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Bizarre Albums

Tony Thaxton explores the weirder side of music, celebrating and telling the story behind those strange albums that make you wonder how and why they exist. Doing deep dives on albums released by pro a... Read more

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Bruce Willis - The Return of Bruno

Bruce Willis - The Return of Bruno

The story of actor Bruce Willis' The Return of Bruno album(1987). 

6 Aug 2019

14mins

Ranked #2

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New Monkees

New Monkees

MTV aired episodes of the old Monkees tv show in 1986, which was also the twentieth anniversary of the band and the tv s... Read more

7 Jan 2020

17mins

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Paris Hilton - Paris

Paris Hilton - Paris

She was already an heiress. She was already a model. She was already an author. She had become an actress. So, of course... Read more

7 Apr 2020

21mins

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Freddy's Greatest Hits

Freddy's Greatest Hits

It's Halloween! Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street was a hit in 1984. But it was after A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: ... Read more

29 Oct 2019

19mins

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Van Morrison - The Authorized Bang Collection (Contractual Obligation Session)

Van Morrison - The Authorized Bang Collection (Contractual Obligation Session)

After his band Them broke up, Van Morrison was courted by Bang Records and Bert Berns to record some solo material. Afte... Read more

19 Nov 2019

20mins

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Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark

Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark

On the heels of the success of Sam Raimi's 2002 Spider-Man movie, Marvel announced a Spider-Man musical. Bono and The Ed... Read more

5 Nov 2019

17mins

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Richard Simmons - Reach

Richard Simmons - Reach

After opening his own salad bar and gym in Beverly Hills, Richard Simmons started getting national attention when his en... Read more

31 Dec 2019

17mins

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The Archies

The Archies

In 1968, a band composed entirely of cartoon characters from Riverdale released their self titled debut album...The Arch... Read more

13 Aug 2019

14mins

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Meco - Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk

Meco - Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk

Record producer Domenico "Meco" Monardo saw Star Wars on it's opening day in May of 1977. He ended up seeing it 11 times... Read more

12 Nov 2019

15mins

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Mother Earth’s Plantasia

Mother Earth’s Plantasia

A former writer for Gilligan’s Island named Joel Rapp, his wife Lynn Rapp, and a synthesizer pioneer named Mort Garson t... Read more

17 Mar 2020

21mins

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Miss Piggy's Aerobique Exercise Workout Album

Miss Piggy's Aerobique Exercise Workout Album

Jane Fonda’s Workout played a huge part of the 80's fitness craze. With success, comes parody. This is the story of Miss... Read more

10 Mar 2020

18mins

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Dee Dee King - Standing In The Spotlight

Dee Dee King - Standing In The Spotlight

In 1989, bassist Dee Dee Ramone left The Ramones and made a rap album under the name, Dee Dee King. This is the story of... Read more

20 Aug 2019

17mins

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Dinosaurs - Big Songs

Dinosaurs - Big Songs

Dinosaurs was a sitcom that was born from an idea that Jim Henson had shortly before his passing in 1990. Eventually his... Read more

26 Nov 2019

19mins

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Lenny and Squiggy Present - Lenny and The Squigtones

Lenny and Squiggy Present - Lenny and The Squigtones

Laverne and Shirley was a wildly popular American sitcom in the 70's and 80's. Michael McKean and David Lander played th... Read more

3 Sep 2019

18mins

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Shaquille O'Neal - Shaq Diesel

Shaquille O'Neal - Shaq Diesel

NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal released a platinum selling hip-hop album in 1993. This is the true story of how it came to ... Read more

27 Aug 2019

13mins

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The Johnny Cash Children’s Album

The Johnny Cash Children’s Album

Johnny Cash. The country music outlaw. The Man in Black. The man who once sang the lyrics, “I shot a man in Reno, just t... Read more

24 Mar 2020

20mins

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Chipmunk Punk

Chipmunk Punk

Alvin and The Chipmunks had all but faded away in the 1970's. Their unexpected return was due in part to a bored radio D... Read more

17 Sep 2019

16mins

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Twisted Sister - A Twisted Christmas

Twisted Sister - A Twisted Christmas

Long Island’s Twisted Sister were 1980’s MTV/heavy metal darlings. After reuniting in the early 2000's, they announced t... Read more

10 Dec 2019

21mins

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Christmas Time with The Three Stooges

Christmas Time with The Three Stooges

The Three Stooges started out as a vaudeville act back in the 1920's. They starred in 190 short films and in 1959, they ... Read more

24 Dec 2019

18mins

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Having Fun with Elvis On Stage

Having Fun with Elvis On Stage

Elvis Presley's manager, Colonel Tom Parker was not a Colonel. In fact, he wasn't even a legal US citizen. Many people b... Read more

14 Jan 2020

17mins

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