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February 16, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 171
Billie Holiday, Songs For Distingué Lovers (1957) Any semi-regular reader will know of my fascination with Billie Holiday – I’ve been a fan for years and just recently I’ve decided to collect up as many of the albums as I can (having had a few compilations and plenty of CDs and tapes back in the […]Archive
February 15, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 172
The Black Crowes, Shake Your Money Maker (1990) I have been going through a massive Black Crowes kick of late. Always liked them, but last couple of years I went back through all the albums and bought Southern Harmony of course. And have been wanting to get hold of this one too. The debut. A […]Archive
February 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 173
Neneh Cherry, Raw Like Sushi (1989) One of those albums I’ve always loved but never really owned. We were all over it at school – it was everywhere. Someone – or several people – had tape copies. I guess I had it on CD for a while – but it disappeared in the haze. I […]Archive
February 13, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 174
Sir Yehudi Menuhin & Stephane Grappelli, Top Hat (1981) I often talk about – and think about – the Stephane Grappelli concert I was lucky to see back in the late 1990s. One of the very best gigs of my lifetime. And it all started when my mum introduced me to Stephane Grappelli and Yehudin […]Archive
February 11, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 175
Tammy Wynette, The Best of Tammy Wynette (1978) There are many Tammy Wynette best-ofs – and this is the first that I’ve owned on vinyl; brand new to me ($1 op-shop find). I had a similar compilation on CD but oddly I’ve really never owned anything much by Wynette. I say oddly, because I am […]Archive
February 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 176
Peter Gabriel, Peter Gabriel [Security] (1982) Peter Gabriel – huge fan! I wonder sometimes how you couldn’t be a huge fan of his work. It’s almost perfect, and yet still almost always peculiar. That’s what I want. Weird. And Wonderful. Equal measures. I believe he has achieved that feat – and then made great commercial […]Archive
February 8, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 177
Jeanette MacDonald,Jeanette MacDonald Sings San Francisco And Other Silver Screen Favorites (1970) Jeanette MacDonald was a screen and stage star of the 1930s and 1940s. She starred in some 29 films, mostly musicals. From there to concert tours, to stage-musicals and theatre roles…amazing really…or, as my wife put it: “This is fucking awful!” Sample Track: […]Archive
February 5, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 178
Wayne & Shuster, Selected Short Subjects (1961) One of the things I love about comedy on vinyl is how dated it is; so you imagine an era when it was The Entertainment – you were invited around to hear the chuckles and join in with them. Maybe a polite dinner, some chat, and then the […]Archive
February 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 179
Todd Rundgren, Todd (1974) I learned the hard way: Always check the sleeves when buying second-hand records. I picked up a copy of this only to find that record two was not “Todd” at all – it was some easy listening compilation. But record one is the real deal. So I have half of this […]Archive
January 31, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Black Smoke Trigger: Set It Off [EP]
Black Smoke Trigger Set It Off (ep) Black Smoke Trigger Black Smoke Trigger is a band from Napier. They took their sound to America – got the legendary Michael Wagener to produce. In the 1970s and 1980s Michael Wagener produced so many of the records you loved or nearly loved – artists from Alice Cooper […]Archive
January 31, 2020 by Simon Sweetman