Steve and Jim decide it's time for some higher culture on this week's episode of Two Guys! They discuss some of their favorite Classical Music Albums - while Steve gives a brief history of the genre. They also show off their most recent pickups - AND - this episode also covers week number four of the Two Guys March Vinyl Madness Tournament! We now have the FINAL TWO albums that represent each of the top years vying for the Best Decade of Music&quot;! Make sure you get your vote in for the ultimate winner!! (voting link below!)
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<description>&lt;p&gt;Steve and Jim decide it's time for some higher culture on this week's episode of Two Guys! They discuss some of their favorite Classical Music Albums - while Steve gives a brief history of the genre. They also show off their most recent pickups - AND - this episode also covers week number four of the Two Guys March Vinyl Madness Tournament! We now have the FINAL TWO albums that represent each of the top years vying for the Best Decade of Music&amp;quot;! Make sure you get your vote in for the ultimate winner!! (voting link below!)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://forms.gle/ZpZs5PogL1Myb2rE8" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;CLICK HERE TO VOTE HERE IN THE FINALS OF OUR MARCH VINYL MADNESS TOURNEY&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7CclWo0g8gkdqAMnOVyyZG?si=pf6634YHT3ua30R99084EA" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Click here to hear the music we discuss on this episode's Spotify Playlist!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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Steve and Jim decide it's time for some higher culture on this week's episode of Two Guys! They discuss some of their favorite Classical Music Albums.

Classical Rocks! & Vinyl Madness FINALS | EP 156

On this week's episode of Two Guys, Jim and Steve delve into the RIAA's year-end report on music industry from 2025. Did streaming maintain dominance over everything? Did Vinyl sales continue to grow? And what about CD sales? They break down the numbers. This episode also covers week number three of the Two Guys March Vinyl Madness Tournament! It's down to the Final Four albums that represent each of the top years vying for the Best Decade of Music&quot;! Make sure you get your vote in for the Championship Round! (voting link below!)
<a href="https://forms.gle/96rJTQEQaDeGPoUM9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CLICK HERE TO VOTE HERE IN WEEK 2 OF OUR MARCH VINYL MADNESS TOURNEY</a>!
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<description>&lt;p&gt;On this week's episode of Two Guys, Jim and Steve delve into the RIAA's year-end report on music industry from 2025. Did streaming maintain dominance over everything? Did Vinyl sales continue to grow? And what about CD sales? They break down the numbers. This episode also covers week number three of the Two Guys March Vinyl Madness Tournament! It's down to the Final Four albums that represent each of the top years vying for the Best Decade of Music&amp;quot;! Make sure you get your vote in for the Championship Round! (voting link below!)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://forms.gle/96rJTQEQaDeGPoUM9" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;CLICK HERE TO VOTE HERE IN WEEK 2 OF OUR MARCH VINYL MADNESS TOURNEY&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1SJtgLqwrp8txTOZghzIHQ?si=urSgKAcHT3S3Byy_S3WCng" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Click here to hear the music we discuss on this episode's Spotify Playlist!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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• &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/radiowastelandrecords" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Visit the Radio Wasteland Records YouTube Channel&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;
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On this week's episode of Two Guys, Jim and Steve delve into the RIAA's year-end report on music industry from 2025. 

RIAA 2025 Report & Final Four  | EP 155

Jim's daughter, Katie joins the Two Guys as a special guest for this week's episode! She brings forth a theory about how certain big-box stores work with music producers on creating exclusive album versions. While not as juicy a conspiracy theory as &quot;Elvis is alive&quot; or &quot;Paul is dead&quot;, it is something that has a tremendous effect on numerous young vinyl collectors and Indie record stores alike. Katie also joins Jim &amp; Steve in showing of their most recent pickups. This episode also covers week number two of the Two Guys March Vinyl Madness Tournament! It's down to the eight albums that represent each of the decades vying for the Best Decade of Music&quot;! Make sure you get your vote in for the Final Four! (voting link below!) VOTE HERE FOR OUR MARCH VINYL MADNESS TOURNEY!
<a href="https://forms.gle/7hXCXJhRbCfAKczJ7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CLICK HERE TO VOTE HERE IN WEEK 2 OF OUR MARCH VINYL MADNESS TOURNEY</a>!
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• <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@stevecarlsonvinylcommunity9147" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Visit Steve Carlson's Vinyl Community YouTube Channel</a>: 
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<description>&lt;p&gt;Jim's daughter, Katie joins the Two Guys as a special guest for this week's episode! She brings forth a theory about how certain big-box stores work with music producers on creating exclusive album versions. While not as juicy a conspiracy theory as &amp;quot;Elvis is alive&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;Paul is dead&amp;quot;, it is something that has a tremendous effect on numerous young vinyl collectors and Indie record stores alike. Katie also joins Jim &amp;amp; Steve in showing of their most recent pickups. This episode also covers week number two of the Two Guys March Vinyl Madness Tournament! It's down to the eight albums that represent each of the decades vying for the Best Decade of Music&amp;quot;! Make sure you get your vote in for the Final Four! (voting link below!) VOTE HERE FOR OUR MARCH VINYL MADNESS TOURNEY!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://forms.gle/7hXCXJhRbCfAKczJ7" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;CLICK HERE TO VOTE HERE IN WEEK 2 OF OUR MARCH VINYL MADNESS TOURNEY&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4fZcfJbceTvrSoYbVkib3a?si=8icM3buBQc65DK8OQ5kQSQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Click here to hear the music we discuss on this episode's Spotify Playlist!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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• &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/radiowastelandrecords" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Visit the Radio Wasteland Records YouTube Channel&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;
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Jim's daughter, Katie joins the Two Guys as a special guest for this week's episode! She brings forth a theory about how certain big-box stores work with music producers on creating exclusive album versions.

Box Box Vinyl Conspiracy?  | EP 154

March Vinyl Madness returns on this week's episode of Two Guys! Steve &amp; Jim have a brand new tournament and bracket - and we need your votes to help determine the BEST DECADE for music! We've chosen albums to represent the 50s through the 2020s! This week is the qualifier round - where you get to pick the album that'll go forth as the one to spin from each 10 year span. We'll compile the votes and until the eight albums that move forward for each decade! (voting link below!) The guys also cover their most recent pickups. 
<a href="https://forms.gle/kFxNJhcq9GoRv1V16" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CLICK HERE TO VOTE HERE FOR OUR MARCH VINYL MADNESS TOURNEY</a>!
<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1ngT5JQjJShZIVNfZFqkmB?si=dI0IOTzZTc6LwS_QEDrrGA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click here to hear the music we discuss on this episode's Spotify Playlist!</a>
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• <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@stevecarlsonvinylcommunity9147" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Visit Steve Carlson's Vinyl Community YouTube Channel</a>: 
• <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/radiowastelandrecords" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Visit the Radio Wasteland Records YouTube Channel</a>: 
• <a href="https://radiowastelandrecords.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Visit Radio Wasteland Records Online</a>: Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

<description>&lt;p&gt;March Vinyl Madness returns on this week's episode of Two Guys! Steve &amp;amp; Jim have a brand new tournament and bracket - and we need your votes to help determine the BEST DECADE for music! We've chosen albums to represent the 50s through the 2020s! This week is the qualifier round - where you get to pick the album that'll go forth as the one to spin from each 10 year span. We'll compile the votes and until the eight albums that move forward for each decade! (voting link below!) The guys also cover their most recent pickups.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="https://forms.gle/kFxNJhcq9GoRv1V16" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;CLICK HERE TO VOTE HERE FOR OUR MARCH VINYL MADNESS TOURNEY&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1ngT5JQjJShZIVNfZFqkmB?si=dI0IOTzZTc6LwS_QEDrrGA" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Click here to hear the music we discuss on this episode's Spotify Playlist!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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• &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/radiowastelandrecords" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Visit the Radio Wasteland Records YouTube Channel&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;
• &lt;a href="https://radiowastelandrecords.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Visit Radio Wasteland Records Online&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;p&gt;Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See &lt;a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com"&gt;pcm.adswizz.com&lt;/a&gt; for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

March Vinyl Madness returns on this week's episode of Two Guys! Your votes will count as Steve & Jim have a brand new tournament and bracket!

March Vinyl Madness '26 Tournament!  | EP 153

The Two Guys are LIVE this week! Well, kind of... Steve and Jim are diving into some of their favorite Live Albums on Vinyl! They also discuss what makes a Live release EPIC and cover some variations on the theme. Jim also shares some RSD News involving the late addition of a Taylor Swift release - and they both cover their latest pickups!
<a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5lFXsCNB6OrkvCel0pigj1?si=iRRIJhmTS7-phv0fkAKTgQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click here to hear the music we discuss on this episode's Spotify Playlist!</a>
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• <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@stevecarlsonvinylcommunity9147" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Visit Steve Carlson's Vinyl Community YouTube Channel</a>: 
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• <a href="https://radiowastelandrecords.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Visit Radio Wasteland Records Online</a>: Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

<description>&lt;p&gt;The Two Guys are LIVE this week! Well, kind of... Steve and Jim are diving into some of their favorite Live Albums on Vinyl! They also discuss what makes a Live release EPIC and cover some variations on the theme. Jim also shares some RSD News involving the late addition of a Taylor Swift release - and they both cover their latest pickups!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5lFXsCNB6OrkvCel0pigj1?si=iRRIJhmTS7-phv0fkAKTgQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Click here to hear the music we discuss on this episode's Spotify Playlist!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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• &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/@stevecarlsonvinylcommunity9147" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Visit Steve Carlson's Vinyl Community YouTube Channel&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;
• &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/radiowastelandrecords" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Visit the Radio Wasteland Records YouTube Channel&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;
• &lt;a href="https://radiowastelandrecords.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Visit Radio Wasteland Records Online&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;p&gt;Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See &lt;a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com"&gt;pcm.adswizz.com&lt;/a&gt; for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

 Steve and Jim are diving into some of their favorite Live Albums on Vinyl!

Epic Live Albums  | EP 152

Steve Carlson and Jim Gleason. A vinyl collector and a record store owner. For several years now, Steve has been visiting Jim's store every Sunday afternoon to chat about records, music and whatever else came to mind. These visits morphed into a Podcast... And now, you can join their weekly chats, as they discuss all things vinyl. From classic albums to new releases and Record Store Day Exclusives. It’s your everything Vinyl Community Podcast.

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