A wide-ranging one, with mostly 1968 records, as it was apparently a big month. The birth of roots rock? The Doors go pop! The invention of the supergroup?! The last really successful Original Broadway Cast Recording.

60th anniversary of Saturday Night with Mr. C by Perry Como

55th anniversary Ingredients in a Recipe for Soul by Ray Charles

55th anniversary In Dreams by Roy Orbison

50th anniversary Music from Big Pink by The Band

50th Anniversary of Life by Sly and the Family Stone

50th anniversary of Waiting for the Sun by The Doors

50th Anniversary of Anthem of the Sun by the Grateful Dead

50th anniversary Super Session by Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper and Steven Stills

50th Anniversary of Aerial Ballet by Nilsson

50th Anniversary of Hair Original Broadcast Recording

Host: Riley Haas

A big month in July 1973, but less big yeras in July 1978 and July 1983. We cover:

45th Anniversary of Cosmic Slop by Funkadelic

45th Anniversary of We're an American Band by Grand Funk Railroad

4th Anniversary of Mott by Mott the Hoople

45th Anniversary of New York Dolls

45th Anniversary of Berlin by Lou Reed

45th Anniversary of Countdown to Ecstasy by Steely Dan

45th Anniversary of 10cc

40th Anniversary of More Songs About Buildings and Food by Talking Heads 

40th Anniversary of Can't stand the Rezillos by The Rezillos

35th Anniversary of You and Me Both by Yazoo

35th Anniversary of Fire Dances by Killing Joke

35th Anniversary of The Waterboys

Madonna's debut was supposed to be in their too but we ran out of time.

Host: Riley Haas

For our 100th episode, we curated the most notable record anniversaries from July for a big episode, featuring:

35th anniversary of Suicidal Tendencies

35th anniversary of Kill em All by Metallica

30th anniversary of South of Heaven by Slayer

25th anniversary of Siamese Dream by Smashing Pumpkins

20th anniversary of Hello Nasty by Beastie Boys

Host: Riley Haas

Guest: Phil Miller

Is that really a Will Oldham debut album? Is Exile in Guyville a response to Exile on Main Street? Which is more punk, so-cal punk or post-hardcore? Who's your neo-psychedelic band, the Lips or Mercury Reve?

25th Anniversary of Boces by Mercury Rev

25th Anniversary of Recipe for Hate by Bad Religion

25th Anniversary of There Is No-One What Will Take Care of You by Palace Brothers

25th Anniversary of Transmissions from the Satellite Heart by the Flaming Lips

25th Anniversary of Exile in Guyville by Liz Phair

25th Anniversary of In on the Kill Taker by Fugazi

Host: Riley Haas

Guests: Matt Forsythe, Evan Sue-Ping

June 1998 anivesaries including the Pumpkins going electronic (sort of), the Delgados do pop as usual, Embrace wishes they were Oasis, Neil Finn goes solo, Jesus and Mary Chain get rockier then break up, Billy Bragg and Wilco cover Woody Guthrie, System of Down appear and Lucinda Williams gets acclaimed.

 

20th Anniversary of Adore by Smashing Pumpkins

20th Anniversary of Peloton by The Delgados

20th Anniversary of The Good Will Out by Embrace

20th Anniversary of Try Whistling This by Neil Finn

20th Anniversary of Munki by The Jesus and Mary Chain

20th Anniversary of Mermaid Avenue by Billy Bragg and Wilco

20th Anniversary of System of a Down

20th Anniversary of Car Wheels on a Gravel Road by Lucinda Williams

Host: Riley Haas

This episode Riley discovers that the Peter Gabriel record he thought would be his favourite is not. He also discovers that he likes Bruce Springsteen a lot more than he thought! Also, the Cars ruin New Wave, the Rolling Stones do Disco, the first Post Punk album, Talking Heads get dancier, Stevie Ray Vaughan revives the Blues, and Riley tries to talk Hip Hop without help (eek).

 

40th Anniversary of Peter Gabriel [Scratch]

40th Anniversary of Darkness on the Edge of Town by Bruce Springsteen

40th Anniversary of The Cars

40th Anniversary of Some Girls by the Rolling Stones

40th Anniversary of Real Life by Magazine

35th Anniversary of Speaking In Tongues by Talking Heads

35th Anniversary of Texas Flood by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble

35th Anniversary of Synchronicity by the Police

30th Anniversary of It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back by Public Enemy

Host: Riley Haas

No Cultural Authority

We travel back to the 1960s for one of Aretha Franklin's biggest hits, an odd transitional Pink Floyd album, and the debut albums of Fairport Convention, Randy Newman, Os Mutantes, Silver Apples AND Spooky Tooth. And then we visit the 1970s for Jimmy Buffett's third (first!) album, Sly and the Family Stone rediscovering their groove, Budgie getting a little more experimental, Willie Nelson discovering the hippie scene and an Italian prog rock concept album.

50th Anniversary of Aretha Now

50th Anniversary of A Saucerful of Secrets by Pink Floyd

50th Anniversary of Fairport Convention

50th Anniversary of Randy Newman

50th Anniversary of Os Mutantes

50th Anniversary of Silver Apples

50th Anniversary of It's All About by Spooky Tooth

45th Anniversary of A White Spork Coat and a Pink Cadillac by Jimmy Buffet

45th Anniversary of Fresh by Sly and the Family Stone

45th Anniversary of Never Turn Your Back on a Friend by Budgie

45th Anniversary of Shotgun Willie by Willie Nelson

45th Anniversary of Felona e Sorona by Le Orme

 Host: Riley Haas

A ridiculously epic May 1998 podcast featuring Tori Amos changing up her style, Cradle of Filth records some terrible drums, Garbage gets bigger, Sonic Youth gets weirder again, The Notwist get diverse, a Plastikman album, as well as Calexico, Rufus Wainwright's debut, Zao's debut, Tricky's third album, Sloan's forth album and Dredg's debt.

 

20th Anniversary of From the Choirgirl Hotel by Tori Amos

20th Anniversary of Cruelty and the Beast by Cradle of Filth

20th Anniversary of Version 2.0 by Garbage

20th Anniversary of A Thousand Leaves by Sonic Youth

20th Anniversary of Shrink by The Notwist

20th Anniversary of Consumed by Plastikman

20th Anniversary of The Black Light by Calexico

20th Anniversary of Rufus Wainwright

20th Anniversary of Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest by Zao

20th Anniversary of Angels with Dirty Faces by Tricky

20th Anniversary of Navy Blues by Sloan

20th Anniversary of Leitmotif by Dredg

An all 1993 episode, including major second albums by PJ Harvey and Blur, Terence Trent D'Arby getting weird, and album we can't decide whether it's deam pop or shoegaze, and Janet Jackson sells 14 million albums.

25th Anniversary of Rid of Me by PJ Harvey

25th Anniversary of Modern Life is Rubbish by Blur

25th Anniversary of Symphony or Damn by Terence Trent D'Arby

25th Anniversary of Souvlaki by Slowdive

25th Janet by Janet Jackson

Host: Riley Haas

Guests: Evan Sue-Ping, Jennifer Olyjnyk