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Music never lets you down
Puts a smile on your face
Any time, anyplace…
(and especial thanks to Daze who ran through the crowd to get the autograph)
Lying in bed, warmed by an oil heater and an hour of smiths singles. Sound sooooo good on my mega hifi setup; remastered;repackaged;remembered!
“Just to let you know on 9 November between 5 and 6 pm GMT on Jazz FM Radio the Johnny Mathis single “I Love My Lady” is to be played by DJ Ralph Tee as a special favour to me. He’s actually got the whole album but because of legal reasons is unable to play […]
I have recently been lucky enough to DISCO-ver this tune by Teri de Sario on Casablanca label, and written of Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees. It is a big-toothed belter of a tune, with soaring strings, loping irrepressibility and moving lead vocals.
I admit it , I’m really a dreamer
And I’m reachin’ for a star […]
ha..[r], as I saw they were nominated but didnae win the ever-blander mercury music prize this year. They didnt deserve to winit, neither did “klaxons” (silly name, silly band) — I knocekd this review out back in the Spring - it was an interesting album and I liked the mix of MBV with more some […]
I have just got a *mega* Nokia E61 mobile. And, well, I was bored and made up some edits of intros of tracks I might like to use as ringtones, you can have them all to download if you want your phone has m p three ringtone capability. (Probbaly will if bought in the last […]
they’re still the greatest.. reissues of most albums now out on Wounded Bird records! Need more proof? Check Nile talking about ‘em:
Oh, here’s a pretty damn wonderful live version of Rockit by my old acquaintance, Herbie Hancock. There are some key 80s fashions in this video, including MIRRORED shades…ouch
Glasgow’s The Reservoir wanted people to review some stuff so I wrote a review - here it is in all its turgid glory…
(the reservoir music site will be back up soon we are told)
Television Personalities - My Dark Places, on Domino records 2006
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It’s 2006 and to save us from Babyshambles with some real shambling it’s […]
Not really into morbid-o-blogging but I’m gonna make an exception here.
I’ve just heard the sad news that Luther Vandross has died. In the last couple of years I have discovered what an amazing singer he was - I sought out his early albums after I realised he did so much with Chic, and knowing […]
A Post-war record label in Nashville, Memphis and Muscle Shoals. I have come across them as I was looking for Shirley Brown albums. Shirley B was the last hit record artist Stax had in the 70s, with the classic Woman to Woman. But in the early 70s she had recorded with Excello, who were primarily […]