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August 28, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 65

Buddy Morrow And His Orchestra, Big Band Beatlemania (1964) Maybe my Beatlemania streak was shining deep on that day…I saw this and had to have it and do I need it? Fuck no! But do I have it anyway. Hell yes! Actually, the guy in the shop goes, “that one must be a freebie” since […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1964, Beatles, Beatles Covers, Big Band, Buddy Morrow, Buddy Morrow And His Orchestra, Covers, His Orchestra, Instrumental, Jazz, LP, Mono, Orchestra, She Loves You, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 65, Vinyl ·

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July 23, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 87

Pablo Casals, The Art of Pablo Casals (1964) “What is that beautiful cello?” Someone visiting said recently. “Who is playing that? Where did you get it?” And the answer of course is Pablo Casals. And the other answer is: This fantastic fucking junk shop in Masterton for $2! (Well, alright, they’re all junk shops in […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1964, Après un rêve, Cello, LP, Masterton, Mono, Pablo Casals, Record, The Art of Pablo Casals, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 87, Vinyl, Yo-Yo Ma ·

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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 […]
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March 8, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 156

The Shadows, Jigsaw (1967) I fucking love The Shadows. On a level where I actually can’t understand it if you don’t. To me, if a person does not think The Shadows are super-fucking-great I’m forced to contemplate whether that person is even real. I mean – they breathe. Eat. Sleep. Shit. Sure. But are they […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1967, Cliff Richard, Guitar, Hank Marvin, Instrumentals, Jigsaw, LP, Mono, Record, Sixties, surf-rock, Tennessee Waltz, The Shadows, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 156, Vinyl ·

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November 21, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 468

Ray Charles, Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (1962) I grew up listening to Ray Charles – the Blues Brothers movie and various compilations and things my folks had; some of our first CDs in the house were Ray Charles ones, a few of the last records in the house too…and then we went […]
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March 26, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 565

Paul Simon, The Paul Simon Songbook (1965) The first I knew of this was the reissued CD – a few years back now. But until then I didn’t know that Paul Simon had recorded prior to the Simon & Garfunkel albums. I mean, I knew they had cut a single years earlier, together, under a […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1965, Art Garfunkel, Britain, England, Folk, Leaves That Are Green, LP, Mono, Paul Simon, Record, S&G, songbook, The Paul Simon Songbook, The Vinyl Countdown # 565, Tom & Jerry, Vinyl ·

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February 22, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 579

Bob Dylan, Greatest Hits (1966) You wait years for a Bob Dylan Greatest Hits album on vinyl – and then two come along in as many years; by which I mean it was only the other day/year I picked up Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits on vinyl. And then, more recently I sprung for this version. […]
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September 14, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1034

The Beatles, Revolver [Mono] (1966/2014) I had to get some runs on the board with the new Beatles mono LPs – can’t afford the box-set, not even in my dreams, but figured I could – maybe – spring for one. Dangerous though, obviously. Having one means I’ll likely want another. And then another. And so […]
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July 6, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1086

The Velvet Underground, Singles 1966-69 (2009) Here is the most expensive record/s in the house that I’ve never listened to. $100 for this set of seven x 7” singles – reissued in 2009 – and still sealed. Quite what I’m hoping to achieve here is anyone’s guess. I love The Velvet Underground so much so […]
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