Ep405: Jody Stephens - Big Star, Those Pretty Wrongs

Jody Stephens shares memories of Big Star, vinyl & cover art for "#1 Record", "Radio City", "Third", Chris Bell & the master tapes, rare records, the upcoming Australian tour for "Those Pretty Wrongs" and more!

Topics include:

• Jody has never been good with vinyl
• “Those Pretty Wrongs” are coming to Australia
• Continuing to use Ardent Studios
• The Ardent logo and label design introduced with the Big Star debut
• What happened to the neon star from Big Star album cover?
• The cover photo from Big Star’s “Radio City” album
• Big Star “Third” multiple album covers
• Finding a new label for Big Star “Third”
• Will vinyl be on the merch table for “Those Pretty Wrongs” Australia shows?
• Pressing 250 Big Star “Third” records to find a new label
• PVC Records release of Big Star “Third”
• An aborted single of “The Ballad of El Goodo”
• Rare Big Star records – Brazil EP
• Mislabelled Big Star singles
• Test pressings of “#1 Record” would have been handled by Chris Bell
• The care and attention for cutting Big Star records
• Inscription in the “#1 Record” runout groove
• 1st pressings of “#1 Record” had a poster
• Why was “O My Soul” in mono?
• Was Chris still working on songs for “Radio City”?
• Chris destroyed the Big Star multitrack tapes – “The India Song” multitrack may have survived
• Chris Bell’s motivation for destroying the tapes
• Was Chris Bell aware of the building legend of Big Star before his death?
• Jody spoke to Chris about a Big Star reunion prior to his passing
• Memories of Big Star live shows in early 70s
• Live recordings of Big Star – Rock Writers Convention
• How does Jody look back at the Big Star years?
• Developing songs / material for “Those Pretty Wrongs”
• Chris Stamey is still involved in Jody’s music
• Jody’s memories of playing in Australia
• Interview wrap up

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