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I"d Buy That For A Dollar

A podcast about inexpensive, common and underappreciated records that are waiting to be rediscovered.

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All Episodes

52:24

George McCrae - Rock Your Baby

I"d Buy That For A Dollar ·

2024/08/06

Guest Lauren Raham returns as we dive into the debut album by soul singer George McCrae. The hit title track is known for helping to shape disco music but we look at how the album also influenced everyone from John Lennon to Yo La Tengo.If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content, or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us. Thanks!

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48:36

Mongo Santamaria - Stone Soul

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2024/07/30

Co-host Sean plays us some Latin jazz from Mongo Santamaria. We detail the Cuban percussionist's background and share our varying thoughts on featuring food on album covers. If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content, or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us. Thanks!

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41:23

Dee Dee Bridgewater - Just Family

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2024/07/23

Co-host Jeremy selects American jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater as the focus for this episode. Dee Dee’s long and varied career—musician, NPR host, United Nations Goodwill Ambassador—is covered in our discussion. If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content, or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us. Thanks!

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53:48

Gábor Szabó - Nightflight

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2024/07/16

Wes Wheat returns to talk about Hungarian jazz guitarist Gábor Szabó. This mid-Seventies album finds the renowned instrumentalist paired with the top talent of the Philly soul scene. If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content, or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us. Thanks!

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51:04

Loudon Wainwright III - Album II

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2024/07/09

Writer and director Jeff Feuerzeig (The Devil and Daniel Johnston, Author: The JT LeRoy Story) is our special guest as we feature the second album by singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III. A more raw and off-kilter record than his work that would follow, we speculate on how Loudon possibly created the blueprint for the work of Daniel Johnston. If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content, or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave

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48:17

The Persuasions - Street Corner Symphony

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2024/07/02

Co-host Jeremy brings a first to the program: an a cappella album. We listen to the soulful voices of the Persuasions as we learn about their interesting connections in the music business and the surprising variety of tribute albums they have recorded. If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content, or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us. Thanks!

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57:42

Lewis Baloue - Romantic Times

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2024/06/25

Co-host Sean guides us into the fascinating world of private press records with the mysterious Lewis Baloue. We listen to his second album, originally released to little fanfare in 1985, and brought to much wider attention in 2014. If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content, or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us. Thanks!

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48:59

The Pentangle - Basket of LIght

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2024/06/18

Taylor Rowley teams up with the I'd Buy That crew again, this time to demonstrate the sound of British band the Pentangle. We look into how the group came together to combine their varying musical backgrounds into a folk-jazz style that set them apart from other folk acts of the day. If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content, or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us. Thanks!

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39:42

Joe South - Introspect

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2024/06/11

Musician and music historian James Porter returns to the podcast to highlight country-soul pioneer Joe South. We listen to South's debut album and discuss his career as a songwriter, session player, and his brief time in the spotlight. If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content, or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us. Thanks!

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58:48

David Bromberg - S/T

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2024/06/04

Musician and music historian Skip Heller returns to the podcast with a copy of David Bromberg's self-titled debut. As we discuss the immense influence that Bromberg had as a multi-instrumentalist, we also look at his impact as a performer and a session player. If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content, or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us. Thanks!

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58:38

ABBA - Voulez-Vous

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2024/05/28

Mark Weathersby aka DJ Mahogany is back and he brings the party with him! We listen to selections from Mark's favorite album by Swedish popstars ABBA and also learn what each of the co-hosts enjoy most about this often divisive supergroup.If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content, or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us. Thanks!

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47:10

Sarah Vaughan - Feelin' Good

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2024/05/21

Co-host Jeremy brings us a late-period release from the great jazz vocalist Sarah Vaughan. This lushly orchestrated album finds "Sassy" in peak form, a remarkable accomplishment for someone over thirty albums deep into their career. If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content, or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us. Thanks!

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50:19

Harry Nilsson - Son of Schmilsson

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2024/05/14

The classic trio of co-hosts rendezvous in Pittsburgh to discuss the eccentric pop genius of Harry Nilsson. We listen to the record made in the wake of his massive success in the early 1970s, which proves to be a more challenging but ultimately rewarding album. If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content, or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us. Thanks!

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47:13

Kate & Anna McGarrigle - S/T

I"d Buy That For A Dollar ·

2024/05/07

Co-host Jeremy selects the debut from Canadian folk duo Kate & Anna McGarrigle. Known as songwriters well before this release, we look at the career trajectory of these sisters as well as their extended musical family tree. If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content, or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us. Thanks!

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42:02

Al Stewart - Year of the Cat

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2024/04/30

Co-host Peter takes us into the lyrically dense world of Al Stewart. We play selections from the Scottish-born singer-songwriter's most commercially successful album and share some entertaining stories about both his creative process and his life thus far. If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content, or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us. Thanks!

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43:23

Marianne Faithfull - Broken English

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2024/04/23

Bob Bucko Jr makes his comeback to the podcast with the 1979 comeback album from English singer Marianne Faithfull. A far cry from her Sixties recordings, this album's defiant tone and futuristic sound made it a critical and commercial success, yet its impact has largely been lost to time. If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content, or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us. Thanks!

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51:08

Deodato - Deodato 2

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2024/04/16

Guest Bevan Bell brings us an album from Brazilian keyboardist, composer and arranger Eumir Deodato. As we listen to the jazz-funk instrumentals on this record, we talk about everything from Deodato's early bossa nova days to his production work with Kool & the Gang and his familial ties with Justin Bieber. If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content, or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people

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01:02:42

Little River Band - Sleeper Catcher

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2024/04/09

Australian correspondent Melonie Bayl-Smith returns to the show to provide some context for a big hit album by Little River Band. We discover just how differently this record was marketed to U.S. audiences and also touch on the various legal disputes which have resulted in a completely new lineup still performing as LRB. If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content, or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more

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44:20

Robert Thomas Velline - Nothin' Like a Sunny Day

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2024/04/02

Co-host Sean introduces us to the work of Seventies country rock singer Robert Thomas Velline, who turns out to be former Sixties teen idol Bobby Vee. As we listen, we look closer at his career arc and find out that this album—while certainly unique in his catalog—isn't quite the anomaly it initially appears to be. If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content, or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more

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42:43

Paul Verhoeven - RoboCop

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2024/04/01

The prime directives for this podcast are: serve the public, protect the innocent, and uphold the greatest film ever made—RoboCop, director Paul Verhoeven's 1987 masterpiece. Guest Mark Weathersby joins us as we finally reveal the true purpose of I'd Buy That For A Dollar.

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