Episode 108: Good Stuff Growing Up Around The Ocean

October 24, 2025

Some of the songs of summer are right here and they are not what you might expect.

Tales Vinyl Tells is in our 4th year of bringing some of those great album tracks of the 60s & 70s to you and thrown into the mix are some others that just need to be added to the recipe for a eargasmic hour.  

And thanks for listening today.  My email is [email protected].  If you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org, we do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. And of course you can count on hearing the Tales on studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells anytime.

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Episode 149: Quite The British Lineup And Sure, There Are The Temptations And Delaney W Bonnie...

October 11, 2025

This is Tales Vinyl Tells, continuing to play a lot of the music from the first 37 episodes. There’s lot of great stuff here today. Like Blue Jays, Buddy Guy, The Strawberry Hill Boys. Who? Just listen. Best heard with headphones or you could cast them to your sound system and VOILA! Music to your ears!! My email is [email protected]. Today’s playlist follows.

And thanks for listening today.  My email is [email protected].  If you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org, we do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. And of course you can count on hearing the Tales on studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells anytime.

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Playlist:

107.1 Air-Mike Pinder (instrumental)

107.2 Saved by the music-Blue Jays

107.3 Feeling alright-Joe Cocker

107.4 Soul Shake-Delaney and Bonnie

107.5 Which side you on?-Pete Seeger

107.6 Damn right, I got the blues-Buddy Guy

107.7 Ball of Confusion-Temptations

107.8 Dazed and Confused-Led Zeppelin

107.9 Where do the children play?-Cat Stevens

107.10 Shepherd’s song- Strawbs

107.11 Look into the sun-Jethro Tull

107.12 Come back again-John Baldry

Episode 201: There Was A Time......

October 10, 2025

Wakajawaka and hello to all of you.  This is Tales Vinyl Tells, our extraterrestrial exploration into that great rock of the 60s & 70s that was recorded on vinyl albums and rocked at 33-1/3 revolutions per minute.  Today’s LP Cuts come from Santana, the Stones, Savoy Brown, Jason Isbell and lots more.  The playlist is below. Glad you’re here.  Let’s spin ‘em and grin em!  I’m Brian Hallgren, this is episode 201 of Tales Vinyl Tells.  This is the Revolution!

And thanks for listening today.  My email is [email protected].  If you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org, we do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. And of course you can count on hearing the Tales on studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells anytime.

Playlist:

201.1 Wakajawaka-Zappa

201.1a Revolution-Beatles

201.2 One fine morning-Santana

201.3 Ridgetop-Jesse Colin Young

201.4 Rock n roll woman-Buffalo Springfield

201.5 Willie and the Hand Jive- NRPS

201.6 Not Fade Away-Stones

201.7 All I Can do-Savoy Brown

201.8 Jason Isbell-24 Frames

201.9 Them Changes-Buddy Miles

201.10 Kid Charlemagne-Steely Dan

201.11 Goin’ Down Slow-The Electric Flag

Episode 99: Fun In The Rock Albums Of The 60s & 70s

October 2, 2025

From ARS and their historic background to the JimJam of Nights in White Satan, this is another fun hour of the great music that came off of the vinyls on the ‘60s & ‘70s.

And thanks for listening today.  My email is [email protected].  If you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org, we do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. And of course you can count on hearing the Tales on studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells anytime.

Episode 200: I Am An AntiFascist Creator! Definition Below.

September 23, 2025

A fore note: Today Tuesday 9/23/25, I will be guest co-host on my friend Steve Haggard’s radio show, The Haggard & Haggard Radio Hour, at 4 PM CDT on RadioFreeNashville.org. We’ll chat a bit about music and especially my choices for today, two from a very inspiring artist, Jimmie Spheeris and hear some Pacific Reggae from the Herbs of New Zealand, “the land down under the land down under”. Tune in! As Steve says, “and some meaningless banter.” But you already know that.

Hello again and a big hi to you all. There’s a tradition here at TVT to try not to repeat any tunes. Unsuccessful I’ve been but if I do repeat, there’s a high quality put on a number. That’s why we start out with two from Traffic’s John Barleycorn Must Die LP. It is a very cool musical masterpiece. And you’ll also hear Link Wray, Tracy Nelson, John Kongos and more. The ever-so-popular JIMJAM today is CSNY’s Teach Your Children, soon, so get ready for TVT!

And thanks for listening today.  My email is [email protected].  If you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org, we do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. And of course you can count on hearing the Tales on studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells anytime.

Playlist:

200.1-2 Glad/Freedom Rider-Traffic

200.3 Fast Car-Tracy Chapman

200.4 Rumble-Link Wray

200.5 Listening to music-Child’s Garden of Grass

200.6 Are you sitting comfortably?- Moody Blues

200.7 Teach Your Children-CSNY JIMJAM

200.8 Your Time is Gonna Come/Black Mountain Side-Zeppelin

200.9 Closer to fine (live)- Indigo Girls

200.10 Seven Bridges Road-Steve Young

200.11 He’s Gonna Step on You Again-John Kongos

200.12 Paper Sun-Stevie Winwood/Traffic

Episode 199: Fall Faves, Salute To Mark Volman

September 19, 2025

Here’s another Tales Vinyl Tells for ya.  High, hello and welcome back to more of that great album rock of the 60s & 70s along with (sometimes) tunes on either sides of those decades. It’s almost fall here in middle Tennessee and Nashville.  Summer is winding down and it’s been one hot mothuh, and not in a good way.  The dogwoods have put out their little green pods which have grown into bigger red pods, and the season will change soon.  It’s on the way.  Today’s hour includes some songs about fall and there’s also my statement about the mess in these United States with a lying evil fascist in our White House.  They bricked over the Rose Garden and there’s so much gaudy fake gold nugget accents in the Oval they should offer barf bags at the door.  No more spray paint, ok??  And he wants a Nobel Prize and wants to name the Beloved Kennedy Center after himself or her.  What a flabby gas bag.  I can’t stand this guy, the Russian asset, ruining not running the US.  He’s the Master of Disaster, the dark lord (thinks he’s God, more like the antiChrist).  The first set goes out to Capt Bonespurs.  That’s my rant for today.  Mark Volman of the Turtles has entered the room next door, we remember him. and I’ve got a new one from Neil Young in this first set.  You’ll like this one! Now Let’s play some great Tales that Vinyls Tell. I’m Brian Hallgren.  Let’s spin some!

And thanks for listening today.  My email is [email protected].  If you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org, we do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. And of course you can count on hearing the Tales on studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells anytime.

Playlist:

199.1 Summer madness-Kool & Gang

199.2 Master of Disaster-John Hiatt

199.3Beware of darkness-Harrison

199.4 Big crime- Neil Young

199.5 Forever Autumn-Moody Blues

199.6 September-EW&F

199.7 Where you lead I will follow-Carole King ?

199.8 Landslide-The Chicks

199.9 Come away with me-Norah Jones

199.10 Leaves that are green-Simon & Garfunkel

199.11 Stop the train-John Mayer

199.12 October Road-James taylor

199.13 Shes my girl

199.14 Keep it warm-Flo and Eddie

199.15 Harvest Moon-Neil Young

Episode 85: Macon And Capricorn Records, Tommy Talton Salute And Who'll Stop The Rain JimJam

September 14, 2025

Today’s show is a replay from February 2024, bringing some of the great album rock of the 60s and 70s right to your ears and to your mind. I'm a child of the 60s and I just love this music. It brings me back to sense excitement. The smells, the tastes, the feelings of joy, bliss and of course, some sadness as some of our friends and acquaintances didn't survive those times. My intention this hour and every hour of Tales Vinyl Tells is to lift you up. This hour you'll hear a band with Yes members that absolutely kills it. There's Cold Blood with Lydia Pence and salutes to Tommy Talton of Cowboy and Gregg Allman Band, adding some ear-joy from Melanie Safka who also entered the room next door recently. Today’s playlist is below.

And thanks for listening today.  My email is [email protected].  If you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org, we do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. And of course you can count on hearing the Tales on studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells anytime.

85.1 Grand Larceny-Sea Level

85.2 Pick your nose-Cowboy

85.3 Please be with me-Cowboy

85.4 Queen of hearts-Gregg Allman

85.5 Nothing matters but the fever-Sea Level

85.6 Who’ll Stop the rain-Creedence and JimJam

85.7 Brand new key-Melanie

85.8 One of these days-Ten Years After

85.9 Birthright-Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe

85.10 Street Worm-Spirit

85.10a Funky on my back-Cold Blood w Lydia Pence

85.11 Sirius w Games People Play-Alan Parsons Project

85.12 Games People Play-Joe South

Episode 198: Salute To Peter Green, This Is Military Madness

September 7, 2025

Welcome back to another Tales Vinyl Tells.  I hope you’re well and feeling great today.  In the next hour you’ll hear some of those great album cuts from the 60s & 70s.  Some are live updates like one from Joe Bonamassa and a 461 Ocean Blvd tune.  Ry’s live.  So is Mick Fleetwood with Christine McVie saluting the music of Peter Green.  It’s quite possibly a Supernatural hour and it’s for your auditory pleasure. You can email me at [email protected].  I’m Brian Hallgren and these are the Tales Vinyl Tells.

And thanks for listening today.  My email is [email protected].  If you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org, we do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. And of course you can count on hearing the Tales on studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells anytime.

Playlist:

198.1 Mainline Florida teaser-Joe Bonamassa

198.2 Jesus is just alright-Doobies Live at the Beacon Theater.  First appeared on Toulouse Street. 2nd LP, 1972

198.3 Jesus on the mainline-Ry Cooder

198.4 Mainline Florida-Joe Bonamassa.

198.4a Wild Life-George Terry

198.5 Tell her no-Zombies

198.6 Gimme some truth-John Lennon

198.7 Military Madness-Graham Nash

198.8 Yes- Starship Trooper Yes album

198.9 She’s a Burglar-Freddie King/Brian Auger/Bobby Tench/Pete Wingfield/Steve Ferrone

198.10 Black Magic Woman-Peter Green

198.11 Looking for somebody-Mick Fleetwood’s salute to Peter Green with Christine McVie at the London Palladium.

198.12 Gypsy Queen-Santana

Episode 126: Chris Hillman Salute! He's Been A Major Player In Rock And Country/Rock

August 29, 2025

At the turntables today with some of that great album rock from the 60s & 70s. Those sweet vinyls can still sound as good today as they did 50+ years ago. Pardon the ashes and candlewax. But there aren't any greasy fingerprints because we hold them by the edge, with the edge in the palms of our hands. And there's really not any candlewax or ashes on them. They are sacred. I hope today you'll be delighted when we hear two from the Beau Brummels, a bit of the history of Chris Hillman with his many bands and all we can fit into this hour, including another new segment, the Jim Jam, later today. We'll play Lady Jane by the Stones together. I'm glad you're listening and hope you're digging the Tales Vinyl Tells.

And thanks for listening today.  My email is [email protected].  If you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org, we do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. And of course you can count on hearing the Tales on studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells anytime.

Episode 8: Have You Ever Seen The Firefall In Yosemite Or Been In The Hall Of The Mountain King?

August 25, 2025

This is a replay of a very early show that ran on RadioFreeNashville in 2023, though it was about the 45th or so overall. And I say hello to you and wonder how you’re doing in this crazy time? I’m taking care, staying well and being nice. This heat is ridiculous. I know that fall will do just that and soon. One antidote is digging some cool tunes from the 60s and 70s and this one has Quicksilver Messenger Service, Firefall, SRC and a big dose from SuperSession with Mike Bloomfield, Stephen Stills and the totally creative Al Kooper. Great tune from them. I’m glad that you’re here planning on listening to this episode and I’d really like to know where you are. My email is [email protected].

And thanks for listening today.  My email is [email protected].  If you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org, we do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. And of course you can count on hearing the Tales on studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells anytime.