Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”
Tales Vinyl Tells is my podcast that evolved into my radio show that airs weekly on RadioFreeNashville. I had quite a few LPs that I collected in the late 60s and 70s and I always knew the magic of the albums of that era of album-oriented rock brought back memories of times, people, smells, tastes and feelings. I hope it does for you too. Back-stories and album liner notes tie the tunes together. I’m your host Brian Hallgren and you should hear the Tales Vinyl Tells!

Tales Vinyl Tells
You should hear the Tales a Vinyl record Tells.
Episodes

Monday Jan 30, 2023
Monday Jan 30, 2023
What a down year this has started out to be. Jeff Beck, now David Crosby. Rock photographer Henry Diltz said: “Our old friend David Crosby walked into the next room today. Imagine what he's seeing right this minute. We can only guess, but they say it's pretty cool. Looking forward to seeing him on the other side”. Can you dig what Beck and DC just might be up to?The year is gonna get better, I do believe.
So lets get down to business. Jeff Beck’s imaginative and innovative guitar work spilled all over rock, blues and jazz worlds since he played with The Yardbirds as early at 1965. “‘Cause we’ve ended as lovers” is sultry, Goin Down rocks the house. Great stuff here today! That’ll be Wednesday at 5 Central on RadioFreeNashville.org.

Monday Jan 30, 2023
Monday Jan 30, 2023
A 1968 Tull tune starts it off today with a farm set and we also hear about the Road Kill Bill that the Tennessee state legislature passed in 1999. A excerpt from an interview I did with my friend, Brant Miller, about that song from Episode 16 in 2020 leads into that song. Hot off the grill!
There’s some Todd Rundgren, Southern Pacific and Leon Russell. The music from the 60s and 70s lives on here.
You can hear Tales Vinyl Tells live at 5 pm Central time Wednesdays in Nashville at 103.7 & 107.1 FM and you can stream live anywhere in the world you have an internet connection at RadioFreeNashville.org. You can also teach Alexa to “play RadioFreeNashville” after you tell her to enable the RadioFreeNashville online skill.

Saturday Jan 21, 2023
Saturday Jan 21, 2023
You know how you get used to things being where you left them? And you feel like things are normal? Well, at the moment, all is new. I’m not home in Nashville and to give a hint, let’s just say I’m near the beach and it’s warm here. I’m still putting radio shows together and they’re still playing at 5 PM Wednesdays on RadioFreeNashville.org, WRFN-LP. This one hour show today ranges from Uncle Tupelo to a great cut from Zep III. And they’re all downloadable here on StudioMillsWellness.com.
If you’d like to donate to this nonprofit, there are many listed at RadioFreeNashville.org. Thank you and hope you get off on this hour’s cuts from the ‘60s and ‘70s, mostly.

Saturday Jan 21, 2023
Saturday Jan 21, 2023
A 1968 Tull tune starts it off today with a farm set and we also hear about the Road Kill Bill that the Tennessee state legislature passed in 1999. A excerpt from an interview I did with my friend, Brant Miller, about that song from Episode 16 in 2020 leads into that song. Hot off the grill!
There’s some Todd Rundgren, Southern Pacific and Leon Russell. The music from the 60s and 70s lives on here.
You can hear Tales Vinyl Tells live at 5 pm CDT Wednesdays in Nashville at 103.7 & 107.1 FM and you can stream live anywhere in the world you have an internet connection at RadioFreeNashville.org. You can also teach Alexa to “play RadioFreeNashville” after you tell her to enable the RadioFreeNashville online skill.

Saturday Jan 07, 2023
Saturday Jan 07, 2023
Looks like we made it to a new year. I was beginning to wonder. Last year had some good, some sad but the best thing is that is ended. I had a Covid Christmas, lost a couple really good people, like my 30 year old niece, my 62 year old friend, had a melanoma on my head and it was just a weird year. I did though get my chance to bring Tales Vinyl Tells to RadioFreeNashville and the world. Now a chance to regain momentum.
Here we have a salute to Christine McVie and her time in public performance. She had a distinctive voice, you could probably tell the songs she penned and she brought life to the rock world. She is missed. One tune she did in her time with Chicken Shack in 1968 is here and I think you’ll recognize it. All in all, here’s some great music to kick the year off with.
Here we have a salute to Christine McVie and her time in public performance. She had a distinctive voice, you could probably tell the songs she penned and she brought life to the rock world. She is missed. One tune she did in her time with Chicken Shack in 1968 is here and I think you’ll recognize it. All in all, here’s some great music to kick the year off with.

Saturday Jan 07, 2023
Saturday Jan 07, 2023
O’2L, Van Morrison, IF, Grateful Dead and more make this a good thing to hear again.

Friday Dec 23, 2022
Friday Dec 23, 2022
Getting near the end of 2022 and definitely the end of the 29 LPs that were certified platinum 15 millions times or more. Some great music that we started counting down months ago. Can you guess what album would have stayed on the charts for the equivalent of 33 years?
We’ve also got Cat Stevens on the turntable and you’ll hear John Caffery and the Beaver Brown Band, Buffy Sainte Marie and a few more. Hope you enjoy. Feel free to share this! And have some great holidays.

Friday Dec 23, 2022
Friday Dec 23, 2022
December 23, 2022
HERE ARE SOME SEASONAL FAVORITES AND SOME RELATIVE SLEEPERS, CELEBRATING THE YEAR AND ALL IT’S VICTORIES AND LOSSES. I PERSONALLY HAVE HAD A RELATIVELY GOOD YEAR, MOST OF IT COVID-FREE, UNTIL THE FUNERAL OF A 23-YEAR OLD FAMILY FRIEND IN MID DECEMBER. OH THE SARS-COV-2 FINALLY GOT ME. AT LEAST I HAD THE INSIGHT TO RECORD THIS SHOW AT HOME IN CASE I WAS SICK FOR THE SEASONAL RADIO SHOW. LUCKY GUESS. SO HEAR IT IS, MY ONCE-A-YEAR SALUTE TO FESTIVUS, FOR THE REST OF US, AND OTHER DECEMBER OBSERVANCES. THIS WINTRY BLAST IS INTENSE. MAY I SUGGEST TEA OR SOMETHING STRONGER, SIT AROUND THE FIRE AND REMINISCE?
MAY YOU HAVE SAFE AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS! THANKS FOR YOUR EARS THROUGH THE YEARS.
Listen live Wednesdays at 5 Central Time in Nashville on 103.7 & 107.1, at https://www.radiofreenashville.org and at https://ice23.securenetsystems.net/WRFNLP.
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Sunday Dec 11, 2022
Sunday Dec 11, 2022
Episode 10 About Truth
January 9, 2021
Episode 10: Let’s call this the second season opener. It’s about truth. It’s about honesty…in all things. I’m working on it and see some holes in my life. This one rocks quite a bit with Derek and the Dominoes, Liar, Jeff Beck, Journey and more. Happy listening! Join the Tales Vinyl Tells Album club and get notice of every episode upload.

Saturday Dec 10, 2022
Saturday Dec 10, 2022
November 26, 2022
You know I’m going to tell you on today’s show. Not a regular in the rock genre and not American by birth, but their 3rd album was a big seller. The first two were very commercially accepted. Enough tease?
A Cream cut. another super jam. I dig the long jams! Got ‘em loaded for future shows too. Suggestions? Comments?
My email: talesvinyltells@gmail.com
We saw a great documentary on PBS last night about Buffy Sainte-Marie, called Carry it on. It’s available on Passport and possibly even PBS.org. It is really good and she deserves recognition for her work to bring forth and promote the Native American culture and bring awareness to Missing and Murdered Indigenous women and the Red Dress project. Also the subject of Prime’s Alaska Daily mini series. Buffy’s Cree and they believe that on October 12, 1492, the Indians discovered Columbus. Some kind of irony.
I hope you enjoy this episode! You can listen live Wednesdays at 5 Central at 103.7 & 107.1 in Nashville, at RadioFreeNashville.org and here. The archived shows become podcasts, available here, on Apple podcasts and on Podbean.com, where the raw podcast lives, for listening and free download, so Tales Vinyl Tells can go wherever you go.
Best of the holidays to you! And I hope that 2023 will be even better than 2022. This year has had some good things about it but a lot of sad too. Keeping my head positive. Peace.