KOSMO's VINYL of the Week

Bill Allen and the Backbeats, "Please Give Me Something to Remember You By"

7/28/2017

KOSMO's VINYL of the Week:
This week we're rockin' our way back to 1958 with Bill Allen & the Backbeats' "Please Give Me Something To Remember You By" on Imperial...

"In London in the late 1970s, the whole Rockabilly thing really developed under its own steam as an offshoot of the Teddy Boy scene. There were '50s rock'n'roll nights at The Lyceum and other hot spots like the Royalty Ballroom, Southgate. Teenagers started wearing a more authentic 1950s American style and discovering lots of buried musical treasure, many of which were only American regional hits, if that. Most of the records were only available on 45s and not easy to find, this is one of them…" - KV

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Mississippi Fred McDowell, "You Gotta Move"

7/21/2017

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KOSMO's VINYL of the Week:
This week it's back to 1965 for Mississippi Fred McDowell's version of "You Gotta Move" on Arhoolie...

"Most of us will have have first heard this hill country blues performed by The Rolling Stones on "Sticky Fingers" and although theirs is a pretty faithful cover of Fred's arrangement, there is that 'other dimension' to this version that can't be replicated. Evidently, he first started playing slide guitar using a pocket-knife, before switching to a meat bone and then finally settling on a glass slide." - KV

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The Kinks, "Days"

7/14/2017

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KOSMO's VINYL of the Week:
This week it's back to London in 1968 with The Kinks for a proper single (recorded for the purpose - not an album track), "Days". As would be expected, writer Ray Davies drifts far from the 'Street Fighting Man' spirit that is usually associated with that year...

"In 1977, as I was developing my game as a publicity/promotion man, I landed a small back office in London's Old Compton St. I used to go in Saturday mornings to tidy up whatever mess had been left Friday and plot up for the following week. Next door was a pub and one sunny Saturday I was having a solo early lunchtime pint when along came Ray Davies seeking the same. We stood outside in an almost deserted street, neither one of us asking the other any questions - just some shared mutual observations. This record always reminds me of that." - KV

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Tapper Zukie, "Pick up the Rockers"

7/7/2017

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KOSMO's VINYL of the Week:
This week it's back to Jamaica for Tapper Zukie's "Pick Up The Rockers", from his 1976 LP "MPLA"...

"In London in 1976, a punk/rasta rebel alliance seemed to have been formed, although in retrospect this was probably more of a punk rock perception than a Rastafarian one. "Tapper Zukie's "MPLA" LP, on the Klik label, seemed to be blasting from every reggae record shop and a few more besides. For me, it remains one of the crucial sounds of a very special summer, as tough today as it was back then. If you went to see The Clash live at the time, this is what you would have heard before the show." - KV

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