PEL Presents NEM#206: Wreckless Eric: "Without Sound, You've Got Nothing"

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Mark Linsenmayer

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🗓️ 30 November 2023

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Eric Goulden has recorded 29 albums since 1978, typically as Wreckless Eric but also with his wife Amy Rigby or under band names like Captains of Industry and The Len Bright Combo.

We discuss "Standing Sunday Morning" from Leisureland (2023), "Another Drive-In Saturday" by Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby from their self-titled debut (2008), and "Depression" by Le Beat Group Electrique from their self-titled album (1989). Outro: "Father to the Man" from Transience (2019). Intro: "Whole Wide World" (single version, 1977).

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0:00.0	You are listening to nakedly examined music, the podcast about songs and songwriters.
0:14.0	My name is Mark Linton Meyer.
0:15.7	My guest for episode number 206 is Eric Goulden, known professionally through most of his career as
0:20.5	Reckless Eric.
0:21.5	You're right now hearing his 1977 single Whole Wide World. his Strong and Will Farrell in the Stranger Than Fiction soundtrack among others.
0:34.1	He's recorded about 19 albums, most under the Reckless Eric Monaker, but also as the Lenbright
0:39.7	combo, Captains of Industry, Le Beat Group Electric, Hitzville House Band,
0:45.0	1 actually as Eragolden, and 3 with his wife Amy Rigby.
0:49.0	We'll be discussing the song Standing Sunday Morning from his newest album Leisure Land,
0:53.4	2023, another drive-in Saturday,
0:56.2	a reckless Eric and Amy Rigby from their self-titled album
0:59.0	from 2008, and Depression by Le Beach Group
1:02.1	Electric from their self-titled album in 1989.
1:05.0	We'll conclude by listening to Father to the Man from Transients, his album from 2019.
1:11.0	For more information please see Reckless Eric.com. It's Reckless
1:15.1	started with a W. For more about this podcast see Nakedly Examined
1:18.4	music.com and to support the effort go to patreon.com slash nakedly examined the music.
1:26.0	So I will play a little bit of Whole Wide World,
1:28.0	the 1977 single included on your self-titled album in 1978
1:32.0	just to orient folks.
1:34.0	If you're looking for a digital version of it, don't get it from a download of one of my albums
1:41.9	because they're all wrong. They're all sped up, they're horrible.
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