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October 6, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 43

Donna Summer, On The Radio: Greatest Hits – Volume I & II (1979) Donna Summer was one of the queens of 1970s radio – her disco-fied pop, R’n’B and funk was everywhere for me growing up in the early 1980s, on radio and via the records my folks had. And I have no idea how […]

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September 2, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Giorgio Moroder: Déjà Vu

Giorgio Moroder Déjà Vu RCA It’d be nice I reckon if this actually was a case of genuine déjà vu; reminder of what the great Giorgio Moroder once was and sounded like. Instead this is anything else – on its quest to be everything else. This is one of those grotesque and totally unnecessary reputation-sullying […]

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October 8, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1016

Donna Summer, Bad Girls (1979) Looking for some, er, Hot Stuff for tomorrow’s 5pm slot down at the Old Bailey I pull this one from the rack, give it a whirl. It’s been a while. A long, long while. A double album – it stands up, thanks of course to Giorgio Moroder – and some playing/co-writing […]

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May 16, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1375

Donna Summer, I Feel Love [12”] (1977) Well it’s about Giorgio Moroder as far as I’m concerned. Donna Summer is the voice/name on this record but the reason to listen to it is Giorgio Moroder, writer, producer – wizard. I don’t have a whole heap of 12s – a few have crept into my collection […]