In another look at a specific year in music, we find that 1979 not only had some great and influential music, but was also the year of two technical innovations that would change music forever.

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• Sony Pressman

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• Moby: Future Quiet
• The Soft Boys: Can of Bees

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We discuss some rock albums that were influential: their music, the way they presented songs, the way they were produced, or they effect they had on culture.

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• 25 of the most influential albums in music history

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• Phantasm: The Well-Tempered Consort - I
• Plastiscines: LP1

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The Greatest Hits album has been a staple of the music industry since 1958. Some of the best-selling albums of all time are Greatest Hits albums. But what is the future of the Greatest Hits album in this era of streaming?

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• Greatest hits album - Wikipedia

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• Crumb: Dan Nadel
• The Suburbs: Ladies and Gentlemen, The Suburbs Have Left the Building

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In spite of the fact that Kirk has been a Deadhead for decades, we have never done an episode about the Grateful Dead. With the passing of Bob Weir recently, we decided to talk a bit about the Dead, its history, and its future.

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• Grateful Dead
• The Next Track: Episode #23 – David Browne on the History of the Grateful Dead
• Episode #67 – The Grateful Dead’s Legendary 5/8/77 Cornell Concert, with Author Peter Conners
• The Next Track: Episode #74 – Jeffrey Norman on Restoring, Mixing, and Mastering the Grateful Dead
• The Next Track: Episode #213 - The Grateful Dead's 100 Essential Songs, with Bob Trudeau

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• Morton Feldman: Trios 6-disc box set
• Kula Shaker: K

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We look at a specific type of rock song that could be called "anthemic." This type of song generally has a number of movements, a slow introduction, is longer than average, and ends in a crescendo.

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• Anthemic rock songs:
• Hotel California
• Free Bird
• Stairway to Heaven
• Nights in White Satin
• Baba O’Reilly
• Layla
• You Can’t Always Get What You Want
• Roundabout
• Aqualung
• Starless
• L. A. Woman
• Thunder Road
• Metal Box - Wikipedia

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• Bob Weir: Ace
• Aerosmith: Pump

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The album isn't dead. Doug has been discovering new ways to listen to albums in Apple's Music app. We also chat a bit about the good old days, when you could tweak macOS. Remember ResEdit?

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• Hudlum - Many Tricks
• ResEdit - Wikipedia
• RIP Mac OS X Hints, Nov 4 2000 – Nov 4 2014 – The Robservatory
• Mac OS X Power Hound
• GrapheneOS
• A Space Between v3.4
• Side Splitter v3.0
• 3M Precise Mouse Pad
• Logitech MX Master 4 mouse

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• The Dictators: Bloodbrothers

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Back in the day, everything was recorded on tape. Tape is deteriorating, and some people are trying to restore old recordings before they crumble.

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• The ‘Race Against Time’ to Save Music Legends’ Decaying Tapes
• Rag paper - Wikipedia
• Compact Cassette tape types and formulations - Wikipedia
• The Bootleg Series Vol. 18: Through The Open Window, 1956-1963
• The 50th Anniversary Collection: The Copyright Extension Collection, Volume 1 - Wikipedia

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• The Durutti Column: The Return Of The Durutti Column
• Zapp: Zapp

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Lots of people have gift guides this time of year, but we decided to talk about how we don't really need anything at this time of year and have nothing to recommend to others.

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• MacVoices Podcast
• Chris Connaker on immersive audio: Audiophile Style
• Duhkha (Wikipedia)

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• Schubert, Four Hands: Bertrand Chamayou & Leif Ove Andsnes
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