The Next Track

By Doug Adams and Kirk McElhearn

Doug Adams and Kirk McElhearn discuss music and musicians, and how we listen to music, whether it be analog or digital, downloaded or streamed, audio, or video.... more

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July 20, 2018Episode #114 - Theo Travis on His New Travis & Fripp Apps
Flautist and saxophonist Theo Travis joins us to discuss the three new Travis & Fripp apps he has recently released, and his various music projects.
Guest:
Theo Travis
Travis & Fripp apps
Travis & Fripp on the DGM label
Show notes:
Episode #35 – Musician and Developer Peter Chilvers on Brian Eno’s Album and App Reflection
Travis & Fripp: Between the Silence
Slow Life
Frippertronics (Wikipedia)
Soundscapes by Robert Fripp (Wikipedia)
Bill Nelson: Live In Concert At Metropolis Studio
Soft Machine Tour
Our next tracks:
King Crimson: Red
Fatboy Slim: You've Come a Long Way, Baby
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Special Guest: Theo Travis.
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July 13, 2018Episode #113 - Liner Notes, Lyrics, & Ephemera
Remember how, back in the day, you used to get cool stuff with your records? Lyric sheets, liner notes, stickers, and other things?
Show notes:
Graham Johnson: Franz Schubert, The Complete Songs It's actually three volumes and 3,000 pages long.
Franz Schubert: The Complete Songs (Hyperion Records)
The Big Book of Blues
Dover music scores
The Sandpaper Cover of The Return of the Durutti Column
The Haçienda (Wikipedia) (Sorry, I said FAC 52; it was really FAC 51.)
Episode #35 – Musician and Developer Peter Chilvers on Brian Eno’s Album and App Reflection
Travis & Fripp, Between the Silence (three CD live set)
Our next tracks:
Travis & Fripp apps
The Psychedelic Furs: Talk Talk Talk
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July 06, 2018Episode #112 - The End of B-Sides
We talk about the lowly b-side, the flip side of a single, which is fading away into obscurity.
Show notes:
LP record (Wikipedia)
Vitaphone (Wikipedia)
A-side and B-side (Wikipedia)
Flexi disc (Wikipedia)
Our next tracks:
The Normal: Warm Leatherette
The Sex Pistols: Did You No Wrong (B-Side of Virgin's God Save the Queen re-release); YouTube
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34min
June 29, 2018Episode #111 - How They Listen to Music: Simon Vance, Audiobook Narrator
We discuss the changes in the way we have listened to music over the decades with Simon Vance, esteemed narrator of audiobooks, who saw all the great British bands live in their prime.
This week's guest:
Simon Vance
Show notes:
We don't link to all the many bands and records that Simon mention in this episodes; we'll leave it up to you to search for them.
2018 Audie Awards with Simon Vance
Audible Audiobook Narrator Hall of Fame - Simon Vance
Bob Lefsetz, The Leftsetz Letter: "McCartney on Carpool Karaoke"
"Side Splitter" AppleScript
Episode #97 - Jerry Ewing on Progressive Rock
Fill Your Head with Rock (Wikipedia)
Almost Famous (The Bootleg Cut)
Still Crazy
Episode #105 - The Future of Vinyl
Our next tracks:
Durutti Column: The Guitar and Other Machines (Correction: it was released in 1987.)
Family: Fearless
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Special Guest: Simon Vance.
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43min
June 22, 2018Episode #110 - Requiem for the Stereo
Is the home stereo dead? It certainly looks like it.
Show notes:
Carvel
Radio Shack
Realistic (Wikipedia)
Wollensak (Wikipedia)
Goliath
Bosch
The Good Fight
Sonos Beam
The Best Stereo Receiver (Wirecutter)
Sonos One (In the show, Kirk mentioned the Play:1, but that's not the model that will support AirPlay 2; it's the newer Sonos One. Their products are a bit confusing.)
Stand for Sonos Play:1
Sonos Play: 5
Focal Chorus 705
Our next tracks:
Grateful Dead: Dave's Picks Vol. 26
Cake: B-Sides and Rarities
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June 15, 2018Episode #109 - In Praise of the CD
James Jackson Toth joins us to discuss why we shouldn't give up on the CD.
This week's guest:
James Jackson Toth, Wooden Wand
Show notes:
Episode #89 – Too Much Music; James Jackson Toth’s Failed Experiment
Perfect Sound For A Little Longer: In Defence Of The CD
Episode #108 - Buying Records
Episode #105 - The Future of Vinyl
Our next tracks:
Thomas Dunford: Bach
Dalindeo: Kallio
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Special Guest: James Jackson Toth.
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33min
June 08, 2018Episode #108 - Buying Records
Doug and Kirk wax nostalgic about buying records: what was so nice about browsing record stores, and what are we missing.
Show notes:
Andy Doe shows how to open any kind of CD.
Episode #89 – Too Much Music; James Jackson Toth’s Failed Experiment
Delete Tracks Never Played AppleScript
MusicWeb International
E. J. Korvette (Wikipedia)
Sam Goody (Wikipedia)
Collecting Music in an Analog Age
Morris Levy (Wikipedia)
PhotoActive: a podcast about photography and the Apple ecosystem
Franz Schubert: The Complete Songs, Hyperion Records
Newbury Comics
Musical Heritage Society (Wikipedia)
Our next tracks:
John Foxx: Metamatic (3CD version)
Head Hands & Feet : Head Hands & Feet
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38min
June 01, 2018Episode #107 - Earworms and Mondegreens
Do you get annoying earworms? And do you occasionally encounter mondegreens? We look at these two interesting phenomena.
Show notes:
Earworm (Wikipedia)
Würm (third part of the Yes song Starship Trooper)
To be or not to be - Shakespeare Live
Mondegreen (Wikipedia)
The Caterpillar - Night Gallery
Capo app (not Coda, my apologies)
Jean Aitchison: Words in the Mind: An Introduction to the Mental Lexicon
Episode #35 – Musician and Developer Peter Chilvers on Brian Eno’s Album and App Reflection
Our next tracks:
Brian Eno: Music for Installations
T-Bone Walker: I Want a Little Girl
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36min
May 25, 2018Episode #106 - Music in Your Head: Listening to Music on Headphones
Doug and Kirk discuss headphones: the pros and cons of listening to music on headphones, and the different types of headphones you can use to listen to music.
Show notes:
RadioShack
Grado
The Headphones I Use (Updated)
Grado Prestige Series SR325e Headphones
Binaural recording (Wikipedia)
Awesome binaural albums (thread on the Head-Fi forum)
Head-Fi forum
Our Headphones:
The headphones that Doug and Kirk use when recording podcasts:
Doug: Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro Studio Headphones
Kirk: AKG K702 Reference Open-Back Over-Ear Studio Headphones
Our next tracks:
Railroad Earth: Elko
Bob Marley and The Wailers: Babylon By Bus
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May 18, 2018Episode #105 - The Future of Vinyl
Andy Doe joins us to discuss the present and future of vinyl records.
The tea ceremony of listening to an LP...
This week's guest:
Andy Doe
Proper Discord
Show notes:
Episode #51 – Ask Andy: Is Vinyl Better than CD?
Kings of the Road (Im Lauf der Zeit), note the records in the second photo; the record player is to their right.
Vinyl record sales over time
48% of people who buy vinyl don't listen to the records
Record Store Day
Are there negative effects of Record Store Day? Now that you asked…
Harmonia Mundi
Windham Hill Records
Album Mount Vinyl Record Shelf Stand and Wall Mount, Invisible and Adjustable, 5 Pack (Amazon)
Episode #102 - Silence
"Side Splitter" AppleScript
Our next tracks:
The Hilliard Ensemble: Perotin
Rockpile: Seconds of Pleasure
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Special Guest: Andy Doe.
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35min

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