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Cheers - This is Alex - your music man, record guy, host and curator of The Vinyl Playground Podcast. Here, I take a look at a rather large collection of records, my family's record collection. 12 record collectors under the same roof, and the music we collectively bought between 1936 and 1987. Originally intended as a personal letter between 2 musical cousins discussing family and music, The Vinyl Playground has bloomed into a "musical family tree" with almost 100 years of recorded music.
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In this episode -the stories behind the music from: Scooby Doo, George of the Jungle, Fat Albert, Groovie Goolies, and others. "Songs In The Key of Cartoon," is a quick look into the history of some of the most beloved cartoon theme songs of the late 60s and early 70s. It also serves as a tribute to the friends with whom I shared "the experience" o…
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TVP presents a "Halloween Special," in salute to some of the most beloved and "creepy" music associated with the bizarre, macabre, and strange. Tonight, we'll hear music from: Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, and Sir George Martin and Orchestra; "slasher flick" John Carpenter's Halloween; Hitchcock's Psycho; stop motion animation classics Mad Monster Par…
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For Halloween, TVP "exhumes and examines" the legendary theme music for The Twilight Zone television series. Exceprt from Episode 10, "Halloween Music Macabre." Cheers from here and Happy Halloween. Alex Oliver is the owner of "The Vinyl Playground," the online, mail-order vinyl LP record shop. The items you see in these videos are all for sale, vi…
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For Halloween, TVP "exhumes and examines" the legendary theme from John Carpenter's Halloween. Exceprt from Episode 10, "Halloween Music Macabre." Cheers from here and Happy Halloween. Alex Oliver is the owner of "The Vinyl Playground," the online, mail-order vinyl LP record shop. The items you see in these videos are all for sale, via the internet…
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It's Spring, 1985, and once again I get suspended from school. Mom's NOT going to like this - time to drown out life with some music by Van Halen. (Excerpt from "Ep. 9 - Action Kills Fear") Cheers, and thank you for your ears. Alex Oliver is the owner of "The Vinyl Playground," the online, mail-order vinyl LP record shop. The items you see in these…
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It's Spring, 1985. Suspended from school, my fears start to envelope my everyday living. And my moods were dark, and soundtrack'd by the music of The Velvet Underground (Excerpt from "Episode. 9 - Action Kills Fear") Cheers, and thank you for your ears. Alex Oliver is the owner of "The Vinyl Playground," the online, mail-order vinyl LP record shop.…
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It's Spring, 1985, and there's absolutely no experience like getting punched in one's "manly center of gravity" first thing in the morning at school. At the time, I was studying the music of The Partridge Family. Result? I "tear up" and writhe in pain whenever I hear "I Think I Love You." (Excerpt from "Ep. 9 - Action Kills Fear") Cheers, and thank…
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Age 16. High School freshman. Suspended for fighting . . . again. Whether right or wrong, I was stuck in my room for five days, mostly cloaked in a paralyzing fear of, well, virtually everything outside of my control. And mixed in with the fear? Well, there's music from: Simple Minds; The Doors; Van Halen; the "Bridge Over The River Kwai" Soundtrac…
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Fall, 1984 - I was a newly-minted high school freshman, surrounded by the then-current Top 40 (Prince, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Springsteen, Cyndi Lauper, etc.). My ear, however was tuned to the music of nearly 20 years earlier - the music of the 1960s. And mixed in with the music? First love. First kiss. Last suspension from high school. Yup - lo…
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AKA "Love and the Campus Fuzz," this is a 45-second segment of upcoming TVP Episode 8 - HS Freshman: First Love. Cheers! Alex is the owner of "The Vinyl Playground," the online, mail-order vinyl LP record shop. The items you see in these videos are all for sale, via the internet, at: https://www.discogs.com/seller/thevinylplayground/profile No copy…
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Fast recollection of the afterglow following my first kiss, freshman year high shcool, 1984. It was a doozy - and part of me is still "stuck on stupid." Cheers! Alex Oliver is the owner of "The Vinyl Playground," the online, mail-order vinyl LP record shop. The items you see in these videos are all for sale, via the internet, at: https://www.discog…
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Episode 4: The Crest of a New Wave. I recount, recall, and remember some of the first "new" music I heard via radio and television in 1979 - 1981. This included music by Blondie, Elvis Costello & The Attractions, The Police, and Pretenders. The Vinyl Playground Podcast takes a look at a rather large collection of records, my family's record collect…
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This episode focuses primarily on my discovery of 1960s pop music, as a 12 / 13 year old in early 1980s Los Angeles. Music by The Dave Clark 5, Spanky and Our Gang, John Fred, Neil Diamond, The Kinks, and The Animals. Alex is the owner of "The Vinyl Playground," the online, mail-order vinyl LP record shop. The items you see in these videos are all …
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1982. Age 13. Junior high school. Teenage love. Friendship, and betrayal. Acne, and more record money for vinyl LPs. It's a story as old as time - love "short circuits" the brain of young man. The musical soundscape of the times included songs by J. Geils Band; Human League, The Righteous Brothers, Patti Austin (with James Ingram); The Who; The Isl…
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Summer, 1978. Age 9. My family movies, and I get my first glimpse of "it" - the family record collection. At the time, it was 42 years worth of collecting. Be prepared to share memories and my varied musical soundscape of the times: songs by Frankie Valli, Gerry Rafferty; Tower of Power, The Beach Boys; Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, Chicago and Sant…
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