KOSMO's VINYL of the Week

Johnny Thunders, "You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory"

4/24/2020

KOSMO's VINYL of the Week:
This week we are in in the London of 1978 in the company of a New Yorker, for Johnny Thunders' "You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory", first released on his debut LP, "So Alone", on Real Records...

"Queens-born Johnny Thunders was first known to me as the guitar player with the New York Dolls but by 1977, he was living in London with his new band, The Heartbreakers. Over the years, I got to know him a little but he was a heroin addict and so, outside of music and clothes, we had little in common.

As well as being a hell of a guitar player, he was also a very sweet cat and, sadly, as is the case with most heroin addicts, he eventually died from it." - KV

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Quincy Jones, "Soul Bossa Nova"

4/17/2020

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KOSMO's VINYL of the Week:
This week we are in A&R Studios, 112 West 48th St. New York City, on 7th September 1962 for Quincy Jones's "Soul Bossa Nova", first released on the "Big Band Bossa Nova" LP on Mercury...

"I have never watched an Austin Powers flick, but can imagine that for some of you, its association with this record has spoiled it. This can hardly be blamed on Quincy Jones, who recorded it before Mike Myers was even born. The first film it actually appeared it was Sidney Lumet's "The Pawnbroker" in 1964.

There is no denying Quincy's talent or pedigree and on this one, musicians chosen include Rahsaan Roland Kirk on flute and Lalo Schifrin on piano (probably a few other notable names too). Play Loud."
- KV

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Childish Gambino, "19.10"

4/10/2020

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KOSMO's VINYL of the Week:
This week we are in the United States of now, or of the 15th March, 2020 to be exact, for Childish Gambino's "19.10", dropped online as part of an album called "Donald Glover Presents"...

"I like Donald Glover, I like him a lot, and so when #1 son Jack told me there was a new Childish Gambino album out, I listened right away. The track "19.10" is my early listening standout and it reminds me a lot of H.R.H. Mr. Rogers of Minneapolis. I really don't know anything about it, but it's dance music and you don't have to know anything, just shake your ass !"

"Just because we can't go out doesn't mean we can't dance." - KV

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Pentagle, "Lord Franklin"

4/3/2020

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KOSMO's VINYL of the Week:
This week we are back in Sound Techniques Studios, Chelsea, London for Pentangle's version of the folk ballad, "Lord Franklin", produced by Bill Leader and first released on their "Cruel Sister" LP in 1970 on Transatlantic Records...

"As an urban kid, I would make fun of the English folk scene, which I imagined to consist entirely of bearded men in aran sweaters, clutching pint mugs of warm beer. I think I might have seen Pentangle on BBCTV somewhere back then, but probably changed channels if I did. I'm still not that familiar with their records and would be lying to say I've liked all I've heard - but any band that contains Bert Jansch and Danny Thompson has got to be worth investigating.

This song, sung by John Renbourn, is also known as "Lady Franklin's Lament" and can be traced back to 1850." - KV

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