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  1. -23 h

    Great Musicianship Doesn't Have to Call Attention to Itself

    Court and Spark gives Dave a lesson in musical restraint. With players such as Larry Carlton, Joe Sample and Tom Scott supporting Joni Mitchell, the record demonstrates that great musicianship can be heard not only in the notes played, but in placement, space and the decision not to call attention to the player. This episode ends with a practical Art of Listening Test designed to send the listener back to the record with a different question in mind.

  2. -1 j

    Changing Producers Doesn't Mean Losing Your Identity

    America's Holiday begins the band's six-album run with George Martin. Dave listens past the famous producer's reputation to ask a more useful question: what changed in America's sound, and what did Martin understand well enough to leave unmistakably intact? This episode ends with a practical Art of Listening Test designed to send the listener back to the record with a different question in mind.

  3. -2 j

    The Right Singer Is Better Than the Best Singer

    Using his favorite Jethro Tull album, Thick as a Brick, Dave separates vocal technique from artistic fit. Ian Anderson's idiosyncratic delivery becomes part narrator, part character and part instrument — raising the question of whether the right singer can matter more than the technically best singer. This episode ends with a practical Side One Test designed to send the listener back to the record with a different question in mind.

  4. -3 j

    The Long Version Changes Everything

    A sixth-grade listening station, a very loud kid wearing headphones, and Rare Earth's “Get Ready” lead Dave from a funny 1973–74 classroom memory to a serious listening question: what does the 21-minute LP performance reveal that the hit single edit cannot? This episode ends with a practical Art of Listening Test designed to send the listener back to the record with a different question in mind.

  5. -4 j

    The Song You Know Can Hide the Record You Don't

    Dave uses It's a Beautiful Day's 1969 debut to test a simple idea: knowing “White Bird” isn't the same as knowing the album. By listening around the famous song first, the record reveals a broader, stranger band — and changes the way the hit itself sounds. This episode ends with a practical Art of Listening Test designed to send the listener back to the record with a different question in mind.

  6. -5 j

    By 1979, I Was Obsessed with Alan Parsons

    By the end of the 1970s, Alan Parsons wasn’t simply one of Dave’s favorite artists. It had become an obsession. In today's episode of Dave’s Side One, Dave closes out the week — The Records That Take Me Back — with The Alan Parsons Project’s Eve. The story begins with Dave’s best friend, who introduced him to Tales of Mystery and Imagination, I Robot and Pyramid. Something clicked. Dave estimates that through 1978 and 1979 he probably listened to one of those early Alan Parsons Project records every day. So when Eve arrived in 1979, there was no debate. Dave bought it and kept listening. The production, arrangements, changing voices and album-scale ideas were exactly the things the listener Dave was becoming wanted to explore. And the week comes full circle: Monday began with a friend pointing out every nuance of Aerosmith’s Rocks. Sunday ends with Dave becoming the obsessed listener—the person who wants to point to a sound and say, “You have to hear this.” These records didn’t only take Dave back. They helped build the way he listens now. Side One Spin: What artist did you become completely obsessed with—and who introduced you?

  7. -6 j

    The Follow-Up I Had to Have

    A great first album can make the second one feel almost automatic. In today's episode of Dave’s Side One, Dave remembers buying Toto’s Hydra because the band’s debut had already earned his trust. Radio offered obvious entry points in “99” and “White Sister,” but Dave’s relationship with the album wandered elsewhere. He loved the groove of “Mama,” the introspection of “Lorraine,” and the orchestration and ambition of the title track. That is the interesting thing about a follow-up album. The first record gets you through the door. The second asks whether you’re actually going to follow the band somewhere new. The singles, reviews and previous album can get us to a record. Then the record has to introduce itself. For Dave, Hydra did that through songs and sounds he couldn’t have predicted from the radio. Side One Spin: What second album did you buy almost automatically because the first one had earned your trust?

  8. 12 sept.

    The Song I Kept Skipping To

    The world chooses the hits. Sometimes one listener quietly chooses a different song. In today's episode of Dave’s Side One, Dave returns to Supertramp’s Breakfast in America. He loved the singles, and in 1979 they were everywhere: “The Logical Song,” “Goodbye Stranger,” “Breakfast in America,” “Take the Long Way Home.” But the song that moved Dave most was “Lord Is It Mine?” Instead of simply letting the album play, Dave repeatedly went looking for that track on Side Two. The big singles were public. “Lord Is It Mine?” felt private. That is one of the reasons albums matter. Radio, charts and greatest-hits collections can tell us which songs the culture selected. They cannot decide which song becomes ours. The hit connects us to everybody else. The deep cut can connect the album directly to us. Side One Spin: What album has a huge hit, but your song is somewhere else on the record?

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Talk about music, vinyl, classic rock, classic jazz, and whatever else comes to mind. Hosted by one of the founders of Art of Listening Records - Dave Gwilliam. https://artoflisteningrecords.com https://www.discogs.com/seller/artoflistening/profile

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    Art of Listening Records
  • Années d’activité
    2026
  • Épisodes
    243
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