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337 episodes
Language
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Doug Adams and Kirk McElhearnExplicit
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Date created
2016/05/20
Latest episode
2026/06/17
Average duration
30 min.
Release period
15 days
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Doug Adams and Kirk McElhearn discuss music and musicians, and how we listen to music, whether it be analog or digital, downloaded or streamed, audio, or video.
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The Next Track, Episode #336: 50 Years of Punk
2026/06/17
The 50th anniversary of the famous Sex Pistols concert at the Lesser Free Trade Hall in Manchester has just passed. We discuss punk rock, how it started, and what it has become.
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Show notes
Sex Pistols at the Lesser Free Trade Hall - Wikipedia
‘I knew it was over for us’: the bands who got left behind when punk exploded - The Guardian
Elisha Cook Jr. (Wilmer) - Wikipedia
‘People are still isolated and obsessive’: De Niro, Scorsese, Foster and Schrader reunite for Taxi Driver at 50 - The Guardian
Épater la bourgeoisie - Wikipedia
Super Black Market Clash - Wikipedia
Hot Tuna (album) - Wikipedia
Caoilfhionn Rose on The Next Track
Our next tracks:
The Durutti Column: Renascent
Blood, Sweat & Tears: Blood, Sweat & Tears
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The Next Track, Episode #335: Forgotten Artists and Changing Musical Tastes
2026/06/03
Doug discovered The DeMarco Sisters, an American close harmony singing group, watching TMC. We discuss how hugely popular artists can become forgotten and how musical tastes go out of fashion.
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Show notes
The DeMarco Sisters - Wikipedia
Episode #201 - Kurt Andersen on Why Music Hasn't Changed in Decades
Episode #334: Rolling Stones
Daniel Barenboim reveals radical new piano design: 'I've fallen in love with it' - The Guardian
Our next tracks:
Daniel Barenboim: Schubert Piano Sonatas
Barbershop Harmony Society: Top 20 Quartets, 2010 Philadelphia Convention
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The Next Track, Episode #334: Rolling Stones
2026/05/20
The Next Track, Episode #334: Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones have a new album out; it sounds a lot like other Rolling Stones albums. We discuss how one of our favorite bands just keeps doing the same thing, over and over. (Apologies for the quality of Doug's audio.)
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Show notes
Rolling Stones: Foreign Tongues
Laurie Anderson: United States Live (Wikipedia)
Lone Star Cafe (Wikipedia)
The Rolling Stones: Four Flicks
Episode 48: Musician Dave Harrington of DARKSIDE
Keith Richards: Life
Bob Spitz: The Rolling Stones
Bill Wyman: Stone Alone: The Story Of A Rock'n'Roll Band
Our next tracks:
Muddy Waters: Folk Singer
Dave Mason: Alone Together
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Episode #333: What Happens When Things Get Old?
2026/05/06
When things get old, will they still work? If hardware devices depend on software or firmware, will you still be able to use them? Those receivers and active speakers that require software to run; will they work in twenty years?
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Episode #332: Old is New Again
The Twilight Zone: The Complete Series Blu-ray
Our next tracks:
Bernard Herrmann: The Twilight Zone Television Series Score Re-recording
Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention:One Size Fits All
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Episode #332: Old is New Again
2026/04/22
Nostalgia? Avoiding the algorithm? Some people want to go back to the way things used to be and listen to music on iPods.
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Show notes
I turned an iPod Shuffle into my perfect music player – here’s how
Yer Stack
Maxell Wireless Cassette Player
Can you still buy an iPod in 2026? Here's where to look online
Bring On Defunct: The iPod Enthralls Young Music Listeners - The New York Times
Amazon Ending Support for Older Kindle and Kindle Fire Devices
calibre
MUBI
Our next tracks:
Something Wild
Humble Pie: Smokin'
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Episode #331: Apple's 50th Anniversary
2026/04/08
It was Apple's 50th anniversary on April 1. Since both Doug's and Kirk's careers have depended on Apple, and we discussed Apple hardware and software on this podcast, we have a two-guys-in-a-pub discussion about our history with Apple products.
"Instead of having a company that wanted to change the world, we now have a company that wants to charge the world."
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Show notes
David Pogue Writes the History of Apple
Our next tracks:
Grateful Dead: Cornell, 5/8/77
U.S. Marine Band: Century Selection
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Episode #330: Paul on the Run
2026/03/25
We watched the new documentary, Paul McCartney, Man on the Run, about his post-Beatles experiment with Wings. We have thoughts.
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Show notes
On Battle After Another
Sinners
Paul McCartney: Man on the Run (documentary)
Man on the Run (soundtrack)
Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run (book)
Wings (2 CD best-of compilation)
Bradley Lehman: Johann Sebastian Bach's tuning
Our next tracks:
Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Andras Schiff
L7: The Beauty Process: Triple Platinum
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Episode #329: 1979
2026/03/11
In another look at a specific year in music, we find that 1979 not only had some great and influential music, but was also the year of two technical innovations that would change music forever.
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Sony Pressman
Our next tracks:
Moby: Future Quiet
The Soft Boys: Can of Bees
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Episode #328: Influential Albums
2026/02/25
We discuss some rock albums that were influential: their music, the way they presented songs, the way they were produced, or they effect they had on culture.
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Show notes
25 of the most influential albums in music history
Our next tracks:
Phantasm: The Well-Tempered Consort - I
Plastiscines: LP1
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Episode #327: Greatest Hits
2026/02/11
The Greatest Hits album has been a staple of the music industry since 1958. Some of the best-selling albums of all time are Greatest Hits albums. But what is the future of the Greatest Hits album in this era of streaming?
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Show notes
Greatest hits album - Wikipedia
Our next tracks:
Crumb: Dan Nadel
The Suburbs: Ladies and Gentlemen, The Suburbs Have Left the Building
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Episode #326: The Grateful Dead Episode
2026/01/28
In spite of the fact that Kirk has been a Deadhead for decades, we have never done an episode about the Grateful Dead. With the passing of Bob Weir recently, we decided to talk a bit about the Dead, its history, and its future.
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Show notes
Grateful Dead
The Next Track: Episode #23 – David Browne on the History of the Grateful Dead
Episode #67 – The Grateful Dead’s Legendary 5/8/77 Cornell Concert, with Author Peter Conners
The Next Track: Episode #74 – Jeffrey Norman on Restoring, Mixing, and Mastering the Grateful Dead
The Next Track: Episode #213 - The Grateful Dead's 100 Essential Songs, with Bob Trudeau
Our next tracks:
Morton Feldman: Trios 6-disc box set
Kula Shaker: K
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Episode #325: Anthemic Rock Songs
2026/01/14
We look at a specific type of rock song that could be called "anthemic." This type of song generally has a number of movements, a slow introduction, is longer than average, and ends in a crescendo.
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Show notes
Anthemic rock songs:
Hotel California
Free Bird
Stairway to Heaven
Nights in White Satin
Baba O’Reilly
Layla
You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Roundabout
Aqualung
Starless
L. A. Woman
Thunder Road
Metal Box - Wikipedia
Our next tracks:
Bob Weir: Ace
Aerosmith: Pump
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Episode #324: Listening to Albums on a Mac
2025/12/31
The album isn't dead. Doug has been discovering new ways to listen to albums in Apple's Music app. We also chat a bit about the good old days, when you could tweak macOS. Remember ResEdit?
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Show notes
Hudlum - Many Tricks
ResEdit - Wikipedia
RIP Mac OS X Hints, Nov 4 2000 – Nov 4 2014 – The Robservatory
Mac OS X Power Hound
GrapheneOS
A Space Between v3.4
Side Splitter v3.0
3M Precise Mouse Pad
Logitech MX Master 4 mouse
Our next tracks:
The Dictators: Bloodbrothers
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Episode #323: Old Tapes Are Deteriorating, and Music Is Fading Away
2025/12/17
Back in the day, everything was recorded on tape. Tape is deteriorating, and some people are trying to restore old recordings before they crumble.
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Show notes
The ‘Race Against Time’ to Save Music Legends’ Decaying Tapes
Rag paper - Wikipedia
Compact Cassette tape types and formulations - Wikipedia
The Bootleg Series Vol. 18: Through The Open Window, 1956-1963
The 50th Anniversary Collection: The Copyright Extension Collection, Volume 1 - Wikipedia
Our next tracks:
The Durutti Column: The Return Of The Durutti Column
Zapp: Zapp
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Episode #322: Our Non-Gift Guide
2025/12/03
Lots of people have gift guides this time of year, but we decided to talk about how we don't really need anything at this time of year and have nothing to recommend to others.
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Show notes
MacVoices Podcast
Chris Connaker on immersive audio: Audiophile Style
Duhkha (Wikipedia)
Our next tracks:
Schubert, Four Hands: Bertrand Chamayou & Leif Ove Andsnes
Paul Collins Beat: The Beat
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JohnHimm 2023/06/01
Great podcast
If you like music, how we digest it, how it's made, check out this show. Gotta love Grumpy Kirk and Positive Doug
MacLoverIke 2022/04/06
Review of The Next Track Podcast
I listen to The Next Track Podcast, very frequently. They have an extremely informative and entertaining Podcast, with an interesting twist on Music a...
DCNYer 2020/10/24
Equal to my level of "audiophile" skepticism
I found this podcast after reading a Q&A from one of the hosts in an "audiophile" forum. After looking at the list of episodes, I was happy to see th...
sadiecaptain 2020/02/03
Authentic??
There are some very positive qualities related to this podcast. For example, the quality of the audio voices of both hosts. Now, when I first started ...
NJ Guitarhack 2019/11/06
You’re too hard on Amazon HD!
I get the marketing terminology mixup and it’s not great. But having their 50M song catalog available at CD quality at a minimum is great and well wor...
Stevarn 2018/09/28
I'm Done
I've actually been a subscriber to this show since the very beginning. Lately though I think they've gotten away from the show's original intent; to b...
nrcyclist 2018/08/26
Death of the Stereo?
As a single "thing" to buy, you are right that the "stereo" is dead. In my home, I have the video system setup in living room. We have streaming thr...
Mario Piper 2018/07/18
Great podcast
Thank you guys for this well thought out and informed podcast. You actually reconverted me to pay more attention to music, think about the experience...
FuzW 2018/07/07
Still compelling after 100 plus episodes
Exactly what you want from a show with this focus. Importantly, they bring experts instead of shooting the breeze--common problem of podcasts in gene...
Neron 3 2018/06/13
The Next Track Rocks & all that Jazz
Topics covered on 'The Next Track' are really interesting. After I heard a couple episodes, I started to go back and listen to them all. The more I ...
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