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January 23, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1429
Count Basie, The Legendary Count Basie (1982) When we first got a CD player (c.1990) mum and dad were suddenly so excited about buying music again – they stormed into stores and snapped up things they’d had on vinyl and given away or worn out (or both). The also bought loads of things – in [...]Archive
May 4, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1509
Madness, Complete Madness (1982) Any thought of Madness, any time I hear the music – and I wouldn’t call myself a huge fan or anything – I’m transported back to The Young Ones. Picked up on some cool music from that show – and in a before-my-time sort of way as I was addicted to [...]Archive
February 14, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1621
This is the new reissue (4 Men With Beards) bought recently. I can’t claim to be some ground-level Afrika Bambaataa fanatic with the original twelves. But I did used to have this album (a collection of the early singles, all lovingly grouped to play well together) on CD. And some other things from Bam and [...]Archive
February 3, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1641
Spyro Gyra, Incognito (1982) I don’t know when I purchased this Spyro Gyra album – or more likely inherited it. But I played it last week for what was the first time in nearly 20 years. And it will be the last. Conclusion: I thought I could show some interest/attention in anything that featured Steve [...]Archive
January 31, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1644
Robert Plant, Pictures At Eleven (1982) I’m enjoying going back to the early Robert Plant solo albums now – you can hear his whole career as a shaking off of the Led Zeppelin tag. He’s not embarrassed about it (why would you be?) but he has, over his solo catalogue, removed himself from just [...]Archive
January 14, 2012 by Simon Sweetman