Episodes
Friday Oct 07, 2022
Alberta Hunter - The Glory of Alberta Hunter
Friday Oct 07, 2022
Friday Oct 07, 2022
She may be in her eighties, but she's not your average grandma. This jazz record from 1982 shows it's never too late to restart a music career. But is this New York bag lady as glorious as the record title suggests?
Show notes:
1935 recording of "You Can't Tell the Difference After Dark"
Thursday Sep 15, 2022
Father John Cootes - self titled
Thursday Sep 15, 2022
Thursday Sep 15, 2022
Father John Cootes is not a regular Catholic priest, he's a cool priest. This Australian Rugby League playing, furniture chain owning, high diving, plane flying, muscle having man of the cloth wanted to beef up his resume, so he released an album. Obviously.
Show notes:
John Cootes furniture warehouse TV ad from 1990
Photo of John Cootes during a CEO sleepout event (plus article)
Thursday Sep 08, 2022
Haircut 100 - Pelican West
Thursday Sep 08, 2022
Thursday Sep 08, 2022
Who ruins some perfectly good white aran sweaters by laying on some filthy leaf litter? These larrikins, that's who. With a boy band look and a new wave sound, this group had so much potential. So why did we find them in the dollar bin?
Show notes:
Music Around Us - the Australian documentary that explored New Wave music
The Clancy Brothers, wearing Aran sweaters decades before Haircut 100
Friday Aug 26, 2022
Alvin and the Chipmunks - The Chipmunks Rock the House
Friday Aug 26, 2022
Friday Aug 26, 2022
These squeaky voiced anthropomorphic rodents have been largely inescapable since the 1960s. How did something so annoying get so popular? And, more importantly, can we get through listening to an entire album of those high pitched voices without flipping the turntable in rage?
Show notes:
David Seville - Don't Whistle at me Baby
1990 drug prevention film special "Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue"
Thursday Aug 18, 2022
Mark Holden - Encounter
Thursday Aug 18, 2022
Thursday Aug 18, 2022
Mark Holden has been most recently "famous" as a judge on Australian Idol and a contestant on Dancing with the Stars. He was also a singer in his youth and released this album in 1977, which is primarily about gettin' it on. Spoiler alert: it's kinda gross.
Show notes:
Thursday Aug 18, 2022
Herb Alpert - Whipped Cream and Other Delights
Thursday Aug 18, 2022
Thursday Aug 18, 2022
This 1965 album boasts one of the most infamous record covers in existance. It's lewd, lascivious, salacious, outrageous. And the music is...easy listening latin jazz?
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Thursday Aug 04, 2022
Judi Sheppard Missett - Jazzercise
Thursday Aug 04, 2022
Thursday Aug 04, 2022
Before home videos and Jane Fonda were a thing, Jazzercise on vinyl was the only way to have music driven fitness in your own home. And we are going to find out if it can make us break a sweat.
Whack on your headband, slip on your leg warmers and squeeze into your fluoro leotard, we are doing Jazzercise.
Show notes:
The Grinch has Jazzercise in his schedule
Judi Sheppard Misset's instagram
Thursday Jul 28, 2022
Amanda Lear - Never Trust a Pretty Face
Thursday Jul 28, 2022
Thursday Jul 28, 2022
This model/singer/TV personality/Dali muse/rock star sex-haver is definitely one of the most interesting people we've discovered on One Dollar Vinyl. But does this 1979 record live up to its striking cover and enigmatic artist?
Show notes
Thursday Jul 21, 2022
Demis Roussos - Forever and Ever
Thursday Jul 21, 2022
Thursday Jul 21, 2022
In the 70s, Demis Roussos made unkempt hair and kaftans sexy. On the cover of this 1973 record, he doubles down and sports a hairy kaftan. If you think that combo doesn't fit with your idea of a big Greek man, just wait until you hear his voice.
Show notes:
The winners of Eurovision 2022
Aphrodite's Child - The Four Horsemen
Tales of the Future - Blade Runner Soundtrack
Saturday Dec 25, 2021
BONUS: The Great Songs of Christmas
Saturday Dec 25, 2021
Saturday Dec 25, 2021
Merry Christmas everyone! Our gift to you is a BONUS episode of Christmas carols released by a tyre company.