Episode 197: Celebration 5. What Has This/We Become?
August 14, 2025








Hello and a big hi to you and you and you and you hope you’re doing very well today. It’s another Tales Vinyl Tells! Today we’ve got some interesting music, ha ha, a lot of it from the 60s and 70s, and some of it is brand new music. From people who were making music in the 60s and 70s. So, I hope you’ll increase the volume a couple notches and enjoy these Tales Vinyl Tells. On the radio in Ames Iowa, Girdwood Alaska, Hoopa California on the reservation, Harpswell Maine, radio free Nashville, and San Antonio Texas, and on a whole bunch of podcast apps. Welcome aboard, this train’s a rolling.  I’m Brian Hallgren and here are today’s Tales Vinyl Tells about celebrating life and the things that turn us on. Like Spinal Tap with Elton John.
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Today’s playlist is below.
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Playlist:

197.2 Paperback writer-Beatles

197.3 Fascinating things-Gary Wright of Spooky Tooth

197.4 Stonehenge-Spinal Tap and Elton John (youtube)

197.5 Feelin alright-Tedeschi Trucks Band with Dave Mason and Leon Russell

197.6 Carpet man-5th dimension

197.7 Rockin’ in the USA-John Cougar Mellencamp

197.8 You got to me-Neil Diamond

197.9 Tow the line-Nick Drake

197.10 Moon at the window-Joni Mitchell

197.11 Lahaina-Doobies Walk this Road

197.12 ELO telephone line-ELO

197.13 Right down the line- Gerry Rafferty

197.14 Midnight Confessions-Grassroots