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EPISODE 205: Salute To Steve Cropper And So Much More
January 13, 2026
Ready for another hour of some of that great album rock from the 60s and 70s? Here it is! Tales Vinyl Tells, established Dec 2019 and now, this is episode 205 and we continue to learn about the artists that made that era of music so great are passing on and entering into the room next door, according to photographer Henry Diltz. We just saw that the Grateful Dead’s cofounder and leader has also passed. More with Bobby Weir in a soon episode. I’m Brian Hallgren and we got notice that some...
2026-01-141h 00Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 204: Old Year Ending With These Movers And Groovers
Episode 204: Old Year Ending With These Movers And Groovers
January 1, 2026
Greetings and hellos to you and you and you, once again or for the first time. This is Tales Vinyl Tells, a weekly adventure into the great (and sometimes not so great) but mostly great album rock that was on our LPs of the 60s & 70s. I hope you’re well and nice today. I’m Brian Hallgren and this has been my trip since December 2019. Covid first reared its ugly head in China in mid-December 2019 and the first episode of Tales Vinyl Tells was released that month. Now we’re on episo...
2026-01-011h 01Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 171: December Holiday Songs
Episode 171: December Holiday Songs
December 18, 2024
There are many holidays in the month of December and you might hear of some that you didn’t know about on today’s Tales Vinyl Tells. I do love the old rockin’ Christmas tunes (Ronettes, Beach Boys and the like) as well as those from Tull, Greg Lake and Dan Fogelberg. Sit back and relax, have a cup of cheer and a good holiday month.
You know, if you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org, we do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can al...
2025-12-2358 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 203: The Stylus Is In The Groove And We're Spinning In Circles
Episode 203: The Stylus Is In The Groove And We're Spinning In Circles
December 15, 2025
A list had accumulated of tunes for a Tales Vinyl Tells program and it finally came time to reveal that list. It was……just the right time. So, there’s Renbourn, Winchester, Lake, The ‘Tramp, even Michael Stanley with a cooker, backed by some pros, like Joe Walsh, Sanborn, Deja vu ppl and a really great group. I’ll put into print here what I mentioned in the show, this tune, Let’s Get The Show on the Road, is on YouTube when they played on Don Kirschner’s...
2025-12-2058 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 134: Bonnie's Story
Episode 134: Bonnie's Story
December 3, 2025
In a conversation with my friend Bonnie, she said how hearing a certain tune brought back memories of a time long ago. Who she was hanging out with, what music he was listening to (and the B-52s Rock Lobster was driving her crazy). He played it over and over, saturating his beloved partner. But she smiled as she said some of the things she hears on Tales Vinyl Tells stir up some good memories. So there it is, folks. The album rock of the 60s & 70s was some memorable stuff. Just think about the bell...
2025-12-0457 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 154: Supermoon Music And More
Episode 154: Supermoon Music And More
November 25, 2025
Heres Another Tales Vinyl Tells, sharing the The vinyl albums from the 60s & 70s, those LPs carried the new wave of The British Invasion while America was already experiencing its own invasion from Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Beach Boys, Jan and Dean, Mamas and Papas, CSN&Y, Bob Dylan, The Doors, the folkies, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Freddie Boom Boom Cannon, The Turtles, The Buckinghams even. And in the next hour, my intention today is to share some of those great LPs that were breaking a type of sound barrier and blowing minds...
2025-11-2558 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 108: Good Stuff Growing Up Around The Ocean
Episode 108: Good Stuff Growing Up Around The Ocean
October 24, 2025
Some of the songs of summer are right here and they are not what you might expect.
Tales Vinyl Tells is in our 4th year of bringing some of those great album tracks of the 60s & 70s to you and thrown into the mix are some others that just need to be added to the recipe for a eargasmic hour.
And thanks for listening today. My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com. If you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org, we do that at...
2025-10-2457 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 149: Quite The British Lineup And Sure, There Are The Temptations And Delaney W Bonnie...
Episode 149: Quite The British Lineup And Sure, There Are The Temptations And Delaney W Bonnie...
October 11, 2025
July 9, 2024
This is Tales Vinyl Tells, continuing to play a lot of the music from the first 37 episodes. There’s lot of great stuff here today. Like Blue Jays, Buddy Guy, The Strawberry Hill Boys. Who? Just listen. Best heard with headphones or you could cast them to your sound system and VOILA! Music to your ears!! My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com. Today’s playlist follows.
And thanks for listening today. My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com. If you want to hear a...
2025-10-1557 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 201: There Was A Time......
Episode 201: There Was A Time......
October 10, 2025
Wakajawaka and hello to all of you. This is Tales Vinyl Tells, our extraterrestrial exploration into that great rock of the 60s & 70s that was recorded on vinyl albums and rocked at 33-1/3 revolutions per minute. Today’s LP Cuts come from Santana, the Stones, Savoy Brown, Jason Isbell and lots more. The playlist is below. Glad you’re here. Let’s spin ‘em and grin em! I’m Brian Hallgren, this is episode 201 of Tales Vinyl Tells. This is the Revolution!
And thanks for listening today. My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com. If you want to hear a...
2025-10-1058 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 99: Fun In The Rock Albums Of The 60s & 70s
Episode 99: Fun In The Rock Albums Of The 60s & 70s
October 2, 2025
From ARS and their historic background to the JimJam of Nights in White Satan, this is another fun hour of the great music that came off of the vinyls on the ‘60s & ‘70s.
And thanks for listening today. My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com. If you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org, we do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many o...
2025-10-0357 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 200: I Am An AntiFascist Creator! Definition Below.
Episode 200: I Am An AntiFascist Creator! Definition Below.
September 23, 2025
A fore note: Today Tuesday 9/23/25, I will be guest co-host on my friend Steve Haggard’s radio show, The Haggard & Haggard Radio Hour, at 4 PM CDT on RadioFreeNashville.org. We’ll chat a bit about music and especially my choices for today, two from a very inspiring artist, Jimmie Spheeris and hear some Pacific Reggae from the Herbs of New Zealand, “the land down under the land down under”. Tune in! As Steve says, “and some meaningless banter.” But you already know that.
Hello again and a big hi to you all. There’s...
2025-09-231h 03Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 199: Fall Faves, Salute To Mark Volman
Episode 199: Fall Faves, Salute To Mark Volman
September 19, 2025
Here’s another Tales Vinyl Tells for ya. High, hello and welcome back to more of that great album rock of the 60s & 70s along with (sometimes) tunes on either sides of those decades. It’s almost fall here in middle Tennessee and Nashville. Summer is winding down and it’s been one hot mothuh, and not in a good way. The dogwoods have put out their little green pods which have grown into bigger red pods, and the season will change soon. It’s on the way. Today’s hour includes some songs abou...
2025-09-201h 04Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 85: Macon And Capricorn Records, Tommy Talton Salute And Who'll Stop The Rain JimJam
Episode 85: Macon And Capricorn Records, Tommy Talton Salute And Who'll Stop The Rain JimJam
September 14, 2025
Today’s show is a replay from February 2024, bringing some of the great album rock of the 60s and 70s right to your ears and to your mind. I'm a child of the 60s and I just love this music. It brings me back to sense excitement. The smells, the tastes, the feelings of joy, bliss and of course, some sadness as some of our friends and acquaintances didn't survive those times. My intention this hour and every hour of Tales Vinyl Tells is to li...
2025-09-1559 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 198: Salute To Peter Green, This Is Military Madness
Episode 198: Salute To Peter Green, This Is Military Madness
September 7, 2025
Welcome back to another Tales Vinyl Tells. I hope you’re well and feeling great today. In the next hour you’ll hear some of those great album cuts from the 60s & 70s. Some are live updates like one from Joe Bonamassa and a 461 Ocean Blvd tune. Ry’s live. So is Mick Fleetwood with Christine McVie saluting the music of Peter Green. It’s quite possibly a Supernatural hour and it’s for your auditory pleasure. You can email me at talesvinyltells@gmail.com. I’m Brian Hallgren and these are the Tales...
2025-09-0757 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 126: Chris Hillman Salute! He's Been A Major Player In Rock And Country/Rock
Episode 126: Chris Hillman Salute! He's Been A Major Player In Rock And Country/Rock
August 29, 2025
At the turntables today with some of that great album rock from the 60s & 70s. Those sweet vinyls can still sound as good today as they did 50+ years ago. Pardon the ashes and candlewax. But there aren't any greasy fingerprints because we hold them by the edge, with the edge in the palms of our hands. And there's really not any candlewax or ashes on them. They are sacred. I hope today you'll be delighted when we hear two from the Beau Brummels, a bit...
2025-08-2959 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 8: Have You Ever Seen The Firefall In Yosemite Or Been In The Hall Of The Mountain King?
Episode 8: Have You Ever Seen The Firefall In Yosemite Or Been In The Hall Of The Mountain King?
August 25, 2025
This is a replay of a very early show that ran on RadioFreeNashville in 2023, though it was about the 45th or so overall. And I say hello to you and wonder how you’re doing in this crazy time? I’m taking care, staying well and being nice. This heat is ridiculous. I know that fall will do just that and soon. One antidote is digging some cool tunes from the 60s and 70s and this one has Quicksilver Messenger Service, Fire...
2025-08-2659 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 197: Celebration 5. What Has This/We Become?
Episode 197: Celebration 5. What Has This/We Become?
August 14, 2025
Hello and a big hi to you and you and you and you hope you’re doing very well today. It’s another Tales Vinyl Tells! Today we’ve got some interesting music, ha ha, a lot of it from the 60s and 70s, and some of it is brand new music. From people who were making music in the 60s and 70s. So, I hope you’ll increase the volume a couple notches and enjoy these Tales Vinyl Tells. On the radio in Ames Iowa, Girdwood Alaska, Hoopa California on the reservat...
2025-08-151h 05Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 150: Finding The Good Stuff Of Growing Up Near The Ocean
Episode 150: Finding The Good Stuff Of Growing Up Near The Ocean
August 8, 2025
What are the good memories of your childhood? What music soothed you or really turned you on?
For me, the ocean was 10 minutes away by car. 20 on bike. The aroma of the salt sea is evident hours away. It was soothing to see the calm flat blue, like glass. It was also exciting to see the ocean when it was full of waves. Summertime in South Florida was hot, hazy and humid, but the effects nature offered on the sea surface and the fun on the hot...
2025-08-0957 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 196: Celebration Of Life 4. Did We Miss Something?
Episode 196: Celebration Of Life 4. Did We Miss Something?
July 31, 2025
Hi again and welcome to another Tales Vinyl Tells. This hour is all about the music of the 60s & 70s, with occasional reaches north or south of those decades, but hopefully it’s all good. Thanks for tuning in. If you’re a boomer, you know what I’m playing here. If you’re not so familiar with the music of that time, stay with me. I’ll give you a teaser. Over the past few episodes I’ve been sharing some of the tunes I want played at a time in the future duri...
2025-08-011h 01Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 195: Celebration Of Life In The Present. It Is A Gift, After All.
Episode 195: Celebration Of Life In The Present. It Is A Gift, After All.
July 22, 2025
Hi again and welcome to another Tales Vinyl Tells. This is an ear-pleasing excursion into the great music from the albums of the 60s & 70s. Sometimes outside those decades too. and we’re celebrating life more these days with some tunes that might describe my ways …or not…maybe they do yours too. Each of these songs from my Celebration of Life playlist have a connection with me. It’s a playlist for my celebration of life service, whenever that times comes and it is inevitable. And sure, the...
2025-07-221h 02Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 194: Celebration Of This Life, Part 2. What Songs Describe Your Life?
Episode 194: Celebration Of This Life, Part 2. What Songs Describe Your Life?
July 15, 2025
Hi again and welcome to another Tales Vinyl Tells. This is a plunge into the great music from the albums of the 60s & 70s. As suggested by my wonderful partner, Sparky, The vinyl ventures today celebrate life in the here and now and they are a part of my Celebration playlist that I just might want to be played during my celebration of life gathering, still yet to be scheduled, thank God. I’m Brian Hallgren and IN this hour, I also say my thank yous and goodbyes to Lo...
2025-07-1657 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 97: Gershwin Prize Winner
Episode 97: Gershwin Prize Winner
July 6, 2025
And the Gershwin Prize goes to …….The aging process on humans is real. What we do and dont do may play a big part in how that process affects us or not. The vinyl LPs of that era and the new ones being purchased today will last a lot longer than the color in our hair or our smooth and youthful skin. All Im saying is that the age of rock is so wide and varied, from Elvis to Zappa, we have a lot of ground to cover in these short one-hour shows. And, who know...
2025-07-0857 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 105: Happy Independence Day! It's The 4th Of July TVT!
Episode 105: Happy Independence Day! It's The 4th Of July TVT!
July 1, 2025
Here’s a salute to America with Yes, Steppenwolf, Karla Bonoff, Linda Ronstadt with one of Bonoff’s tunes and an encouragement to be registered to vote and to be aware of ballot issues everytime the polls are open. Vote with your head and heart. I also encourage you to even consider working the polls, getting involved in letter writing (it’s easy!) There is voting going on much of the time and some don’t want “you people” to know about it. Be informed! Check with your local election boa...
2025-07-0258 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 193: NEW! Salute And Thanks To Brian Wilson And Sly Stone
Episode 193: NEW! Salute And Thanks To Brian Wilson And Sly Stone
June 26, 2025
I have been working on a new series of these shows for a little while now and I’ll tell you about that in a few minutes. And it will affect everyone of us in our lifetime. Don’t be scared, don’t fret, there’s lots of great album cuts from the 60s and 70s in the next hour and maybe even some unexpected songs. Today we salute a couple music geniuses who entered the room next door recently and we acknowledge their place in and between our ears...
2025-06-271h 07Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 147: Juneteenth Special
Episode 147: Juneteenth Special
June 17, 2025
Here it is again. My annual salute to the celebration of the end of slavery on June 19, 1865 when Union General Gordon Granger read federal orders in Galveston, Texas that all previously enslaved people in Texas were free even though the emancipation proclamation had formally freed them almost 2-1/2 years earlier. This was a very significant event but was replaced by Jim Crow laws that still today hamstring the lives of many previous slaves’ families. My hopes are that when you hear The Negro National Anthem, Lift Every Voice and Sing, you’ll feel something inside reminding you...
2025-06-1858 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 162: Saluting Kristofferson, Lesh, Sergio, John David
June 5, 2025
The hourglass is filling with sand. I’ve been working on this one over the past couple weeks and got the word that Phil Lesh passed, I knew that I needed to finish up and get the salutes ready. These four had unique lives and affected millions around the world, like many of the artists from the 60s & 70s did. This hour is a major tease. Do you have a story or memory of any of these artists that you might want to share? A Dead concert maybe? Or some piece of trivia? My email is TalesVinylTells@gmail.com. In...
2025-06-111h 00Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 118: Indian Summer, RIP Rudolph, Petty/Campbell Now And Then, Health Workers Salute
Didn’t get no notice from Spot-to-fy since last time I posted. Maybe they were just being sensitive and not getting any attention. Whatever. We’ll see what happens this week and see if I can care any less.
This time we salute all health care workers and providers, including those on what some call “the fringes”, complementary medicine, like osteopathy, acupuncture, homeopathy, massage, reflexology and reiki, from here.
As we’ve been doing the past couple episodes, we hearing artists before and after larger success. Tom Petty/Heartbreakers/Mike Campbell share 3. This time of year we know winter’s coming and it...
2025-06-111h 00Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Tales Vinyl Tells Music Podcast Episode 192! New and improved! Lots of LPs to hear. So little time.Episode 192! New and improved! Lots of LPs to hear. So little time.
Hello and welcome to another Tales Vinyl Tells. Our trek into the great album rock of the 1960s and 70s is what we focus on here. The albums that came out during that time carried at least one maybe two really great numbers and my mission is to dig some of those hidden gems out and share them with you. I’m Brian Hallgren and these are the Tales Vinyl Tells. Looking over our playlist today we’ve got some J.J. Cale, one from the Airplane’s Surrea...
2025-05-281h 02Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 191! A New Dive Into The Great Album Rock Of The 60s & 70s
Episode 191! A New Dive Into The Great Album Rock Of The 60s & 70s
May 20, 2025
Welcome back to the 60s and 70s….music, that is. It’s Tales Vinyl Tells! Today we jump into the time machine and re-visit 1966, Woodstock and what’s that smell? There’s Something in the air. I’ve got a cut from Ummagumma, even Deep Purple. My name’s Brian Hallgren and this is my trip, Tales Vinyl Tells, since 2019. Some of the best album rock of the 60s & 70s. Starting off today with The Boss, captured Live in Dublin, Ireland.
I want to say thank you to all the fina...
2025-05-211h 05Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 190: What Should I Name This One?
Episode 190: What Should I Name This One?
May 13, 2025
I hope I caught you at a good time. After all, this is a program about the great album cuts of the 60s and 70s. This is Tales Vinyl Tells and I am Brian Hallgren. Today we continue to feature a lot of the songs from the year 1969, in particular. These cuts may not be what you expect to hear from the album and we’ll hear from the Kinks, The Mothers of Invention, Simon and Garfunkel and more this time. I’m glad you’re here and I hope you’ll stay wit...
2025-05-141h 09Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 189: One Of The Main Musical Topics Of The 60s: Protest!
Episode 189: One Of The Main Musical Topics Of The 60s: Protest!
May 6, 2025
One nonviolent way to show one’s displeasure/disgust/disagreement is to protest. In a letter to the editor, written in a blog, by contacting your lawmakers, taking it to the streets and there are many other ways. Pete Seeger was known for his songs protesting mistreatment of workers and war itself, and over time there has been a great abundance of songs and actions of protest. Marvin Gaye, CCR, Nina Simone, Dylan, Lennon and many others wrote and performed their protest songs from What’s Goin’ on?, Blowin...
2025-05-071h 03Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 184: Some Of The Goodies From 1969
Episode 184: Some Of The Goodies From 1969
May 1, 2025
Hello and welcome! It’s another Tales Vinyl Tells, an excursion into the great album cuts of our vinyl records of the 60s & 70s. Today we’re tuned into some of the 1969 releases that rocked and changed the consciousness of the world. Tommy, the Who’s Rock Opera came out in 69. So did the Stones’ Let It Bleed, Santana’s first, The Stooges debuted with Iggy Pop and the first two Zeppelin LPs came out in that year. So did Abbey Road. And “The Band” LP, with Cripple Creek and The night they drove old dixie dow...
2025-05-011h 04Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”This is Episode 188: Come Along With Me And Let's Dig Some LPs!It's another Tales Vinyl Tells! You've heard a lot of these before and they are so much fun to hear again!
This is Episode 188: Come Along With Me And Let's Dig Some LPs!
April 22, 2025
We loved sitting around after work in the late 60s and early 70s and checking out the new LPs that were flooding the market and heard on great radio stations like Mother-WMUM, KSAN, WSHE. The album cuts ranged from King Crimson and Captain Beefheart, a new Beatles, and we’d track from front to back. So many great cuts that just didn’t fi...
2025-04-2558 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 187: A Few Years Ago, Bob Dylan Sold An Estimated $300 Million Worth Of His Work
Episode 187: A Few Years Ago, Bob Dylan Sold An Estimated $300 Million Worth Of His Work
April 15, 2025
He signed with Columbia in 1961 and the deal included around 600 pieces. More details in this episode, which includes Dylan himself and lots of great copies of his songs. The Byrds really favored Dylan’s works and recorded around 18 of his songs. The Turtles did one. It’s here on the original episode, #30. It’s here too and so is the re-recorded and current program broadcast on air and in the apps. Hope you really enjoy the master’s music.
I want to say than...
2025-04-161h 00Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”TALES VINYL TELLS PODCAST Episode 186: It Was A New Year, 2023! Salute To Christine McVie And MoreTALES VINYL TELLS PODCAST Episode 186: It Was A New Year, 2023! Salute To Christine McVie And More
April 8, 2025
Looks like we made it to a new year. I was beginning to wonder. Last year had some good, some sad but the best thing is that is ended. I had a Covid Christmas, lost a couple really good people, like my 30 year old niece, my 62 year old friend, had a melanoma on my head and it was just a weird year. I did though get my chance to bring Tales Vinyl Tells to RadioFreeNashville and the world. Now a...
2025-04-0957 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 185: Jerry Lee W/E Street Band, Leeds Music, Blue Jays, Fogelberg
Episode 185: Jerry Lee W/E Street Band, Leeds Music, Blue Jays, Fogelberg
March 31, 2025
Going back to the first airing of episode 30 on RadioFreeNashville.org and November 2022, we’ll play Jerry Lee Lewis and Springsteen’s Band at the opening of the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, which, looking at recent inductees, should be remarqueed Hall of Music (Pop). Live at Leeds was regarded by some as one of the, if not THE best recorded live albums, along with The Allmans at Fillmore East. There’s some shakin’ going on there too. The entire hour is filled with a lot of the g...
2025-03-3159 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 183: Remembering Marianne Faithfull, Jesse Colin Young And Roy Ayers, Jr. + MoreEpisode 183: Remembering Marianne Faithfull, Jesse Colin Young And Roy Ayers, Jr. + More
March 25, 2025
Welcome back to this hour that we call Tales Vinyl Tells. It’s your chance to hear some of the great album rock from the 60s and 70s mostly. We’ve been doing these programs since late 2019 and have covered lots a ground. You know and I know that we’ve just scratched the surface of recorded rock, so the new shows keep coming. The reruns aren’t bad either. They can be heard on your favorite podcast app. Just search for Tales Vinyl Tells.
Today we’re going to say...
2025-03-261h 02Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 182: The Final Vinyl! Another Of The 29 LPs That Sold More Than 15 Million Units!
Episode 182: The Final Vinyl! Another Of The 29 LPs That Sold More Than 15 Million Units!
March 18, 2025
I hope you're having a good day. I'm going to play the final vinyl of the 29 albums of all time that sold more than 15 million copies and this one is not the biggest selling LP, but stayed on the charts for 1,716 weeks! That's the equivalent of 33 years! Also, one in 14 Americans own or have owned a copy of this album. I have the album as well as had the eight track and I even remember where the tracks changed, in fact I played the eight...
2025-03-1858 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 181: More Of The Best Selling LPs, Alanis!
Episode 181: More Of The Best Selling LPs, Alanis!
March 11, 2025
It’s another adventure into that great album rock of the 1960s and 1970s. In fact we are continuing to wind down the 29 best selling albums of all time that sold more than 15 million copies as of July 22, 2022 and listed by insider.com. We’re down to number two and there’s more great music ahead today from the 60s and 70s and beyond. Today you’ll hear Cream, in a few minutes we’ll play a cut from one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, David Bowie, Traffic an...
2025-03-1257 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 180! Here In Gator Landing, Fla There's No Time To Lose!
Episode 180! Here In Gator Landing, Fla There's No Time To Lose!
March 4, 2025
Today’s hour is a visit to the radio program of November 2022 on RadioFreeNashville.org and is a salute to the spirit of Nicolette Larson and her work as a successful solo artist and her work with The Doobies, Neil Young and many of the artists that Ted Templeman produced.
I’m here for a short while longer near the Atlantic, and when I look way out on the horizon of that great ocean, first there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is.
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2025-03-0458 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 179: Judy, Bobby, Petty, Koopy, Bluesy, Rocky And More, For Fun
Episode 179: Judy, Bobby, Petty, Koopy, Bluesy, Rocky And More, For Fun
February 25, 2025
This is Tales Vinyl Tells. And it’s another hour of some of the best rock tunes from albums of the 60s and 70s with some delicacies tossed in, just because. I’m saying hello from south florida, in Sandy Beach actually. Today, we’re going to salute a few great artists who were in their late 20s in the late 60s. They helped us understand more, sometimes less about life and the purpose of life and ……if you were there, you may know by now, if you weren’t there...
2025-02-251h 06Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 178: Looking Way Back To 2020. About Animals.
Episode 178: Looking Way Back To 2020. About Animals.
February 19, 2025
In August 2022, RadioFreeNashville.org ran Tales Vinyl Tells in its adapted version for on air and on time, not to run over the given hour. A musical program about Dogs, Cows, Animals and Doves, in general. All here. Have you ever seen the funny image of a cat on a leash? Here. Maybe the southern sun is cooking my brain. Here are some of the Tales Vinyl Tells.
If you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org, we do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays...
2025-02-1900 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 177: Love Is All You Need
Episode 177: Love Is All You Need
February 12, 2025
We are still in our southern studio and we want to revisit a previous episode, in particular, from DATE and episode 17. We’re getting into the season of love and Cupid and doing exceptional things for our sweeties. Yes I’m talking about Valentine’s Day. So this is the Valentines edition of Tales Vinyl Tells. I’m Brian Hallgren and I’m glad you are here. . Today we’ve got JJ Cale, Sade, the stones, a rock group called love with Arthur Lee and many more. Turn it up, enjoy, as we honor our lo...
2025-02-1258 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 176: TVT Salutes Next Door Artists Mike Pinera And Garth Hudson
Episode 176: TVT Salutes Next Door Artists Mike Pinera And Garth Hudson
February 3, 2025
Hey and Hello! Welcome in for more of those Tales Vinyl Tells. This is our weekly immersion into some great music that appeared on vinyls, especially during the 60s and 70s. A lot of those albums are still playable today and are played and appreciated all over the world. With a good cleaning of the disc surface and a whole bunch of shipping tape around the jacket and they’re sounding just as good as the day the shrink wrap was removed. You did remove the shrink wrap, didn’t...
2025-02-0357 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 175: Way Down Low, Playing The Bass. Leland Sklar Live Tribute
Episode 175: Way Down Low, Playing The Bass. Leland Sklar Live Tribute
January 29, 2025
Here we go with another Tales Vinyl Tells! It’s our plunge into some of that great album rock especially from the 60s and 70s. The vinyl albums are classic, they’re vintage, and today the upsurge in album sales is really wonderful to see and read about. A lot of artists today are putting out LPs and record pressing has become an art. Welcome along with me. These are the Tales Vinyl Tells. We’re going to play a cut from a newer collection from David Gilmour and hi...
2025-01-2957 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 174: Tom Petty And Heartbreakers And Fleetwood Mac On PCOC Day 4!
Episode 174: Tom Petty And Heartbreakers And Fleetwood Mac On PCOC Day 4!
January 21, 2025
Last week, it was Day 4 of the PCOC, which featured Johnny Winter And with Ric Derringer and the McCoys and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with Stevie Nicks. The radio version is only 58 minutes. Episode 173 podcast has the entire 1:40 concert, which includes the entire concert and the Fleetwood Mac set. This is just, Petty, the Heartbreakers, then Fleetwood Mac. Hope you like this.
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2025-01-2157 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 173: PCOC Day 4 With Johnny Winter And, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers and Fleetwood Mac!
Episode 173: PCOC Day 4 With Johnny Winter And, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers and Fleetwood Mac!
January 7, 2025
The Post Covid Outdoor Concert series was put together at a time in 2021 and 2022 when the badly mismanaged virus was eating people alive. We didn’t have a clue as to when or how it would end and whether I’d survive if I got it or my love or my children or grand child or family got it and would it kill them. I thought it was imperative that we needed some music that might steer us to a place of comfort and peac...
2025-01-081h 41Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 170: Post Covid Outdoor Concert Series, Part 2 Today!
Episode 170: Post Covid Outdoor Concert Series, Part 2 Today!
December 24, 2024
Welcome back to another Tales Vinyl Tells. We’re playin’ and diggin’ that great album rock of the 60s & 70s and today we are Replaying ep 34 from May 2021. It’s The Post Covid Outdoor Concert series day 2. it’s PCOC, we sometimes call it the Peacock and we call it The New Days Festival! It’s Steve Day at the Peacock! Steve Miller Band, Stevie Ray Vaughan with Double Trouble and Stevie Wonder. Since we are re-living an imaginary event that surely didn’t occur and that this program originally was #34 and ran over the ho...
2024-12-241h 03Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 171: December Holiday Songs
Episode 171: December Holiday Songs
December 18, 2024
There are many holidays in the month of December and you might hear of some that you didn’t know about on today’s Tales Vinyl Tells. I do love the old rockin’ Christmas tunes (Ronettes, Beach Boys and the like) as well as those from Tull, Greg Lake and Dan Fogelberg. Sit back and relax, have a cup of cheer and a good holiday month.
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2024-12-181h 00Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 169: PCOC, The Peacock, Is Back!! Day 1, Pt 1 The New Days Festival!
Episode 169: PCOC, The Peacock, Is Back!! Day 1, Pts 1 & 2 The New Days Festival!
December 12, 2024
Welcome back to another Tales Vinyl Tells. First off, I’ll tell you that this episode is so long because it’s so good with the acts in concert, there are 2 parts. Both parts are below and/or are available wherever you listen to Tales Vinyl Tells. We’re playin’ and diggin’ that great album rock of the 60s & 70s and today we are Reliving ep 33 from April 2021. It’s The Post Covid Outdoor Concert series day 1. In initialism, it’s PCOC, we sometimes call it the Peacock (PCOC, ge...
2024-12-131h 01Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 169: PCOC, The Peacock, Is Back!! Day 1, Pt 2 The New Days Festival!
Episode 169: PCOC, The Peacock, Is Back!! Day 1, Pts 1 & 2 The New Days Festival!
December 12, 2024
Welcome back to another Tales Vinyl Tells. First off, I’ll tell you that this episode is so long because it’s so good with the acts in concert, there are 2 parts. Both parts are below and/or are available wherever you listen to Tales Vinyl Tells. We’re playin’ and diggin’ that great album rock of the 60s & 70s and today we are Reliving ep 33 from April 2021. It’s The Post Covid Outdoor Concert series day 1. In initialism, it’s PCOC, we sometimes call it the Peacock (PCOC, ge...
2024-12-1319 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 168: Last Month Of 2024 And The Rock Keeps Rollin'
Episode 168: Last Month Of 2024 And The Rock Keeps Rollin'
December 3, 2024
This is some of the music that surrounded so many of us boomers during the 60s & 70s. We worked by it, played by it, soared with it, boogied to it and attached some memories to it that may well last a lifetime. For some of us, this music was something we were listening to full time. There’s some Disraeli Gears music first off, Robin Trower, The supergroup The Best, ARS and many more.
You know, if you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on...
2024-12-0458 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 167: More Of The Great Hippie Stoner Music You Vaguely Remember
Episode 167: More Of The Great Hippie Stoner Music You Vaguely Remember
November 28, 2024
It’s Thanksgiving morning here. Rainy, cool and I’m getting ready to eat then go to a movie. These tunes this hour are just some of the Tales that the vinyls of the 60s & 70s tell. May you enjoy the day, every day and this fantastic age of album rock.
You know, if you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org, we do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podb...
2024-11-281h 07Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 166:New Version Of An Old One
Episode 166:New Version Of An Old One
November 20, 2024
I hope you’re well and ready for some music from a lot of West Coast bands today. You know, we dig into these great albums of the 60s and 70s and some of you younger listeners may not have been on the Earth at that time. You know, just a little gleam in your daddy’s eyes? So hello to you younger listeners today . A lot of us were brought up listening to this music that we’re gonna hear today and some of us are getting to hear it anot...
2024-11-2157 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”TVT Episode 165: Survived Another ElectionEpisode 165: Survived Another Election
November 14, 2024
We are back again with another expedition into that great album rock of the 60s & 70s here on Tales Vinyl Tells. This expedition has been going on for quite a while now, the podcast version since December 2019. The radio version premiered in the spring of 2022.
I vaguely remember the evenings during this music’s time when we’d visit a friend in our apartment complex and we’d burn some while putting on some Carole King or James Taylor or Stones or better yet, Sgt Pepper’s. The smell of incense, a lot of times, could...
2024-11-1757 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 164: Salute To Steve Winwood, Including Dave Mason, Manassas, Marc Cohn EtcEpisode 164: Salute To Steve Winwood, Including Dave Mason, Manassas, Marc Cohn Etc
November 9, 2024
The version that was heard on the live stream Wednesday evening at 5PM on RadioFreeNashville.org was an edited replay of TVT #20, which was diggable August of 2020. I realized while listening to it that I didn’t play anything by the supergroup Blind Faith so that’s one that’s coming soon. Hope you’ll enjoy this, the original #20…again. There’s Supersession music and Heart as well as the above. Here’s the full length episode.
I could dig your support if you want to help with t...
2024-11-101h 26Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 162: Saluting Kristofferson, Lesh, Sergio, John DavidEpisode 162: Saluting Kristofferson, Lesh, Sergio, John David
October 29, 2024
The hourglass is filling with sand. I’ve been working on this one over the past couple weeks and got the word that Phil Lesh passed, I knew that I needed to finish up and get the salutes ready. These four had unique lives and affected millions around the world, like many of the artists from the 60s & 70s did. This hour is a major tease. Do you have a story or memory of any of these artists that you might want to share? A Dead concert maybe? Or some piece of tr...
2024-11-021h 00Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 163: The Adventure Began!Episode 163: The Adventure Began!
October 26, 2024
This episode reflects back on the beginning, episode 1, that premiered in the winter of 2019. 38 Episodes later, I realize how many new beginnings we can have in a lifetime. Repeats, reruns, whatever you want to call it, we get a chance to do things differently, over and over again. Lotta woo woo there, I know. I’m preparing for a radio gig for Tales Vinyl Tales (hoping for the best) and I find no better place to get ideas than the beginning, the past. With some additions and subtractions, this episode has Moody Blues, Bonnie Raitt, Sp...
2024-10-261h 01Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 161: Pt 5 Of The 7 Continent World TourEpisode 161: Pt 5 Of The 7 Continent World Tour
October 20, 2024
Our World Tour winds down today with a visit to Antarctica and a tune about the Lost Continent. We’ll also catch Ry Cooder, Bonnie Raitt, Alan Parsons, the Beatles and many more. “Share”, “like”, add a comment and start a discussion if you please. Feel free to join in on the conversation.
This originally was Episode 27, released January 20, 2021, Inauguration Day. It’s the final leg of the World Tour that started in 2020. When I listened back to the archived show, it sounded like it could be better, so I fixed it. Hope you lik...
2024-10-2058 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 160: Bowie, Fripp, Crusaders, Heroes, Friends And Being FamousWe are probably all, in my opinion anyway, a friend, maybe even a hero to someone but we can’t all be famous. And that may well be a good thing. In the meanwhile, we can keep the fires burning, the love-light burning and the circle turning. Maybe even keep the desires yearning.
Here are some memory-joggers, just some of the great music we had and heard on LP from the 60s and 70s.
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2024-10-1358 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 159: Pt 4 7 Continent Tour
I want to begin this podcast teaser with a plea for your generous donation to my good friend, Jessica, who lost her home in the Asheville, NC flood. Her gofundme page (link below) tells some of her story. The trauma, heartbreak and sadness of that weather event can leave marks on a person forever. If you can, I'd rather you donate to her than me and see how good that feels. When you donate, you'll be able to keep up with the power of the human spirit when updates are posted and see what love can do! Thanking you, in adva...
2024-10-0557 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 158: Part 3 7 Continent World Tour
In this 3rd leg of the 7 Continent Tour of 2024, it’s a visit to the African continent and a jump to Europe. Music from the group Africa, Paul Simon, John Mayall and more than enough to fill your ears with an hour of the great LP cuts from the 60s and 70s mostly. Enjoy!
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Since December 2019, some of the best album tracks of th...
2024-09-2859 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 157: Part 2 Of The TVT 7 Continent Tour
On December 20, 2019, I released episode 1 of Tales Vinyl Tells so when this episode was released, you might say was our First Birthday. That has me thinking, “If TVT was born on 12/20/19, wouldn’t this be the 2nd birthday?” Regardless, we’re up and away with the 2nd leg of our World Tour 2020 as we buzz around the US including Kentucky. I want to honor my friends (and they’re sisters), Karen and Kim, some mighty kind and fun Kentucky women. Next stop is Brazil with a classic and some new ones. Cuba’s nice to visit and the Caribbean is hurricane-fr...
2024-09-2259 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 156: Part 1 Of The TVT 7 Continent Tour
This is the first leg of the 7 Continents World Tour that actually played on podcast episode 23 in January of 2020. At that time, I posted on StudioMillsWellness.com, “Sure, it’s imaginary but it’s safe and healthy and has some pretty good music in it. Climb aboard! The upcoming episode or more will include visits to Brazil, Cuba, the Caribbean, Europe, Asia and now you can name the other continents. Today, we hear coast to coast, to Canada and Mexico. Hope you enjoy what you hear. Remember, its in stereo so don’t be afraid to listen well and volume it up.”
...
2024-09-2257 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 155: How Long Has It Been Since You've Heard These? Ever?Episode 155: How Long Has It Been Since You've Heard These? Ever?
September 7, 2024
In a recent conversation with my friend Bonnie, she said how hearing a certain tune brought back memories of a time long ago, who she was hanging out with, what music he was listening to (and the B-52’s Rock Lobster was driving her crazy). He played it over and over, saturating his beloved partner. But she smiled as she said some of the things she hears on Tales Vinyl Tells stir up some good memories. So there it is, folks. The album rock of the 60s & 70s wa...
2024-09-0757 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Tales Vinyl Tells Podcast: Episode 154: A Little Fame, Some Little Moon TunesEpisode 154: A Little Fame, Some Little Moon Tunes
August 31, 2024
This is the last day of August and another hot MF but I’m starting to see some, no kidding, color changes in some dogwoods and maples, way out on the tips. I’m certain the temps will chill a bit, soon. We have had some nice weeks this summer where the temp didn’t get to 90, and the past week we saw 102 in Nashville. Even with some time off and away, the music rolls on. This one is no exception. The recent blue supermoon was worth celebrating and we have 3 more s...
2024-09-0257 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 153: Well, Toot My Flute! Court Is In Session. Nostalgia Abounds Here.Episode 153: Well, Toot My Flute! Court Is In Session. Nostalgia Abounds Here.
August 23, 2024
In case you wonder what’s in this podcast episode, I can only tell you that I think you’ll dig it from the front end to the back end. Have you heard of the group who needed a cover name to avoid contractual problems and decided to take the name of a crater on the moon? Yeh, things like that today in this hour. There’s also a jazzy one from Spirit. Randy California could really rip! It’s all a champagne jam.
You can enjoy th...
2024-08-2358 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 151: Some Of This Music Causes Sensual ExcitementTALES VINYL TELLS PODCAST AND RADIO PROGRAM:
Episode 151: Some Of This Music Causes Sensual Excitement
August 6, 2024
Suppose that gets your attention. It’s true though, don’t you think? Haven’t you heard a song here on Tales Vinyl Tells or somewhere else and your brain just carries you back to a person, an event, an aroma, an experience? The goal on this podcast and radio program is to allow you to just dig the music from the albums of the 60s &70s and do what you want with it. I’m enjoying rediscovering the classic rock, a...
2024-08-0658 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 149: Quite The British Lineup And Sure, There Are The Temptations And Delaney & Bonnie...Episode 149: Quite The British Lineup And Sure, There Are The Temptations And Delaney & Bonnie...
July 9, 2024
Continuing to play a lot of the music from the first 37 episodes. There’s lot of great stuff. Like Blue Jays, Buddy Guy, The Strawberry Hill Boys. Who? Just listen.
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2024-07-2057 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 148: There Were 37....Episode 148: There Were 37....
June 28, 2024
There were 37 episodes of Tales Vinyl Tells that I recorded and posted only on the StudioMillsWellness.com website from the first in December 2019 til March 2022. That’s the month that I started doing a live weekly radio program at RadioFreeNashville. It was and remains today based on the great LPs of the 60s especially, many of which I had in my own library. When I started with RadioFreeNashville, I was confident that all royalty details were legit and I then got on Podbean.com who distributes my program to Apple, iHeart, Player FM, Spotify (they no lo...
2024-06-281h 00Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 147: Juneteenth SpecialTales Vinyl Tells Podcast
Episode 147: Juneteenth Special
June 20, 2024
Here it is again. My annual salute to the celebration of the end of slavery on June 19, 1865 when Union General Gordon Granger read federal orders in Galveston, Texas that all previously enslaved people in Texas were free even though the emancipation proclamation had formally freed them almost 2-1/2 years earlier. This was a very significant event but was replaced by Jim Crow laws that still today hamstring the lives of many previous slaves’ families. My hopes are that when you hear The Negro National Anthem, Lift Every Voice and Sing, you’ll feel...
2024-06-2158 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episodes 143, 144, 145 & 146: Vacation TimeEpisode 143, 144, 145 & 146: Vacation Time
Link for all four on StudioMillsWellness.
May 13, 2024
Hope you’ve been enjoying those Tales Vinyl Tells. As you can see, there are four episodes that were prerecorded for such a time as this. I’ve got an amazing adventure ahead, with my gal and her sister. Places we’ll visit include Istanbul, Athens, Rome and Cannes.
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Please enjoy these replays of some of my favorite episodes of Tal...
2024-05-151h 00Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 142: The Album Rock Of The 60s & 70s Doesn't Get Old. Only We Do, If We Allow It.Episode 142: The Album Rock Of The 60s & 70s Doesn't Get Old. Only We Do, If We Allow It.
May 4, 2024
MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU!
The aging process on humans is real. What we do and don’t do may play a big part in how that process affects us or not. The vinyl LPs of that era and the new ones being purchased today will last a lot longer than the color in our hair or our smooth and youthful skin. All I’m saying is that the age of rock is so wide and varied, from Elvi...
2024-05-0559 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Tales Vinyl Tells podcast Episode 141: Dickey Betts Salute , A Sleigh Ride On Nantucket? Details HereTales Vinyl Tells podcast Episode 141: Dickey Betts Salute , A Sleigh Ride On Nantucket? Details Here
April 27, 2024
The proverbial circle of life continues to turn and we might find ourself getting in touch with our own mortality as time moves on. This week I reminisce, as I often do hearing this music. The sense input usually brings up feelings, emotions, thoughts, people, smells, tastes, sometimes things I could have done better or differently. But the music doesn’t change and that’s why I enjoy doing this podcast and radio show.
If you love the music of the 60s & 70s and...
2024-04-271h 01Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 140: Another 15 Million Unit LP, Long Time Since Phoenix Flew And MoreEpisode 140: Another 15 Million Unit LP, Long Time Since Phoenix Flew And More
April 19, 2024
The ironies in life… This hour-long show just played on RadioFreeNashville.org and yesterday I was informed that Dickey Betts of the Allman Brothers Band had passed away peacefully. He was 80. Jaimoe is the soul survivor of the original ABB now. The irony being that this particular episode started off Wednesday on radiofreenashville.org talking about the Allman Brothers at Fillmore East sessions from the summer of 1971. In fact, the second and third tunes from that session, on this episode, are from those Fillmore East fabulous concerts. If...
2024-04-191h 01Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 139: More Of The Great Rock From The 60s & 70s And BeyondEpisode 139: More Of The Great Rock From The 60s & 70s And Beyond
April 13, 2024
Some summer songs, some blues from Super Session, Janis and Lee Michaels, a Gershwin treatment, an hour filled with tasty treats.
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2024-04-131h 00Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 137: Nostalgia: "A Sentimental Longing Or Wistful Affection....Episode 137: Nostalgia: "A Sentimental Longing Or Wistful Affection....
April 3, 2024
…for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations”. Yeh man! Like the 60s & 70s. Playing for change remakes songs with musicians from all over the world with sometimes odd instruments, did you enjoy Joy of Cooking? Not the book, but the band. They’re here with a few nostalgic pieces just for you and your silly nostalgia. I’m in the present and love a lot of things about the past. The Doors and Zeppelin on windowpane. Allmans and shrooms. I do hope these tunes today will mak...
2024-04-031h 00Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 136: The Vince PlaylistEpisode 136: The Vince Playlist
April 3, 2024
My friend, Vince, went in for heart surgery and I made sure to see him beforehand and wish him the best. That was the last time I saw him. They couldn't fix his heart valve. So our only choice was to mourn. Luckily, before all this, Vince told me that he had all the Tales Vinyl Tells episodes up to that time loaded into his car and he listened to them when he needed some good music that made him feel more alive. I asked him what some of his favorite tunes and artists were...
2024-04-031h 00Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 135: Another Leg In The 7 Continent Tour 2024, The Dark Continent & EuropeEpisode 135: Another Leg In The 7 Continent Tour 2024, The Dark Continent & Europe
March 21, 2024
In this 3rd leg of the 7 Continent Tour of 2024, it’s a visit to the African continent and a jump to Europe. Music from the group Africa, Paul Simon, John Mayall and more than enough to fill your ears with an hour of the great LP cuts from the 60s and 70s mostly. Enjoy!
Thank you, financial supporters of Tales Vinyl Tells and of me. Your appreciation of this historic music means a lot to me. To hear tunes from 50 or more years ago still sound so good th...
2024-03-211h 06Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 134: How Long Has It Been Since You've Heard These? Ever?Episode 134: How Long Has It Been Since You've Heard These? Ever?
March 16, 2024
In a conversation with my friend Bonnie, she said how hearing a certain tune brought back memories of a time long ago. Who she was hanging out with, what music he was listening to (and the B-52’s Rock Lobster was driving her crazy). He played it over and over, saturating his beloved partner. But she smiled as she said some of the things she hears on Tales Vinyl Tells stir up some good memories. So there it is, folks. The album rock of the 60s & 70s was so...
2024-03-2159 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 132: World Tour 2024, Previously On Podcast Episode 23
This is the first leg of the 7 Continents World Tour that actually played on podcast episode 23 in January of 2020. At that time, I posted on StudioMillsWellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells, “Sure, it’s imaginary but it’s safe and healthy and has some pretty good music in it. Climb aboard! The upcoming episode or more will include visits to Brazil, Cuba, the Caribbean, Europe, Asia and now you can name the other continents. Today, we hear coast to coast, to Canada and Mexico. Hope you enjoy what you hear. Remember, its in stereo so don’t be afraid to listen well and volume i...
2024-03-1059 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 133: 7 Continent World Tour Pt 2
It can be very fun hearing music from other countries and this 2nd leg of the 7 Continent Tour features steel drums, Brazilian samba and you know, much more.
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2024-03-1059 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 131: Artist Names In Songs And So Much MoreEpisode 131: Artist Names In Songs And So Much More
February 23, 2024
Ok, so it’s only two songs with artists name in them, really just one because the other doesn’t really zero in. After you listen to this one, you’ll know what I mean. But Creeque Alley does go through quite a few artists like all The Mamas and Papas, The Spoonful and iterations of them. I did also play one from Quarterflash and 1982 because it’s a cool tune. Like I need an excuse. Sade is a 2024 RnRHall of Fame nominee and picking a really good one from her is s...
2024-02-2459 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 130: Another Hour Of Great Tunes From The 60s & 70s (As I Say, "Mostly")Episode 130: Another Hour Of Great Tunes From The 60s & 70s (As I Say, "Mostly")
February 15, 2024
There’s a tradition here at TVT to try not to repeat any tunes. Unsuccessful I’ve been but if I do repeat, there’s a high quality put on a number. That’s why we start out with two from Traffic’s John Barleycorn Must Die LP. It is a very cool musical masterpiece. And you’ll also hear Link Wray, Tracy Nelson, John Kongos and more. The ever-so-popular JIMJAM today is CSNY’s Teach Your Children, soon, so get ready for TVT!
There are many podca...
2024-02-1559 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 129: Tommy Talton Tribute, Yes Minus One (ABWH), Lots MoreEpisode 129: Tommy Talton Tribute, Yes Minus One (ABWH), Lots More
February 8, 2024
As I kick back and enjoy the warmth of the south for a month (lucky me), the weekly show spins on. Technology, amazing thing. I’ve got some live shows being uploaded into space and reflected back to earth to RadioFreeNashville and zip zip. They magically appear at 5PM Central time Wednesdays and with a little finesse they show up here and on many podcast apps. Life in the 21st Century. Ain’t nothin’ like the ‘60s & ‘70s, is it? Hope you dig these tunes today and I hope you’ll con...
2024-02-091h 06Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 128: Quicksilver Could Be A Train Name, But Not HereEpisode 128: Quicksilver Could Be A Train Name, But Not Here
February 4, 2024
This show takes us back to #9 at RadioFreeNashville. There are some train songs, sure, but the rest…….you just need to hear it. Hope you’re having a really good day. Yes, I understand there are some crappy days to balance out, but we can make it through all days, regardless.
Another JimJam is coming up soon. It’ll be Teach Your Children. Chordie, Ultimate Guitar and other sites offer free charts. Play, sing, clap, dance, whatever moves you when it’s played. Stay tuned for it.
I am curious as...
2024-02-0459 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 127: It's Another Time To Head To Warmer Weather For A Short While, And The Music Plays!Episode 127: It's Another Time To Head To Warmer Weather For A Short While, And The Music Plays!
January 28, 2024
Something tells me you’ll like a few of these tunes this time. Working on new episodes now in the southern studio where this great music of the 60s & 70s got into my soul as a youngster.
Btw, thanks to current and new financial supporters of Tales Vinyl Tells, including Gecko. You can find out more at Patron.podbean.com/talesvinyltellssupport. A heartfelt thank you to all who monthly support this podcast. My intentions continue to bring the great album rock of ou...
2024-01-281h 00Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 126: Letting It All Hang Out!Episode 126: Letting It All Hang Out!
January 19, 2024
We've had snow since Sunday (?). 7" at first and with single digit temps it aint melted yet. That gave me time to put one together and get it to you.
Do you remember “Let it (all hang) out” by The Hombres? I dug it up and play it today. The Memphis band released that in 1967 (how old were you?) and the song has been redone by David Lee Roth and John Mellencamp among others. It was let out in the beginning of the psychedelic era. You’ll also hear m...
2024-01-191h 06Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 125: The Welch Era With The Mac, The Who Do Mose And MoreEpisode 125: The Welch Era With The Mac, The Who Do Mose And More
January 12, 2024
Welcome back. I found out I can’t out-Spotify Spotify. There weren’t many downloads there anyway. It is pretty cool to see who is and where they are. I’m revisiting some of the early shows at RadioFreeNashville.org.
This is another replay that maybe you missed it when it first aired. I enjoy hearing them again. Here’s Badfinger off their 2nd LP, Mose Allison, Ohio, a little Peace and Quiet (they are not!) and many more.
You can still financially support this journey into tha...
2024-01-1359 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 124: Another Replay For Holiday Break, From April ’22Episode 124: Another Replay For Holiday Break, From April '22
January 7, 2024
As we take a break to be with family and friends to rest and recharge, this replay has some cool notes to hit. There’s Shuggie’s love letter, a song that many call the first psychedelic rock tune by The Byrd’s, Luc-Ponty’s violin, of course a Doobie, soundalike The Searchers and other Fascinating Things (a bit of now and then).
I have an idea for a future show. A lot of people play or at least try to play an instrument of some kind. May be their voice. O...
2024-01-0759 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 123: Jeff Beck SaluteEpisode 123: Jeff Beck Salute
December 28, 2023
Yardbirds’ Shapes of Things was described by some as the “first popular psychedelic rock song” ~ wikipedia. We play a lot of Beck on this one, from The Group, with Stevie Wonder and one from The Asylum Choir, whose members were Leon Russell and Marc Benno, and one cool number from Benno. Of course, there’s more on today’s replay.
It’s almost New Years as I log this episode and want to wish you and me a better year than ever before. Possible? Quite convinced it could happen. Be safe.
Listen live on RadioFreeNashville.org and on a...
2023-12-291h 00Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episodes 121 & 122: It’s The Most Busiest Time Of The Year!Episodes 121 & 122: It's The Most Busiest Time Of The Year!
December 21, 2023
This is the most important part of this blog to me today. Please make sure that your voter registration is up to date and correct in every way. Ensure you are registered to vote and that your name, address, signature etc. are correct.
This is a good place to start: Vote.gov. If you’ll read between the lines, the worst thing that could happen is if a former president returned to office. He’s a con and liar. We must prevent a potential dictator from returning to the Whit...
2023-12-2259 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 120: How Does An Artist Come Up With The Hook That Just Grabs You?Episode 120: How Does An Artist Come Up With The Hook That Just Grabs You?
December 8, 2023
Well, they did it again. Spot-to-fy pulled episode 119. Their story was “this podcast service is not intended to be a music distribution tool.”
I’ve been saying all along, for 4 years now, that Tales Vinyl Tells is only for the promotion of great music and the artists that make that music and lyrics. I guess if Spot-to-fy has to pay a tenth of a cent per play, then so be it. They want me to get hooked up with a distributor. Not so sure I’m gonna...
2023-12-091h 00Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 119: PCOC Day 6! Another New Days Festival With Two More Great Bands!Episode 119: PCOC Day 6! Another New Days Festival With Two More Great Bands!
December 2, 2023
It’s another fun day here at TVT with a huge turnout for The Doors and Grateful Dead. Lucky you’re going to hear it on this podcast. It’s more than a 1/2 hour longer than the live radio show on RadioFreeNashville.org. That live radio show is at 5 PM Central time on Wednesdays. The podcasts are longer and include a way you can show your love and appreciation for Tales Vinyl Tells by supporting with a monthly contribution to this music of the 60s and 70s by sur...
2023-12-021h 39Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 118: Indian Summer, RIP Rudolph, Petty/Campbell Now And Then, Health Workers SaluteEpisode 118: Indian Summer, RIP Rudolph, Petty/Campbell Now And Then, Health Workers Salute
November 25, 2023
Didn’t get no notice from Spot-to-fy since last time I posted. Maybe they were just being sensitive and not getting any attention. Whatever. We’ll see what happens this week and see if I can care any less.
This time we salute all health care workers and providers, including those on what some call “the fringes”, complementary medicine, like osteopathy, acupuncture, homeopathy, massage, reflexology and reiki, from here.
As we’ve been doing the past couple episodes, we hearing artists before and after larger success. Tom Petty...
2023-11-251h 00Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 117: One From A Surfer Band’s Drummer, A Huge Selling Band From Massachusetts And More
Is it possible to outsmart the podcast app? I had a recent podcast removed from Spot-to-fy I’d say because a few bands’ names were in the episode title. It was the Little Feat and Pink Floyd PCOC a few weeks ago. I’ll let you know the results. Like that app is so generous paying the artists. Screw them.
Hope this episode flips your switch. Listening with headphones is a +.
2023-11-181h 00Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 116: Change Is The Only Constant In Life. Last Fab Four Song?
About a month from this post Tales Vinyl Tells will celebrate being a podcast for four years. 116 episodes deep, some replays, truth be told, and over 1,000 unique songs played, here’s another hour of the great album rock of the 60s and 70s! Wasn’t that dramatic? I do want to say thanks for listening and share my hope for many more episodes/years/spins/replays. You can experience the real live radio show at 5 PM Wednesdays on RadioFreeNashville.org. That’s the best listening experience I think. Those of you in Canada, The Philippines, New Zealand get better reception that w...
2023-11-111h 00Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 115: Live! It’s Peacock, PCOC #5!
Fall’s in full swing here in Music City, Nashville. The colors of fall are all but faded and we’ve had a few overnight temps cold enough to bring our brass monkeys in. And Indian summer is around Nov. 11, give or take and this episode with The Peacock rocks and could well warm your innards and extremes if you’re dancing to the tunes. It’s Peacock #5, The New Days Festival with live Little Feat and Pink Floyd. Lucky you! You get an extended version of the concert and I hope you dig what you hear.
If you really do dig w...
2023-11-041h 46Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 114: All New, Bowie, Fripp, Crusaders, Heroes, Friends And Being Famous
We are probably all, in my opinion anyway, a friend, maybe even a hero to someone but we can’t all be famous. And that may well be a good thing. In the meanwhile, we can keep the fires burning, the love-light burning and the circle turning. Maybe even keep the desires yearning.
Here are some memory-joggers, just some of the great music we had and heard on LP from the 60s and 70s.
If you want to support this podcast, my story is at patron.podbean.com/talesvinyltellssupport. Thanks for listening and contributing.
2023-10-2859 minTales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”Episode 113: Spotlight On Rod Argent With Some Beatles, A Great Steely Dan Tune And More
Back in the spring this was a new show on RadioFreeNashville, May to be exact. Be careful though, there might be Zombies here! It’s OK though. It’s scary good stuff!
Thanks to my peeps who have offered to fund this podcast. It takes money and time to bring the great music from the albums of the 60s and 70s to you and I want to thank you to you in Florida, Michigan, Tennessee, to name a few, that have said “yes”. If you want to know more about supporting Tales Vinyl Tells, go to patron.podbean.com/talesvinyltellssupport for info...
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