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September 5, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 60

Richard Carpenter, Time (1987) I recently shared a photo of this album on Facebook and a clip of that duet where Richard tried replacing Karen by getting Dusty Springfield to sing. And someone wrote, “I have that album in my garage”. And I wrote back, “best place for it”. Banter. But it made me drag […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1987, Carpenters, Dusty Springfield, Karen Carpenter, LP, Record, Richard Carpenter, Say Yeah!, Something In Your Eyes, The Carpenters, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 60, Time, Vinyl ·

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May 11, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 123

Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfield, What Have I Done To Deserve This? [Single] (1987) My little joke – to myself – is keeping this broken record. It cracked in a way so that the label can still be read, the song-title What Have I Done To Deserve This? Seeming pretty funny, to me at […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1987, A New Life, Actually, Broken, Dusty Springfield, EP, LP, Pet Shop Boys, Record, Single, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 123, Vinyl, What Have I Done To Deserve This? ·

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October 9, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 14: Dusty Springfield – “A Girl Called Dusty”

I’ve always loved Dusty Springfield – right from when I first heard her, Bacharach compilations, and then finding out it was her that was the voice on that Pet Shop Boys song and from there to classic Dusty compilations, of course the Dusty in Memphis album – a masterpiece; a revelation – and not that […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1001, 1001 Albums, 1001 Albums To Hear Before You Die, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, 1964, A Girl Called Dusty, Bacharach, Burt Bacharach, Dusty In Memphis, Dusty Springfield, Dusty Springfield – “A Girl Called Dusty”, Sixties, Stay Awhile – I Only Want To Be With You (1964), Stay Awhile I Only Want To Be With You, The 1001 Albums Challenge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 14:, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 14: Dusty Springfield – “A Girl Called Dusty”, Tom Petty, Warren Zanes ·

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August 25, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

V/A: Nick Cave Heard Them Here First

Various Artists: Nick Cave Heard Them Here First Ace Here’s the latest in a wonderful compilation series. This time it’s Nick Cave (I’ve previously looked at versions devoted to Cliff Richard and Dusty Springfield). The way this series works is the good folk at Ace – one of those old-fasioned curator/care labels – put together […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Ace, Ace Records, Bad Seeds, Cliff Heard Them Here First, Cliff Richard, Compilation, Dusty Heard Them Here First, Dusty Springfield, Nick Cave, Nick Cave Heard Them Here First, Original Seeds, V/A, Various Artists ·

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September 11, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1856

The Pet Shop Boys, Actually (1987) It’s a funny thing, right place/right time and I quite like a song like It’s A Sin, but get it wrong and I can’t take the bombast, it sounds like Fashion Week in one four-minute pop-slice. Ew. But I’m always happy to hear What Have I Done To Deserve […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Actually, Dusty Springfield, Heart, It's A Sin, Opportunities, Pet Shop Boys, Rent, West End Girls, What Have I Done To Deserve This? ·

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