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February 22, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sebastien Tellier: A Girl Is A Gun (Music From The Original Series)

Sebastien Tellier A Girl Is A Gun (Music From The Original Series) Record Makers I have no idea about the TV series – but I’ll give it a chance now that I’ve heard its soundtrack. I’d listen to any movie or TV soundtrack by the prolific and multi-talented Sebastien Tellier. He sings in English, French and Italian, […]
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December 10, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 460

Mike Post, The Theme From Hill Street Blues [Single] (1981) Mike Post did the heavy lifting when it came to 1980s TV theme tunes – such a huge impact on my crazy little kid-brain; these themes all stay with me. None more so than Hill St. Blues though – a TV show I watched because […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1981, Aaron's Tune, Angela, Cop Show, Eighties, Hill St. Blues, Hill Street Blues, Intro, Larry Carlton, LP, Mike Post, Piano, Record, Single, Taxi, The Theme From Hill Street Blues, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 460, Theme, TV, TV Show, TV Theme, Vinyl ·

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November 23, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Music on Mastermind: What Would Your Mastermind Specialist Topic Be?

“I’ve started…so I’ll finish…” I was an avid fan of Mastermind. Couldn’t get into the re-boot. As a kid I watched it – obsessed. Even the topics/questions I didn’t really understand. I certainly ‘got’ that people were smart, passionate, engaged, a bit mouth-breathy at times…but it was just inspiring watching these nerds dribble out the […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Ben Greenman, Bios, I Would Die 4 U, Lou Reed, Mastermind, Matt Thorne, Mick Wall, Music, Music on Mastermind: What Would Your Mastermind Specialist Topic Be?, Prince, The Two Ronnies, Touré, TV, TV Show ·

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October 23, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Fabulous Return of The Monkees: Comeback of the Year

The Monkees are often mentioned as a manufactured band – made for TV. It’s true, ads were placed and the aim was to make an imaginary band, an American version of something that channelled the spirit of Beatlemania. The band members would eventually go on to show their enormous musical talent – in some cases […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Comeback, Comeback of the Year, Good Times, Head, Mickey Dolenz, Mike Nesmith, New Album, Peter Tork, Reunion, The Fabulous Return of The Monkees, The Fabulous Return of The Monkees: Comeback of the Year, The Monkees, TV Show ·

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October 10, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 618

The Monkees, The Monkees (1966) I’ve always loved The Monkees – I remember, vividly, the summer that the TV show came on the telly when I was little. It was a series of re-runs – but it was the first time in my life the TV show was around. Part of a wave of 60s […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1966, Debut Album, First Album, Gonna Buy Me A Dog, Hey Hey We're The Monkees, LP, Monkees, Record, The Monkees, The Vinyl Countdown # 618, Theme Song, TV Show, Vinyl ·

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August 31, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 641

Bob James, The Genie: Themes & Variations from The TV Series “Taxi” (1983) If you’ve read almost any of my posts you’ll know I’m obsessed with Angela – The Theme From Taxi by Bob James. I set off to someone’s house to pick-up my first ever TradeMe vinyl purchase just so I could get a […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged [OST], 1983, Angela, Bob James, Cue, Groove For Julie, Instrumental, LP, Record, Score, Soundtrack, Taxi, The Genie, The Vinyl Countdown # 641, Themes & Variations from The TV Series Taxi, TV, TV Show, TV Shows That Meant The World To Me, TV Shows That Meant The World To Me # 1, Vinyl ·

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July 2, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 675

The Wombles, Greatest Hits (1976) An album from my childhood – though I never owned a copy. But one of the cousins did. And it was on whenever we were around there, for a while at least. It was a favourite. We each had a different Womble soft toy and we loved the TV show. […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1976, Cartoon, Compilation, Greatest Hits, LP, Mike Batt, Record, The Vinyl Countdown # 675, The Wombles, The Wombling Song, TV Show, Vinyl, Wombles ·

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February 15, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

V/A: VINYL (Music from the HBO Original Series, Vol. 1)

Various Artists: VINYL (Music from the HBO Original Series, Vol. 1) Atlantic Recording Corporation & Warner Bros. Records, Inc/WEA International Inc. The much-hyped Martin Scorsese/Mick Jagger-executive produced VINYL has debuted – bringing with it a first volume of soundtrack recordings. The plan – for a show called VINYL – is to have digital-only releases popping […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [OST], 1970s, HBO, Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger, Music Industry, New York, Record Business, Richard Hell, Series 1, Series One, Seventies, Soundtrack, Sturgill Simpson, Television, The New York Dolls, TV, TV Series, TV Show, V/A, Various Artists, Vinyl, VINYL (Music from the HBO Original Series, Vol. 1 ·

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June 8, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Entourage: Film

Entourage Director: Doug Ellin Closest To The Hole Productions/Entourage Holdings/HBO The reviews of Entourage (the movie) have not been kind. I’m not entirely sure why. It’s by no means a great film – but it’s consistent with the TV show. It presents the same characters, in the same sorts of situations and is a logical […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Film, Film Review, Mark Wahlberg, Movie, TV Show ·

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May 30, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 884

Geoffrey Burgon, Brideshead Revisited [OST] (1981) A few years back we watched – for the first time – Brideshead Revisited. I was hooked. Straight away. And for all the talk of these great TV shows from recent years, all these best ever lists, I think of Brideshead when I think of TV shows I loved; […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged [OST], 1981, Brideshead Revisited, Brideshead Theme, Geoffrey Burgon, LP, Record, Score, Soundtrack, The Vinyl Countdown # 884, TV, TV Show, Vinyl ·

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April 18, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1385

Johnny Mandel, M*A*S*H [OST] (1973) We used to sing Suicide Is Painless at primary school. That’s pretty fucked up when I think about it now. This is worth having for the Ahmad Jamal version of the theme – where he got all Bob James Taxi about a half-decade before Bob James got all Taxi. I […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged [OST], 1973, Angela, Bob James, Film, Hawkeye, Johnny Mandel, MASH, Soundtrack, Suicide Is Painless, Taxi, Theme, TV Show, War ·

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