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Are you a music obsessive? Can you sit down for an hour or so poring over an album you love, digging deep into the lyrics, musical references and 'secret sauce' that makes it so special to you? Then this just MIGHT be your podcast! Each week your host - rock-n-roll lifer and recovering punk Rob Elba - sits down with a special guest to dissect a record that - metaphorically - got them high.
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Roy Saint was the powerhouse drummer behind pop group The Walkers who played a pivotal role in London’s vibrant 1960s music scene. Known for their energetic performances, The Walkers were fixtures of the city’s club circuit and helped define the Tottenham sound. The band were able to capture their dynamic style at the legendary studios of Denmark S…
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S8E385 - Alanis Morissette 'Jagged Little Pill' with Lori Garrote
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As can often happen to records made by virtual unknowns that end up selling over 30 million copies worldwide, Alanis Morissette's uncensored diary of an album 'Jagged Little Pill' is perceived by many with a degree of snark and cynicism. Our guest this week, singer/songwriter Lori Garrote, is not one of these people. Raw, unvarnished and intensely …
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S7E384 - Dot Hacker 'Inhibition' with Layla Moheimani
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Yes, Dot Hacker's lead vocalist Josh Klinghoffer played guitar with Red Hot Chili Peppers for 10 years - trigger warning for some - but before forming in 2008 all four members were already established musicians, recording and touring with an impressive list of respected artists including: Beck, Gnarls Barkley, PJ Harvey, The Butthole Surfers and Br…
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German electronic band Kraftwerk's 1975 release 'Radio-Activity' is a bit of a forgotten middle-child, having come just after 'Autobahn' and just before 'Trans-Europe Express'. Returning guest Kevin Chanel makes the case that this highly experimental, avant-garde concept album deserves a second look. “When airwaves swing, distant voices sing” Songs…
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When this week's guest, musician/music historian Matthew Sabatella discovered Harry Smith's 'The Anthology Of American Folk Music' in the late 90s, it literally changed the direction of his own musical journey. This amazing collection of recordings made and issued from 1926 to 1933 by a variety of performers got under his skin, and eventually moved…
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Roy Saint was the powerhouse drummer behind pop group The Walkers who played a pivotal role in London’s vibrant 1960s music scene. Known for their energetic performances, The Walkers were fixtures of the city’s club circuit and helped define the Tottenham sound. The band were able to capture their dynamic style at the legendary studios of Denmark S…
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S7E381 - 'You Gotta Hear This One Song' Patron-curated Episode
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For this special Patron-curated episode, we asked patrons of the podcast to send in a song they love, that 'got them high' and that they wanted to share with our listeners. You know when you're talking music with someone and you say "Have you heard this one song? You've gotta hear it...it will change your life!" Yeah, that. Songs discussed in this …
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Chris Wilkinson is a Grammy Award winning recording engineer, not to mention numerous nominations and work on multiple #1s in US, Canada & Australia. His credits include, The White Stripes, Ben Folds Five, Nashville (TV Series), Robben Ford, Lady A, Emmylou Harris, Don Henley, Alison Krauss and many, many more. Relocating to Sheffield from Nashvill…
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S7E380 - Bedhead 'WhatFunLifeWas' with Joe Tunis
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This week, returning guest Joe Tunis (Carbon Records) brings us Dallas, TX band Bedhead and their stunning 1994 debut 'WhatFunLifeWas'. With a seemingly simple formula of guitars, bass, drums and often quiet, sing-speak vocals, the album explores existential questions and spiritual emptiness in a beautifully effective way. Songs discussed in this e…
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Chris Wilkinson is a Grammy Award winning recording engineer, not to mention numerous nominations and work on multiple #1s in US, Canada & Australia. His credits include, The White Stripes, Ben Folds Five, Nashville (TV Series), Robben Ford, Lady A, Emmylou Harris, Don Henley, Alison Krauss and many, many more. Relocating to Sheffield from Nashvill…
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S7E379 - Maceo Parker 'Life On Planet Groove' with Chris Greene
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At the start of this blistering set, recorded live in Cologne Germany in 1992, saxophonist Maceo Parker declares it will be "2 percent jazz and 98 percent funky stuff." He does not disappoint. This week's guest, Chicago saxophonist Chris Greene (Chris Greene Quartet), joins us to discuss how Parker's 'Life On Planet Groove' got him high and helped …
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Rare Tone is a renowned independent high fidelity mastering and disc cutting studio based in Leeds. Serving artists, producers & labels worldwide. This episode is part 2 of the interview with Ben, so try listening to episode #103 first as it will make a little more sense that way! Episode sponsored by Make Noise Pro Audio https://makenoiseproaudio.…
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S7E378 - The Roots 'How I Got Over' with Rory Cox
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Music fan and Patron Rory Cox Zoomed-in all the way from Ljubljana Slovenia to discuss The Roots and their ninth studio album 'How I Got Over'. For this 2010 release, Questlove, Black Thought, Dice Raw and company concocted a diverse, slow-build mission statement on how to overcome. Songs discussed in this episode: A Peace Of Light, The Seed, Walk …
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Rare Tone is a renowned independent high fidelity mastering and disc cutting studio based in Leeds. Serving artists, producers & labels worldwide. Episode sponsored by Make Noise Pro Audio https://makenoiseproaudio.co.uk/ Click below to open a Spotify playlist featuring some of the music from our guests. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/39vz6t8dhQ…
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S7E377 - Jeff Buckley 'Mystery White Boy' with Kerry Jones & Kyle Alexander (Death Doula)
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With only one official studio album to his name - 1994's Grace - there has always been an air of mystery and melancholy in the music of Jeff Buckley. Tragically drowning in 1997 at the age of 30, his was a unique talent still developing and expanding. Our guests this week, Kerry Jones and Kyle Alexander of the Portland, OR art rock band Death Doula…
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JB Pilon is a world class producer, mix engineer and musician with hundreds of credits specialising in ‘anything groovy, dirty, jazzy, sexy or trippy’. This is part 2 of the interview with JB Pilon so check out episode #101 first if you'd like it to make a tad more sense! Episode sponsored by Make Noise Pro Audio https://makenoiseproaudio.co.uk/ Cl…
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S7E376 - Joni Mitchell 'For The Roses' with Binnie Klein
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Author, radio host and songwriter Binnie Klein (WPKN Radio, In These Trees) brings us Joni Mitchell and her stunning 1972 release, 'For The Roses'. Searching for balance in her life after a tumultuous relationship with James Taylor - and trying to escape the craziness of Los Angeles - Joni trekked back up to the Canadian wilderness and wrote most o…
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S7E375 - Gangstagrass 'The Blackest Thing On The Menu' with Alana Anton
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Once considered polar opposites, country music and rap have had a bit of a moment together as of late with artists like Jelly Roll & Post Malone and releases like Beyonce's Cowboy Carter hitting the charts. The thing is, Brooklyn, NY born bluegrass/hip-hop group Gangstagrass have been doing it since 2007. Returning guest, sociologist Alana Anton, b…
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JB Pilon is a world class producer, mix engineer and musician with hundreds of credits specialising in ‘anything groovy, dirty, jazzy, sexy or trippy’. Episode sponsored by Make Noise Pro Audio https://makenoiseproaudio.co.uk/ Click below to open a Spotify playlist featuring some of the music from our guests. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/39vz6…
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Andy Cahan is the most famous musician you’ve never heard of. Since the early 60s he has built an impressive resume recording with the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Ringo Starr and Harry Nilsson as well as playing keys for The Turtles and MD for the Grammy awards. This is part 2 of the interview. So if you haven't listened to part 1 yet stop what you're d…
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S7E374 - Randy Newman 'Bad Love' with Django Haskins
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Singer/songwriter Django Haskins (The Old Ceremony) is the one to FINALLY bring a Randy Newman record to TRGMH, 1999's 'Bad Love'. With equal doses of snide wit and honest emotion, Newman's slyly cynical 10th studio album is sure to get under your skin and fester for a while... Songs discussed in this episode: I Miss You (Unplugged), Short People, …
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S7E373 - 'That Political/Protest Song Got Me High' Patron-curated Episode
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For this BONUS Patron-curated episode, we invited patrons of the podcast to send in their favorite political and/or protest songs. They came up with a surprisingly eclectic playlist of songs that will make you angry, fired-up and ready to (metaphorically) rumble! Fight The Power, indeed!! Songs discussed in this episode: War - Bob Marley (Live 1977…
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Andy Cahan is the most famous musician you’ve never heard of. Since the early 60s he has built an impressive resume recording with the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Ringo Starr and Harry Nilsson as well as playing keys for The Turtles and MD for the Grammy awards. Episode sponsored by Make Noise Pro Audio https://makenoiseproaudio.co.uk/ Click below to op…
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Throughout the late 80s and early 90s, Ministry were one of the most terrifyingly aggressive industrial acts around. But in 1983 Al Jourgensen introduced himself to the masses - and this week's guest, producer/musician Dave Trumfio (Chicago's Pulsars) - with the decidedly New Wave 'With Sympathy'. This is NOT your grandma's Ministry, unless your gr…
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Dustyn Hiett is the founder of Vvundertone, an open source, loops and one shot sample house. They make obscure techniques and sound accessible to everyone who has an interest. Using a combination of unique analogue equipment and in the box flavours Dustyn discusses how he achieves some of the coolest retro drum sounds. This is part 2 of the intervi…
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California pop/punk royalty Descendents took a break in 1987, becoming All so singer Milo Aukerman could pursue a career in biochemistry. 1996 marked the return of Milo, and the release of their 5th studio album 'Everything Sucks'. This week Rob is joined by artist/drummer Woody Compton (Is This Tomorrow), as they both unleash their 12-year-old sel…
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Dustyn Hiett is the founder of Vvundertone, an open source, loops and one shot sample house. They make obscure techniques and sound accessible to everyone who has an interest. Using a combination of unique analogue equipment and in the box flavours Dustyn discusses how he achieves some of the coolest retro drum sounds. Episode sponsored by Make Noi…
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S7E370 - Redd Kross 'Neurotica' with Dan Epstein
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Formed in 1979, Hawthorne California's Redd Kross are having quite the year. With a feature documentary - Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story directed by Andrew Reich - a fantastic new self-titled double album, and a new memoir by brothers Jeff & Steven McDonald and award winning journalist Dan Epstein: Now You’re One of Us: The Incredible Story of…
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Paul Butler is founding member and producer of psych rock band The Bees and has produced incredible albums for the likes of Devendra Banhart and Michael Kiwanuka. His sound and approach to production is incredibly unique and gets fantastic results! This episode is part 2. So if you missed part 1, scroll back to episode #94 and give that a listen fi…
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S7E369 - Quit 'Earlier Thoughts' with David Jarnstrom
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When this week's guest, Minneapolis-based writer and drummer David Jarnstrom, was tasked with choosing a record to discuss, he surprisingly went with something both relatively obscure AND near-and-dear to Rob's heart: the 1990 debut - and sole full-length record - by criminally unsung Miami pop-punk heroes Quit, 'Earlier Thoughts'. Go figure! Songs…
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I'm back! And ready for a brand new season! I've got some fantastic guests lined up for you... but first ME! This week's episode is just a little insight into my absence here and to whet your appetite on what's to come in the following weeks. Episode sponsored by Make Noise Pro Audio https://makenoiseproaudio.co.uk/ Click below to open a Spotify pl…
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S7E368 - The Frogs 'It's Only Right and Natural' with Bob Fay
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Back in March, 2021 when TRGMH was still a two-man operation, musician & human Bob Fay (Sebadoh, Deluxx, Folk Implosion) joined Rob and Barry to discuss The Frogs and their controversial 1989 cult classic 'It's Only Right and Natural'. That episode was never released. Until now... Songs discussed in this episode: Homos - The Frogs (Live at The Knit…
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This week's guest, producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Evan Taylor (Bernie Worrell Orchestra, Loantaka Records), brings us The Beach Boys' 21st studio album - and the last one under the group's name to be written and produced solely by troubled leader Brian Wilson - 'The Beach Boys Love You'. Released in 1977, this strange, at-times chi…
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S7E366 - Wire 'Red Barked Tree' with Garry Messick
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British post-punk superstars Wire always seem to be ahead of their time, no matter what time they exist in. Returning guest Garry Messick (American Doom Podcast) brings us their twelfth studio album, 2011's mysteriously diverse, surprisingly melodic 'Red Barked Tree'. 34 years into their career at the time of its release, Colin Newman, Graham Lewis…
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When Rickie Lee Jones burst onto the music scene in 1979, she was an immediate sensation. There was no one remotely like her. When week's guest - Minneapolis singer/songwriter Pamela McNeill - picked up Jones' debut on cassette at a truck stop, she was looking for some cool female-fronted music to pop into her Walkman for the long drives to gigs si…
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Strap-in dear listeners, as we are joined by Yasuko Onuki and Ichiro Agata (Yako & Agata) of Japanese noise rock band Melt-Banana - and some creepy computer-generated translation software - for this BONUS episode discussing the soundtrack to Wim Wenders' 1987 film Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin) "Can you hear it? Can you see it? Can you lo…
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This week we dive into Glasgow Scotland's influential indie-pop purveyors The Pastels and their excellent EP/Singles compilation 'Truckload Of Trouble' with special guest, teacher and poet Josh Medsker. Songs discussed in this episode: Lonely Planet Boy (New York Dolls Cover) - The Pastels; The Horrors In The Museum - Rudimentary Peni; Nothing To B…
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Dagger Zine's Tim Hinely returns with a record that STILL gets him high after 37+ years. A turning point for D.C. Hardcore band Government Issue, their 1987 release 'You' saw the band moving in a more mature, melodic direction that proved to be a game-changer, and paved the way for many a post-hardcore band that followed in their footsteps. Songs d…
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S7E361 - Palace Brothers 'There Is No-One What Will Take Care of You' with Alan Zweig
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Returning guest, filmmaker Alan Zweig (Vinyl, When Jews Were Funny), brings us Will Oldham - a.k.a. Palace Brothers, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy...etc) and his stunning debut: 'There Is No-One What Will Take Care of You'First released in 1993 under a cloud of mystery, Oldham's dark tales of sin, lust, alcohol, and redemption made for rousing conversation…
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Our guest this week, Brooklyn-based musician David Nagler (Tape Hiss), brings us Brazilian music legend Milton Nascimento and his 1973 release: Milagre Dos Peixes (Miracle of the Fishes) When many of the song lyrics were rejected by the Brazilian military regime, Nascimento elected to remove them and replace them with a wordless singing style that …
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This week we take another swing of the hammer of the Gods with Led Zeppelin's 3rd release, Led Zeppelin III. Our guest Karen Haglof came up in the Minneapolis indie music scene in the late 70s, eventually moving to NYC and playing in several of no wave pioneer Rys Chatham's guitar ensembles and later with Band Of Susans, before taking a break to ea…
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S7E358 - 'That Cover Of That Song Is Better Than The Original' Patron-curated Episode
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For this special BONUS episode, we asked our Patrons to send in a cover of a song they feel is better than the original. As usual, they did NOT disappoint! Warning: Hot takes ahead!! Songs discussed in this episode: Hallelujah - John Cale, Jeff Buckley, Rufus Wainwright, K.D. Lang, Neil Diamond and Brandi Carlile Seven Days Too Long - Dexys Midnigh…
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S7E357 - No Doubt 'Tragic Kingdom' with Chelsea Nenni (Late Slip)
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The last thing Rob expected to be doing in 2024 was talking about Anaheim, California ska-punk/pop band No Doubt, but when he invited Late Slip's ringleader Chelsea Nenni on the show her record choice was crystal clear. When she first heard their breakout album 'Tragic Kingdom' as a 10 year old girl living in Southern California, the seed of one da…
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S7E356 - Daryl Hall and John Oates 'War Babies' with Fernando Perdomo
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In this positively bonkers episode, we ventured into the studio of L.A. musician/producer Fernando Perdomo to help him unpack the bizarre album by Philadelphia pop/soul hitmakers Daryl Hall and John Oates that got them dropped by Atlantic Records: 1974's 'War Babies'. Strap in, kids... Songs discussed in this episode: Is It A Star - Todd Rundgren; …
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S7E355 - Melanie 'Beautiful People: The Greatest Hits Of Melanie' with Azalia Snail
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Avant-garde singer-songwriter and musician Azalia Snail joins Rob in the TRGMH studio to discuss an artist near and dear to her heart - Melanie Safka aka Melanie - and some of her greatest hits: "But maybe it'll all be alright, ma Maybe it'll all be okay Well, if the people are buying tears I'll be rich someday, ma Look what they done to my song...…
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For our very first stab at a Dylan record, Chicago singer/songwriter Steve Dawson (Dolly Varden) veered away from the obvious and chose 1970s 'New Morning'. Coming on the heels of his widely ill-received 'Self Portrait', 'New Morning' was a tight, solid collection of songs many considered a welcome return to form from Mr Zimmerman. Super-fun conver…
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S7E353 - Mixtape Episode 'Unspooled' with Rob Drew
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This week's guest, author Rob Drew, traces how a lowly, hissy format that began life in office dictation machines and cheap portable players came to be regarded as a token of intimate expression through music and a source of cultural capital in his new book Unspooled: How the Cassette Made Music Shareable. For this episode, he curated a mixtape of …
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S7E352 - 'Those Horns In That Song Got Me High' Patron-curated Episode
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For this special BONUS episode, we asked our Patrons to send in a song with horns that got them high. As always they did NOT disappoint - it's a super-eclectic episode with some really fantastic 'songs with horns' picks, so enjoy!! Songs discussed in this episode: A Message To You Rudy - The Specials; Young Americans - David Bowie; The Impression T…
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This week, New York musician Stephen Bluhm brings us John Cale and his hauntingly beautiful 1973 masterpiece: 'Paris 1919' Songs discussed in this episode: Paris 1919 (live at the Paradiso Amsterdam Netherlands) - John Cale; Any Little Thing - Stephen Bluhm; Big White Cloud - John Cale; No One Is There - Nico; All The Love You Want, Wissahickon - S…
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S7E350 - Led Zeppelin 'Physical Graffiti with Corey duBrowa
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What more can be said about Led Zeppelin's densely iconic sixth studio album, 'Physical Graffiti', that hasn't already been said? Apparently quite a bit. Returning guest Corey duBrowa takes us to rock school as we unpack this multi-platinum hard rock mammoth of a double-record. Songs discussed in this episode: Kashmir (Live at Olympia, Paris, Franc…
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