The Record Store Day Podcast with Paul Myers

Paul welcomes best-selling author and award-winning journalist Ann Powers to discuss her incredible new book, Traveling: On The Path Of Joni Mitchell (Dey St). Plus, Record Store Day co-founder Carrie Colliton checks in from Raleigh, North Carolina.  The Record Store Day Podcast is a weekly music chat show written, produced, engineered and hosted by Paul Myers, who also composed the theme music and selected interstitial music.  Executive Producers (for Record Store Day) Michael Kurtz and Carrie Colliton. For the most up-to-date news about all things RSD, visit RecordStoreDay.com) Sponsored by Dogfish Head Craft Brewery (dogfish.com), Tito's Handmade Vodka (titosvodka.com), RSDMRKT.com, and Furnace Record Pressing, the official vinyl pressing plant of Record Store Day. Please consider subscribing to our podcast wherever you get podcasts, and tell your friends, we're here every week and we love making new friends. This episode is dedicated to Paul's wife, Liza, who once transcribed Joni lyrics as love letters when they first met. 

Guitarist's guitarist and UK folk/rock legend Richard Thompson joins Paul to discuss his brand new album Ship to Shore (out now from New West Records), but also his early work with Sandy Denny in Fairport Convention, the great duo records with Linda Thompson, and his 90s solo work with Mitchell Froom. He also expounds on his memoir, the importance of Joe Boyd, and what Nick Drake was really like. The Record Store Day Podcast is a weekly music chat show written, produced, engineered and hosted by Paul Myers, who also composed the theme music and selected interstitial music.  Executive Producers (for Record Store Day) Michael Kurtz and Carrie Colliton. For the most up-to-date news about all things RSD, visit RecordStoreDay.com) Sponsored by Dogfish Head Craft Brewery (dogfish.com), Tito's Handmade Vodka (titosvodka.com), RSDMRKT.com, and Furnace Record Pressing, the official vinyl pressing plant of Record Store Day. Please consider subscribing to our podcast wherever you get podcasts, and tell your friends, we're here every week and we love making new friends.

Getting Ringo Starr don't come easy, but we did it! Ringo is here to chat about his new Crooked Boy EP (written and produced by Linda Perry), while also sharing some Beatles memories about the Get Back / Let It Be documentaries, his love of Country music and why he'll still be touring on his 84th birthday. We also brought in Abe Laboriel, Jr., who for the last 23 years as drummer in the Paul McCartney band, has been playing many of the ingenious drum parts first created by Ringo. And I Saw Them Standing There author Debbie Gendler talks about being one of only 728 audience members in the theater when the Beatles made their debut on the Ed Sullivan Show, and working with Brian Epstein as one of the first American Beatles fan club presidents. And RSD co-founder Carrie Colliton remembers Plan 9 Records fixture and Richmond VA punk musician Bob Schick (from Honor Role). The Record Store Day Podcast is a weekly music chat show written, produced, engineered and hosted by Paul Myers, who also composed the theme music and selected interstitial music.  Special thanks to Bob Hunt for expert audio assistance with this week's Ringo segment. Executive Producers (for Record Store Day) Michael Kurtz and Carrie Colliton. For the most up-to-date news about all things RSD, visit RecordStoreDay.com) Sponsored by Dogfish Head Craft Brewery (dogfish.com), Tito's Handmade Vodka (titosvodka.com), RSDMRKT.com, and Furnace Record Pressing, the official vinyl pressing plant of Record Store Day. Please consider subscribing to our podcast wherever you get podcasts, and tell your friends, we're here every week and we love making new friends. This episode is dedicated to Paul's dear departed Liverpudlian father Eric Myers, who shares a July 7th birthday with Ringo.   

Andrew Bird takes a slight detour into the world of jazz standards while keeping his own impeccable standards high on the brand new Andrew Bird Trio album Sunday Morning Put-On (Loma Vista). Paul has a forthright conversation with a virtuoso musician, smart producer, and as we discuss, an occasional actor (TV's Fargo). And listen to the end of the show for a special announcement about next week's show!  The Record Store Day Podcast is a weekly music chat show written, produced, engineered and hosted by Paul Myers, who also composed the theme music and selected interstitial music. Executive Producers (for Record Store Day) Michael Kurtz and Carrie Colliton. For the most up-to-date news about all things RSD, visit RecordStoreDay.com) Sponsored by Dogfish Head Craft Brewery (dogfish.com), Tito's Handmade Vodka (titosvodka.com), RSDMRKT.com, and Furnace Record Pressing, the official vinyl pressing plant of Record Store Day. Please consider subscribing to our podcast wherever you get podcasts, we're here every week and we love making new friends.

Shannon Shaw opens up about the tragic events that informed the new Shannon & The Clams album, The Moon Is In The Wrong Place (Easy Eye Sound) which is a surprisingly upbeat, yet poignant narrative on heartache and healing, grief and resilience in the aftermath of devastating loss, and a tribute to the power of art and community to triumph over tragedy. The Record Store Day Podcast is written, produced, engineered and hosted by Paul Myers, who also composed the theme music and selected interstitial music. Executive Producers (for Record Store Day) Michael Kurtz and Carrie Colliton. For the most up-to-date news about all things RSD, visit RecordStoreDay.com) Sponsored by Dogfish Head Craft Brewery (dogfish.com), Tito's Handmade Vodka (titosvodka.com), RSDMRKT.com, and Furnace Record Pressing, the official vinyl pressing plant of Record Store Day. Please consider subscribing to our podcast wherever you get podcasts, we're here every week and we love making new friends.

Blitzen Trapper's Eric Earley explains the zen inspirations behind his band's newest album, 100's of 1000's, Millions of Billions (May 17 on Yep Roc). RSD co-founder Carrie Colliton drops by with news of a Blitzen Trapper adjacent promotion to win a Steve Keene painting of Bob Pollard's artwork for the new album (details at RecordStoreDay.com) and chats with Paul about the significant passing of musician, recording engineer, poker champion, and indie philosopher king, Steve Albini (1952-2024) The Record Store Day Podcast is written, produced, engineered and hosted by Paul Myers, who also composed the theme music and selected interstitial music. Executive Producers (for Record Store Day) Michael Kurtz and Carrie Colliton. For the most up-to-date news about all things RSD, visit RecordStoreDay.com) Sponsored by Dogfish Head Craft Brewery (dogfish.com), Tito's Handmade Vodka (titosvodka.com), RSDMRKT.com, and Furnace Record Pressing, the official vinyl pressing plant of Record Store Day. Please consider subscribing to our podcast wherever you get podcasts, we're here every week and we love making new friends.

Last year, The Lemon Twigs' Brian & Michael D'Addario made their RSD Podcast debut to talk about one of the best albums of 2023, Everything Harmony. Exactly one year later, they're back with a brand new album, A Dream Is All We Know, recorded mostly by themselves at their Brooklyn studio, except for one track on which they collaborated with Sean Ono Lennon at his studio in upstate New York. It's another strong set of original music and you won't want to miss this conversation. Carrie Colliton has the week off.  The Record Store Day Podcast is written, produced, engineered and hosted by Paul Myers, who also composed the theme music and selected interstitial music. Executive Producers (for Record Store Day) Michael Kurtz and Carrie Colliton. For the most up-to-date news about all things RSD, visit RecordStoreDay.com) Sponsored by Dogfish Head Craft Brewery (dogfish.com), Tito's Handmade Vodka (titosvodka.com), RSDMRKT.com, and Furnace Record Pressing, the official vinyl pressing plant of Record Store Day. Please consider subscribing to our podcast wherever you get podcasts, we're here every week and we love making new friends.  

English/Irish composer and arranger Sean O'Hagan (Microdisney, Stereolab) is perhaps best known as the visionary behind The High Llamas, whose second album Gideon Gaye (1994) blended a healthy respect for the harmonic tableaus of both Brian Wilson and Steely Dan with a delicate UK pop sound reminiscent of his contemporaries such as Prefab Sprout. On the brand new High Llamas album, Hey Panda, (featuring guests including Fryars, and Bonny "Prince" Billy) O'Hagan has been absorbing many of the production tricks of contemporary hip-hip records from the likes of Tyler The Creator or Solange, while retaining most of the melodic tendencies that first endeared High Llamas' fans to his music. As you'll hear, O'Hagan cares deeply about keeping his ear to the ground for the new while honoring the past. It's a great conversation.  And Record Store Day co-founder Carrie Colliton returns after a highly successful Record Store Day 2024.  The Record Store Day Podcast is written, produced, engineered and hosted by Paul Myers, who also composed the theme music and selected interstitial music. Executive Producers (for Record Store Day) Michael Kurtz and Carrie Colliton. For the most up-to-date news about all things RSD, visit RecordStoreDay.com) Sponsored by Dogfish Head Craft Brewery (dogfish.com), Tito's Handmade Vodka (titosvodka.com), RSDMRKT.com, and Furnace Record Pressing, the official vinyl pressing plant of Record Store Day. Please consider subscribing to our podcast wherever you get podcasts, we're here every week and we love making new friends.

As the dust settles after Record Store Day 2024, Joe Pernice joins the "second-timers club," returning to our podcast to unpack Who Will You Believe? the new album from The Pernice Brothers (New West Records). The Record Store Day Podcast is written, produced, engineered and hosted by Paul Myers, who also composed the theme music and selected interstitial music. Executive Producers (for Record Store Day) Michael Kurtz and Carrie Colliton. For the most up-to-date news about all things RSD, visit RecordStoreDay.com) Sponsored by Dogfish Head Craft Brewery (dogfish.com), Tito's Handmade Vodka (titosvodka.com), RSDMRKT.com, and Furnace Record Pressing, the official vinyl pressing plant of Record Store Day. Please consider subscribing to our podcast wherever you get podcasts, we're here every week and we love making new friends.  

For the last six episodes, we've been previewing some of the titles on the list for Record Store Day 2024 (April 20). This week, we wind down this series with a very special exclusive interview with musician and composer Dhani Harrison, who also happens to be the president of Dark Horse Records, the label founded by his father, the late and beloved George Harrison. Dark Horse is partnering on several releases with RSD, including his dad's Electronic Sound and Wonderwall Music, Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros Rock Art and The X-Ray Style, and Dreamers In The Field, a collaboration between Dhani, Carmen Rizzo, and Tuvan throat-singers, Huun-Huur-Tu. We talk about all of this and so much more. Musician and producer James Saez talks about the RSD set that he restored and produced featuring the great Nat King Cole, recorded Live at The Blue Note in Chicago in the summer of 1953. Eric Levin at Criminal Records talks about Dreams Don't Cost A Thing, an all-day tribute to the recently departed Dexter Romweber (Flat Duo Jets) at their Atlanta store on Record Store Day. And RSD co-founder Carrie Colliton drops by with some last minute details from the RSD world. The Record Store Day Podcast is written, produced, engineered and hosted by Paul Myers, who also composed the theme music and selected interstitial music. Executive Producers (for Record Store Day) Michael Kurtz and Carrie Colliton. For the most up-to-date news about all things RSD, visit RecordStoreDay.com) Sponsored by Dogfish Head Craft Brewery (dogfish.com), Tito's Handmade Vodka (titosvodka.com), RSDMRKT.com, and Furnace Record Pressing, the official vinyl pressing plant of Record Store Day. Please consider subscribing to our podcast wherever you get podcasts, we're here every week and we love making new friends.

As we countdown to Record Store Day 2024, (April 20), we continue to spotlight a few of the special RSD releases from The List (go to RecordStoreDay.com for the whole thing). This week, Wall Of Voodoo founding member Stan Ridway regales us with tales of wild Los Angeles, and the circumstances leading up to the two Wall Of Voodoo RSD titles on offer this year, their self-titled 6-song debut, plus Wall Of Voodoo Live 1979, both from Jackpot Records. And we take a funky walk to 1970s Detroit with Andrew Rossiter from ORG Music and Josie Fox from Tito's Handmade Vodka to celebrate the music of the Westbound Records label featured on Westbound Records, Curated By RSD, Volume 1. And RSD's Carrie Colliton is back this week with exciting news of instore events and contests.  The Record Store Day Podcast is written, produced, engineered and hosted by Paul Myers, who also composed the theme music and selected interstitial music. Executive Producers (for Record Store Day) Michael Kurtz and Carrie Colliton. For the most up-to-date news about all things RSD, visit RecordStoreDay.com) Sponsored by Dogfish Head Craft Brewery (dogfish.com), Tito's Handmade Vodka (titosvodka.com), RSDMRKT.com, and Furnace Record Pressing, the official vinyl pressing plant of Record Store Day. Please consider subscribing to our podcast wherever you get podcasts, we're here every week and we love making new friends.

This week, our Record Store Day 2024 preview series brings us to the LOUD part of the list (the full list is at RecordStoreDay.com). Charlie Benante (Anthrax, Pantera, Stormtroopers of Death) is here to talk about the RSD Exclusive 7" single he did with Anthrax's Scott Ian, and Dave Grohl (collectively known as G.B.I), a cover of the Bad Brains DC hardcore jam, "The Regulator," which is also a fundraiser for the ongoing healthcare of Bad Brains' H.R. Steven Williams at Down In The Valley in Minneapolis walks us through a few of the heavier things on the RSD list, among them his own Init label's reissue of Jucifer's 1998 album, Calling All Cars On The Vegas Strip. The Record Store Day Podcast is written, produced, engineered and hosted by Paul Myers, who also composed the theme music and selected interstitial music. Executive Producers (for Record Store Day) Michael Kurtz and Carrie Colliton. For the most up-to-date news about all things RSD, visit RecordStoreDay.com) Sponsored by Dogfish Head Craft Brewery (dogfish.com), Tito's Handmade Vodka (titosvodka.com), RSDMRKT.com, and Furnace Record Pressing, the official vinyl pressing plant of Record Store Day. Please consider subscribing to our podcast wherever you get podcasts, we're here every week and we love making new friends.    

As we continue the countdown to Record Store Day 2024 (April 20) we're covering diverse ends of The List (always accessible at RecordStoreDay.com) This week, founding members of America, Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell, are here to talk about their RSD Exclusive Release Event, America: Live From The Hollywood Bowl 1975, recorded during America's "imperial era" on August 3, 1975, featuring an orchestra conducted by their legendary producer, Sir George Martin. Our chat touches on their stories of working at Abbey Road with Sir George, their connection to Phil Hartman and Janet Jackson, and the album they made with Fountains of Wayne's Adam Schlesinger. Plus, Zev Feldman, the Jazz Detective, returns to our show to spotlight a mere handful of the many rare and first time Jazz titles on this year's RSD List, ranging from Sonny Rollins to Sun Ra, and Chet Baker to Sister Rosetta Tharpe. The Record Store Day Podcast is written, produced, engineered, and hosted by Paul Myers, who also composed the theme music and selected interstitial music. Executive Producers for Record Store Day: Carrie Colliton and Michael Kurtz. For the latest info on RSD matters, and the List, go to RecordStoreDay.com. Sponsored by Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Tito's Handmade Vodka, RSDMRKT.com, and Furnace Record Pressing, the official vinyl pressing plant of Record Store Day. Please consider subscribing to the RSD Podcast wherever you get podcasts, and by all means tell your friends about us.  And see you next week! 

The list of releases coming out on Record Store Day 2024 (April 20) is expansive, so we're taking on different aspects of the list every week. This week we couldn't be more thrilled to welcome Posdnuos (Plug 1) and Maseo (Plug 3) from the legendary De La Soul to talk about their fallen brother Dave "Trugoy the Dove" Jolicoeur  (Plug 2), and their landmark albums including 3 Feet High And Rising and Stakes Is High, plus their RSD 2024 release, De La Soul Live At Tramps NYC 1996. Plus we cover a few of the other Hip Hop titles on the list with Phillip Rollins (aka DJ Young Venom at OffBeat Records in Jackson, Mississippi. The Record Store Day Podcast is written, produced, engineered and hosted by Paul Myers, who also composed the theme music and selected interstitial music. Executive Producers (for Record Store Day): Carrie Colliton and Michael Kurtz. Sponsored by Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Tito's Handmade Vodka, RSDMRKT.com, and Furnace Record Pressing (the official vinyl pressing plant of Record Store Day). Please consider subscribing to our program wherever you get podcasts and by all means tell your friends about us. 

Hey we're WEEKLY now! This week, we continue to ramp up to Record Store Day (April 20) with another look at two special releases coming out on that special day. RSD's Rick Johnson has put together a live recording of last November's tribute concert, Lenny Kaye & Friends: Live At The Cat's Cradle, a 50th Anniversary Celebration of Nuggets. We'll hear from Rick and then hear from the drummer from the star-studded event itself, Jon Wurster (Bob Mould Band, Mountain Goats, Superchunk). Then ex-New York Dolls guitarist Steve Conte unveils his RSD release, The Concrete Jangle, most of which was co-written with friend of the show, Andy Partridge (XTC). The Record Store Day Podcast is written, produced, engineered, and hosted by Paul Myers who also composed the theme music and selected interstitial music. Executive producers for RSD: Michael Kurtz and Carrie Colliton. For the full RSD 2024 list and other RSD related news and events, go to RecordStoreDay.com. Sponsored by Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Tito's Handmade Vodka, RSDMRKT.com, and Furnace Record Pressing (the Official Vinyl Pressing Plant of Record Store Day). Please consider subscribing to our show wherever you get podcasts, and by all means tell your friends about us. This episode is dedicated to the late Karl Wallinger (Waterboys, World Party).  

Paul took a month off, and plenty happened while he was away, including the announcement of the RSD List for 2024, and the announcement of Paramore as this year's Record Store Day Ambassador(s). Plus, to celebrate the fact that our show is now 'going WEEKLY, Paul cooked up a rockin' new theme song!  Record Store Day co-founder Carrie Colliton is back to roll out all the announcements, and then Variety's Chris Willman chats with Paul about a few things on The List that caught his ear. Record Store Day is April 20, 2024, to see (and download) The List, and to catch up on all the late breaking news from RSD, go to RecordStoreDay.com. The Record Store Day Podcast is written, produced, engineered and hosted by Paul Myers who also composed the theme and selected interstitial music. Executive Producers (for RSD): Michael Kurtz, and Carrie Colliton. Sponsored by Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Tito's Handmade Vodka, RSDMRKT.com, and Furnace Record Pressing, the official vinyl pressing plant of Record Store Day.  Please subscribe to us wherever you get podcasts, and by all means tell your friends about us. We love making new friends. "Record stores can't save your life, but they can give you a better one." - Nick Hornby    

It's the return of The First Record I Ever Bought, and this time we look back at the past year to bring you the first physical media purchase stories from Corinne Bailey Rae, The Replacements' Tommy Stinson, Allison Russell, Lloyd Cole, Kristin Hersh, Stewart Copeland of The Police,  Talking Heads' Jerry Harrison, Dominique Durand & Andy Chase from Ivy, The Immediate Family members Danny Kortchmar, Leland Sklar, Russ Kunkel, Waddy Wacthel & Steve Postell with documentarian Denny Tedesco, Bauhaus/Love And Rockets founding member David J, and Dave Wakeling from The English Beat / General Public. For all the exciting news about this year's Record Store Day, including The List for 2024, go to RecordStoreDay.com. Thanks to Carrie Colliton and Michael Kurtz at RSD. The RSD Podcast is written, produced, engineered and hosted by Paul Myers, who also composed the theme music and selected interstitial music. Sponsored by our good friends at Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Tito's Handmade Vodka, RSDMRKT.com, and Furnace Record Pressing (the official pressing plant of Record Store Day).

While host Paul Myers is away, we're looking back at two different interviews from 2023 featuring artists who were nominated for Grammy Awards this year. One of them, Jason Isbell, was also in Martin Scorsese's Academy Award nominated film, Killers Of The Flower Moon, and was 2023's RSD Ambassador along with his partner, and friend of the show, Amanda Shires. Jason and the 400 Unit delivered the Grammy nominated album Weathervanes, which we discuss in this interview. And we're also running an interview with Allison Russell, who caught the Recording Academy's ear for her triumphant 2023 album, The Returner. The Record Store Day Podcast is written, produced, engineered, and hosted by Paul Myers, who also composed the theme and selected interstitial music. Sponsored by Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Tito's Handmade Vodka, RSDMRKT.com, and Furnace Record Pressing (the official pressing plant of RSD.) Thanks to RSD co-founders Carrie Colliton and Michael Kurtz.  

When Paul invited the filmmaker Allison Anders (Gas Food Lodging, Mi Vida Loca, Grace Of My Heart) to remember the late great Shangri-Las lead singer Mary Weiss (who passed away on January 19th at the age of 75) we thought it was only going to be a 15-minute segment. In hindsight, this was always going to be the full hour. Enjoy! And Record Store Day co-founder Carrie Colliton alerts us to some important RSD announcements coming up at RecordStoreDay.com, and remarks on the passing of Melanie Safka who passed away on January 23rd at the age of 76). The Record Store Day Podcast is written, produced, engineered, and hosted by Paul Myers, who also composed the theme and selected interstitial music. Sponsored by Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Tito's Handmade Vodka, RSDMRKT.com, and Furnace Record Pressing (the official pressing plant of RSD) Thanks to RSD co-founder Michael Kurtz.

Sleater-Kinney founding members Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker are here to discuss the pain and defiant joy that informs their vibrant new album, Little Rope (Loma Vista). And J. Smith-Cameron, "Gerri" from HBO's Succession, pops by to tell us how exactly she ended up starring in the Carrie Brownstein-directed video for S-K's "Say It Like You Mean It." Record Store Day co-founder Carrie Colliton zooms in from Raleigh, NC, to discuss some significant new developments from the world of RSD. For the most up-to-date information on all things Record Store Day, drop by RecordStoreDay.com. The Record Store Day Podcast is written, produced, engineered, and hosted by Paul Myers, who also composed the theme and selected interstitial music used in the show. Sponsored by Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Tito's Handmade Vodka, and RSDMRKT.com.  Please subscribe to our lovingly handcrafted artisanal podcast and for heaven's sake, tell you record-loving friends about us.