270 episodes
The Next Track Doug Adams and Kirk McElhearn
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4.8 • 83 Ratings
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Doug Adams and Kirk McElhearn discuss music and musicians, and how we listen to music, whether it be analog or digital, downloaded or streamed, audio, or video.
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Episode #269: The End of iTunes
Apple is slowly phasing out iTunes on Windows, after having done so four years ago on Mac. Is it the end of the iTunes brand?
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Show notes:
Apple is finally killing off iTunes—for real this time
Episode #162 - Apple's New Improved macOS Media Apps
Our next tracks:
Morton Feldman: Piano & String Quartet
The Who: Quadrophenia
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Episode #268: Miles Davis, Bitches Brew
We discuss Miles Davis's groundbreaking 1970 album Bitches Brew.
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Show notes:
Bitches Brew
The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions
Rolling Stone review of Bitches Brew
Guardian review of Bitches Brew
Miles Runs the Voodoo Down - 8/18/1970 - Tanglewood
Black Beauty: Miles Davis at Fillmore West
About the 4/10/70 concert
Our next tracks:
Phillip Glass and Paul-Leonard Morgan: The Pigeon Tunnel
Medicine Head: New Bottles, Old Medicine
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Episode #267: Dark Side of the Moon Gets Rogered
Roger Waters decided to make a new version of Dark Side of the Moon. It's a mistake.
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Show notes:
Dark Side of the Moon Gets Rogered
-Episode #235 - 1973
The Wall: Film
Rolling Stones: Hackney Diamonds
Our next tracks:
Bach: Art of the Fugue, Angela Hewitt
Hot Tuna: Hopkorv
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Episode #266: Is the Sphere the Future of Concerts
The Sphere is a huge new venue in Las Vegas, with a massive scene that provides an immersive video experience. U2 has been playing there, with concerts that combine their music with innovative visuals.
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Show notes:
The Sphere
Behind the scenes at U2's Las Vegas Sphere residency (CBS This Morning)
Behind U2's Residency at Sphere Las Vegas: Apple Music
Macbeth, RSC
Gilles Deleuze: Proust and Signs
Our next tracks:
Henry Purcell: Fantasies for the Viols
The Flatmates: Potpourri: Hits, Mixes and Demos '85-'89
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Episode #265: How Recordings Have Changed Music
Recordings change music by freezing it in time.
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Show notes:
Hubbub (Paywall, free to read with account creation)
Episode #126 - Background Music and Muzak
How Daydreaming Can Enhance Creativity for Fiction Writers
Episode #187 - Live Performances during Covid-19, and After (John Wyver on filming theater)
Our next tracks:
Starfield: Original Game Soundtack
The Adverts: Crossing the Red Sea with The Adverts
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Episode #264: The Heyday of Album Artwork
A new documentary about Hipgnosis, the design team that is famous for covers of albums by Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and many others, looks at the period when album artwork became an important element of rock albums.
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Show notes:
Vinyl. Album. Cover. Art. - The Complete Hipgnosis Catalogue
Squaring the Circle
Dave Harrington of DARKSIDE and the Dave Harrington Group on Music Between Genres
Our next tracks:
Darkside
Mud: Use Your Imagination
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Customer Reviews
Great podcast
If you like music, how we digest it, how it's made, check out this show. Gotta love Grumpy Kirk and Positive Doug
Review of The Next Track Podcast
I listen to The Next Track Podcast, very frequently. They have an extremely informative and entertaining Podcast, with an interesting twist on Music and how it’s consumed. They have vast experiences to draw from, but with a slight bias towards Rock, and Pop music. I enjoy alternate takes on Music, but I disagree with their reports on the use of A/M-Fm radio, and it’s ubiquity. Most Vehicles still have AM-FM radios, and they are still the most listened-to form of Music today. Radio stations and Record labels pushed the customers away from CD’s to prevent duplication and to reform the market for how Artists are paid, and many of us disagree about the so-called inconvenience of CD’s and DVD’s. I believe that Tge Next Track has more direct, in-depth, full understanding, knowledge of the Music business and the distribution of Music, than any other Podcast, and I highly recommend following and listening to their Podcast.
Equal to my level of "audiophile" skepticism
I found this podcast after reading a Q&A from one of the hosts in an "audiophile" forum. After looking at the list of episodes, I was happy to see that they included interviews with classical music artists and journalists. The hosts evince a nice balance of "audiophile" skepticism with appreciation of quality sound reproduction. I'm working my way through back episodes and already enjoy their interviews with Andy Doe. Keep up the good work and I'm glad this podcast has maintained a consistent publication schedule, unlike other audiophile podcasts that peter out.
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