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December 11, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 3

Bobby Bloom, Montego Bay [Single] (1970) I’m still working through a batch of singles a retired DJ gifted to me – this is one of them. People consider Bobby Bloom a one-hit-wonder, which he was. It’s further impacted by his sad demise. Depression, and then an accidental shooting. Dead by 28. But he co-wrote a […]
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April 21, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 130

Amazulu, Amazulu (1986) Just the other day I was remembering Aswad – I pair them with Amazulu. Both British bands fusing a type of light reggae with pop, both big in the mid-80s, both beginning with ‘A’ – a lot of surface comparisons I guess. I pair them simply because I discovered them around the […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1980s, 1986, 80s, Amazulu, Aswad, LP, Montego Bay, Record, Reggae, Self-Titled, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 130, The Young Ones, Vinyl ·

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