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April 15, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1530
Soul II Soul, Club Classics Vol. 1 (1989) So much of the dance/club music from the end of the 1980s/start of the 1990s that made it on to the charts – or dented the mainstream in some way – had the same beat. The same flow to the beat if not the very same sample. [...]Archive
February 9, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1630
Stevie Ray Vaughan, In Step (1989) This was the first Stevie Ray Vaughan album I owned. I loved it – instantly. I’d heard a couple of other songs. I lived in Hastings though – so this was what they had in the shop when I went in with my lawn-mowing money to buy a tape [...]Archive
January 29, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1646
Chris Isaak, Heart Shaped World (1989) This is the album that really launched Chris Isaak, his third. And yes it’s got Wicked Game. But I always preferred Spanish Sky. A great vocalist and leader of a sharp rockabilly-type combo that were adept at the ballads too. A born entertainer. Saw a great Chris Isaak gig [...]Archive
January 23, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1654
Janet Jackson, Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989) I went to a Janet Jackson concert. I had a mate who was a bit of a fan – a huge fan in fact. And this is not one of those “a friend of mine” type stories, where I actually mean me. I owed this mate some money, so [...]Archive
January 21, 2012 by Simon Sweetman