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March 30, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 142

Kermit Schafer, Pardon My Blooper! (1954) It’s credited to Kermit Schafer – an American TV and radio writer and producer. But that doesn’t concern me at all. This silly, dated, embarrassing, unfunny collection of bloopers is on vinyl. It comes from the 1950s. Many of the moments wouldn’t even raise a dry smile, let alone […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 10-inch, 1954, Bloopers, Boners, Comedy, EP, Kermit Schafer, LP, Pardon My Blooper!, Radio, Record, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 142, TV ·

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September 14, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 252

Sid Phillips & His Band, Squeakin’ Shoes/Basin Street Blues [78] (1954) I bought a few 78s just to have – for the look and feel of them. I bought a gramophone a few years later, one of those replica-ones; it worked. Still works. I’ve just given it to my folks to store/display. I’ve run out […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1954, 78, A-side, B-side, Basin Street Blues, Betty Miller, Big Band, Jazz, LP, Quickstep, Record, Sid Phillips, Sid Phillips & His Band, Simon Phillips, Slow Foxtrot, Squeakin' Shoes, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 252, Toy Story, UK, Vinyl ·

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September 23, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Wellington Film Society: Preview – After The Curfew/Lewat Djam Malam (September 24)

The Wellington Film Society showed Paris, Texas last week and record numbers turned out for that screening. This week it’s to Usmar Ismail, a pioneer of Indonesia cinema for Lewat Djam Malam – shown internationally as “After The Curfew”. Released in 1954, restored in 2012 this will be a must-see for fans of rare, rewarding […]
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January 24, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 760

Harry Belafonte, Mark Twain and Other Folk Favourites (1954) What an incredible talent he is. I got hooked – really hooked – on Harry Belafonte just a few years back, an amazing boxset filling in the blanks. I knew him my whole life of course, films and music, appearances on the Muppet Show, just someone […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1954, Banana Boat Song, Belafonte, Calypso, Day-O, Harry Belafonte, Island In The Sun, King of Calypso, LP, Mark Twain, Mark Twain and Other Folk Favourites, Record, The Vinyl Countdown # 760, Vinyl ·

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May 24, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 890

Frank Sinatra, Songs For Young Lovers (1954) I love Frank Sinatra but I can only take so much of the big-band, brassy Rat Pack Frank. What I love is the earlier/mid-period Frank; the down-in-the-dumps Frank. Forlorn Frank. Lovelorn Frank. Love-torn songs – those homilies wrapped in such lovely arrangements. I picked up the newly minted […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 10-inch, 10", 1954, EP, Frank, Frank Sinatra, LP, Record, RSD, Sinatra, Songs For Young Lovers, The Vinyl Countdown # 890, Vinyl ·

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March 19, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1164

Mario Lanza, Selections from The Student Prince (1954) I sometimes think it would be quite cool if you could still buy this sort of thing – a truncated version of the main album, an EP culled from the LP as it were; yes, yes, you can make this sort of a thing by only buying […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1954, Drink Drink Drink, EP, Heavenly Creatures, LP, Mario Lanza, Selections from The Student Prince, The Student Prince, Vinyl ·

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