Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”

Episode 140: Another 15 Million Unit LP, Long Time Since Phoenix Flew And More

March 10, 2026

The ironies in life… This hour-long show just played on RadioFreeNashville.org and yesterday I was informed that Dickey Betts of the Allman Brothers Band had passed away peacefully. He was 80. Jaimoe is the soul survivor of the original ABB now. The irony being that this particular episode started off Wednesday on radiofreenashville.org talking about the Allman Brothers at Fillmore East sessions from the summer of 1971. In fact, the second and third tunes from that session, on this episode, are from those Fillmore East fabulous concerts. If you didn't catch it during the live radio show, I was living in South Florida and was hanging out with some people I would call cool and we were doing a lot of concerts (and a fair amount of extracurricular recreational things). The concerts were affordable, like five dollars to eight dollars and we didn't mind traveling an hour to the Miami Jai Alai fronton to see the Allman Brothers Band live. That allowed plenty of time to get our heads right. It was a big party! It was the Fillmore East sessions! We were blown away. And in the first three months that the double album was on the market, it's sold a half million copies. I still have mine and you probably know I'm in love with it! Stormy Monday is a killer, You Don't Love Me is a great jam and the four sides contain wall-to-wall great southern rock.

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 139: More Of The Great Rock From The 60s & 70s And Beyond

March 3, 2026

Some summer songs, some blues from Super Session, Janis and Lee Michaels, a Gershwin treatment, an hour filled with tasty treats.

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:

139.1 Icarus-Paul Winter Consort

139.2 Free as a bird-Beatles

139.3 Hot summer day-It’s a Beautiful Day

139.4 Slow ride-Bonnie Raitt

139.5 Love stands on its toes-Top Model

139.6 Love is a beautiful thing-The Rascals

139.7 For what it’s worth-Buffalo Springfield

139.8 Really-Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper, Stephen Stills

139.9 Stormy Monday-Lee Michaels

139.10 Maybe-Janis Joplin

139.11 Cleveland Rocks-Ian Hunter

139.12 Summertime-Billy Stewart

139.13 She waits-Jason Isbell and the 400

Episode 208: Are We On A Collision Course With Ourselves?

February 23, 2026

Hello and welcome to an hour of some great album cuts, mostly from the 60s & 70s. Man, we’re now on episode 208 of TVT and I’m in our southern studio, better known as the clothing inventory room.  Hope you like the tunes I’ve hand picked for you today.  Spencer Davis, Lizzy and the Triggermen, Charley Crockett, If.  Lots of questionable things happenin’ around here.  What it is aint exactly clear. Everybody look what’s goin’ down here.

OK.  This is Tales Vinyl Tells, I’m Brian Hallgren.  Starting on TT 2 today.  Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers here on TVT.

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:

208.1 Road to hell instrumental

208.2 Out in the cold-Tom Petty

208.3 Keep on runnin’-Spencer Davis Group

208.4 When that man is dead and gone - Lizzy and the Triggerman

https://youtu.be/UM1Rn3PD3Z0?si=BG4W_KZqub6dgx_8

208.5 Evil ways-Santana

208.6 Enter the young-The Association

208.7 Your city is falling-If2

208.8 Road to hell-Chris Rea Live at NEC Birmingham-1991

208.9 Power of Love-Huey Lewis & The News

208.10 Destroyed-Charley Crockett

208.11 Entrance/Fire and Ice-Edgar Winter

208.12 Indian Summer-Chris Botti

Episode 93: Nostalgia: “A Sentimental Longing Or Wistful Affection....”

February 17, 2026

…for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations”. Yeh man! Like the 60s & 70s! Playing for Change remakes songs with musicians from all over the world with sometimes odd instruments. Did you enjoy Joy of Cooking? Not the book, but the band. They’re here with a few nostalgic pieces just for you and our silly nostalgia. I’m in the present and love a lot of things about the past. The Doors and Zeppelin on windowpane. Allmans and shrooms. I do hope these tunes today will make you smile and encourage you to be grateful for all you are, here, now.

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, Apple podcasts, 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:

93.1 “In” Crowd-Ramsey Lewis

93.2 Cool Night-Paul Davis

93.3 Kamikaze-Copperhead

93.4 Who Do You Love?-Quicksilver Messenger Service

93.5 Tennessee Rise-Carlile, Morris, Howard, Shires, Emmylou, et al

93.6 Good Shepherd-Jorma Kaukonen

93.7 Doctor My Eyes-Playing for Change band with Jackson Browne

93.8 JIM JAM-Ripple-Grateful Dead

93.9 Wrapped around your finger-Rufus Wainwright and Sting

93.10 Did you go downtown?/A Thousand Miles -Joy of Cooking

Episode 91: Third Leg Of The 2020 TVT World Tour. Mayall, Dusty, Carlos, Paul!

February 10, 2026

Thanks for tuning in today. This hour was originally episode 25 going back to late 2020 when we were getting ready to inaugurate a new president. Remember back that far? I’m gonna sit with ya today and we’re gonna mind-travel because we’re on the third leg of our 2020 TVT World Tour and after a few whatevers, we’re going to the continent of Africa and on the Europe, getting a taste of their culture and music, with tunes today from Dusty to Paul, Sun and Sonny to Mayall and mix in some Toto, I think you’re gonna really like this episode.

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:

91.1 Love will find a way-Pablo Cruise

91.2 LA woman-Doors

91.3 Light my fire-Little Brown

91.4 Africa-Toto

91.5 Under Africa skies-Paul Simon

91.6 You don’t have to say you love me-Dusty Springfield

91.7 Europa-Santana/Gato Barbieri

91.8 I me mine-Beatles

91.9 The laws must change-Mayall, Mark, Almond

91.10 The cage-Elton John

91.11 United we stand-Brotherhood of Man (Sonny & Sue)

Episode 207: Snow And Ice. And The Mail Still Got Delivered. Snow Suite And More.

February 2, 2026

Hello again and thanks for joining me for more of those Tales Vinyl Tells.  Well, it’s been snowy and icy here in middle Tennessee, just a wee bit outside music city, and yesterday I scraped 2” of ice off 3 cars and it was lots of fun.  I took lots of time to finish up episode 206 and knew I had the juice for another new episode, so here it is. I’m Brian Hallgren saying hello to all of you, from many parts of the world listening these programs. Including Singapore, Norway, Netherlands, Lithuania, Finland, the UK.  Tell me where you’re hearing Tales Vinyl Tells.  My email is [email protected]. Today we have some White trash, a first electric album, dreaming about the golden bear state and dreading the white stuff still on our ground.  I’ve even got a snow suite for you today.  Do you ever feel like you’d like to crawl in a hole and hibernate?  Maybe you have the Subterranean homesick blues.

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:

207.1 California Dreamin’-George Benson

207.2 Subterranean homesick blues-Dylan

207.3 California Dreaming- Bobby Womack

207.4 Waiting for a star to fall-Boy Meets Girl

207.5 Snowblind friend-Steppenwolf and John Kay

207.6 The Pusher-Steppenwolf

207.7 Hazy shade of winter-Simon and Garfunkel

207.8 Snow blind-Styx

207.9 Snow hey oh-Red Hot Chili Peppers

207.10 Under the ice- Nazz- Todd Rundgren

207.11 Save the planet-Edgar Winter & Edgar Winter’s White Trash

207.12 Another Man Down-Heartsfield

Episode 206: Salute To Bob Weir And The Dead, "Morning Maniac Music.. It's A New Dawn"

January 27, 2026

Welcome back to another Tales Vinyl Tells, our 3rd new episode for 2026.  Today, we have a salute to Bob Weir of The Grateful Dead, he was also a very successful solo artist and toured with Dead and Company and the Wolf Brothers.  We have a 5-song set to honor Bob later in this hour. I have Pop, Nilsson, Palmer and a lot more.  Also, a short word about the effect that the rock of the 60s has had on world culture and politics.  I’m Brian Hallgren with episode 206 and I hope your ears will appreciate today’s Tales that Vinyl albums Tell.  My email is [email protected].  Supertramp is my music under me and here’s more from Supertramp shifting this thing into gear.

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:

206.1 Cannonball-Supertramp

206.2 The Logical Song-Supertramp

206.3 Punkrocker-Teddy Bears w Iggy Pop

Grace Slick at Woodstock

206.4 Early in the morning—Harry Nilsson

206.5 Ghost towns-Blue Mountain

206.6 China Cat Sunflower-=Dead

206.7 Scarlet Begonias-Dead

206.8 Deal-Live at Barton Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca NY 5/8/77.

206.9 Cassidy-from first solo LP “Ace”

206.10 Good Morning-Beatles

206.11 Early in the morning-Robert Palmer

206.12 “”—Bad Company

206.13 “”-Vanity Fare

206.14 “”-Jr Wells Chicago Blues Band

206.15 Cannonball-Supertramp

Episode 8: From 3-1/2 Years Ago, QMS, Super Session, Donovan. Oh Yeh. This Is Good!

January 20, 2026

Here…..have another hit…..of Fresh Air is how we start this one with Quicksilver-Dino Valenti and John Cippolina. There’s one song titled “2 Songs for the Señorita”, how about some SRC? All I want for you is Love, Peace and Happiness. And I remember hearing Season of the Witch on my Craig 8 track player, written and performed by Donovan and we also have Al Kooper with Stephen Stills. There’s a story about a firefall and we hear from them too. This and all the TVT episodes are downloadable and the live radio version of Tales Vinyl Tells can be heard most Wednesdays on RadioFreeNashville.org and at 103.7 and 107.1 FM at 5 Central.

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:

8.1 Fresh Air-Quicksilver Messenger Service

8.2 You Aint Goin Nowhere-Byrds

8.3 2 Songs for the Señorita-Game

8.4 Love, Peace and Happiness-Chambers Brothers

8.5 Living Aint Living-Firefall

8.6 Hall of the Mountain King-SRC

8.7 Looking for a Love-J Giels

8.8 Hissing of Summer Lawns-Joni Mitchell

8.9 Wouldn’t Want to be Like You-Alan Parsons Symphonic Project

8.10,11 Season of the Witch-Donovan, Super Sessions ( Mike Bloomfield, Stephen Stills, Al Kooper)

EPISODE 205: Salute To Steve Cropper And So Much More

January 13, 2026

Ready for another hour of some of that great album rock from the 60s and 70s?  Here it is!  Tales Vinyl Tells, established Dec 2019 and now, this is episode 205 and we continue to learn about the artists that made that era of music so great are passing on and entering into the room next door, according to photographer Henry Diltz.  We just saw that the Grateful Dead’s cofounder and leader has also passed.  More with Bobby Weir in a soon episode.  I’m Brian Hallgren and we got notice that some others won’t make this show.  Like Jackson Lamb, Carol Sturka, Cosmo Kramer nor Vincent Furnier.  They don’t know what they’ll be missing but you’ll know if you hang with me this hour as we salute the great Steve Cropper.  What a history this guitarist leaves behind!! Hopefully the psychotic reaction will be only on wax.  We may cry.  It’s ok.  This life goes on.  Booker T and the MGs is the music under me.  That’s Steve Cropper on guitar.  Let’s go!  Today’s Tales Vinyl Tells is already rolling.  Glad you’re with me!

PLAYLIST:

205.1 Something-Booker T and the MGs

205.2 Get it while you can-Janis

205.3 Soul Man-Blues Brothers 

205.4 Big Brother-Stevie Wonder

205.5 Conquistador-Procol Harum

205.6 Tin Pan Alley-SRV and Dbl Trouble

205.7 Tomorrow never knows-Beatles Revolver

205.8 Time was-Canned Heat

205.9 Strange game-Jagger

205.10 You give me all I need-Cropper, Felix Cavaliere

205.11 Knock on wood-Eddie Floyd

205.12 Psychotic reaction-Count Five

205.13 Til it shines on you-Crosby Pevar Raymond

205.14 Time is tight-Booker T & the MGs

Episode 204: Old Year Ending With These Movers And Groovers

January 1, 2026

Greetings and hellos to you and you and you, once again or for the first time.  This is Tales Vinyl Tells, a weekly adventure into the great (and sometimes not so great) but mostly great album rock that was on our LPs of the 60s & 70s.  I hope you’re well and nice today.  I’m Brian Hallgren and this has been my trip since December 2019.  Covid first reared its ugly head in China in mid-December 2019 and the first episode of Tales Vinyl Tells was released that month.  Now we’re on episode 204 and it’s another hour of some really good tunes, including Wet Willie with Jimmy Hall, Desmond Dekker, Tom Morello with the Boss, an excellent Warren Zevon cut and lots more.  There’s been a lot of talk about the here and now so hear now the Tales Vinyl Tells.

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.