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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. […]Archive
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) […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]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
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
October 4, 2014 by Simon Sweetman