Los Lobos' Steve Berlin on a long lost recording from Top Jimmy & The Rhythm Pigs
From The Record Store Day Podcast with Paul Myers by Paul Myers
March 10, 2026 · 50 min · Season 7 · Episode 221
About this episode
Steve Berlin discusses his production work on a long lost album by Top Jimmy & The Rhythm Pigs and shares news about Los Lobos.
Steve Berlin has been a member of L.A. band Los Lobos since 1984, but in the interim he has split his career between playing saxophone for that band (and The Blasters) and becoming an in-demand record producer for a host of bands including Los Lobos, Faith No More, Crash Test Dummies, and Canada's biggest band, The Tragically Hip. But in 1981, he began his production career working on an album for L.A. local legends, Top Jimmy & The Rhythm Pigs. The album, Pigus Drunkus Maximus , was initially released on the vanity label of another L.A. legend, Steve Wynn, before practically vanishing into the mists of L.A. musical history. This year, the album received a deluxe remastered reissue, with liner notes by Chris Morris, and archival photography by Gary Leonard . Steve tells us the legend of Top Jimmy, and shares some exciting Los Lobos news. And Paul (always the Canadian) asks him about producing The Tragically Hip. The Record Store Day Podcast is a weekly music chat show written, produced, engineered , and hosted by Paul Myers , who also composed the theme music and selected interstitial music. Executive Producers (for Record Store Day) Michael Kurtz and Carrie Colliton . RECORD…
People in this episode
Host: Paul Myers
Guest: Steve Berlin
Topics covered
- music production
- Los Lobos
- Top Jimmy & The Rhythm Pigs
- album reissue
- interview
Keywords
- Steve Berlin
- Los Lobos
- Top Jimmy & The Rhythm Pigs
- music production
- album reissue
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Los Lobos, The Blasters, Faith No More, Crash Test Dummies, The Tragically Hip, Record Store Day
Books & works: Pigus Drunkus Maximus
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