Jody Stephens shares memories of Big Star, vinyl & cover art for "#1 Record", "Radio City", "Third", Chris Bell & the master tapes, rare records, the upcoming Australian tour for "Those Pretty Wrongs" and more!
Topics include:
- Jody has never been good with vinyl
- “Those Pretty Wrongs” are coming to Australia
- Continuing to use Ardent Studios
- The Ardent logo and label design introduced with the Big Star debut
- What happened to the neon star from Big Star album cover?
- The cover photo from Big Star’s “Radio City” album
- Big Star “Third” multiple album covers
- Finding a new label for Big Star “Third”
- Will vinyl be on the merch table for “Those Pretty Wrongs” Australia shows?
- Pressing 250 Big Star “Third” records to find a new label
- PVC Records release of Big Star “Third”
- An aborted single of “The Ballad of El Goodo”
- Rare Big Star records – Brazil EP
- Mislabelled Big Star singles
- Test pressings of “#1 Record” would have been handled by Chris Bell
- The care and attention for cutting Big Star records
- Inscription in the “#1 Record” runout groove
- 1st pressings of “#1 Record” had a poster
- Why was “O My Soul” in mono?
- Was Chris still working on songs for “Radio City”?
- Chris destroyed the Big Star multitrack tapes – “The India Song” multitrack may have survived
- Chris Bell’s motivation for destroying the tapes
- Was Chris Bell aware of the building legend of Big Star before his death?
- Jody spoke to Chris about a Big Star reunion prior to his passing
- Memories of Big Star live shows in early 70s
- Live recordings of Big Star – Rock Writers Convention
- How does Jody look back at the Big Star years?
- Developing songs / material for “Those Pretty Wrongs”
- Chris Stamey is still involved in Jody’s music
- Jody’s memories of playing in Australia
- Interview wrap up
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