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That Record Got Me High Podcast

Are you a music obsessive? Can you sit down for an hour or so poring over an album you love, digging deep into the lyrics, musical references and "secret sauce" that makes it so special to you? Then this just MIGHT be your podcast! Each week your host - rock-n-roll lifer and recovering punk Rob Elba - sits down with a special guest to dissect a record that - metaphorically - got them high.

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01:10:05

S9E478 - Bill Nelson 'Quit Dreaming And Get On The...

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2026/08/15

This week's guest, record/hot sauce purveyor Kevin Chanel (Grooves Inspiralled Vinyl, El Enojado Hot Sauce), brings us singer, guitarist, songwriter, producer, painter, video artist, writer and experimental musician Bill Nelson (Be Bop Deluxe) and his 1981 solo release 'Quit Dreaming And Get On The Beam'. Originally recorded in 1979 as an intended follow up album to his 'Bill Nelson's Red Noise' project, EMI declined to release the recordings and the material remained unreleased until Bill licensed

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01:12:35

S9E477 - Wovenhand 'Silver Sash' with Alexander Hacke...

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2026/08/08

This week, returning guests Alexander Hacke and Danielle de Picciotto (hackedepicciotto) join us to discuss musician David Eugene Edwards' (16 Horsepower) offshoot project Wovenhand, and the stunning 2022 release 'Silver Sash' Songs discussed in this episode: Ain't No Sunshine - Wovenhand; Einig, Lichtung - hackedepicciotto; Domina - Crime & the City Solution; Long Horn - Wovenhand; Black Soul Choir, Low Estate - 16 Horsepower; Tempel Timber - Wovenhand; Destroy The Nations - Nihilist Spasm Band;

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S9E476 - Moving Targets 'Burning In Water' with Tim...

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2026/08/01

This week we set the way-back machine to North Shore, Massachusetts 1986, as returning guest Tim Hinely (Dagger Zine, Where The Wild Gigs Were) brings us Moving Targets and their blistering debut album 'Burning In Water'. It's wicked good!! Songs discussed in this episode: Bad Blood - Kenny Chambers; Little Tiny Pieces - Bullet LaVolta; Nothing Changes, The Other Side - Moving Targets; I Apologize - Hüsker Dü; Faith - Moving Targets; That's How I Escaped My Certain Fate - Mission Of Burma; Let Me

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S9E475 - 'That ENDING Of That Song Got Me High'...

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2026/07/28

For this special BONUS episode, we asked our Patrons to send in some of their favorite ENDINGS (Outros, Codas...etc) of songs that - you know - got them high! Songs discussed in this episode: The Chain - Fleetwood Mac; Layla - Derek and the Dominos; Celebrated Summer - Hüsker Dü; Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin; Purple Rain - Prince; A Day In The Life - The Beatles; Country Pie - Bob Dylan; Therapy - The Damned; Kicked It In The Sun - Built To Spill; Only In Dreams - Weezer; Get Me - Dinosaur Jr;

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01:01:12

S9E474 - Al Kooper 'You Never Know Who Your Friends...

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2026/07/25

Alan Peter Kuperschmidt - better known as Al Kooper - is an American songwriter, record producer, and musician who throughout much of the 1960s and 1970s was a prolific studio musician, playing organ on Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone", French horn and piano on the Rolling Stones song "You Can't Always Get What You Want", and lead guitar on Rita Coolidge's "The Lady's Not for Sale". He also formed and named Blood, Sweat & Tears, produced a number of one-off collaboration albums such as the Super

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01:09:46

S9E473 - Queen 'A Night At The Opera' with Oscar Herrera

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2026/07/18

Like many music lovers who came of age in the mid-70s, returning guest Oscar Herrera (The Sleep Of Reason, Halo, El Duende, Black Tape For A Blue Girl) first encountered Queen upon hearing their unlikely smash-hit single Bohemian Rhapsody on the radio. That song - and the album it came from, 1975s 'A Night At The Opera' - got him - and countless others - high. Including the host of this podcast. "Nothing really matters, anyone can see..." Songs discussed in this episode: Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen

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S9E472 - Hal Blaine - Psychedelic Percussion with Bob...

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2026/07/11

A member of the world-famous Wrecking Crew studio band, drummer Hal Blaine was thought to be among the most recorded studio drummers in the music industry, claiming over 35,000 sessions, 6,000 singles,and 150 US top 10 hits - 40 of which went to number one! This week's guest, drummer Bob Bert (Sonic Youth, Pussy Galore, Lydia Lunch Retrovirus), brings us Hal's bonkers 1967 release, 'Psychedelic Percussion'. Dig it! Songs discussed in this episode: Be My Baby - The Ronettes; A Little Less

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01:07:42

S9E471 - Elvis Costello 'This Year's Model' with Don...

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2026/07/04

This week, Austin-based guitarist, singer-songwriter, composer, and recording producer Don Cento (Cento Threeo) brings us Elvis Costello's second studio album - and the first with his crack new band the Attractions - 1978's 'This Year's Model' Always a singer-songwriter in spirit but a punk in attitude, this collection of songs proved Costello's stunning debut 'My Aim Is True' was no fluke. Songs discussed in this episode: No Action (Elvis Costello cover) - The Muffs; The Judy Valve, Halfway To

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01:05:13

S9E470 - Hoodoo Gurus 'Stoneage Romeos' with Steve...

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2026/06/27

As far as debut albums go, there's some that seem to appear out of nowhere as a fully-formed, perfectly realized statement-of-purpose. New Jersey-based drummer, blogger, and lawyer Steve Kirsch makes the case that Hoodoo Gurus 1984 debut 'Stoneage Romeos' is just such a record. Chock full of pop culture references AND hooks for days, these Australian pop/garage gurus came out of the gate swinging with a stone cold classic. Songs discussed in this episode: I Don't Wanna Go Down To The Basement

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S9E469 - Flipper 'Album - Generic Flipper' with Dan...

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2026/06/20

While other punk/hardcore bands of their time seemed to be in a race to be the heaviest AND fastest, San Francisco's Flipper slowed things down to a crawl, and imbued their brand of existential nihilism with a healthy dose of detached irony. Hoboken New Jersey musician Dan Cuddy (Hypnolovewheel, The Special Pillow) brings us their landmark debut, 1982's 'Album - Generic Flipper', in all its ragged glory. Strap in! Songs discussed in this episode: Problem Child (AC/DC cover) - Flipper; Secret Star

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01:13:38

S9E268 - Shudder To Think 'Get Your Goat' with Dan...

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2026/06/13

It might be easier to mention the bands this week's guest Dan Bonebrake HASN'T played with - his bass playing has graced the likes of Lightworkers, The Honest Liars, Manta Wray, Dashboard Confessional, Grey & Orange, John Ralston, War Generation, Vacant Andys, Enablers, Seville, Quit, Fay Wray, Pivot, Anchorman, Where Fear and Weapons Meet, Cori Elba, The Stiff and on and on... This week, Dan, brings us Washington D.C. post-hardcore iconoclasts Shudder To Think and their 1992 release 'Get Your

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01:04:08

S9E467 - Paul and Linda McCartney 'Ram' with Nick Estes

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2026/06/06

Soundly maligned upon its release in 1971, Paul (and Linda) McCartney's whimsically pastoral 'RAM' has only grown in stature over the years, with some insisting that this joyfully strange collection of songs basically invented indie-pop. This week's guest, musician Nick Estes (The Parts. Wonderful Smith), joins known Beatles agnostic Rob to unpack this post-fab-four classic. Ram on! Songs discussed in this episode: Too Many People - Tim Christensen, Mike Viola, Tracy Bonham with The Damn Crystals;

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S9E466 - 'That Song By That OTHER Member Of That Band...

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2026/06/02

For this special BONUS episode we asked our Patrons to send in some of their favorite songs by a band featuring someone OTHER THAN the usual front person. Let's show the sidemen (or side-women) some love! Songs featured in this episode: I'm Sticking With You - The Velvet Underground; Sleeping On The Sidewalk - Queen; Coffee & TV - Blur; Where's The Money? - French, Frith, Kaiser & Thompson; Broken Chair - Luna; Years Long Ago - The Long Riders; Rats - The Kinks; I Never Glid Before - Gong; OOh La La

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01:03:42

S9E465 - The Roxy London WC2 with Johnny Iguana

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2026/05/30

When Chicago blues pianist, singer and songwriter Johnny Iguana (The Claudettes) discovered bands like Minutemen and Husker Du as a teen in Philadelphia, it opened up a world of musical possibilities he's STILL unpacking. He eventually came into possession of The Roxy London WC2 - a live album of recordings taken from various punk bands that played at The Roxy club in Covent Garden, London between January and April 1977 - and the raw, unfettered performances of bands like Wire, Buzzcocks and X-Ray

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01:11:09

S9E464 - The Chameleons 'Script Of The Bridge' with...

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2026/05/23

Author Chris Connelly (Cargo Recording Studios 1977-1985) joins us to unpack criminally underrated UK band The Chameleons and their 1983 debut album 'Script Of The Bridge'. Cargo Studios, though only active from 1977 to 1985 in Rochdale, quickly became the epicentre for post-punk and independent recording bands across the UK, including The Fall, Joy Division, OMD, Gang Of Four, Felt and many many more. Chris was THERE for some of the 'Script Of The Bridge' sessions, and offers keen insight into this

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01:00:02

S9E463 - Brian Eno 'Before and After Science' with...

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2026/05/16

This week, Marina and Mick Muhlfriedel of the late 70s/early 80s techno-pop band Vivabeat, join us to discuss the endlessly innovative Brian Eno and his 1977 solo album, 'Before and After Science'. "Here he comes The boy who tried to vanish To the future or past, is no longer here..." King's Lead Hat (Brian Eno cover) - Ultravox; Man From China (Live, 1983), Wild World (Live, 1979) - Vivabeat; Virginia Plain - Roxy Music; The House Is Burning (But No One Is Home) - Vivabeat; Heroes - David Bowie;

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01:05:07

S9E462 - Fugazi 'In On The Kill Taker' with Ryan Sollee

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2026/05/09

This week's guest, songwriter, vocalist and guitarist for the Portland, Oregon-based band The Builders and The Butchers' Ryan Sollee, brings us Fugazi and their third full-length record, 1993's 'In On The Kill Taker'. Raw, visceral and at times raggedly beautiful, it's the sound of a band that - true to their DIY ethos - refused to compromise. Songs discussed in this episode: Facet Squared (Live, Los Angeles CA 03-08-99) - Fugazi; Cold Fire Hymn, Blood/Death, Bringin' Home The Rain - The Builders

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01:04:53

S9E461 - Just A Girl with Cori Elba

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2026/05/03

For this special episode, Rob asked artist, musician and flight attendant Cori Elba - who ALSO happens to be his daughter - to curate a playlist of songs by female artists/female-fronted bands that had an effect on her life. As you'll hear, these aren't just 'favorite songs', but songs she's listened to literally hundreds of times and that ultimately played a huge role in her development as an independent, badass female human. Songs discussed in this episode: Real Wild Child - Joan Jett & The

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S9E460 - Alan Vega 'Alan Vega' with Ben Vaughn

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2026/04/25

Musician, songwriter, film and TV composer and record producer Ben Vaughn (Straight From The Hat with Ben Vaughn) brings us Alan Vega and his 1980 self-titled debut solo album. On this release, Vega - one-half of groundbreaking New York synth-punk duo Suicide - delivers stripped-down, minimalist songs that manage to feel both ancient AND avant-garde! Songs discussed in this episode: Bye Bye Bayou (Alan Vega cover) - LCD Soundsystem; Ghost Rider - Suicide; Rock This Town - Stray Cats; Rocket USA -

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S9E459 - World Party 'Goodbye Jumbo' with Anne...

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2026/04/18

This week's guest, singer Anne Richmond Boston (longtime member of Atlanta band The Swimming Pool Q's), brings us World Party and their wonderfully effortless pop-rock gem, 'Goodbye Jumbo'. Essentially the solo project of songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Karl Wallinger, this 1990 release - which according to Q magazine and dozens of critics was one of the best albums of that year - definitely warrants a deep-dive. Songs discussed in this episode: Put The Message In The Box (World Party

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