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February 9, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1421
Randy Newman, Retrospect (1983) The guy in the shop said “this is pretty much all you need, I mean it’s got Short People” – and he was possibly (hopefully) joking. But then again, maybe he wasn’t. I was pretty chuffed finding this because I’d never heard of it before – a compilation that does indeed [...]Archive
December 4, 2011 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1728
Harry Nilsson, Nilsson Schmilsson (1971) Firstly, how good is that title – I couldn’t be sure that it wasn’t a Greatest Hits when I first got it; such a great title. And secondly, this is possibly the best $1 record I’ve ever bought. It would have to rate. (That’s a topic for another time; worth [...]Archive
October 7, 2011 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1820
Paul Simon, Hearts And Bones (1983) I’ve been listening to this album since it was released – my folks’ vinyl copy (which I now own). They were (and are) big Paul Simon fans. And I thank them for that, for getting to grow up with the fabulous music he made across the 1970s and 1980s. [...]Archive
July 20, 2011 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1922
Randy Newman, The Natural [OST] (1984) I’ve not seen the film The Natural and I don’t really plan to. Yes, I bought this score because it’s by Randy Newman – but yes I bought it even more because it cost me 10c. I think this record is easily worth that – in fact it might [...]Archive
May 31, 2011 by Simon Sweetman