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Discograffiti

The deep-dive podcast for music obsessives that gives maniacs like you and me the chance to connect with a brotherhood obsessed with rating the entire discography of every single artist and band that ever mattered. With 4 new episodes a week, you’ll gain a comprehensive knowledge of an act’s history and output in the time it takes to listen to a single LP! Don"t miss your favorite artists reduced to music geeks as they rate their favorite artists’ records...not to mention their own! Ready to be

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00:55:20

The Beach Boys’ PET SOUNDS (Part 4, Ep. 222)

Discograffiti ·

2025/08/29

Chuck Granata’s book Wouldn’t It Be Nice: Brian Wilson And The Making Of The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds is the ultimate dissection of Brian Wilson’s 1966 masterpiece. Chuck and I wound up diving so deep into the record, we unfortunately had to seek treatment for the bends…yet thankfully it was a risk worth taking, as Discograffiti’s Pet Sounds Deep-Dive Series stands as a unique combination of factual obsession and personal connection. Episode 4 is an examination of everything you’ll ever need to know

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00:09:44

THE BRUCE JOHNSTON INTERVIEW (Part 2, Sneak Peek of...

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2025/08/25

By now, Beach Boy Bruce Johnston has retired from being interviewed, so this epic, unheard 2001 interview for Chuck Granata’s Pet Sounds book is absolutely priceless…especially seeing as his fanboy love for Chuck’s Sinatra book wound up contributing to a level of unvarnished honesty that’s super-rare for The Beach Boy universe. Here’s just a few of the many things that Bruce discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast:“Brian’s blender,” and the stew of his early influences;The differences between

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00:40:58

THE BRUCE JOHNSTON INTERVIEW (Part 1, Ep. 221)

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2025/08/22

By now, Beach Boy Bruce Johnston has retired from being interviewed, so this epic, unheard 2001 interview for Chuck Granata’s Pet Sounds book is absolutely priceless…especially seeing as his fanboy love for Chuck’s Sinatra book wound up contributing to a level of unvarnished honesty that’s super-rare for The Beach Boy universe. Here’s just a few of the many things that Bruce discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast:The only band Bruce thought that had what it took to pick up creatively where The

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00:09:27

Tony Asher (Part 2) (The Chuck Granata Pet Sounds...

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2025/08/18

The next entry in The Chuck Granata Pet Sounds Interview Series is Part 2 of Chuck’s chat with Tony Asher, Brian Wilson’s lyrical collaborator on Pet Sounds. This is easily the best Tony Asher interview in existence. You won’t want to miss a minute of this multi-part extravaganza. All I can say is: Thank you, Chuck. Here’s just a few of the many things that Tony discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast:How Brian & Tony felt about Pet Sounds as they were making it;The song that Tony felt

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01:08:41

The Beach Boys’ PET SOUNDS (Part 3, Ep. 220)

Discograffiti ·

2025/08/15

Chuck Granata’s book Wouldn’t It Be Nice: Brian Wilson And The Making Of The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds is the ultimate dissection of Brian Wilson’s 1966 masterpiece. Chuck and I wound up diving so deep into the record, we unfortunately had to seek treatment for the bends…thankfully it was a risk worth taking, as Discograffiti’s Pet Sounds Deep-Dive Series stands as a unique combination of factual obsession and personal connection. Episode 3 is an examination of everything you’ll ever need to know

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00:11:09

Tony Asher (Part 1) (The Chuck Granata Pet Sounds...

Discograffiti ·

2025/08/11

The next entry in The Chuck Granata Pet Sounds Interview Series is Part 1 of Chuck’s chat with Tony Asher, Brian Wilson’s lyrical collaborator on Pet Sounds. Since I didn’t conduct the interview, I can be fully honest in my assessment without fear of reprisal: this is easily the best Tony Asher interview in existence. You won’t want to miss a minute of this multi-part extravaganza. The amount of insight on display is mind-blowing and thoroughly indispensable. All I can say is: Thank you, Chuck.

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01:16:03

The Beach Boys’ PET SOUNDS (Part 2, Ep. 219)

Discograffiti ·

2025/08/08

Chuck Granata’s book Wouldn’t It Be Nice: Brian Wilson And The Making Of The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds is the ultimate dissection of Brian Wilson’s 1966 masterpiece. Chuck and I wound up diving so deep into the record, we unfortunately had to seek treatment for the bends…thankfully it was a risk worth taking, as Discograffiti’s Pet Sounds Deep-Dive Series stands as a unique combination of factual obsession and personal connection. Episode 2 is an examination of everything you’ll ever need to know

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00:08:23

Hal Blaine (Part 1) (The Chuck Granata Pet Sounds...

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2025/08/04

The next entry in The Chuck Granata Pet Sounds Interview Series is Part 1 of Chuck’s chat with Brian Wilson’s favorite drummer, legendary studio maestro Hal Blaine. It’s not hard to understand why Brian worked with him so often: Hal claimed to have participated in over 35,000 sessions and 6,000 singles. His drumming is featured on 150 US top 10 hits, 40 of which went to number one. Chuck’s interview with Hal took place while the latter was living in a retirement community, and the tone is definitely

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01:05:27

Graham Nash discusses Crosby, Stills, & Nash (the...

Discograffiti ·

2025/08/01

Here’s just a few of the many things that Graham discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast:The reasons why he split from The Hollies (Director’s Cut only);A recounting of the very first time he met Crosby & Stills, plus the fateful question they posed to him;Exactly who was Captain Manyhands, and why he was so crucial to the success of that debut album;The several identities behind the amalgam of personalities Crosby sung about in “Guinnevere”;The very first time Graham met Joni Mitchell;And

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00:09:58

Bill Wagner, Manager of The Four Freshmen & Brian...

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2025/07/28

The next entry in the Chuck Granata Pet Sounds Interview Series makes for a perfect pairing with last week’s—it’s Chuck’s chat with Brian Wilson’s early mentor Bill Wagner, The Four Freshmen’s manager. This extremely lucid conversation offers a one-after-the-other cavalcade of precious insights, from the first visit to Bill’s office by a green-behind-the-ears Brian in 1958 to the ineffable sadness of later years. Bill passed away back in 2011 (only three months before Ross left us), which makes this

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01:22:27

The Beach Boys’ PET SOUNDS (Part 1, Ep. 217)

Discograffiti ·

2025/07/25

Who better to tackle Discograffiti’s epic, multi-episode Deep-Dive into The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds—my second favorite album of all time behind only Smile—than the scholarly yet super-cool Petsoundsologist Chuck Granata, whose book Wouldn’t It Be Nice: Brian Wilson And The Making Of The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds is the ultimate piece of work on the LP? Chuck and I dived so deep we actually had to seek treatment for the bends, but as you’ll hear it was worth every second. Episode 1 is the story of the

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00:10:26

ROSS BARBOUR OF THE FOUR FRESHMEN (The Chuck Granata...

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2025/07/21

We kick off the Chuck Granata Pet Sounds Interview Series at the very beginning…it’s Chuck’s conversation with one of Brian Wilson’s most towering influences, Ross Barbour of The Four Freshmen! His father Murry took Brian to see the legendary harmony group when he was 14, and he got the opportunity to meet them. The concert and that meeting had a profound effect on young Brian, who said, “My voice was shivering as I was talking to them…I was so in awe of them. It was one of the biggest moments in

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01:07:58

MARILYN WILSON-RUTHERFORD & GINGER BLAKE OF THE...

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2025/07/18

In Part 2 of my amazing discussion with two-thirds of The Honeys, Marilyn, Ginger, and I work our way through some wildly emotional terrain, including what it was like to share lives with a creative genius while he was operating at his peak.Here’s just a few of the many things that Marilyn & Ginger discuss with Discograffiti in this podcast:How Marilyn felt about Brian’s Smile-era decor in their Laurel Way home;Their thoughts on the Smile-era music, not to mention their ever-evolving

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00:06:33

THE BEACH BOYS’ PET SOUNDS TIMELINE: A BRIAN WILSON...

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2025/07/14

Recorded only two days before the great man’s passing, this audiobook-style episode is a Brian Wilson diary that covers the 27 sessions it took to accomplish one of his great works, a span of six months that kicks off at the moment in December 1965 when he first heard The Beatles’ Rubber Soul and vowed to make the greatest rock record of all time, to Pet Sounds’ release in May 1966. I’m joined by the world’s foremost Petsoundsologist Chuck Granata, author of the incredible book Wouldn’t It Be Nice:

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01:08:47

MARILYN WILSON-RUTHERFORD & GINGER BLAKE OF THE...

Discograffiti ·

2025/07/11

Here’s just a few of the many things that Marilyn & Ginger discuss with Discograffiti in this podcast:What the group was like before they bumped into Brian Wilson;The amazing way station for rock and roll talent that was the Rovell household, and the ways in which Brian fundamentally changed the family for the better;How Marilyn feels about Mike Love’s current touring version of The Beach Boys;An in-depth discussion of their first few classic 45s;And a talk about how much of an inspiration

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00:10:14

MOBY GRAPE’S SKIP SPENCE (The Final Chapter) (Ep....

Discograffiti ·

2025/07/07

This is the final episode of the Grape Expectations Series, which covers Skip’s life during the years 1981-1999. Here’s just a few of the many things that Cam discusses with Discograffiti in Part 6 of our discussion:Skip’s 1990s band Epicenter;How Robert Plant became instrumental in sparking a Spence family reunion;Skip’s final music project, Eternity’s Gate;The details surrounding Skip’s track “Land Of The Sun”, which was created for the X-Files TV show LP, but was left off the album;How the More

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00:49:29

Wouldn't It Be Nice If Chuck Granata Gave Me All His...

Discograffiti ·

2025/07/04

Meet Chuck Granata. Chuck’s written the only tome anyone needs about Pet Sounds, entitled Wouldn’t It Be Nice: Brian Wilson And The Making Of The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds. His timing in climbing aboard the Discograffiti train is splendid, indeed: his entrance has allowed this season to balloon to gargantuan proportions. Simply put, it will be the most in-depth investigation of a single record ever enacted in the history of music. Here’s just a few of the many things that Chuck discusses with

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00:05:45

213B. MOBY GRAPE’S SKIP SPENCE PART 5 (THE 1970’s:...

Discograffiti ·

2025/06/30

Here’s just a few of the many things that Cam discusses with Discograffiti in Part 5 of our discussion:The importance of meeting Gordon Stevens at the beginning of the 1970’s;Skip’s plans to mount an surprisingly ambitious live show around his Oar LP;Moby Grape’s reunion…and also the very first reunion in rock history;The disastrous consequences of Skip tossing his psych meds out a car window;Bill Graham’s Moby Grape meltdown;Whatever happened with Skip’s short-lived 1972 band The Yankees;And Moby

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00:42:55

213. GRAHAM NASH ON PET SOUNDS BY THE BEACH BOYS

Discograffiti ·

2025/06/27

Welcome to Season 3 of “The Beach Boys: And Your Dreams Come True!” This season focuses solely on Pet Sounds, and stands as the most in-depth investigation of a single record ever enacted in Discograffiti history. The Beach Boys’ 11th LP changed a lot of lives, not least of which the man who brought his effortlessly breezy pop charm to The Hollies, Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young, and his own solo career. In fact, this episode stands as the launching point of a huge Graham Nash series—his

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00:10:36

212B. SNEAK PEEK OF MOBY GRAPE'S SKIP SPENCE PART 4...

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2025/06/23

Grape Expectations’ Episode 10 will hip you to one of the greatest lost psych bands of the 1960s, as we explore the late 1960s-early 1970s in Skip’s life, a time when he gave it his best shot acting as Dad to four kids when he just couldn’t hack it, as the pull of the lifestyle got the better of him...but not before helping to assemble one of the most successful bands of the 1970s.Here’s just a few of the many things that Cam discusses with Discograffiti in Part 4 of our discussion:The batshit

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