Ep372: Jerry A Lang - Poison Idea, American Leather Records
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 18 December 2022
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
Jerry A Lang discusses the rare records and legacy of Poison Idea, the reissues, collectibles and artefacts from the band, as well as his new LP "From The Fire Into The Water" and his autobiographies "Black Heart Fades Blue".
Topics include:
- Jerry's books - "Black Heart Fades Blue"
- Reissuing Poison Idea recordings
- Cleaning up the master tapes
- Anything missing from the PI archive
- Hand written lyric book for "Kings of Punk"
- The various labels of Poison Idea
- Early pressings of "Pick Your King"
- Status of the "Pick Your King" artwork
- Making the Poison Idea lettering logo
- "Pick Your King" test pressing w Reagan photo
- Is Jerry a record collector?
- Tom collecting The Fix Vengeance single from club promo packs
- Early demand for "Pick Your King"
- How were records sold / early merch tables
- What happened to Tom's guitars?
- Poison Idea's recording consistency
- Making "Feel The Darkness"
- Poison Idea's music publishing
- Jerry and the legacy of Poison Idea
- New Poison Idea track "The Butcher"
- Other potential Poison Idea outtakes
- Plans for American Leather Records
- Tom's record collection
- The new album "From The Fire Into The Water"
- Does Jerry Miss being in a band or playing live?
- What is Jerry listening to these days?
- Upcoming releases on American Leather Records
- "Feel The Darkness" reissue w Tiny Tim's cease & desist letters
- Interview wrap up
Get Jerry's LP "From The Fire Into The Water" on vinyl here
Get Jerry's Autobiographies "Black Heart Fades Blue" here
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| 0:00.0 | Well, hey, everyone, it's Nate, and I'm here with episode 372, the final episode of the |
| 0:06.2 | Vinyl Guide for the year of 2022. And I think it's a fitting way to wrap up the year. Today, we |
| 0:11.7 | talk to Jerry A. Lang, who you likely know from Poison Idea, and of course, there's tons of |
| 0:16.7 | collectible and rare records in their career. But before we get into the conversation with Jerry, |
| 0:21.2 | I just want to take a moment to thank all of you listeners and supporters of the show. |
| 0:26.6 | 2022 was a fantastic run of shows, nearly 3 million podcast listens, and a slate of terrific |
| 0:34.3 | guests this year, from Brian Baker of minor threat and bad religion, |
| 0:38.6 | to Ambrose Kenny Smith of King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, to John Dwyer of the |
| 0:42.7 | OCs, to Kenny Jones of the Who and the faces, from Sendog of Cypress Hill to Keith |
| 0:48.2 | Morris of Black Flag, Circle Jerks and Off, Nick Oliveri of Caius and Dwarves. It's Gerald Casale of Devo and so many more. |
| 0:57.2 | 2020 has been a solid year of guests and growth for the Vinyl Guide podcast. And again, |
| 1:02.3 | I just want to make sure I thank everyone. And of course, our guests and artists who spend time |
| 1:07.1 | with us each week and show patience when I barrage them with a bunch of record nerd |
| 1:11.3 | questions. I want to think the bookers and the PR teams we work with to line up these great guests. |
| 1:16.6 | I want to give a big special shout out to our Patreon supporters, patreon.com slash vinyl guide. You guys rock. |
| 1:22.5 | I want to give a shout out to our show sponsors, the teams at Groovewasher and seems easy. |
| 1:35.6 | And of course, you, each and every one of you, the listeners for tuning in and helping us make and record history here on the show. |
| 1:45.4 | I'm extraordinarily proud of the Vinyl Guide podcast and what we've built together. I look forward to continuing to bring you podcasts about music and facts, all on our goofy little record collecting hobby. So again, before we get into the episode, |
| 1:50.5 | I just want to thank each and everyone for listening and loaning me your ear holes for some time |
| 1:55.7 | each week. I also want to wish each and every one of you a great holiday and hopefully a restful |
| 2:00.8 | and music-filled |
| 2:01.6 | break. As I said, this is the final episode of 2022. I think it's fitting that we have here |
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