Episode 111: Top 3 albums with a stage light on Pink Floyd.

Recently on Tales Vinyl Tells I counted down most of the 29 albums of all time that sold more than 15 million units. An LP counted as one, a single as a half sale. This time it’s a focus on 2 by Pink Floyd that were big sellers not to mention they were captivating of the ears and brains. These are culturally significant in my opinion. And there’s more of the great album cuts from the 60s and 70s.

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Episode 110: There are some songs that just need to be played together, here

And I’m not saying that I do it right here, but I hear a tune sometimes, not often, but I hear a companion tune. There are two of them in this show. Can you find them? My email is talesvinyltells.com. Just curious if you’re aware of them. Ok. Derek and the Dominoes was amazing, recorded in the brand new Criterion Studios in Miami, Fla. Our lead off jams like crazy. Have you heard the Canadian Beatles? We have some Klaatu. What a name! At 17 is an aural beauty. And Poco finishes us with the title cut from Crazy Eyes. It’s a pretty good tune.

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Episode 109: Farewell to Jimmy Buffett, artists in "before" groups and more, of course.

I stand corrected about Jimmy Buffett’s success, not to mention his impact on our culture. I mentioned on the radio show and podcast the numbers of recordings. Here are the facts: 32 studio albums, 11 compilation albums, 14 live LPs, one soundtrack LP and 67 singles! Jimmy was a very busy guy. He brought out the “party” in people. He also got melancholic. Like He Went to Paris. He wrote after meeting a musician, a one-armed veteran of the Spanish Civil War. It was a song he rarely played live and found out that Bob Dylan liked the song, and it was later recorded by Waylon Jennings and Doug Supernaw. Thank you, Jimmy and if you don’t mind, save us a place in the next room.

There’s also a new journey we’re on to hear where some successful artists were before they gained their star. Tom Petty’s Mudcrutch, Ed King’s Strawberry Alarm Clock and Skynyrd and so on. This time it’s Gerry Rafferty, with 3 different groups. Good stuff. Fairly historical. Hope you like. Sure, there’s a boatload of great LP cuts from the 60s and 70s.

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Episode 108: Day 4 of The Peacock-PCOC-Post Covid Outdoor Concert Series- shorter pt 2

The entire hour and 45 minute Day 4 is on episode 107 and has Johnny Winter And with Ric Derringer, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Fleetwood Mac. This is part 2 of the Day 4 radio show from RadioFreeNashville Sept 13. Featuring some of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers set, a song with Stevie Nicks and a bunch from Fleetwood Mac’s performance that imaginary day. It’s a rockin’ good time!

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Episode 107: My lucky number and OUR lucky day! It's Peacock Day 4! Winter, Petty, Mac!!

The Post Covid Outdoor Concert Series continues today with the complete Day 4 performances from Johnny Winter And, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and the great Fleetwood Mac! It’s over an hour and forty minutes and is still too short. You might want some volume on this baby because it does in fact rock! A little bit of backstory and his-story makes this one of the funnest episodes to date. I hope you love this one.

Do you find yourself looking forward to the next episode after you just finished one? Do you dig the great album cuts from the 60s an 70s that we played or haven’t yet played? I want to continue doing what I’ve been doing and with your help, it’ll be more fun. I’m looking to you for financial support to pay expenses for this podcast and to carry on in the future. You can find out more at PATRON.PODBEAN.COM/TALESVINYLTELLSSUPPORT. THANKS TO ALL WHO HAVE JOINED THE TVT TEAM WITH YOUR VOTE “YES”.

Now, PCOC, The Peacock, The New Days Festival Day 4! Now on stage!

Episode 106: From early summer, one from pre-Band, New Zealand Pacific Reggae + more

First off, sad news this morning about Jimmy Buffett’s passing. The 2020 Life on the Flip Side LP is his 28th release. A billionaire many times over, he brought to life the adventures of a pirate, a sailor, a surfer and a guy who seems to love the life of excitement and relaxation. I’ve been listening to Flip Side this morning and will listen to more of his great happy music as time keeps on passing.

This podcast replays the early June radio show and has Traffic, Mamas and Papas and a few from Tina Turner, who had then recently gone “into the next room.”~Henry Diltz. Enjoy your day, every day. Your/my expiration date is closer with each day.

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Episode 105: Some Good Things, Today and Some Gone On

This time, I salute a few artists who recently passed on, the harvest is being gathered and a couple cool jams are featured here. One from Close to the Edge, another from JF Murphy + Salt.

This has been and continues to be a fun journey into the great albums of the 60s and 70s and some really great tracks contained in them. If you like hearing these and experiencing the rush they might give you, why not consider financially supporting this podcast? There are expenses that repeat monthly and your support will allow me to keep on truckin’. You can find out more about my patron support program at patron.podbean.com/talesvinyltellssupport. A huge hug and thank you to all of you who have already affirmed your support!

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Episode 104: PCOC! Another Peacock Outdoor Concert with Grand Funk, Loggins and Messina and The Rolling Stones

Running an extra 33 minutes longer than the radio version, this is some of the really good stuff from the 60s and 70s. It’s Day #3 of the New Days Festival and the show’s about to begin, and this gives me a chance to say thank you to all who have become givers, sustainers and supporters of this podcast. I’ve got expenses to make this happen almost weekly and you can help in a big way. Visit patron.podbean.com/talesvinyltellssupport and find out how. Thanks everybody!

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Episode 103: The tenth live show on RadioFreeNashville

I’m a bit sad as I prepare this one that just replayed last week on Tales Vinyl Tells. It does have some great music with an opening message that is so appropriate for how I feel doing these shows and turning them into podcasts. That song is Lovely to See You Again by the Moody Blues. And even though I can’t really see you on the radio or on the podcast, I feel you there. I can see that you are downloading the podcasts and you send emails telling me where in the world you are. I thank you for that.

What I’m really sad about is that we’ve suffered some serious losses to the grim reaper lately. Losing David Crosby was a lot to handle. Now we’ve recently lost Randy Meisner, Sinead O’Connor and this week it was notification of Robbie Robertson’s death. I’m saluting them soon with music. For now, we can grieve, we can mourn. My lady and I sat and played Scrabble last night and listened to some of the great music that The Band recorded. Just so entertaining! And if you want to see what Robertson did in his life, you should read his obit. Busy guy. Not liked by all his bandmates but someone has to be in charge, and it was him. Enough with the sadness. Today’s mix runs from Garfunkel and his then-bud, Rotary Connection, The Morrison boys together again, Ziggy and more.

Next week at 5 Central time on RadioFreeNashville.org, it’ll be Day 3 of the Peacock with Grand Funk RR, Loggins and Messina and The Rolling Stones! Great music from the 60s and 70s!! Replays can be heard and downloaded on StudioMillsWellness.com and most anywhere you get your podcasts.

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Episode 102: Spanning 57 years of great music from Judy Collins to Tedeschi Trucks

Have you noticed how the mind works sometimes? Sure, it works all the time but sometimes it amazes me how we couldn’t have planned something to happen the way it actually happened. I wanted to start this one with Monkey Man from the Stones. It such a cool tune. So, I did. John Cougar attributed I Need A Lover to the Stones’ Happy. I didn’t know that until those two were put together and I was researching and writing notes. And Mick Jagger turned 80 recently. Maybe I’m the only one who appreciates the coincidences but there they are. Today you’ll hear rock opera tunes from Tommy and David Byrne on Broadway. Great number from him and company.

On my mind: Tales Vinyl Tells is on RadioFreeNashville.org and 103.7 & 107.1 FM Wednesdays at 5PM Central time. Replays and podcasts of the radio show and complete archives of the podcast are on StudioMillsWellness and most podcast apps.

The Post Covid Outdoor Concert series is back! Day 3 of the Peacock is coming soon with Grand Funk Railroad, Loggins and Messina and The Rolling Stones. Days 1 & 2 are on the podcast.

Last but not least, I hope you really get what we’re doing on Tales Vinyl Tells. It’s preservation and exposure of what I feel is the best music of the 20th century. The vinyls, many of them anyway, have endured and get play on my show. Digital copies are lacking character. In hopes to continue my mission above, I humbly ask for your financial support. My ask is here. When you read it, you’ll understand why this is so important to me. Thank you for all support already offered and thank you for listening to TVT.


Episode 101: Post Covid Outdoor Concert series continues Day 2! It's Steve Day!

It’s a great day for a good outdoor concert and now that Covid has been taken off the pandemic list, we’re getting together for Steve Day. It features The Steve Miller band, Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble, and the master of TONTO (cool story), Stevie Wonder. Imagine the coolest, funnest outdoor concert. See if you can recreate it in your mind. It looks like at least 5 days of PCOC will happen, so here’s my invite to you to come on in the gates. I’m now being told there are no gates. It’s a free concert!

Episode 100: That's a lot of rock! Outlaws jam, 27 Club members, more good shat

December 2019 was the release time of the first Tales Vinyl Tells. Today’s is #100! Pop the champagne. Fire one up. Celebrate with me. We’re hearing JT today, Melanie and many more. Also, I’ve been prepping for PCOC 2, the second day of the New Days Festival with the Steves: Steve Miller, Stevie Ray Vaughn and Stevie Wonder. It’s gonna be fun, but that’s next time. You can check out Day 1 of The Peacock a week ago in #99. Hope you dig all this.

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Now, on with Tales Vinyl Tells, Episode 100!!

Episode 99: The Post Covid Outdoor Concert series is here!!

A lot of you (including me) have been getting back to what was a normal lifestyle before Covid was mismanaged around the world and especially here in the US. Our fearless “leader” tried treating with unrecommended and untested on human beings treatments. Eff science, right? It’s estimated that there were 6,950,655 deaths from Covid worldwide as of July 12, 2023, according to https://covid19.who.int. So I was glad to hear that even though some are still getting sick with it, it’s considered gone, done. I thought that 2 years ago, too. Maybe it’s real now. So the party is on!!

My brother suggested to me to put some concerts together to celebrate the finality of C-19 and here it is, Frampton and Humble Pie, Peter and The Doobies, and the Beatles in our first live concert of 2023. Turn it up and have fun!

If you enjoy this podcast, Tales Vinyl Tells, I would appreciate your financial support. Go to patron.podbean.com/talesvinyltellssupport and read what the excitement is all about. A very sincere thank you to you who have already given and my hopes are to continue with this musical journey into some of the greatest music of all-time, especially the 60s and 70s, because “when the music’s over, turn out the lights.”

Episode 98: Stirring up emotions, songs of heartache that also can lift you up, from TVT #11

The past couple of years have brought the contradiction of sorrow and celebration to a lot of us, from what I know. There’s been sudden death of young and deeply loved relatives, those finding new love or trying to patch up their relationship, and that’s just the way the balance of life goes. It’s the Yin and Yan(g) thing.

From Poco, who I feel should be in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, (Facebook Group URL: https://www.facebook.com/groups/120697317959139/), and You Better Think Twice, to Angry Eyes, Dylan’s Positively 4th Street, to Vanilla Fudge’s Keep Me Hangin’ On, love can really suck. And it can really soar. You’ll just have to listen. This episode also has a Native American jazz saxophonist’s ritual chant, a song about the Love Fire and more. It’s a good hour of some of the great LP cuts from the 60s and 70s +.

I say thank you to all who have shown support and have given to Tales Vinyl Tells at https://patron.podbean.com/talesvinyltellssupport. My story and invitation are there if you have just a few minutes. Thank you for even considering to read it.

I expect you’ll enjoy this hour. Maybe you’ll even download it/all and take it/them with you for that road-trip or camping trip.

Episode 97: 4th of July salute to America, a TVT replay.

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 board or commission. I know you might think this is early but we’ve got another very important election coming up in 2024 and if we, the people, want change so we can look forward and not backward, we need to vote and get others to vote. There! I said it. Enjoy this episode!

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Great Thanks to you, our supporters, to this project intended to present and preserve the music of the 60s and 70s, sharing with some who were brought up in a different time and are discovering the gems of the real rock n rollers who made album rock what is really is. The Vinyl Discs, The Stories, The History, The FUN! These are the Tales Vinyl Tells.

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Episode 96 Closing in on #100! This is a brand new one!

Help yourself to all day music, any time, any day! Time is so precious. Every second is a diamond. Make each one count. I play some Sunday songs, while I tend my garden. There’s some foreplay because it’s been such a long time and Joni sings her favorite song, based on a poem. And more, of course. (Do I get points off for starting the sentence with “And”, Laura?)

I give big thanks to you all who have reached out through the patron program to support this podcast that you like, because you keep listening to it. It’s a program full of the heart of rock n roll. Each hour is put together with the hopes of stimulating your senses and evoking something from the past. I hope it’s good stuff. More about the patron program is at https://patron.podbean.com/talesvinyltellssupport.

Thanks for checking it out and for your generosity.

If you just can’t wait and want to hear Tales Vinyl Tells as it airs (anything goes-it’s usually live radio), tune in at 5 PM Central time Wednesdays on RadioFreeNashville.org and stream (best option) and you can tune in on FM to 103.7&107.1 around Nashville. Playbacks are here and on many of the podcast apps.

Episode 95 A year old show but the music's 50 or more! Still sounds good and holds best music title

Originally heard in May of 2022, we start out of the gate with Bonnie Raitt and hear The Dead, Laura Nyro, Alison Krauss, Taj Mahal, Jesse Ed Davis and yes, there are more artists this hour.

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Episode 94 A B-side of a '65 45, some RnR stew, Tina's 2, and I Bang a Gong

I’ve finally got a show together following my double knee replacement and there’s a surprise or two. The Band by another name. Joe Walsh in another group. And a cool production from the Mamas and Papas.

How long have you been listening to Tales Vinyl Tells? I hope you know that I really put my all into getting some great music and good info and stories for each one. Whether I produce the show in my home studio or do it live in RadioFreeNashville’s studio, I want the listener experience to be as good as it can be. And I want to improve a few things and preserve and spread the great music of the 60s and 70s to a wider audience. I have hopes to upgrade my mixing board, purchase more music for the library and help defray expenses I already have for software, subscriptions, hosting, etc. I personally support causes I believe in and hope that you’ll check out my invitation to support Tales Vinyl Tells. As little as $1 a month would be so great. $5 a month is even better. Support what you dig. My story is at https://patron.podbean.com/talesvinyltellssupport. I hope you’ll take a moment and help me out. Thanks in advance.

Episode 93 More of the great album rock of the 60s and 70s. Show #8 on RadioFreeNashville.

Here… Have another hit… of Fresh Air is how we start this one with Quicksilver Messenger Service – Dino Valenti and John Cipollina. There's one song titled "2 songs for the Señorita”; how about some SRC? All I want for you is Love, Peace and Happiness. And I remember hearing Season of the Witch on my Craig eight track tape player written and performed by Donovan and we also have Al Kooper with Stephen Stills. There's a story about a Firefall and we hear a live radio version from them too. This and all the TVT episodes are downloadable here and wherever you get your podcasts, and the live radio version of Tales Vinyl Tells can be heard most Wednesdays on RadioFreeNashville.org and at 103.7 and 107.1 FM at 5 Central.

Episode 92 Replay April 2022 Songs for your love with jazzy notes, Peace & Quiet and more

You may have missed this little gem full of goodies from the 60s and 70s. A refresher I find very uplifting as it reminds me of a time when…….you can fill in the blank. There are a few Mose Allison tunes, one by The Who and Jimmy Spheeris sings so sweetly. Tales Vinyl Tells is now on most podcast apps and sites so you can pick and choose. With over 1,000 downloads and listeners from over 19 countries, it’s my honor to refresh your memory of that great album music. “Share”, “like”, “comment”, do all you want to promote the music you love. Thanks!

From the Squarespace AI (Beta). I asked it to write about the album music of the 60s and 70s. Here the paragraph:
”The 60s and 70s were a phenomenal era for music. The artists of that generation created soulful and honest work that still resonates with listeners today. From Bob Dylan and The Beatles to The Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd, many iconic artists produced music that reflected the political and social changes of the time. The music of the 60s and 70s was characterized by its lyrical depth and emotional range. The soundscape was varied, including rock, folk, and disco. The era produced many unforgettable hits such as "Stairway to Heaven," "Bohemian Rhapsody," "Hotel California," and "Imagine". The great album music of the 60s and 70s continues to inspire contemporary musicians and remains a crucial part of the music world.”

I couldn’t have said it better myself.