We are excited to announce that this week’s episode has a very special guest and friend to 2 Loud 2 Old Music as we interview author Tim Durling. You know Tim from his YouTube channel, Tim’s Vinyl Confessions, and you will love it as we discuss his first book called ‘Unspooled: An Adventure in 8-Tracks’. The book walks through the 80’s where 8-Tracks were a dying breed but you could still buy them in those Record Club’s like Columbia House or RCA.
Tim has some great insight in to the 8-Tracks that were only available in these clubs and you will be surprised at some of those that you would’ve never thought were on that format, but they were. We show off some 8-Tracks in our collection and Tim has some rare ones. It is really cool to see. And find out the answer to the riveting questions…Who gave Tim the idea to do a book on 8-Tracks? Do either of us an 8-Track Player??? and many more…
Come join Tim Durling and I in this fantastic discussion on ‘Unspooled: An Adventure in 8-Tracks’ tonight at 8pm on April 22nd, 2024 on YouTube. Click the link below. Don’t forget to hit Subscribe and Like and please leave a comment. Thanks and have great day!!
We are excited to announce that this week’s episode has a very special guest and friend to 2 Loud 2 Old Music as we interview author Tim Durling. You know Tim from his YouTube channel, Tim’s Vinyl Confessions, and you will love it as we discuss his new book called ‘Down for the Count: The Y&T Album Review’. The book walks through all the details of the band’s studio albums and we discuss that as well as where Tim got the idea and how the amazing artist Hugh Syme came about doing the cover of the book.
Tim has some great stories and we even talk about why we think Y&T didn’t make it to the A list of rock bands in the 80’s. A lot of missteps along the way and not the band’s fault…in my opinion at least. They had the songs, they had the guitars, they had it all…what happened??? We also talk about Sean Kelly who does the foreward and mention a lot of the guest that are in the book…including yours truly!! Me!!
Come join Tim Durling and I in this fantastic discussion on ‘Down for the Count: The Y&T Album Review’ tonight at 8pm on April 8th, 2024 on YouTube. Click the link below. Don’t forget to hit Subscribe and Like and please leave a comment. Thanks and have great day!!
I’ll be on Grab a Stack of Rock this evening at 8pm EST to discuss my good buddies new book ‘Down for the Count: The Y&T Album Review’ by Tim Durling. Check it out if you can.
GRAB A STACK OF ROCK With Mike and the Mad Metal Man
Episode 46: Down For the Count with Tim Durling and Friends
The very first Y&T book is out! Down For the Count: The Y&T Album Review is the name of the book, and you can get yours on Amazon right now.
Joining us this week is series regular, and now author of two books, Tim Durling! Why Y&T? Why a book about this band, and their discography? It is true that Y&T never made the impact that they seemed destined for. We’ll discuss this and much more: the nuts and bolts of publishing a rock book and assembling the cast of characters who helped along the way.
Speaking of characters, co-hosting this week will be book contributors John T. Snow and Jex Russell. How did they get involved, and what was their part to play? How did Tim get Sean Kelly and Hugh Syme to contribute? Find out tonight, and by all means pick up this excellent book today.
LIVE Friday January 5 at 8:00 P.M. E.S.T. / 9:00 P.M. Atlantic. Enjoy on YouTube or on Facebook!
Welcome to the final Purchases Wrap-Up of 2023 and we will go out with a bang. This month saw a trip to New York City to see the final Kiss show so of course we hit some record stores while there. It also saw Christmas and my Birthday so a lot of good stuff came my way. The month started off with the Kiss show and if you want to see all the Kiss stuff go read the review HERE!!!. Here, we will show the purchases I made while in New York. We hit four record stores and bought from three of them. First up is a couple from the first store and found the debut Kix album and Maneskin’s new one on vinyl. Good stuff…
And at the next one, we found a couple Whitesnake bootlegs of a couple radio broadcasts. And these are early 80’s which is the best stuff…
And I picked up a couple CDs as well including Eric Singers ESP album signed by Eric…
If you are a Y&T fan or you know a Y&T fan, this book is for you. My buddy, Tim Durling, has released his 2nd book which talks about all the Y&T albums. I received my copy and I can’t wait to dive and read it. If you need a great Christmas gift idea, this is it. Got to Amazon.com and buy a copy now. You won’t be disappointed. I mean, look at that cover…it is awesome. It was designed by the great Hugh Syme who is one of Canada’s premier graphic artist. You also have a forward by Sean Kelly who you know as the guitarist for Lee Aaron, Nelly Furtado, Helix and Crash Kelly to name a few.
And as a bonus, you get me, John T. Snow as one of the contributors to the book. What more could you want. Ok, you do get Martin Popoff, Pete Pardo, Mike Ladano and a ton of other great people which is probably a better reason, but you know, I’m not bad either!!!
For My Sunday Song #381, we are kicking off another 10 song set and this time around Tim Durling from Tim’s Vinyl Confessions is picking the songs. Go check out his YouTube channel for some great content, you won’t be disappointed. Like Deke before him, Tim had a theme. He picked songs that are rare non-album tracks and B-Sides and we are kicking it off with the song “Satisfied” by Sammy Hagar. The song is leftover from the 1981 ‘Standing Hampton’ recording session and was released as a B-Side for the song “I’ll Fall in Love Again” and I believe on the song “Heavy Metal” as well.
The song was written by Sammy Hagar and basically it seems to be what the title says. He’s satisfied with his woman who I believe he is keeping satisfied as well since he is an “All Night Man”. Not much deeper than that and does it really need to be. This is early 80’s rock and it is all about having a good time and there is nothing wrong with that.
The song is an absolute beast and it is hard to believe this was left off the album. I believe he had about 20 songs left over in some form or fashion from the ‘Standing Hampton’ sessions. The song is a pure rocker and it speeds through with some racing guitar riffs and a cocky Sammy spitting out the vocals. The solo is more reserved and mixed with some cool bass licks, then the solo gets more riveting and fast before Sammy comes soaring back in. The ending rocks too with a some bombastically paced out slams of the drums and Sammy grunts / screams. I guess this would be the climax of the song…ooh, I can’t believe I went there…but I did because he’s “Satisfied”.
Episode 37: Snow & Tell with Mike, Harrison, Rob, John & Tim!
A full house tonight for some show & tell…or “Snow & Tell” as we like to call it when John T. Snow is in the house! We also have Tim Durling (Unspooled: An Adventure in 8 Tracks) and Robert Daniels (Visions in Sound) joining us for what should be a fun hour. What will we see?
New arrivals? Check
Physical music? Check
Head shaving stunts? No!
As usual we will have an Ask Harrison question, lots of stories, and lots of laughs. Join us live so you can take part.
LIVE Friday Oct 6 at 7:00 P.M. E.S.T. / 8:00 P.M. Atlantic. Enjoy on YouTube or on Facebook!
Come check out the show tonight at 7pm. See what goodies we have to show off tonight!!
There has been a heck of a lot going on here lately. We need reset the show back to basics, back to the original intent. That always was just hanging out with no plan! So that’s what we’re doing. Showing off whatever music they have lying around will be Harrison, Tim Durling, John Snow, and new arrival Jex Russell! You might be familiar with the Friendly Frenchman from his stints on Scotch on the Rocks and Tim’s Vinyl Confessions. Tonight he’ll grab a stack of rack with us and have a good time doing it!
Friday February 24 at 7:00 P.M. E.S.T. Enjoy on YouTube or on Facebook.
Why not make it a 3-fer today with Aldo Nova. If you are an Aldo Nova fan, then you need to check out Grant’s Rock Warehaus as Grant, along with Tim Durling of Tim’s Vinyl Cofessions, and me, John Snow, take a look at the career of Aldo Nova. It is a fun, retrospective of his career and some great visuals as well. I want to thank Grant for having me along for the ride on this one.
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Aldo Nova was silent for a number of years due to contract issues and such, but all those issues are settled and as a result, we have been getting a ton of new music from Aldo. The famed singer of “Fantasy” has put out 4 CDs over the last year. First was a 10 song E.P. of his rock opera ‘The Life & Times of Eddie Gage’ which is a two hour opera, but here we get a brief intro with the 10 songs…and it was great. Then he did ‘Reloaded 2.0’ which was a re-imagining of a bunch of hits. Then we get two 3-song E.P.’s. First is ‘Short Stories’ which we will review here and then next was a 3-Song E.P. called ‘Sonic Hallucinations’ which will review next.
According to Aldo’s website, “Aldo Nova-Short Stories is an EP that is made up of 3 great songs that each tell a different story that gives the listener the sensation of either watching a film or can be a song where they identify and touches a certain part of their lives.” And I love the artwork. The cover is called ‘Guitar And Tuba’ and was drawn by artist James St. Laurent.
The first track is called “The Border” and it has this whole Latin flavor with hints of Carlos Santana in the guitar tone. It is pretty fantastic sounding. Aldo’s vocals fit perfectly nestled in to the song and you can’t help but want to get up and move to those rhythmic beats as the bass and drums really settle in to a nice groove that causes the hips to sway back and forth. The guitar playing is top notch as Aldo wails away on the solo. I don’t hear any tuba though. The song feels like a couple of bad guys running from the law and/or s he running from death and from God. Who knows.
Next up is “What Happened to Our Dreams” is a story about lost love. Young high school romance with big dreams, but all good things come to an end and those dreams never become reality. The song is a ballad with some great acoustic guitars, some nice percussion work and an emotive Aldo singing with a broken heart at dreams that never came to be. The music has a great tone and feel to it as it feels like an old school 80’s ballad yet still sound a little modern at the same time. Another killer song.
The last track is called “Let Our Worlds Collide” and this one is a story as old as time. Two loves who for some reason aren’t together, but longing to be. A love song for the ages. Another ballad and this one is accompanied by a piano and it is quite beautiful. Aldo’s vocals match the aching tones of the piano as he hurts because his love is not there by his side as he loves her so much and although she’s not there, she can feel his love because it is so strong. It shows that Aldo doesn’t need the guitar nor the keyboards. Just him and a piano is sometimes all he needs to show that he can do anything and a few backing singers.
There is one thing I really hate about the 3-Song E.P. and that is it is only 3 songs. And all three are stellar tracks and make me wish for a whole album. Come on Aldo, gives a full album sometime soon please!! You still have it in you to do great things as this so truly shows. My Overall Score is a 5.0 out of 5.0 Stars! I really did enjoy this set.
If you want to watch the podcast I did with Tim Durling on his show Tim’s Vinyl Confessions, go check it out below…
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