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Welcome to B Side, the mini series.
From through the Creative Door, join Alexis and Sam as they dive into the timeless world of vinyl.
For Alexis, vinyl was more than music.
It was a Sunday ritual she shared with her dad, listening, talking, and soaking in the stories behind each album and the artwork on every sleeve.
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Though her dad is no longer with us, she continues this tradition with her friend Sam Timmerman.
Join them as they share their passion for vinyl and the stories is records Hold.
Hello Sam.
I'm excited about this one.
Oh my goodness.
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Another week and another vinyl coming our way.
What have you brought forth and go?
And go.
It's all the Rage by Mark Turner and Jesse Gordon.
It's brand new.
We are both super excited about this.
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We, I could almost say we have a vested interest in this one, but we.
These dear friends of both of ours, and it is super exciting that they have finally, at least I know this other that they've been working on for a long time.
I've been waiting.
The beautiful front cover of this final sleeve is a beautiful photo of our dear friends, Mark Turner and Jesse Gordon by the lovely Josh Wells, who, if you have been following the potty, was actually on episode two, season one, correct.
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Through the Creative Door, so.
Have a listen to that episode.
He's a stunning creation himself, but might be looking stylish AF over there.
Yes, and beautiful artwork by Trevor Hutchson on the back here as well.
Just I had a look at some of his other work he's done for various companies and releases and all sorts of things.
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He's fantastic and I feel like the aesthetic just exactly fits.
Absolutely.
First fun fact of the day talking to the Turner is that those with a keen eye will notice a text by Bill Bryson on the front, one Summer American 1927 by Bill Bryson, which features a little fixed wing aircraft on the front, and Trevor designed a replica digitally of this plane with all the rage written on it.
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For the album cover I like.
Which then Easter eggs aren't they good?
Which the second part of the Easter egg is on the vinyl itself.
The airplane appears again, and as you play the record, it flies around.
It flies in a circle.
Oh.
Which is super fun.
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And I'm gonna transition that into saying this rock record is rude.
Oh, this is a red vinyl goodness for those listening.
It is absolutely stunning.
It is a bright, see Throughy red?
It is garlic, and I'm showing everyone the ring light and the reflection of my room, but that's okay.
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So.
For those who may or may not follow Jesse Gordon and Mark Turner on the socials.
There was a little incident when they were getting some of those CDs printed originally, which was that someone perhaps didn't vet enough.
And got a whole 500 or something, which had no saxophone solo in one of the songs.
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If I do recall it now, has quite a lot of copies of everything but the saxophone solos.
So you've, if you would like a jazz backing track to improvise along to that.
Mark and Jesse, there's your next little outreach.
Get people's record over it.
That can be fun.
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Oh my goodness.
And then submit it in.
Maybe they could have every Send us your own solo.
How about that?
Yes.
Every city they, that they go to, they can have someone feature come up on stage.
Mm. Now this whole thing is just a beautiful little family project.
Essentially recorded Ad Vision studios in Victoria Park, Western Australia by the lovely James Newhouse.
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Who I had the pleasure of chatting to during the week, and he's a fantastic human being.
And just casually built a studio in the backyard of Mr. Turner's house as well.
So they'd known each other for a long time.
Yeah, very talented man.
Very talented.
The overall sound of the record is just gorgeous.
It's a, an exercise in nostalgia while featuring new compositions.
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I love this, which was great.
All.
Perth trained or born, or all of the above musicians as well.
Shout out to all of the gentlemen on the record.
Carl Florescent on the bass, bro Ainsworth on the drums.
Saxophones by Lachlan Glover and Tom Grebel.
Piano and clarinet by the absolutely unstoppable Adrianne ante who has his own record out as well.
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Trombone by Sam Hadler, trumpet by Matt Smith and Mattias Falcons on Hammond as well.
All stunning musician.
My heart.
Group.
Stunning lineup.
Absolutely stunning lineup.
So for those listening, if you want side quests, you can be in a glorious side quest with that whole entire list of musicians.
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Absolutely.
They're absolutely stunning and have beautiful music out on their own.
All of them.
Stunning.
Adrian and Matt Smith both have amazing records out released in the last year.
Yes.
They're well worth checking out.
I concur.
Do you have a hot pick?
Were you able to pick one?
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See, this is just such a difficult one to pick because I can sing along to all of these.
I've seen them live.
I've seen the growth and the change of how they've been played live to a point where they've then been recorded.
So they all have such a soft spot for me.
But I think the one that I would have to say is also the one that live.
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I just love watching the crowd participation and how much they get back from the crowd.
And it is a glorious song called The Pastry Song.
So for those, forgive me, forgive my reaction.
It tells a lot, oh, I have a filthy mouth.
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I have a filthy mind.
For anyone who knows everything's filthy.
What a set of lyrics it is.
He says as he holds up a TT towel.
So one of the merch items with this actual release is at such a vibey TT towel, which I'm all for TT towel merch.
You have your own?
I do.
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I just love them.
I think they're fantastic.
But the pastry song actually has its own TT towel with all of the lyrics from it, which I just want, I want, it's on my shopping list.
But for those listening, the pastry song, it is.
A tongue in cheek glorious song with lyrics about all sorts of different pastries.
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And that's all it's about.
It's just about pastry fonts and things that you can find in a lovely cafe, a bakery.
And there's just a little bit of cheekiness in there, a little, ah, it's just about question playing Anna.
So I dare you to listen to it and I dare you not to laugh 'cause it is cheeky and it's, look at it.
Handwritten by Ms. Gordon herself.
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Oh my goodness.
Jessie Gordon.
What a stunner.
She's got gorgeous handwriting.
Just beautiful.
But yeah, so that is my top pick.
I love watching when they play that live.
I love just, they have some beautiful, serious songs in their repertoire, but I love that tongue in cheek that comes out and that lightness that comes out.
Both of them playing as well as the audience that is, yeah, just fast.
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Yeah, just leaning in.
It's gorgeous.
How about you?
What's your top pick?
What do you got for me?
Linger.
Oh stunning lingo ever longer.
One of the first tracks that exist on this record that I had heard quite a few years ago now, actually, when they first wrote this and hearing it for the first time, I decided to not steal it, but I decided to
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appropriate it per se.
It needed to go.
It just needed to be in another band that I was part of at the time, and just a stunning, beautiful little song to be sung in harmony with your friends and just paints a little picture of a quiet space from my mind.
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I can never remember the lyrics exactly, even when I'm singing it.
Those harmony lines are just beautiful.
Just such a great marriage and just.
Washes over you so eloquently.
And it's exactly what you were just saying about how it just sits in that lovely space.
But from my mind, it has a very ink spots feel to it.
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So for those who know the ink spots, they'll know exactly what I mean straight away.
If you don't.
They are an old, the group from I believe the forties or fifties.
Someone who I am very dear to will probably hit me for saying the wrong thing there, but that's okay.
They're the group that created, I don't want to set the word on fire.
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It's another beautiful little song.
Very just relaxed and sit back in an armchair on the porch and just watch the world go by, and I love it about that.
I love that about that song.
It's fantastic.
So
all the rage, Jesse Gordon and Mark Turner.
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Oh this off.
Beautiful offering to give.
We're both super proud of them.
Ski holes, it's amazing, and I'm gonna go listen to it again.
Me too.
Thanks brother.
I'll talk to you soon.
Thanks so much.
Bye.
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