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Well, hey, everyone.

Welcome to episode 314 of The Vinyl Guide, the podcast for record collectors and music nerds.

And my name is Nate.

I'm a total record nerd, been a collector for many years, and I'm slightly OCD, to the point that I like to ask my musical heroes, all sorts of questions regarding the creation of their music and the packaging of that music that changed our lives.

Now, today we have on the show of Mr. John Petrucci, who you may well know as a founder, songwriter, guitarist of Dream Theater. And if you follow Dream Theater,

you'll know they have a brand new album out, a view from the top of the world. And that album is

absolutely stellar. I talked to John today about that record, how it came to be over the course

of the pandemic, the creation beyond music, the concept,

the vinyl, the packaging, many ultra-nerdy factoids that I like to find out when I talk

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