I mean, for instance, the record with Madlib, lyrically, just to step into his realm of 161 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:16,720 beats and bring my type of shit to it. 162 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:19,000 Is there a jackhammer in the background? 163 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:20,000 Yes. 164 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:23,240 I didn't know that before. 165 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:26,320 That's how you do a professional interview, make sure there's a jackhammer in the background. 166 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:28,800 That's how you know they're on the streets. 167 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:30,640 Talking about turning up the streets. 168 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:38,200 All right, so that was Freddie Gibbs talking about his 2014 album, Piñata. 169 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:41,400 Would you say it's a plethora of piñatas? 170 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:42,400 From Three Amigos? 171 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:43,400 Yeah, that's from Three Amigos. 172 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:44,400 I just wanted to say. 173 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:45,400 Okay. 174 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:46,400 Plethora of piñatas, yes. 175 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:55,520 Okay, so this is the first collaboration for Mr. Gibbs and Madlib. 176 00:08:55,520 --> 00:09:02,720 So Freddie Gibbs at this point was mostly known for his gangster rap style. 177 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:09,000 Madlib was more associated with kind of more of a left field approach to hip hop, best 178 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:12,600 known for his work with like MF Doom, who we talked about in the show, J Dilla, kind 179 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:14,640 of in the early 2000s there. 180 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:18,440 So it's kind of a weird mixture was what kind of made this record special at the time, these 181 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:21,960 two kind of guys from different ends of the spectrum of hip hop. 182 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:31,320 Yeah, I'm surprised he didn't try and get Sudoku, the other producer. 183 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:33,320 I was just thinking of Madlibs. 184 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:38,280 Madlibs, yeah, yeah, good jokes, guys. 185 00:09:38,280 --> 00:09:39,280 That's funny. 186 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:40,280 Yeah. 187 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:45,800 All right, why don't we jump in here and play the lead single. 188 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:46,800 This is called Thuggin. 189 00:09:46,800 --> 00:10:02,920 There's a lot of mother trucking going on there. 190 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:08,280 Yeah, definitely a fairly explicit album in terms of the lyrical content. 191 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:13,440 But you know, it's a very real album in terms of what Mr. Gibbs is rapping about. 192 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:17,400 And the quote here I have from this record, this track in particular, what I'm rapping 193 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:18,400 is what I'm living. 194 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:21,920 I'm using rap as a vehicle to get me away from that type of living. 195 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:26,880 So this record was recorded over a three year period and Mr. Gibbs' life. 196 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:31,640 He's from Gary, Indiana, which is a pretty rough part of the country. 197 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:34,880 He was a drug dealer kind of in that game. 198 00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:40,280 He talks pretty explicitly about that game during most of this record. 199 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:43,600 But then he was able to kind of get out of that lifestyle and move to Los Angeles at 200 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:44,600 the end of this album. 201 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:48,000 So you kind of like see that transition happen over the course of these tracks, which I think 202 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:49,640 is pretty interesting. 203 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:55,160 My clickbait headline is Gibbs busts open a flavorful portrayal of life on the streets 204 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:57,440 of Gary, Indiana. 205 00:10:57,440 --> 00:10:58,720 Bust it wide open. 206 00:10:58,720 --> 00:10:59,720 Like a pinata. 207 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:00,720 There you go. 208 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:05,920 The album was originally supposed to be titled Cocaine Pinata, I think has a little different 209 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:09,000 context around it than just pinata. 210 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:13,200 Those can be important because you want to set the tone before someone sees the cover 211 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:16,840 of your album, but you don't want to drive people away either. 212 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:18,400 I imagine that's why it was changed. 213 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:22,480 If I had to guess, maybe that was a little too polarizing for some. 214 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:28,260 Well it sounds more like a celebration of cocaine rather than the stories of having 215 00:11:28,260 --> 00:11:30,280 to do what he had to do to survive. 216 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:31,280 Right. 217 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:32,280 Yeah. 218 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:35,480 Which this record is really more, it doesn't paint a rosy picture of that street lifestyle 219 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:36,480 by any means. 220 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:41,160 It's pretty explicit in painting it in a very dark light, I would say. 221 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:43,760 It doesn't sound like something you'd really be striving for. 222 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:47,000 Maybe you're striving to get it away from, if anything. 223 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:48,400 Let's play another cut from the record here. 224 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:51,720 This is track three called Deeper. 225 00:11:51,720 --> 00:12:06,400 Really should have been the opening track, you know, because usually the first cut is 226 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:07,400 the deepest. 227 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:08,400 Oh God. 228 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:09,400 Really? 229 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:11,680 Is Cheryl Crowe reference right now? 230 00:12:11,680 --> 00:12:14,760 I think it was Rod Stewart first, wasn't it? 231 00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:15,760 Yeah, that was, yes. 232 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:16,760 Okay. 233 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:18,800 Yeah, I had the crow on the brain there. 234 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:23,880 I'm sure very influential. 235 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:30,920 So yeah, that one actually I think has a little bit to do with love for, I don't know. 236 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:35,600 Sounds like there's two men that are basically dealing with a woman who's cut them. 237 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:37,520 Hey, there's cut them deep. 238 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:38,520 Yep. 239 00:12:38,520 --> 00:12:39,520 Yeah. 240 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:40,680 So it's harsh. 241 00:12:40,680 --> 00:12:48,840 You know, I think this whole album is a bit harsh, but my clickbait headline is, Freddy 242 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:52,040 Gibbs completes mad lib with gritty adjectives. 243 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:56,000 There you go. 244 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:58,120 The mad lib angle. 245 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:03,240 So yeah, this was a real shock to my system after kind of immersing myself in the hip 246 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:05,840 hop we did during the OMTV raps episode. 247 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:08,160 In the early 90s, late 80s stuff. 248 00:13:08,160 --> 00:13:09,160 Yeah. 249 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:12,080 A little more party atmosphere. 250 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:14,240 Even amongst the darkness, there was light. 251 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:15,240 Yeah. 252 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:17,120 And this was a total eclipse. 253 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:20,880 We didn't touch on the sort of the gangster rap. 254 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:25,600 And I don't know, I think those, you know, Guru and Rakim, you know, they were more sort 255 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:31,300 of observational and maybe they were saying more big picture things. 256 00:13:31,300 --> 00:13:34,560 But with, you know, Freddy Gibbs seems to be more. 257 00:13:34,560 --> 00:13:35,560 NWA. 258 00:13:35,560 --> 00:13:36,560 Yeah. 259 00:13:36,560 --> 00:13:38,960 You know, West Coast kind of feel. 260 00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:39,960 Yeah. 261 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:44,360 And it's like you're immersed in the scene, you know, so it's more about like experiencing 262 00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:49,040 what's happening rather than actually like saying something about what's happening. 263 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:51,840 Kind of like an urban poet sort of thing, you know. 264 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:54,560 There were moments where he reminded me of Tupac. 265 00:13:54,560 --> 00:13:55,560 Yeah. 266 00:13:55,560 --> 00:13:56,560 People definitely compare the two. 267 00:13:56,560 --> 00:13:57,560 Do they? 268 00:13:57,560 --> 00:13:58,560 Okay. 269 00:13:58,560 --> 00:14:04,520 I think I know more about this than I thought because my conclusion is other people's, then 270 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:06,400 that makes me feel better about it. 271 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:07,400 Yeah. 272 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:14,040 And yeah, the lyrics are kind of rough and gritty, but for the most part, the music isn't. 273 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:19,160 And I think sometimes it works and then in other times it's not quite as good. 274 00:14:19,160 --> 00:14:20,160 Yeah. 275 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:22,600 That's kind of what set this product apart was like I was saying, these two different, 276 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:25,640 very different styles kind of juxtaposing each other. 277 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:30,200 I think what set Gibbs apart or why he's, you know, become fairly prominent in hip hop 278 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:35,400 space since then is his ability to work against these beats that are kind of more in flux 279 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:40,760 and shifting and you know, madly deals a lot of these like old school like soul samples 280 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:44,480 and they're kind of woozy and coming in and out of pitch. 281 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:47,960 And it's pretty hard for an MC to kind of stay on that beat if the beat is like constantly 282 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:48,960 shifting. 283 00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:53,400 So I think having that mix here of the two of them together, yeah, it's not a 100% a 284 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:58,360 slam dunk, but I think it did something interesting that they've been trying to reproduce since 285 00:14:58,360 --> 00:14:59,360 then. 286 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:00,360 I mean, what did you guys think? 287 00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:06,120 Did you feel like this was pretty effective in terms of communicating his life and what 288 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:08,480 he was going through in 2000 times? 289 00:15:08,480 --> 00:15:09,480 Yeah. 290 00:15:09,480 --> 00:15:10,480 Yeah. 291 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:14,840 It was like watching a movie, you know, like a gangster movie, kind of a street movie sort 292 00:15:14,840 --> 00:15:15,840 of thing. 293 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:17,120 It's just, I don't know. 294 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:22,080 It also reminded me of Nas at times in the way that he was able to paint the pictures 295 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:26,400 and Gary, Indiana is an urban life in the same way as a giant city. 296 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:31,520 I mean, it is a city, but it's a small city in the Midwest. 297 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:32,520 Much poorer. 298 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:33,520 Yeah. 299 00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:34,520 New York City. 300 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:37,800 So it paints a bleaker picture and I can definitely see it. 301 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:38,800 Yeah. 302 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:40,280 Let's play another track from the album. 303 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:41,280 This is towards the end. 304 00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:42,280 It's called Nicks. 305 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:58,120 The lyrics kind of touch on the themes again, street life, survival, resilience, but the 306 00:15:58,120 --> 00:16:03,480 storytelling abilities here, I really like how he paints his vivid picture with the lyrics 307 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:08,480 and this kind of theme of how life can feel cyclical. 308 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:13,320 Kind of comparing eras of basketball to eras of his life is interesting. 309 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:18,640 It captures that time, like 95 when Jordan came back from playing baseball for a while 310 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:24,040 and came back to basketball, the cultural impact Michael Jordan's basketball playing 311 00:16:24,040 --> 00:16:26,140 had, like it was huge. 312 00:16:26,140 --> 00:16:31,400 And then the juxtapose those memories with the rough stuff going on, it really kind of 313 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:35,840 helped set a scene for me as someone that remembers that time period very well and was 314 00:16:35,840 --> 00:16:40,080 living a much safer life than this guy was. 315 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:42,080 It really kind of helped bring it all home for me. 316 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:47,800 So I could connect with this one the most and really start to understand what he was 317 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:48,800 talking about. 318 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:51,040 I thought he'd be a Pacers fan. 319 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:52,040 That's true. 320 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:53,360 Where's the Reggie Miller track? 321 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:54,360 No, no, no. 322 00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:58,520 I mean, you know, Gary is in Indiana, but during that time period, if you're anywhere 323 00:16:58,520 --> 00:17:02,920 close to Chicago, then you're a Bulls fan. 324 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:03,920 Yeah. 325 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:06,960 And most of the country was Bulls fans back in those days. 326 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:08,520 Yeah, that's true. 327 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:13,040 The clickbait headline I came up with for this one is put on a blindfold and take a 328 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:17,200 swing, break the pinata to find hard hitting tales of street life and survival. 329 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:22,680 So I also went with the breaking open a pinata, but yeah, good rhymes, dark storytelling, 330 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:23,780 but it's compelling. 331 00:17:23,780 --> 00:17:28,280 It's not as fun as some other hip hop to listen to, I think because, you know, it's not as 332 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:31,600 fun to watch the news as it is to watch a documentary. 333 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:32,600 You know what I'm saying? 334 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:33,600 So yeah, sure. 335 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:37,160 It's a little bit, maybe a little too real to really have fun with. 336 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:38,160 Yeah. 337 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:39,440 I think this record holds up really well. 338 00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:42,680 If you haven't heard it, I think it's one of the better albums in the last decade in 339 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:43,680 the hip hop space. 340 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:45,120 So check it out. 341 00:17:45,120 --> 00:17:51,220 Freddie Gibbs, Madlib, pinata, available at record store days in a special 10 year anniversary 342 00:17:51,220 --> 00:17:53,120 package this year. 343 00:17:53,120 --> 00:17:54,120 I'm good enough. 344 00:17:54,120 --> 00:17:56,960 I'm smart enough and doggone it, people like me. 345 00:17:56,960 --> 00:18:01,160 If you're enjoying the show and we hope you are, do us a solid and leave a review on Apple 346 00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:04,000 podcasts or your favorite podcast app. 347 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:07,360 Maybe we made you laugh or you discovered an album you enjoy. 348 00:18:07,360 --> 00:18:11,520 Leaving a review keeps the show going and helps other music fans find us. 349 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:13,520 Everybody would hit the floor. 350 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:15,440 Even the church people. 351 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:19,560 They started going and saying, them staple singers, they singing the devil's music. 352 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:20,560 I did so many interviews. 353 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:25,560 I had to let these people know that the devil ain't got no music. 354 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:28,560 The devil ain't got no music. 355 00:18:28,560 --> 00:18:29,560 Amen. 356 00:18:29,560 --> 00:18:30,560 She's so good. 357 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:33,680 So that's Mavis Staples. 358 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:35,040 Staples? 359 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:42,320 That's Mavis Staples and her record store day album is the 20th anniversary edition 360 00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:47,480 of her album, Have a Little Faith, released in 2004. 361 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:53,160 This is the sixth studio album by the soul and gospel singer born in Chicago in 1939. 362 00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:57,520 She was a member of her family's band, the staple singers, which had a lot of success. 363 00:18:57,520 --> 00:19:00,120 You probably know the song, I'll Take You There. 364 00:19:00,120 --> 00:19:03,400 A very big influential band. 365 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:06,360 So this was kind of a comeback album for her. 366 00:19:06,360 --> 00:19:10,920 She had to self finance it, but kind of got her back into recording. 367 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:12,760 Let's hear the opening cut from the album. 368 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:27,040 This is Step Into the Light. 369 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:30,440 Kind of a traditional gospel sounding track. 370 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:36,160 My clickbait headline is Music World Still Needs Mavis When She's 64. 371 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:39,040 So little Beatles referencing. 372 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:44,680 But yeah, she was 64 when this album came out and yeah, she sounds really young. 373 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:46,280 Yeah, very alive. 374 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:47,280 Yes. 375 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:48,280 Vivid. 376 00:19:48,280 --> 00:19:49,280 Vivid. 377 00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:50,280 Vivid. 378 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:51,280 A lot of energy. 379 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:56,000 I was surprised actually by kind of the blues rock treatment to the album. 380 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:58,800 I think I was expecting more like traditional gospel. 381 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:00,800 A bunch of organ and stuff. 382 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:01,800 Yeah, and piano. 383 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:05,600 But it felt kind of country blues. 384 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:07,600 Yeah, slumpy. 385 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:12,840 Yes, which I think is very effective with her voice. 386 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:14,800 She is a vocal talent. 387 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:21,400 I wouldn't describe her voice as beautiful, but it's emotive and it has a lot of character 388 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:23,440 and it is gospel. 389 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:24,440 Yeah. 390 00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:28,840 She's got like one of those voices where you can like almost hear her smiling sort of as 391 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:29,840 she's singing. 392 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:30,840 She's such a great personality. 393 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:33,400 It just shines through in every track. 394 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:36,440 Well, if she's singing about love, you feel that love. 395 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:42,880 If she's singing about God and faith, you feel that gospel celebratory sort of vibe. 396 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:48,200 When her voice gets kind of gravely at times, she just is able to really emote everything 397 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:49,640 in a unique way. 398 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:51,240 It gives me all the feels. 399 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:52,240 Yeah. 400 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:53,240 She could sing a phone book. 401 00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:55,960 It's anything she's singing, exciting to listen to. 402 00:20:55,960 --> 00:20:56,960 Yeah. 403 00:20:56,960 --> 00:21:01,680 Positivity in music is not something I gravitate towards nor is religious. 404 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:06,040 How was it standing in the sunshine for once when you're... 405 00:21:06,040 --> 00:21:15,280 I also don't really gravitate towards faith-based music, but it's just so pure and sincere. 406 00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:17,000 She's not selling me anything. 407 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:23,680 She's just celebrating what she believes in and in a point of view and it's nice. 408 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:29,760 Well, let's hear another track, classic sort of gospel country track, Will the Circle Be 409 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:30,760 Unbroken? 410 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:31,760 Will the circle, will it be unbroken? 411 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:32,760 By and by, Lord, by and by. 412 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:33,760 Yeah, we get sort of a Delta blues sort of... 413 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:48,760 Yeah. 414 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:51,280 A little bit swampy thump going on. 415 00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:52,280 It's nice. 416 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:53,280 Yeah. 417 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:57,200 So the song, Will the Circle Be Unbroken, has been recorded by many artists over the 418 00:21:57,200 --> 00:21:58,200 years. 419 00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:05,360 In 1907 by Ada R. Habersohn with music by Charles H. Gabriel, Christian hymn, themes 420 00:22:05,360 --> 00:22:09,200 of family, loss and reunion with family in the afterlife. 421 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:14,600 In that eight-year period between albums, she had lost her father, Pops. 422 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:17,080 And I think this was a celebration of him. 423 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:21,860 I believe that this arrangement was partially his. 424 00:22:21,860 --> 00:22:26,160 So I think it was a celebration of her family and her father and that they'll all be together 425 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:28,280 again someday in heaven. 426 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:29,280 It's nice. 427 00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:30,280 Sassy, though. 428 00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:32,520 I've never heard this song be so like... 429 00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:33,520 Sassy. 430 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:36,520 Have so much personality, you know? 431 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:41,600 Clickbait headline I came up with for this one is, have a little faith in Mavis Staples, 432 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:45,040 a performance powered by the soulful force of her voice. 433 00:22:45,040 --> 00:22:49,920 She makes you, like it's kind of a sit down young man and listen kind of a moment. 434 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:54,200 She makes you listen with every song and that's pretty cool. 435 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:58,360 What else can you ask for when an artist is laying it all out there, especially that far 436 00:22:58,360 --> 00:23:00,600 into their career where she loves what she's doing? 437 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:01,600 Yeah. 438 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:05,960 It feels like a pretty intimate record, especially with the tie to her father and her sister 439 00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:08,000 was sick at the time as well. 440 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:13,440 She gets into a lot more personal details here than I expected or just later in her 441 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:14,440 discography. 442 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:19,000 And that tracks like Pops recipe where she really does get into like some specifics about 443 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:22,360 her dad and kind of what legacy he left behind. 444 00:23:22,360 --> 00:23:27,200 He was her manager as well, if I recall, like as well as a, was he part of the band even 445 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:28,560 in the back in the sixties? 446 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:29,560 Yeah. 447 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:31,520 He was the main songwriter and guitarist, I think. 448 00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:32,520 Yeah. 449 00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:33,520 A big part of their lives and it's nice. 450 00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:35,760 It's kind of serves as like a tribute to him here. 451 00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:39,320 And strangely there's very few references to office supplies. 452 00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:40,320 Yeah. 453 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:45,520 I mean, it was our, maybe a coupon included in the liner notes where you could get 20% 454 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:46,520 off printer paper. 455 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:47,520 That was easy. 456 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:48,520 All right. 457 00:23:48,520 --> 00:23:51,320 Well, let's, let's, let's hear another one. 458 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:53,320 This is in times like these. 459 00:23:53,320 --> 00:24:08,640 It's one of the more modern sounding gospel tracks on the record there. 460 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:11,480 I was trying to find some big critique on this album. 461 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:14,480 I think that'd be my biggest critique is, you know, when it does go into those more 462 00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:19,760 modern directions, it doesn't sound quite as interesting to me, but it's also maybe 463 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:20,760 staples. 464 00:24:20,760 --> 00:24:21,760 I'm not going to be with his critiques. 465 00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:22,760 Yeah. 466 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:23,760 Yeah. 467 00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:27,560 It's always like this album is perfect, but the one thing. 468 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:28,880 It's hard to critique someone like Mavis. 469 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:31,680 She's such a national treasure in my opinion. 470 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:38,320 My clickbait headline is nerds faith in modern gospel music restored with Mavis's return. 471 00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:42,720 It's so great to have her kind of just back in that music conversation and contributing 472 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:43,720 to that space. 473 00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:48,280 Just such a great example for just living how people should be using their time on this 474 00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:49,280 earth. 475 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:53,560 She's a good person and you really can hear on every track here. 476 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:54,560 Yeah. 477 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:58,200 I think it works best when it does deal more with that traditional blues and gospel sound, 478 00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:00,240 which is the majority of the record. 479 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:04,840 But as it gets into those more modern sounds a little bit later on, I don't know, she would 480 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:06,680 deal more with that sound later in her career. 481 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:08,800 I think it sounds better than here. 482 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:12,400 It just sounds a little bit like an awkward combination to me. 483 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:13,400 Did you guys feel that at all? 484 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:15,400 You seemed to like that song in particular. 485 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:20,920 Honestly, I didn't notice, but you're more familiar with her discography than I am. 486 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:21,920 Yeah. 487 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:22,920 I don't know. 488 00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:25,560 I didn't really notice a big difference from track to track. 489 00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:28,280 I felt like it all kind of had that bluesy treatment. 490 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:31,520 I didn't notice the more modern sounds to those. 491 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:32,520 Sorry, Andy. 492 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:33,520 You've been outvoted. 493 00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:34,520 That's okay. 494 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:40,840 I was impressed just how much, lyrically though, it was pretty simple. 495 00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:45,520 There's not a lot of metaphor, everything's pretty much clear cut. 496 00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:50,120 But you get so much emotion out of just her voice and the way she presents things. 497 00:25:50,120 --> 00:25:52,800 It's just really charming and it's likable. 498 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:55,800 Yeah, I mean, I can't imagine her ever putting out a bad record. 499 00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:59,400 She just has such a high bar of quality for her music. 500 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:04,320 Though I don't know if she's ever really put out an epic classic record necessarily. 501 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:05,320 Yeah. 502 00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:10,760 I think it's more of a story of consistency, just good music rather than like, I got it 503 00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:12,680 like a classic album per se. 504 00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:16,040 Yeah, but she always shows up and brings the quality. 505 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:17,040 Okay. 506 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:22,920 Well, as I said, Have a Little Faith is being released in a silver vinyl 20th anniversary 507 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:23,920 edition. 508 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:27,840 There's a reminiscence letter by Mavis with expanded artwork. 509 00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:31,080 It's remastered on two LPs at 45 RPM. 510 00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:35,400 So it's Mavis Staples Have a Little Faith from 2004. 511 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:38,560 Records tour today and they were playing all this music I never heard of. 512 00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:42,520 Excuse me. 513 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:45,960 I'd like to ask you a few questions. 514 00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:49,960 Now, deep questions by Don. 515 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:56,320 So, you know, I think part of the experience of record store day is, you know, waiting 516 00:26:56,320 --> 00:27:00,080 in line, you know, for these incredible releases. 517 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:02,240 Off the record, you're getting free food too. 518 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:03,240 Yeah. 519 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:04,240 Tacos, right? 520 00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:05,240 Oh, that's right. 521 00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:06,240 Yeah. 522 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:08,840 Have you guys waited in line for? 523 00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:13,640 Well, Don, since you're prying so deep into my inner psyche. 524 00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:17,760 I mean, the first thing I remember waiting for in line for was in college and there was 525 00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:20,080 a new Krispy Kreme donut came to town. 526 00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:21,080 Oh, God. 527 00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:22,080 Yeah. 528 00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:26,960 And everybody like lined up to get those glazed delicious balls of fat. 529 00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:28,200 I didn't have to wait in line. 530 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:30,080 They brought me a box. 531 00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:33,680 The Krispy Kreme representatives I was working at the record store in the mall, they brought 532 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:37,440 boxes to all the shops to say, hey, tell people to come to Krispy Kreme. 533 00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:39,680 So we got a box before they even opened. 534 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:40,680 Free promos. 535 00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:41,680 Yeah. 536 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:42,680 That's the way to do it. 537 00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:43,680 Yeah. 538 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:46,680 I was out there like a sucker waiting in the cold. 539 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:51,840 But yeah, you know, over the, obviously the iPhone lines were like a big thing and, you 540 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:54,760 know, just people like camping out overnight to get stuff like that. 541 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:58,360 And I mean, that whole experience of just being in line with people must be kind of 542 00:27:58,360 --> 00:27:59,360 interesting. 543 00:27:59,360 --> 00:28:03,040 Like all these people who are so passionate about something that you're willing to sit 544 00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:05,560 outside and the elements to just to get it. 545 00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:06,720 I don't quite understand that. 546 00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:11,040 Not as much of a consumer, I guess, to do something quite that extreme. 547 00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:12,040 But how about you, man? 548 00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:13,040 Yeah. 549 00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:18,040 So I did wait in line for a phone once, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus 4G at Verizon. 550 00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:19,040 Wow. 551 00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:20,040 Like in 2011. 552 00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:21,040 What were you there for? 553 00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:22,040 I don't know. 554 00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:23,040 40 minutes. 555 00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:24,640 There was like 12 people in line. 556 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:25,640 40 minutes. 557 00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:26,640 Okay. 558 00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:29,160 That's not exactly, I guess it's. 559 00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:33,280 But there was a line like for an Android phone, which I don't think there probably ever has 560 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:34,280 been. 561 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:36,080 Maybe not. 562 00:28:36,080 --> 00:28:41,640 Waiting in line for beer at concerts and things like that has always been the most frustrating 563 00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:43,320 thing. 564 00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:48,200 Like I, there are more than one concert that I went to that I left because the beer line 565 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:50,600 was too long and I just went to a bar. 566 00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:53,920 30 minutes to get a $12 beer. 567 00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:54,920 Yeah. 568 00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:58,120 Especially if you're missing something that you want that you paid to see, you know, like 569 00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:00,960 here in the background and you're like, I wish I could actually witness this. 570 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:01,960 Yeah. 571 00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:02,960 That's for sure. 572 00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:03,960 Yeah. 573 00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:06,240 So then I figure if I can't, if I'm waiting in line and missing the show, I might as well 574 00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:07,240 just go to a bar. 575 00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:08,240 Yeah. 576 00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:09,240 Did that. 577 00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:10,240 Go to a bar and listen to the album. 578 00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:11,240 Did that a few times. 579 00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:16,920 A Godsmack concert and a Stuntable Pilots concert I left part way through. 580 00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:17,920 Geez. 581 00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:20,560 It's not a baseball game, man. 582 00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:21,560 Come on. 583 00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:25,120 Well, sometimes you actually have to wait in line just to go to a concert. 584 00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:28,440 You know, back in the day before we had like online ticket sales, you know, people used 585 00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:33,440 to like camp out and I remember camping out for Pet Shop Boys tickets, you know, at our 586 00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:34,440 local amphitheater. 587 00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:37,600 And actually, I mean, there were a bunch of other events on sale at the time. 588 00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:39,600 I think like the first Lollapalooza and stuff. 589 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:43,600 So just a really interesting crowd to be hanging out with overnight. 590 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:45,520 How many, how many Pet Shop Boys were there? 591 00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:46,520 You and what? 592 00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:47,520 And my friends. 593 00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:51,320 And yeah, everybody else is our Lollapalooza. 594 00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:52,320 Yeah. 595 00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:57,200 And so anyway, so we eventually, you know, get our, get our tickets and a couple of weeks 596 00:29:57,200 --> 00:30:02,880 before the show, they actually, they canceled probably due to poor ticket sales. 597 00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:04,320 But they got you and your friend. 598 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:07,680 I mean, we have good seats. 599 00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:11,080 Well, what have you waited in line for? 600 00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:15,520 Let us know on Instagram and Facebook or leave a comment on our website, AlbumNerds.com. 601 00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:19,160 It's time to rock and roll. 602 00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:20,920 MTV killed heavy metal music. 603 00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:23,320 You suddenly had the hair bands coming on. 604 00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:26,880 It was only about what they look like and how many parties they could have. 605 00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:28,640 I mean, the music was rubbish. 606 00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:29,640 What's that all about? 607 00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:30,640 This is not metal? 608 00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:32,840 Dio does not pull any punches, man. 609 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:33,840 No. 610 00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:39,320 So yeah, we're going to be talking about Dio's second, the band Dio, second album, The Last 611 00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:40,320 in Line. 612 00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:46,400 Dio being formed by Ronald James Padovona, known professionally as Ronnie James Dio, 613 00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:52,040 heavy metal and he was born in July of 1942 in New Hampshire of all places, but grew up 614 00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:53,920 in upstate New York. 615 00:30:53,920 --> 00:31:00,160 So he began his music career in 1957, went on to be in bands like Elf, Rainbow, Black 616 00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:03,040 Sabbath, Dio and Heaven and Hell. 617 00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:07,620 But this is his band that he formed after leaving Black Sabbath. 618 00:31:07,620 --> 00:31:11,160 So why don't we jump into the title track, The Last in Line. 619 00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:30,960 I'm pretty sure that bands like Metallica had stopped picking up a little bit of that 620 00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:33,800 thing from Mr. Dio. 621 00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:36,360 Expanded upon it a little bit. 622 00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:37,360 Yes. 623 00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:41,640 The Last in Line was the first Dio album to feature keyboardist Claude Schnell. 624 00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:45,960 The rest of the lineup was Ronnie James Dio, obviously Vinny, a piece on drums, Vivian 625 00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:52,000 Campbell on guitar, later to go on to Def Leppard and Jimmy Bain on bass. 626 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:56,920 This is their highest charting album, number four in the UK, 23 in the US. 627 00:31:56,920 --> 00:32:04,240 And it was the second album to feature their iconic mascot, Murray, the demon looking dude. 628 00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:08,820 This was the Last in Line was the third single from the album, which did go platinum. 629 00:32:08,820 --> 00:32:12,880 The music video kinda helps set the scene for what it might be about. 630 00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:17,240 It depicts a teenage delivery boy who's transported to a fantastical dimension and must escape 631 00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:19,520 from cyborgs and demons, you know? 632 00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:20,520 Of course. 633 00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:22,080 Standard stuff. 634 00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:24,280 My clickbait headline to describe this album. 635 00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:29,240 Last in Line, more than just rock and roll, it's a devil horn waving journey through heaven, 636 00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:31,040 hell, time and space. 637 00:32:31,040 --> 00:32:32,040 Nice. 638 00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:34,880 He's on these trips with his vocals and the fantastical settings. 639 00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:36,440 It's not very specific. 640 00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:38,360 He's not painting really tight pictures. 641 00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:43,920 It's very broad pictures, but his soaring vocals and his personality kinda carry in 642 00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:45,720 a metal way, like Mavis Staples. 643 00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:49,800 It kinda carries you through the songs, even some of which you might be like, what did 644 00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:50,800 he just say? 645 00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:53,560 And we'll get into a little bit of that in a bit. 646 00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:55,400 This guy was 42 years old at this point. 647 00:32:55,400 --> 00:32:56,400 Wow. 648 00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:57,880 I mean, that's in rock and roll, that's old. 649 00:32:57,880 --> 00:32:59,880 In rock years, yeah, that's really old. 650 00:32:59,880 --> 00:33:02,800 He was with Black Sabbath for a long time. 651 00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:03,800 Yeah. 652 00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:08,400 For him to be setting the pace and be dictating what heavy metal music was to become is pretty 653 00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:09,400 cool. 654 00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:12,200 Yeah, comparing Mavis Staples and Ronnie Dio together. 655 00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:15,520 I didn't think we'd have that in this episode, but they do have that in common. 656 00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:17,080 Yeah, it does kinda... 657 00:33:17,080 --> 00:33:20,480 I didn't think of it until I was mid-sentence and then I thought, well... 658 00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:23,560 Well, and dude said he could listen to Mavis sing the phone book. 659 00:33:23,560 --> 00:33:25,280 I could listen to Dio sing the phone book. 660 00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:26,280 Yes. 661 00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:27,280 Oh yeah. 662 00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:28,280 Yeah, that would be good. 663 00:33:28,280 --> 00:33:31,160 All right, so why don't we listen to another track. 664 00:33:31,160 --> 00:33:34,200 This one is the final track on the album. 665 00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:35,560 It's called Egypt. 666 00:33:35,560 --> 00:33:37,560 The Chains Are On. 667 00:33:37,560 --> 00:33:55,480 Yeah, kinda the epic closer of the album there about slaves and pyramids. 668 00:33:55,480 --> 00:34:01,400 I'm not sure if it's about Egypt and our world or maybe Egypt and another planet maybe. 669 00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:02,400 Kinda silly lyrically. 670 00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:09,000 I mean, you definitely listen to that sci-fi thing, but I think they sell it on this album 671 00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:10,000 generally. 672 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:15,480 My clickbait headline is, doesn't reach to the depths of Diver, but doesn't deserve to 673 00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:16,480 be last. 674 00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:17,480 I mean, this doesn't... 675 00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:18,480 You okay? 676 00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:21,000 I was just laughing at your diver. 677 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:23,000 Oh, okay. 678 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:26,320 You're referring to Holy Diver, the first album from Dio. 679 00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:27,320 Yeah, the debut. 680 00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:34,000 I mean, this is kind of in that same spirit as Holy Diver, same lineup, not that long 681 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:35,560 after they recorded that album. 682 00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:39,680 I think the quality levels here maybe aren't as consistent as Holy Diver. 683 00:34:39,680 --> 00:34:43,080 There's songs in here I really did enjoy, but there's also a handful that I think are 684 00:34:43,080 --> 00:34:46,600 just maybe lesser than and tracks like... 685 00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:51,560 I don't know, people are fans of Dio like the opening cut, We Rock. 686 00:34:51,560 --> 00:34:53,160 I did not really like it. 687 00:34:53,160 --> 00:34:59,160 I like the sound of it, but the term We Rock could have not... 688 00:34:59,160 --> 00:35:03,520 It just was repeated a lot and I feel like there could have been other variations, but 689 00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:04,720 yeah, people do love that song. 690 00:35:04,720 --> 00:35:07,240 I mean, it does kick off the album nicely. 691 00:35:07,240 --> 00:35:09,600 You know what you're getting into, but it is a lot of We Rock. 692 00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:12,440 It brings a lot of energy, but yeah, it's just very repetitive. 693 00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:16,200 I think that's my biggest critique is lyrically overly simple. 694 00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:21,040 But in those days, hard rock bands and heavy metal bands had to do a song where it was 695 00:35:21,040 --> 00:35:22,040 about rocking. 696 00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:24,880 Yeah, I guess it was required, huh? 697 00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:25,880 At least it was really catchy. 698 00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:28,000 I mean, it's a great sounding song. 699 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:33,520 It's just lyrically like by the end it's like, okay, I'm not going to sing along anymore. 700 00:35:33,520 --> 00:35:35,880 I can't say we rock one more time. 701 00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:38,440 Yeah, I mean, there are handfuls of songs like that. 702 00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:42,640 I Speed At Night, which seems just about driving fast in the darkness. 703 00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:46,520 I don't know, but overall I think the band sounds good. 704 00:35:46,520 --> 00:35:47,800 Dio sounds great. 705 00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:53,360 His voice is just such an epic force and I think he sounds really good on this record 706 00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:55,360 as good as he has on anything else. 707 00:35:55,360 --> 00:36:00,400 But there's moments where you can start to hear sort of like the 80s commercial sound 708 00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:01,800 creeping in. 709 00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:08,360 I think in particular, the ballad, Mystery has some keyboards. 710 00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:11,840 That sounds like a stick song to me a little bit. 711 00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:13,120 Yeah, definitely. 712 00:36:13,120 --> 00:36:18,760 But it also, I think the keyboard sounds sort of sounded a little bit more like Richie Blackmore's 713 00:36:18,760 --> 00:36:20,520 Rainbow that Dio was in. 714 00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:25,320 I think it was hearkening a little back more than forward the way the keyboards are used. 715 00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:26,320 I don't know. 716 00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:30,000 I feel like there's a little bit of a sheen on that track in particular that I wouldn't 717 00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:32,640 have gotten in like the 70s. 718 00:36:32,640 --> 00:36:33,640 Andy hates that sheen. 719 00:36:33,640 --> 00:36:35,920 Give me that sheen off of me. 720 00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:37,600 He hates all kinds of sheen. 721 00:36:37,600 --> 00:36:41,840 Charlie Sheen, Tiger Blood, he's winning. 722 00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:45,760 All right, so why don't we get into another track. 723 00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:55,360 This one is One Night in the City. 724 00:36:55,360 --> 00:37:08,480 Yeah, well, One Night in the City, kind of a traditional tale of good people, you know, 725 00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:13,240 sort of going to the city and sort of finding evil or being corrupted. 726 00:37:13,240 --> 00:37:16,420 It seems like the same kind of thing that would have been written about in a country 727 00:37:16,420 --> 00:37:22,000 song or something like that, you know, going into town and finding booze or the devil or 728 00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:23,000 whatever. 729 00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:26,680 So I'm a sucker for that kind of thing. 730 00:37:26,680 --> 00:37:30,280 My clickbait headline for the album is Eat Your Heart Out, Halford. 731 00:37:30,280 --> 00:37:32,760 Dio Reigns is the vocal king of metal. 732 00:37:32,760 --> 00:37:34,240 Eat Your Heart Out. 733 00:37:34,240 --> 00:37:38,400 Yeah, we've already talked about Dio's vocal stylings. 734 00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:40,040 He stands alone. 735 00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:42,520 The album just delivers exactly what I expected. 736 00:37:42,520 --> 00:37:46,560 You know, I was familiar with Holy Diver. 737 00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:49,840 This is pretty much just a continuation of that. 738 00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:54,940 I guess it doesn't feel quite as special as Holy Diver for some reason. 739 00:37:54,940 --> 00:37:58,800 And also, you know, the Rainbow record that we covered a while ago on the show. 740 00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:00,640 I'm not sure exactly why. 741 00:38:00,640 --> 00:38:05,600 Maybe it just time passes or something and things just aren't quite as novel. 742 00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:10,400 I was actually reminded of the Twisted Sister record that we did, you know, not too long 743 00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:14,720 ago, Stay Hungry, right, which I believe was released in the same year. 744 00:38:14,720 --> 00:38:18,280 There's a lot of similarities, kind of comes from the same place. 745 00:38:18,280 --> 00:38:21,920 And of course, you know, I think Dio is a better singer. 746 00:38:21,920 --> 00:38:25,320 I think the musicians are probably better in Dio. 747 00:38:25,320 --> 00:38:29,800 But for some reason, I think I prefer the Twisted Sister record and I'm not sure what 748 00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:30,800 it is. 749 00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:34,040 Maybe it just feels a little more vibrant or new or something. 750 00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:41,800 It was more about rebellious energy and taking on the man and more, yeah, like less fantastical 751 00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:44,280 also except for the story about the serial killer. 752 00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:45,280 Yeah. 753 00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:46,280 Yeah, I guess that's it. 754 00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:48,760 Yeah, maybe Dio doesn't feel like he's of this world. 755 00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:50,360 Yeah, you're right. 756 00:38:50,360 --> 00:38:54,920 And Dee Snider, despite the horror stuff, feels kind of just more like an ordinary fellow, 757 00:38:54,920 --> 00:38:55,920 I guess. 758 00:38:55,920 --> 00:38:58,360 Yeah, this record's not really grounded in anything. 759 00:38:58,360 --> 00:39:01,480 It feels very abstract, which can be a good thing though. 760 00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:04,640 I mean, he's into more sci-fi side of metal. 761 00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:05,640 Mythology, yeah. 762 00:39:05,640 --> 00:39:06,640 Yeah. 763 00:39:06,640 --> 00:39:11,280 But again, I think any Dio record like this, I could probably listen to and enjoy, you 764 00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:14,360 know, just like Mavis Staples. 765 00:39:14,360 --> 00:39:18,640 I hadn't listened to this album with a lot of attention before. 766 00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:20,400 I usually listen to Holy Diver. 767 00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:25,480 But I thought this is a really good follow up, pretty solid, maybe not quite as classic, 768 00:39:25,480 --> 00:39:30,120 but still a very good Dio album and metal album of that era. 769 00:39:30,120 --> 00:39:35,440 Record Store Day is going to be featuring a picture disc release of the album. 770 00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:38,960 So I have a feeling you'll be seeing Murray very clearly on the disc. 771 00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:44,180 So yeah, if you haven't listened to it, go check out Dio, The Last in Line. 772 00:39:44,180 --> 00:39:48,360 And if you're interested in picking up that record, go to Record Store Day. 773 00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:49,360 Can you dig it? 774 00:39:49,360 --> 00:39:50,360 Can you dig it? 775 00:39:50,360 --> 00:39:51,360 Can you dig it? 776 00:39:51,360 --> 00:39:52,360 All right. 777 00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:59,360 Well, I know we've all been caught up in the excitement and anticipation of this album. 778 00:39:59,360 --> 00:40:02,520 And anticipation of Record Store Day. 779 00:40:02,520 --> 00:40:05,160 But you know, what other things have you been digging lately? 780 00:40:05,160 --> 00:40:08,560 Well, I got a handful of things here in my new release bag. 781 00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:09,560 I'd love to show you guys. 782 00:40:09,560 --> 00:40:10,560 You always do. 783 00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:16,080 I'll try and do it in a non creepy way this time. 784 00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:17,080 Whip them out. 785 00:40:17,080 --> 00:40:18,080 Jeez, thanks doc. 786 00:40:18,080 --> 00:40:20,080 God, he's got you covered. 787 00:40:20,080 --> 00:40:22,920 One of us does. 788 00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:29,600 All right, first thing up here is from jazz vocalist, Ellis Russell, what it is called. 789 00:40:29,600 --> 00:40:30,600 I am. 790 00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:34,440 This is her first interview from her 2013 album to Dust. 791 00:40:34,440 --> 00:40:39,440 She's a very soulful jazz vocalist from Suffolk, England. 792 00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:43,680 This album sounds very much in line with that 2013 album. 793 00:40:43,680 --> 00:40:46,040 This is not what I expected to hear. 794 00:40:46,040 --> 00:40:47,040 Yeah. 795 00:40:47,040 --> 00:40:52,880 I thought it was going to be a little more runs and like maybe a higher register. 796 00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:55,800 It's a little more subdued than I expected. 797 00:40:55,800 --> 00:40:57,600 Is this typical of her sound? 798 00:40:57,600 --> 00:41:01,640 Yeah, it's more like loungey, lounge jazz kind of thing. 799 00:41:01,640 --> 00:41:02,640 No scatting? 800 00:41:02,640 --> 00:41:03,640 Scatting? 801 00:41:03,640 --> 00:41:06,800 I don't know, there's a lot of scatting. 802 00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:09,760 She's more in like the Adele space, I would say. 803 00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:14,160 All right, next one up is from a UK group called Ugly. 804 00:41:14,160 --> 00:41:16,760 The album is called Twice Around the Sun. 805 00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:18,080 This is a very interesting record. 806 00:41:18,080 --> 00:41:21,600 It technically is an EP, though it's about 35 minutes long. 807 00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:25,320 I guess I would call it chamber pop, but there's elements of like post rock for sure. 808 00:41:25,320 --> 00:41:27,360 I heard like some Queen in there at times. 809 00:41:27,360 --> 00:41:29,720 It is a really inventive record. 810 00:41:29,720 --> 00:41:32,040 I almost don't even know how to classify it. 811 00:41:32,040 --> 00:41:34,000 Is this completely new to you? 812 00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:35,880 Yeah, I've never heard of them before. 813 00:41:35,880 --> 00:41:37,960 I never know what to expect from you, man. 814 00:41:37,960 --> 00:41:39,560 This is kind of twangy a little bit. 815 00:41:39,560 --> 00:41:40,560 I never do either. 816 00:41:40,560 --> 00:41:44,360 You know, but it could have, whenever you introduce anything, it could be some dude 817 00:41:44,360 --> 00:41:47,480 screaming bloody murder or it could be something like this. 818 00:41:47,480 --> 00:41:49,040 It sounds kind of light and lilty. 819 00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:51,440 Yeah, it's a pretty fun record. 820 00:41:51,440 --> 00:41:55,680 They can do like these amazing vocal harmonies on a couple of tracks that remind me a little 821 00:41:55,680 --> 00:41:56,680 bit of Queen. 822 00:41:56,680 --> 00:41:58,600 So it's an interesting one for sure. 823 00:41:58,600 --> 00:42:01,960 And last one from a group we've talked about a few times on the show, I believe this one 824 00:42:01,960 --> 00:42:02,960 is Crown Bin. 825 00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:07,000 They're an instrumental guitar group from Houston, Texas. 826 00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:09,560 They have a new record called A La Sala. 827 00:42:09,560 --> 00:42:11,040 It's very chill. 828 00:42:11,040 --> 00:42:16,320 So I was doing this while I was doing my taxes and it kept my blood pressure down. 829 00:42:16,320 --> 00:42:19,400 I think that's, I mean, that's a, that's a beautiful review. 830 00:42:19,400 --> 00:42:21,600 I'm sure the band would appreciate it too. 831 00:42:21,600 --> 00:42:24,240 Great album to do your taxes by. 832 00:42:24,240 --> 00:42:29,320 Now they're a really good chill group. 833 00:42:29,320 --> 00:42:31,320 They had a direct market to the HNR Block. 834 00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:35,800 See if those folks want to use this music to help do their job. 835 00:42:35,800 --> 00:42:39,160 A La Sala translates to do your taxes. 836 00:42:39,160 --> 00:42:40,160 Wow. 837 00:42:40,160 --> 00:42:41,160 It's April 15th. 838 00:42:41,160 --> 00:42:44,160 We got all you guys out there. 839 00:42:44,160 --> 00:42:47,320 What you been digging on Dan? 840 00:42:47,320 --> 00:42:50,520 Well, I've mentioned it several times and I'll keep mentioning it. 841 00:42:50,520 --> 00:42:54,280 So the Pet Shop Boys do have an album coming out April 26th. 842 00:42:54,280 --> 00:42:55,920 It's coming soon. 843 00:42:55,920 --> 00:43:00,920 But they released another single from the album called Dancing Star. 844 00:43:00,920 --> 00:43:05,080 And typical of the Pet Shop Boys, even though they're, you know, kind of just simple dance 845 00:43:05,080 --> 00:43:09,200 pop, they also just have weird subjects to the, to the writing. 846 00:43:09,200 --> 00:43:15,200 And so this one is actually about a Soviet dancer, Rudolf Nureyev, who was one of the 847 00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:20,640 first like Soviet celebrities to defect to Western Europe in the 1960s. 848 00:43:20,640 --> 00:43:22,160 Kind of a cool story. 849 00:43:22,160 --> 00:43:25,400 Also typical of the Pet Shop Boys, there's some good B-sides. 850 00:43:25,400 --> 00:43:31,000 There's a song called If Jesus Had a Sister, which, you know, provides some, some interesting, 851 00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:32,000 thoughtful ideas. 852 00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:33,000 So, yeah. 853 00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:39,160 So I wonder if people are already starting to line up with tents and such to get their 854 00:43:39,160 --> 00:43:41,640 hands on this album on release day. 855 00:43:41,640 --> 00:43:45,520 That's why they're not doing it on record store day, because it would just be too many 856 00:43:45,520 --> 00:43:46,520 people. 857 00:43:46,520 --> 00:43:49,560 No one would care about the other releases. 858 00:43:49,560 --> 00:43:50,560 What about you, dude? 859 00:43:50,560 --> 00:43:54,800 Well, I'm digging a few different things, but I've heard of this band before. 860 00:43:54,800 --> 00:43:56,320 They're called Acid Mammoth. 861 00:43:56,320 --> 00:44:01,360 I've listened to their albums, but they just released one called Supersonic Megafauna Collision. 862 00:44:01,360 --> 00:44:03,120 Nice. 863 00:44:03,120 --> 00:44:05,200 It's their fourth full-length album. 864 00:44:05,200 --> 00:44:11,080 Their Doom Metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2015 by Chris Babalas Jr. 865 00:44:11,080 --> 00:44:16,320 And the lead guitarist is his dad, Chris Babalas Sr., which I think is really cool. 866 00:44:16,320 --> 00:44:22,520 And on our recent episode about family bands, I wish I had known that connection. 867 00:44:22,520 --> 00:44:26,640 But you know, it's Doomy and Gloomy and cool album art. 868 00:44:26,640 --> 00:44:28,640 It's kind of a Sabbathy record. 869 00:44:28,640 --> 00:44:30,200 It's a fun listen. 870 00:44:30,200 --> 00:44:31,520 Yeah, sounds cool. 871 00:44:31,520 --> 00:44:34,480 Metal band from Athens, Greece, not Georgia? 872 00:44:34,480 --> 00:44:35,480 Correct. 873 00:44:35,480 --> 00:44:37,160 Okay, cool. 874 00:44:37,160 --> 00:44:43,480 And then as always, I did a little shopping at the record store and found a copy of a 875 00:44:43,480 --> 00:44:45,400 record I've been looking for for a while. 876 00:44:45,400 --> 00:44:46,680 I was on my way out of the store. 877 00:44:46,680 --> 00:44:50,280 I'd already made my purchases and I saw it on the wall and it was like, oh no. 878 00:44:50,280 --> 00:44:53,240 And I had to turn around and spend more money. 879 00:44:53,240 --> 00:45:00,960 It is the 1986 album Control by Janet Jackson that we talked about on episode 218 of the 880 00:45:00,960 --> 00:45:01,960 podcast. 881 00:45:01,960 --> 00:45:04,320 So it's really nice to have that in the collection. 882 00:45:04,320 --> 00:45:06,880 I had a memory about the vinyl copy of it. 883 00:45:06,880 --> 00:45:11,000 My friend Sean lived next door to me and had it on vinyl. 884 00:45:11,000 --> 00:45:12,000 I was like, why don't you have the cassette? 885 00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:14,120 He's like, well, because I don't have a cassette player. 886 00:45:14,120 --> 00:45:15,880 I only have a record player. 887 00:45:15,880 --> 00:45:17,640 When that still was a thing. 888 00:45:17,640 --> 00:45:23,600 We listened to it in his room in red light because he had spray painted a light bulb 889 00:45:23,600 --> 00:45:27,040 red to give his bedroom a little more mood letting. 890 00:45:27,040 --> 00:45:28,040 Yeah. 891 00:45:28,040 --> 00:45:29,040 A little more style. 892 00:45:29,040 --> 00:45:30,040 Nice. 893 00:45:30,040 --> 00:45:31,040 That was a good record though. 894 00:45:31,040 --> 00:45:33,000 I was impressed by coming back to that. 895 00:45:33,000 --> 00:45:34,000 Yeah. 896 00:45:34,000 --> 00:45:35,000 All right. 897 00:45:35,000 --> 00:45:36,000 Well, what are you digging? 898 00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:37,000 Let us know. 899 00:45:37,000 --> 00:45:39,360 Hit us up on the socials, Facebook, Instagram and threads. 900 00:45:39,360 --> 00:45:45,320 Also on our website, albumnerds.com. 901 00:45:45,320 --> 00:45:59,080 Well, as we were celebrating record story day on April 20th, I was reminded of this 902 00:45:59,080 --> 00:46:04,000 fairly well-known quote from one of our founding fathers of this country, Thomas Jefferson, 903 00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:09,440 who said, some of my finest hours have been spent on my back veranda, smoking hemp and 904 00:46:09,440 --> 00:46:12,000 observing as far as my eye can see. 905 00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:16,160 So to translate in today's parlance, it would be smoking if you got. 906 00:46:16,160 --> 00:46:19,720 If you want to say, sure. 907 00:46:19,720 --> 00:46:23,760 With that in mind, let's bring out my friend and yours, Wadbop to see what we'll be talking 908 00:46:23,760 --> 00:46:32,880 about on next week's show. 909 00:46:32,880 --> 00:46:38,720 As album nerds, you obviously enjoy the experience of listening to albums from start to finish. 910 00:46:38,720 --> 00:46:42,560 Next time, you will double down on your love of the album format. 911 00:46:42,560 --> 00:46:45,880 You will test your limits and explore double albums. 912 00:46:45,880 --> 00:46:47,320 Just how nerdy are you? 913 00:46:47,320 --> 00:46:48,320 We shall see. 914 00:46:48,320 --> 00:46:51,040 Back to the grind boys, double albums. 915 00:46:51,040 --> 00:46:54,840 Ooh, that's a long grind on these ones. 916 00:46:54,840 --> 00:46:56,760 Those long plays. 917 00:46:56,760 --> 00:47:00,200 Size matters. 918 00:47:00,200 --> 00:47:02,440 Too big can be too much. 919 00:47:02,440 --> 00:47:03,440 Just getting away. 920 00:47:03,440 --> 00:47:04,440 When it comes to records. 921 00:47:04,440 --> 00:47:05,440 Yeah. 922 00:47:05,440 --> 00:47:08,920 We'll have to find some ones that are good fits for us, I guess. 923 00:47:08,920 --> 00:47:09,920 It can be a lot to take in. 924 00:47:09,920 --> 00:47:19,720 Oh, Don always likes to go deep. 925 00:47:19,720 --> 00:47:22,040 Well what's your favorite double album of all time? 926 00:47:22,040 --> 00:47:23,040 What else are you listening to? 927 00:47:23,040 --> 00:47:27,520 Leave a comment on our website or email us at podcast at album nerds dot com. 928 00:47:27,520 --> 00:47:31,360 You can follow us on Facebook, Instagram and threads at album nerds. 929 00:47:31,360 --> 00:47:34,600 And please subscribe, rate and review on your favorite podcast app. 930 00:47:34,600 --> 00:47:39,040 And if you'd like to support the show, you can do so via PayPal at album nerds dot com 931 00:47:39,040 --> 00:47:40,280 slash support. 932 00:47:40,280 --> 00:47:43,120 Thank you once again for joining us on the album nerds podcast. 933 00:47:43,120 --> 00:47:45,960 We'll catch you next time with some double album action. 934 00:47:45,960 --> 00:47:46,960 Yes. 935 00:47:46,960 --> 00:47:47,960 Hopefully not too much action. 936 00:47:47,960 --> 00:47:48,960 I don't know how to deal with that. 937 00:47:48,960 --> 00:47:49,960 Nice listen everybody. 938 00:47:49,960 --> 00:47:50,960 Catch you next time. 939 00:47:50,960 --> 00:47:51,960 There's no sign of the morning coming. 940 00:47:51,960 --> 00:47:52,960 You've been like a rainbow. 941 00:47:52,960 --> 00:47:53,960 Ugh, I can't get there. 942 00:47:53,960 --> 00:47:54,960 I don't think I've seen that before. 943 00:47:54,960 --> 00:47:55,960 I don't know. 944 00:47:55,960 --> 00:47:56,960 I don't know. 945 00:47:56,960 --> 00:47:57,960 I don't know. 946 00:47:57,960 --> 00:47:58,960 I don't know. 947 00:47:58,960 --> 00:47:59,960 I don't know. 948 00:47:59,960 --> 00:48:00,960 I don't know. 949 00:48:00,960 --> 00:48:01,960 I don't know. 950 00:48:01,960 --> 00:48:02,960 I don't know. 951 00:48:02,960 --> 00:48:03,960 I don't know. 952 00:48:03,960 --> 00:48:06,240 I don't think I've seen that vein in your neck before, Don. 953 00:48:06,240 --> 00:48:08,720 That's why Dio is special. 954 00:48:08,720 --> 00:48:09,720 Yes. 955 00:48:09,720 --> 00:48:37,360 If he was able to do it, then it would be meaningless if he can't.