Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Elton John's career was climbing fast when he and his band decided to lay down the 17 tracks for Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. The guys discuss underrated bass players, lyrics that needed a little longer in the oven, and stacking the deck across one hundred and sixteen minutes of double album.

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Intro music: When the Walls Fell by The Beverly Crushers

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Next week's album: Bonnie Raitt - Nick of Time

Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Living Colour broke the mold of what it meant to be a rock band in the late 80s, and they managed to break through the noise with a little help from MTV. The fellas discuss proggy solos, lazy lyric writing, and Mick Jagger cameo appearances.

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https://open.spotify.com/album/0Itv01cUzRusmyNcEgEmOA?si=rXrkaFmJTSCvs3_Uz0kcSQ

Intro music: When the Walls Fell by The Beverly Crushers

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Next week's album: Elton John - Goodbye YellowBrick Road

Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. The Beatles were freshly married and without the Let It Be documentary cameras rolling, and head into their favorite London recording studio to lay down an all time classic before calling it quits forever. In our thrilling conclusion, we cover every track on Side 2 and chatter about the most popular Beatles song in the digital era, guitar solos played by bass players, and using every note in the western scale in a single, strange composition.

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https://open.spotify.com/album/5iT3F2EhjVQVrO4PKhsP8c?si=5D0oPW_aTgyBKyfcAx_htQ

Check out our playlist "The Beatles Album That Never Was" here, made up of songs in work at the time the band broke up, and later finished and released on other albums:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6iKUDtCOrHN3wKPEUnrMc2?si=7e3d757a2bcb460b

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Next week's album: Living Colour - Vivid

Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. The Beatles were chaffed from some seriously tense recording sessions whilst making the "white" album, and then again from the well-documented Get Back era, but, even still, after a break they decided to give it one more go together in the summer of 1969. We go through every song on this momentous album over the course of 2 episodes. This week while covering Side 1 the boys discuss Timothy Leary, the George Martin effect on George Harrison compositions, and the financial situation of Beatles Inc. at the time.

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Next week's album: The Beatles - Abbey Road SIDE 2

Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Ray Charles refused to be held back by his blindness and his never-ending ambition led him to musical stardom AND full creative freedom from his record company. The boys talk about picking the right cover songs, navigating the music scene in an unfamiliar town, and the insane business savvy of Ray.

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Listen to Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music here:

https://open.spotify.com/album/4j4w5DDWMKD7ePStAl19OF?si=7XUExo9wQGCQ0MmuH7V5tg

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Next week's album: The Beatles - Abbey Road

Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Rod Stewart had already weaved in and out of the London music scene for a few years when he got his solo record deal and started recording. The guys get together to discuss unnecessary covers, mixing against lead vocals, and too many guitars (gasp) crowding the track.

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Next week's album: Ray Charles - Modern Sounds In Country and Western Music

Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Manic Street Preachers came roaring out of Cool Cymru movement in late 80s Cardiff (Wales) only to face an uphill battle with mental illness and rock n roll decadence. The boys welcome a special guest and talk about lyric-first songwriting, working class musicians' ethos, and the dark disappearance story of this band's de facto leader.

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Listen to That Record Got Me High podcast here, hosted by our guest complainer Rob:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/that-record-got-me-high-podcast/id1369133152

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https://open.spotify.com/album/0yr3aIwrwMw22XrUL5V9yv?si=1wtWMerASVO98h9pJc888w

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Next week's album: Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley

Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Slipknot came out of the Des Moines metal scene determined to be the biggest band in the entire world, so they kept adding members until it became a reality. The team welcome a special guest and discuss band marketing strategies, nu metal's contributions to the canon, and the Slipknot mask hierarchy

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Check out our special guest Jason, from This is Revolution podcast at these links:

This is Revolution Podcast Website

TIR YouTube

Jason Myles in Damage Magazine

Jason Myles in Sublation Magazine

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https://open.spotify.com/album/5lOFvOWAdy9G6p44noRILU?si=o1LsO5DYSmCKHoXNpTKUnw

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Next week's album: Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible

Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Leonard Cohen was a respected literary talent when he decided to try his hand at the music business of the late 1960s, The guys talk about rambling melodies, flamenco chord patterns, and artsy Greek islands

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Listen to Songs of Leonard Cohen here:

https://open.spotify.com/album/2Aiv0ThDpFa7lqHphR6MN5?si=NhCl6N8GTM6Tlnl3eqr17g

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Next week's album: Slipknot - Slipknot

Musicians recount the strange and unexpected story behind the making of your favorite albums. Gary Numan sought to bring humanity back to synthesizer music and scored a international hit with "Cars". The boys discuss countermelodies, Asperger's, and an artistic statement against guitars.

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https://open.spotify.com/album/5xFlkqLDx3wbgqtvrez1n0?si=_9ogPhyeT4ii-jBxHI0xMA

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Next week's album: Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen