Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”

Episode 65 Great Guitarists You Don't Hear Much & #6 Best-Selling LP
Progressive rock radio stations of the 60s, especially, exposed many great and long-lasting tunes and LPs that would endure more than a half century. I try to play as many as come from my personal collection and memory, and there are many that seem to fly under the radar because they don’t have commercial appeal but a curious music lover wants to hear the wide range of acoustic players and singers you just don’t hear these days. This episode I wanted to highlight some of those, like: Leo Kottke, John Fahey, Tommy Emmanuel and you’ll also hear Arlo, Graham Nash and quite a few more. Twelve spins today.
Thanks for listening today. My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com. You can hear a Tales Vinyl Tells radio program when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org and here.  We do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, Apple podcasts, Google podcasts, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. And of course you can count on hearing the Tales on studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells anytime. Download them and listen anytime, even when you’re primitive camping. Thanks for listening!
Playlist:65.1 Road Gravy Chase-Cowboy65.2 Coming into LA-Arlo Guthrie65.3 Used to be a King-Graham Nash65.4 King of Nothing-Seals & Crofts65.5 Younger than Yesterday-The Byrds65.6 Dance of the Inhabitants of the Palace on King Phillip XIV of Spain-John Fahey65.7 Bron y aur Stomp-Led Zeppelin65.8 Day of Celebration-Santana65.9 Elenore-The Turtles65.10 Mr. Fonebone-Leo Kottke65.11 Home Again-Batdorf & Rodney65.12 Houston-Cowboy65.13 Lewis and Clark-Tommy Immanuel

Episode 212 Sometimes We All Feel Like An Alien, Like We Don't Belong.
September 14, 2026
This was episode 64 from about this time in 2022. It took some editing to prepare it for radio re-broadcast on stations around the country. They allow about 58 minutes. Hope you enjoy this one!
We start today with one of the greatest guitarists of our time who had an early death by wheels, a multi-award winning female Canadian artist who sold over 100 million albums that we haven’t played but once before here, Phoenix and more. As fall comes to us, I’m so glad. Maybe the heat will now only come from the smoking’ LP cuts from the 60s and 70s I play. Of course, if you need heat in your house by all means turn it on.
You can listen live at 5 central time around Nashville at 103.7 and 107.1 FM, you can tell Alexa, "Alexa, play radio free Nashville" after teaching her the radio free Nashville online skill, and you can stream it live at RadioFreeNashville.org. You can hear the replays of all the Tales Vinyl Tells podcasts at StudioMillsWellness.com when you click on the Tales Vinyl Tells podcast tab. You can also hear the replays on Apple podcasts and at Podbean. Wearing headphones when you listen enhances your musical journey. I wear them all the time in the studio when I'm on the air. What's that you say?
PLAYLIST:212.1 Memphis Underground-Herbie Mann212.2 Hot ‘Lanta-Fillmore East Allman Brothers Band212.3 Trouble No More-Eat a Peach Allman Brothers Band212.4 Hey Jude-Wilson Pickett212.5 When-Shania Twain212.6 For What It’s Worth-Extended version- Buffalo Springfield212.7 Deal-Jerry Garcia212.8 Henry/Panama Red-New Riders of the Purple Sage212.9 Phoenix-Wishbone Ash212.10 Alien-Atlanta Rhythm Section

Episode 63: From 4 Years Ago. Sept 18, 2022. Chris Hillman, Journey, Zeppelin, Jesse Colin Young(Bloods)
September 6, 2026
The ‘60s and ‘70s brought some happy/sad/high/low/up/down/sweet/sour/yin/yang things. We were evolving as a country, coming out of post-WWII and Korean War times and heading into wars, the age of Aquarius and of the computer. For me, the music drove me. The Summer of Love in San Francisco and The Summer of Soul in NYC changed everything in our culture. The music of that time is what I try to capture in this fast-moving hour of album-oriented-rock (AOR). It started with Robert Johnson and Jimmie Rodgers. Listen in, listen anytime to Tales Vinyl Tells. All 210 episodes are on Studio Mills Wellness.com and are downloadable as are the episodes on Apple Podcasts and Podbean.com, where I post them first.
Thanks for listening today. My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com. You can hear a Tales Vinyl Tells radio program when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org and here.  We do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, Apple podcasts, Google podcasts, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. And of course you can count on hearing the Tales on studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells anytime.
PLAYLIST:
63.1 Steamer Lane Breakdown-Doobie Brothers63.2 Safe at Home-Souther, Hillman, Furay Band63.3 Summer Wind-Desert Rose Band63.4 The Fuse-Jackson Browne63.5 Downhill From Everywhere-Jackson Browne63.6 Send Her My Love-Journey63.7 Down by the Seaside/Friends-Led Zeppelin63.8 Sunlight-Youngbloods63.9 Sailin’-Jo Mama63.10 Fancy Colors-Chicago63.11 Sagebrush Serenade-Poco63.12 If You Gotta Go-Flying Burrito Brothers

Number 9, number 9. Yes, it’s our ninth episode of Tales Vinyl Tells, from 2020, Covid time and an election year. I’m Brian and I’ll be sharing some more LP cuts from the 60s & 70s today and will grab a few from elsewhere, so buckle up . Today we have Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Joni Mitchell, Jim Morrison and The Doors, Bob Dylan and many more songs that you might remember or might not. My album collection’s history was told in previous episode. You might want to listen to all of the previous podcasts if you want the truth. Thanks to my longtime friend, David D, these 50+ year old LPs have been saved. Some are pristine, some are scratchy, but all are signs of those times. Enjoy as we hear today’s Tales Vinyl Tells.
Thanks for listening today. My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com. You can hear a Tales Vinyl Tells radio program when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org and here.  We do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, Apple podcasts, Google podcasts, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. And of course you can count on hearing the Tales on studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells anytime.
PLAYLIST:9.1 What About Me?-Quicksilver Messenger Service9.2 At The Chime of the City Clock-Nick Drake9.3 All That You Dream-Little Feat9.4 Brown Eyes-Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green9.5 You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere-Dylan/Byrds9.6 What Am I Living For?-Mark Almond9.7 Listen to Her Heart-Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers9.8 Roadhouse Blues-Doors9.9 Trouble Child/Twisted-Joni Mitchell/Cheech/Chong9.10 Solid Air-John Martyn (not on radio edit)9.11 Feelin’ Good-Nina Simone

Episode 6: Great Replay From 2020! Boss, Mark Almond, Shuggie, Journey, Flying High
August 10, 2026
Hello and welcome back! This is Tales Vinyl Tells, I’m Brian. How are you? I hope you like this show for you today and I hope you’ll stay with us for the whole show. Can you believe this was Episode 6? A miracle and now up to 210! Today’s playlist includes Mark Almond, Shuggie Otis, The Brothers Johnson, and The Byrds. There’s another installment of Tales Brian Tells, which could stir up some good memories or make some new ones. When you hear a song here, I hope you’ll maybe say “I remember the first time I heard that song. It was the first time I ________”.( you fill in the blank).
I want to say hello and thanks for listening to you listeners who have downloaded this program from Apple, Safari, Chrome and Lavf, on Mac OSX, Linux, iOS, Windows and Android platforms, in the US, Singapore, Mexico, Hong Kong, Canada, Germany, Croatia and the Netherlands, in that order from top down. Glad you like! Any ideas? Suggestions? Email thoughts to me at TalesVinylTells@gmail.com.
Thanks for listening today. You can hear a Tales Vinyl Tells radio program when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org and here.  We do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, Apple podcasts, Google podcasts, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. And of course you can count on hearing the Tales on studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells anytime.
PLAYLIST:6.1 Rosalita-Springsteen and The E Street Band6.2 One Way Sunday-Mark Almond6.3 Strawberry Letter 23-Shuggie Otis/Brothers Johnson6.4 Bell Bottom Blues-Derek and The Dominoes6.5 Take the Money and Run-Crosby & Nash6.6 Long Time Gone-CS&N6.7 Love Me Do-Beatles6.8 Lights-Journey6.9 Eight Miles High-The Byrds

Episode 5: The Nickel Show-Featuring Tales Brian Tells. Starship, Eagles, Boz
Hello again and thanks for tuning in, whether it’s your first time or you’re a returning fan of the album rock of the late 60s &70s here on Tales Vinyl Tells. Yes! This is the fifth show of the program, released in 2020. Musically, this program starts off playing a piece of the Richie Havens song, “No opportunity necessary, no experience needed”, from 1970s “Time and a Word” LP from Yes, before the Yes album, and followup with Roundabout from Fragile. Jon Anderson, Chris Squire,Peter Banks and Tony Kaye. These are some of the cuts I have repeated even though I think there’s such a ginormous library available to me that repeats are kept to a minimum. Hope you enjoy it! Let me know where you are and let me know who your favorites are from that era and I may just throw it into the file and play it soon.
Thanks for listening today. My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com. You can hear a Tales Vinyl Tells radio program when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org and here.  We do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, Apple podcasts, Google podcasts, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. And of course you can count on hearing the Tales on studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells anytime.
PLAYLIST:
5.1 No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed/Roundabout-Yes5.2 Love Song-Lesley Duncan/Elton John5.3 I’m a Man-Spencer Davis Group/CTA5.4 Fast Buck Freddie-Jefferson Starship5.5 Playing in the Band-Grateful Dead5.6 Train Leaves Here This Morning/Midnight Flyer-Eagles5.7 Spanish Moon-Little Feat5.8 Space Cowboy-Steve Miller Band5.9 Only Time Will Tell-Asia5.10 Baby’s Calling Me Home-Boz Scaggs/Steve Miller Band
 
 
 
 
 

Hi again and welcome to another Tales Vinyl Tells.  This is an ear-pleasing excursion into the great music from the albums of the 60s & 70s. Sometimes outside those decades too.  and we’re celebrating life more these days with some tunes that might describe my ways …or not…maybe they do yours too.  Each of these songs from my Celebration of Life playlist have a connection with me.  It’s a playlist for my celebration of life service, whenever that times comes and it is inevitable.  And sure, there are some that are just great tunes, like Affinity’s version of All Along the Watchtower with the really nice keyboard action from Lynton Naiff.  Even Green Day to-day. This is episode 195, I’m Brian Hallgren and in this hour, we’ll share “some” of the Tales Vinyl Tells, celebrating life every day.  I’m glad you’re here.  I’m glad I’m here.
Thanks for listening today. My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com. You can hear a Tales Vinyl Tells radio program when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org and here.  We do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, Apple podcasts, Google podcasts, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. And of course you can count on hearing the Tales on studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells anytime.
PLAYLIST:195.1 All Along the Watchtower-Affinity195.2 Laughing-Guess Who195.3 I’m a Man-Chicago/Spencer Davis Group195.4 Every Breath-Police195.5 Couldn’t Love You More-Sade195.6 We May Never Pass This Way Again-Seals & Crofts195.7 All Along the Watchtower-Affinity195.8 Into the Mystic-Van Morrison195.9 Good Riddance-Green Day195.10 Last DJ-Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers195.11 Lookin For The Summer-Chris Rea195.12 Lies-Clapton/John Mayer195.13 Third Rate Romance-Amazing Rhythm Aces

On this hour-long Tales Vinyl Tells Album Club podcast of some of the best album rock of the 60s & 70s, it's Episode 193: Replay From 6.6.25: Salute To Brian Wilson And Sly Stone.July 21, 2026I have been working on a new series of these shows for a little while now and I’ll tell you about that in a few minutes. And it will affect everyone of us in our lifetime. Don’t be scared, don’t fret, there’s lots of great album cuts from the 60s and 70s in the next hour and maybe even some unexpected songs. Today we salute a couple music geniuses who entered the room next door recently and we acknowledge their place in and between our ears. Brian Wilson and Sly Stone aka Sylvester Stewart will be heard to eternity and I’m Brian Hallgren, this is Tales Vinyl Tells, and I hope you’ll enjoy what’s in store today and on every Tales Vinyl Tells. they’re all FREE and available on your favorite podcast app and the podcasts are usually a little longer and contain important information. So here are today’s stories that long playing albums convey, these are the tales vinyl tells.Thanks for listening today. My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com. You can hear a Tales Vinyl Tells radio program when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org and here. We do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, Apple podcasts, Google podcasts, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. And of course you can count on hearing the Tales on studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells anytime.PLAYLIST:193.1 Heroes and Villains-Beach Boys193.2 Our Prayer/Heroes and Villains-Brian Wilson and Friends Live193.3 If You Want Me to Stay-Sly and The Family Stone193.4 She’s a Mystery To Me-Lovin’ Spoonful193.5 Stealin’-Uriah Heep193.6 Dance to the Music/Higher/Music Lover-Sly and The Family Stone at Woodstock 8/69193.7 God Only Knows/Feel Flows/Warmth of the Sun/Cali Girls-Beach Boys193.8 Mood Indigo-Four Freshmen

Episode 17: This is a love episode, suggested by Linda and approved by me. You’ll hear tunes about good love, lost love and I can think of a few that could make a 2nd love episode possible. Hear Arthur Lee and LOVE, Pure Prairie League, Chamber Brothers, Beatles and more. Listen loud, listen often. Replays are a treat too!
Thanks for listening today. My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com. You can hear a Tales Vinyl Tells radio program when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org and here.  We do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, Apple podcasts, Google podcasts, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. And of course you can count on hearing the Tales on studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells anytime.
PLAYLIST:
17.1 All You Need Is Love-Beatles17.2 Fallin’ In and Out of Love/Amie-Pure Prairie League17.3 Love, Peach and Happiness-Chamber Brothers17.4 Me and Bobby McGee-Janis Joplin and Full Tilt Boogie17.5 Kiss of Life-Sade17.6 She Comes in Colors-LOVE with Arthur Lee17.7 She’s a Rainbow-Rollin’ Stones17.8 Alone Again-LOVE with Arthur Lee17.9 Crazy Mama-JJ Cale17.10 Heart of the Night-Poco17.11 Still the One-Shania Twain17.12 Still the One-Orleans17.13 Baby, It’s You!- Smith

Episode 126: Letting It All Hang Out!
July 6, 2026
Do you remember “Let it (all hang) out” by The Hombres? I dug it up and play it today. The Memphis band released that in 1967 (how old were you?) and the song has been redone by David Lee Roth and John Mellencamp among others. It was let out in the beginning of the psychedelic era. You’ll also hear my spotlight on Chris Hillman, who was a Byrd, played with The Flying Burrito Bros, Stephen Stills’ Manassas, Desert Rose Band, JD Souther and Richie Furay and had success as a solo act. He’s a player, for sure. There’s even a pair from The Beau Brummels.
Get your instrument ready for our first JimJam on this episode. We play The Stones’ Lady Jane together. The story behind this segment is in a previous blog here.
Thanks for listening today. My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com. You can hear a Tales Vinyl Tells radio program when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org and here.  We do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, Apple podcasts, Google podcasts, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. And of course you can count on hearing the Tales on studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells anytime.
PLAYLIST:
126.1 The Rock-The Who126.2 Heading For the Light-The Travelin’ Wilburys126.3 Want to Tell You-Beatles126.4 Let It All Hang Out-The Hombres126.5 Multicolored Lady-Gregg Allman126.6 Landslide-Fleetwood Mac126.7 Just a Little-Beau Brummels126.8 Laugh Laugh-Beau Brummels126.9 Break-Aphrodite’s Child126.10 Every Little Thing-Yes126.11 Lady Jane-Rolling Stones126.12 You Belong-Chris Hillman126.13 Bells of Rhymney-The Byrds126.14 It Doesn’t Matter-Manassas126.15 She Don’t Love Nobody-Desert Rose Band126.16 Somebody Must Be Wrong-John David Souther126.17 Hot Burrito #2-Flying Burrito Brothers