The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate is a record collector, music lover and vinyl maniac. Join him on his journey to discuss, share and review all things related to vinyl records. We feature stories about and interviews with musicians, artists and people of knowledge in the area of vinyl records. Additionally we share information on desirable pressings of records, how to tell a $5 pressing from a $500 pressing and care and maintenance for your cratedigging hobby. Subscribe and share with your record-nerd friends. Cheers!
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 56 minutes
- Episodes
- 530
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
Ep162: The Final Recordings of Chuck Mosley
Chuck Mosley recorded two tracks shortly before passing in November of 2017. These tracks will be part of an amazing Record Store Day release from BlocGlobal, a group of music-lovers including audio …
Ep161: A Danko Jones Supreme
Danko Jones has a lot of energy and a lot of experience playing in a rock and roll band. Today we talk about a wide range of topics, including vinyl, his love of Kiss, we share Lemmy stories and heap…
Ep160: Jello Biafra - Record Collector
Jello Biafra joins us to talk about his record collection, his process for shopping, selecting and listening to vinyl, his taste, his recommendations and general bits of wisdom and humour that has co…
Ep159: WTF is HD Vinyl?
The science of vinyl records hasn't changed much in the last 60-70 years. Now Güenter Loibl and his team at Rebeat are looking to disrupt the vinyl record industry with the concept they've named "HD …
Ep158: Isaiah Mitchell of Earthless
Earthless' 2018 album 'Black Heaven' was a tremendous game changer for the band who continue to tour and increase their fan base around the world. Today we chat with guitarist/vocalist and songwriter…
Ep157: Joe Harley - The Blue Note Tone Poet
Joe Harley is passionate about reissuing landmark jazz performances onto audiophile-quality vinyl records, which led him to develop the 'Tone Poet' series for Blue Note Records. Hear the stories of w…
Ep156: Coady Willis of Big Business, Melvins & more
Coady Willis has played drums for many vinyl-friendly bands including Melvins, Murder City Devils and now Big Business, whose new LP, ‘The Beast You Are’, we share a track from today. Hear the storie…
Ep155: Andy Gill of Gang of Four
Alongside his production work, touring and new Gang of Four LP "Happy Now", guitarist and songwriter Andy Gill sits with us to discuss the highly revered LP "Entertainment!" and its continued influen…
Ep154: The Brief History of Quadraphonic Records
In the 1970s, record collectors & music fans salivated over the latest Quadraphonic stereo systems. So why did it die out? Kamran V has recently pressed the first Quadraphonic vinyl record in over 30…
Ep153: Ethan P Miller of Howlin' Rain & Silver Current Records
Ethan P Miller of Howlin' Rain and Silver Current Records, shares a myriad of stories from his career and perspective only gained through focus and commitment to his craft. Enjoy this conversation as…
Ep152: The Fall & Rise of Vinyl with Billy Fields
Vinyl records are currently a desirable audio format however this is after a serious decline in popularity and near death experience from the mid 80s to early 2000s. WEA VP Billy Fields discusses wha…
Ep150: The Daptone Records House of Soul w Neal Sugarman
Daptone Records has a unique sound that reflects on great soul classics of another era, yet reaffirms that good music is timeless. Daptone co-founder Neal Sugarman discusses the label history, ethos,…
Ep149: Rap Legend Royce da 5-9
Royce da 5'9" is one of the world's most respected hip-hop artists and has a new highly personal album "Book of Ryan". Today he shares his story, the challenges of his youth, the methods he uses to w…
Ep148: Living Colour's Will Calhoun
Will Calhoun is best known as the drummer of Living Colour, however his musical building blocks were from jazz legends like Art Blakey & Elvin Jones. Today Will talks about his influences and the adv…
Ep147: The Vinyl History of Failure w Ken Andrews
The band Failure has witnessed major transitions within the world of analogue & digital recording and the re-ignition of the vinyl record format. With their new album, "In The Future Your Body Will B…
Ep146: The Beatles White Album and The Launch of Apple w Bruce Spizer
50 years ago The Beatles formed Apple Records and recorded The White Album. Noted Beatles historian Bruce Spizer tells the tale of that amazing year with details that music fans and record collectors…
Ep145: Chuck Dukowski of Würm, Black Flag & more
Before Black Flag, Chuck Dukowski formed Würm, a highly revered & influential band to the Los Angeles punk scene. Now Chuck is re-releasing the Würm catalogue for Record Store Day Black Friday and to…
Ep144: Eric Astor of Furnace Record Pressing
Today we get a 'State of the Vinyl' update from Eric Astor, the President & CEO of one of America's largest record pressing plants, Furnace Manufacturing. Eric addresses current pressing capacities, …
Ep143: Mark Evans of ACDC and Rose Tattoo
Mark Evans played bass for AC/DC through their formative years, across the albums "TNT", "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" and "Let There Be Rock". Today he shares stories of those albums, making those r…
Ep142: The Rare and Collectible Records of The Misfits
The Misfits have gone from cult band to legendary status and their early records are highly collectible. Today we discuss the singles, LPs and misc collectibles of The Misfits with uber-collector Fre…