

The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
The Vinyl Guide
Nate is a record collector, music lover and vinyl maniac. Join him on his journey to discuss, share and review all things related to vinyl records. We feature stories about and interviews with musicians, artists and people of knowledge in the area of vinyl records. Additionally we share information on desirable pressings of records, how to tell a $5 pressing from a $500 pressing and care and maintenance for your cratedigging hobby. Subscribe and share with your record-nerd friends. Cheers!
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May 31, 2016 • 1h 19min
Ep033: The Story of the Amen Break, Interview w The Winstons founding member Richard L Spencer
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/

May 24, 2016 • 1h 5min
Ep032: "Old Records Never Die" Author Eric Spitznagel & Secret Message from Pink Floyd
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/

May 17, 2016 • 52min
Ep031: John Lennon Roots & Rock and Roll, Port Of Sound Records in Orange County
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/

May 10, 2016 • 1h 25min
Ep030: The Vinyl District Interviews, A Vinyl Guide Announcement & Prince Records
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/

May 3, 2016 • 47min
Ep029: Prince and The Story of The Black Album + Listener Email
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/

Apr 18, 2016 • 1h
Ep028: Iron Maiden & The Sound House Tapes, Interview w Doug Sampson
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

Apr 12, 2016 • 1h 11min
Ep027: Record Store Day special! Interview w RSD Co-founder & Velvet Underground Covers LP
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/

Apr 5, 2016 • 39min
Ep026: The Jazz Scene & Norman Granz, Ask the Vinyl Doctor and Cliff Notes on Sun Ra & John Cage
This week we tell the story of Jazz pioneer Norman Granz, founder of Verve Records, Jazz at the Philharmonic and a rare record set he produced called "The Jazz Scene". Plus we discuss Sun Ra, John Cage and a new record release on Sundazed Music, as well as asking the vinyl doctor about manual and automatic turntables. 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/

Mar 29, 2016 • 48min
Ep025: Sundazed Music's Jay Millar, Vinyl in the News & Podcast Sponsorship Manifesto
Sundazed Music is a great reissue label and record dude Jay Millar discusses how the company goes about putting together reissues as well as some of the cool upcoming releases on the new Modern Harmonic record label, including Sun Ra, John Cage and others. We also review some vinyl news stories and discuss how we'll go about sponsorships of The Vinyl Guide. 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/

Mar 21, 2016 • 44min
Ep024: Voyager Golden Records, Gimme Gimme Records, Hello Henry Rollins & Goodbye Keith Emerson
The story of the 'Golden Records' that contain sounds, images and greetings from the Earth, that were blasted into space as part of NASA's Voyager space program. We also talk to Dan Cook of Gimme Gimme Records in Los Angeles California, as well as discuss the passing of Keith Emerson of ELP. Great band....oh yeah and Henry Rollins sent me an email! 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/


