
Light in the Attic's Liner Notes
Hosted by Light in the Attic staffers, this podcast tells the stories behind Light in the Attic releases. Episodes center around interviews with musicians, music industry creatives, and other interesting characters within the Light In the Attic community. You will hear music and liner notes from LITA releases and get to know the people making your records.
Episodes
Nancy Sinatra: The Podcast
www.lightintheattic.net
Crashin' From Passion: The Swan Song of Betty Davis
Betty had just entered an L.A. studio to record her fifth and final album but was reeling from a series of setbacks. Looking for a fresh start, Davis relocated to Hollywood to focus on songwriting. Before long, she found funding for her next project, and with renewed vigor, Davis reunited with former Funk House guitarist Carlos Morales and industry veterans, fusion drummer Alphonse Mouzon and sess
Ukrainian Sonic Archives
Liner Notes is a co-production of Light in the Attic and Ruinous Media. Edited and Mixed by Chris Duryee and Joe Plummer.2xLP, CD, & Digital available at lightintheattic.net
Dreamin' Wild with Donnie & Joe Emerson
Pacific Northwest isolation mixed with wide-eyed ambition, a strong sense of family, and the gift of music proved to be quite the combination for teenage brothers Donnie and Joe Emerson. Originally released in 1979, Dreamin’ Wild is the sonic vision of the talented Emerson boys, recorded in a family-built home studio in rural Washington State. Situated in the unlikely blink-and-you-missed-it town
Pete Jolly’s Seasons with The Wrecking Crew’s Chuck Berghofer
Organic, electric, freeform. Pete Jolly's Seasons is an unsung masterpiece of ensemble groove and stellar musicianship, equally unsurpassed and inspired in its quiet excellence. Recorded in 1970, Seasons never had significant commercial success upon its release but has since amassed a cult following, leading collectors to pay top dollar for copies of the rare record, whose tracks would eventually
A Tribute to Lou Reed with Bill Bentley
The Power of the Heart: A Tribute to Lou Reed (RSD 2024 World Exclusive)It goes without saying that the legendary Lou Reed was a true rock ’n’ roll pioneer. From The Velvet Underground’s debut in 1967 all the way through the end of his days, Reed sang truth from his heart. He lived life to the limit—and then some. On this episode of Light in the Attic's Liner Notes, we sit down with album producer
Lou Reed: Hudson River Wind Meditations
Hudson River Wind Meditations combines Reed's love of creating drone music with his passion for Tai Chi, yoga, and meditation. The album's ambient soundscapes have been described as a counterpoint to his intense Metal Machine Music album—but they are similar outliers in Reed's 40+ year exploration of drone music and feedback harmonics, music created specifically for a certain time and place of min
Morphine: The Legendary '90s Band
This companion piece to the first-time vinyl releases of the albums Like Swimming and The Night from the band MORPHINE features host Ryan H. Walsh, whose insightful liner notes were included in the recent reissues. Walsh is a Boston-based journalist, musician, visual artist, and author of the acclaimed 2018 book Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968. Liner Notes is a co-production of Light in
Pacific Breeze: Japanese City Pop
This Light in the Attic podcast episode is a companion piece to Pacific Breeze, the acclaimed series of Japanese City Pop compilations.Mark “Frosty” McNeil and Yosuke Kitazawa, co-producers of the Pacific Breeze series, delve into the origins of City Pop as well as breaking down specific tracks throughout the history of the genre. To learn more about Pacific Breeze and to pick up a copy of the rec
Lou Reed: Words and Music, May 1965
This Light in the Attic podcast is a companion piece to Words and Music, May 1965, an album of previously unreleased songs recorded by a young Lou Reed with future Velvet Underground bandmate, John Cale. It includes first known recordings of such iconic songs as "I'm Waiting for the Man" and "Heroin." These recordings will be released to the public for the first time on Light in the Attic Records.
Marcos Valle
Mixed and Mastered by Patrick McCarthy
Mr Bongo
Light In The Attic Podcast Episode 18 is out now! For this episode, LITA's Matt Sullivan sits down with David Buttle and Graham Luckhurst from UK-based label Mr Bongo to discuss the label's history, their reissue process and classics from Tim Maia and Terry Callier.
Jeff Powell & Sam Phillips Recording Service
Jeff Powell has been recording, mixing and producing records for more than 30 years – working with a who’s who of musical legends, from Bob Dylan and B.B. King to Glyn Johns and Eddie Kramer.
Powell served as staff assistant engineer, then engineer/ mixer and finally producer at Memphis’ legendary Ardent Studios from ’89-’97. He has been working independently since then, and now makes his home bas
Kuni Murai
In honor of our recent reissues of prolific musician and producer Haruomi Hosono’s essential albums, we teamed up with dublab and In Sheep’s Clothing’s, a hi-fi bar in downtown Los Angeles, for a night of celebration.
Special guest Kuni Murai — famed producer, composer and founder of Alfa Records, joined dublab’s Mark “Frosty” McNeill for a chat about his decades-long working relationship with Hos
Jarvis Cocker
On this episode of the Light In The Attic podcast we sit down for a chat with one of our favorite artists, Jarvis Cocker.
Produced and Recorded by Matt Sullivan
Edited and Mixed by Patrick McCarthy
Keep up with all of Jarvis' activities at JarvisCocker.net
Mojo Magazine
On this episode of the Light In The Attic podcast we visit the offices of Mojo Magazine in London, UK, to chat with Jenny Bulley (Reviews Editor), Ian Harrison (News Section & Back Section, Buried Treasure), Danny Eccleston (Senior Editor), and John Mulvey (Editor).
Since 1995, Mojo Magazine has been a constant in the lives of music fans the world over. In the pre-internet days, we found ourse
Haruomi Hosono
Another highlight from our recent trip to England was getting to sit down with legendary artist Haruomi Hosono. LITA's Matt Sullivan and Yosuke Kitazawa were able to chat with Hosono before his concert at The Old Market (Brighton, UK) and discuss his recent show at London's Barbican as well as our upcoming series focused on Hosono's albums.
Excerpts from "Bara To Yaju" and "Malabar
This Heat
On our recent trip to England, we found a cozy hallway in the back of London’s Cafe Oto to sit down with living legends Charles Bullen & Charles Hayward of This Heat. Over the course of the conversation, LITA's Matt Sullivan talks with C & C about their music, legacy, the formation of This Is Not This Heat, as well as what's currently on their turntables.
For folks in the USA, a miracle wi
The Lost World Of Acetone
Join us on a ride along with Mark Lightcap, guitarist of forgotten 90s band Acetone, as he tells us all about a Los Angeles that no longer exists and the band that disappeared along with it.
In Los Angeles in the 90s, Acetone crafted a sultry California sound in their garage. They released an EP on Vernon Yard and two LPs on Neil Young's Vapor and toured with Spiritualized, Mazzy Star, Oasis, and
Lynn Castle & The Ladies Of LITA
This episode we highlight a few women who are doing awesome things in the music world. In the first half we talk to our favorite songstress, Lynn Castle. Lynn, who was known as Los Angeles' first "Lady Barber," recorded her beautiful songs back in the 60s with the help of Jack Nitzsche and Lee Hazelwood, but they've lain dormant ever since.. until now!
In the second half we eavesdrop on
Record Store Day 2017
The stories behind our wild bunch of Record Store Day Releases, including the soundtrack to the 1973 Edie Sedgwick film Ciao! Manhattan; a box set of transcendental, minimalist proto-new age piano music by George Gurdjieff and Thomas de Hartmann; and the trance-inducing soundtrack to the Volcom surf film Psychic Migrations.
Track List:
White Fence - "Only Man Alive" (Psychic Migrations)
The Tumbleweed Records Story
This is the story of the little record label that could... until it couldn't. From 1971-1973 Tumbleweed Records put out an eclectic range of music from a wild family of musicians, many of whom were local to Denver, Colorado. Over the past few decades, crate diggers have stumbled upon Tumbleweed's records in dollar bins around the country, unaware of the short-lived, glittering empire behind them.
Spooner Oldham
You may not know his name, but you know his music. Spooner Oldham is a linchpin of southern soul and R&B. A legendary ivory-tickler whose name is synonymous with the Muscle Shoals sound of Alabama, Oldham has backed and/or written songs for the likes of Etta James, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Wilson Pickett, Percy Sledge, Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin and so many more (check out a more complete lis
The Philosophy Of The Shaggs
The story of The Shaggs is larger than life. It includes a grandmother’s prophecy, a driven father, three unassuming sisters, a cat named Foot-Foot, and perhaps the most polarizing outsider album of all time. In this episode of the Light In The Attic Podcast Ira Kaplan (Yo La Tengo) interviews original Shagg Dot Wiggin, and Lenny Kaye (Patti Smith Group) reads excerpts from his liner notes for our
Heartworn Highways
Once in a blue moon, a filmmaker hits record at precisely the right moment to capture lightning in a bottle. It happened in ’76 with music doc 'Heartworn Highways,’ which follows key players in the outlaw country music of the 1970s. Emboldened by the radical 60s, country musicians in Tennessee and Texas rejected the commercial “Nashville sound” and returned country music to its rougher honky-tonk
Hazlewoodology
In episode four, we take you on a wild ride through the wonderful world of Lee Hazlewood. This in-depth look at the life and tunes of the legendary mustachioed cowboy crooner is the first of its kind and features incredible insight thanks to our guest host, Hunter Lea — a Hazlewoodologist. Push play to hear all about Hazlewoodism, its cause, and its cure.
Guest Producer & Host: Hunter Lea
Mast
Low Down With Flea & Amy-Jo
Episode 3 is finally here and it's all about our recent jazz soundtrack release, Low Down. Listen in on a conversation between Flea (co-producer & co-star of the Low Down film) and author Amy-Jo Albany (whose memoir about growing up with her dad, legendary jazz pianist Joe Albany, sparked the film). They talk about their shared experiences growing up with drug-addicted jazz musician fathers in
Greetings From Suicide Bridge
This episode tells the story behind our reissue of the 1984 Los Angeles loner folk album Songs From Suicide Bridge by David Kauffman and Eric Caboor. Album producer Patrick McCarthy describes how the reissue came about, author Sam Sweet reads his liner notes, and we play several tracks from the album.
Your Host:
Jackie Allen (LITA editorial & social media coordinator)
This Week’s Guests:
Patri
Record Store Day 2015
Welcome to the Light In The Attic Podcast pilot episode! We are so excited to finally be presenting this new format to you all. In our first episode, we discuss our Record Store Day 2015 releases. Episode 2 will be out in May and will focus on one of our most recent releases, 1984 folk album Songs From Suicide Bridge with guest Sam Sweet.
Your Hosts:
Matt Sullivan (founder and co-owner of LITA)
Ja
Recommended

1984, by George Orwell

19 Keys Presents High Level Conversations

19 Observations on mining and refining of critical minerals

1A

1Dime Radio

오늘 미국은

$100M Offers by Alex Hormozi, Book Summary, Podcast, English

0xResearch

10000 MINUTES

1000 Things You Should Know

1000x

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales