Tales Vinyl Tells-”stories record albums convey”

Brian Hallgren
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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!

  1. 6d ago

    Episode 189: One Of The Main Musical Topics Of The 60s: Protest!

    One nonviolent way to show one’s displeasure/disgust/disagreement is to protest. In a letter to the editor, written in a blog, by contacting your lawmakers, taking it to the streets and there are many other ways. Pete Seeger was known for his songs protesting mistreatment of workers and war itself, and over time there has been a great abundance of songs and actions of protest. Marvin Gaye, CCR, Nina Simone, Dylan, Lennon and many others wrote and performed their protest songs from What’s Goin’ on?, Blowin’ in the Wind to Fortunate Son, Give Peace a chance and Strange Fruit. In the future you’ll hear an episode of Tales Vinyl Tells dedicated to protest songs. Please send your ideas to me at TalesVinylTells@gmail.com and yours may well be included. And when you email me, please be sure to let me know who and where you are. I mention protest songs because we kick off with a real kicker from Quicksilver Messenger Service and include Petty, Joni, Cheech, Chong, Nick and more. Thanks for listening. Thanks for listening today. My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com. You can hear a Tales Vinyl Tells radio program when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org and here.  We do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, Apple podcasts, Google podcasts, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. And of course you can count on hearing the Tales on studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells anytime. PLAYLIST: 189.1 What About Me?-Quicksilver Messenger Service 189.2 At The Chime of the City Clock-Nick Drake 189.3 All That You Dream-Little Feat 189.4 Brown Eyes- Fleetwood Mac w/Peter Green 189.5 You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere-Dylan and The Byrs 189.6 What Am I Living For-Mark Almond 189.7 Listen to Her Heart-Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 189.8 Roadhouse Blues-The Doors 189.9 Trouble Child/Twisted-Joni Mitchell/Cheech & Chong 189.10 Here Comes The Sun-Nina Simone

    58 min

  2. May 25

    Episode 184: Some Of The Vinyl Goodies From 1969

    Episode 184: Some Of The Vinyl Goodies From 1969 Hello and welcome!  It’s another Tales Vinyl Tells, an excursion into the great album cuts of our vinyl records of the 60s & 70s.  Today we’re tuned into some of the 1969 releases that rocked and changed the consciousness of the world. Tommy, the Who’s Rock Opera came out in 69. So did the Stones’ Let It Bleed, Santana’s first,  The Stooges debuted with Iggy Pop and the first two Zeppelin LPs came out in that year. So did Abbey Road.  And “The Band” LP, with Cripple Creek and The night they drove old dixie down.  Yeh!  It was a great musical year, 1969.   I’m Brian Hallgren.  I’ve been doing this podcast since December 2019 and the radio program since January of 2022.  And here’s today’s episode, #184, exposing some of the Tales Vinyl Tells. Welcome to the camp. Thanks for listening today. My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com. You can hear a Tales Vinyl Tells radio program when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org and here.  We do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, Apple podcasts, Google podcasts, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. And of course you can count on hearing the Tales on studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells anytime.

    59 min

  3. May 18

    Episode 183: Remembering Marianne Faithfull, Jesse Colin Young And Roy Ayers, Jr. + More

    Episode 183: Remembering Marianne Faithfull, Jesse Colin Young And Roy Ayers, Jr. + More May 18, 2026 Replaying from March 2025. Welcome back to this hour that we call Tales Vinyl Tells.  It’s your chance to hear some of the great album rock from the 60s and 70s mostly.  We’ve been doing these programs since late 2019 and have covered lots a ground.  You know and I know that we’ve just scratched the surface of recorded rock, so the new shows keep coming.  The reruns aren’t bad either.  They can be heard on your favorite podcast app.  Just search for Tales Vinyl Tells. Today we’re going to say thanks and farewell to Marianne Faithfull, Jesse Colin Young of the Youngbloods and vibraphonist Roy Ayers Jr. The music under me is Roy Ayres with Herbie Mann at the 1969 Harlem summer of soul extravaganza with a song cowritten by Isaac Hayes. Those three have entered the room next door, as Henry Diltz coined the phrase. You also get some of the blues with Boz Scaggs and Duane Allman, together. So these are the stories that songwriters and artists want to convey to you. These are the Tales Vinyl Tells. Thanks for listening today. My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com. You can hear a Tales Vinyl Tells radio program when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org and here.  We do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, Apple podcasts, Google podcasts, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. And of course you can count on hearing the Tales on studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells anytime. PLAYLIST: 183.1 Hold On, I’m Comin’-Roy Ayers and Herbie Mann 183.2 Guardian Angel-The Stills-Young Band 183.3 She’s My Girl-The Turtles 183.4 Something Better (Live)-Marianne Faithfull 183.5 As Tears Go By-Marianne Faithfull 183.6 Sweet Tears-Roy Ayers Ubiquity 183.7 Toast to Freedom (Long Version)-Amnesty International (Carl Carlton, Larry Campbell, others) 183.8 The Only One I Know-The Charlatans 183.9 Codine Blues-Amazing Charlatans 183.10 I Scare Myself-Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks 183.11 Darkness, Darkness-The Youngbloods 183.12 Get Together-Jesse Colin Young 183.13 Loan Me A Dime-Boz. Scaggs & Duane Allman

    59 min

  4. May 11

    Episode 210: Brand New! Country Joe & Dave Mason Salute, Barefoot Jerry, CDB, Elvin, Kooper & More!

    Hello and welcome again, to an hour of Tales Vinyl Tells as we dig into the great album rock and important music from the LPs of the 60s and 70s that spun and still spin today on turntables around the world.  I’m Brian Hallgren and it’s my blast to be bringing you the Tales Vinyl Tells since 2019.  This is episode 210 and today we salute Barefoot Jerry’s guitarist Mac Gayden, Country Joe McDonald and the superb Dave Mason.  They’ve all left us recently (or have they?) You need to stay for the entire hour!  It’s a good one!  Thanks for listening today. My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com. You can hear a Tales Vinyl Tells radio program when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org and here.  We do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, Apple podcasts, Google podcasts, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. And of course you can count on hearing the Tales on studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells anytime. PLAYLIST: 210.1 That’s ok, he’ll be your brother someday-Barefoot Jerry 210.2 You can’t get off with your shoes on-Barefoot Jerry 210.3 Joe Walsh-Days Gone By 210.4 Still in Saigon -CDB 210.5 Struttin’ my stuff, y’all-Elvin Bishop 210.6 Everlasting Love-Carl Carlton 210.7 Not so sweet Martha Lorraine, Fish Cheer, Feel Like I’m Fixin to die rag- Country Joe 210.8 World in Changes live,  Sad and Deep As You,- Welcome to the Canteen, All Along the Watchtower 210.9 All you fascists bound to lose-Billy Bragg and Wilco 210.10 Al Kooper-I stand alone 210.11 Can’t Quit Her-Blood Sweat & Tears

    59 min

  5. May 4

    Episode 182: The Final Vinyl That Sold More Than 15 Million Units! Buffy, Bob, Jakob, Cat!

    Episode 182: The Final Vinyl That Sold More Than 15 Million Units! Buffy, Bob, Jakob, Cat! May 4, 2026 I hope you're having a good day. I'm going to play the final vinyl of the 29 albums of all time that sold more than 15 million copies and this one is not the biggest selling LP, but stayed on the charts for 1,716 weeks! That's the equivalent of 33 years! Also, one in 14 Americans own or have owned a copy of this album. I have the album as well as had the eight track and I even remember where the tracks changed, in fact I played the eight track on the school bus I drove in the early 70s. On this episode of Tales Vinyl Tells you'll also hear Buffy Sainte-Marie, Cat Stevens and many more. Thanks for listening today. My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com. If you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org and here.  We do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, Apple podcasts, Google podcasts, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. And of course you can count on hearing the Tales on studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells anytime. PLAYLIST: 182.1 Breathe-Pink Floyd 182.2 Money Honey-Ry Cooder 182.3 On The Dark Side-John Cafferty and The Beaver Brown Band 182.4 Pink Floyd “Dark Side” Medley 182.5 Carry It One-Buffy Sainte-Marie 182.6 One Headlight-The Wallflowers 182.7 Most Likely You Go Your Way and I’ll Go Mine-Bob Dylan 182.8 Another Day- Paul McCartney 182.9 Rosalinda-Billy Joel 182.10 Oh Very Young-Cat Stevens

    58 min

  6. Apr 28

    Episode 181: More Of The Best Selling LPs, Alanis! Traffic! Bowie!

    Episode 181: More Of The Best Selling LPs, Alanis! Traffic! Bowie! April 28, 2026 It’s another adventure into that great album rock of the 1960s and 1970s. In fact we are continuing to wind down the 29 best selling albums of all time that sold more than 15 million copies as of July 22, 2022 and listed by insider.com. We’re down to number two and there’s more great music ahead today from the 60s and 70s and beyond. Today you’ll hear Cream, in a few minutes we’ll play a cut from one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, David Bowie, Traffic and a lot more. Thanks for listening today. My email is talesvinyltells@gmail.com. If you want to hear a Tales Vinyl Tells when it streams live on RadioFreeNashville.org and here.  We do that at 5 PM central time Wednesdays. The program can also be played and downloaded anytime at podbean.com, Apple podcasts, Google podcasts, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. And of course you can count on hearing the Tales on studiomillswellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells anytime. PLAYLIST: 181.1 Agua de Beber-Twist of Jobim, asstd artists 181.2 Good Morning Little Schoolgirl-Ten Years After 181.3 Moonage Daydream-David Bowie 181.4 Crossroads-Cream 181.5 Bad Love-Eric Clapton 181.6 Ironic-Alanis Morissette 181.7 Hand in My Pocket-Alanis Morissette 181.8 Three Little Birds-Bob Marley and The Wailers 181.9 Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys-Traffic 181.10 Scarborough Fair-Sea Level 181.11 World Turning-Fleetwood Mac

    58 min

  7. Apr 20

    Episode 180! Here In Gator Landing, Fla There's No Time To Lose!

    Episode 180! Here In Gator Landing, Fla There's No Time To Lose! April 20, 2026 Today’s hour is a visit to the radio program of November 2022 on RadioFreeNashville.org and is a salute to the spirit of Nicolette Larson and her work as a successful solo artist and her work with The Doobies, Neil Young and many of the artists that Ted Templeman produced. I’m here for a short while longer near the Atlantic, and when I look way out on the horizon of that great ocean, first there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is. I’ve had two roommates from long ago recently pass away and I hope you will let people know how you feel about them, unless you don’t like them and in that case, do what’s right. There are many ways to hear these great tunes: Live on RadioFreeNashville.org Wednesdays at 5 pm Central time, all the podcasts of the radio program(many times extended versions) can be listened to anytime, anywhere at StudioMillsWellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells, on podbean.com, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. PLAYLIST: 180.1 Les Brers in A Minor--Allman Brothers Band 180.2 Don’t Bring Me Down-Eric Burdon and The Animals 180.3 Give A Little-Nicolette Larson 180.4 Out in the Woods-Leon Russell 180.5 Real Love-Doobie Brothers w/Nicolette 180.6 Lotta Love-Nicolette Larson 180.7 13 Questions-Seatrain 180.8 Long May You Run-Stills-Young Band 180.9 One of These Things First-Nick Drake 180.10 There is a Mountain/Mountain Jam(edited)-Donovan/Allman Brothers

    58 min

  8. Apr 13

    Episode 209: Absolutely NEW! Except For The Tunes. They've Been Around And Round Many Times.

    Episode 209: Absolutely NEW! Except For The Tunes. They've Been Around And Round Many Times. April 13, 2026 Hello again.  This hour, it’s another Tales Vinyl Tells, a sojourn into a lot of the album cuts from the 60s & 70s mostly.  The music is jam packed today and I hope we get to all that I’ve chosen for today’s show.  We’re going to honor and say thanks to a couple major players in the music of the 60s & the 70s.  These two artists have influenced and entertained so many other artists and especially us , the listeners.  Both John Hammond Jr. and Dash Crofts of Seals and Crofts entered the room next door recently.  You’ll also hear some Seger, Outlaws and more.  You can email me at talesvinyltells@gmail.com.  The tune under me is Tree of Life from Dash Crofts.  The Doors are next. There are many ways to hear these great tunes: Live on RadioFreeNashville.org Wednesdays at 5 pm Central time, all the podcasts of the radio program(many times extended versions) can be listened to anytime, anywhere at StudioMillsWellness.com/tales-vinyl-tells, on podbean.com, iHeart podcasts, Player FM podcasts, Listen Notes podcasts and many other podcast places. PLAYLIST: 209.1 Tree of Life-Dash Crofts 209.2 People are strange-Doors / Kit Sebastian-1st 209.3 No man’s land-Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band from Against the Wind 209.4 Moonlight Mile-Rolling Stones 209.5 I’m Tore Down-Push Come to Shove-2007 John Hammond Jr 209.6 Crosscut Saw- 1968 John Hammond Jr 209.7 Give Me a 32 20- John Hammond Jr 209.8 Crying Eyes- JJ Cale 209.9 Lions-Dire Straits-1st album 209.10 Your mind is on vacation-Mose Allison 209.11 High on a Mountain-Seals and Crofts 209.12 Thunderfoot Live-Seals and Crofts 209.13 Hurry sundown-Outlaws

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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!

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