Mother of the pod is here to discuss the mother of quiet storm albums, Anita Baker's 1986 Rapture. It proves a perfect opportunity to meet goal #3 AND to uncover secret jazz ensemble histories. Rule #6: $150 Podcast Promise Listeners should keep a sharp ear out for an uncredited Anna cameo right around the start of 365 Days A Year. Recorded April 22, 2020 ..read more

Returning champion Ty is back on the program with a game the whole family can play (TW: misophonia!). Then Ry and Ty admire and discuss (Sandy) Alex G's Rocket. Recorded March 31, 2020 ..read more

Do the dog! Ryan has his elderly friend Eric Passes back on the show to get into it with The Velvet Underground's Loaded. You'll love hearing about who sings on which songs, and who is better - a child or Eric in an unparalleled display of creative wit in I Found A Reason. Recorded May 3, 2020 ..read more

Essential midwife Katie joins Ryan in the innermost sanctum to talk Carl Sagan and The Music of Cosmos. The audio quality in this episode is trash, but the Cosmos Quiz reveals that Katie has the world's best BF! Recorded April 10, 2020 ..read more

Friends and lovers, we have made it to the end of the project known as 69 Vinyl Records: The $150 Podcast! And what a way to close it out - a special on-location campstravaganza pod with loads of guests and recorded on magnetic tapes! Stay tuned throughout to find out how you can prove your devotion/code cracking abilities to the sole arbiter and get your portion of the $150 Podcast Promise. Recorded on both August 16 and September 20, 2020 ..read more

Wow folks - the primary main run comes to an end with episode 68, as Kurtis fills the final guest slot to break down Led Zeppelin II. What HAVEN'T we reminisced about yet after seven hearpearances? How about specific teachers from our wacky parochial high school? Or who can do a better Robert Plant impression? Stay tuned for a thrilling round of You Will Be Mine By Taking Our TIME. We wrap it all up next week! Incredible! See you then! Recorded May 25, 2020 ..read more

FOLKS, *this* is how you say goodbye: by having the John Doe of guests on the John Doe of podcasts to talk about the John Doe of albums. Of course, we mean Luke on this 67th episode of 69 Vinyl Records to talk with Snowy about Steely Dan's Gaucho! This longest-ever 'sode of the pod' is jam packed: there are 2 games, bold predictions about the future, and a whole lot of singing. Recorded May 23, 2020.  ..read more

Tell me what's the word - a word up! Anna (fan of the avant garde, etc) makes a non-Cameo final canonical appearance here with Ryan as they break into Shintaro Sakamoto's 2017 Love If Possible. Spoiler alert: We have our last bit of good news on this episode's Today in Coronavirus, and all kinds of warm fuzzy feelings about the album (those will continue). Anna has to suss out exactly what disco is on a special edition of Disco Is. Recorded May 24, 2020 ..read more

Wow, listeners - we're really getting down to it! Kristin joins the 3rd-timer club to geek out over Yo La Tengo's Stuff Like That There. We've got festival tales, we have cover comparisons, we have people doing real science! And we've got a great game, Automatic Doom. Recorded May 22, 2020 ..read more

**CW: IPV** Alex, brother of the pod, returns even at risk of an intra-squad squab in the quat! There's good news in the 'roni segment, great music throughout, and a nostalgia-laden stroll down memory lane in A Rage of Plastics. Recorded May 21, 2020 ..read more