The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

ONYX Record Press in one of the newest record plants in the world. Opening in 2023 and based in Los Angeles, founders Moe Espinosa (aka Drumcell) and Gil Tamazyan talk to use about the vision of ONYX records and help educate us on the art of vinyl production.

• Interview start
• Why open a vinyl pressing plant in 2023?
• What does ONYX do different?
• What are common mistakes that ONYX is addressing?
• People can visit the pressing plant
• Where does the pressing waste end up?
• ONYX's approach to stampers
• Materials, black & coloured pellet talk
• Are we still seeing growth in vinyl numbers?
• Is sound compromised by various colours and variants?
• Increase in warped and scuffed records
• What's lead time for records at the moment?
• Developing new talent for pressing records
• Wild mastering jobs – locked grooves, vinyl tricks
• Making a $7,000 record out of hashish
• Pressing records with items inside
• What's in the future for vinyl records?
• Impact of record weight (180g)
• What are the recommended sleeves for vinyl?
• Sequencing music for the vinyl format
• Interview wrap up

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David Lowy may be Australia's busiest rockstar, but it's not all music related. As founder of The Dead Daisies, David also balances a full schedule of leading a private equity organization for the Lowy Family Group, as well as a keen interest in aviation and philanthropy. Today David talks about his history with The Dead Daisies and balancing it alongside his other interests.

• Interview start
• How does David balance his various interests
• Early interest in music
• 1st record was the Easybeats
• Parental expectations and personal desires
• Rediscovering music, spontaneously buying a guitar
• Connecting with Doc Neeson
• Origin of the name "The Dead Daisies"
• Creating the band, the rotating cast of musicians
• Joining with some Guns & Roses tour musicians
• Why release a "Best of" album now?
• David's involvement and contribution to band decisions
• What would he like to see the Dead Daisies do next?
• What thrills David these days?
• History with aerobatics
• What does David collect?
• David's record collection and listening habits
• 1st band to play in Cuba
• Did David ever get into the Sydney punk scene?
• Has his father, Frank Lowy, ever seen a Dead Daisies show?
• Will we see The Dead Daisies in Australia next year?
• Does David fly the band on tour?
• Ever spent time with Malcolm Young?
• Interview wrap up

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Psychedelic Porn Crumpets' founder Jack McEwan discusses the band's stunning vinyl records, early and collectible releases, running a private record label, the origin, challenges and benefits of the band name, the new LP 'Fronzoli' and lots more.

• Interview start
• What is "Fronzoli"?
• The cover of new LP
• Operations at "What Reality? Records"
• Autographing and doodling on records
• 1st Aussie press of Fronzoli
• Pressed at Zenith records
• How did Jack get into records?
• Jack loves making record packaging & art
• Progression of popularity of PPC
• Evolving the band to be a profession
• Investing in recording gear, learning to operate it
• "High Visceral" Pts 1 & 2 reissues?
• Who is "Rhubarb Records"?
• "People Taking Pictures" on What Reality? Records
• Highly collectible PPC records
• The origin of the name "Psychedelic Porn Crumpets"
• Challenges/benefits of that band name
• PPC has large fanbases where weed is legal
• Story of the "Levitation Sessions" LP
• Being disappointed by some vinyl represses
• PPC products and ideas for merch
• The Fronzoli cassettes are sold out
• Interview wrap up

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Pete Stahl and Scream are cornerstones of the DC punk scene and are releasing the ambitous "DC Special" in honour of their music community. Today Pete shares the journey of the band, the album and the characters that make it special.

• Interview start
• Melvins / vinyl trivia question
• The records of the Stahl household
• Hanging with musicians as a kid
• When did Pete become aware of punk?
• Early gigs of Scream
• Connecting with Dischord records
• Recording at Inner Ear Studio
• Locations of the DC scene
• Is the new Scream album a reboot, a finale or other?
• The passing of Kent Stax
• Did the band know Kent's time was limited?
• How did "Still Screaming" sell when it first came out?
• Dischord is pricing the album and CD quite reasonably
• Was he at the SNL "Fear" taping in NYC?
• Was the band happy with the "Still Screaming" album?
• What did a Scream tour look like in the early days?
• Other labels after Dischord
• The cover art of the "Still Screaming" record
• Memories of DIY / record stuffing parties in the early days at Dischord
• How did Dave Grohl join the band?
• Was Dave contributing beyond the drums in the early days?
• How did Dave break the news he was joining Nirvana?
• Kurt Cobain seeing Scream, noting Dave on drums
• Dave cited Pete as one of the inspirations for the Foo Fighters song "My Hero"
• How did Pete start to pull in various contributors for the new album?
• Where are all the Scream tapes?
• Ian Mackaye is a long term thinker
• Pete's record collection
• A "Random Box of 5" Records
• Going about creating the album "DC Special"
• Pressing the records at Furnace
• Final trivia question for Pete
• Interview wrap up

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Daniel Hall of Riding Easy Records celebrates episode 420 with some amazing stories of rare records, starting the "Brown Acid" series, seeking and reissuing private press collectibles and a lot more.

• Happy Episode 420
• How did Riding Easy make it through the pandemic?
• Depleted stock, 2year+ vinyl wait times
• Getting his start at "American Recordings"
• Labels dumping vinyl in the 90s
• Grabbing vinyl records in the 90s
• Daniel's rare record collection
• Value of rare records going up through Brown Acid exposure
• Origin Story of the Brown Acid series
• 70s reissues by Riding Easy
• Fraction – Moon Blood Reissue
• Transferring audio via Needle-drop
• Sneak-peek of private press Southern Rock releases
• The Max Creek Band, Mammoth, Southern Steel
• Putting out records from bands that aren't active
• Stonewall, Master Danse, Maximillion
• Dillon at Noble Records
• Release schedules for 2024 and beyond
• Vinyl pressing wait times are way down
• What is Riding Easy's biggest selling record to date?
• Monolord releases / Managing the band
• Riding Easy Records started as "Easy Rider Records"
• What is the most collectible Riding Easy Records release?
• How will Riding Easy evolve over coming years?
• Have we hit peak vinyl revival?
• Current music/releases – Mondo Drag, Psychic Trash
• Interview wrap up

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Joey Cape joins us to talk Lagwagon history, Section 8 and Nardcore scene, helping shape the Fat Wreck sound, forming Me First & the Gimme Gimmes, numerous side projects, record labels, vinyl collections, touring Australia and more.

• Joey's large coffee
• Joey had to put his records in storage
• Growing up with Rush and AC/DC
• Musical family, studying music
• Living in Socal area / Nardcore scene
• Forming/recording "Section 8"
• Fat Mike hated the name "Section 8"
• The challenges of naming the band "Lagwagon"
• Lagwagon shaping the Fat Wreck sound
• Writing songs on acoustic guitar
• Forming "Me First & the Gimme Gimmes"
• Recruiting Spike to MFATGG
• The surprise of the success of Me First & the Gimme Gimmes
• Any more recordings of MFATGG?
• Rotating members of MFATGG – Chris Shiflett?
• Lagwagon touring and recording schedule
• Joey and his many side projects
• Starting his record label "My Records"
• Joey despises managing a record label
• Forming "One Week Records"
• Other self-released records
• Moving his catalogue to Fat Wreck
• Nothing is missing from the tape catalogue
• The one time Lagwagon was approached by a major label
• The story of the cover of "Hoss" and the Dan Blocker estate
• Interview wrap up

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Billy Gould (Faith No More, Talking Book, Koolarrow Records) and Jared Blum (Talking Book, Gigante Sound) discuss composing the soundtrack to "The Eclipse", Koolarrow Records, Talking Book, Sleepbomb, "Shandi's Addiction" and more.

• Launch of "The Eclipse" soundtrack on vinyl
• How did the soundtrack opportunity come together?
• Composing to film segments
• Where can we see "The Eclipse" film?
• Personal story with Director's family in Serbia
• Billy's attraction/connections to Serbia
• Writing soundtracks are very different than songs
• Soundtracks can create a movie in the mind
• 3 members of Faith No More are movie composers
• Was there pressure for creating the soundtrack
• Sleepbomb – The Cabinet of Dr Caligari
• The challenges of making soundtracks to silent movies
• Koolarrow's evolution as a label
• The story of "Shandi's Addiction" – Billy, Tom Morello, Brad Wilk & Maynard James Keenan
• Recording "Calling Dr Love" for the "Kiss My Ass" tribute album
• Recollections of initial hearing the Mr Bungle demo tape
• Making demo for "From Out of Nowhere" with Mike
• Faith No More's original demo tapes
• Interview wrap up

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Justin Chancellor of Tool & MTVoid talks recordings, vinyl, record shops, collectibles, setlists, show posters & more.

• Interview start
• MTVoid "Matters Knot Pt 1" – is there a part 2?
• Forming songs for MTVoid
• Collaborating with electronic musicians
• Justin once owned a record store – Lobal Orning
• Visiting record shops on tour
• Record shop neighborhoods & artistic people
• When will we see Tool catalogue on vinyl?
• Trading communities for Tool collectibles
• The band's involvement in show posters and merch
• Band seeks out young fans for giveaways
• Danny no longer throws drum sticks into the crowd
• The band plans for changes in their setlist
• Peach "Giving Birth To a Stone" vinyl is collectible
• The process for joining Tool
• The song creation process of Tool
• Justin hears many of the lyrics when they are mostly completed
• Protecting Tool audio from leaks
• The 3 songs that fold together in 10,000 Days
• Salival is not available on streaming
• Ideas for "Fear Inoculum" followup
• Any unreleased recordings / outtakes?
• Interview wrapup

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Bill Stevenson of Descendents returns to give updates on Descendents music, Milo's health, Australian tour & discuss more music stories from his glorious punk rock past.

• Previous interview with Bill
• Descendents coming to Australia
• Milo's heart attack
• Milo's increased performance since the heart attack
• How's Billy doing on the drums?
• New Descendents songs / upcoming album
• Bill's song writing process
• 50 hooks with no way to connect them
• Possibility of playing new songs on tour
• Billy really likes The Chats
• The cover of "Milo Goes to College"
• Bill's favourite Milo character appearances
• Did Descendents ever consider using Raymond Pettibone art?
• Bill and the Black Flag & SST Alumni
• Chuck Biscuits & Spot
• Descendents tapes
• FLAG was the only project he's done with Keith Morris
• No recordings of FLAG
• Does Billy prefer Side 1 or 2 of "My War"?
• Recording sequence of his Black Flag contributions
• Was Bill involved in Black Flag album artwork or flyers?
• Descendents "Enjoy/Wendy" 7" promotional record
• Billy doesn't get record collecting
• The story behind "9th & Walnut" album
• Interview wrapup

Descendents Australian tour dates & tickets here!

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Gaz Whelan of Happy Mondays shares memories of early records, recordings, Manchester, Factory Records, The Hacienda, Martin Hannett, John Cale, Paul McCartney, the upcoming Aus/NZ tour & lots more.

• Welcome Gaz to the show
• Touring after Paul Ryder passed away
• The Paul Ryder Tapes Podcast
• Picking up drums after watching the Beatles on TV
• Paul McCartney commenting on Happy Mondays
• Sex Pistols and 1st wave punk in Manchester
• Soul and Northern Soul records
• Talking to Noel Gallagher about the "Get Back" Television series
• Earlier Manchester bands – Joy Division, The Smiths, etc
• Forming Happy Mondays, early band names
• Getting the attention of Factory Records
• Memories of The Hacienda – FAC51
• The story of the "Forty Five EP"
• Tony Wilson testing Happy Mondays before making an album
• "Freaky Dancing" single
• Working with John Cale on the 1st album
• Gaz has some original tapes from Tony Wilson
• Making up the album title for the 1st album
• The track "Desmond" was removed from the 1st album
• 24 Hour Party People single creating opportunity for 2nd album
• Bez joining the band
• Memories of Martin Hannett as producer
• Rumours of Happy Mondays selling pills
• The design of Happy Mondays products and the Factory Records aesthetic
• Northen Soul records turning up in UK
• Does Paul have many records?
• Did "Yes Please" bankrupt Factory Records?
• Post Happy Mondays activity, Black Grape, etc
• Will there ever be another Happy Mondays album?
• Many Happy Mondays tapes were likely destroyed with the Hacienda
• Interview wrap up

Happy Mondays Aus/NZ 2023 tour tix & info

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