The Next Track

By Doug Adams and Kirk McElhearnTechnology Music

The Next Track episodes

September 10, 2025Episode #316: There Was a Time When There Was No Recorded Music...
It's hard for us to remember, but there was a time before there was recorded music. How did people hear music?
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Laurie Anderson on Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow
Lyceum movement - Wikipedia
Astor Place Riot - Wikipedia
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Brad Mehldau: Ride Into the Sun
Devo: Duty Now for the Future
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August 27, 2025Episode #315: Back Catalog
Some musicians fight to get control of their old music, and others sell off their back catalog. Songs are just another commodity in the capitalist system.
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‘I tried to be nice. Sometimes I would explode’: John Fogerty on Creedence, contracts and control
Legacy: The Creedence Clearwater Revival Years
Elvis Presley - Wikipedia
Colonel Tom Parker - Wikipedia
Berne Convention - Wikipedia
Bowie Bonds - Wikipedia
The Technium: 1,000 True Fans
DGM Live: 1000 Club
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Jerry Garcia Band: Live at the Warfield
Ron Wood: Fearless
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August 13, 2025Episode #314: Covers
Lots of artists record and perform covers, songs written and recorded by other songwriters. We discuss covers, and Doug explains the origin of the term.
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Bobby "Blue" Bland: Turn On Your Love Light
Bob Dylan: The Bootleg Series: Vol. 9: The Witmark Demos: 1962-1964
Lou Reed: Why Don't You Smile Now: Lou Reed at Pickwick Records 1964 -1965
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Road Trips Volume 3 Number 3
The Rolling Stones: 12 X 5
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July 30, 2025Episode #313: More Thoughts on AI Music and Podcasts
We discuss AI music, and how most musicians don't make money. Then we have some thoughts about podcast listening.
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An AI-generated band got 1m plays on Spotify. Now music insiders say listeners should be warned
Who Is Watching All These Podcasts?
The Next Track on YouTube
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Franz Schubert: Complete Songs, Graham Johnson
Deep Sea Diver: Billboard Heart
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July 16, 2025Episode #312: 1975
It was 50 years ago, and as years for popular music go, 1975 was a doozy.
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Sight and Sound: 1975
1975 in music - Wikipedia
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Al Pacino: Sonny Boy
Dusty Rose Gang: A-One From Day One
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July 02, 2025Episode 311: Triple Albums
After our previous episode discussing double albums, we wondered where to go next. We decided to turn the podcast up a notch, and discuss triple albums; much rarer than double albums, but many of them are landmarks in the history of rock music.
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The Next Track: Episode #310: Double Albums
List of triple albums - Wikipedia
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Duo Ruut: Ilmateade
Fleetwood Mac: Live in Boston Vols 1-3
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June 18, 2025Episode #310: Double Albums
We talk about double albums, which used to be a thing back in the LP day. They were special, because having an album with twice the music was (almost always) great. But they disappeared starting with the CD era and, now with digital, they don't exist any more. We talk about great double albums.
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Rolling Stone Readers' Poll: The 10 Greatest Double Albums of All Time
The Next Track: Episode #191 - Exile on Monday
Blinded by the Light (2019 film)
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Blinded By the Light
Echo & The Bunnymen: Porcupine
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June 04, 2025Episode #309: Shouting at Clouds
Doug and Kirk discuss some of the things they like and dislike about the current state of audio equipment and the music industry.
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RIAA equalization - Wikipedia
Cable sheathing
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Traffic: The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys
Sonic Youth: Rather Ripped
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May 21, 2025Episode #308: Playing Games
Video games are one of the most popular forms of entertainment. Doug has been a gamer for a long time, but Kirk only recently converted. We talk about how gaming is part of our leisure activity.
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Batman: Arkham Asylum
Assassin’s Creed Shadows
Escape from Tarkov
The Long Dark
Stardew Valley
Stray
Our next tracks:
Pink Floyd At Pompeii - MCMLXXII
Guided by Voices: Universe Room
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May 07, 2025Episode #307: AI Is Everywhere
AI is everywhere. It hasn't really affected music yet, or has it?
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Perplexity
Microsoft made an ad with generative AI and nobody noticed
How Daydreaming Can Enhance Creativity for Fiction Writers
The Next Track: Episode #305: Timo Andres on Steve Reich's Collected Works
Sonatas and Interludes - Wikipedia
Our next tracks:
John Cage, Sonatas and Interludes, James Tenney
Corey Harris: Greens From the Garden
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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.