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This episode concludes my review of the music of 1980 and concludes Season 3 of the podcast.

This episode begins the countdown of my favorite albums of 1980, leading into Episode 53, which will reveal my Top 10 albums.

This episode continues my coverage of the music tgrends and albums of `1980, leading in to my next two episodes which will reveal my Top 20 Favorite albums of this year.

This episode focuses primarily on the American made music of the year.

This episode begins a new deep dive project, highlighting the albums and music trends of 1980.

This episode completes my dive into the music of 1955, featuring a countdown of my ten favorite songs of the year, along with historical details about the artists and interesting facts about each song.

This episode contains the first half of my top 20 countdown of my favorite songs of 1955; with my #20 through #11 selections.

This begins a two part series discussing key songs and musical trends of 1955.

This episode completes the deep dive review of the music of 1972; unveiling my top 10 favorite albums of the year.

Continuing my review of the music of 1972 with the first half of my top 20 favorites. This episode featuring selections #20 - #11.

In this episode I complete my discussion of the music trends of 1972, and the notable albums that did not make the list of my top 20 favorites for the year. I continue my discussion of progressive rock in America and Europe, progressive folk, krautrock, power pop, blues rock, and a discussion of some eclectic acts that didn't fit well into any of the genre categories I'd already discussed.

This episode continues my look into the music trends and album releases of 1972 with looks at Funk, Soul, Hard Rock, Glam, and Prog music.

This episode starts a new multi-part series on the music trends and album releases of 1972.

This episode concludes my discussion of this year's nominees for the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame, and presents my predictions for this year's induction class.

In this episiode I start a two part analysis of the latest list of nominees for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, discussiong 8 of the 15 nominees.

This episode concludes my ook at the albums of 2023 with my top 10, as well as discussion of some additional "honorable mention" alvbums that missed my list.

This episode begins my countdown of my favorite 20 albums of 2023 with numbers 20 through 11 and also a bit of discussion of some "honorable mention" albums that I considered for my list.

This episode starts a three episode discussion of the music of 2023, with this episode discussing the most popular music of the year and notable music stories and events from the year, leading in to my next two episodes where I will reveal my favorite albums of the year.

This episode completwes my dive into the albums and music trends of 1969, presenting my 10 favorite albums of the year.

In this episode I begin the countdown of my favortie 20 albums of 1969, with albums #20 through #11 revealed as well as commetary on one more popular album of the year that did not make the cut.

In this episdoe I complete my preliminary rundown of the music trends of 1969, leading in to the next two episodes where I will reveal my 20 favorite albums of the year.

This episode begins a new four part series on the albums and major music trends of 1969.

This episode explores the songs and music trends of 1917, a year which marked the first recorded Jazz song, setting off the first new music craze to be instigated by recorded music.

The episode revolves around a Top 20 countdown, but in this case I simply dub these the twenty most historically interesting songs, rather than my "favorites" for the year.

This episode concludes my deep dive review of the music of 1987 featuring my top 10 favorite albums, plus one more honorable mention album for the year.

In this episode I finally begin to reveal my top 20 favorite albums of 1987, with #20 through #11, as well as one "honorable mention" album that didn't make the top 20 cut.

My final run-up episode to my top 20 list for the year covering the R&B, Funk, Rap, World Music, and Soundtrack albums of the year.

In this episode, I continue my deep dive into the albums of 1987 with discussion of Prog, Jambands, Commercial Rock, and Jazz album from the year.

In this episode I cover additional pop music of 1987 and explore the Alternative Rock releases for the year.

This is a re-edited version of Episode 26, revised to eliminate full songs and replace them with song clips in order to publish this episode to additional platforms without violating fair use copyright standards.

Original Air Date: June 4, 2023; Re-edit:11/02/2023

In this episode, I explore the 1987 album releases in punk rock, Noise Rock, and Industrial music, as well as various Dance music styles of the year.

This is a re-edited version of Episode 25, revised to eliminate full songs and replace them with song clips in order to publish this episode to additional platforms without violating fair use copyright standards.

Original Air Date: 05/21/2023; Re-edit:11/12/2023

In this episode, I begin a deep dive into the albums and music trends of 1987 with a look at albums in the genres of Heartland Rock, Singer-Songwriters, Country, and various styles of Hard Rock and Metal.

This is a re-edited version of Episode 22, revised to eliminate full songs and replace them with song clips in order to publish this episode to additional platforms without violating fair use copyright standards.

Original Air Date: 04/23/2023; Re-edit: 11/17/2024

In this episode I continue my review of the music of 1996, discussing albums by female led Rock bands, some rockabilly and punk albums, Reggae, Country, the swing revival fad, Electronica, Jambands, and hip hop. I also reveal my #21 honorable Mention album for the year.

This is a re-edited version of Episode 21, revised to eliminate full songs and replace them with song clips in order to publish this episode to additional platforms without violating fair use copyright standards.

Original Air Date: 04/16/2023; Re-edit: 10/29/2024

This episode starts a four part series reviewing the album releases of 1996, with this episode covering the various flavors of Alternative Rock music of the era.

This is a re-edited version of Episode 20, revised to eliminate full songs and replace them with song clips in order to publish this episode to additional platforms without violating fair use copyright standards.

Original Air Date: 04/09/2023; Re-edit: 09/25/2024

This episode concludes my deep dive review into the music of 1961 with my top 10 favorite albums.

This is a re-edited version of Episode 19, revised to eliminate full songs and replace them with song clips in order to publish this episode to additional platforms without violating fair use copyright standards.

Original Air Date: 04/02/2023; Re-edit: 08/19/2024

This episode begins my countdown of my 20 favorite albums of 1961 with #20 through #11, leading into next week's episode featuring my top 10 albums for the year.

This is a re-edited version of Episode 18, revised to eliminate full songs and replace them with song clips in order to publish this episode to additional platforms without violating fair use copyright standards.

Original Air Date: 03/26/2023; Re-edit:07/21/2023

This episode begins a review of the albums and music genre trends of 1961, leading into following episodes with my list of favorite albums of the year.

This is a re-edited version of Episode 17, revised to eliminate full songs and replace them with song clips in order to publish this episode to additional platforms without violating fair use copyright standards.

Original Air Date: 03/19/2023; Re-edit:06/14/2023

This episode concludes my series covering the resumes of the 2023 nominees for possible induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.

This is a Re-edited version of Episode 16, revised to eliminate full songs and replace them with song clips in order to publish to additional platforms without violating fair use copyright standards.

Original air date: 03/12/2023; Re-Edit date: 05/04/2024

In this episode, I continue the discussion of this year's Rock Hall nominees which I began in the second half of Episode 15 last week, discussing the resumes of six more of this year's nominees.  This series will conclude in episode 17 next week.

This is a Re-edited version of Episode 15, revised to eliminate full songs and replace them with song clips in order to publish to additional platforms without violating fair use copyright standards.

Original air date: 03/05/2023; Re-Edit date: 04/30/2024

In this episode I conclude my interview with music Journalist Alan Light, who is a member of the nominating committee for the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame.  We discuss some of the so called "snubs" in this episode.  And then the second half of the episode begins my analysis of the current roster of new nominees for the Rock Hall this year; with that analysis continuing in to episode 16 next week.

This is a Re-edited version of Episode 14, revised to eliminate full songs and replace them with song clips in order to publish to additional platforms without violating fair use copyright standards.

Original air date: 02/26/2023; Re-Edit date: 04/29/2024

In this episode, I discuss the history and evolution of The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, and I interview music journalist Alan Light, who among other career accomplishments, is a member of the Hall's nominating committee.  This episode contains the first half of the interview with Alan, and that interview will conclude in Episode 15.

This is a Re-edited version of Episode 13, revised to eliminate full songs and replace them with song clips in order to publish to additional platforms without violating fair use copyright standards.

Original air date: 02/19/2023; Re-Edit date: 04/29/2024

This episode concludes the deep dive review of the albums of 1983, revealing my Top 10 favorite albums of the year.

This is a Re-edited version of Episode 12, revised to eliminate full songs and replace them with song clips in order to publish to additional platforms without violating fair use copyright standards.

Original air date: 02/12/2023; Re-Edit date: 04/02/2024

This episode begins the countdown of my Top 20 Favorite albums of 1983 with albums #20 - #11, leading in to next episode where I will reveal my Top 10 Favorite albums.

This is a Re-edited version of Episode 11, revised to eliminate full songs and replace them with song clips in order to publish to additional platforms without violating fair use copyright standards.

Original air date: 02/05/2023; Re-Edit date: 03/04/2024

This episode continues the deep dive review of the genre trends and album highlights of 1983, with discussions of the Singer-Songwriter releases of the year, Country, Classic Rock, Reggae, Jazz, and Hip Hop

This is a Re-edited version of Episode 10, revised to eliminate full songs and replace them with song clips in order to publish to additional platforms without violating fair use copyright standards.

Original air date: 01/29/2023; Re-Edit date: 03/02/2024

In this episode I begin a series on the albums of 1983, and discuss the trends for the year in pop, alternative, metal, and punk.

This is a Re-edited version of Episode 9, revised to eliminate full songs and replace them with song clips in order to publish to additional platforms without violating fair use copyright standards.

Original air date: 01/22/2023; Re-Edit date: 1/15/2024

In this episode I complete my review of the music of 2022 with my Top 10 Favorite albums of the year.

This is a Re-edited version of Episode 8, revised to eliminate full songs and replace them with song clips in order to publish to additional platforms without violating fair use copyright standards.

Original air date: 01/15/2023; Re-Edit date: 12/22/2023

In this episode I will reveal my number 20 through number 11 favorite albums of the past year, followed by next week's episode with the Top 10.

This is a re-edited version of Episode 7, revised to eliminate full songs and replace them with song clips in order to publish this episode to additional platforms without violating fair use copyright standards.

Original air date: 01/13/2023; Re-edit: 12/06/2023

In this episode I discuss some of the notable music and music stories of 2022. This episode leads in to the next two episodes where I reveal a countdown of my favorite twenty albums of 2022.

This is a re-edited version of Episode 6, revised to eliminate full songs and replace them with song clips in order to publish this episode to additional platforms without violating fair use copyright standards.

Original Air Date: 1/1/2023; Re-edit:10/17/2023

This episode concludes my deep dive into the music of 1973 with my Top 10 favorite albums of the year revealed.

This is a re-edited version of Episode 5, revised to eliminate full songs and replace them with song clips in order to publish this episode to additional platforms without violating fair use copyright standards.

Original Air Date: 12/26/2022; Re-edit:10/08/2023

Having completed the detailed review of the genres and music trends of 1973 during the first four episodes; this episode begins the countdown of my favorite albums of 1973, revealing #20 through #11. This leads into episode 6 where my top 10 albums will be revealed.

This is a re-edited version of Episode 4, revised to eliminate full songs and replace them with song clips in order to publish this episode to additional platforms without violating fair use copyright standards.

Original Air Date: 12/18/2022; Re-edit: 09/17/2023

In this episode, we continue to review the albums of 1973 with a focus on Glam Rock, Proto-Punk, Mainstream Rock, Jazz Rock, Jazz, Jazz Fusion, and a few scattered other releases from other genres. Also my honorable Mention album for 1973 is revealed.

This is a re-edited version of Episode 3, revised to eliminate full songs and replace them with song clips in order to publish this episode to additional platforms without violating fair use copyright standards.

Original Air Date: 12/11/2022; Re-edit: 09/07/2023

In this episode, we continue to review the albums of 1973 with a focus on Blues Rock, Blues, Hard Rock, Prog, and Krautrock.

This is a re-edited version of Episode 2, revised to eliminate full songs and replace them with song clips in order to publish this episode to additional platforms without violating fair use copyright standards.

Original air date 12/04/2022; Re-edit: 08/26/2023

Continuing to explore the genre trends and highlights from music released in the USA in 1973.  This episode explores the Funk, R&B, Country Music, Country Rock, Southern Rock and Jamband pioneer albums from 1973.