E223: AOR Special with Paul Rees + Boston audio interview

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Mar 2, 202663:53Music

For this episode we welcome former Q/Kerrang! editor-in-chief Paul Rees to RBP Towers to discuss his riveting new book Raised on Radio: Power Ballads, Cocaine & Payola. An oral history of AOR (or Album-Oriented Rock), Ra...

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