That Record Got Me High Podcast

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 fantastic record - AND this special place/time.
Songs discussed in this episode: View From A Hill (acoustic version) - The Chameleons; Atmosphere - Joy Division; The Fan and the Bellows, Things I Wish I'd Said - The Chameleons; The Cutter - Echo & The Bunnymen; I Will Follow - U2; Don't Fall, Here Today, Monkeyland, Second Skin, Dreams In Celluloid (Demo), Second Skin (Live, 2000), Up The Down Escalator - The Chameleons; Untitled - Interpol; Less Than Human, Less Than Human (Demo), Pleasure and Pain - The Chameleons; Psykick Dance Hall - The Fall; Electricity (Martin Hannett Cargo Studios version) - OMD; Thursday's Child, As High As You Can Go, A Person Isn't Safe Anywhere These Days, Paper Tigers - The Chameleons; Damaged Goods, Love Like Anthrax - Gang Of Four (Damaged Goods EP 1978); Atmosphere - Joy Division;  View From A Hill - The Chameleons; Raindance - The Last Seven Days; Tomorrow Never Knows (Beatles cover) - The Chameleons

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; French Catalogues (Variation on the "Canon in D Major" by Johann Pachelbel), I'll Come Running, No One Receiving, Needles In The Camel's Eye, Backwater - Brian Eno; Die Sonata in Urlauten - Kurt Schwitters; Kurt's Rejoinder, Energy Fools The Magician - Brian Eno; Once In A Lifetime - Talking Heads; King's Lead Hat - Brian Eno; Jet Set (Live, 1979) - Vivabeat; Here He Comes, Julie With - Brian Eno; Caramel - Cluster; By This River - Brian Eno; The Plateaux Of Mirror - Harold Budd; Through Hollow Lands, Spider And I - Brian Eno; Not Dead Anymore (Live, 1979) - Vivabeat

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 and the Butchers; Bad Mouth - Fugazi; Boilermaker - The Jesus Lizard; The Gallis Pole - Lead Belly; Repeater, Facet Squared, Public Witness Program, Returning The Screw - Fugazi; - Prayer To God - Shellac; The Night - The Builders and the Butchers; Smallpox Champion - Fugazi; For Want Of - Rites Of Spring; Rend It, Two Beats Off - Fugazi; 106 Beats That - Wire; 23 Beats Off, Sweet And Low, Cassavetes, Great Cop, Walken's Syndrome, Instrument, Last Chance For A Slow Dance - Fugazi; Free For All - Ted Nugent; Fire In The Sky - The Builders and the Butchers

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 Blackhearts; Just A Flight Attendant, Incel - Cori Elba; Cardigan - Taylor Swift; Heaven Is A Place On Earth - Belinda Carlisle; New Radio - Bikini Kill; All-American Bitch - Olivia Rodrigo; Just Like Magic - Ariana Grande; Flowers - Miley Cyrus; Archie, Marry Me - Alvvays; End Of The World - Miley Cyrus; She Plays Bass, Space Cadet - Beabadoobee; Serotonin - Girl In Red; Vacation - The Go-Go's; Sk8er Boi, Don't Tell Me, My World - Avril Lavigne; Clearest Blue, Graffiti - Chvrches; Freak, Here We Go Again - Demi Lovato; Nice Jewish Girl, Dumped In Tokyo - Cori Elba

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 - Suicide (Max's Kansas City 1976 & Beyond); 1969 - The Stooges; Wow - Lennie Tristano Sextet; Dream Baby Dream (Suicide cover), State Trooper - Bruce Springsteen; Jukebox Babe - Alan Vega; Never Understand - The Jesus & Mary Chain; Kung Foo Cowboy - Alan Vega; Fat City - Alan Vega, Alex Chilton & Ben Vaughn; Fireball, Love Cry - Alan Vega; Falling - Julee Cruise; Shoo Be Doo - The Cars; Black Train - The Gun Club; Speedway - Alan Vega; Dream Baby Dream - Suicide (Live Midnight Special 1979); Be Bop A Lula, Ice Drummer - Alan Vega; Frankie Teardrop - Suicide; Bye Bye Bayou, Lonely - Alan Vega; Dream Baby Revisited - Alan Vega, Alex Chilton & Ben Vaughn