Ep289: Fred Armisen - Record Collector
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 12 July 2021
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Comedian, writer, musician and fellow record collector, Fred Armisen joins us to talk music, collecting, vinyl history, punk rock, his musically based comedy sketches, visiting record shops around the world and heaps more.
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 | Hi, I'm Fred Armisen. This is the Vinyl Guide. Support your local record store. |
| 0:05.3 | Well, hey, everyone. It's Nate here with episode 289 of the Vinyl Guide, the podcast by and for record nerds. |
| 0:13.7 | And today we are celebrating Record Store Day 2021 with the ambassador of record store day and a very entertaining, humble, |
| 0:23.1 | and artfully knowledgeable guy, Mr. Fred Armisen. Now, you probably know Fred from his time |
| 0:30.5 | on Saturday Night Live in Portlandia, or even of any of the dozens of movies he's appeared in, |
| 0:36.1 | but Fred is also a musician and formerly a |
| 0:39.6 | touring musician at that. Fred's music roots go way deep and his record and music collection |
| 0:45.6 | is very considered and curated to his preferences and taste. We'll talk to Fred all about his |
| 0:52.0 | music collection today, as well as the other musical aspects of his life and career. |
| 0:56.7 | The records of his youth, the musical sketches he's written and performed in, the vinyl records he's produced, his musical preferences and collection, and heaps more. |
| 1:05.7 | Plus, we'll discuss the Fred Armisen Records Store Day release parade meeting. Three new tracks from Fred |
| 1:12.9 | on colored vinyl with an etching on the flip side. Available July 17th on record store day, |
| 1:19.3 | grab one if you can. There's only a thousand made worldwide, and they'll no doubt go fast. |
| 1:26.8 | And to those of you new to the Vinyl Guide podcast, welcome to our humble abode. |
| 1:31.2 | Thank you for joining us. |
| 1:32.7 | We talk about records, collectibles, and music nerd stories here, and we literally have hundreds |
| 1:38.3 | of episodes to enjoy, including interviews with Henry Rollins, Ian Mackay, Bernie Grunman, Mike Watt, Andy Partridge of |
| 1:46.0 | XTC, Jay Bentley of Bad Religion, Jazz Coleman of Killing Joke, and heaps, heaps, heaps more. |
| 1:52.5 | Follow the Vinyl Guide podcast on your podcast app, dig into all our past episodes, and enjoy. |
| 1:58.8 | And if you feel moved to do more, feel free to join our |
| 2:02.7 | Patreon community at patreon.com slash vinyl guide. And in fact, we've got a couple of newbies to |
| 2:09.1 | our Patreon group. Recent joiners include Steve Chase, Ben Dixon, Jed Bedouin, and Shane Robertson. |
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