But a friend of mine had it, so we traded! (laughs) And I wanted A Hard Day’s Night, but I couldn’t afford it. But I do remember I had The Beach Boys’ Little Deuce Coupe album, which I loved. The first album I bought, I think, was a Beatles album, or a Beach Boys album I can’t remember. So I went out and bought “She Loves You” on Swan Records, and “I’ll Get You” was on the B-side. (laughs) When you were growing up in Florida, what was the first vinyl record as a kid - whether it was a 45, or an album - that you consider to be “the talisman,” the one you bought where you went, “This is my first album, and the one that really connected me to music”?Ĭampbell: The first record I - of course, I didn’t have much money, but you could get a single for like 99 cents back then. Mettler: Well, we’re all getting up there. When I put it on, that’s when I take it all in. When the first Dirty Knobs record came out, I just had all the audio files, but when I got to put the record on my vinyl player, that’s when I really got the record. Do you think the best way to listen to this album is on vinyl? Is vinyl your thing? Mike Mettler: When I put the needle down on an External Combustion track like Side B’s “Lightning Boogie,” which features your old Heartbreakers bandmate Benmont Tench on piano, I feel like I’m back where I belong. You’ve been missin’ something good / I’d make you happy if I could. #Tom petty vinyl full(I would suggest cueing up Abandon tracks like “Southern Boy,” “F-k That Guy,” and “Loaded Gun” to get the full aural picture of that fine, fine album.)Ĭampbell, 72, and I got on Zoom together a few months back to discuss why he prefers vinyl for his Dirty Knobs releases, how a somewhat inadvertent recurring mono listening situation in his youth ultimately informed his ongoing stereo proclivities, and which Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers song he feels will stand the test of time. For the record, The Knobs’ first album, November 2020’s Wreckless Abandon, came out as a 180g 2LP offering. “I’m a stereo/mono guy,” the guitar maestro readily admits, the current proof being the sonically pure contents of the 180g 1LP version of Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs’ second album, External Combustion, which was released by BMG back in March. I’m very comfortable being there.”Īnother area Campbell is quite comfortable being in is the analog arena. It was easy for me to sit back and be in a supportive role, and not be out in front. But with Tom, he was such a great leader. “Well, I’m just four feet over!” Campbell observes with a hearty laugh, in reference to where he now stands onstage whenever The Dirty Knobs perform live. Mike Campbell, the consummate sideman, is now fully embracing his role as the frontman and bandleader of The Dirty Knobs, the long-running sideproject of his that has become his primary creative focus since the unfortunate passing of his lifelong friend and Heartbreakers/Mudcrutch bandmate Tom Petty in 2017. Desert Boogie: Above, Mike Campbell (second from right) and his fellow Dirty Knobs weather the elements.
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