That's My Vinyl Answer
Welcome to That's My Vinyl Answer, brought to you by Make a Difference with Records. We raise funds for the mental health charity, Catalyst, by selling second hand vinyl and CD’s from our shop in Queen Street, Godalming. That’s My Vinyl Answer is a monthly podcast, split into two parts. In part one we talk to musicians about their career and future plans. In part two the artists discuss the music they love and nominate three records for our Virtual Vinyl Vault. We finish with the most important question, 'what is their vinyl answer?'. For more information follow us on Instagram: Make_a_difference_with_records, or you can find us at makeadifferencewithrecords.com
Episodes
25 episodes
Steve Hackett - The Voyage of the Acolyte 50 Years On
In February 2025 Steve Hackett talked to Make a Difference With Records about his first album, Voyage of the Acolyte, which was released in October 1975. This interview is also available in video format on our That's My Vinyl Answer Yo...
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Polly Paulusma - That's My Vinyl Answer Part 2 (of 2)
Polly has been described as a potentially worthy successor to Joni Mitchell and has supported the likes of Coldplay, Bob Dylan, and Jamie Callum. In Part 2 she discusses both her early and later musical influences, nominates 3 albums for our vi...
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Polly Paulusma - That's My Vinyl Answer Part 1 (of 2)
Polly has been described as a potentially worthy successor to Joni Mitchell and has supported the likes of Coldplay, Bob Dylan, and Jamie Callum. She discusses her career, her songwriting, and her forthcoming album Wildfires (February 2025 rele...
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43:37
Employed To Serve: That's My Vinyl Answer Part 2 (of 2)
Justine and Sammy from Employed To Serve discuss their musical loves and influences, recommend albums for inclusion on our virtual vinyl vault, and provide their vinyl answer.
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29:24
Employed To Serve: That's My Vinyl Answer Part 1 (of 2)
Justine and Sammy from Employed To Serve discuss their plans for a new album, their most recent album, Conquering, touring, and their approach to writing metal music.
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40:59
Anthony Phillips: That's My Vinyl Answer Part 2 (of 2)
Anthony reflects on early musical influences on him personally and Genesis and selects several pieces of music for inclusion in our "virtual vinyl vault", a library of music for anyone in need of mental relaxation, or an uplift, or pure escapis...
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Anthony Phillips: That's My Vinyl Answer Part 1 (of 2)
Anthony talks about the 12 string sound he developed with Mike Rutherford which featured on the earlier Genesis albums. He also talks about his latest album The Golden Hour (Private Parts and Pieces XIII) and how he balances his TV and music li...
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Amanda Lehmann Part 2 (of 2): That's My Vinyl Answer
In the second and final part of this May 2024 interview, Amanda Lehmann talks about her musical loves and influences. We discuss the benefits of music in the context of promoting good mental health, and Amanda nominates three albums for differe...
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Amanda Lehmann Part 1(of 2): That's My Vinyl Answer
In part one of a two part interview, Amanda Lehmann talks about her formative music-writing years, recording and touring with Steve Hackett, and her ongoing success as a solo artist with the 2021 launch of her well-received album, Innocence and...
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Tim Bowness (of No-Man) : That's My Vinyl Answer Part 2 (of 2)
Tim discusses his many and varied musical influences both as a young man and throughout his distinguished songwriting career. We also discuss music in the context of good mental health. Finally, Tim reveals his "Vinyl Answer". Than...
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35:38
Tim Bowness (of No-Man) : That's My Vinyl Answer Part 1 (of 2)
Tim reveals details of his new August 2024 album release as well as discussing his approach to songwriting over time by reference to a number of his solo and No-Man albums. Part 2 is also now available. Both parts are availab...
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Peter Coyle of The Lotus Eaters (Part 2): Peter discusses his musical influences and favourite albums
In Part 2 of our interview with Peter Coyle of The Lotus Eaters we were joined by Nadine Page of The Creative Well. Peter discusses the songs and albums that have made the biggest impression on him and influenced his songwriting. He also ...
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Steve Hackett discusses his new album The Circus and The Nightwhale: Part 2 of 2
The second part of a very candid January 2024 interview with Steve Hackett about his new largely autobiographical album The Circus and The Nightwhale, due to be released on 16 February 2024. We discuss not just the album but Steve's own persona...
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Steve Hackett discusses his new album The Circus and The Nightwhale: Part 1 of 2
Part 1 of 2 of a very candid January 2024 interview with Steve Hackett about his new largely autobiographical album The Circus and The Nightwhale, due to be released on 16 February 2024. We discuss not just the album but Steve's own personal li...
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Episode 6 - Peter Coyle of The Lotus Eaters (Part 1)
On a flying visit to London, Peter Coyle talks briefly to Make a Difference with Records and The Creative Well about his July 2023 solo album release. Peter also shares his thoughts on The Lotus Eater's classic hit, The First Picture of You, an...
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15:44
Mercury Prize Nominees Sweet Billy Pilgrim (part 2) : Their Vinyl Answer
Tim and Jana from former Mercury Prize Nominees Sweet Billy Pilgrim reveal their own personal musical loves and influences, their thoughts on music and mental health, and then reveal their vinyl answer.
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Episode 5
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Episode 5: Mercury Prize Nominees Sweet Billy Pilgrim (part 1)
Tim and Jana from former Mercury Prize Nominees Sweet Billy Pilgrim talk about their approach to songwriting, influences, and their latest concept album Somapolis.
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Episode 5
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45:33
Episode 4 with Eddie Lundon of China Crisis
Anthony from Make a Difference with Records and Nadine Page of The Creative Well interviewed Eddie Lundon at the well known Putney music venue the Half Moon at the end of 2022. Eddie gave his thoughts on music and mental health, shared so...
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Episode 4
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Episode 3: Part 2 (of 2) with Clark Datchler of Johnny Hates Jazz
In Part 2 Clark discusses his musical loves and influences as an artist and songwriter, and reveals his "vinyl answer".
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Episode 3
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26:50
Episode 3: Part 1 (of 2) with Clark Datchler of Johnny Hates Jazz
Recorded towards the end of 2022, Clark discusses his career as part of Johnny Hates Jazz, as a solo artist and songwriter as well as his writing collaboration with Mike and the Mechanics (Mike Rutherford of Genesis). Learn more about Clark's a...
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Episode 3
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45:43
That's My Vinyl Answer - Ep.2 - Steve Hackett (P3)
In part 3 of episode 2, we continue our conversation with Steve Hackett. Talking about his favourite album covers and getting him to nominate three records for our Virtual Vinyl Vault. We then finish with the most importa...
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Episode 2
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27:48
That's My Vinyl Answer - Ep.2 - Steve Hackett (P2)
Episode 2 (P2) of our interview with Steve Hackett. Here we discuss keeping fit, spiritualism and loss. Episode 2 is split into 3 parts for ease of listening. *TRIGGE...
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Episode 2
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That's My Vinyl Answer - Ep.2 - Steve Hackett (P1)
And we are back! In episode 2 (P1) we are interviewing Steve Hackett, English musician, who gained prominence as the lead guitarist of the
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Episode 2
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