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**Light in the Attic’s Liner Notes**

Hosted by Light in the Attic staffers, this podcast tells the stories behind Light in the Attic releases. Episodes center around interviews with musicians, music industry creatives, and other interesting characters within the Light In the Attic community. You will hear music and liner notes from LITA releases and get to know the people making your records.

Latest Episodes:

Marcos Valle Sep 14, 2020

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Mixed and Mastered by Patrick McCarthy

Mr Bongo Jan 23, 2019

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Light In The Attic Podcast Episode 18 is out now! For this episode, LITA's Matt Sullivan sits down with David Buttle and Graham Luckhurst from UK-based label Mr Bongo to discuss the label's history, their reissue process and classics from Tim Maia and Terry Callier.

Jeff Powell & Sam Phillips Recording Service Dec 17, 2018

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Jeff Powell has been recording, mixing and producing records for more than 30 years – working with a who’s who of musical legends, from Bob Dylan and B.B. King to Glyn Johns and Eddie Kramer.

Powell served as staff assistant engineer, then engineer/ mixer and finally producer at Memphis’ legendary Ardent Studios from ’89-’97. He has been working independently since then, and now makes his home base at Sam Phillips Recording Service. Beyond his work as a producer and engineer, Jeff has expanded his horizons over the last 10 years and is now cutting vinyl records on his Neumann VMS 70 lathe at Sam Phillips Recording Service. His company is called Take Out Vinyl, and he has cut over a thousand records to date.

Kuni Murai Nov 26, 2018

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In honor of our recent reissues of prolific musician and producer Haruomi Hosono’s essential albums, we teamed up with dublab and In Sheep’s Clothing’s, a hi-fi bar in downtown Los Angeles, for a night of celebration.

Special guest Kuni Murai — famed producer, composer and founder of Alfa Records, joined dublab’s Mark “Frosty” McNeill for a chat about his decades-long working relationship with Hosono, from his days as a session player to his stratospheric success with Yellow Magic Orchestra and beyond.

Please note, we have removed the music sections due to right's issues.

Photo: Kuni Murai at his Alfa Records office, located directly below the label's famed Studio A in Shibaura, Tokyo.

Jarvis Cocker Oct 22, 2018

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On this episode of the Light In The Attic podcast we sit down for a chat with one of our favorite artists, Jarvis Cocker.

Produced and Recorded by Matt Sullivan
Edited and Mixed by Patrick McCarthy

Keep up with all of Jarvis' activities at JarvisCocker.net

Mojo Magazine Sep 10, 2018

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On this episode of the Light In The Attic podcast we visit the offices of Mojo Magazine in London, UK, to chat with Jenny Bulley (Reviews Editor), Ian Harrison (News Section & Back Section, Buried Treasure), Danny Eccleston (Senior Editor), and John Mulvey (Editor).

Since 1995, Mojo Magazine has been a constant in the lives of music fans the world over. In the pre-internet days, we found ourselves driving around our home cities, going form news stand to news stand to find the latest issue. So many incredible reissues, new albums and new artists were discovered in these hallowed volumes. Back issues still bear repeated readings and are coveted till this day (the photo is just a portion of Matt Sullivan's collection).

It was an immense pleasure to sit down with them and ask them about the history of the magazine, how issues are put together, as well as what they're currently listening too.

Produced and Recorded by Matt Sullivan
Edited and Mixed by Patrick McCarthy

Learn more about Mojo Magazine and subscriber here.

Haruomi Hosono Aug 13, 2018

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Another highlight from our recent trip to England was getting to sit down with legendary artist Haruomi Hosono. LITA's Matt Sullivan and Yosuke Kitazawa were able to chat with Hosono before his concert at The Old Market (Brighton, UK) and discuss his recent show at London's Barbican as well as our upcoming series focused on Hosono's albums.

Excerpts from "Bara To Yaju" and "Malabar Hotel Upper Floor ··· Moving Triangle" (courtesy of King Record Co. Ltd.). are featured in the podcast, as is "Pom Pom Joki," recorded live at the Barbican (courtesy of Medium Inc.).

Recorded by Matt Sullivan
Edited and Mixed by Patrick McCarthy

Learn more about our Haruomi Hosono Archival Series below and be sure to check out our short doc on YouTube.

Hosono Philharmony (LITA 170 - CD / LP)

Hosono omni Sight Seeing (LITA 171 - CD / LP)

Hosono Paraiso (LITA 172 - CD / LP)

Hosono Hosono House (LITA 173 - CD / LP)

Hosono Cochin Moon (LITA 174 - CD / LP)

This Heat Jul 16, 2018

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On our recent trip to England, we found a cozy hallway in the back of London’s Cafe Oto to sit down with living legends Charles Bullen & Charles Hayward of This Heat. Over the course of the conversation, LITA's Matt Sullivan talks with C & C about their music, legacy, the formation of This Is Not This Heat, as well as what's currently on their turntables.

For folks in the USA, a miracle will soon be hitting our shores – C & C will be performing This Is Not This Heat. These shows will mark the first ever US performances for both C & C in any incarnation. Hallelujah! Tour dates below.

Formed in Brixton, a multicultural, and – at the time – down-at-heel part of south London, This Heat were born into a music scene in rapid flux, first thanks to the punk explosion and then via new wave and its myriad offshoots into pop, rock and art-rock. But while many sought to apply punk attitude to chart-friendly sounds, This Heat were concocting some of the most experimental ideas ever committed to tape, taking influence from musique concrète, krautrock, the burgeoning industrial scene and even the dub reggae blasting out in their home borough.

Photo by Luis Carvajal.

July 19 - Underground Arts (Philadelphia)
July 21 - Pitchfork Festival (Chicago)
July 23 - Pioneer Works (Brooklyn)

Produced by Matt Sullivan and Patrick McCarthy
Recorded by Matt Sullivan
Edited and Mixed by Patrick McCarthy

Thanks to Charles Bullen, Luis Carvajal, Charles Hayward, and everyone at Cafe Oto.

Learn more about our This Heat reissues below.

This Heat This Heat

This Heat Deceit

This Heat Health and Efficiency

This Heat Made Available

This Heat Repeat / Metal

This Heat Live 80-81

The Lost World Of Acetone Oct 16, 2017

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Join us on a ride along with Mark Lightcap, guitarist of forgotten 90s band Acetone, as he tells us all about a Los Angeles that no longer exists and the band that disappeared along with it.

In Los Angeles in the 90s, Acetone crafted a sultry California sound in their garage. They released an EP on Vernon Yard and two LPs on Neil Young's Vapor and toured with Spiritualized, Mazzy Star, Oasis, and The Verve. While their velvet sound remains absolutely beloved by figures in that scene, nowadays Acetone is surprisingly unknown.

Thanks to:
Our guests: Sam Sweet & Mark Lightcap
Our producer: Michelle Lanz

Learn more about our Acetone anthology, 1992-2001 here

Stream the album on Spotify & on Apple Music!

Lynn Castle & The Ladies Of LITA Jun 28, 2017

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This episode we highlight a few women who are doing awesome things in the music world. In the first half we talk to our favorite songstress, Lynn Castle. Lynn, who was known as Los Angeles' first "Lady Barber," recorded her beautiful songs back in the 60s with the help of Jack Nitzsche and Lee Hazelwood, but they've lain dormant ever since.. until now!

In the second half we eavesdrop on a conversation between two experimental female musicians, Suzanne Doucet and Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith.

We also read some user-submitted tales of what's it's like to be a woman in the male-dominated music world.

Thanks To:
Our Editor/Co-Producer: Michelle Lanz
Our Guests: Lynn Castle (aka Madelyn Von Ritz), Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, and Suzanne Doucet.
Our listeners/followers who submitted their stories

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