Rick Rubin
In addition to being a podcast host, Frederick Jay “Rick” Rubin is an American record producer and former co-president of Columbia Records. Along with Russell Simmons, he is the co-founder…
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Tom Petty crafted another of his many perfect albums back in 1994, this time with Rick Rubin producing. âWildflowersâ was released as a single disc, Pettyâs first for Warner Brothers. But Petty had always intended for it to be a double record. Those unreleased songs have been the holy grail for Petty fans for years. And now theyâre finally being released, thanks to the careful work of Tomâs daughter, Adria Petty. In this special episode of Broken Record, Rick Rubin talks to Adria about her memories of her dad and the hard curatorial work of putting together the new box set âWildflowers & All The Rest.â
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Bruce Headlam
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