Ep026: The Jazz Scene & Norman Granz, Ask the Vinyl Doctor and Cliff Notes on Sun Ra & John Cage
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 5 April 2016
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
This week we tell the story of Jazz pioneer Norman Granz, founder of Verve Records, Jazz at the Philharmonic and a rare record set he produced called "The Jazz Scene". Plus we discuss Sun Ra, John Cage and a new record release on Sundazed Music, as well as asking the vinyl doctor about manual and automatic turntables.
If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, hello there, vinyl people. |
| 0:01.8 | On this week's episode of The Vinyl Guide, we will talk about jazz producer and Verve Records founder, Norman Grants, |
| 0:08.3 | a guy who kept a low personal profile, but developed a mighty reputation for helping put jazz on the map. |
| 0:14.9 | We'll talk about his career and one of his releases that is quite rare and worth seeking out. |
| 0:20.0 | We will also read some listener email |
| 0:21.8 | and some general chit-chat on all things, records. And by the way, this episode of the |
| 0:26.6 | vinyl guide is sponsored by Groove Washer, an awesome record cleaning product which I use and |
| 0:32.0 | recommend. It's only about 50 bucks and can be yours by going to groove washer.com. And we're also sponsored by as |
| 0:38.7 | the record turns.com. As the record turns is a record shop in Hollywood which stocks original |
| 0:43.9 | issue pressings and can help you find and fill that hole you have in your record collection. |
| 0:49.2 | Go to the website or call Kevin today at area code 323-251-4895 and tell him you heard it on the vinyl guide. |
| 0:57.2 | Now, let's start today's show. |
| 1:00.2 | Do you listen to and collect vinyl records? |
| 1:02.8 | Well, you're in luck. |
| 1:04.4 | Welcome to the vinyl guide, the podcast made for record nerds like yourself. |
| 1:08.7 | Here's your host, the biggest record nerd of them all, Nate Goyer. |
| 1:12.5 | Well, hey there, everyone. Thank you so much for tuning in. I hope you're well. Are you well? |
| 1:17.7 | You doing all right? You look like you're losing weight. Oh, you're not? Oh, well, maybe your clothes |
| 1:23.6 | are just fitting you better than they normally do. Anyway, hey, it's Nate, the vinyl guide here again with another show. |
| 1:28.9 | We're talking about records and vinyl products and vinyl topics and various other record |
| 1:34.2 | collector issues. |
| 1:35.5 | And it's going to be quite a pack show today. |
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