Second Hand Store

Rod McKuen / Anita Kerr / The San Sebastian Strings, The Soft Sea (1970) I’m a sucker. I go into opp shops and salvation army stores and dig through the weary old cardboard box of the same old classical-lite shite. And I sometimes think I’ve found a gem. And sometimes I have. I don’t revisit […]

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March 5, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 428

Bing Crosby, Bing Sings The Hits (1953) Bing Crosby – golden voice eh. Warm. Inviting. And actor too, song and dance man. A legend. One of those people you just know about, hear about – more so than hear from. I dunno. I have no concept around how I first heard of Bing Crosby or […]

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January 3, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 454

Bob Dylan, Planet Waves (1974) When I first heard this I wasn’t so sure – it didn’t stick, not quite like so many of the other Bob Dylan albums had. But no matter, it was still going to be part of the collection – I had about 20 Bob Dylan cassette tapes and every time […]

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September 3, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 504

Ian Stewart, Piano for Dancing [EP] (1958) The world of second-hand stores is full of these sorts of things – wee curios – old EPs and singles and 78s and 45s and things…and it’s dime a dozen (and often it’s pretty much exactly that, price-wise). Dashed hopes, daunted dreams, forgotten magic. Or just junk. One […]