KOSMO's VINYL of the Week

Diana Ross and the Supremes, "Someday We'll Be Together"

7/26/2019

KOSMO's VINYL of the Week:
This week we are in Hitsville, USA, 2648 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit in the summer of 1969 for the final Diana Ross & The Supremes single, "Someday We'll Be Together", released on Tamla Motown in 1970...

"First off, there are no Supremes on this record, the backing vocalists include Merry Clayton and other Motown regulars. Producer/co-writer Johnny Bristol (also heard on this) had recorded the backing track for Junior Walker, but it was swagged away by Miss Ross as her farewell to The Supremes. I suspect the atmosphere at the time was far from cordial between Diana and the other gals." - KV

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Sleepy Hoffpauir, "Cajun Polka"

7/19/2019

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KOSMO's VINYL of the Week:
This week we are in La Louisianne Recording Studios, Lafayette, Louisiana in either the late 1950s or early 60s for Sleepy Hoffpauir's "Cajun Polka"...

"I know nothing of Sleepy Hoffpauir, I discovered him on an LP titled "French Music and Folk Songs of Le Sud De La Louisianne". The LP was misfiled in the bins, but seeing as it was a Cajun compilation and old, I snapped it up. I doubt it was ever much of a seller! For me, there's something absolutely irresistible about Sleepy's one cut on the record - it sounds like something Laurel & Hardy would dance to !" - KV

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"Jackson" by Johnny Cash and June Carter

7/12/2019

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KOSMO's VINYL of the Week:
This week we are in Folsom State Prison, California, some time after 10AM on January 13th, 1968 for a live recording of "Jackson" by Johnny Cash and June Carter, first released on the LP "At Folsom Prison" on Columbia...

""Jackson" was actually written in 1963 by Billy Ed Wheeler and Jerry Leiber (yes, that one!) and first recorded by The Kingston Trio. The two better-known versions are the Cash/Carter and The Lee Hazlewood/Nancy Sinatra versions, both hits in 1967. But my favourite is this live version from '68, recorded not that long before Johnny and June were wed. They give the song a 'lived in - been there done that' feel and June is every bit a match for the man in black. Fueled by a live audience of inmates and Carl Perkins on guitar, I don't think you could ask for a better version." - KV

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Ann Peebles, "I Can't Stand the Rain"

7/5/2019

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KOSMO's VINYL of the Week:
This week we are in Royal Recording Studios, South Lauderdale, Memphis in 1973 for Ann Peebles' "I Can't Stand The Rain" - produced by Willie Mitchell and first released on his Hi Records...

"Missouri born and raised, Ann Lee Peebles was signed to Hi by the Willie Mitchell in the late 1960s, so she would have witnessed the meteoric rise of the Mitchell-produced Al Green. Here, Mitchell shows why he will, in my book, be considered one of the greatest record producers of all time. John Lennon absolutely raved about this record and called it "the best song ever" - I assume, like me, Lennon had a list of those." - KV

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