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June 30, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 101

Leo Sayer, Just A Boy (1974) As a kid all I knew of Leo Sayer was the two big hits from 1976/77 – You Make Me Feel Like Dancing and When I Need You – they were on the radio all the time; or so it seemed. Look, I couldn’t even say if I loved […]
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November 10, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Mission Concert 2014: Line-up Announced

Is this the worst line-up ever announced for The Mission? And the answer, of course, is yes. Proving the bottom of the barrel they scrape is, naturally, one filled with wine, this lot couldn’t care a jot for music – they’re so sure the brand will live on. And it probably will – it has […]
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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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