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June 25, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 104
Fleetwood Mac, Need Your Love So Bad [Single] (1969) A Facebook chum messages. Says he’s found a double-up in his collection and would I like to have it. It’s only Need Your Love So Bad by Fleetwood Mac. Of course I’d fucking love it! It arrives – and it plays just fine. Any tiny little […]Archive
June 23, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Harry Nilsson: Campaign Hero
Harry Nilsson Campaign Hero (The Skip Weshner Show 1970 and The Smothers Brothers Summer Show 1970 Broadcast) Smokin’ Badger Here’s a nice curio from the Nilsson vaults. It’s been available before – but it’s on the streaming platforms now and gathered all in one place. This EP-length (just 17-minutes) collection of two different talk show/radio-broadcast […]Archive
June 17, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 108
Larry Adler, Larry Adler with Quintette of The Hot Club of France (1938) In my teenage years two names that I got hooked on – that seemed weird I guess, to others anyone – never to me, were Larry Adler and the Quintette du Hot Club de France (the Quintette boasting both Stephane Grappelli and […]Archive
June 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 110
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, Sing Sing Sing [Single] (1975) Something like this pops out at you and you grab it. A fiver. Done deal. A mono version of one of the most famous Benny Goodman staples – well three, really but the side A lead single is the one right. And I guess I […]Archive
June 6, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Bat For Lashes: The Boys of Summer (Live at EartH, London, 2019)
Bat For Lashes The Boys of Summer (ep) Bat For Lashes I’ve long been a fan of covers that go deep beyond anything resembling a ‘novelty factor’; covers where the artist (always a gifted songwriter of course) takes apart a classic track and rebuild it, not to make it better but simply to better understand […]Archive
June 4, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Dark Divinity: Messianic (ep)
Dark Divinity Messianic (ep) Trench Records Look, I’m such a fairweather fan when it comes to anything within a formaldehyde and methanol-soaked rag’s reach of something that even vaguely once resembled death metal so you’ll forgive me if this is not the review you’re looking for. I can only speak to liking this with all […]Archive
May 24, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Portico Quartet: We Welcome Tomorrow (ep)
Portico Quartet We Welcome Tomorrow (ep) Gondwana Records London’s nu-jazz combo, Portico Quartet, has a nice finite catalogue for you to explore – they have always been interested in jazz as purely starting point, from there they have ventured out towards prog via breakbeats – it’s a big ol’ melting pot really. Hypnotic, but busy, […]Archive
May 12, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Kneebody: Kneebody on Audiotree Live (ep)
Kneebody Kneebody on Audiotree Live (ep) Audiotree Music Across three long tracks here (28.46 in total) exploratory jazz-groove ensemble Kneebody should appeal to fans of Vulfpeck, Snarky Puppy and the like; you know that talented strain of super-freak young multi-instrumentalists and virtuoso players that swap keyboards and guitars like they’re hats and scarves.Archive
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 […]Archive
May 6, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Molly Payton: Mess [EP]
Molly Payton Mess [EP] tmwrk records At the start of this year – which, fuck! Already seems like about three years ago now – I accepted an invite to check out a showcase gig by the young Molly Payton; a Kiwi-born, UK-based singer/songwriter. She seemed to have just popped up. It was in fact her […]Archive
May 1, 2020 by Simon Sweetman