The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

Still down-under for the 2nd part of our 2 part cratedigging expedition through Melbourne Australia. In this episode Steve from Greville Records in Prahran shares tales of Monster Magnet, Metallica & the Beastie Boys stopping by the oldest record shop in the city, Benny of Wax Museum manages an underground record shop at Flinders Street station & Nick from Collectors Corner talks about his legendary shop in the Melbourne CBD. If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related. http://www.thevinylguide.com http://facebook.com/vinylguide https://instagram.com/vinylguide/

This week we're in glorious Melbourne Australia connecting with some of the best record shops of the city! We visit Heartland Records in North Melbourne to hear the history of one of Melbourne's great rock record shops and then to Northside records, the soul, jazz and afrobeat center in the suburb of Fitzroy, where we learn about some new music and how to cratedig in Africa! If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related. http://www.thevinylguide.com http://facebook.com/vinylguide https://instagram.com/vinylguide/

Jay Millar, record dude for Sundazed Music & Modern Harmonic, shares his stories, opinions and experiences working in United Record Pressing plant, the largest vinyl pressing plant in the United States. He also shares his stories of special projects including putting together the blood-filled records from "The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends", a charity project led by Wayne Coyne.  If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related. http://www.thevinylguide.com http://facebook.com/vinylguide https://instagram.com/vinylguide/

The Amen Break is the most popular, most used, most sampled drum beat in history, and it's appeared on over 2000 separate recordings and spawned new music genres. Hear the story of the song, the track, the sample and the man behind it. We speak to Richard L Spencer, owner of the song 'Amen Brother' and the Amen Break. If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related. http://www.thevinylguide.com http://facebook.com/vinylguide https://instagram.com/vinylguide/

Eric Spitznagel goes on a journey to find the old record collection. Not copies of the records, the exact ones! The story is detailed in his new book "Old Records Never Die" and he shares some of the tales on today's podcast. Plus we discuss a little known Pink Floyd secret message on their LP The Wall. If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related. http://www.thevinylguide.com http://facebook.com/vinylguide https://instagram.com/vinylguide/

John Lennon inadvertently plagiarized a Chuck Berry song that was owned by a mobster and hatched a plan with Phil Spector to correct it. What could go wrong? As it turns out, quite a lot! This is the story of a John Lennon record that sold less than 1500 units and made a lot of lawyers rich. We also speak with Port Of Sound Record Shoppe in Costa Mesa California and discuss other thingamajigs related to vinyl records. If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related. http://www.thevinylguide.com http://facebook.com/vinylguide https://instagram.com/vinylguide/

  The Vinyl District is an awesome website as well as application for Apple iOS and Google Android smart phones and we speak to the founders about their contributions and future of the vinyl community. Plus I share an announcement regarding The Vinyl Guide and discuss the hard-to-find status of Prince records. If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related. http://www.thevinylguide.com http://facebook.com/vinylguide https://instagram.com/vinylguide/

The Black Album is a mysterious album in the Prince catalog, originally recorded, mastered, duplicated then cancelled with all but a handful of copies destroyed. Today we share the story of the LP, the theories about Prince's change of mind & more. Plus we answer listener email, talk about rap / hip-hop records and more talk about the Iron Maiden episode on The Soundhouse Tapes. If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related. http://www.thevinylguide.com http://facebook.com/vinylguide https://instagram.com/vinylguide/

Former Iron Maiden drummer Doug Sampson joins us to discuss the band’s very first record "The Soundhouse Tapes" - one of the rarest and sought after Iron Maiden artifacts. We also share how to tell a genuine version from 1979 from one of the many fakes on the market.  Topics include: Introduction to the podcast and today's focus on Iron Maiden. Discussion on Iron Maiden's first record, The Soundhouse Tapes. Details on the private pressing of The Soundhouse Tapes. Interview with Doug Sampson, former Iron Maiden drummer. Background on Iron Maiden's global success and fanbase. How The Soundhouse Tapes became a collectible record. Story behind the making of The Soundhouse Tapes. Insights on counterfeit copies of The Soundhouse Tapes. Steve Harris's role in founding Iron Maiden. The early days of Iron Maiden's formation. The London music scene during the 1970s and punk's rise. Iron Maiden's evolving lineup and early challenges. Recording process at Space Ward Studios in 1978. The Soundhouse Tapes as a key link to Iron Maiden’s first EMI release. Neil Kay's involvement in promoting Iron Maiden’s demo tapes. The Soundhouse Tapes charting above major bands. Iron Maiden’s early tour van, "The Green Goddess". The band's investment in stage shows and equipment. Growing popularity of Iron Maiden through cassette tape trading. Rod Smallwood’s role as Iron Maiden’s manager. Iron Maiden’s decision to press 5,000 copies of The Soundhouse Tapes. How to identify an original pressing of The Soundhouse Tapes. Iron Maiden’s struggles with the master tapes being wiped. Doug Sampson discussing his time with Iron Maiden. Steve Harris’s contribution to Iron Maiden’s logo and branding. Extended, Commercial-Free & High Resolution version of this podcast is available at: www.Patreon.com/VinylGuide Listen on Apple: https://apple.co/2Y6ORU0 Listen on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/36qhlc8    

Record Store Day 2016 is upon us, are you ready? Hundreds of new releases on vinyl as well as cassette and CD are making their way to the shops. Will you line up at your local record store the morning of April 16? Today we speak to one of the co-founders of RSD and share the story of RSD, from it's limited origins to the challenges of managing a global phenomenon. Also we share a track from an upcoming Velvet Underground tribute LP "Reloaded" which is super limited run and only available in Sydney at The Vintage Record on April 16. It's awesome so if you're in Sydney on April 16, get yourself a copy as you likely won't ever see it again.  If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related. http://www.thevinylguide.com http://facebook.com/vinylguide https://instagram.com/vinylguide/