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July 28, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Floating Points: Late Night Tales
Various Artists Late Night Tales: Floating Points Late Night Tales / Night Time Stories Ltd Sam Shepherd, aka Floating Points, is a British DJ, collector and reissue label owner – he trades in rare grooves across soul, jazz, psych-rock, folk and ambient. There’s minimalist techno and low-key glitchy noise stuff in his selections and DJ […]Archive
July 1, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
V/A: Peggy Gou – DJ Kicks
Various Artists: DJ Kicks: Peggy Gou !k7 Records A really great DJ mix album should mean you really don’t spot any sore thumbs; you don’t care if a song that’s not really to your liking is included – because in and of that moment it sounds good, or at least sounds like it is meant to be there […]Archive
April 17, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 316
V/A, Office Space [OST] (1999) I was so hooked on Office Space as soon as I saw it. Watched it at the movie theatre twice – then it was a flat-staple on DVD and VOD-services – back in the days of “Saturn” as I recall…and the music was always a crucial component, but I never thought to hunt […]Archive
December 1, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 464
V/A, Jesus Christ Superstar [OST] (1973) Never underestimate the power of the placement of a good song – the right song – at the right time in an ad or TV show or movie. It was hearing Everything’s Alright on an episode of Transparent (S.4) that got me digging this ole thing out, giving it […]Archive
September 2, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
V/A: Baby Driver [OST]
Various Artists: Baby Driver [OST] Columbia Records It’s a fun film and a big part of that fun is in the soundtrack. Baby Driver is one of those don’t-think-too-hard films filled with car chases and rock’n’roll and soul and its soundtrack album works well as both a character (of sorts) in the film and as […]Archive
July 12, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
V/A: Mavis Staples – I’ll Take You There: An All-Star Concert Celebration
Various Artists: Mavis Staples – I’ll Take You There: An All-Star Concert Celebration Blackbird Production Partners LLC A Mavis Staples concert is a joyous experience – a celebration, she’s there at church and she, erm, takes you there…so on this tribute we have to wait for the last half hour for Mavis; still regal and […]Archive
May 11, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 557
V/A, The Harder They Come [OST] (1972) There I was, just a week ago, I had finally found a copy of this on vinyl – or rather it had found me. I’m sure I’d breezed past it other times. Good to finally have – I posted a photo of it, said that it felt like […]Archive
April 21, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 561
V/A, Happy To Be Part of The Industry of Human Happiness (1969) Today is Record Store Day. I go to record stores for many reasons – but obviously to buy records. And to find things like this…things I never knew existed, or that I needed, or wanted, until I find them…Here’s a late-60s compilation of […]Archive
March 2, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 576
V/A, The Jazz Story Volume 3 (1964) I think it’s a 5-volume set, but I saw the first four in a store on a day and bought them all then and there. And I haven’t looked for volume 5 – I wonder if they were all sold together originally? Anyway, good set of second-handers to […]Archive
September 19, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 629
V/A, Let’s Have A Party: The Rockabilly Influence 1950-1960 (1981) I found this record the other day in the store, hadn’t ever seen it before – pretty nifty compilation. I knew most of the names on it. Still, one or two new things (as should always be the way with a compilation). Most of the […]Archive
August 12, 2016 by Simon Sweetman