Ep060: Ben Blackwell of Third Man Records, 2016 Recap & Special Guest
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 19 December 2016
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
Ben Blackwell is a chief at Third Man Records, Cass Records, Official Archivist of The White Stripes, drummer of the awesome band 'The Dirtbombs' and still finds time to be obsessive about his record collection. Today he shares the details on his approach to vinyl and some behind the scenes info from the most interesting record company in the world, including how the Jack White 'Lazaretto' Ultra LP came to be. Plus we recap 2016 and I have a special interview with someone who is a big fan of mine, and me of them.
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 | In announcing broadcasts, I've heard a lot of great music. I found a treasure house of music. |
| 0:15.9 | The originals of the finest records ever made. The music of the world's greatest artists of past and present. |
| 0:23.0 | These are the master discs from which millions of great records have been pressed. |
| 0:27.7 | And I saw records made, music literally written in wax. |
| 0:33.1 | Do you listen to and collect vinyl records? |
| 0:35.6 | Well, you're in luck. |
| 0:37.1 | Welcome to the vinyl guide, the podcast made for record nerds like yourself. |
| 0:41.3 | Here's your host, the biggest record nerd of them all, Nate Goyer. |
| 0:45.3 | Hey everyone, it's Nate with a special episode of The Vinyl Guide, the podcast for fans and collectors of vinyl records. |
| 0:52.3 | And today's episode is special because it is the final episode of the year 2016. |
| 0:59.9 | I hope you're applauding for me and not the fact that it's the last one you have to listen to for a while. |
| 1:05.2 | Look, today's episode is going to be really super cool. |
| 1:07.9 | We've got an interview with Ben Blackwell, one of the founders, one of the |
| 1:12.2 | head-muck-ty-mucks over at Third Man Records, and all you record collectors and fans of the |
| 1:18.9 | third-man catalog are really going to want to check this one out. But before we get started there, |
| 1:23.8 | I do want to take a few moments to really wish everyone listening here a very |
| 1:28.2 | Merry Christmas. Happy Hanukkah. Happy Kwanza. Happy New Year. Happy break from work. Happy time with |
| 1:36.5 | your family. I want to wish you a happy whatever makes you happy this season. You know, |
| 1:42.5 | 2016 has been an incredible year for the Vinyl Guide podcast. |
| 1:47.2 | And I want to, again, take a moment to acknowledge all of you who have been listening and |
| 1:51.6 | sharing these episodes with your friends and talking about it and contributing to this podcast |
| 1:56.2 | and the general vinyl guide community on Facebook and Instagram, really over the last few years. |
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