Tag Archives: Joey Altruda

9.18.2008

VINYL MELTDOWN NO. 3

Live Los Angeles: 1938-1968. Joey Altruda holds court with Domenic Priore—LA music historian, sociologist, and author of Riot On The Sunset Strip, Smile—The Story Of Brian Wilson’s Lost Masterpiece, Beatsville, Dumb Angel #4, All Summer Long, etc. Priore takes you on a tour of famous Los Angeles clubs featuring live performances from 1938-1968. This is a fascinating journey spanning three decades of musical genres: Swing, Bebop, Beat Generation, Folk, Surf, Gogo, Soul, Psychedelia and more. Tracklist: House Of Blue Lights: Manny Strand Drummin Man: Gene Krupa Orchestra Farmer’s Market: Wardell Grey Scrapple From The Apple: Art Pepper Deacon’s Hop: Big Jay McNelly Summertime Blues: Richie Valens Bongo Fever: Jack ...
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8.29.2008

VINYL MELTDOWN NO. 2

Music To Trip On. Joey Altruda presents a tongue-in-cheek mind melting mixture of incredibly strange music known to cause psychosis to the feign of heart. Featuring a diverse fluctuation of genres/artists including Frank Zappa, Moondog, Ken Nordine, Lenny Bruce, Phyllis Diller, Sammy Davis Jr. etc., Altruda weaves a masterful mix through twenty seven tracks of truly bizarre records from the vinyl cemetery. This episode is a must listen. Tracklist: Musica Para Rosa Y Christy: Senen Suarez Maroon: Ken Nordine Igor’s Boogie Phase 1: Frank Zappa Brazillian Bash: Les Baxter The Secret: Creed Taylor Tema De Los Monkeys: Perez Prado LSD Interlude: Lawrence Schiller Hasta la frontera: Rudy Gonzalez Y Sus Reno Bops Mr. ...
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7.10.2008

VINYL MELTDOWN NO. 1

Joey’s Place Los Angeles native and music aficionado Joey Altruda hosts his new show, Vinyl Meltdown, on Reserve Radio. Joey has been a fixture on the LA music scene since the early 80’s with his previous bands Tupelo Chain Sex, Joey Altruda’s Mambo Noir Orchestra and Jump With Joey, along with compositional scores for motion pictures. He also owns the longest running recording studio here in LA, formerly known as Electro Vox Studios and now is known as Joey’s Place. Tracklist:La Comparsita: Paolo Moura Ramble: Rico Rodriguez Born Loser: Derrick Harriot Sesame Street: Scotty & The Crystalites Away From It All: Don Drummond The Hunter: Prince Buster ...
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