Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”

Ep 62 and counting.....counting the best selling LPs of all time, and more

There are a couple more great selling albums and their creators played today. There’s some Hootie, Lowell George without Little Feat. Does that mean he has big feet? A rare one from Tim Buckley and an honor to the Holland LP. My copy has no outer jacket but is in a paper sleeve and is in very good shape, so it plays well. Catch the show live Wednesdays at 5 central time on 103.7 and 107.1 FM in Nashville and stream it live at RadioFreeNashville.org. You can say, “Alexa, play RadioFreeNashville”, after you set up the online skill. Also, you can support RadioFreeNashville with your Amazon purchases when you use and set up the charitable giving at Smile.Amazon.com. Thank you so much! Hope your ears love this show!

Episode 61 Best Selling Albums, David Crosby + Son, much more

This is the playback from this past Wednesday on RadioFreeNashville. I continue revealing the 29 albums to date that have sold 15 million or more. There’s a great David Crosby story and song with his reunited son and it’s a great tune cowritten by Donald Fagen (Steely Dan). And it shows. Tales Vinyl Tells can be heard live most Wednesdays at 5PM central time in Nashville at 103.7 and 107.1 FM, can be streamed live at RadioFreeNashville.org and replays can be heard and downloaded here and on Apple podcasts. Thanks for listening! You can suggest and comment by email at TalesVinylTells@gmail.com.

Episode 60 Replay of 8/31/22 Tales Vinyl Tells

Thanks for listening! I am counting down the 29 albums that have sold 15 million or more as of July 27, 2022. This time we hear from Steve Miller and his band and Toto, featuring Michael Jackson. Okay, it’s Michael Jackson and a few Thriller cuts but Toto makes the music on this LP. You’ll hear Sir Douglas Quintet, Michael Martin Murphy and more. Reminder: Tales Vinyl Tells live at 5 pm Central time Wednesdays can be heard at 103.7 & 107.1 FM and you can stream it live at RadioFreeNashville.org and on your Alexa device when you set up the RadioFreeNashville online skill. After that, all you have to tell her to do is, “Alexa, play RadioFreeNashville.” See what she says about that. “I don’t know that one”??

Episode 59 The 29 LPs that sold 15+million units. Countdown starts.

127 LPs achieved diamond status, selling at least 10 million in albums and singles, but only 29 have sold more than 15 million and today we start to count them down, including lots of other great LP cuts from mostly the ‘60s and ‘70s. Today its The Boss and Zeppelin at #s 28 & 29. Also, I have John Baldry with Elton John and his band, Boz Scaggs Group’s guitarist, Les Dudek, Simon and Garfunkel reminiscing and the hour’s filled with music and info. If you can, please support the host of my radio show, Tales Vinyl Tells, Wednesdays at 5 Central time. Listen on FM, stream it live or wait for the replay (3-4 days). All at RadioFreeNashville.org.

Episode 58 Farms and Roads

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.
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Episode 57 Animals, especially pets

This one was live broadcast a few days ago and is themed “animals”. Not necessarily about pets, there’s a Bungle, a Raccoon, Boo but no Eric Burdon and the Animals. The first tune will hopefully get you primed for what’s to come in this hour of some of the best in the 60s and 70s and both sides of that era.
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Episode 16 Brant Miller interview Road Kill Bill

We have a nice chat with our friend, Brant Miller, a songwriter and guitarist who lives in Nashville and has a new CD out that’s getting some nice accolades around the country. I surprised Brant by asking him to play a popular song he co-wrote and we have it live, as it happened, on this interview. Also, we have music from Cream, Buddy Guy and two guys from the Moody Blues. I was definitely saved by the music a long time ago, maybe you too. Join me for interesting conversation and great music. #16! Wow! Thanks for listening!

Episode 56 Hot as HE-double hockey sticks

The heat is definitely on here in middle Tennessee and I’m hoping you can listen to this hour in a cool place, maybe just in your head, but it’d be nice if you could chill out with music from Marvin Gaye, first off, Jackie Lomax, Amboy Dukes (yep!), a nice long LP cut from Neil Young, even some Zappa. My email is TalesVinylTells@gmail.com and I’m open to your comments and suggestions. Remember, RadioFreeNashville is an online Alexa skill so you can listen anytime you're near her/it/them, Tales Vinyl Tells is also downloadable here and on Apple podcasts. Do what you can to stay cooled and safe. Enjoy this hour of great LP cuts from the 60s and 70s. Peace.

Ep 55 Toto, Flash, Van, IF2

This episode contains some tunes that are a bit on the fringe of my collection. By that I mean that they weren’t mainstream album cuts you may have heard often on AOR FM stations, but they are good and solid and from bands whose members went on to or came from well known groups. Like Tony Kaye and Peter Banks on the last cut today from Flash. They both came from Yes. Kaye was supposedly just a guest with them, though its a bit murky. Also we hear Van Morrison, The Animals, The Brecker Brothers, a very cool version of Riders on the Storm and more.
Tennessee’s Primary is Thursday, August 4th, as we vote for Governor and other offices. The ballot is long and you can see/print the ballot when you search the web for “sample ballot (county, state)”. Early voting in Cheatham County, TN (Click for poll locations) runs from Friday July 15-Saturday July 30. VOTE VOTE VOTE!!

Ep 15 The Band, John Prine, Derek minus Duane

Episode 15: I never imagined that we’d get this far in episodes but because i’ve gotten positive feedback, it’s continuing to inspire me. The LPs are numerous and the ideas continue to flow, so hope you’ll give a good listen to this new one, with music from The Band, John Prine, Flash (promised you this one many episodes ago), Dave Mason, Delaney and Bonnie, a great tune from an artist’s first solo LP (actually it was a triple LP set and had Derek and the Dominoes minus Duane on it) and a few besides those. Thanks for listening!