This is Vinyl Tap
Mining the layers of long players. We focus on great albums in their entirety and believe every album tells a story. We take a deep dive into the history of the artist and the album while discussing the merits of the music within the grooves. We are highly opinionated and outspoken and hope to provoke you into sharing your own opinions on albums. If you are serious about great music, this is your podcast. www.tappingvinyl.com
Episodes
162 episodes
SE 6, EP5: Violation Podcast: An Interview with Beaver Nelson
On this episode of This Is Vinyl Tap, we do something a little different from our typical fare and interview Austin singer-songwriter Beaver Nelson. Beaver Nelson has been on the Austin scene since before he graduated from ...
SE 6, EP 4: Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Safe as Milk
On this episode we tackle the LP that introduced the world to Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band: 1967's Safe as Milk. Captain Beefheart, né Don Van Vliet, is best known for having recorded one of the most heralded rock a...
SE 6: EP 3 Dave Alvin - King of California
On this episode we discuss Dave Alvin and his 1994 LP, King of California. Dave Alvin started his storied career in Los Angeles with the Blasters, a band he founded with his brother Phil. Full of energy and attitude, the Bl...
SE 6, EP 2: Robbie Fulks - Upland Stories
On this episode we discuss one America's great modern singer-songwriters -Robbie Fulks, and his wonderful 2016 album Upland Stories. Produced by the late, great Steve Albini, Upland Stories combines folk and tradit...
SE 6, EP 1: Joni Mitchell - Blue
On this episode of the podcast, we discuss Joni Mitchell’s 1971’s LP Blue, regarded by most critics as a masterpiece and consistently is listed on best of lists of the greatest albums ever made. A bit of a sea change for Mi...
SE 5, EP 16: Sly and the Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On
It's a listener pick! On this episode we look at one of the most influential musical groups of the twentieth century - Sly and the Family Stone, and their 1970 LP There's a Riot Goin' On. By 1970, Sly Stone and his band had alr...
SE 5, EP 15: Ian Hunter - You're Never Alone with a Schizophrenic
This week we discuss Ian Hunter and his 1979 LP You're Never Alone with a Schizophrenic. Hunter worked a long time to find success. His band Mott the Hoople were instrumental in advancing glam rock by giving it a rougher...
SE 5, EP 14: The New York Dolls - The New York Dolls
On this week's episode, we discuss the self-titled debut by the New York Dolls, one of most influential albums of the 1970s. The New York Dolls blended the Rolling Stones' swagger with garage rock aggression and glam rock theatrics,...
SE 5, EP 13: The Lemon Twigs - A Dream is All We Know
On this week's episode, we discuss an album that came out in 2024, the fifth album by the Lemon Twigs, A Dream is All We Know. Consisting of multi-instrumentalist brothers Brian and Michael D'Addario, the music of the...
SE 5, EP 12: The La's - The La's
On this episode, we discuss one of the most heralded debut albums of the early 1990's: The La's by the La's. Heavily influenced by the 1960s British Invasion bands, The La’s is full of bright, jangly, melodic guita...
SE5, EP 11: The Youngbloods - The Youngbloods
On this episode, we discuss one of the first albums of 1967, the eponymous debut by the Youngbloods. 1967 is one of the most heralded years in rock music, and The Youngbloods was a good primer to the music that would come ...
SE 5, EP 10: Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel
On this episode, we discuss Grievous Angel, the last album recorded by one of the most interesting, tragic, and influential people in modern music: Gram Parsons. In just six short years, from 1967 until his ...
SE 5, EP 9: John Wesley Harding - John Wesley Harding's New Deal
On this weeks episode, we discuss an LP by John Wesley Harding (né Wesley Stace), 1996’s John Wesley Harding’s New Deal. After releasing two EPs and three full length albums with a full band for Sire Records, Harding decide...
SE 5, EP 8: Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Spinning Around the Sun
On this weeks episode, we take a listen to a true Texas legend, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, and his 1993, Spinning Around the Sun.With his high, lonesome voice, Jimmy Dale embodies the very essence of that land from which he hails, the...
SE 5, EP 7: Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
On this week's episode, we take a listen to another Listener's Pick: Thin Lizzy's sixth studio album, Jailbreak from 1976. It took some time, but by the time they recorded Jailbreak, Thin Lizzy's had figured out their formula ...
SE 5, EP 6: The National - Boxer
On this week's episode, we dig into the the forth album by the band the National, 2007's Boxer. The National is a band, literally, of brothers (two pairs) and a friend all from Ohio that formed after all parties moved to Ne...
SE 5, EP 5: Pure Prairie League - Bustin' Out
This week This Is Vinyl Tap discusses the criminally underrated album by Pure Prairie League, 1972's Bustin’ Out. Bustin' Out contains the band's most well known song, "Aime," a radio staple for the last 5...
SE 5, EP 4: Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
On this episode, we take a deep dive into a “Listener Pick” - the fifth and final studio album by the Simon and Garfunkel, 1970's Bridge Over Trouble Water. While the partnership between Simon and Garfunkel was under imme...
SE 5, EP 3: Bad Company - Bad Company
This week we dig into the 1973 self-titled debut by Bad Company. Coming off of the success of Free, Paul Rodgers hooked up with Mott the Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs, and along with former Free drummer Simon Kirk, and King Crimson bassi...
SE 5, EP 2: The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow
This week we dive head first into the 1968 psychedelic rock opera by the Pretty Things, S.F. Sorrow. Ask any music fan what was the first rock opera was and most would say Tommy by the Who. That answer would be wr...
SE 5, EP 1: The Allman Brothers Band - Eat A Peach
We start Season Five off with a monster album, Eat a Peach, by the Allman Brothers Band. Released in 1972, it is a double album and simultaneously their 3rd studio album and their 2nd Live album.The Allman Brothers Band were per...
SE 4, EP 23: Nick Lowe - The Impossible Bird
On this episode, we have a listener pick: Nick Lowe and his 1994 album The Impossible Bird. Nick Lowe has been a topic of conversation several times on This Is Vinyl Tap due to the indelible mark the man has left on po...
SE 4, EP 22: Thunderclap Newman - Hollywood Dream
Join us on this week's episode as we discuss the 1970 album by Thunderclap Newman: Hollywood Dream. Thunderclap Newman were comprised of Townshend protege (drummer, songwriter and lead singer) Speedy Keen, a 15-year-old g...
SE 4, EP 21: Joe Jackson - I'm the Man
On this week's episode, we jump into Joe Jackson's fantastic sophomore LP, 1979's I'm the Man.When Joe Jackson's hit the airwaves in fall of 1978, critics labeled him as one of the new "angry young men" on British music, the ot...