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        <title>Random Vinyl from Minnesota Public Radio</title>
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        <description>Every day around 6:30 a.m. The Current&#039;s  Morning Show hosts pick a random record from the bins and throw it on the turntable.  For Random Vinyl before July 1, 2012, visit the &lt;a href=&quot;http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/music_blog/archive/random-vinyl/&quot;&gt;blog archive&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River (1969)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[This is an all around solid record from CCR, with some of their best known songs &quot;Green River,&quot; &quot;Bad Moon Rising,&quot; and &quot;Lodi.&quot;  Rolling Stone ranked this album #95 on their 2003 list of the greatest albums of all time.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive! (1976)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Frampton&#039;s live double album that forever linked his name to the talk box.  The big hits from this record are &quot;Show Me the Way,&quot; &quot;Baby, I Love Your Way,&quot; and &quot;Do You Feel Like We Do.&quot;]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Steely Dan - Aja (1977)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Steely Dan&#039;s best-selling album, &quot;Aja&quot; was a tour-de-force of session musician virtuosity, with no fewer than 36 guest master-players appearing on its seven tracks.  For whatever reason, Steely Dan remains vastly unhip with contemporary cool kids (Too slick? Too smooth?), so that ostensibly makes it a guilty pleasure today.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Cinderella - Long Cold Winter (1988)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[This week on Random Vinyl it&#039;s guilty pleasure week!  80&#039;s glam rock band Cinderella was featured with &quot;Gypsy Road.&quot;  The other big hit from this album was &quot;Don&#039;t Know What You Got (Till It&#039;s Gone).&quot;  Jill can&#039;t decide if she felt more guilt than pleasure when grabbing this from the &quot;home use only&quot; shelf this morning.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Yes - The Yes Album (1971)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Steve&#039;s first submission for Guilty Pleasures Week comes from the often scorned genre of prog rock. Yes&#039; &quot;The Yes Album&quot; was the band&#039;s breakthrough, containing hits like &quot;Starship Trooper&quot; and &quot;Yours Is No Disgrace.&quot; Steve selected &quot;I&#039;ve Seen All Good People.&quot;]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Madonna - True Blue (1986)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Madonna just performed in the Twin Cities for the first time since 1987.  To celebrate, we played &quot;Open Your Heart,&quot; one of Madonna&#039;s best pop songs from the 80&#039;s.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Sweet - Give Us a Wink (1976)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Give Us a Wink is an album released in March 1976 by the British rock band Sweet. It was their first album to be fully written and produced by the band themselves. We played &quot;Action&quot; which reached the Top 10 in many European countries.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:26:44 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: The Blasters - Hard Line (1985)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[The California based band led by the Alvin brothers has been pumping out good ol&#039; fashioned amped-up American roots rock for several decades.  &quot;Hard Line&quot; contains the song &quot;Dark Night,&quot; which has been used on TV and movie soundtracks ranging from &quot;Miami Vice&quot; to the Robetr Rodriquez/Quentin Tarrantino vampire flick &quot;From Dusk Til Dawn.&quot;]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:36:56 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (1978)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Gabriel&#039;s 1978 solo album was the second of three known simply as &quot;Peter Gabriel&quot; (his fourth would have had the same title yet again if Geffen Records hadn&#039;t balked). This one is sometimes nicknamed &quot;Scratch&quot; for its cover art depicting Gabriel appearing the scratch the air with his fingernails.  We played &quot;On the Air.&quot;]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:35:24 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Lloyd Cole - Lloyd Cole (1990)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[After three albums with his band The Commotions, Lloyd Cole&#039;s self-titled solo debut delivered more of the literate, melodic guitar-driven pop he&#039;d become known for, but with a roster of guest musicians including Robert Quine and Matthew Sweet.  We played &quot;Undressed.&quot;]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: The 5th Dimension - Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (1969)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[&quot;Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In&quot; (commonly called &quot;The Age of Aquarius&quot; or &quot;Let the Sunshine In&quot;) is a medley of two songs written for the 1967 musical Hair by James Rado &amp; Gerome Ragni (lyrics), and Galt MacDermot (music), released as a single by The 5th Dimension.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 12:42:10 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Lulu - To Sir With Love (1967)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Lulu is best known in the U.S. for a of couple movie themes.  &quot;To Sir With Love&quot; was a huge hit in 1967. She also sang the theme to the 1974 James Bond film The Man With the Golden Gun.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 13:13:53 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: The Beatles - A Hard Day&#039;s Night (1964 U.S.)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[This is not the UK &quot;A Hard Day&#039;s Night&quot; album part of the official discography of The Beatles.  This is the US release, the &quot;Original Motion Picture Soundtrack,&quot; featuring tracks from the film and some George Martin, instrumental arrangements.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow (1967)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[This is the second record from Jefferson Airplane and the first to feature Grace Slick on vocals.  She brought a few songs over from her previous group The Great Society, &quot;Somebody to Love&quot; and &quot;White Rabbit,&quot; which became huge hits and put the psychedelic, counterculture of San Fransisco into the mainstream.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson (1971)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Harry Nilsson&#039;s album &quot;Nilsson Schmilsson was a commercial hit, with the songs &quot;Coconut,&quot; &quot;Jump Into the Fire&quot; and the Badfinger cover &quot;Without You.&quot;]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: ABBA - Greatest Hits (1976 U.S.)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Swedish pop band Abba (an acronym of members Agnetha Faltskog, Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus and Anni-Frid Lyngstad) made some of the best pop music of the 1970&#039;s.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:26:48 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - The Breakfast Club (1985)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Anthony Michael Hall starred in this classic John Hughes flick.  By the way, are YOU in the physics club?]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Living Colour - Vivid (1989)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Mick Jagger was a big fan of this band, he even produced some of their songs.  We melted some faces with &quot;Cult of Personality,&quot; with one of the best guitar solos ever (at least in the top 30).]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 12:43:50 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Black Sabbath - Master of Reality (1971)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Guess what?  The song &quot;Sweet Leaf&quot; is not about grandma&#039;s tea.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: The Rolling Stones - Aftermath (1966)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[The U.S. release of this record includes the song &quot;Paint it, Black.&quot;  The U.K. version has &quot;Mother&#039;s Little Helper.&quot;]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: The Kinks - Kinks-Size (1965)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[US release from The Kinks with the big hits &quot;All Day and All of the Night&quot; and &quot;Tired of Waiting for You,&quot; and their respective B-sides.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Joan Jett - I Love Rock &#039;n Roll (1981)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[After the breakup of The Runaways (&quot;Cherry Bomb&quot;), Joan Jett started her solo career.  This record was her second release and first with her backup band The Blackhearts.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 11:23:21 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Steve Winwood - Chronicles (1987)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Steve Winwood joined The Spencer Davis Group when he was a teenager, went on to be a member of Traffic and Blind Faith, and had a successful solo career in the 80&#039;s.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 12:03:45 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: The B-52&#039;s - Cosmic Thing (1989)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Fred Schneider has one of the most distinct voices in pop music.  This record had the big hits &quot;Love Shack&quot; and &quot;Roam.&quot;]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Rush - Fly by Night (1975)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Rush&#039;s second album and the first to include their new drummer and lyrist Neil Peart.  Let the air drumming begin.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Rare Earth - Willie Remembers (1972)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Rare Earth was on the Motown Records subsidiary label called Rare Earth. They had hits covering Motown songs, but didn&#039;t really achieve that same success when they recorded original material.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 11:39:51 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Manuela - Manuela (1969)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[German female singer who had most of her success in the 1960&#039;s. She changed her name from Doris to Manuela for a more exotic appeal. Thanks to all the Random Vinyl listeners for help in researching this artist!]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:36:09 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Manuela - Manuela (1969)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[German female singer who had most of her success in the 1960&#039;s. She changed her name from Doris to Manuela for a more exotic appeal.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: The Limeliters - The Slightly Fabulous Limeliters (1961)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[A live record from this 1960&#039;s New York folk-trio.  They also did some commercial work for Coca-Cola and a cigarette brand.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Chase - Chase (1971)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Jazz-rock fusion anyone?  Chase was very trumpet heavy, lead by Bill Chase.  They made three records in the early 1970&#039;s, but ceased to exist after Bill Chase was killed in a plane crash in Jackson, MN.  The band Chase&#039;s first record had one charting single called &quot;Get it On.&quot;]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Devo - Shout (1984)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[This album was a big fail for Devo. In fact, it was such a fail that the band was dropped from their label and the members decided to spend some time apart. The only highlight from this record is the Devo cover of &quot;Are U Experienced&quot; by Jimi Hendrix.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: The Police - Ghost in the Machine (1981)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[The album art widely recognized as being significant in the history of record covers. It&#039;s a seven-segment display (like you&#039;d see on your alarm clock) representing Andy Summers, Sting and Stewart Copeland.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 11:23:03 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: The Foundations - Build me up Buttercup (1968)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Foundations were a British soul group, heavily influenced by the Motown sound.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Van Halen - Van Halen II (1979)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Substitute Morning Show host John Munson felt like rocking out to some Van Halen this morning.  John was so excited about Van Halen when he was growing up that he actually brought this record to school to show off to his friends.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Television - Marquee Moon (1977)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Television came out of the New York 1970&#039;s punk scene and had a big influence on the post-punk and new wave scene.  They are best known for their &quot;Marquee Moon&quot; album.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Twin Cities Funk &amp; Soul: Lost R&amp;B Grooves From Minneapolis/St. Paul 1964-1979  (2012)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Minneapolis label Secret Stash Records will release this compilation on September 25th. Not only is it an awesome listen, but a Twin Cities music history lesson. We played a song from Wanda Davis with &quot;Save Me.&quot;]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 10:55:53 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Lee Michaels - Recital (1968)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Lee Michaels is best known for his Top 10 hit in 1971 &quot;Do You Know What I Mean.&quot; On the cover of Recital, he look like he&#039;s wearing some sort of chainmail tank top with no pants.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:46:37 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping (1974)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[The second album from Lynyrd Skynyrd had the big hit Sweet Home Alabama, along with &quot;Don&#039;t Ask me No Questions&quot; and the J.J. Cale cover &quot;Call me the Breeze.&quot; Bonus fact: Guitarist Ed King was in the band Strawberry Alarm Clock before he joined up with Lynyrd Skynyrd.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Elvis Presley - Let&#039;s Be Friends (1970)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Not a proper &quot;album&quot; in the discography, we vinyl geeks call this a budget record or a &quot;drugstore&quot; record. They were cheap to buy and contained previously releases material. This collection contains songs from various Elvis movies.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack  - Pretty in Pink (1986)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[This is one of the best soundtracks from the 80s.  It&#039;s almost as if John Hughes made the mix especially for YOU.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Friend &amp; Lover - Reach Out of the Darkness (1968)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[This married folk duo of Jim and Cathy post had a one hit wonder with &quot;Reach Out of the Darkness.&quot;  The late Joe South (&quot;Games People Play&quot;) was one of the producers on this record.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 11:50:05 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Journey - Next (1977)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Journey&#039;s third album and much different Journey than the one you know today. The Journey before Steve Perry had much more of a prog rock and &quot;jam&quot; sound.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 11:34:19 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin&#039; Bob Dylan (1963)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Bob Dylan has been a busy guy lately.  He&#039;s got an upcoming show in November at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul and he&#039;s set to release his new record Tempest next week.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2012 11:30:10 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Crosby, Stills, Nash &amp; Young - Deja Vu (1970)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[The first record by all four members David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash and Neil Young.  This record is so solid, from start to finish.  We played the title track with John Sebastian (The Lovin&#039; Spoonful) featured on harmonica.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Electric Light Orchestra - A New World Record (1976)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Jeff Lynne of E.L.O. felt that some of his best songwriting, at that point in his career, was on this record.  The hits on this album were &quot;Livin&#039; Thing,&quot; &quot;Do Ya&quot; and &quot;Telephone Line.&quot;]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:34:35 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Deep Purple - Who Do We Think We Are (1973)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Deep Purple recorded this album using The Rolling Stones&#039; Mobile Studio.  The big hit was &quot;Woman From Tokyo.&quot;  Or--as the album sleeve reads, &quot;Woman From Tokayo.&quot;]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 15:05:35 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: The Buckinghams - Greatest Hits (1969)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[With a name like The Buckinghams, you&#039;d think they were British.  Nope, they are from Chicago, but took on the name to fit in with the British Invasion craze in the mid-60s.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 11:23:57 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Fat Boys - Coming Back Hard Again (1988)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Who remembers Fat Boys?  As much of a novelty act as the seemed to be, Prince Markie Dee, Kool Rock-Ski and The Human Beat Box are considered early pioneers of hip hop.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: The Monkees - The Monkees (1966)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Monkees will be at the State Theatre in Minneapolis on November 15th.  To celebrate the fact that Mike Nesmith will be touring with the band, we played the Nesmith tune &quot;Papa Gene&#039;s Blues.&quot;]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Sandy Posey - Single Girl (1966)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Sandy Posey was a pop and country crossover artist, but never left a huge mark on pop culture.  On this record she covers Otis Redding&#039;s &quot;I&#039;ve Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now).&quot;]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:12:54 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: The Who - Who&#039;s Next (1971)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[This morning&#039;s Random Vinyl was a good opportunity to remind a certain generation of music fans that &quot;Behind Blue Eyes&quot; is NOT a Limp Bizkit original.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 11:41:46 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: The Turtles - Elenore (1968) 7&quot; Single</title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Turtles wrote &quot;Elenore&quot; to stick it to their record company, it was supposed to be satire and  full of pop cliches. The joke was on them because it turned out to be a pretty awesome song.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Bamboo - Bamboo (1969)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[This band was led by Minnesota musician Dave Ray of blues-folk trio Koerner, Ray and Glover.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: The Band - Rock of Ages (1972)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[A live album by The Band, recorded in December 1971 at the Academy of Music in New York.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Santana - Santana III (1971)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[The third release from Santana and the last album to feature the Woodstock-era lineup (Neal Schon and Gregg Rolie left in 1972 to form Journey).]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 11:44:55 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Duran Duran - Rio (1982)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Duran Duran playing &quot;Rio&quot; would&#039;ve been a good preview of the 2016 Olympics.  Except, in the lyrics he&#039;s singing about the Rio Grande.  That&#039;s not in Brazil.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 12:09:55 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Fleetwood Mac - The Pious Bird of Good Omen  (1969)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[The blues instrumental &quot;Albatross&quot; would influence a number of other songs including The Beatles &quot;Sun King.&quot;]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Kai Winding - The In Instrumentals  (1965)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Jazz player and band leader from Denmark.  He made a number of records on the Verve label.  He attempts to jazz up some covers from the &quot;mods and rockers.&quot;]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Madness - One Step Beyond (1979)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[The first record from Madness.  We played &quot;The Prince,&quot; a nod to Jamaican ska musician Prince Buster.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Rock Goddess - Hell Hath No Fury (1984)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[All female heavy metal band from the UK.  They signed with A&amp;M records in the early 80&#039;s, made a few albums and split up by the time the 80&#039;s were over.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 11:11:19 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Prince - For You (1978)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Clearly, this is a period of Prince&#039;s career when he was spelling out full words, rather than naming the record &quot;4 U.&quot;]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:28:56 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Baja Marimba Band - Heads Up! (1967)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[This band was lead by Tijuana Brass Band member and marimba player Julius Wechter.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 12:14:06 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: The Fifth Dimension - The Age Of Aquarius (1969)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[The title track off this one was the group&#039;s big hit - a song from the musical &quot;Hair.&quot;]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Vanilla Fudge - Vanilla Fudge (1967)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[The debut record from the New York band Vanilla Fudge.  They&#039;re most famous for covering other people&#039;s songs.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Quincy Jones - Smackwater Jack (1971)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[For anyone who doesn&#039;t remember the show Ironside, you might recognize the theme from the Kill Bill movies when Uma Thurman&#039;s character encounters an enemy.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 10:57:03 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac (1975)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[This is the second self-titled Fleetwood Mac record (the first was the Peter Green era).  The band now had the &quot;classic&quot; lineup of Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Christine McVie, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 12:17:04 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Sonny Bono - Inner Views (1967)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Sonny&#039;s attempt at making a psychedelic record.  Upon first listen you&#039;ll realize that Sonny Bono was far too square to fit into the Summer of Love.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2012 11:44:36 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Smith - A Group Called Smith (1969)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[This group had a big hit with their version of &quot;Baby, It&#039;s You.&quot;  They cover a number of songs on this record, adding their own blues-rock arrangements.  We played their version of The Zombies &quot;Tell Her No,&quot; but with Gayle McCormick on lead vocal the title is &quot;Tell Him No.&quot;]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2012 11:42:45 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Dean Martin - You Can&#039;t Love &#039;Em All (1967)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[We added some class to Random Vinyl this morning with Dean Martin&#039;s hit and permanent stamp on pop culture, &quot;Ain&#039;t That a Kick in the Head.&quot;]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2012 11:33:55 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: The Rolling Stones - Flowers (1967)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Rolling Stones US compilation album &quot;Flowers&quot; came out in 1967.  It included some unreleased songs like &quot;Ride On, Baby.&quot;]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 10:54:15 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: The Turtles - It Ain&#039;t Me Babe (1965)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Turtles first album. &quot;Eve of Destruction&quot; was a protest song penned by P.F. Sloan and made famous by Barry McGuire.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2012 12:11:09 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Gram Parsons - GP (1973)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Gram Parsons is credited as being a huge influence on the alt country genre.  After a short stint with The Byrds and his time with The Flying Burrito Brothers, he created a blend of rock and country music that he called &quot;American Cosmic Music.&quot;  He made two solo records in the early 70&#039;s with his singing partner Emmylou Harris.  &quot;GP&quot; was loved by critics, but failed to break into the mainstream.  Parsons died of a drug overdose in 1973 at the age of 26 at the Joshua Tree Inn.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:58:17 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo&#039;s Factory (1970)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Anyone familiar with The Big Lebowski will probably connect this record to The Dude.  In 2003, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked &quot;Cosmo&#039;s Factory&quot; 265 on its list of 500 Greatest Albums.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Various Artists - What&#039;s Shakin (1966)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Elektra Records compilation of demos from The Lovin&#039; Spoonful, Eric Clapton and others.  We played &quot;Crossroads&quot; covered by Eric Clapton and The Powerhouse.  Eric Clapton would record that song with Cream a few years later.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Midnight Oil - 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (1982)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Australian band&#039;s major label debut on Columbia, the album (whose title is usually shortened by fans to &quot;10, 9, 8&quot;) was a ferocious explosion of political anger, driving guitars and drums, and anthemic melodies; Midnight Oil would water things down considerably on later albums to reach a broader MTV audience.  We played &quot;Read About It.&quot;]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:30:03 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Joe Jackson Band - Beat Crazy (1980)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Joe Jackson&#039;s third album wasn&#039;t quite as successful as his first two - for some reason the record wasn&#039;t promoted in the United States like the previous pair and no singles were released here - but it was received extremely well by critics and fans.  &quot;Beat Crazy&quot; shows Jackson embracing reggae even more fully and explicitly than on his first two albums.  We played the title track.]]></description>
                                                <link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/07/19/random-vinyl?refid=0</link>
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                                    <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 11:45:25 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Mick Karn - Dreams of Reason Produce Monsters (1987)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[A solo project from the fretless bassist, saxophonist and composer from the band Japan, we played the song &quot;Buoy,&quot; featuring Karn&#039;s Japan bandmate David Sylvian on vocals.]]></description>
                                                <link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/07/18/random-vinyl2?refid=0</link>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Kitty Wells - Heartbreak U.S.A. (1961)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Queen of Country Music passed away Monday, July 16th at the age of 92.  Kitty Wells recorded about 50 albums, had 25 Top 10 country hits and toured from the late 1930s until she quit the road in 2000. She was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1976.]]></description>
                                                <link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/07/17/random-vinyl?refid=0</link>
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                                    <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Grateful Dead - Workingman&#039;s Dead (1970)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[A Random Vinyl pick for the Deadheads.  Time to get that dancing bears, tie-dye t-shirt out of storage.
Jill bought this record at Amoeba Records in Hollywood, CA.  Great album, great record shop memory.]]></description>
                                                <link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/07/18/random-vinyl?refid=0</link>
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                                    <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: The Byrds - Dr. Byrds &amp; Mr. Hyde (1969)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[This record was the follow up to The Byrds&#039; country-influenced album &quot;Sweetheart of the Rodeo.&quot; This record was appropriately named, as it was a little country, a little psychedelic; it has two different personalities.  The band&#039;s lineup had also changed: founding member Roger McGuinn on guitar/vocals, session player Clarence White on guitar, Gene Parsons (no relation to Gram Parsons) on drums and John York on bass (Chris Hillman had departed to join the Flying Burrito Brothers).]]></description>
                                                <link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/07/13/random-vinyl?refid=0</link>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 10:32:17 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Canned Heat - Cookbook (1969)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[This best of compilation contained the 1968 single and unofficial theme song of Woodstock 69&#039; &quot;Going up the Country.&quot;]]></description>
                                                <link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/07/12/random-vinyl-07122012?refid=0</link>
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                                    <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:32:49 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Neil Diamond - Shilo (1970)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Jill brought in this compilation album to celebrate Neil Diamond&#039;s Saint Paul show at the Xcel Energy Center.  &quot;Cherry, Cherry&quot; was released as a single in July 1966.  It was penned by Neil Diamond and produced by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich.  It&#039;s really easy to learn on guitar.  Three chords (E-A-D) and you&#039;ll impress everyone at your next party.]]></description>
                                                <link>http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/07/11/random-vinyl-07112012?refid=0</link>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2012 11:58:53 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Aerosmith - Aerosmith (1973)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[The self-titled, debut record from Aerosmith that featured the hit single &quot;Dream On.&quot;]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2012 11:56:14 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Elton John - Honky Chateau (1972)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[This record marked a transition from singer-songwriter to the fuller rock/pop Elton John sound.  Elton&#039;s touring band was utilized in the making of this record and the production is just spot on.  We played the New Orleans-sound influenced track &quot;Honky Cat.&quot;]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2012 11:36:55 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Conway Twitty - It&#039;s Only Make Believe</title>
            <description><![CDATA[This greatest hits compilation contains the 1974 Conway Twitty single &quot;I See the Want to in Your Eyes.&quot;]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 11:01:36 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Chet Baker - Let&#039;s Get Lost</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Chet Baker&#039;s performances from the Bruce Weber documentary Let&#039;s Get Lost, a bittersweet film highlighting the early-career highs and late-in-life lows of one of jazz&#039;s sweetest, smokiest crooners and trumpet players.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:39:15 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: The Caravelles</title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Caravelles were a British female duo who had a hit in 1963 when they recorded the country song &quot;You Don&#039;t Have to be a Baby to Cry.&quot;]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:30:55 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Random Vinyl: Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Bob Dylan found his country croon voice when he made this record.]]></description>
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                                    <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2012 16:13:41 -0500</pubDate>
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