GAR! 172: The Prince Chronology, Part 1

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This week’s episode of The GAR! Podcast presents a track-by-track album-by-album discussion of Prince’s career from his first album For You through to Controversy, including the self-titled Prince and Dirty Mind, as well as the debut album by The Time and the only album release from Vanity 6. We also talk about the early days of The Revolution, the tours, album art, Billboard charts, covers, radio airplay, record store memories, analog television, Andre Cymone, Ready for the World, Taylor Swift, hackers, and our new Twitter feed.

And since it’s about Prince, there’s a mature content warning on this episode, because yeah, we’re going to talk a lot about songs he wrote about vaginas. It is Prince after all.

Here’s the albums we reviewed. If you use our Amazon links, we get a small commission.

Prince, For You.

Prince, Prince.

Prince, Dirty Mind.

Prince, Controversy, pictured above.

The Time, The Time.

Vanity 6, Vanity 6. Sadly, not officially available, and ridiculously expensive, but still fun if you can find a copy.

And here’s the ad from the Courier-Post for Prince’s show at Emerald City in 1980. We mention this on the show.

The GAR! Podcast is the Glenn Walker and Ray Cornwall weekly podcast where they talk unrehearsed about whatever happens to come to mind. It’s an audio-zine for your mind, a nerd exploration of a nerd world, coming to you from the suburbs of New Jersey and the sunny lakes of Florida via Skype.

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Huge thanks to the team at PrinceVault for all the knowledge used on this week’s show.

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The GAR! Podcast 136: Remembering Prince

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We’re both huge Prince fans, and if you’re a regular listener, you know how often his name and work come up on this podcast. Needless to say, we’re gutted, and needed to talk about it when we heard of Prince’s passing. We hope you’ll enjoy listening to this special edition of The GAR! Podcast, and remembering with us. Rest in peace, Prince.

And this is Ray’s favorite version of It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night:

 

 

Links:

Glenn on Prince

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GAR! Podcast Episode 72: Prince and Jack Chick

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This week’s episode of The GAR! Podcast includes discussion of the following:

intro / the new GAR! Facebook page / Prince’s new albums / Prince covers / rock vs. soul / listenable / Prince plays Dungeons & Dragons / Glenn’s college D&D days / Jack Chick / human sacrifice is bad / business model / Jack Chick draws the Avengers / commissions / Charlie Brown’s / prime steakhouses / Outback / the Bloomin’ Onion / T.G.I. Fridays / Jack Daniels Barbeque Sauce / Suffragette City covers / Marvel’s Original Sin / why Glenn hates comics / Mike Deodato / Jason Aaron’s Thor / Reading Glasses / Collingswood Book Festival / closing / Ello /

Links:

The new GAR! Facebook Page

Jerry Whitworth’s Twitter

Prince releases two new albums

Jack Chick

Charlie Brown’s Steakhouse

French Fry Diary

Outback at French Fry Diary

TGI Fridays at French Fry Diary

Jack Daniels Glaze Copycat Recipe

South Jersey Writers’ Group

“Reading Glasses: Stories Through an Unpredictable Lens”

Collingswood Book Festival

Glenn at Ello

Ray at Ello

Biff Bam Pop!

Glenn’s Twitter

Ray’s Twitter

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The GAR! Podcast Group on Facebook

The new GAR! Podcast Page on Facebook

Videos:

“Suffragette City” by Boy George and Culture Club