Wax Wednesdays Podcast

Welcome to NEW YORK, where the bagels and music are just better than anywhere else in the world. We introduce you to musicians who call New York home. Stay tuned as we will dive into each borough and tell the stories from Harlem, Hip Hop from Brooklyn the soul of the Bronx, The Disco of the East Villiage and something from Staten Island.

A Nibble of NYC Borough's #47

Who created the first beat? The Amen Brothers created something that was sampled over 6,070 times. And we just added one more as we delve into the world of sampling, by going into some of the OG sample creators or simply just artists who everyone took their sound from.

A Sound of Samples #49

Last week we played you the OG's of the sample world and now we play what they have become. From Moodyman to Drake, Joe Cocker to Tupac - it all goes down on this musical quest to find who the royalty belongs to. HINT: no-one, we're all pirates here.

A Royalty of Remixers #50

We're on the get down with this one as we go to the Bronx and talk about the rise of breakbeat. When you take a 4 bar beat loop from any song and scratch the records back and forth for hours and of course the rise of break dancing that is accompanied.

A Bboy of Breakbeat #51

We're back after a week-long absence ...sorry! Our wallets are even emptier as we spent quite a few $$ with some new wax to bring to you. This week we go into the origin of how blues-rock happened ...as it did happen.

Featured:
The youngbloods
Janies Joplin
Deep Purple
Credence Clearwater 
...and whatever Lewis played 

Music starts at 11.15mins.

A Balance of Blues Rock #53

An episode for the heavy heads and lonely hearts, songs to warm the ears and really just a giant hug. The songs for the moments of slow and coming-down times. Really sit back to this one.

A Collection For Coming Down #54

We go into the number 27 and tell you the stories of some of the greatest artists of all time and those who will be forever 27. Featured artists:
- Jimi Hendrix
- Janis Joplin
- Otis Redding
- Mac Miller
- Nick Drake
- Baby Huey and the babysitters 
- Alan Wilson, Canned Heat
- Jones, The Rolling Stones
- Gary Thain, Uriah Heep

A Telling of The 27 Forever Club #54

We're getting deep and sad with this one, but we're here for your lonely hearts. These are the songs for the soul, the love for the heartless and the tissue for your tears. A collection of heartbreak songs as we read the lyrics like poems. 

Featuring:
Tom waits - I hope that I don’t fall in love with you
Tesky Brothers - pain and misery
Kris lager band - money and loneliness 
Loleatta Holloway - cry to me
Norah Jones - If I were a painter
Carole King - It's too late
Harry Nilsson -  Without You
Sam Cooke - Sad Mood

A Loneliness of Hearts Club #55

Our concept show goes one concept deeper. We delve into the very idea of what is a concept album and share a few stories from some our most loved concept records of all time.

Featuring: 
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of The Moon
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
The Beatles - Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club
The Who - Tommy 
BATTS
MF Doom
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

A Concept of Concept Albums #56

We dig into our most blissful sounds to cheer us up from the Melbourne Lockdown. Easy on the ears, more of a DJ set of lounge house music. Enjoy 

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Music:
Cymande - The Message
Hieronymus Dros - Heironymus Funk
Sonya Spence - Let Love Flow On
Andras - Slow Dope
Pools - Tubin'
Roy Ayers - Green & Gold
Lord Echo - Sweetest Meditation
St Germaine - So Flute

A Lounge of House Music #57

We ventured to Dutch Vinyl with $20 in hand to find 4 records each. A challenge as to who can find the best $5 records, lewis plays the first 4 records and Gideon brings it home at the end.

A lot of soul, funk, disco, rock - let us know which you liked more!

Music:
Swingers - Counting The Beat
Tine & Ike - River Deep, Mountain High
Diana Ross - Getting Ready For Love
The Supremes - Let Yourself Go
Smokey Robinson - Being With You
Gladys Knight
Sharon Jones

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A Bag of $5 Vinyls #58

What came first, gospel or blues? We go into the origins of Gospel music and talk about Aretha Franklin and the other goats (greatest of all time) of the genre and what it's all about. 

Feat:
James Brown - Old Landmark
The Supreme Jubilee - Standing In The Need of Prayer 
O.V Wright - Everybody Knows The Harlem Gospel
Sam Cooke - Chain gang
Al Green - God Is Standing By
Aretha Franklin - Amazing Grace
Leon Bridges - River

The G.O.A.T Of Gospel #59

Good morning, this is a simple one from us this week. A real quick chat and a nice slow morning mix. Enjoy the grooves and hope you don't miss our voices too much.

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Our Morning Grooves #60

Soul is for the soul as we play our rare 45's records, playing mostly local Aussie soul that you can watch us too on youtube. Enjoy

Feat:
Carla Thomas - B-A-B-Y
Martha Reeves - Nowhere To Run
Saskwatch - I Thought This Was Love
K.Auldist - Changes
Otis Redding - Shake
Barbara Howard - Oh Me, Oh My
Curtis Mayfield - Get Down
Monophonics - Like Yesterday
Jerry Washington - Set Your Soul On Fire
Durand Jones - Make A change

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A Soul Explosion #61

In these lockdown days, here in Aus we decided to reminisce a little bit and dig through our collection to find those records that bring a smile to our faces. Either nostalgic or euphoric or just simpy nice, these are our happiest of records.

Feat:
Polo & Pan - Pays Imaginaire 
Black Pumas - Colours
Leon Bridges - Smooth Sailin'
Warumpi Band - Black Fella, White Fella
Michael Kiwanuka - Youn Aint The Problem
Beach Boys - Girl From NY City
Bileo - You Can Win
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Hunnybee

Xx

Our Happiest of Records #62

In light of a string of canceled gigs, we decided to give those records a spin. They were getting a bit sad about not being played out or getting drinks spilled on them or even smoke on their wax. Groove away

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Tracklistings:
Lord Echo - Woah! There's No Limit
Yuksek - Cadenza
Norma Jean - I'm The Baddest Bitch
Terrance Parker - Emancipation of my soul
Kenny Dixon - Emotional Content

A House of Grooves Set #63

We dedicate this one to the living memory of the screaming eagle of soul, Charles Bradley. We talk about all the stories we've heard of the legendary man, and what he means to us. From a James Brown Impersonator to a 62-year-old debut album under Charles Bradley, listen to his journey.

A Charles Bradley Tribute #64

The parks are back open and with that are the tunes, listen and enjoy.

A Park For Grooves #65

We go back into one of our all-time favourite genres and play some Blues Rock. The Stokes may say no more of that, but we say the opposite. Check back to episode #53 to hear the origins of the genre.

Feat:
Welcome to the canteen
Youngbloods
Beatles
Cream
Lindisfarne 

And whatever lewis played.

Blues Rock, More of that Please #66

We are live every Wednesday from The Rooks Return in Fitzroy. Supporting the rookies, playing soul in the only way we know how. Vinyl Only. Come say hi :)

Live Soul From The Rookes #67

We're back on the couch to talk shit once again! I know, sorry this isn't a story about the genre, it's just us doing what we do best, talking about the Melbourne music scene and great bands. But the mix is super great, so you should listen to that at the very least.

Enjoy!

A Get Down of Boogie #68

Enjoy this set of Afro, Jazz and funk house. But really that all just means jazzy house. As lewis may put it "I don't quite have the vocabulary at the minute, it's not really within my faculty" - but he sure does now! 

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A Jazzy House Set #69

Recording from Abbots Yard 21/01. 

Starts slow but this got pretty rowdy towards the end. As always listen, enjoy and don't forget, why join the navy when you can be a pirate?

Pirating around town. 
Xx

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Live Wax From Abbots Yard #70

We turn the clock back to the 1960s in the North of the United Kingdom and see the origins of where Northern Soul came from and the subculture. And why we would love to have been around during this time.

Feat:
Maxine Knightingdale 
Gloria Jones
Hot Chocolate 
Labi Siffre

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Origins Of Northern Soul #71

The rise of Jazz in Paris. It all began in WW1 when African-American troops who were forcibly conscripted to the war effort, took their trumpets to the front line and played that sweet sweet Jazz. We talk about the key artists and the scene from 1918 to 1995.

Feat
John Coltrane
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Miles Davis
Dizzy Gillespie
Duke Ellington
Philipe Baden Powel

Listen and Enjoy.

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Underground Paris Jazz #72

Live from the Rooks Return, we give you a soul set straight from the dancefloor. There are so many records in here to list, however, if you'd like to know any records, just get in touch.

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Soul Returns To The Rooks #73

We uncover some of our local heroes and talents from all around Australia. Hopefully you'll love this and as always, support live music and your local venues.

Another Australian Only Vinyl Show #74

We swing across the globe and to the Mississippi for this one as we talk about the delta blues. The origins, the incredible stories bending the artists and just enjoy listening to these sounds.

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Discover The Delta Blues #75

Flashback is back with his account of the iconic Melbourne Street. Chapel Street Memoirs presented by About-Blank is available for free download.

Chapel Street Memoirs EP

Flashback - I Break - FREE DOWNLOAD

A weekly podcast featuring vinyl from our collection.

A Splash of Soul #1

Our weekly selection of Disco on this weeks podcast.

A Dash of Disco #2

This week we share our latest rock albums from the 70s that features, The Who, amongst others.

A Roll of Rock #3

This week we bring to you a range of Funk from some of the true kings of Funk. From James Brown to Prince.

A Fist of Funk #4

This week we bring to you our favourite songs to play at Christmas coupled with some new fresh Christmas records.

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!

A Christmas Special #5

We're back! Gideon returns from his trip abroad with some records he bought from Seoul, as Lewis shares his most recent purchases. If you'd like the track names, sorry I don't speak Korean but can send you album covers. Email: info@about-blank.co

A Knoll of K-Pop & Lewis Mystery Bag #25

Woodstock 1969 - A 50 year anniversary tribute podcast talking about the historical event, what went down, how did it happen and who played and why it was so incredible. We go through the live recordings from the event playing the following artists:
Richie Havens 
Country Joe Mcdonald
The Who
Crosby Stills & Nash
Credence clearwater 
Joan Baez
Sly & The Family
Max Yasgur 
Jimi Hendrix

A Woodstock 1969 Tribute #26

We're rewinding to last weeks Golden Plains festival and talk about our highlights and the best musical performance, costumes and all-round debauchery that was Golden Plains Festival 2020.

A Golden Plains Rewind #43

We're back from a desolate place that we have called isolation and home for the last 2/3 months to get back on the airwaves. We're playing all the records that have been highly played through our time in isolation. We'll also be uploading every 2 weeks now. Enjoy and we missed you too!

The Records From Isolation #44

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