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March 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 155

Mike Post, Television Theme Songs (1982) I feel like I learned about Mike Post from school – not that there were any of his songs to ‘sing’ (or his TV themes, rather) but his classic Hill Street Blues Theme was a staple of piano lessons. Ah! I’ve got it. We did sing one of his […]
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December 10, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 460

Mike Post, The Theme From Hill Street Blues [Single] (1981) Mike Post did the heavy lifting when it came to 1980s TV theme tunes – such a huge impact on my crazy little kid-brain; these themes all stay with me. None more so than Hill St. Blues though – a TV show I watched because […]
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May 5, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1507

Leo Sayer, Endless Flight (1976) The Leo Sayer song of great annoyance is You Make Me Feel Like Dancing – and it’s here in all its Jackson 5-pastiche glory. And as a kid I really dug that song but it became revolting to me rather swiftly. I can’t say I ever thought too much about […]
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