KOSMO's VINYL of the Week

David Bowie, "Round and Round"

9/28/2018

KOSMO's VINYL of the Week:
This week we are in London of 1971 for David Bowie's version of Chuck Berry's "Round and Round", not released until 1973 as b-side...

"It's not often that you think of David Bowie and Chuck Berry at the same time, and I think this might be the only way to hear both at the same time. Produced by Ken Scott, it must have been cut at the sessions that produced the "Ziggy Stardust" LP. With Mick Ronson in full stripped-down, Jeff Beck mode, it shows what a kick-ass band the Spiders From Mars, or should I say The Rats (from Hull), were." - KV

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William de Vaughn, "Be Thankful for What You've Got"

9/21/2018

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KOSMO's VINYL of the Week:
This week we're in Sigma Sound Studios, 212 North 12th St., Philadelphia in 1972 for William De Vaugha's "Be Thankful For What You Got", released on Roxbury Records...

"Sigma Sound was the home of the 'Philly Sound' and the location for much of Bowie's "Young Americans" LP. Surely one of the the greatest U.S. recording studios of all time. "Be Thankful" features some of the MFSB band (much used by Gamble & Huff), on what was an in-studio re-arrangement of a song originally titled "A Cadillac Don't Come Easy". I really know nothing of William De Vaughn, but I do know that all involved must have been listening to plenty of Curtis Mayfield." - KV

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Herbie Mann, "The House of the Rising Sun"

9/14/2018

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KOSMO's VINYL of the Week:
This week we are back in 1967 at Rudy Van Gelder's Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey studio for Herbie Mann's version of "The House of The Rising Sun", from his "Glory of Love" LP on CTI Records...

"Herbie Mann was a Brooklyn-born flute player, who's records I discovered in the dollar bins of many a flea market. He recorded with some of the top session musicians of his time and this one is produced by Creed Taylor, a journeyman jazz A&R man/producer. Both had much to do with the early 1960s bossa nova boom. I can't recommend any of Herbie's LPs from start to finish, but he did, on occasion, cut some fine tracks." - KV

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Fatboy Slim, "Brimful of Asha"

9/7/2018

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KOSMO's VINYL of the Week:
This week we are in England for the Norman (aka Fatboy Slim) Cook's remix of Cornershop's "Brimful of Asha" from 1998...

"Here is a classic example of a remix 'saving the day' and bringing a great record to everyone's attention. Tjinder Singh's ode to the Indian movie singer Asha Bhonsle had peaked at #60 in the UK charts, before Fatboy Slim's remix took it all the way to #1 and then on to international hitsville. It brought Cornershop and it's great album, "When I was Born for the 7th Time", the success it deserved. Hard to believe that was 20 years ago !" - KV

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