Love That Album
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Love That Album
Podcast discussing a variety of great albums from the rock, jazz or folk genres in some depth. Proud part of Pantheon - the podcast network for music lovers.
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Love That Album Podcast Episode 187 - Steeleye Span "Commoners Crown"
It’s well known that the 1960s had seen a revival of interest in the US
and the UK in folk music – most particularly in its crossover to
m...

Love That Album - Bonus Episode - First Episode Redux - Bruce Springsteen "Wild Innocent" vs "Darkness"
In July 2011 (14 years ago as I write this), I recorded episode 1 of Love That Album podcast. The period wasn't ground zero for podcasts, but it was s...

Love That Album Episode 186 - Interview with Cary Baker about the book "Down On The Corner: Adventures In Busking And Street Music"
It's been said that the mark of a great city is how it promotes the arts.
Thinking specifically about busking or street performing, some cities<...

Love That Album Episode 185 - You Am I "Deliverance"
The 1990s was a particularly exciting time in Australian rock music. The musical movements that started in the US and the UK in the 90s have been well...

Love That Album Podcast episode 184 - Record Store Memories Part 2
For those who haven't caught up with episode 183 of LTA, I came up with
the idea of speaking with a range of previous guests from the show
...

Love That Album 183 - Record Store Memories Part 1
Being music fans (especially of a....ummm...certain age), we've all been in a record or CD store as a regular. I like to think that the best record st...

Love That Album Episode 182 - Bob Dylan's "New Morning"
How many podcasts must a listener download before they can hear about Bob Dylan?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind......actua...

Love That Album episode 181 - Favourite Albums of ECM
We've come to the end of another year at LTA headquarters. Normally, I'd be doing a wrap up with friends in the music community as to their favourite...

Love That Album Episode 180 - The Beach Boys "Sunflower" and "Surf's Up"
Time to get your surfboards waxed, get into your togs,and head to the beach.....if you're in the Southern Hemisphere. While you're splashing in the so...

Love That Album 179 - Interview with Glen Humphries, author of "Aussie Rock Anthems: The Stories Behind Our Biggest Hit Songs"
As music lovers, we've all had a soundtrack to our lives....it's provided to us by the radio. Maybe at this point in the 21st century, that's less of...

Love That Album Podcast Episode 178 - Three Random Albums
In some previous episodes, rather than speaking about a single album for a long time, myself (and maybe a guest) will speak about 3 albums each for a...

Love That Album 177 - Discussion with Georgia Rose Lucas, Carla Fuchs and John Penhallow about Sandy Denny
Sorry for this episode being a little late….I’d meant to get it out earlier, but who knows where the time goes?????
If you’ve not deserte...

Love That Album Episode 176 - Interview with Richard Thompson
I could write a lengthy blurb for this episode of the show as I normally do, or I could just say, “Ladies and gentlemen, I present my interview with R...

Love That Album Episode 175 - Grace Jones "Nightclubbing"
In the history of pop music, how often has a performer had the chance to try something radically different from what they were known for? Sure, there...

Love That Album Podcast Episode 174 - Yes "Close To The Edge"
When the history of late 70s punk music is discussed, a point often raised is that bands like The Sex Pistols and the Damned and The Saints were react...

Love That Album episode 173 - Favourite musical discoveries of 2023, Part 2
Welcome to episode 173 of Love That Album.
In episode 172, I started my investigation of what were the favourite albums of the year from...

Love That Album episode 172 - Favourite musical discoveries of 2023 Part 1
Welcome to episode 172 of Love That Album.
It's December, so once again, it's time for me to reach out to 5 wonderful music media people...

Love That Album Episode 171 - Ben Folds "Rockin' The Suburbs"
We tend to think more of the guitar as a rock and roll instrument, but Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard and Fats Domino were a big part of the early so...

Love That Album Episode 170 - Suzanne Vega "99.9F"
There are some artists who make a career of changing their musical styles between albums. They took risks to remain artistically relevant or just beca...

Love That Album Podcast Episode 169 - Interview with Pauline Bailey, author of Blues Portrait – A Profile of the Australian Blues Scene
Buddy Guy put out an album in 1991 called Damn Right I Got The Blues. The song sounds like so much of a form of catharsis. However, blues can also rep...

Love That Album 168 - Interview with David Hepworth about “Abbey Road: The Inside Story of the World’s Most Famous Recording Studio”
The process of recording music in 2023 has changed drastically to what it was in the latter half of the 20th century.....sort of. Sure, musicians can...

Love That Album Episode 167 - Bert Jansch "Rosemary Lane" and "L.A. Turnaround"
There's a quote attributed to Louis Armstrong: “All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song”. Apocryphal? Who knows? Still, it do...

Love That Album Episode 166 - Interview with Don Walker
Growing up in the eighties, commercial AM and FM rock radio in Australia was very supportive of local bands (well...... to a point). The biggest of th...

Love That Album Podcast 165 - The Easybeats "Absolute Anthology 1965 to 1969"
Easybeats April continues at LTA HQ. Welcome to episode 165 of Love That Album.
On the last episode, I spoke with author Jeff Apter about...

Love That Album Episode 164 - Interview with Jeff Apter about "Friday On My Mind: The Life of George Young"
Ask any Australian rock fan who is the greatest Australian performer or band over the history of the last 70 odd years and you'll get a multitude of a...

Love That Album Podcast Episode 163 - The Go Betweens "16 Lovers Lane"
There was a time where Australian bands felt that the only way they were going to get noticed was to leave the country and head to London. Sometimes,...

Love That Album podcast episode 162 - Pete Townshend "White City: A Novel"
The 1980s have often been derided musically. The truth is there was interesting stuff happening that we've conveniently forgotten. An interesting ques...

Love That Album Love That Album Episode 161 - Favourite discoveries / first time listens of 2022
It's been 3 months since I recorded the most recent episode of Love That Album. Real life interfered with being able to do something fun like speak in...

Love That Album Episode 160 - Interview with Michael Elliott, author of Have A Little Faith: The John Hiatt Story
Without repeating the details, over the years, John Hiatt has assumed the status of legend in LTA lore....go back to episode 100 if you need a refresh...

Love That Album Podcast Episode 159 - Interview with Steven Jurgensmeyer about album cover design
In the days before music streaming services became a ubiquitous, when physical media ruled the music world, the first thing a music fan encountered be...

Love That Album Podcast Episode 158 - Interview with John Kennedy and Peter Timmerman of the 68 Comeback Special
Since the Beatles showed up with a built-in songwriting team, bands have always had those members who practised the mysterious art of creating and arr...

Love That Album Podcast Episode 157 - Interview with Prescott Niles of The Knack
It's the tail end of the 70s, and top 40 music is heavily leaning to disco and AOR. Sure there's plenty of other things out there, but the charts poin...

Love That Album Podcast Episode 156 - The Tom Robinson Band "Power In The Darkness"
In the past, Love That Album has avoided getting political. The albums being focused on for the most part didn't require the conversations to get embr...

Love That Album Podcast Episode 155 - Small Faces "Ogden's Nut Gone Flake"
Are you all seated comfortable, too square on your botty? Then Love That Album can begin.
Welcome to episode 155 of Love That Album podca...
Love That Album Podcast Episode 154 - Joni Mitchell's "Hejira"
The late 60s to early 70s saw a popular run of troubadours, aka singer / songwriters who were usually known for performing acoustic songs, often of a...

Love That Album Podcast Episode 153 - Interviews with Tristan Fry, Steve Gray and John Williams of Sky (recorded 1984)
As a kid, I was always told to “reach for the sky”.....I think what they meant was “reach out to Sky”....or something like that.
Welcome...

Love That Album - December 2021 State of Things
Episode 153 of LTA has to be delayed. This is a brief explanation as to (as Marvin Gaye would have it) what is going on.
Learn more about your a...

Love That Album Podcast Episode 152 - Nick Drake "Five Leaves Left"
Think of any number of singers of the 20th century to take to a stage: Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, Bon Scott, Nina Simone.....”shyness” would not...

Love That Album Episode 151 - Interview with Serge Fiori of Harmonium
You know what it's like when you discover a band that was around a long time ago, and then you inevitably go down a rabbit hole and discover a whole l...

Love That Album Podcast Episode 150 - Interview with Steve Berlin about Los Lobos' "Native Sons"
Anyone who's listened to the podcast for a while or hung around the LTA Facebook group long enough knows that my favourite working band is Los Lobos....