KOSMO's VINYL of the Week

The Spencer Davis Group, "Gimme Some Lovin'"

5/26/2017

KOSMO's VINYL of the Week:
This week I've picked a hit, the U.S. mono mix of The Spencer Davis Group's classic "Gimme Some Lovin" from 1966...

"If there ever was a year that epitomizes "Swinging London" for me it's 1966. The World Cup, The Avengers on TV, Mod hits the high street and great records galore. There's nothing wrong with the original U.K. Fontana hit of "Gimme Some Lovin", but I prefer the U.S. mix with cowbell and backing vocals, obviously the influence of new-in-town producer Jimmy Miller. It probably didn't escape the ears of Mick Jagger either, he would eventually swag Miller away from Steve Winwood for what was to become The Rolling Stones greatest run: 1968-72." - KV

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Van Morrison, "Linden Arden Stole the Highlights"

5/19/2017

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KOSMO's VINYL of the Week:
Van Morrison's "Linden Arden Stole The Highlights", from "Veedon Fleece"...

"After "Astral Weeks", 1974's moody, low key "Veedon Fleece" is my favourite Van Morrison LP, although I never really sunk my ears into it until the late 1980s. It certainly wasn't the kind of record I was listening to when I was 17. "Linden Arden Stole The Highlights" is a glimpse at a whiskey drinking, church going, children loving, hatchet wielding killer - as much a short story set to music as a song."
- KV

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Primal Scream, "Shoot Speed Kill Light"

5/12/2017

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KOSMO's VINYL of the Week:
This Week's pick is from 2000 - Primal Scream's "Shoot Speed Kill Light" from their "XTRMNTR" album...

"Although Mani (ex The Stone Roses) had been playing bass with The Primals for a while, to me XTRMNTR is when his presence really comes to the fore. Pennie Smith had written me that they had undergone something of a very positive re-styling and she was not wrong. "Shoot Speed Kill Light", a kind of post punk psychedelic krautrock, was an immediate favourite and still is." - KV

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Pérez Prado, "Marilyn Monroe Mambo"

5/5/2017

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KOSMO's VINYL of the Week:
This week we go from Cuba to Hollywood via Mexico City with Pérez Prado's "Marilyn Monroe Mambo" form 1954...

"This would have been first released on 78 RPM 10 inch, but it came to my attention via Perez Prado's "Mambo Mania" LP, which was a compilation of his earliest hits. In the early 1980s, Paul Simonon and his girlfriend Pear Harbour started getting '50s Mambo records from Pearl's brother, Ed. Paul would put them on cassette and bring them on the road. So you can imagine this one featured heavily at many a Clash party. Sometimes, two words are all you need for lyrics on a dance record." - KV

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