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May 31, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Link Wray: Link Wray [Reissue]
Link Wray Link Wray Future Days Recordings Ask most people about Link Wray and they’ll reference his surf-guitar/heavy-metal prototype instrumental, Rumble; it rode back in on a wave of appreciation post-Pulp Fiction but had been relegated alongside other late 50s/early 60s guitar-twanging gunslingers like Duane Eddy and Dick Dale.Archive
August 9, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Betty Davis: The Columbia Years 1968-69
Betty Davis The Columbia Years 1968-69 LightInTheAttic It’s fitting that LightInTheAttic should shine the light on these fabled Betty Davis sessions – via this comprehensive round-up with stellar liner notes, as is the way with LightInTheAttic releases, and of course the good oil being the music – since it was the reissue label which represented […]Archive
March 12, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The City: Now That Everything’s Been Said
The City Now That Everything’s Been Said LightInTheAttic Here’s a wonderful reissue from the dependable LightInTheAttic label – it’s the first time too that The City’s Now That Everything’s Been Said has been reissued for vinyl. This was a band fronted by Carole King and it’s essentially her “lost” or middle years. She’d written the […]Archive
October 25, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 804
Donnie and Joe Emerson, Dreamin’ Wild (1979) Good times for sure – I loved the story around this as much as I loved the music – but I really did dig this music, just as soon as I heard it. Good stuff. Not even the endorsement of Ariel Pink could throw me. Good, good times […]Archive
October 16, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Lewis Baloue: Romantic Times
Lewis Baloue Romantic Times Light In The Attic One of the surprise reissues of this year was Lewis’ L’Amour – the charming back-story didn’t hurt the record either. Since the album was put (back) out into the world – and kinda lapped up this time – the Light In The Attic crew even managed to […]Archive
September 4, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Lewis: L’Amour
Lewis L’Amour Light In The Attic Musically it’s so simple – sparse, proud, strange – a few synth lines stab in and around some late-night piano fumbling, a soft coo of a voice. No drums. No bass. It’s perfect at midnight or 3am or 6am – and it’s so perfect here, now, some 30 years […]Archive
August 6, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
V/A: Country Funk Volume II – 1967-1974
Various Artists: Country Funk Volume II – 1967-1974 Light In The Attic The first volume – one of Light In The Attic’s masterstrokes in the compiling/reissuing game – was the introduction of a genre that might have seemed to some like a Buzzfeed–styled click-bait headline; a fake genre you just had to hear – even […]Archive
July 17, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Donnie & Joe Emerson: Still Dreamin’ Wild – The Lost Recordings 1979-81
Donnie & Joe Emerson Still Dreamin’ Wild: The Lost Recordings 1979-81 Light In The Attic The reissue of Donnie and Joe Emerson’s Dreamin’ Wild, replete with wonderful back-story was a revelation – I loved it. Still love it. And the story was bonkers and heart-warming, a father builds a home studio and concert space for […]Archive
July 10, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
V/A: Wheedle’s Groove – Volume II: 1972-1987
Various Artists: Wheedle’s Groove: Seattle Funk, Modern Soul & Boogie – Volume II: 1972-1987 Light In The Attic Records There was an earlier volume a decade ago – it sorta started a movement, a resurgence, a doco, tribute acts, DJ sets and it reminded a lot of people of the funk, soul and groove tunes […]Archive
June 2, 2011 by Simon Sweetman