Ep405: Jody Stephens - Big Star, Those Pretty Wrongs
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 17 July 2023
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Jody Stephens shares memories of Big Star, vinyl & cover art for "#1 Record", "Radio City", "Third", Chris Bell & the master tapes, rare records, the upcoming Australian tour for "Those Pretty Wrongs" and more!
Topics include:
- Jody has never been good with vinyl
- "Those Pretty Wrongs" are coming to Australia
- Continuing to use Ardent Studios
- The Ardent logo and label design introduced with the Big Star debut
- What happened to the neon star from Big Star album cover?
- The cover photo from Big Star's "Radio City" album
- Big Star "Third" multiple album covers
- Finding a new label for Big Star "Third"
- Will vinyl be on the merch table for "Those Pretty Wrongs" Australia shows?
- Pressing 250 Big Star "Third" records to find a new label
- PVC Records release of Big Star "Third"
- An aborted single of "The Ballad of El Goodo"
- Rare Big Star records – Brazil EP
- Mislabelled Big Star singles
- Test pressings of "#1 Record" would have been handled by Chris Bell
- The care and attention for cutting Big Star records
- Inscription in the "#1 Record" runout groove
- 1st pressings of "#1 Record" had a poster
- Why was "O My Soul" in mono?
- Was Chris still working on songs for "Radio City"?
- Chris destroyed the Big Star multitrack tapes – "The India Song" multitrack may have survived
- Chris Bell's motivation for destroying the tapes
- Was Chris Bell aware of the building legend of Big Star before his death?
- Jody spoke to Chris about a Big Star reunion prior to his passing
- Memories of Big Star live shows in early 70s
- Live recordings of Big Star – Rock Writers Convention
- How does Jody look back at the Big Star years?
- Developing songs / material for "Those Pretty Wrongs"
- Chris Stamey is still involved in Jody's music
- Jody's memories of playing in Australia
- Interview wrap up
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, it's Jody Stevens with those pretty wrongs and formerly a big star, and you're listening to the vinyl guide. |
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| 0:16.4 | Discount code, vinyl guide 10. |
| 0:19.1 | And now on with the show. Well, hey everyone, it's Nate. Welcome to |
| 0:25.4 | episode 405 of the vinyl guide. The podcast for record collectors and music nerds. And this week, |
| 0:31.6 | we have absolute rock royalty here on the show. Mr. Jody Stevens joins us to talk about his time and the |
| 0:38.8 | vinyl records of Big Star, as well as his current band, Those Pretty Wrongs. Now, I got to tell |
| 0:44.9 | you, those pretty wrongs are touring the East Coast of Australia this August, Melbourne, Sydney, |
| 0:51.3 | Brisbane, and more, playing the music of those pretty wrongs and selected |
| 0:55.4 | classic big star material. Tickets for those pretty wrongs are available at lovepolice.com.a.u. |
| 1:04.1 | Now today, Jody shares all about the Big Star Days, the recording of number one record, |
| 1:10.6 | memories of the band, the early vinyl |
| 1:12.9 | pressings, the rare records, Jody talks about Chris Bell destroying the master tapes of number |
| 1:19.1 | one record, discussions of a big star reunion prior to Chris's death, and much more. Plus, discussions |
| 1:25.8 | of the upcoming Australia tour of those pretty wrongs. |
| 1:29.0 | And, as always, there is a commercial-free and high-resolution version of this interview |
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