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The Apollo Audio Podcast episodes
- We're Back!
Martin and Billy are back (no Miles - booh!) discussing the best albums of 2024 year, the return of iconic bands and the resurgence of heavy music, while also looking forward to the music scene in 2025 and the excitement surrounding upcoming gigs and festivals.
Let us know your nominations for the best album of all time - be prepared to defend your choice, we may be asking questions!
New episodes every week.
Check out the studio at www.apollo-audio.co.uk for details about recording, rehearsal, tuition and upcoming events
The Apollo Audio Podcast is Froody Music Production. Production and editing by Martin Lumsden.
www.martintheproducer.com
The Apollo Audio Podcast is hosted by record producer Martin Lumsden and musician and studio owner Billy Hills and is recorded at Apollo Audio Hertford.
Each episode offers insight into songs, records, and the creative process, drawn from real-world experience in studios and making music.
Also available to watch on YouTube and Spotify
📍 www.apollo-audio.co.uk
📷 Instagram: @apolloaudiopodcast
A Froody Music Production. Production and editing by Martin Lumsden.
www.froodymusic.com
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-apollo-audio-podcast.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
40 min - The Season Finale!!
We're 50 albums (plus a couple extra) in to the Rolling Stone 500 album list and it's time to reflect, review and decide which of them we want to keep for our own Apollo Audio list. There's a couple of surprises and outliers but on the whole we managed to agree on 15 that deserve our seal of approval.
Did you guess our choices? What did we miss, or get wrong?
Get in touch at [email protected] or find us on social media @apolloaudiohertford
The Apollo Audio Podcast is recorded at Apollo Audio Hertford, hosted by Billy Hills, Miles Mitchell and Martin Lumsden.
It's a Froody Music Production, produced by Martin Lumsden
www.apollo-audio.co.uk
www.froodymusic.com
The Apollo Audio Podcast is hosted by record producer Martin Lumsden and musician and studio owner Billy Hills and is recorded at Apollo Audio Hertford.
Each episode offers insight into songs, records, and the creative process, drawn from real-world experience in studios and making music.
Also available to watch on YouTube and Spotify
📍 www.apollo-audio.co.uk
📷 Instagram: @apolloaudiopodcast
A Froody Music Production. Production and editing by Martin Lumsden.
www.froodymusic.com
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-apollo-audio-podcast.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
37 min - X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents (471) and Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman (218)
We reach a milestone with episode 25, and our 49th and 50th albums from the Rolling Stone 500 Best Albums of all time. It's a good way to close out season 1, taking us back to the punk heyday of 1978 and ten years later to the New York folk scene where we discover that one of the most satisfactory elements of a good album is keeping it short!
The Apollo Audio Podcast is recorded at Apollo Audio Hertford, hosted by Billy Hills, Miles Mitchell and Martin Lumsden.
It's a Froody Music Production, produced by Martin Lumsden
www.apollo-audio.co.uk
www.froodymusic.com
The Apollo Audio Podcast is hosted by record producer Martin Lumsden and musician and studio owner Billy Hills and is recorded at Apollo Audio Hertford.
Each episode offers insight into songs, records, and the creative process, drawn from real-world experience in studios and making music.
Also available to watch on YouTube and Spotify
📍 www.apollo-audio.co.uk
📷 Instagram: @apolloaudiopodcast
A Froody Music Production. Production and editing by Martin Lumsden.
www.froodymusic.com
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-apollo-audio-podcast.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
43 min - Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow (471) and TLC - CrazySexyCool (218)
Welcome to episode 24 of The Apollo Podcast where we find numerous ways to avoid talking about this week's albums and instead ruminate and pontificate on the mixing value of mono, the disposal of unloved master tapes, the ongoing discussion on the point of "skits" in hip hop albums and the different approaches to songwrting.
Almost 10% of the way through the list and we're just hitting our stride.
Amongst all this amazing bonus material we do also get around to the merits or otherwise of 1967 album "Surrealistic Pillow" from Jefferson Airplane and "CrazySexyCool" the second Lp from TLC released in 1994. Where have you heard that song before? Find out by joining Billy, Miles and Martin on our weekly delve in to the Rolling Stone Magazine 500 Best Albums of all Time
The Apollo Audio Podcast is recorded at Apollo Audio Hertford, hosted by Billy Hills, Miles Mitchell and Martin Lumsden - with special guest Sid O'Brien.
It's a Froody Music Production, produced by Martin Lumsden
www.apollo-audio.co.uk
www.froodymusic.com
The Apollo Audio Podcast is hosted by record producer Martin Lumsden and musician and studio owner Billy Hills and is recorded at Apollo Audio Hertford.
Each episode offers insight into songs, records, and the creative process, drawn from real-world experience in studios and making music.
Also available to watch on YouTube and Spotify
📍 www.apollo-audio.co.uk
📷 Instagram: @apolloaudiopodcast
A Froody Music Production. Production and editing by Martin Lumsden.
www.froodymusic.com
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-apollo-audio-podcast.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1 hr 3 min - Independent Selection Special: Off The Wall - Michael Jackson (36)
Another special selection episode, this time its Miles's choice and he's gone for the 1978 disco classic from the king of pop. Off the Wall is Michael Jackson's first "proper" solo record having separated from Motown and The Jackson 5 franchise. Teaming up with Quincy Jones for the first time, this album is wall to wall hits and paved the way for a career that remains unsurpassed in commercial success.
We know Miles loves it - join the rest of the crew as Billy, Martin and special guest Sid O'Brien decide if this deserves it's place among the greatest albums of all time.
The Apollo Audio Podcast is recorded at Apollo Audio Hertford and is hosted by Miles Mitchell, Billy Hills and Martin Lumsden.
It's a Froody Music Production, produced by Martin Lumsden
www.apollo-audio.co.uk
www.froodymusic.com
The Apollo Audio Podcast is hosted by record producer Martin Lumsden and musician and studio owner Billy Hills and is recorded at Apollo Audio Hertford.
Each episode offers insight into songs, records, and the creative process, drawn from real-world experience in studios and making music.
Also available to watch on YouTube and Spotify
📍 www.apollo-audio.co.uk
📷 Instagram: @apolloaudiopodcast
A Froody Music Production. Production and editing by Martin Lumsden.
www.froodymusic.com
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-apollo-audio-podcast.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
33 min - Radiohead - The Bends (276) and Amy Winehouse - Back to Black (33)
On an episode that promised to be fairly uncontentious we ended up arguing the toss about what Radiohead were trying to achieve with The Bends, whether Creep is a great song, whether Oasis are known for their genre switching and if Coldplay should have stuck to their early stuff!
Join us for our longest episode yet where we manage to largely disagree despite discussing what proves to be two of our favourite albums so far.
The Apollo Audio Podcast is recorded at Apollo Audio Hertford, hosted by Billy Hills, Miles Mitchell and Martin Lumsden - with special guest Sid O'Brien.
It's a Froody Music Production, produced by Martin Lumsden
www.apollo-audio.co.uk
www.froodymusic.com
The Apollo Audio Podcast is hosted by record producer Martin Lumsden and musician and studio owner Billy Hills and is recorded at Apollo Audio Hertford.
Each episode offers insight into songs, records, and the creative process, drawn from real-world experience in studios and making music.
Also available to watch on YouTube and Spotify
📍 www.apollo-audio.co.uk
📷 Instagram: @apolloaudiopodcast
A Froody Music Production. Production and editing by Martin Lumsden.
www.froodymusic.com
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-apollo-audio-podcast.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1 hr 5 min - Elton John - Honky Château (251) and The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street (14)
We time travel back almost exactly 50 years to two albums celebrating the golden anniversary of their release. Probably fair to say that one of these albums has faired better in the eyes of the critics and in public consciousness, although testament to both artists that they remain widely loved and, incredibly, still touring!
The definition of national treasures - what on earth will we do when Elton, Mick and Keith (Keef!) eventually leave us behind. In the meantime, find out how we rated the 251st and 14th best albums of all time according to Rolling Stone magazine.
The Apollo Audio Podcast is recorded at Apollo Audio Hertford, hosted by Billy Hills, Miles Mitchell and Martin Lumsden
It's a Froody Music Production, produced by Martin Lumsden
www.apollo-audio.co.uk
www.froodymusic.com
The Apollo Audio Podcast is hosted by record producer Martin Lumsden and musician and studio owner Billy Hills and is recorded at Apollo Audio Hertford.
Each episode offers insight into songs, records, and the creative process, drawn from real-world experience in studios and making music.
Also available to watch on YouTube and Spotify
📍 www.apollo-audio.co.uk
📷 Instagram: @apolloaudiopodcast
A Froody Music Production. Production and editing by Martin Lumsden.
www.froodymusic.com
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-apollo-audio-podcast.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
48 min - The Rolling Stones - Some Girls (468) and The Beatles - The Beatles (29)
With a special guest appearance from an alien enquirer and a surprisingly effusive and enthusiastic response to one of this weeks albums from one of our hosts. We pitch two of the great British legends against each other and see how comes up trumps.
While it's their most commercially successful album, Some Girls from The Rolling Stones is lodged in the bottom 20% of the official Rolling Stone list, and while The Beatles might only be the 4th best Beatles album it still nestles quite comfortably in the top 30. So time to find out if our opinion matches those of the esteemed voters and whether Billy thinks it's ever OK to self title your album, especially if it's your 9th!
The Apollo Audio Podcast is recorded at Apollo Audio Hertford, hosted by Billy Hills, Miles Mitchell and Martin Lumsden
It's a Froody Music Production, produced by Martin Lumsden
www.apollo-audio.co.uk
www.froodymusic.com
The Apollo Audio Podcast is hosted by record producer Martin Lumsden and musician and studio owner Billy Hills and is recorded at Apollo Audio Hertford.
Each episode offers insight into songs, records, and the creative process, drawn from real-world experience in studios and making music.
Also available to watch on YouTube and Spotify
📍 www.apollo-audio.co.uk
📷 Instagram: @apolloaudiopodcast
A Froody Music Production. Production and editing by Martin Lumsden.
www.froodymusic.com
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-apollo-audio-podcast.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
56 min - Tom Petty - Wildflowers (214) and Nirvana - In Utero (173)
Two albums from the early-ish 90's this week - one that came just before a tragedy and one that we maybe think is a tragedy!! Fair to say we were probably a bit surprised by our reactions to both albums this week, with preconceptions and expectations largely off the mark.
As always, we'd love to know what you think of these albums - positive or negative. Drop us a line at [email protected] if you feel like sharing an opinion.
The Apollo Audio Podcast is recorded at Apollo Audio Hertfordshire; hosted by Billy Hills, Mile Mitchell and Martin Lumsden.
It's a Froody Music Production, recorded and edited by Martin Lumsden
www.froodymusic.com
www.martintheproducer.com
The Apollo Audio Podcast is hosted by record producer Martin Lumsden and musician and studio owner Billy Hills and is recorded at Apollo Audio Hertford.
Each episode offers insight into songs, records, and the creative process, drawn from real-world experience in studios and making music.
Also available to watch on YouTube and Spotify
📍 www.apollo-audio.co.uk
📷 Instagram: @apolloaudiopodcast
A Froody Music Production. Production and editing by Martin Lumsden.
www.froodymusic.com
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-apollo-audio-podcast.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
54 min - Bob Marley and The Wailers - Catch a Fire (140) and Beastie Boys - Paul’s Boutique (125)
The album that introduced the whole world to Bob Marley, and the album that was a reinvention of a group that looked like it was heading for a gimmicky early dead-end.
The Apollo Audio Podcast is recorded at Apollo Audio in Hertford, hosted by Billy Hills, Miles Mitchell and Martin Lumsden.
Produced, recorded and edited by Martin Lumsden.
A Froody Music Production
www.froodymusic.com
The Apollo Audio Podcast is hosted by record producer Martin Lumsden and musician and studio owner Billy Hills and is recorded at Apollo Audio Hertford.
Each episode offers insight into songs, records, and the creative process, drawn from real-world experience in studios and making music.
Also available to watch on YouTube and Spotify
📍 www.apollo-audio.co.uk
📷 Instagram: @apolloaudiopodcast
A Froody Music Production. Production and editing by Martin Lumsden.
www.froodymusic.com
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-apollo-audio-podcast.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
51 min
About The Apollo Audio Podcast
From the publisher's feed
Each week on The Apollo Audio Podcast, Martin Lumsden and Billy Hills chat about what’s been catching their attention across the music and entertainment industries from…
industry news and cultural moments to creativity, production, and the realities of making music as working artists. Each episode we also feature a recommended listening section, where they discuss current releases and classic albums, breaking down what stands out, what resonates, and whether they think it’s worth your time.
The Apollo Audio Podcast offers insight into how Martin and Billy think about songs, records, and the creative process, drawn from real-world experience in studios and as working musicians.
Also available to watch on YouTube and Spotify
📍 Recorded at Apollo Audio Hertford – www.apollo-audio.co.uk
📷 Instagram: @apolloaudiopodcast
📧 Email: [email protected]
The Apollo Audio Podcast is hosted by Martin Lumsden (record producer and engineer) and Billy Hills (musician and studio owner), recorded at Apollo Audio Hertford.
A Froody Music Production with production and editing by Martin Lumsden.
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-apollo-audio-podcast.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.