About this episode
The episode reflects on the host's childhood obsession with 45 rpm singles and music.
Long before I was spinning records as Lester the Nightfly, I was a kid in Farmington Hills, Michigan obsessed with the tactile magic of a 45 rpm single.
People in this episode
Host: PJ Ewing
Topics covered
- music
- Billy Joel
- 45 rpm singles
- nostalgia
- record collecting
Keywords
- Billy Joel
- B-sides
- 45 rpm
- music history
- record collecting
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Billy Joel B-SIDES
Places: Farmington Hills, Michigan
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