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August 18, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 5: Sarah Vaughan and Her Trio – “At Mister Kelly’s”
I love Sarah Vaughan but I really know her – mostly – from compilations. Well, no, I have a couple of the original albums – but I had never heard this. And it really is a treat; such a wonderful, relaxed feel to it, fluffed lines, and scatting in place of forgotten lyrics, a bump […]Archive
August 8, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 3: Tito Puente – “Dance Mania Vol.1”
This challenge could get expensive – here I am now, three for three, that’s three great albums in a row, that I had not previously heard; all three of them I want for my collection. I love Tito Puente and have some albums featuring him, a terrific, 50-track double-disc compilation being my go-to, and I’ve […]Archive
August 7, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 520
Nat ‘King’ Cole, Night Lights (1957) A fairly random purchase this – a wee ep from Nat ‘King’ Cole, I like Nat ‘King Cole – how could you not? And even though I do already own some of his recordings – and have listened to plenty more – I have no doubt I bought this […]Archive
September 19, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 629
V/A, Let’s Have A Party: The Rockabilly Influence 1950-1960 (1981) I found this record the other day in the store, hadn’t ever seen it before – pretty nifty compilation. I knew most of the names on it. Still, one or two new things (as should always be the way with a compilation). Most of the […]Archive
May 5, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 702
V/A, Lookey Dookey/Talking Trash (2000) One of several 50s/60s garage-rock/r’n’b comps I’ve gathered in recent years. I probably started hooking up with these things when I started doing 6-8 hour DJ sets at a couple of bars; in most cases they were compilations I recognised from when I worked in the CD store and knew the […]Archive
December 17, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 777
V/A, The Leopard Lounge (2003) Spotted this one in the ‘Rare and Interesting’ pile, always a good place to look. I remember this – and other compilations like it – (on CD) from my days in music retail. Some of them were great comps, good ways of collecting a few favourites, kitsch and otherwise. And […]Archive
October 23, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1003
Chuck Berry, The Great Twenty-Eight (1982) There it was all of a sudden – right before my eyes in the store (it had probably been there before). But on that day (yesterday) it was there (once more) and I had to have it. The CD version was no longer enough, it gets played on the […]Archive
September 4, 2014 by Simon Sweetman