KOSMO's VINYL of the Week

Duster Bennett, "Jumping at Shadows"

8/31/2018

KOSMO's VINYL of the Week:
This week we are in the blues boom London of 1968 for Duster Bennett's "Jumping At Shadows" from his debut LP "Smiling Like I'm Happy" on the Blue Horizon label...

"Duster Bennett was a British one-man country blues band with close associations to the Peter Green era Fleetwood Mac (they also recorded this tune). He was 21 when he recorded this and he comes across to me as unpretentious and sincere. No long hair, beard or bell bottoms for Duster - he often appears in photos wearing a Ben Sherman shirt. Sadly, he died driving home from a gig in 1976, by falling asleep at the wheel." - KV

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Bo Diddley, "Bring it to Jerome"

8/24/2018

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KOSMO's VINYL of the Week:
This week we are at 2120 South Michigan Ave, Chicago on the 14th July 1955 for Bo Diddley's "Bring It To Jerome" on the Chess subsidiary, Checker Records Label...

"This was first released as a b-side to "Pretty Thing" on both 78 and 45 RPM and was Bo Diddley's 2nd 'hit' single for the Chess Brothers. It can best be found on the 1958 "Bo Diddley" compilation LP (Chess 1431) which has got be one of the greatest rock'n'roll/r'n'b albums of all time. A KV 'must have' for sure. The 'Jerome' in question is Bo's maracas player, Jerome Green." - KV

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Ken Boothe, "Freedom Day"

8/17/2018

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KOSMO's VINYL of the Week:
This week we are in Federal Studios on Marcus Garvey Drive, Kingston, Jamaica for Ken Boothe's "Freedom Day" (AKA "Freedom Time") first released on his 1976 Lloyd Charmers produced LP "Blood Brothers"...

"Known as "Mr Rock Steady" from the early 1960s, Ken Boothe is not a name you associate with the more militant style of Reggae popularised by Rastafarians in the 1970s. But on this track, Ken's unique voice is put to great use, co-written with producer Charmers. Introduced to me by the ever spinning deejay Barry "Scratchy" Myers." - KV

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Harry Nilsson, "Coconut"

8/10/2018

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KOSMO's VINYL of the Week:
This week we are in the London of early 1971 with an American for Harry Nilsson's "Coconut", although it wasn't released as a single until 1972...

"I must confess that I have never owned a Nilsson album and although "Coconut" comes from his "Nilsson Schmilsson" LP, I only have the single - I just could not bring myself to own a record that has "Without You" on it. Still, in my defence, I've rarely been without a copy of the "Midnight Cowboy" soundtrack. There used to be a rumour that John Lennon was in a Gorilla suit on the promo film for this, but I now doubt that's true." - KV

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King Pleasure, "Jumpin' with Symphony Sid"

8/3/2018

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KOSMO's VINYL of the Week:
This week we are in New York City on December 12th, 1952, for King Pleasure's vocal take of Lester Young's "Jumpin' With Symphony Sid", first released on the Prestige Label as 78RPM 10"...

"The style "vocalese", where a singer makes up words for an existing recorded jazz instrumental, is often credited as the creation of Eddie Jefferson, but King Pleasure was the one that scored many of the style's big hits (you might be familiar with his name via Jean-Michel Basquiat's painting). "Symphony Sid" was a popular jazz deejay who received many recorded tributes in his time, this one was first recorded as an instrumental by Lester Young in 1946. Like dig Daddy'O !" - KV

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