KOSMO's VINYL of the Week

"That's All Right Mama" by Arther 'Big Boy' Crudup

1/27/2017

KOSMO's VINYL of the Week:
"That's All Right Mama" by Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup, from 1946 on RCA Victor (original version can be found on the "Roots Of Presley" CD)...

"Elvis Presley would have been 11 years old when Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup recorded "That's All Right" in Chicago in 1946. How could Arthur have had any idea that 8 years later, a 19-year-old white boy from Tupelo, Mississippi would record a version in Memphis that would shake up the whole world! The song was first introduced to me by Rod Stewart on his "Every Picture Tells A Story" LP in 1971 - stick with Arthur or Elvis." - KV

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Curtis Mayfield, "The Other Side of Town"

1/20/2017

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KOSMO's VINYL of the Week:
Curtis Mayfield's "The Other Side Of Town" from the LP "Curtis"...

"The first Curtis Mayfield solo LP, "Curtis", is undoubtedly one of the greatest albums of all time. "The Other Side Of Town" is a ghetto blues masterpiece and, sadly, as current today as it was when it first came out in 1971. Here in the USA we are in for a rough 4 years, let's not forget the folks Curtis sings about will be on the front line for much of it." - KV

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"Night Comes Down" by The Mickey Finn

1/13/2017

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KOSMO's VINYL of the Week:
"Night Comes Down" by The Mickey Finn from 1965, produced by Shel Talmy, an American record producer in 'Swinging London', best known for his work with the early The Who and The Kinks...

"Came across this on a Freakbeat compilation LP at the long done Midnight Records down the road from NYC's Chelsea Hotel in the late 1980s. Evidently, it's a b-side and features Jimmy Page in session musician mode and no, it's not the T.Rex Mickey Finn. You can now get it as a re-pressed 7" on Norton Records and there's also a The Mickey Finn complete recordings compilation out there, which I've never heard." - KV

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"The Poacher" by Ronnie Lane

1/6/2017

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KOSMO's VINYL of the Week:
This first week of 2017, I pick "The Poacher" by Ronnie Lane...

"Ronnie Lane may best be described as "treasure". He was the special magical ingredient in The Faces, both Small and the later, taller version. Perhaps it takes a boy that grew up in Stratford East London to capture the beauty of the English countryside in song - he certainly did with "The Poacher". If you want an introduction, get a studio compilation, but if you want his best LP, it's "Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance" which doesn't feature "The Poacher' but has pleasures aplenty." - KV

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