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Music from a Lifetime

By: Bill Peters
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  • A middle-aged music lover expands his album reviewing from blog to podcast. Each episode here will focus on the past and the present. New album reviews, old album retrospectives, best-of lists, conversation and discussion. If it's music you love, come and let me share my love of music with you.
    Bill Peters
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Episodes
  • Three Years In: A Podcast Retrospective

    Three Years In: A Podcast Retrospective
    Jun 30 2024

    Today marks three years since I started recording this podcast, and so I thought that for this episode I would take the opportunity to share some thoughts with everyone about what goes on in my head when I think about it.


    It's my fireside chat, from me to you, to answer some of the questions I have had over the years that hopefully will be of some interest. I talk about how I came to start recording this podcast, the history behind it and the motivation. I talk about how it is structured and the fun I have in doing it. You can also hear about plans for the future... if the podcast lasts that long.


    It's not an essential episode, just me talking for 45 minutes. If that doesn't suit, ignore and move on. If it does, I hope it provides some interest.

    Thanks for tuning in, and here we go again, on Music from a Lifetime.
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    49 mins
  • Michael Schenker Group: “Rock Will Never Die” - 40 Years On

    Michael Schenker Group: “Rock Will Never Die” - 40 Years On
    Jun 29 2024
    "Back in my all-too-short university days, where I absolutely did not do enough work to come close to passing certain subjects, and during which I was not in the happiest mood of my life, the Michael Schenke Group was one of those artists that I grabbed onto hard, and who got me through a lot of dark days during that 18 month period. I first had three songs from this album taped onto the end of a cassette that my heavy metal music dealer had made for me of another album, the title of which has faded into the mists of time. But I remember those songs well, and how much I enjoyed them. I then happened upon this album at my favourite second hand store, Illawarra Books and Records, in that first year of uni, and it kept me company at home and in the car for a year afterwards. It is basically a best of album of the band, but performed live, and I loved every song on it. This, alongside “Built to Destroy” and “Assault Attack” were my constant companions during that era". On this episode we are going to talk about “Rock Will Never Die” by the Michael Schenker Group, the band’s 2nd live album released 40 years ago this week, on today’s ‘time after time, you can see him’ episode of Music from a Lifetime.
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    34 mins
  • Primal Fear: “Jaws of Death” - 25 Years On

    Primal Fear: “Jaws of Death” - 25 Years On
    Jun 26 2024
    "The band sounds great. Tom Naumann and Stefan Leibing on guitars do a great job and have some excellent moments when soloing. The rhythm of drummer Klaus Sperling and band leader Matt Sinner on bass is solid throughout and provide the platform, but for me it is perhaps just a bit too regimented for my liking. The double kick drums keep an even tempo throughout, which is probably just missing a bit of excitement to help lift some songs out of the average. Trying to blend those high range vocals into the music being written is a tough task at any level. And this is where this just falls down a bit as well. Ralf Scheepers tends to sit back in a more comfortable vocal range than he has for some time throughout most of the album. As a result, it does give the songs a flatter feel musically, because we know what he is capable of. Perhaps in trying to keep his vocals in a safe zone with the songs he has cut out one of his best attributes". On this episode we are going to talk about “Jaws of Death” by the Primal Fear, the band’s 2nd studio album released 25 years ago this week, on today’s ‘what is this my final moment, is it real or fantasy?’ episode of Music from a Lifetime.
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    32 mins
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