Ep280: Mike Levine of Triumph - RSD 2021 Ambassador
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 31 May 2021
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Triumph is one of Canada's greatest musical exports, selling an estimated 15 million records and recently named 2021 Record Store Day Ambassadors. They mark this occasion with a 40th anniversary boxset of 'Allied Forces' and some great stories of a life of records and rock and roll.
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 | Hey, this is Michael Levine from Triumph, and you're listening to The Vinyl Guide. |
| 0:03.9 | Well, hey, everyone, it's Nate here. |
| 0:05.5 | Welcome to episode 280 of The Vinyl Guide, the podcast for record collectors and music nerds. |
| 0:11.6 | And a big happy Memorial Day to all our friends in the USA and to the rest of the world. |
| 0:17.2 | You guys get back to work. |
| 0:18.8 | This ain't your day off. |
| 0:20.5 | Wait until Golden Week or |
| 0:21.7 | Queen's birthday or whatever. And this is especially true for you Canadians, who by the way, I think, |
| 0:26.9 | will be extra jubilant with today's guest, Mr. Mike Levine of the band Triumph. Now, most of you know |
| 0:33.6 | that Triumph is from Canada, but what you may not know is that the band are the |
| 0:38.7 | 2021 record store day ambassadors for the whole of Canada, which is a huge deal and a great |
| 0:45.4 | honor, I'm sure, and the Triumph team is not taking this duty lightly. They are introducing |
| 0:50.8 | a limited edition 40th anniversary box set of the incredibly successful |
| 0:56.2 | Allied Forces album complete with a picture disc a double live LP set from 1981 a 7-inch |
| 1:02.9 | single posters booklets handwritten lyrics it's all there in the box set and more to get |
| 1:08.0 | your copy of the 40th anniversary of Triumph's Allied forces, head over to |
| 1:13.2 | recordstoreday.com and find a local shop, or if you're in the Great White North, just go to |
| 1:18.5 | recordstoreday Canada.ca or simply triumphmusic.com. |
| 1:26.1 | Today, Mike shares all about the formation in the early days of triumph, the initial records, |
| 1:32.6 | going from playing clubs to stadiums in just a couple of years, the condition of the master |
| 1:37.4 | tapes, the legacy of triumph, what's next for triumph? |
| 1:40.7 | And Mike teases a few things that we may be seeing in the very near future and heaps more. |
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