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A re-release of episode 95, now with 100% less music.

Hosted by Unknown Host · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 165 episodes
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A podcast devoted to talking about the records we love. History, context, analysis... it's all here. Hopefully. Or maybe we're just fawning over stuff we like.talkingrecords@outlook.com
Unknown Host hosts Talking Records, a music show with 165 episodes published.

A re-release of episode 95, now with 100% less music.

Stella from Stella & the Very Messed/Cruiserweight joins the show to talk about Letters to Cleo and GO!

Beau Butler from Avail joins the show to discuss RKL's 1987 record Rock-n-Roll Nightmare.

Jay, Bob, and Mark from Albany based ska/punk band Girth Control return to the show to discuss Bouncing Soul's How I Spent My Summer Vacation. https://girthcontrol.bandcamp.com/

School Drugs vocalist Josh joins the podcast to discuss the Descendents Fat Wreck offering Cool To Be You. https://schooldrugs.bandcamp.com/album/disposition

Scott from The Softer Side joins the show to discuss Twisted By Design, the 1998 album by Strung Out. https://thesofterside.bandcamp.com/

Protagonist guitarist John joins Talking Records to discuss the Subhumans "The Day The Country Died" https://protagonist.bandcamp.com/

Brian from the ska/punk band The Agonizers joins the show to discuss Rancid's And Out Come the Wolves. https://theagonizers.bandcamp.com/

Audio Karate guitarist Jason Camacho joins the show to discuss Lagwagon's 1995 album Hoss. https://www.audiokaratestore.com/

In Defense Of Ska author and podcaster Aaron Carnes returns to Talking Records to discuss the second edition of In Defense of Ska and to deep dive Skankin' Pickle's album Sing Along With Skankin' Pickle.

My pal Yotam Ben Horin returns for a chat about his upcoming solo record Reflections of You due out in October.

Longtime pal Dan joins the show to discuss Rx Bandits' The Resignation on Drive Thru Records.

My guest this week is Marc Wasserman who wrote the amazing book Soul Salvation: A Gen X Love Letter to the English Beat. Marc joins us to talk about the band's third album Special Beat Service. https://www.diwulf.com/pro

Chaser vocalist Mike joins the show to discuss the band's new album Small Victories. https://thousandislandsrecords.com/

Bob, Jay, and Mark from Girth Control join the show to talk about Less Than Jake's 1998 album Hello Rockview. The fellas are also here to promote The Pioneer Valley Ska Festival on July 27, at Hawks & Reed in Greenfield

My buddy Jay and I dive into the Foo Fighters' second album The Colour & the Shape.

Lunachicks guitarist Gina Volpe joins the show to discuss the band's 1997 album Pretty Ugly. We also discuss Gina's solo album and the release of the Lunachicks' book Fallopian Rhapsody.

Chris Wrenn of Bridge Nine Records joins the show to discuss H2O's 2008 album Nothing To Prove. bridge9.com

Screw 32 guitarist Doug Sangalang joins the show to talk about the band's 1997 album Under the Influence of Bad People on Fat Wreck Chords.

The guys from I Against I join the show to take us through the band's Epitaph debut Headcleaner.
Aaron Carnes
author of In Defense of Ska · In Defense of Ska
2 appearances on this show
Marc Wasserman
author of Sole Salvation: A Gen X Love Letter to the English Beat · Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
1 appearance on this show
Chris Wrenn
Bridge Nine Records
1 appearance on this show
Heavy D
Chromatic
1 appearance on this show
Brian Baker
Director of Athletic Performance · Highmark TechSystems
1 appearance on this show
Adam Taylor
Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at Michigan State University · Marmot Recovery Foundation
1 appearance on this show
Adam Davis
Associate Partner at Bain & Company · Ecosystem Investment Partners
1 appearance on this show
David McWane
Big D and The Kids Table
1 appearance on this show
Scott Klopfenstein
Reel Big Fish
1 appearance on this show
Mikey Erg
The Unlovables
1 appearance on this show
Marko DeSantis
Sugarcult
1 appearance on this show
Scott Radinsky
Pulley
1 appearance on this show
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