Episode 6: Buick Music

Some may call it easy listening, we call it Buick music. Rather than pick one artist this time, our topic is a bit more nebulous and broad. In this episode we are discussing non-rock music pre 1970 and I think we succeeded in bringing you a who’s who of entertainers. Some you liklely know well, some you’ve never heard of, and perhaps some you never want to hear again (but hopefully not). In addition, we added a new twist. We not only recorded this live from GrooveGround in Collingswood, NJ but we also picked the album from their selection of vinyl and listened to this cold. Yes, the reactions and commentary on this album are genuinely from two guys hearing an album for the first time. We hop you enjoy this exploration into the sounds of yesteryear.

Many thanks to Chris and Mike for allowing us to record at their place of business and to Colin for setting it all up. If you like coffee, music, vinyl, and if you are in the Collingswood, NJ area, please check them out.

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Coming Soon: Episode 7

It’s been a while and thanks to the high octane coffee and music from GrooveGround in Collingswood, we are set to bring you our next episode soon. To mix things up a little Jim and I purchased an album at GrooveGround and listened to it cold for the first time. Keep a look out for it.

Episode 6: 1984

 

In keeping with the theme of our last episode, Ken has decided to delve into the year in music of 1984. It’s full of jokes with obscure references, “nostalgia” references, and low on actual high brow content. But hey, give it a listen anyway.

 

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Podcast Theme Song

Here at Off The Record: Vinyl Podcast, we’ve had numerous requests asking where are them song is from and who wrote it. And if by numerous, you were thinking none, you’d be right. However, we are going to give you the 411 anyway. The title of the song is “PBR (An ode to Hank and Carl)” and was ham fisted-ly written and shoddily recorded by the podcast’s own co-host Ken. If you would like to hear the whole tune, check out the link below.

Episode 5: 1979

In this long overdue episode of Off The Record, the ball is given to Jim who runs with it taking listeners on a musical tour of 1979 with a selection of Jim’s favorite albums from that year. It’s classic Jim.

Technical Difficulties Resolved

We here at Off the Record: A Vinyl Podcast are happy to say our technical issues with iTunes have been resolved… for the time being. The solution is a little round about and taking the the long way around, requiring the use of a couple different hosts but it seems to be working the way intended. So, for the foreseeable future, fans of the podcast (yes, we are hoping it’s pleural) have multiple options for listening.

Option 1: As always you can listen right here on our website / blog and subscribe to be updated when new episodes post.

Option 2: You can once again find our podcast on iTunes at…

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Option 3: You can listen on hearthis.at at…

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Option 4: Finally, you can find us on the Internet Archive at…

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Thanks for your patience and giving us the time to get things fully back up and running. As always, if you have any questions, comments, or criticisms please do not hesitate to use the contact form to send us a message.

Rock on,

Ken and Jim

Episode 4: Love Urchin- Influences

Hello, Happy Holidays, Happy New Year, and all that jazz. Welcome to what has become our de facto Christmas episode. This time we welcome Jeff Vilardo, who along with myself and Jim Vukich make up the founding members of Love Urchin. Self proclaimed creators of “Loser Rock” and South Jersey’s best power trio you have never heard of from the late 80’s / early 90’s. In our current incarnation, Love Urchin is now a four piece band but unfortunately our bass player Jay Vilardo was unable to join us. We hope to get him on a future episode. In the meantime, sit back, relax, and an enjoy a trip down memory lane as we chew the fat on the bands and songs that influenced us to pick up our respective instruments and start playing music as well as continue to play today.

Jeff

Jay

Ken

Jim

Coming Soon- Episode 4

What happens when you get the three creators of South Jersey’s most famous power rock trio you’ve never heard of in the same room? Why episode 4 of Off The Record: A Vinyl Podcast of course. Stay tuned.

Episode 3: Elvis Costello- Get Happy

 

Episode 3 finds us with a couple of firsts. We have talked about doing the podcast on location from its inception and we have done so with this podcast. Recorded live at Bob & Barbara’s in Philadelphia, home of the “The Special” or “Citywide Special” and great live music. We had long time friend Bob Dicks on the podcast to discuss his favorite Elvis Costello album, “Get Happy”. Bob is a phenomenal artist, veteran of the Philadelphia music scene writing and singing with bands like The Shambles and Strychnine Divine, and music coordinator for Bob & Barbara’s. I have to say, I think this is our best podcast so far. Bob is an encyclopedia of music knowledge and the discussion has a great mix of humor, tangents, and on topic conversation. Enjoy.

PS: You may have noticed our previous two episodes are unavailable. Apparently we quickly reached our limit of storage on SoundCloud. What can I say, I’m cheap and still one have the free plan. It looks like I will have to upgrade my plan to get more space and those episodes back.