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March 31, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 563
The Temptations, 25th Anniversary: Volume One (1986) I love The Temptations – who doesn’t, right? One of those bands I thought I discovered via the Vietnam War-era “Sixties Revival” of the mid/late 80s – and thought I heard some key songs on some key compilations and soundtracks it turns out I knew so many of […]Archive
August 19, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein: Stranger Things, Vol. 1 [OST]
Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein Stranger Things, Vol. 1 [OST] Lakeshore Records It seems the one thing anyone lured in by Netflix’s Stranger Things can agree on – the music was a triumph; scene-setting, propulsive, era/genre-evoking, it worked stunningly as a masterful prop and part of the manipulation. The score comes courtesy of Kyle Dixon […]Archive
July 16, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 855
Val Doonican, The World of Val Doonican (1969) Well it’s R.I.P. ole Val I guess. Val Doonican never meant that much to me beyond seeing this album – and a couple of others in the multi-volume virus – in my grandparents’ house, in in so many junk stores and second-handers ever since. (Especially the book-stores […]Archive
February 23, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 942
UB40, The Best of UB40 – Volume 1 (1987) I’d never go defending UB40 – beyond saying they are (were) a very good live band. And the first couple of albums were solid. Also I used to love this best-of; one of the go-to car-trip tapes when I was a kid. We’d load this puppy […]Archive
December 24, 2011 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1704
She & Him, A Very She & Him Christmas (2011) I liked the first She & Him album; it sounded sweet. It was unnecessary almost but nice enough and the covers were cool. The second album – I could take or leave, more likely leave. But I did buy the Christmas album – on vinyl […]Archive
November 26, 2011 by Simon Sweetman