Author Bill Janovitz on The Cars
The Record Store Day Podcast with Paul Myers
Release Date: 10/14/2025
THE FIRST RECORD I EVER BOUGHT (2026, Pt. 1)
The Record Store Day Podcast with Paul Myers
Every week, Paul asks his guests the familiar musical question, “What was the first record you ever bought in a record shop with your own money.” For several seasons, we’ve been culling a few of the most interesting responses for our annual winter “clip shows”. Today we present part one of two FIRST RECORD I EVER BOUGHT compilations, starring DARYL HALL, BASIA BULAT, SUNNY WAR, BOB MOULD, STUART MURDOCH (BELLE & SEBASTIAN), KETCH SECOR (OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW), AMY BERG (JEFF BUCKLEY FILM DIRECTOR), MATT PIUCCI (RAIN PARADE), and SEAN NELSON (HARVEY DANGER. The Record Store Day...
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Courtney Marie Andrews
The Record Store Day Podcast with Paul Myers
Courtney Marie Andrews joins us to discuss her brand new album Valentine (Loose Future/Thirty Tigers), which finds the critically-acclaimed songwriter, poet (and fine art painter) expounding on themes of loss, obsession and the stunningly beautiful "record in pursuit of love" (her ninth!) which she co-produced largely "live-to-tape" with Jerry Bernhardt. The Record Store Day Podcast is a weekly music chat show written, produced, engineered, and hosted by Paul Myers, who also composed the theme music and selected interstitial music. Executive Producers (for Record...
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Emma Swift returns!
The Record Store Day Podcast with Paul Myers
Nashville-based Australian singer-songwriter Emma Swift returns to our program to peel back the layers on her most recent album, The Resurrection Game, a collection of moody and gorgeous original compositions released late last year on the independent Tiny Ghost Records label she co-founded and manages with her partner, Robyn Hitchcock. You may recall Swift last joined us to talk about Blonde On The Tracks, her collection of Bob Dylan covers, and in our conversation she drops news of yet another tribute album, this time featuring the songs of Lou Reed, to be released later in the...
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The Beths' Elizabeth Stokes on Straight Line Was A Lie
The Record Store Day Podcast with Paul Myers
New Zealand indie pop group The Beths just released their fourth album, Straight Line Was A Lie (Anti records) and songwriter frontperson Elizabeth Stokes is here to talk about it. The Record Store Day Podcast is a weekly music chat show written, produced, engineered, and hosted by Paul Myers, who also composed the theme music and selected interstitial music. Executive Producers (for Record Store Day) Michael Kurtz and Carrie Colliton. For the most up-to-date news about all things RSD, visit RecordStoreDay.com Didn't find everything on your RSD lists? Maybe you'll...
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Adrian Sherwood on "The Collapse of Everything"
The Record Store Day Podcast with Paul Myers
In our first episode of 2026, the legendary UK record producer, remixer, and dub pioneer Adrian Sherwood reflects on his fourth solo studio effort, The Collapse of Everything, released last summer on his On-U Sound label. He explains how the album's melodic, contemplative sonic headspace balances modern plugin technology with the raw, "breathing" energy of live performances. He also talks about many of his collaborators like Doug Wimbish and Brian Eno, but also dear departed cohorts such as Keith LeBlanc, Mark Stewart, and Lee "Scratch" Perry. Over his five-decade career,...
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John C. Reilly is Mister Romantic
The Record Store Day Podcast with Paul Myers
Happy New Year from the Record Store Day Podcast! As we hustle 2025 out the door, we give you one final holiday treat. Actor John C. Reilly has made a name for himself in the films of Paul Thomas Anderson, in the movie musical Chicago, and in comedy films like Step Brothers, Talladega Nights, and the cult comedy, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, a parody of rock music biopics. But in 2025, Reilly released two physical recordings as his enigmatic stage persona, Mister Romantic; the full album, What's Not To Love? And the recent RSD Black Friday 7 inch single "Dream A Little Dream Of...
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The RSD Podcast's Wonderful Christmastime Special
The Record Store Day Podcast with Paul Myers
We're simply having a wonderful holiday special, and you're invited. While music fans may be divided about the merits of Paul McCartney's enduring holiday offering "Wonderful Christmastime," it's hard to deny that the Holidays are always packed with new releases from both of his legendary bands. 2025 brought us both the latest installment in The Beatles Anthology albums (and the updated streaming series), plus two projects that shine a spotlight on Macca's other band, Wings. One was a new triple LP compilation, WINGS: The Definitive Self-Titled Collection, and the other is a...
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Alan Light on The Enduring Legacy of Fleetwood Mac's Rumours
The Record Store Day Podcast with Paul Myers
Bestselling author Alan Light is here to unravel the enduring allure of Fleetwood Mac’s monumental 1977 album, Rumours. In Light's comprehensive new book Don’t Stop: Why We (Still) Love Fleetwood Mac's Rumours, Light explores the album’s transformation from a pop phenomenon to a cultural touchstone, and its unique ability to remain relevant in today’s rapidly changing contemporary music scene. The Record Store Day Podcast is a weekly music chat show written, produced, engineered, and hosted by Paul Myers, who also composed the theme music and selected interstitial...
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Old Crow Medicine Show's Ketch Secor
The Record Store Day Podcast with Paul Myers
Last week, Old Crow Medicine Show released their very first holiday album, OCMS XMAS (in stores now from Hartland Records). Front man, Ketch Secor is here to tell us why they covered his favorite Christmas song, John & Yoko's "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)," the influence of Bob Dylan's spiritual era, and why records and record stores are so vital at the holidays, and all year 'round! The Record Store Day Podcast is a weekly music chat show written, produced, engineered, and hosted by Paul Myers, who also composed the theme music and selected interstitial music. Executive...
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Midlake's Eric Pulido
The Record Store Day Podcast with Paul Myers
Midlake front man Eric Pulido talks to Paul about the band's just released sixth studio album, A Bridge To Far, and expounds on life in their hometown of Denton, Texas (Sly Stone's birthplace!), working with producer Sam Evian and guest vocalist Madison Cunningham, and adding horns to Midlake's already expansive pastoral soundscape. The Record Store Day Podcast is a weekly music chat show written, produced, engineered, and hosted by Paul Myers, who also composed the theme music and selected interstitial music. Executive Producers (for Record Store Day) Michael Kurtz and Carrie...
info_outlineBefore Paul went away on his own two-week book tour for John Candy: A Life In Comedy (out now!), he conducted a few interviews with other authors who have just published fantastic biographies of some of the people who make the records. We'll feature two of these over the next two weeks.
This week, Bill Janovitz returns to test drive his new, and definitive, biography of The Cars, entitled Let The Stories Be Told. You may know Bill from his own band, Buffalo Tom, and this is his visit to our show, he was last here to discuss his equally definitive previous book, Leon Russell.
RSD Black Friday 2025 is November 25, see the whole list at RecordStoreDay.com.
We'll be talking more about it as we get closer to the day itself.
The Record Store Day Podcast is a weekly music chat show written, produced, engineered, and hosted by Paul Myers, who also composed the theme music and selected interstitial music.
Executive Producers (for Record Store Day) Michael Kurtz and Carrie Colliton. For the most up-to-date news about all things RSD, visit RecordStoreDay.com
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