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Author/guitarist Joe Matera talks about his latest book, Louder Than Words: Beyond the Backstage Pass. It's a follow-up of his first book, Backstage Pass: The Grit and the Glamour, proving once again that touring is so much more than the mythical tales of sex, drugs and rock and roll. Not only is the book a first-hand account, but Matera let's renowned musicians like Bryan Adams, Billy Squier and Styx's James Young tell their professional touring tales as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Goldmine Podcast's Record Store Recon: Rattleback Records (Chicago) is reviewed thoroughly with special guests Rev from the band The Drowns and Liverpool Neil from the Punk 'Till I Die podcast. Dr. Disc of Goldmine took Rev and The Drowns record shopping at Rattleback and a good time was had by all! Listen in! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This year's RSD Black Friday was more fun than usual. Why? Let the Record Store Recon edition of the Goldmine Podcast explain, as editor Patrick Prince and Recon writer Dr. Disc tell you about their record finds and record store experiences on the biggest retail day of the year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Foreigner bassist Jeff Pilson (ex-Dokken) is a guest on the Goldmine Podcast to detail a current fundraiser for the band's crew and their families hit hard financially by the pandemic. Foreigner is selling limited-edition memorabilia and merchandise at their web site Foreigneronline,com. There will also be an auction of a personally autographed guitar from Pilson himself. Foreigner is primarily a touring band (their last studio album was 20009's Can't Slow Down) and the band hopes to get a world tour going later this year. In the meantime, they wish to help their crew financially through avenues like this fundraiser. Listen to the band's future plans and how fan's can help. This is a part of The Pantheon Podcasting Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Twisted Sister guitarist Jay Jay French comes on the Goldmine Podcast to discuss the group's Stay Hungry album getting the audiophile treatment over 35 years later. with Mobile Fidelity records. And, being the holiday season, A Twisted Christmas is discussed, too, with all the trimmings. Part of the Pantheon Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy Holiday season 2020! Goldmine can't think of a better way to get into the Christmas spirit than discussing Christmas records. Longtime Goldmine writer Tim Neely wrote a great piece in the January print edition — on newsstands now at select Barnes and Noble, Books A Million and indie record stores —where he talks about building a Christmas album collection in a cost-effective way. On the podcast, Tim Neely will take us through the various, classic Christmas records to collect: • Vintage Christmas collections put out by the record labels’ special-markets divisions for retail stores like Goodyear, Firestone, True Value Hardware, Grants and others • Beloved Christmas compilations like A Christmas Gift for You From Philles Records and others • Single artists' Christmas albums from Barbra Streisand, Andy Williams, Nat King Cole and others *How a Christmas song written by Twisted Sister vocalist Dee Snider became one of the largest selling singles for Celine Dion *Contemporary Christmas records and modern classics from Band Aid, Trans-Siberian Orchestra and others And more... We'll play examples from the various records mentioned while we talk about the legacy of Christmas records. Go to www.goldminemag.com/page/goldmine-extra to subscribe to Goldmine's weekly eNewsletter for news on music and record collecting and interviews with the classic artists worth collecting Or subscribe to the monthly print edition of Goldmine at www.GoldmineMag.com/subscribe-2 This show is a part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen to a full review of Tom Lounges' Record Bin in Hobart, Indiana on this episode of Goldmine Podcast's Record Store Recon. The Record Bin has a man cave aesthetic with music playing from its own internet radio show. And, if you listen to this podcast episode (and get a clue), you can enter a contest to win a gift package from Tom Lounges' Record Bin! This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Record Store Day co-founder Michael Kurtz calls in from his residence in Montana to talk about Record Store Day Black Friday, this year’s RSD drops (in August, September and October) and how record stores have coped during the pandemic. Take a listen to the episode, record collectors, it will only increase your enthusiasm for this year's RSD Black Friday. This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Cars' bassist/vocalist Benjamin Orr is the topic of this podcast episode as his biographer Joe Milliken is our guest. Milliken published the biography Let's Go! about Orr's life growing up in Ohio and his integral involvement in the mega-popular rock group The Cars. Any Cars fan (or fan of that era) will want to listen to this one! This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brandon Bogajewicz, the owner of the vinyl record subscription service Vinyl Moon (vinylmoon.co), explains how he curates each vinyl record compilation to make Vinyl Moon the most unique monthly vinyl membership around. The show is a part of The Pantheon Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices