Goldmine

Hosts Alan Brostoff (Dr. Disc of Record Store Recon) and Rev (frontman of The Drowns) wrap up the year, looking back at the best record releases and the best shows, and the making of the first episodes of Goldmine's Dollar Bin podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Iveys/Badfinger bassist Ron Griffiths explains the latest Iveys demos release, Miniskirts And Rainbows (Demos: 1966-1969) - The Iveys Anthology Volume 5, and the evolution into the power pop sensation Badfinger (and tidbits about mentors Paul McCartney and — for a short time — Ray Davies). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode of the Goldmine Podcast's "Record Shop Talk" will center on prog rock and, by chance, a little-known British band from the early 1980s called Zed (whose debut 1981 LP was found by the staff in a budget bin for only a few bucks). Besides wondering about the aforementioned band's brief place in rock history, where does "prog rock" specifically fit in a record shop? In other words, should it have its own record section or bin? Is it a genre that is really that easy to define? Goldmine's editor, Patrick Prince, and Luna Record Shop employee Holden Russiano attempt to get to the root of these questions as two music enthusiasts who have never collected rock records with the term "prog" in mind. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian Bonsall, The Ataris guitarist and former child actor (Family Ties, Star Trek: The Next Generation, etc.), is a guest on Goldmine's Dollar Bin podcast to talk about his lifelong preference for CDs over vinyl when it comes to collecting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tiny Vinyl, a new 4-inch playable record format, is an exciting new product. Tiny Vinyl exec Neil Kohler (a toy industry vet) comes on the Goldmine Podcast to tell everyone why this format works for collectors, in general, and vinyl enthusiasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices