Originally aired as Comedy Store Podcast #227.  IT'S ANNIVERSARY WEEK! The Comedy Store is celebrating 50 years so it's a long one. Rick and Eleanor welcome a member of the founding family, Pauly Shore as well as Steve Simeone and the one and only Bobby Lee dropping in. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, COMEDY STORE!

Originally aired as Comedy Store Podcast episode #222. Rick & Eleanor welcome paid regular Jenica, an actress and comic banned from The Comedy Store after a physical altercation with another well-known comic. Who? You'll have to tune in to see. Plus appearances by "Jeff Garlin" and "Argus." Do NOT sleep on this one!

Originally aired as Comedy Store Podcast #215. With Eleanor still on the east coast, Rick welcomes Anthony Jeselnik into the studio to chat about showcasing, getting passed and not watching other people's stand-up.

Our 15th season is devoted to the epicenter of standup comedy, the Comedy Store. To celebrate our 15th VMP Anthology, 50 Years of the Comedy Store, we're handing the reigns of the VMP Anthology podcast over to the fine folks at the Comedy Store Podcast. In this quick prologue episode, VMP's Director of Music Andrew Winistorfer explains this season, and talks briefly about what's next for VMP Anthology. 

In the season finale, me and my co-host Pablo E. Yglesias talk about the final albums in your box, including one that didn't exist until Vinyl Me, Please release of The Story of Ghetto Records. Listen to the end for hints at what's coming next in VMP Anthology. 

On this episode, my co-host Pablo E. Yglesias and I discuss albums 2 through 5 in your box. We start with Papo Felix, continue with Paul Ortiz and Orquesta Son, cover the latin psych rock of La Fantastica, and finish with the label’s biggest hit maker, Joe Acosta. The box is still available at Vinyl Me, Please.com, so grab that if you haven’t.

Welcome to this season of the VMP Anthology Podcast, I’m your host Andrew Winistorfer. This season, our 14th, unbelievably, is devoted to telling the story of Ghetto Records, a short-lived latin-jazz, soul, and boogaloo label founded by latinx music legend Joe Bataan. Collecting literally everything the label ever released–six albums, and a brand new compilation featuring loose 7-inches and unreleased material–this is the complete story of a small slice of the rich history of New York latinx musics. We partnered with Now Again records to make this box possible, and are excited for these albums–many of which sell for hundreds of dollars–to be back in circulation and on streaming for the first time ever.  Because this label and music are both not that well known, we thought we’d focus this season around telling brief overviews of the albums, and then playing a bunch of music for you. My co-host though Ghetto Records is Pablo E. Yglesias, a DJ, writer and latin music historian who wrote the extensive liner notes for this box set. We still have a few copies of this box left, so go grab it if you haven’t already.  In this episode, we’ll talk the background of Ghetto, how Joe Bataan used spite to launch Ghetto Records, and at the end, we’ll talk the first album in the box, Ghetto Records Presents Eddie Lebron.

In the final episode of our season devoted to Willie Nelson, we take your calls about Willie's ability to make each cover song his own, and we answer your questions about Outlaw Country as a genre. We also give an update on the rumored VMP Anthology devoted to Impulse Records, and give you hints on what you can expect next in VMP Anthology.    VMP Anthology: The Story of Willie Nelson is still available and now shipping. You can purchase one of the remaining copies here.   Presented by Vinyl Me, Please.  Hosted by Andrew Winistorfer Executive Produced by Amileah Sutliff and Andrew Winistorfer  Produced by Jim Hanke of the Vinyl Emergency Podcast and Julia McGuire

In the third episode of our season devoted to Willie Nelson, we listen to your calls about Willie's most famous album, Stardust. We also take your questions, and explain how The Story of Willie Nelson was curated, what albums almost made the cut, and which albums to seek out once you digest the box.    VMP Anthology: The Story of Willie Nelson is still available and now shipping. You can purchase one of the remaining copies here.   Presented by Vinyl Me, Please.  Hosted by Andrew Winistorfer Executive Produced by Amileah Sutliff and Andrew Winistorfer  Produced by Jim Hanke of the Vinyl Emergency Podcast and Julia McGuire

In the second episode of our season devoted to Willie Nelson, we listen to your emotional calls about how Willie allowed you to connect to people in your life, whether that's your mom, brother, grandpa, or yourself. VMP Anthology: The Story of Willie Nelson is still available and now shipping. You can purchase one of the remaining copies here.   Presented by Vinyl Me, Please.  Hosted by Andrew Winistorfer Executive Produced by Amileah Sutliff and Andrew Winistorfer  Produced by Jim Hanke of the Vinyl Emergency Podcast and Julia McGuire