Ep434: Adam Franklin - Swervedriver, Bolts of Melody & more
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 5 February 2024
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Swervedriver, a pivotal band in the shoegaze scene, is the focus of today's episode, with founder Adam Franklin discussing the band's vinyl legacy, reissues, tape archives, hurdles faced and future prospects for Swervedriver and his additional ventures.
- Getting involved with Outer Battery Records
- Releasing 2 records at once
- Band involvement in vinyl reissues of the Swervedriver catalog
- The new reissue/remaster of "99th Dream"
- The label saga of "Ejector Seat Reservations" and "99th Dream"
- Vinyl pressings on Zero Hour and Sonic Wave Discs
- Adam finding original vinyl copies
- The influence of Swervedriver
- Appreciation for Swervedriver being revealed by Myspace
- Will we ever see "Juggernaut Rides" on vinyl?
- Adam's reaction to the term "Shoegaze"
- Aspirations for playing live to support "99th Dream"
- The impact of Brexit on artists
- Thoughts & involvement on movie soundtracks
- Naming of songs
- Some recordings that haven't been rereleased on vinyl or streaming
- Vinyl records of his youth
- Discovering Hawkwind
- Being influenced by American Punk
- Melting a collection of Clash singles
- The physical barrier with records
- First appearance on record: "Shake Appeal"
- Getting signed to Creation Records
- Are there more outtakes yet to be released?
- The story of the censorship of "It's All Happening Now"
- Swervedriver vinyl rarities
- Interview wrap up
Get "Swervedriver - 99th Dream" and "Bolts of Melody - Film Noir" on vinyl here.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, this is Adam from SWERVDriver, and you're listening to Nate on the Vinyl Guide. |
| 0:05.3 | This episode is brought to you by VMGVinyl.com. |
| 0:09.1 | Professional record cleaning, restoration, rejuvenation, and grading. |
| 0:13.1 | Refresh your records with VMGVinyl.com. |
| 0:16.3 | And with that, on with the show. |
| 0:18.8 | Welcome to the Vinyl Guide, the podcast for record collectors and music |
| 0:23.0 | nerds here's your host the biggest record nerd of them all Nate goyer oh well hey everyone |
| 0:28.7 | it's Nate here happy February and uh holy molly this year's going by quick uh but uh real fast we're going to have to begin today's episode on a bit of a downer. |
| 0:42.8 | Very saddened, as I think most of you were, to see the passing of Wayne Kramer this week. |
| 0:49.3 | Wayne Kramer, most notably known from his work with MC5, music activism. It's all in there. What a story. |
| 0:58.4 | I mean, he was there at Ground Zero. He was an instigator. He was a lightning rod. He changed shit. |
| 1:04.6 | He influenced thousands. What a dude. What a life. Wayne was 75 years old, which is a minor miracle. He made it that far. |
| 1:14.1 | But with his tenacity and spirit, we would have loved to have seen Wayne make them triple digits. |
| 1:19.8 | But unfortunately, it is where it is. We called the game at 75, and we're grateful we had him that long. |
| 1:26.3 | I put up a replay of my interview with him from 2016. |
| 1:30.1 | It's a great listen. |
| 1:30.9 | He's such a cool dude. |
| 1:32.3 | And he goes through the chronology of the MC5 records. |
| 1:37.5 | Answers a lot of questions. |
| 1:38.5 | We had a lot of great laughs. |
| 1:39.6 | So have a listen to it if you haven't already. |
| 1:42.4 | And most importantly, rest in peace and power, Mr. Wayne Kramer. |
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