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EPISODE 205: Salute To Steve Cropper And So Much More
January 13, 2026
Ready for another hour of some of that great album rock from the 60s and 70s?  Here it is!  Tales Vinyl Tells, established Dec 2019 and now, this is episode 205 and we continue to learn about the artists that made that era of music so great are passing on and entering into the room next door, according to photographer Henry Diltz.  We just saw that the Grateful Dead’s cofounder and leader has also passed.  More with Bobby Weir in a soon episode.  I’m Brian Hallgren and we got notice that some others won’t make this show.  Like Jackson Lamb, Carol Sturka, Cosmo Kramer nor Vincent Furnier.  They don’t know what they’ll be missing but you’ll know if you hang with me this hour as we salute the great Steve Cropper.  What a history this guitarist leaves behind!! Hopefully the psychotic reaction will be only on wax.  We may cry.  It’s ok.  This life goes on.  Booker T and the MGs is the music under me.  That’s Steve Cropper on guitar.  Let’s go!  Today’s Tales Vinyl Tells is already rolling.  Glad you’re with me!
PLAYLIST:
205.1 Something-Booker T and the MGs205.2 Get it while you can-Janis205.3 Soul Man-Blues Brothers  205.4 Big Brother-Stevie Wonder205.5 Conquistador-Procol Harum205.6 Tin Pan Alley-SRV and Dbl Trouble205.7 Tomorrow never knows-Beatles Revolver205.8 Time was-Canned Heat 205.9 Strange game-Jagger205.10 You give me all I need-Cropper, Felix Cavaliere205.11 Knock on wood-Eddie Floyd205.12 Psychotic reaction-Count Five205.13 Til it shines on you-Crosby Pevar Raymond 205.14 Time is tight-Booker T & the MGs

Episode 204: Old Year Ending With These Movers And Groovers

Episode 204: Old Year Ending With These Movers And Groovers
January 1, 2026
Greetings and hellos to you and you and you, once again or for the first time.  This is Tales Vinyl Tells, a weekly adventure into the great (and sometimes not so great) but mostly great album rock that was on our LPs of the 60s & 70s.  I hope you’re well and nice today.  I’m Brian Hallgren and this has been my trip since December 2019.  Covid first reared its ugly head in China in mid-December 2019 and the first episode of Tales Vinyl Tells was released that month.  Now we’re on episode 204 and it’s another hour of some really good tunes, including Wet Willie with Jimmy Hall, Desmond Dekker, Tom Morello with the Boss, an excellent Warren Zevon cut and lots more.  There’s been a lot of talk about the here and now so hear now the Tales Vinyl Tells.
Thanks for listening today.  My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com.  If you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org, we do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, Apple 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.

Episode 171: December Holiday Songs

Episode 171: December Holiday Songs
December 18, 2024
There are many holidays in the month of December and you might hear of some that you didn’t know about on today’s Tales Vinyl Tells. I do love the old rockin’ Christmas tunes (Ronettes, Beach Boys and the like) as well as those from Tull, Greg Lake and Dan Fogelberg. Sit back and relax, have a cup of cheer and a good holiday month.You know, if you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org, we do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, Apple podcasts, iHeart podcasts, player FM podcasts and many other podcast places. And of course you can count on hearing the Tales on studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells.

Episode 203: The Stylus Is In The Groove And We're Spinning In Circles

Episode 203: The Stylus Is In The Groove And We're Spinning In Circles
December 15, 2025
A list had accumulated of tunes for a Tales Vinyl Tells program and it finally came time to reveal that list. It was……just the right time. So, there’s Renbourn, Winchester, Lake, The ‘Tramp, even Michael Stanley with a cooker, backed by some pros, like Joe Walsh, Sanborn, Deja vu ppl and a really great group. I’ll put into print here what I mentioned in the show, this tune, Let’s Get The Show on the Road, is on YouTube when they played on Don Kirschner’s Rock Concert.
Thanks for listening today.  My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com.  If you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org, we do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, Apple 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.

Episode 134: Bonnie's Story

Episode 134: Bonnie's Story
December 3, 2025
In a conversation with my friend Bonnie, she said how hearing a certain tune brought back memories of a time long ago. Who she was hanging out with, what music he was listening to (and the B-52s Rock Lobster was driving her crazy). He played it over and over, saturating his beloved partner. But she smiled as she said some of the things she hears on Tales Vinyl Tells stir up some good memories. So there it is, folks. The album rock of the 60s & 70s was some memorable stuff. Just think about the bell bottoms, the John Lennon-type glasses with purple lens, psychedelic headbands, pungent smells in the air covered by sandalwood or nag champa incense, beads hanging in doorways instead of doors. Oh sure, its all very nostalgic. Great songs fill this and every hour of Tales Vinyl Tells.  
And thanks for listening today.  My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com.  If you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org, we do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, Apple 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.
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Episode 154: Supermoon Music And More

Episode 154: Supermoon Music And More
November 25, 2025
Heres Another Tales Vinyl Tells, sharing the The vinyl albums from the 60s & 70s, those LPs carried the new wave of The British Invasion while America was already experiencing its own invasion from Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Beach Boys, Jan and Dean, Mamas and Papas, CSN&Y, Bob Dylan, The Doors, the folkies, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Freddie Boom Boom Cannon, The Turtles, The Buckinghams even. And in the next hour, my intention today is to share some of those great LPs that were breaking a type of sound barrier and blowing minds while we.well, we were having our own revolution, discovering free love, recreational experimental mind altering elements, all to a soundtrack that lives on and has NOT been repeated. This music of today may last, maybe not. 60s & 70s rock has everlasting life.  
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And thanks for listening today.  My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com.  If you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org, we do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, Apple 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.

Episode 108: Good Stuff Growing Up Around The Ocean

Episode 108: Good Stuff Growing Up Around The Ocean
October 24, 2025
Some of the songs of summer are right here and they are not what you might expect.Tales Vinyl Tells is in our 4th year of bringing some of those great album tracks of the 60s & 70s to you and thrown into the mix are some others that just need to be added to the recipe for a eargasmic hour.  
And thanks for listening today.  My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com.  If you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org, we do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, Apple 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.
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Episode 149: Quite The British Lineup And Sure, There Are The Temptations And Delaney W Bonnie...

Episode 149: Quite The British Lineup And Sure, There Are The Temptations And Delaney W Bonnie...
October 11, 2025
July 9, 2024
This is Tales Vinyl Tells, continuing to play a lot of the music from the first 37 episodes. There’s lot of great stuff here today. Like Blue Jays, Buddy Guy, The Strawberry Hill Boys. Who? Just listen. Best heard with headphones or you could cast them to your sound system and VOILA! Music to your ears!! My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com. Today’s playlist follows.
And thanks for listening today.  My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com.  If you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org, we do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, Apple 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.
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Playlist:
107.1 Air-Mike Pinder (instrumental)107.2 Saved by the music-Blue Jays107.3 Feeling alright-Joe Cocker 107.4 Soul Shake-Delaney and Bonnie107.5 Which side you on?-Pete Seeger107.6 Damn right, I got the blues-Buddy Guy107.7 Ball of Confusion-Temptations107.8 Dazed and Confused-Led Zeppelin107.9 Where do the children play?-Cat Stevens107.10 Shepherd’s song- Strawbs107.11 Look into the sun-Jethro Tull107.12 Come back again-John Baldry

Episode 201: There Was A Time......

Episode 201: There Was A Time......
October 10, 2025
Wakajawaka and hello to all of you.  This is Tales Vinyl Tells, our extraterrestrial exploration into that great rock of the 60s & 70s that was recorded on vinyl albums and rocked at 33-1/3 revolutions per minute.  Today’s LP Cuts come from Santana, the Stones, Savoy Brown, Jason Isbell and lots more.  The playlist is below. Glad you’re here.  Let’s spin ‘em and grin em!  I’m Brian Hallgren, this is episode 201 of Tales Vinyl Tells.  This is the Revolution!
And thanks for listening today.  My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com.  If you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org, we do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, Apple 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: 201.1 Wakajawaka-Zappa201.1a Revolution-Beatles201.2 One fine morning-Santana 201.3 Ridgetop-Jesse Colin Young 201.4 Rock n roll woman-Buffalo Springfield201.5 Willie and the Hand Jive- NRPS 201.6 Not Fade Away-Stones 201.7 All I Can do-Savoy Brown201.8 Jason Isbell-24 Frames201.9 Them Changes-Buddy Miles201.10 Kid Charlemagne-Steely Dan201.11 Goin’ Down Slow-The Electric Flag

Episode 99: Fun In The Rock Albums Of The 60s & 70s

Episode 99: Fun In The Rock Albums Of The 60s & 70s
October 2, 2025
From ARS and their historic background to the JimJam of Nights in White Satan, this is another fun hour of the great music that came off of the vinyls on the ‘60s & ‘70s.
And thanks for listening today.  My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com.  If you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org, we do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, Apple 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.