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The Collection: Ep. 46 – Matt Nathanson on Vinyl & CDs

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This week on the collection, we go through my entire Matt Nathanson collection which includes all the Vinyl and all the CD’s. We go from his debut in 1993 called ‘Please’ all the way up to this 2025 release called ‘King of (Un)Simple’. We get all the studio albums, the live albums, the E.P.’s and even all the CD Promotional Singles. Matt is one of my favorite singer/songwriters out there so come see all the greatness that is Matt Nathanson.

So come check out the show as it will be live, February 24, 2025 at 8pm. Thanks for stopping by and please click “Like” and hit “Subscribe” as it helps out the site when you do.

Turntables & Vinyl #22 – The Live Albums

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One way to tell how good a band really is is to see them live.  If you can’t do that, then it is to listen to one of their live albums.  If they can capture what they have done in the studio and bring it to the stage or even take it up a notch, then you have a solid band.  Growing up, I was never in to live albums.  It was all studio albums for me.  One day, that changed and live albums became the thing.

Now, I tend to be gravitating to the live albums and trying the get them on vinyl or even CD if that is all I can get.  I figured we would go through what Live albums I have in my collection, then with the ones I am trying to get, my Top 5 Favorites and lastly let you weigh in on which ones I have to get my hands on as I am sure there are some I am not aware are great and I should go grab.

We will kick it off with the Hottest Band in the Land…KISS!!  It was the Kiss Alive albums that did it for me.  These things are great.  I have 4 of them…Kiss Alive!,  Kiss Alive II, Kiss Alive III and Kiss Unplugged.  They did get original with their names as you can tell.

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But that is not all, I also have a ton of Kiss Bootlegs as you have seen through my Kiss Bootleg Series…

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