Podcasts by VMP Anthology
Go beyond the liner notes with the VMP Anthology podcast, the audio accompaniment to VMP Anthology, a series of box sets from Vinyl Me, Please.
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Waylon Jennings Bonus Episode: A Q&A About Our Waylon Box from 2023-12-01T18:35
On this extra special bonus episode of the Waylon Jennings season of the VMP Anthology Podcast, we take questions about the box from our Discord community, and also give hints about what's comin...
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Waylon Jennings Episode 3: Are You Ready For The Country? from 2023-10-30T08:02
On the season finale of our season devoted to Waylon Jennings, hear from the people who made this box happen, from the designer to the person listening to all the test pressings. Also, stay tune...
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Waylon Jennings Episode 2: Tryin' To Outrun The Wind from 2023-10-30T08:00
On the second episode of this season of the VMP Anthology podcast, our host--and The Story of Waylon Jennings executive producer--Andrew Winistorfer gives a director's commentary on why...
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Waylon Jennings Episode 1: We've Got A Shooter from 2023-10-30T07:56
On this season of the VMP Anthology Podcast, we're covering VMP's brand new box set The Story of Waylon Jennings. On this episode, our host Andrew talks with Waylon's son Shooter about ...
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Miles Davis Episode 4: On the Questions from 2023-10-13T20:00
On this final, bonus episode of this season of the VMP Anthology podcast, Storf is joined by Paul Bass to answer questions about the Miles Davis Anthology from our Discord community. Learn why o...
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Miles Davis Episode 3: Funky Talk from 2023-09-25T11:11
On this, the season finale, Andrew talks with Miles Davis: The Electric Years executive producer Marcus J. Moore about how the box came together, and about which 1 minute of Miles Elect...
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Miles Davis Episode 2: VMP Runs The Anthology Down from 2023-09-25T11:08
On this episode, Andrew talks with Miles Davis: The Electric Years producers Clay Conder and Stephen Anderson about their contributions to the box, and what they hear when they hear ele...
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Miles Davis Episode 1: Plug In from 2023-09-25T11:05
In the first episode of this season of the VMP Anthology podcast, our host Andrew Winistorfer goes to San Francisco to talk to Miles' nephew, and sees electric Miles performed live. What he expe...
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Cadet Bonus Episode: A Q&A About Cadet from 2023-04-06T20:06
We recently hosted a Q&A session about Cadet Records on our Discord. Here is that Q&A, where Cadet executive producer, and liner notes and podcast mastermind Stephen Anderson is joined by Cadet ...
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Cadet Episode 3: Tell Mama (About Cadet) from 2023-03-20T16:26
This season of the VMP Anthology Podcast--our 16th!--is devoted to telling the story of the eight album box set devoted to Cadet Records, a short-lived jazz, blues, and soul music imprint undern...
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Cadet Episode 2: Electric Mud from 2023-03-20T16:23
This season of the VMP Anthology Podcast--our 16th!--is devoted to telling the story of the eight album box set devoted to Cadet Records, a short-lived jazz, blues, and soul music imprint undern...
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Cadet Episode 1: Welcome to A World Of Excitement from 2023-03-20T16:08
This season of the VMP Anthology Podcast--our 16th!--is devoted to telling the story of the eight album box set devoted to Cadet Records, a short-lived jazz, blues, and soul music imprint undern...
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Comedy Store Episode 4: Bobby Lee&Johnny Sanchez (Comedy Store Podcast #234) from 2022-11-30T18:37
Originally aired as Comedy Store Podcast episode 234.
Contender for the best episode in Comedy ...
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Comedy Store Episode 3: Pauly Shore, Steve Simeone&Bobby Lee (Comedy Store Podcast #227) from 2022-11-30T18:34
Originally aired as Comedy Store Podcast #227.
IT'S ANNIVERSARY WEEK! The Comedy Store is celeb...
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Comedy Store Episode 2: Jenica Bergere (Comedy Store Podcast #222) from 2022-11-30T18:31
Originally aired as Comedy Store Podcast episode #222.
Comedy Store Episode 1: Anthony Jeselnik (Comedy Store Podcast #215) from 2022-11-30T18:28
Originally aired as Comedy Store Podcast #215. With Eleanor still on the east coast, Rick welcomes Anth...
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Comedy Store Prologue from 2022-11-30T18:22
Our 15th season is devoted to the epicenter of standup comedy, the Comedy Store. To celebrate our 15th VMP Anthology, 50 Years of the Comedy Store, we're handing the reigns of the VMP Anthology ...
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The Story of Ghetto Records Episode 3: The Fall of Ghetto Records from 2022-10-19T10:39
In the season finale, me and my co-host Pablo E. Yglesias talk about the final albums in your box, including one that didn't exist until Vinyl Me, Please release of The Story of Ghetto Recor...
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The Story of Ghetto Records Episode 2: Latin Blues from 2022-10-19T10:38
On this episode, my co-host Pablo E. Yglesias and I discuss albums 2 through 5 in your box. We start with Papo Felix, continue with Paul Ortiz and Orquesta Son, c...
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The Story of Ghetto Records Episode 1: El Lobo Solitario from 2022-10-19T10:37
Welcome to this season of the VMP Anthology Podcast, I’m your host Andrew Winistorfer. This season, our 14th, unbelievably, is devoted to telling the story of Ghe...
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Willie Nelson Episode 4: Highway Call from 2022-06-30T15:23:37
In the final episode of our season devoted to Willie Nelson, we take your calls about Willie's ability to make each cover song his own, and we answer your questions about Outlaw Country as a gen...
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Willie Nelson Episode 3: Stardust On My Mind from 2022-06-30T15:19:19
In the third episode of our season devoted to Willie Nelson, we listen to your calls about Willie's most famous album, Stardust. We also take your questions, and explain how The Sto...
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Willie Nelson Episode 2: Ain't It Funny How Time Slips Away from 2022-06-30T15:09:05
In the second episode of our season devoted to Willie Nelson, we listen to your emotional calls about how Willie allowed you to connect to people in your life, whether that's your mom, brother, ...
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Willie Nelson Episode 1: Hey, Aren't You Willie Nelson? from 2022-06-30T14:59:57
This season of the VMP Anthology podcast is devoted to The Story of Willie Nelson. This season is also devoted to YOU, as we took your mailbag questions to answer your burning Willie Nelson ques...
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PIR Episode 1: Start a Love Train from 2022-02-25T11:04
In the first episode of our podcast on The Story of Philadelphia International Records, Listen
PIR Episode 2: T.S.O.P (The Sound of Philadelphia) from 2022-02-25T11:03
Our second iteration of VMP's Anthology podcast on Philadelphia International Records starts off at the former site of Sigma S...
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PIR Episode 3: Wake Up Everybody from 2022-02-25T11:02
Next up, our journey through Philadelphia International Records finds us right at the label’s height of ubiquity during the mid-1970s. This episode will cover the st...
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PIR Episode 4: Here to Create Music from 2022-02-25T11:01
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Quincy Jones Episode 1: Come Fly with Me from 2022-01-31T11:05
Description: In the first episode of our podcast on The Story of Quincy JonesListen
Quincy Jones Episode 2: Everything Must Change from 2022-01-31T11:04
Our second iteration of our podcast on The Story of Quincy Jones delves into a...
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Quincy Jones Episode 3: The Dude from 2022-01-31T11:03
Description: Next up, our journey through Quincy’s catalog gets cinematic as our team of experts tells the story of his most iconic film soundtrac...
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Quincy Jones Episode 4: Tomorrow (A Better You, Better Me) from 2022-01-31T11:02
Description: On the fourth and final episode of our podcast on The Story of Quincy Jones, the crew breaks down how Quincy generated a boundary-pus...
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Quincy Jones Bonus Episode: A Conversation with Quincy Jones’ Designer from 2022-01-31T11:00
This extra special bonus episode features an in-depth interview with Grammy-nominated artist, longtime visual collaborator of ...
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Episode 7: Fare Thee Well from 2021-10-13T17:07
In this season’s finale, we cover the sixth and final album in your Vanguard box set, Skip James’ Today! <...
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Episode 6: Sitting on Top of the World from 2021-10-13T17:06
In this episode, we cover the fifth album in your box, Doc Watson’s self-titled debut album. Doc was somewhere in between Joan Baez and Skip James, in terms of hi...
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Episode 5: It’s My Way from 2021-10-13T17:05
In this episode, we cover the fourth album in your box, Buffy Sainte-Marie’s debut LP, It’s My Way! Listen
Episode 4: Girl of Constant Sorrow from 2021-10-13T17:04
This fourth episode of this season of the VMP Anthology Podcast is devoted to Joan Baez, whose self-titled Vanguard debut is the third album in your VMP Anthology...
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Episode 3: I Know Where I’m Going from 2021-10-13T17:03
In the third episode of our series on the folk label Vanguard, we cover the story of Odetta’s My Eyes Have Seen....
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Episode 2: Around the World from 2021-10-13T17:02
In this episode, we’ll start to dive into the albums in your box set, starting with The Weavers’ second album, At Carne...
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Vanguard Episode 1: Sing Out! from 2021-10-13T17:01
The first episode of our podcast on The Story of Vanguard, the 10th editio...
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S9E5: Embrace of The Endless Ocean from 2021-05-24T17:04
In this final episode of season 9, we cover the final two albums in your Metal Blade Anthology, Amon Amarth's Twilight of the Thunder God and Armored Saint's La Raza. In this e...
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S9E4: If They Only Knew from 2021-05-24T17:03
In this fourth episode of the new season of the VMP Anthology podcast, we discuss the third set of albums in your VMP Anthology: The Story of Metal Blade box set: King Diamond's Voodoo ...
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S9E3: Rock N Roll Never Felt So Good from 2021-05-24T17:02
In the third episode of this season of the VMP Anthology podcast, we cover the second set of albums in your box set: Gwar's America Must Be Destroyed and Cannibal Corpse's Butchered...
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S9E2: March On from 2021-05-24T17:01
In this episode, we cover the first two albums in your Metal Blade Anthology, Omen's Warning of Danger and Fates Warning's The Spectre Within. In this episode, our host J. Benn...
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S9E1: Swing of the Axe from 2021-05-24T17:00
This ninth season of VMP Anthology tackles one of the most important labels in the history of heavy music, Metal Blade. On this first episode, our host J. Bennett interviews Metal Blade founder ...
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S7 E5: You’re Never In The Same River Twice from 2021-04-19T14:56:18
In this, our final episode of the season, we cover the final two albums in your box set: 1+1, Listen
S7 E4: Rock It from 2021-04-19T14:55:12
In this episode, we tackle the third set of records in your VMP Anthology box set: The Piano Listen
S7 E3: Eye of the Hurricane from 2021-04-19T12:03
In this episode, we cover the second set of records in your box, Head Hunters Listen
S7 E2: Maiden Voyage from 2021-04-19T12:01
In this episode, we cover the first two albums in your VMP Anthology box set: Takin’ Off and Maiden Voyage. In this episode we’ll hear how Herbie lying about his ...
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S7 E1: Takin' Off from 2021-04-19T12:00
This first episode of Season 7 of the VMP Anthology Podcast introduces some of the folks we’ll hear from this season sharing their thoughts on Herbie Hancock’s ar...
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S8 E4: Farewell To The Tribe from 2021-04-13T21:02:08
On this final episode, we cover the final three albums in your Anthology box, Voices and Rhythms of the Creative Profile, Reflections in the Sea of Nurnen, and Farew...
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S8 E3: Vibes From The Tribe from 2021-04-13T21:00:11
In this episode, Vibes from the Tribe, devoted to Phil Ranelin, the soft-spoken jazz adventurist, Marcus talks briefly with Phil about the two albums that he is t...
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S8 E2: An Evening With The Tribe from 2021-04-13T20:57:59
On this episode, An Evening With the Tribe, we’ll cover the first two album...
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S8 E1: A Message From The Tribe from 2021-04-13T20:56:02
In this prologue episode, A Message from the Tribe, we first hear from Marcus Moore and Wendell Harrison, who talk about the Jazz scene in Detroit, and we’ll then hear from Phil Ranelin,...
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Bonus Episode: Andrew’s Guide to Tie-Dying Your Own Clothes from 2021-03-05T19:34:38
In this bonus episode to this season of VMP Anthology, your co-host Andrew shares some tips for tie-dying your own clothes, since he spent much of his time resear...
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Bonus Episode: A Brief History of Nugs.Net from 2021-03-05T19:32:21
In this bonus episode to this season of VMP Anthology, Andrew talks with the founder of Nugs.Net about his history as a Dead Head, and how his website full of inc...
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Epilogue: What Do You Want Me To Do, To Do For You? from 2021-03-05T19:30:33
In the final episode of this season of VMP Anthology, Amileah and Andrew catch up on their journey through the Dead, months after they started their attempt to bo...
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Episode 4: Without A Net from 2021-03-05T19:28:52
In this final episode covering records in your box, Andrew covers the final two episodes in your box, Reckoning...
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Episode 3: Let Me Sing Your Blues Away from 2021-03-05T19:25:49
In this final studio album episode, Amileah covers Wake of the Flood and<...
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Episode 2: I Know You Rider from 2021-03-05T19:23:44
In this episode, Andrew covers your Episode 2 records, Live / Dead and Listen
Episode 1: High Time from 2021-03-05T19:19:23
In this episode, Amileah tackles your Episode 1 records, Workingman's Dead Listen
Prologue: Getting on the Bus from 2021-03-05T19:15:49
In this prologue episode, your hosts and VMP staffers Amileah Sutliff and Andrew Winistorfer discuss their personal histories with the Dead, and what made them reticent to dive into thei...
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S02, Episode 3: The Sounds They Are A-Changin’ from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this episode, we finish our talk with Susan Whitall, as we talk about how Tata Vega’s genre-less funk might have prevented her from being a star, but might hav...
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S5E4: Garage to Kalindula from 2020-07-03T14:49:44
The Zambian mining towns of Kitwe and Ndola offered an eclectic music scene in the 1970s from freewheeling derivative garage on the one hand to groups that channe...
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S5E3: I Can See It Coming from 2020-07-03T14:40:11
In a country of extraordinary and innovative electric guitar talents, Victor Kunda Kasoma of the Oscillations is among Zambia’s finest. In this episode, Victor ca...
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S5E2: The Pioneers from 2020-07-03T14:36:54
An episode of Zamrock firsts. Producer Billie David Nyati, who helped run Zambia Music Parlour under the direction of Edward Khuzwayo, recounts the excitement of ...
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S5E1: Ask Me About Nice Artists In Zambia from 2020-07-03T14:32:31
Amanaz released their sole album Africa in 1975. In this episode, vocalist ...
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S4E6: Starting All Over Again from 2020-02-01T18:05
You’ve already opened your box by now, and now you’re probably wondering what you’re doing here. Well, Stax closed in 1975, as we established on the last episode,...
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S4E5: What I Don't Know Won't Hurt Me from 2020-02-01T18:04
When we left our last episode, Stax was putting out many, many albums in 1969 to make an “instant catalog” and try to dig themselves out of the disasters of 1967...
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S4E4: The Soul Explosion from 2020-02-01T18:03
When we last left you, Stax was left reeling when Otis Redding and the Bar-Kays died in that tragic December 1967 plane crash. The next two albums in your box set...
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S4E3: Just One More Day from 2020-02-01T18:02
When we last left you, Stax was just starting it’s climb from a regional soul label to one of the most iconic record labels of all time, thanks in part to a distr...
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S4E2: Hold On, Stax Is Coming from 2020-02-01T18:01
In this episode, we get to business, since time is tight, and discuss the first two LPs in your VMP Anthology box set: Booker T and the M.G.’s Soul Dressing, and ...
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S4 E1: Soulsville U.S.A from 2020-02-01T18:00
In this intro episode about our Stax box set, The Story of Stax Records, we talk to Robert Gordon and Booker T. Jones about the label's history.
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S4E4: The Deep End from 2020-01-06T17:26:33
In the fourth and final episode of this season of VMP Anthology, we dive deep into the aesthetics and curatorial ideas behind the final two albums in the Ghostly VMP Anthology box set: Ghostly Swim...
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S3E4: The Deep End from 2020-01-06T16:26:33
In the fourth and final episode of this season of VMP Anthology, we dive deep into the aesthetics and curatorial ideas behind the final two albums in the Ghostly ...
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S3E3: Harmonic Terrain from 2020-01-06T16:24:17
In this episode, we journey through landscapes both external and internal, exploring texture, timbre and tone. Bay Area guitarist and sound designer Christopher W...
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S3E2: From Ann Arbor to the World from 2020-01-06T16:20:47
Cheese, cartoons and jazz are some of the topics covered as we unfurl further chapters in the Ghostly International history...
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S3E1: Of Art&Artifice from 2020-01-06T16:02:35
Season 3 Premiere.
Upon the 20th anniversary of Ghostly International, Ghostly founder Sam Valenti IV and artists Da...
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S02, Episode 2: Go MoWest, Young Woman from 2019-10-18T17:00
We talk with Susan Whitall about the fourth and fifth albums in our Motown boxset, Tammi Terrell’s Irresistible and Syreeta’s Syreeta. In this episode, we talk ab...
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S02, Episode 1: Taking a Chance from 2019-10-11T17:00
We talk with Susan Whitall, the writer of the Liner Notes for our box set, about the first three albums in the box. Which, you know by now are Mary Wells’ Bye Bye...
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Season 2 Prologue: The Sound of Young America from 2019-09-30T17:00
On this prologue episode, we talk with Susan Whitall, the author of the book The Women of Motown and the author of the liner notes for our box set. Susan is also ...
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S01, Episode 04: The Shape Of Jazz To Come from 2019-06-18T09:00
In this final episode of this season of VMP Anthology, we talk to Don Was about how the vibraphone has gone from a central piece of jazz big band to a semi-novelt...
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S01, Episode 03: Wayne's World from 2019-05-29T12:00
In this episode, we talk about an organist on the Lou Donaldson album being the best bass player Don Was, president of Blu...
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S01, Episode 02: Bop Calling from 2019-05-17T18:45
In this episode, we talk to Blue Note president Don Was about how the loose, free-flowing culture at Blue Note let Horace Silver cut his first solo record when an...
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S01, Episode 01: Mode For Don from 2019-04-03T20:57:27
In an interview with Don Was, president of Blue Note, we talk about his history with the label, how he ended up working there, how he used to ride a bus just to h...
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