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

Electronic music and visual artist, producer, composer Amon Tobin discusses the vinyl and music of his Nomark Records label, the creative process, making records, his new project with Meow Wolf "A Living Room", what's next, live shows & more.

Topics include:

• Meow Wolf Omega Mart art installation
• Impact of the pandemic on Amon's art
• Creative contributions to projects led by other people
• Preparing for the Omega Mart project
• Putting out "A Living Room" on vinyl
• The sonic quality of Nomark vinyl releases
• The role Amon plays in the vinyl production
• Bandcamp's focus on vinyl
• Impact of the vinyl delays on Nomark
• The Nomark Music Club
• Potential vinyl reissues of older releases
• The rarity and value of Nomark vinyl
• Vinyl bundles on Nomark bandcamp
• Will Amon return to live shows?
• Discussion of ISAM shows, ideas for future shows
• Update on various projects (Two Fingers, Figeroa, Stone Giants, Only Child Tyrant)
• Balancing Amon's creative aliases
• Who would Amon like to collaborate with?
• Who is the artist Shy1?
• Interview wrap up

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Horror punk Wednesday 13 from the Murderdolls & Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13 discusses his new LP "Horrifier" and talks vinyl, collectables, murderabilia & more.

Topics include:

• The new LP "Horrifier"
• How did Covid impact the new album?
• Wednesday 13's work ethic and the challenge of waiting
• Having extra time to produce the Horrifier album
• The album "Necrophaze" getting lost in the pandemic
• Being a musician in 2022
• New business models for artists
• Crowd production from Wednesday 13 fans
• Patreon fan club tiers with personal contact
• What does Wednesday 13 collect?
• The toys Wednesday would like to find for his collection
• Stretch Armstrong / green Stretch Monster
• Wednesday's early love for horror movies
• What is Wednesday shocked and creeped out by?
• Murderabilia - Wednesday owned some John Wayne Gacy's paintings
• What's the weirdest thing he ever put on the merch table?
• What are the rarest vinyl collectable of his music catalogue?
• Making the early 7" singles of his career
• Wednesday's focus and not going half way on his art
• Getting the call from Joey Jordison (Slipknot) for 'Murderdolls'
• Songwriting for 'Beyond The Valley of the Murderdolls'
• The modern unapproved vinyl reissues of Murderdolls
• Does Wednesday have all his master tapes?
• Moving the songs and lineup from Murderdolls to Wednesday 13
• Various albums available on vinyl from Napalm records
• Interview wrap up

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East Bay Ray of Dead Kennedys discusses the 2022 remix of "Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables", the challenges, the master tapes, the materials, old school fans of the band and more.

Topics include:

• Grammar questions for Dead Kennedys
• The humour of Dead Kennedys
• The 2022 remix of Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
• Instrument separation in 2022 remix
• Chris Lord-Alge's involvement in new remix
• Obtaining a vinyl copy of the new remix
• A/Bing the 1980 mix to the 2022 remix
• The status of Dead Kennedys master tapes
• Aborting the "In God We Trust" initial recordings due to a bad audio tape
• Challenges in compiling the 2022 mix
• Multiple vocal performances from the original multitrack tapes
• Speed variations from master tapes
• Origin of the title of Fresh Fruit album
• Various sequences of the album
• The importance of live sequencing
• What's in Ray's record collection?
• The collectability of Dead Kennedys releases
• The story of the lopped off heads on back cover
• Replacing the goth lettering from the Fresh Fruit cover
• The story & ownership of the DK logo
• The poster from Fresh Fruit
• The CD and vinyl booklet from the 2022 mix
• Attempting to identify all photo credits
• Famous fans of Dead Kennedys
• Thoughts of further remixes for other Dead Kennedys recordings
• The story of Polydor trying to sign Dead Kennedys
• Modern touring of old school punkbands
• Offspring & Dave Grohl memories of Dead Kennedys shows
• Update on The Killer Smiles – vinyl version
• Interview wrap up

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The Bobby Lees' "Bellevue" LP is coming out shortly on Ipecac Records . Today founder Sam Quartin shares the history of the band, stories of studio and stage, emotionally driven songwriting, having famous fans, rare vinyl and more.

Topics include:

• Intro / global location discussion
• New album "Bellevue"
• Describing the Bobby Lees
• Writing and living the lyrics
• Getting into the Zone before a show
• Getting unexpected/scary reactions from an audience
• Post-Covid touring
• Sam's record collection
• Music of her youth
• How songs from The Bobby Lees come together
• Balancing acting career with the band
• Forming the Bobby Lees
• Recording Beauty Pageant album
• The original goals of The Bobby Lees
• Being nervous in front of a crowd
• Pressing records and selling at shows and online
• Rarity of "Beauty Pageant" vinyl
• The story of "Beauty Pageant Redeux"
• The journey of "Skin Suit"
• Learning from producers on different albums
• The connection with "Alive – Natural Sound" records
• Vinyl variants of "Skin Suit"
• Hearing of established artists being fans of The Bobby Lees
• The video for "Hollywood Junkyard"
• How did Vance Powell get involved?
• Working with Ipecac Records
• The song "Greta Van Fake"
• Performing personal/emotional songs
• Interview wrap up

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Co-founder and former Three Dog Night frontman Chuck Negron discusses the collectible records of his career, the early releases on small labels, the rare and recalled albums of Three Dog Night and mega-smash excesses and turnaround of his life and career.

Topics include:

• Interview start
• His book "Three Dog Nightmare"
• Chuck's youth – Singing & Basketball
• 1st time on vinyl
• The Chuck Rondell records
• The 1st single on "Bronx records"
• Single on the Hart-Van label
• Chuck's original deal with Columbia records
• The "Redwoods" sessions with Brian Wilson
• The GTOs & Frank Zappa
• Opportunities he passed on
• The Three Dog Night era
• Negotiating during rehab
• Selling a property cheap for drugs
• Pawning his gold records
• "It Ain't Easy" original cover and title
• Recalled versions of "The Wizards of Orange"
• "Hard Labor" original birthing cover and supportive record notes
• Chuck's Three Dog Night collectables
• Whatnot Show every Wednesday 5pm PST/8pm EST
• Check's health
• Interview wrap up

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Keith Morris is now in Australia and doing what may be the final shows for Circle Jerks. Today we discuss the tour so far, the plans for Australia, the upcoming plans for OFF! and lots more.

Topics include:

• Keith's Zoom name is John Doe
• Selling books on tour
• Travelling to Australia, weather talk
• The Circle Jerks tour of Australia
• Keith's opinion of The Royal Family
• The impact of Covid on the Circle Jerks tour
• Keith's Covid experience
• The crowds are getting wild
• Any more Circle Jerks vinyl reissues?
• New OFF! vinyl reissues
• Is Perth the final Circle Jerks tour?
• The release of the new OFF! album
• OFF! 2022 tour dates
• Update on the 'Free LSD' Movie
• "Hi Dimitri!"
• Keith is eating Mexican food
• Local Australian cuisine over the holiday
• Editing the OFF! movie
• Special vinyl pressings of the new OFF! album
• The reissue of the OFF! catalog on vinyl
• The First Four EPs on 12"
• Update on Justin and Autry
• Talking about the band Civic
• Australian bands on concert bills
• Talk of other Aussie bands
• Interview wrap up

Circle Jerks tour dates

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Brian Baker of Bad Religion, Beach Rats, Fake Names and formerly of Minor Threat, Dag Nasty and The Meatmen discusses the collectable records of his career and shares some stories of a life making music.

Topics include:

• Brian's early collection
• Why Brian sold his records
• Modern record shopping
• Piecing together some collectable records of his career
• Ian comes through with a Red Minor Threat EP
• Minor Threat touring as minors
• Brian joining Minor Threat
• The early 3 string Minor Threat bass
• What came first: Band name 'Minor Threat' or song 'Minor Threat'?
• The interest of Minor Threat 40 years on
• Possible other names considered for 'Minor Threat'
• Brian doesn't listen to the words
• The rehearsals before recording the 1st EP
• The intent of Dischord to document the music scene
• Brian defers a lot of questions to Ian
• Memories of recording the 1st Minor Threat EP
• The songs for "In My Eyes" EP
• Did they refer to the 1st EP as "Filler"?
• The band's reaction about the early demand for the 1st EP
• How did the band sell/distribute the 1st EP?
• Memories of the assembly and folding parties
• The multiple repressings funded other Dischord records
• Lyle goes to College
• Brian's time with Tesco Vee and The Meatmen
• Jello Biafra's contributions to Minor Threat
• When did Bad Religion get on Brian's radar?
• Joining Bad Religion, Atlantic, replacing Mr Brett
• Backing out of REM tour
• Collaborating with songwriters in Minor Threat & Bad Religion
• Brian doesn't like writing lyrics
• Any guilty pleasure music?
• Brian's love and history for The Beatles
• Brian's love for AC/DC
• Malcolm Young tattoo, funeral service
• Brian playing with Santana at age 12
• Let's find this Santana bootleg
• What's next for Bad Religion?
• Other records Brian is on: Beach Rats and Fake Names
• Interview wrap up

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For over a decade Tom Hazelmyer of Amphetamine Reptile has been creating art-records in limited numbers for a community of devoted fans & collectors. Today we discuss the state of his production and dive deep into some of the most sought-after releases.

Topics include:

• How Tom spent his pandemic
• Vinyl supply chain issues
• Issues around international shipments
• AmRep releases throughout the pandemic
• Tom's bar and offices during the Minneapolis riots
• How Amrep got so many releases done during the lockdowns
• Amrep's small team is an advantage during difficult times
• Tom's work ethic for his linocut artwork
• Using digital tools to accelerate his artwork
• The typical pressing sizes for Amrep releases
• Why there are very few 45rpms from Amrep in recent years
• The 45 was the perfect format for Punk rock
• The story of Melvins wooden Endless Residency boxset
• The recent Sugar Daddy 45 misprint
• Making sleeve cutouts & colour separations for early Amrep releases
• Recent reissues of Amrep albums with new HAZE artwork
• Challenges with working with other labels for reissues
• The Melvins Houdini/Stag/Stoner Witch reissues
• Melvins "The Bride Screamed Murder" special limited cover
• Test prints and Artist Proofs of HAZEXXL releases
• The overages/slop from vinyl pressings
• Various Melvins / Mackie Osborne special limited versions
• "A Senile Animal" mispress HAZE XXL reissue
• The "War Pussy" skull sticker
• The 1st HAZE record - Melvins "Hurray For Me" record
• Revisiting the "Dope Guns & Fucking" compilation series
• Playing on the new Mr Phylzzz album "Cancel Culture Club"
• Tom likes to play guitar, write music but hates to tour
• Mr Phylzzz vinyl out mid to late October
• Interview wrap up

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Chicago-based heavy noise rock duo Mr Phylzzz discuss vinyl, working with Amphetamine Reptile Records & recording the new LP "Cancel Culture Club" during the pandemic with its many guest appearances

Topics include:

• How was your pandemic?
• Evolving the songs on Cancel Culture Club w comedy community
• Songs with light and shade dynamics
• Shaping the song "Mr Entertainer"
• Artists that influenced this record
• The upsides and downsides of being a 2-piece
• Keeping Mr Phlyzzz flexible
• The origin story of Mr Phylzzz
• Writing the new album
• Recording the album "Cancel Culture Club"
• Tom Hazelmyer getting involved in the album
• Recording guitars with Buzz Osborne
• The bass tracks of Kevin Rutmanis
• The video for "Mr Entertainer"
• Ordering vinyl of "Cancel Culture Club"
• The test pressing story of the new album
• Will "Pentinent Curtis" be on vinyl someday?
• Album title meaning of "Cancel Culture Club" and "Pentinent Curtis"
• Tour plans for 2022
• The character of Mr Phlyzzz
• Clothing styles across each album
• The lathe cut record from Romanus Records
• Interview wrap up

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Turntablist and innovator Lucas MacFadden, aka Cut Chemist, has spent decades seeking records around the world and evolving the turntable into an instrument of vast possibilities. Today he takes us through some particularly insightful perspectives and tales of cratedigging and record collecting adventures.

Topics include:

• Discussing "Let It Be" records in Minneapolis' warehouse of records
• What records is he still looking for
• Does he enjoy digging or shopping off Discogs?
• How many records does he buy each week?
• Is he fussed about NM vs VG+?
• What will happen to Cut Chemist's record collection after he passes?
• How he organizes his records
• Does he feel a lot of pressure when doing a DJ set?
• How much of a DJ set is preplanned and what is improvised?
• Times when things have gone wrong
• How many records does he travel with now?
• Cut's ill-fated story of trying to de-warp a record
• Does he think we are in a vinyl bubble?
• How he gets a lot of promo and test pressings
• "The records know who they want to go home with"
• Repairing records / Fixing scratches
• What's the weirdest thing he's ever found in a record?
• Deciding which records to bring home during a large dig
• Buying records in bulk
• Crate digging in Brazil
• Spending time listening/analysing the records he's brought home
• Finding a 2nd record to beat juggle
• Working with sample license fees, etc
• The process for making "Die Cut"
• "A Stable Sound" club on Bandcamp
• The current size of his record collection
• Selling records with provenance
• Interview wrap up
• Book Cut Chemist for a candlelight set

Cut Chemist website and "A Stable Sound" subscription

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