Ep242: Thurston Moore - Record Collector
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 29 September 2020
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Thurston Moore's love for vinyl records is legendary. Today he discusses his history with vinyl, his record collection, purchasing records while touring w Sonic Youth, his drive to own physical form media and his new LP "By The Fire", out now.
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 | Thurston Moore has a brand new solo album called By the Fire. Now, it's already out on vinyl. |
| 0:06.4 | It's available now on streaming services. I've been enjoying it and I would highly recommend checking it out. |
| 0:12.4 | By the Fire is available now on Apple streaming, on Spotify. It's just a few clicks away on your phone. |
| 0:19.5 | It's probably on vinyl at your local record shop, |
| 0:22.2 | and it's definitely available at Thurstonmore.com. |
| 0:26.7 | Now today, Thurston joins us to talk about By the Fire, but he also shares a heap about his |
| 0:32.2 | vinyl record collecting hobby, his collection, some of the records he's particularly proud |
| 0:37.1 | to own, his approach for music collecting, some of the records he's particularly proud to own, his approach for music |
| 0:39.1 | collecting, some stories of scores he's made in years past, picking up vinyl while touring with |
| 0:44.6 | Sonic Youth, collecting his own works, how he files his records at home and heaps more. If you're a |
| 0:50.3 | record collector, this is going to be a fascinating conversation with one of the most |
| 0:54.1 | influential musicians alive and a man who loves music on vinyl, maybe even more than me. |
| 1:02.3 | And just so you know, we have an extended version of this interview with Thurston available |
| 1:07.8 | only to our Patreon supporters at patreon.com slash vinyl guide. |
| 1:13.4 | If you're a patron of the show already, go there now and check it out. |
| 1:16.5 | But if you're not quite yet a part of our Patreon community, that's easy to fix. |
| 1:21.3 | Just go to patreon.com slash vinyl guide. |
| 1:24.7 | Sponsor the show for a few bucks a month, help support what we're doing here, |
| 1:28.6 | keeps me supplied with burritos and coffee, and gives you access to extra goodies like |
| 1:33.6 | extended artist interviews, secret episodes, and more. This week we are welcoming three new patrons, |
| 1:40.4 | E.M. Isaac and Chris Glew. You guys absolutely rock. Thanks for your support. Enjoy the extended |
| 1:46.8 | interview with Thurston Moore. For the rest of you, it's not too late, patrion.com slash |
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