On Saturday February 2 Bob Stern will be recording a Vinyl Schminyl Radio Hour Live At Madame Zuzu’s. Madame Zuzu’s is a 1930s style Chinese tea house owned by Billy Corgan which opened in September of 2012 at 582 Roger Williams in Highland Park, IL. The entire hour will be devoted to the music of Pink Floyd, tracing their roots from the Syd Barrett days starting with Piper At … [Read more...] about Vinyl Schminyl Radio Live At Zuzus 2-2-13
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Vinyl Schminyl Radio Cool Classic Cover 1-11-13
Alright..we are upon the weekend and our last Cool Classic Cover belongs to Peter Frampton from an album which basically made him. Give it a listen please! Frampton Comes Alive! is a double live album by English rock musician Peter Frampton released in 1976, and one of the best-selling live albums in the United States. Following four solo albums with little commercial … [Read more...] about Vinyl Schminyl Radio Cool Classic Cover 1-11-13
Vinyl Schminyl Radio Cool Classic Cover 1-9-13
We are playing cover tunes this week and the more I listen to this version the more I like it. It's from Billy Corgan's only solo album to date and a very interesting take on an old Bee Gees tune. Check it out. He is. TheFutureEmbrace's instrumentation and programming were mainly performed by Corgan and Bon Harris of Nitzer Ebb. There is an absence of live drums, and guitar … [Read more...] about Vinyl Schminyl Radio Cool Classic Cover 1-9-13
Vinyl Schminyl Radio One Hit Wonder 1-3-13
No Tea Party today but we do have Tee Set..A One Hit Wonder from back in the day! Do you remember??? Tee Set was a pop rock band formed in 1966 in Delft, Netherlands. The group recorded a single in 1969 entitled "Ma Belle Amie", which was a hit in their native country, selling over 100,000 copies.[1] The group released an album in the United States on Colossus Records in … [Read more...] about Vinyl Schminyl Radio One Hit Wonder 1-3-13
Vinyl Schminyl Radio One Hit Wonder 1-2-13
Another One Hit Wonder belongs to The Vapors today. When was the last time you heard this one?? Based in Guildford, Surrey, their members were David Fenton (songwriter, guitarist and vocalist), Howard Smith (drummer), Edward Bazalgette (lead guitarist) and Steve Smith (bass guitarist and vocals). Their name was originally spelled "Vapours," but they removed the U to seem … [Read more...] about Vinyl Schminyl Radio One Hit Wonder 1-2-13