Permanent Record Podcast
Brian and Sarah are your hosts for this look back at albums from the New Wave and Classic Rock genres-- albums which have earned a permanent spot in their record collection. The hosts start the discussion with a history of the album, followed by their personal history with it. Over the course of two episodes, they do a track-by-track review of the album and the videos that accompany the singles. They conclude by each giving the album a final review and rating of zero to 100 record adapters. Join Brian and Sarah in this fun look back at the hits-- along with some misses-- of the 70s and 80s!
Episodes
Episode 191: PRP/Synthpop Symphony Crossover: Red Flag Part 1 (with DJ Matt Williams)
Brian and Sarah are thrilled to present the first in what will hopefully become a series of crossover episodes with DJ Matt Williams. Matt is the brains and the voice behind the amazing radio...
Episode 190: End of Summer Special 2025 (Part 2) – The Alarm & Duran Duran
Brian and Sarah are back and ready to continue their discussion of a couple of ‘summery’ songs, as the summer draws closer to an end in the Nor...
Episode 189: End of Summer Special 2025 (Part 1) - The Power Station & Bananarama
In the United States, the Labor Day weekend marks the unofficial end of summer. Brian and Sarah just aren’t ready to say goodbye to summer yet, so over the h...
Episode 188: Depeche Mode – Speak & Spell (1981) Part 5 (Featuring Will Crewdson)
With this fifth installment, Brian and Sarah wrap up their discussion of Depeche Mode’s debut album. Our hosts have been covering the US version of Speak & Spell, so there’s only o...
Episode 187: Depeche Mode – Speak & Spell (1981) Part 4
Brian & Sarah are back for a Martin Gore-focused look at "Speak and Spell" as they shine a spotlight on the three middle songs on side 2 of Depeche Mode's 1981 debut.
Up till now, this has been the Vince Cl...
Episode 186: Depeche Mode – Speak & Spell (1981) Part 3
In this episode, Brian and Sarah resume their look back at Depeche Mode’s debut album. As a reminder, they’re using the US track listing as they talk about the album, but for the songs contained in this epis...
Bonus Episode: Colours of Ever - Live at Stone Turtle House Concerts (June 5, 2025)
In our last episode, we mentioned that Brian and his life-long friend Jason would be opening for Vicki Peterson (The Bangles) and John Cowsill (The ...
Episode 185: April 2025 Concert Report (Kylie Minogue, Alison Moyet) and State of the Podcast
Where have Brian and Sarah been these last few weeks? Well, for one thing, they’ve been to several concerts! They started and ended the month of April by attending amazing performan...
Episode 184: Concert Report: Richard Blade/ABC/Howard Jones (2025)
Episode 183: The NewlyPod Game (featuring Brian, Sarah, Alex, Andy, Brad, Eric, and Jon)
On Saturday, February 8th, podcast hosts from all over the United States met outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to shop for records, eat pancakes, and...
Episode 182: Depeche Mode – Speak & Spell (1981) Part 2
Brian and Sarah's look back at D...
PRP 007 Mini-Broadcast: Episode 8 – Diamonds Are Forever
Since the beginning of the show, Brian has done his best to strong-arm discussion of Agent 007 into as many podcasts as he could. Finally he convinced Sarah to embark on a new mission: the Permanent R...
Episode 181: PRP Holiday Hotline: Musical Christmas Memories
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Episode 180: Depeche Mode – Speak & Spell (1981) Part 1 – Second Half
BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL!! We wanted to get this episode to you on Black Friday, but in order to do that, we have to get chintzy with these show notes. I'm just re-using Sarah's notes from last ...
Episode 179: Depeche Mode – Speak & Spell (1981) Part 1 – First Half
Brian and Sarah are back, and they’re ready to talk about Depeche Mode. And talk they do! This episode was about three hours long when they finished recording, so they decided it would be best t...
Episode 178: Happy Birthday to Us: The Cure – “Songs of a Lost World” (2024) and State of the Podcast
It’s been a wh...
Episode 177: Depeche Mode – Speak & Spell (1981) – Part 0 – "End of Summer Special" featuring Brad Page and Eric Miller
Episode 176: 80s Supergroup Fantasy Draft
Here in the USA, summer is on the way out, and (A...
Episode 175: Concert Report - Totally Tubular Festival (2024)
On July 20, 2024, Brian and Sarah had the pleasure of attending an 80s music festival at Poconos Park Amphitheater in Bushkill, PA.
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Episode 174: In Conversation With Billy Vera (Part 2)
Our conversation with author/actor/musician Billy Vera concludes with an episode that touches on so many different aspects of this great man's career.
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