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March 10, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 154

Commodores, Commodores (1977) Not their debut, in fact it arrives right smack bang in the middle of their meteoric chart run as commercial radio funk kings of the 1970s. Oh how I love the Commodores – and this, their fifth studio album has some of their mega-hits (Brick House), best ballads (Easy) and maybe their […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1977, Brick House, Commodores, Easy, Lionel Richie, LP, Record, Self-Titled, Squeeze The Fruit, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 154, Zoom ·

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March 2, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Playlist: Nice-and-Easy

From time to time I’ve made playlists for people – for events, for background-for-events – starting, probably, with filling iPods for friends but extending to virtual-DJing. Just recently I was asked to put together a couple of hours of music for a corporate event; the brief: background. That dreaded word – I’m sure the artists […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Ambient, Background, DJ, Easy, Funk, Instrumental, Instrumental Hip-Hop, Jazz, Nice, Nice-and-Easy, Playlist, Playlist: Nice-and-Easy, Soul, Spotify ·

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August 24, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1883

Commodores, Live! (1977) You all know that I love Lionel and that I even got to interview him. But for some reason – as far as a lot of people are concerned – it’s fair to love the Commodores but not the solo career of Lionel Richie. And this is just a theory I’ve made […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Brick House, Commodores, Easy, Fancy Dancer, Just To Be Close To You, Lionel Richie, Live, Sail On, Too Hot To Trot, Vinyl, Zoom ·

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