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February 16, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 171

Billie Holiday, Songs For Distingué  Lovers (1957) Any semi-regular reader will know of my fascination with Billie Holiday – I’ve been a fan for years and just recently I’ve decided to collect up as many of the albums as I can (having had a few compilations and plenty of CDs and tapes back in the […]
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January 13, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 188

Billie Holiday, Body & Soul (1957) After getting Lady In Satin I’ve decided to start collecting up the Billie Holiday original albums – so this was the next one on the list. I just love her voice so much. And her sad story is wrapped up in the telling of so many of these songs. […]
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December 2, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 208

Big Ben Banjo Band, Let’s Together Some More [EP] (1957) With a name like the Big Ben Banjo Band I was powerless to resist. This is the right side of novelty music as far as I’m concerned. I love a good novelty-record, it’s a fine line though; when there’s some musical ability attached (virtuosity even) […]
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August 20, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 380

Sonny Rollins, The Sound of Sonny (1957) One of the earlier Sonny Rollins albums – his first for the Riverside label. Well he’d made several albums by this point, and all rather quickly, over a couple of years, but 1957 is a crucial, pivotal year. And I think of this as one of the earliest […]
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April 30, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 410

Harry Belafonte, Belafonte Sings Of The Caribbean [EP] (1957) I’ve always been a Harry Belafonte fan – maybe it was seeing Day-O in Beetlejuice that really lit it up for me (I’m guessing, age-wise, that would have been when it really clicked). And then a few years on I got really obsessed – box-sets, picking […]
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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 […]
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November 19, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 790

Harry Belafonte, Belafonte Sings of The Caribbean (1957) Bought up a few of the early Harry Belafonte records recently – because they’re so, so good and because it kinda got a bit addictive, bought one then another then another…I love the instrumentation and the purity of the sound, his voice; the style. I used to […]
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March 28, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 920

Moondog, The Story of Moondog (1957) A mate bought me a Moondog EP a while back – it was a lovely gesture, and it’s a kickass record. I didn’t have the heart to tell him that I did already know about Moondog and had some of his recording; got the feeling he thought he’d found […]
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October 4, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1020

The Band of the Coldstream Guards, The Band of the Coldstream Guards (1957) Going through the last of the albums from my grandfather – he’s been gone over 20 years now but a small handful of singles and EPs were still in the house, they’ve been handed on to me. They’re worth nothing of course […]
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