Vinyl Voyage Radio

Sticky Fingers is my favorite albums from the Rolling Stones. And this is, perhaps, the greatest rock ballad ever recorded. Listen to the Song of the Week on Wednesday at 10am and 10pm, Central. Then, it repeats throughout the week. Or, listen now to it being played on original vinyl.

Did you miss any episode of "The Song of the Week" over the last ten weeks? Don't worry. We've got you covered. Catch up with the "Song of the Week Anthology." You can listen to the Anthology at the following times: 8am and 8pm Wednesday, December 13 3 am Thursday, December 14 4 pm Saturday, December 16 1 pm Sunday, December 17 Or, you can listen to it on-demand via Mixcloud

We are spinning the 1968 Rolling Stones classic, "Sympathy for the Devil" this week on the Song of the Week. The Song of the Week premieres every Wednesday at 10 am (Central), repeats at 10 pm and then can be heard throughout the week. Watch and listen to it being played on original vinyl.

This summer, I have been busy adding new vinyl to the Vinyl Voyage library.  Here are just a few of the new albums you will be able to hear streaming on Vinyl Voyage Radio.  More to come!

It was the last day of school.  I was planning on heading down to the Chicago Blues Fest with some co-workers, but I had to clean my desk and haul some books down to the "rebind" room.  That took longer than I had anticipated.  Plus, the weather didn't look so great.  So, I decided to skip that trip and just head home. On the way, I stopped off at my local record store, Rainbow Records in Barrington, to treat myself to a little vinyl.  There are always albums that I want, but inevitably, when I get to the record store, I never seem to be able to remember any of them.  Been looking for some Cure, but vinyl Cure is a little difficult to find.  Saw Sting's debut album, but I have that on cd and decided against it Browsing through the Rs, I came across Tattoo You , the 1981 release from the Rolling Stones.  Back when the album was released, I checked it out at the library and made a copy on cassette.  That cassette has long since vanished....

Okay, this isn't quite the Sesame Street set.  But it's close.  At any moment you expect Elmo to come walking by or Oscar the Grouch to jump out of a garbage can.  Plus, Mick Jagger does resemble a muppet, doesn't he?  "Waiting on a Friend" is the final track on The Rolling Stones' 1981 album, Tattoo You .  Truth be told, it's my favorite song on the album.   It's got a cool rhythm; a groove that gets me moving a bit.  It also has an uncharacteristic sax solo.  The song was actually written some 10 years earlier but lacked lyrics.  And when those lyrics were finally written by Jagger, they represent a softer side of rock and roll's principle "bad boys."  The song is about settling down; about friendships. This is the first video the Stones made and was played constantly on MTV.  You may recognize the building:  it is the building featured on the cover of Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti album from 1975.  That's reggae...