Tim Durling

🅻🅸🆅🅴 On Record: The April Wine Album Review with Tim Durling

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Episode 156: The April Wine Album Review with Tim Durling

Hot on the heels of his Fleetwood Mac and Night Ranger books, Tim is back!   This time it’s with an April Wine Album Review, and it’s a good one.  Durling tends to focus on artists that don’t already have books available.  If you’ve ever wanted to get into April Wine, this is the book and this is the show!

Unlike last time with Fleetwood Mac, Mike will be hosting while Harrison has the day off.  Cohosting, if schedules align, will be book contributor D’Arcy Briggs.

We also have, for the third week in a row, former Helix drummer Archie Gamble with a clip.  This time he’s going to tell us about Jerry Mercer’s legendary drum solo.

It’s the Sign of the Gypsy Queen, you don’t have to check All Over Town.  You can buy the book at your local Amazon.  You too can be a Roller, or a Hard Rock Kid, Tonite!  Check out the show as we quiz Mr. Durling on all things April Wine.

 

Friday August 14 at 7:00 PM EST, 8:00 PM Atlantic.  Enjoy on YouTube or Facebook.

🅻🅸🆅🅴: Top Ten Songs of Queensrÿche

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And guest list from Jake

Episode 138: Top Ten Songs of Queensrÿche

Raise ’em up!  Uncle Meat wanted to count down the Top 10 songs from Queensrÿche, a band we have yet to tackle on Grab A Stack of Rock.  So, we looked into the Eyes of a Stranger, placed Hand on Heart, and tried to shed some Nocturnal Light on these songs.  But it wasn’t Just Us!  Along for the ride is terrestrial DJ Tim Durling, and we will also have a guest list from Jake (Not From State Farm).

Spanning the EP all the way to Digital Noise Alliance, Queensrÿche have a lot of songs to sift through.  For this special episode, Mike even went as far as to acquire a copy of Frequency Unknown, the album that Geoff Tate made before he lost the rights to the Queensrÿche name.  (For added fun, this copy was gifted by Matthew Phillips, who had three remixed CDs sent to him by Cleopatra records.  This is not the retail Billy Sherwood remix, but the rare mail order only version dubbed “we remix, you decide”.)

Even though Queensrÿche arguably had a “dark period” with some albums that didn’t ignite the fire in fans, they also had a strong comeback with Todd LaTorre on lead vocals.  Will any Todd songs make the list tonight?  We’ll be Breaking the Silence to reveal all!

Friday February 20 at  7:00 PM EST, 8:00 PM Atlantic.  Enjoy on YouTube or Facebook.

🅻🅸🆅🅴: Collecting Quirks of the Music Nerds with Tim Durling

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Episode 136: Collecting Quirks of the Music Nerds

On tonight’s special episode of Grab A Stack of Rock, we welcome back special guest Tim Durling, for a controversial topic:  collecting!  Every collector has different “needs” and goals.  For example, Harrison and I seek a physical copy of every officially released song, and versions of songs, by the bands we collect.  Tim has different goals in mind.  On deck for tonight’s discussion:

  • Controvery! Tim doesn’t open vinyl!
  • Tim and Mike have formats they can’t play!
  • What we buy, what we don’t and why?
  • CD/DVD/Bluray combo packages – where do we file them?
  • KISS Solo Albums – What order?
  • Box Sets – how do we file those?
  • Filing “Alice” under “A”?
  • Filing side projects under main bands?
  • Why Mike didn’t like having two copies of any one thing.
  • What is “complete” to us?
  • Do we collect air?  And why not?
  • Why Mike will not share files.
  • Mad About Purchases.
  • At what point do I decide I’m “done” collection any band?

This is sure to be a wild discussion.  Don’t miss it tonight!

Friday January 30 at  7:00 PM EST, 8:00 PM Atlantic.  Enjoy on YouTube, Facebook or Twitter.

🅻🅸🆅🅴 The Sound That Haunts You: A Beginner’s Companion to Fleetwood Mac with Tim Durling

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Episode 128:  The Sound That Haunts You: A Beginner’s Companion to Fleetwood Mac with Tim Durling

 

Remember last month when we said Tim Durling has been busy?  Hot on the heels of his Night Ranger book, Tim is out with a brand new Fleetwood Mac companion!  With photos and text on every Fleetwood Mac studio album, this book is essential to fans new and old who want to read about Mick and the gang, and their incredible discography going all the way back to the Peter Green years.

Harrison “The Mad Metal Man” Kopp hosts tonight as we welcome Tim back onto the show.  You can buy the book here, or at your local Amazon.

We have guest questions lined up, and Tim will have the answers!  Don’t miss this one live, as we love to interact in the comments.  We always have fun lined up, and fun will be had!

Friday December 5 at 7:00 PM EST, 8:00 PM Atlantic.  Enjoy on YouTube or Facebook.

VIDEO: INCOMING!!! Mega Mail & a Holy Grail!!

After my ill fated dumpster dive, I cheered myself up by opening some mail!  In this video, you will see my surprise as I open:

  • One parcel from Australia, courtesy of the Mad Metal Man, containing bonus tracks and a Holy Grail CD I have wanted since 1999.
  • One parcel from Amazon, featuring a new release that dropped from $30 to $20.
  • A science fiction book by an Australian author.
  • A surprise from Mr. Durling!  A band that he recently published a new book on…

You can hear in my voice how my injured body is weakened…but not defeated!

 

🅻🅸🆅🅴 Sing Me Away: The Night Ranger Album Review with Tim Durling

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Episode 125:  Sing Me Away: The Night Ranger Album Review with Tim Durling
With co-host John Snow (The Collection and 2Loud2OldMusic)

Author and Youtuber Tim Durling has been busy.  Sing Me Away: The Night Ranger Album Review isn’t even his newest book!  More on that later, because tonight we celebrate the California Quintet and Tim’s panel book on them.

Joining us tonight is fellow expert and fan John Snow, who will be prove that you can still rock in America, oh yeah!

Tim is a passionate Night Ranger fan and collector, and we will quiz him tonight on everything that went into this book.  The albums, the lineup changes, the amazing tunes, and Tim’s collection. We’ll also talk about the present and what’s happening right now in the world of Durling the author.  We’ll do an unboxing and talk about a contest where you can win yourself a Durling book!

Don’t miss this one live, as we love to interact in the comments.  We always have fun lined up, and fun will be had!

 

Friday November 14 at 7:00 PM EST, 8:00 PM Atlantic.  Enjoy on YouTube or Facebook.

VIDEO: Happy Birthday Jex! and TVC goes to the Record Expo!

“SEE JEX LIKE YOU’VE NEVER SEEN HIM BEFORE: SPEECHLESS! EMOTIONAL! VULNERABLE! All while opening a mystery box from Tim Durling and Mike Ladano!”

Video premieres Saturday Oct 11, 3:45 PM EST.

And for the context, check out the Tim’s Vinyl Confessions Crew at the Riverview Record Expo!

Video premieres Saturday Oct 11, 3:00 PM EST.

VIDEO: You won’t believe it! Mail from Tim, Marco and Amazon!

Who doesn’t love musical mail?  Check out some thoughtful gifts from Tim Durling and Marco D’Auria, plus a really cool surprise from Amazon.

Marco and Tim were apparently on the same wavelength when these two parcels are sent.

Sometimes Amazon’s listings are not accurate, and you have to take a chance.  Fortunately their return policy makes things easy if you ordered the wrong thing.  In this case, I ordered a CD that I need for an upcoming show.  I found a Japanese import reasonably priced, but there was also a deluxe edition that I was told was really good.  Check out what happens next.  You won’t believe it!

Tim’s Vinyl Confessions: Ep. 689: Top UK Albums August 2, 1970 (including Black Sabbath)

Join Tim Durling for another one of his channel’s fun features: Music charts from this time in history! This week, Tim goes back 50 years to August 2, 1970. Some interesting charting albums here from the 2001 soundtrack to Black Sabbath’s debut LP. Tim asked me to say a few words about Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath for this episode, so check it out!

Found Musical Treasures! Last Video Before House Renos! [VIDEO]

At long last, it is time for house renovations!  We are receiving new windows and doors, as Phase One of this long awaited project.  It begins today, July 28 2025.

In preparation for this project, I have dug up and rediscovered some cool treasures.  We will be taking a look at more of them at a later time, but for this video, I decided to take advantage of the calm before the storm.  Before the dust starts a-flyin’, let’s have a quick look at some fun re-discovered items in the Grab A Stack collection.

This video is for fans of toys, cassettes, Harrison Kopp, Kiss, Tim Durling, or country music.  That’s a lot of people, so I hope you check it out!  It’s live now on YouTube, so give the link a click!