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Goat Rodeo · 22 episodes with transcripts

Between the Liner Notes is an award winning documentary-style podcast about music, why it is the way it is and how it got to be that way. Each episode highlights a piece of lost, forgotten or obscured music history. This show is hosted by Matthew Billy and produced by the Goat Rodeo podcast network.

Spoken has transcripts of 22 Between the Liner Notes episodes, with the speakers named. The newest listed here is from October 4, 2015.

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03: I Want My MTV

October 4, 2015

Matthew Billy (0:00)

It's hard to believe, but before 1981, hardly anyone watched music videos. In fact, most people didn't even know what they were. It's not that music wasn't on TV, it was, but it was packaged in the form of variety shows like Ed Sullivan, where the music act was sprinkled in amongst magicians, trained seals, plate…

Hi, I'm Matthew Billy, and this is Between the Liner Notes, a podcast about music, why it is the way it is, and how it got to be that way. As a disclaimer, this episode contains some words you can't say on the radio, so if you have young children around, you may want to listen to this episode at another time. Cable…

Fred Seibert (3:25)

The company was called Warner AmEx Satellite Entertainment. It was a joint venture between Warner Communications and American Express.

Matthew Billy (3:33)

That's Fred Seibert, MTV's original head of program services.

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