

The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
The Vinyl Guide
Nate is a record collector, music lover and vinyl maniac. Join him on his journey to discuss, share and review all things related to vinyl records. We feature stories about and interviews with musicians, artists and people of knowledge in the area of vinyl records. Additionally we share information on desirable pressings of records, how to tell a $5 pressing from a $500 pressing and care and maintenance for your cratedigging hobby. Subscribe and share with your record-nerd friends. Cheers!
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Jan 7, 2019 • 52min
Ep152: The Fall & Rise of Vinyl with Billy Fields
Vinyl records are currently a desirable audio format however this is after a serious decline in popularity and near death experience from the mid 80s to early 2000s. WEA VP Billy Fields discusses what this time period was like for the vinyl record manufacturing industry. If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related. Web | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube

Dec 17, 2018 • 54min
Ep150: The Daptone Records House of Soul w Neal Sugarman
Daptone Records has a unique sound that reflects on great soul classics of another era, yet reaffirms that good music is timeless. Daptone co-founder Neal Sugarman discusses the label history, ethos, recording strategy, making vinyl records and recording some of the greats like Sharon Jones, Charles Bradley & Amy Winehouse. A very special guest for episode 150 of The Vinyl Guide podcast. If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related. Web | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube

Dec 11, 2018 • 34min
Ep149: Rap Legend Royce da 5-9
Royce da 5'9" is one of the world's most respected hip-hop artists and has a new highly personal album "Book of Ryan". Today he shares his story, the challenges of his youth, the methods he uses to write rhymes, his collaborations with Eminem and answers listener questions. Enjoy! If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related. Web | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube

Dec 10, 2018 • 30min
Ep148: Living Colour's Will Calhoun
Will Calhoun is best known as the drummer of Living Colour, however his musical building blocks were from jazz legends like Art Blakey & Elvin Jones. Today Will talks about his influences and the advice he had the pleasure of receiving from them first hand. If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related. Web | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube

Dec 3, 2018 • 48min
Ep147: The Vinyl History of Failure w Ken Andrews
The band Failure has witnessed major transitions within the world of analogue & digital recording and the re-ignition of the vinyl record format. With their new album, "In The Future Your Body Will Be The Furthest Thing From Your Mind", Chief Cosmonaut Ken Andrews takes us through the history of Failure recordings, their vinyl history and some of the interesting stories and rare-records of their past. If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related. Web | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube

Nov 26, 2018 • 1h 24min
Ep146: The Beatles White Album and The Launch of Apple w Bruce Spizer
50 years ago The Beatles formed Apple Records and recorded The White Album. Noted Beatles historian Bruce Spizer tells the tale of that amazing year with details that music fans and record collectors will enjoy. If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related. Web | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube

Nov 19, 2018 • 58min
Ep145: Chuck Dukowski of Würm, Black Flag & more
Before Black Flag, Chuck Dukowski formed Würm, a highly revered & influential band to the Los Angeles punk scene. Now Chuck is re-releasing the Würm catalogue for Record Store Day Black Friday and today share tales of the band, stories from his music career and discusses the rare records of his time with Black Flag. Photos by Jerry Milton, more can be enjoyed here. If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related. Web | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube

Nov 12, 2018 • 1h 12min
Ep144: Eric Astor of Furnace Record Pressing
Today we get a 'State of the Vinyl' update from Eric Astor, the President & CEO of one of America's largest record pressing plants, Furnace Manufacturing. Eric addresses current pressing capacities, how Furnace selects raw materials for quality control, anecdotes on major box sets, advise and wisdom from a life of experience pressing records and heaps more. Enjoy! If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related. Web | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube

Oct 29, 2018 • 56min
Ep143: Mark Evans of ACDC and Rose Tattoo
Mark Evans played bass for AC/DC through their formative years, across the albums "TNT", "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" and "Let There Be Rock". Today he shares stories of those albums, making those records, some wild tales of Bon Scott and his current gig with Rose Tattoo. It's our first video episode, enjoy, become a patron at Patreon.com/vinylguide and see it for yourself! If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related. Web | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube

Oct 22, 2018 • 2h 7min
Ep142: The Rare and Collectible Records of The Misfits
The Misfits have gone from cult band to legendary status and their early records are highly collectible. Today we discuss the singles, LPs and misc collectibles of The Misfits with uber-collector Fredrik, co-creator of the "On Earth As It Is In Hell" discography guides. If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related. Web | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube


