1979 Archives – How Good It Is

Claude Call

English Music Music History

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Episodes 10

Avg. Duration 14m

Activity Highly Active

Since Oct 2019

Latest Episode Apr 2026

Publishing Details

Schedule

Semi-Annually

Format

Episodic

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www.howgooditis.com

About This Podcast

A music podcast by Claude Call

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Recent Episodes

184: Highway to Hell

Apr 05, 2026 11m

Despite the allusion in the title, today’s song has no spiritual content or religious references. It’s just a description of life on the road with a hard rock band that’s paying its dues. And, as the…

181: Influential Women Part 5–Stevie Nicks

Feb 25, 2026 13m

One of the things that always amazed me about the songs that became big hits in the pop era between the 1950s and the 1990s was the sheer variety of musical styles that topped the charts. When doing…

170: I Fought the Law

Sep 21, 2023 15m

How many times now have I gone into the backstory with a song and learned that the person who wrote it says something akin to, “Yeah, I knocked that one off in about fifteen minutes.” Oftentimes they…

160: Failing Upward, Vol 2

Aug 01, 2022 10m

Pardon my allergies; I’ve sounded kind of rough for a week or so. There was a lot of throat-clearing to edit out of this one. I can’t even blame the Southern Studio on this one; it’s the direct…

151: More Obscure Christmas

Dec 25, 2021 30m

Oh, I do enjoy breaking format once in awhile to do special episodes like this one. For this year’s Christmas episode, I return to the songs that you don’t seem to hear on the radio when the…

150: Rock Lobster

Dec 21, 2021 13m

When the B-52s first hit the music scene, even their own reaction to the sound of their first album was “this is SO bleak!” because it was relatively unproduced. There was no reverb, no echo, no…

149: Musical Hookers

Nov 15, 2021 14m

This whole episode came about because of a request by someone who wanted to hear the story behind a song. Unfortunately there wasn’t a lot to it, but it got me thinking about other songs with similar…

140: Cars

Mar 22, 2021 11m

When I was in high school, there was a guy I knew named Phil. Phil and I shared an art class, a class I had to be talked into attending because I’d had a bad experience with an art class in the…

S1 Episode 108–Books on Vinyl

Mar 09, 2020 20m

Last week’s show was short, time-wise, and I promised I’d make up for it. And make up, I did, because this is one of my longer non-interview shows, clocking in at 20:30. If you listen to this show…

Episode 91–Under the Covers, Part 5

Oct 06, 2019 20m

Holy Moly! The show is back! For those of you who don’t follow the show on Facebook or Twitter, I’ll be posting the pictures here in another couple of days, outlining the New Studio Project. My…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does 1979 Archives – How Good It Is have?

1979 Archives – How Good It Is has published 10 episodes since October 2019, covering topics in Music, Music History.

Is 1979 Archives – How Good It Is still active?

1979 Archives – How Good It Is is currently highly active with new episodes semi-annually. Average episode length is 14m.