ReWind: The Chi-Lites - Stoned Out of My Mind (Patreon Unlocked)

The classic trio of co-hosts rendezvous in Pittsburgh to discuss the eccentric pop genius of Harry Nilsson. We listen to the record made in the wake of his massive success in the early 1970s, which proves to be a more challenging but ultimately rewarding album.   If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content, or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us. Thanks!

Co-host Jeremy selects the debut from Canadian folk duo Kate & Anna McGarrigle. Known as songwriters well before this release, we look at the career trajectory of these sisters as well as their extended musical family tree.   If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content, or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us. Thanks!

Co-host Peter takes us into the lyrically dense world of Al Stewart. We play selections from the Scottish-born singer-songwriter's most commercially successful album and share some entertaining stories about both his creative process and his life thus far.   If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content, or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us. Thanks!

Bob Bucko Jr makes his comeback to the podcast with the 1979 comeback album from English singer Marianne Faithfull. A far cry from her Sixties recordings, this album's defiant tone and futuristic sound made it a critical and commercial success, yet its impact has largely been lost to time.   If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content, or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us. Thanks!

Guest Bevan Bell brings us an album from Brazilian keyboardist, composer and arranger Eumir Deodato. As we listen to the jazz-funk instrumentals on this record, we talk about everything from Deodato's early bossa nova days to his production work with Kool & the Gang and his familial ties with Justin Bieber.   If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content, or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us. Thanks!

Australian correspondent Melonie Bayl-Smith returns to the show to provide some context for a big hit album by Little River Band. We discover just how differently this record was marketed to U.S. audiences and also touch on the various legal disputes which have resulted in a completely new lineup still performing as LRB.   If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content, or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us. Thanks!

Co-host Sean introduces us to the work of Seventies country rock singer Robert Thomas Velline, who turns out to be former Sixties teen idol Bobby Vee. As we listen, we look closer at his career arc and find out that this album—while certainly unique in his catalog—isn't quite the anomaly it initially appears to be.   If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content, or tell a friend about us. Broke and have no friends? Leave us a review, it helps more people find us. Thanks!

The prime directives for this podcast are: serve the public, protect the innocent, and uphold the greatest film ever made—RoboCop, director Paul Verhoeven's 1987 masterpiece. Guest Mark Weathersby joins us as we finally reveal the true purpose of I'd Buy That For A Dollar. 

DJ Lola Kinks returns with the debut from former bargain bin artist Rick Astley. We discuss his unusual career revival and how he embraced it, as well as the initial success of many other songs from the album that has become overshadowed by Rick's internet popularity.   If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content. If you sign up in the month of March 2024 or are currently a Patreon supporter, then you will receive limited edition merch, including stickers, pins, tote bags, and mugs. Sign up today!

On this extra special Patreon bonus episode, we visit Steven Krakow aka Plastic Crimewave at his home in Chicago to spin a 45 by Windy City garage-psych band the Cryan' Shames.   If you like us, please support us at patreon.com/idbuythatpodcast to get exclusive content, or tell a friend about us. If you sign up in the month of March 2024 or are currently a Patreon supporter, then you will receive limited edition merch, including stickers, pins, tote bags, and mugs. Sign up today!