Ep360: Nick Oliveri - Record Collector
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 24 October 2022
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Nick Oliveri of Stöner, Mondo Generator, Dwarves & formerly of Kyuss & QOTSA joins us to discuss his passion for collecting records, playing vinyl, chasing rare pressings, updates on new recordings, tours & more!
Topics include:
- Nick's making up for lack of touring during Covid
- Stöner 2022 Australian Tour
- Nick's record collection
- Nick has occasionally sold records
- Obtaining an original 13th Floor Elevators
- Nick is a record nerd, knows the details
- How does Nick care for his records?
- What was Nick's 1st record?
- What does Nick listen to on an average day?
- What is Nick's Asteroid Record (final vinyl on Earth)
- Nick and re-issues and boxsets
- Is Nick a completist for some artists? Black Sabbath Born Again
- Collecting multiple copies or certain titles
- Visiting record stores on the road
- What's the most expensive record Nick ever bought for himself?
- Releasing his music on vinyl is important
- Nick kept a lot of records form his youth
- Does Stöner tour w vinyl on the merch table
- Forming and recording w Stoner
- Playing live w Stöner and other projects / wild shows
- Update on Dwarves new album
- Update on Mondo Generator
- Nick getting Kraftwerk's autograph
- Interview wrap up
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is brought to you by Groove Washer, the best record cleaners and protective sleeves for your vinyl collection. |
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| 0:09.7 | Discount code, Vinyl Guide 10. |
| 0:12.4 | And now, on with the show. |
| 0:16.3 | Well, ahoy there, maids, it's Nate. |
| 0:18.8 | Welcome to episode 360 of The Vinyl Guide. |
| 0:21.8 | The podcast for record collectors and music nerds. |
| 0:24.3 | And man, oh man, we got a great one today. |
| 0:27.0 | Mr. Nick Oliveari joins us to talk record collecting and much more. |
| 0:31.7 | Now, Nick, as you know, has a long history of making phenomenal music from his time in Caius, Queens of the Stone Age, |
| 0:39.3 | to his current projects, Mondo Generator, Dwarves, and of course Stoner, who are currently |
| 0:44.5 | celebrating the release of the album, Totally, and an upcoming tour of Australia. So, if you're in |
| 0:50.9 | Melbourne, Frankston, Adelaide, Wallingong, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Canberra, or wonderful wet Sydney, well, damn it, you are in luck. |
| 0:59.2 | For links to tickets, go to stoner bandofficial.com. |
| 1:03.3 | They'll also be in New Zealand in early November, Wellington, Christchurch, and Auckland. |
| 1:08.1 | Stoner is a supergroup with Nick, Brand Burek, and Ryan Goot, |
| 1:12.3 | and with Mario Lolly of Fatso Jetson and Yawning Man as a tour opener. So there it is, do not miss it, |
| 1:19.0 | hit up Stoner Band Official.com and get them tickets before it's gone for what's sure to be a |
| 1:24.8 | hazy good time and a dusty next day. |
| 1:33.7 | And today, Nick and I talk all about his record collection, and he's unsurprisingly a pretty hardcore collector. Nick has definitely got the vinyl bug and has had it for years. So we talk |
| 1:38.9 | today about the rare records of his collection. Nick's thoughts on reissues and box sets, his love of multiple forms |
| 1:45.7 | of music, visiting vinyl shops on the road, Nick gives us updates on bands like dwarves, Mando |
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