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December 12, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 2

Elton John, Don’t Ya Wanna Play This Game No More (Sartorial Eloquence) [Single] (1980) When Oscar was about 18 months old and through until he was three or four I guess – Slow Boat Records was one of his favourite places (it probably still is, truth be told). But as a toddler he was allowed […]
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January 8, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 593

Daniel Barenboim, Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4 in F Minor, Op.36 (1972) I have a fairly omnivorous approach to classical. I learn on the job. I go in, open-minded, find things I dig, some I don’t – and though I’m not at the level of being able to tell things apart (different versions, conductors, performers) I can […]
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December 10, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 599

Rose Royce, Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is [Single] (1976) Oscar knows his role – when we go to the record shop of first choice (Slow Boat) he is allowed to look at the 50c singles on the floor and choose one; it keeps him from bending the covers of new records. Though he’s […]
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May 10, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 700

Yehudi Menuhin & Hephzibah Menuhin, Beethoven: ‘Spring’ and ‘Kreutzer’ Sonatas  (1978) Rescued from The Dump Shop – I found this on a recent trip, wasn’t looking for it. I’m never looking for records at the Recycle Centre store; we only ever go there because Oscar got a couple of books there one time and he […]
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July 16, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1332

Nena, 99 Luftballoons [Single] (1983) Oscar thinks any 45 is the song Old McDonald or, as he calls it“E-I-E-I”. You see Oscar is just 20 months old. And the boss. So when we go into the record store now he has to be put down to do his tiny-strutting-overlord thing and he grabs a 45 […]
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