Vinyl-O-Matic

Your Old Pal Will's Instant Record Party

About the show

Your Old Pal Will takes you on a journey through the peaks and valleys of all recordings vinyl. A through Z, organized alphabetically by artist/compilation title, irregardless of genre. Maybe it’s by title. Maybe it’s by album. Who knows what path we take next. Tune in!

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Episodes

  • Albums and All That, Starting with the letter B as in Bravo

    April 2nd, 2020  |  Season 5  |  58 mins 50 secs
    afrika bambaata, bauhaus, bay city rollers, bela bartok, pete fountain, the beat, the beatles

    From Bartók: Dance Suite/Two Portraits Opus Five/Rumanian Dances (L'Orchestra de la Suisse Romande) to Beatles '65 (The Beatles)

  • Albums and All That, Starting with the letter A as in Alpha, and some that begin with the letter B as in Bravo

    March 26th, 2020  |  Season 5  |  1 hr 1 min
    acdc, arthur loesser, b-52s, bach, be-bop deluxe, camarata, gamelan, john coltrane, lunachicks, saar chamber orchestra, stanley kubrick, the o'jays, the partridge family, the three o'clock

    From At Home with Their Hits (The Partridge Family) to Barry Lyndon (Music from the soundtrack to)

  • Albums and All That, Starting with the letter A as in Alpha, Part 4

    March 18th, 2020  |  Season 5  |  59 mins 41 secs
    blondie, comets on fire, duke ellington, folkways, john greenway, miles davis, newport, nina simone, pink floyd, stan getz, the spindles, thelonius monk, wings

    From At Newport (The Miles Davis Sextet/The Thelonius Monk Quartet) to Award Winner (Stan Getz)

  • Albums and All That, Starting with the letter A as in Alpha, Part 3

    March 10th, 2020  |  Season 5  |  1 hr 27 secs
    abba, asia, cavernlight, cheap trick, dave brubeck quartet, deerhoof, elvis presley, gravy train, harry belafonte, johnny cash, judy garland, marilyn mason, ray charles, the kinks

    From Apple O' (Deerhoof) to At Newport (Ray Charles)

  • Albums and All That, Starting with the letter A as in Alpha, Part 2

    March 2nd, 2020  |  Season 5  |  1 hr 8 mins
    benny goodman sextet, brian eno, dean hurley, gladys knight and the pips, hermes nye, japan, michael nesmith, neil young, silver jews, the decemberists, the supremes, willie nelson

    From All Tomorrow's Parties (Japan) to Anthology Resource Vol. II: Philosophy of Beyond (Dean Hurley)

  • Albums and All That, Starting with the letter A as in Alpha

    February 24th, 2020  |  Season 5  |  1 hr 6 mins
    abba, alison moyet, chelsea wolfe, count basie orchestra, diana ross, earth wind & fire, hall & oates, jimmy buffett, kiss, luke sweeney, moev, monty python, nilsson, richie havens, sarah vaughan, the she's

    From A1A (Jimmy Buffett) to All Time Favorites (Sarah Vaughan)

  • 45s and More Revolutions: Mid-Season Replacement Series, Episode 4.

    January 29th, 2020  |  Season 4  |  52 mins 20 secs
    bill haley and his comets, diana ross, edison lighthouse, george jones and the jones boys, george riddle, herman's hermits, jay black and the americans, john fred and his playboy band, johnny rivers, k.c. & the sunshine band, kenny loggins and jim messina, the beatles, the fantastic baggys, the partridge family, the singing nun, tommy roe

    From “Heather Honey” (Tommy Roe) to “(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock” (Bill Haley and his Comets)

  • 45s and More Revolutions: Mid-Season Replacement Series, Episode 3.

    January 23rd, 2020  |  Season 4  |  55 mins 41 secs
    bobby darin, brewer and shipley, ed ames, herman's hermits, irma thomas, jimmy holiday, king harvest, mitch ryder and the detroit wheels, the 5th dimension, the buckinghams, the fabulous echoes, the osmonds, three dog night, vic dana, victor lundberg, wayne fontana

    From “I Can Take or Leave Your Love” (Herman's Hermits) to “Save the Country” (The 5th Dimension)

  • 45s and More Revolutions: Mid-Season Replacement Series, Episode 2.

    January 15th, 2020  |  Season 4  |  54 mins 41 secs
    bobbie gentry, commander cody and his lost planet airmen, gallery, gary lewis & the playboys, jimmy jules, jr. walker and the all stars, merle kilgore, merrilee rush & the turnabouts, otis redding, paul mauriat and his orchestra, rare earth, sandy posey, shorty long, sly & the family stone, the rolling stones

    From “Get Ready” (Rare Earth) to “Do the Boomerang” (Jr. Walker and the All Stars)

  • 45s and More Revolutions: Mid-Season Replacement Series, Episode 1.

    January 8th, 2020  |  Season 4  |  51 mins 5 secs
    barbra streisand, elvis presley, family circle, figure beauty, herman's hermits, jim croce, jimmie rodgers, marvin hamlisch, nasa, scholastic magazine, the 4 seasons, the shocking blue, tompall glaser

    A box of 45s, played front to back, Part 1.

  • 45s and Other Revolutions: A-Sides beginning with the letter Y as in Yankee, and one that begins with the letter Z as in Zebra, and some extra stuff too.

    December 21st, 2019  |  Season 4  |  55 mins
    alex little and the suspicious minds, bloodshot bill, cub, hank williams, mi-sex, shannon shaw, the five americans, the uniques, the zambonis

    From “Your Bed” (Cub) to “It's All Over Now” (The Uniques)

  • 45s and Other Revolutions: Even More A-Sides beginning with the letter Y as in Yankee.

    December 12th, 2019  |  Season 4  |  50 mins 6 secs
    dwight twilley band, ike & tina turner, johnny burnette, okmoniks, rod stewart, ruby andrews, the impressions, thirteenth floor elevators

    From “You Ole Boo Boo You” (Ruby Andrews) to “You've Been Cheatin'” (The Impressions)

  • 45s and Other Revolutions: More A-Sides beginning with the letter Y as in Yankee.

    December 4th, 2019  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 4 mins
    al stewart, birds of america, bongwater, etta james, georgie fame and the blue flames, harry dean stanton, jun mayuzumi, loretta lynn

    From “Year of the Cat” (Al Stewart) to “You Got It" (Etta James)

  • 45s and Other Revolutions: Some A-Sides beginning with the letter W as in Whiskey, and some that begin with the letter Y as in Yankee.

    November 27th, 2019  |  Season 4  |  59 mins 1 sec
    architecture in helsinki, george jones, hamilton joe frank and reynolds, king curtis and the noble knights, nilsson, red fang, the mekons, village people

    From “Winners and Losers” (Hamilton, Joe Frank, & Reynolds) to “Ya Ba Da Ba Do!(So Are You)” (George Jones)

  • 45s and Other Revolutions: Yet Still Even More A-Sides beginning with the letter W as in Whiskey.

    November 19th, 2019  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 11 mins
    beat happening, bongwater, ceramic dog, dean wareham, debarge, deerhoof, eurythmics, great falls, rock and roll adventure kids, the archies, the tinklers, the who, thou, uncle wiggly, velvet underground

    From “Who Loves the Sun” (Velvet Underground) to “Wingwalker” (Great Falls)

  • 45s and Other Revolutions: Still More A-Sides beginning with the letter W as in Whiskey.

    November 12th, 2019  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 8 mins
    artie shaw, don gibson, linda ronstadt, men at work, mother room, planning for burial, the damned, the supremes, whitey on the moon uk

    From “When the Swallows Come Back to San Quentin” (Artie Shaw & his Gramercy Five) to “Who Cares” (Don Gibson)