Jeff Harris (Behind The Grooves) joins us for an in depth look at the year 1988 in our continuing series of 80s-centric episodes. In this episode, we look at the top ten Billboard singles of the year and follow up with some favorites from the year as honorable mentions.
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Kicking off our Michael Jackson sidecast mini-series, we’re taking a look at Michael’s proper solo debut album from August 1979, Off The Wall. Joined by dear friend and serious, SERIOUS Michael Jackson fan Beverly Brown and frequent and beloved guest/the musical encyclopedia himself Jeff Harris of Behind The Grooves, Eric and his co-hosts go in-depth on the release of the record, going track by track with facts, thoughts and commentary. Also discussed are some of the other songs that didn’t make the cut, how this affected his relationship with his brothers, and much more. Finally we each pick our favorite songs and which one would we cut if forced.
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Joined by dear friend and serious, SERIOUS Michael Jackson fan Beverly Brown and frequent and beloved guest/the musical encyclopedia himself Jeff Harris of Behind The Grooves, Eric kicks off a new sidecast series looking at the discography of Michael Jackson. Over the upcoming weeks and months, we’ll be doing episodes on Off The Wall thru History, with perhaps a little Janet and some bonus episodes thrown in. This introductory episode gives some info on each of the three co-host’s appreciation, history and fandom of MJ’s work and some memorial thoughts on this day, the ninth anniversary of his passing.
Sham’on-ahhh.

Prince: The WB Years 1991-1999
Our week-long tribute to Prince continues as Jeff Harris (Behind The Grooves) joins us for the final part of a three-part overview of Prince’s Warner Bros. catalog followed by a game reworked into a fashion that young Prince would have appreciated..
1991 – Diamonds And Pearls
1992 – O(+>
1993 – The Hits/The B-Sides
1994 – Come
1995 – The Gold Experience
1996 – Chaos And Disorder
1999 – The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale

Prince: The WB Years 1985-1990
Our week-long tribute to Prince continues as Jeff Harris (Behind The Grooves) joins us for the second part of a three-part overview of Prince’s Warner Bros. catalog.
1985 – Around The World In A Day
1986 – Parade
1987 – Sign “O” The Times
1987 – The Black Album
1988 – Lovesexy
1989 – Batman
1990 – Graffiti Bridge

Prince: The WB Years 1978-1984
To kick off our tribute to Prince on the one year anniversary of his passing, Jeff Harris (Behind The Grooves) joins us for the first part of a three-part overview of Prince’s Warner Bros. catalog followed by a round of friendly lyric-inspired trivia.
1978 – For You
1979 – Prince
1980 – Dirty Mind
1981 – Controversy
1982 – 1999
1984 – Purple Rain

Our Look At 1987 – part II
In the conclusion of our look at 1987, Jeff Harris (Behind The Grooves) joins in for a discussion about the top five Billboard albums of the year, some honorable mentions, and a round of trivia.

Our Look At 1987 – part I Jeff Harris (Behind The Grooves) joins us for an in depth look at the year 1987 in our continuing series of 80s-centric episodes. In this episode, we look at the top ten Billboard singles of the year and follow up with some favorites from the year as honorable mentions.

Our celebration of the music and life of Prince continues with the first installment of Purple Memories. Joining us in this episode are some of our very closest friends and fellow podcasters.
Many thanks to Joe Royland, Randy W. Hall, BJ Kramp, Wendell Smith, Kimberly Blatz, Jim Carter, DJ Funktual, Jeff Harris and Brian Jacobs for sharing your stories and time with us.