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September 21, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Ahmad Jamal: Ballades

Ahmad Jamal Ballades Jazz Village He’s just turned 89, he’s given us more than enough already – I haven’t even heard every Ahmad Jamal album that is available, and yet a part of me is worried at how I’ll feel when he’s no longer here to make music. Because over the last decade he’s released […]
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December 8, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 461

Ritz, Puttin’ On The Ritz (1979) I have more records than I’ll ever need – but it’s not about need, it’s about want, of course, any collector of any kind knows that. That said I’ve started addressing this – getting rid of a few records here and there, things I’ve bought only to realise I’ll […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1979, 2nd-Hander, Ballads, Collection, disco, Funk, Hand-Me-Down, LP, Pop, Puttin' On The Ritz, Record, Ritz, Soul, The Vinyl Countdown # 461, Vinyl, Wake Up Nights ·

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May 30, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 550

Gladys Knight & The Pips, Pipes Dreams [OST] (1976) Maybe it was because I fucked up when I bought this pretty awful single recently. I don’t know. What I do know was this record was a beacon. There it was on the shelf and I rushed toward it, intrigued. I’m a fan of Gladys Knight […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged [OST], 1976, Ballads, Film, Gladys Knight, Gladys Knight & The Pips, I'll Miss You, LP, Movie, Pipe Dreams, Record, Records, Soundtrack, The Vinyl Countdown # 550, Vinyl ·

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February 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 580

Ben Webster, My Man: Live at Montmatre 1973 (1973) His last album – released the year he died, Ben Webster was in poor health at the time of this, a diminished capacity to blow (never good for a horn player) but still there’s something here. Sympathetic band, great set of tunes, relaxed blowing session – […]
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May 6, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 900

The Beatles, The Beatles’ Ballads (1980) It’s only now – my third copy of the album – that I ponder why The Ballad of John and Yoko is not on an album called The Beatles’ Ballads. It’s surely a ballad. But no. Here we don’t have that many story-songs, otherwise Rocky Raccoon would be on […]
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