Ep353: Chuck Negron - Three Dog Night & Beyond
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 19 September 2022
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Co-founder and former Three Dog Night frontman Chuck Negron discusses the collectible records of his career, the early releases on small labels, the rare and recalled albums of Three Dog Night and mega-smash excesses and turnaround of his life and career.
Topics include:
- Interview start
- His book "Three Dog Nightmare"
- Chuck's youth – Singing & Basketball
- 1st time on vinyl
- The Chuck Rondell records
- The 1st single on "Bronx records"
- Single on the Hart-Van label
- Chuck's original deal with Columbia records
- The "Redwoods" sessions with Brian Wilson
- The GTOs & Frank Zappa
- Opportunities he passed on
- The Three Dog Night era
- Negotiating during rehab
- Selling a property cheap for drugs
- Pawning his gold records
- "It Ain't Easy" original cover and title
- Recalled versions of "The Wizards of Orange"
- "Hard Labor" original birthing cover and supportive record notes
- Chuck's Three Dog Night collectables
- Whatnot Show every Wednesday 5pm PST/8pm EST
- Check's health
- Interview wrap up
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, this episode is brought to you by What Not, the online site and mobile app for collectors. |
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| 0:12.3 | Download the What Not app and check the link in this episode page for $10 towards your first purchase of vinyl records on Whatnot. |
| 0:20.8 | It's like I'm giving you a $10 bill to buy a record. |
| 0:23.9 | It's super easy. |
| 0:25.0 | Download the What Not app today and check out the auctions of vinyl records and whatnot. |
| 0:31.8 | Well, hey everyone, it's Nate. |
| 0:33.8 | Welcome to episode 353 of The Vinyl Guide. |
| 0:37.4 | The podcast for record collectors and music |
| 0:39.3 | nerds, and man, oh man, we've got a fantastic guest today, former three dog night, frontman, |
| 0:46.0 | vinyl warrior, and survivor of many close calls, Mr. Chuck Negron. |
| 0:51.5 | Now, Chuck, as you know, was the singer and frontman of the 1970s |
| 0:55.6 | Juggernaut 3 Dog Night. Arguably the biggest band in the world for several years, |
| 1:01.7 | with 21 consecutive top 40 hits and selling over 50 million records worldwide. And while you |
| 1:09.2 | may think of songs like One and Joy to the World as |
| 1:13.1 | adult contemporary and maybe on the softer side of rock, three dog night partied like the |
| 1:19.0 | Who, Guns and Roses, and Led Zeppelin all wrapped into one. Their legendary wake is well documented |
| 1:25.4 | in Chuck's book, Three Dog Nightmare, which I encourage people's to get from |
| 1:30.4 | Chuck Negron.com. There's autograph copies available, and it is an amazing read, an absolute page |
| 1:36.7 | Turner, Three Dog Nightmare at Chuck Negron.com. And today, Chuck and I talk all about the rare |
| 1:43.9 | records of Three Dog Night, of which there were many, several albums issued, then recalled for various reasons. |
| 1:51.2 | We also talk about his early singles, the records that he put out, the private pressings, his original contract with Columbia Records. |
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