The Vinyl Guide is a weekly podcast for fans and collectors of vinyl records. Each week is an audio-documentary on your favourite records, often including interviews with band members and people who were part of the project.
It’s hosted by Nate Goyer, a self-described vinyl maniac who enjoys listening to records and sharing the stories behind them. Despite his Yankee accent, Nate lives in Sydney, Australia with his wife, 2 kids, and about 1,500 records. (But only about 1,000 of them his wife knows about.)
The Vinyl Guide takes records one by one, telling the tale of how they came to be, why the work is important, and then shares how collectors can tell one pressing from another. Learn more at the TheVinylGuide.com or simply subscribe via iTunes or RSS feed.
PART ONE | This week we’re in glorious Melbourne, Australia connecting with some of the best record shops of the city! We visit Heartland Records in North Melbourne to hear the history of one of Melbourne’s great rock record shops, and then to Northside Records, the soul, jazz, and afrobeat center in the suburb of Fitzroy where we learn about some new music and how to cratedig in Africa!
PART TWO | Still down-under for the second part of our 2 part cratedigging expedition through Melbourne, Australia. In this episode Steve from Greville Records in Prahan shares tales of Monster Magnet, Metallica, and the Beastie Boys stopping by the oldest record shop in the city, Benny of Wax Museum manages an underground record shop at Flinders Street station, and Nick from Collectors Corner talks about his legendary shop in the Melbourne CBD.
