KOSMO's VINYL of the Week

Martha & the Vandellas, "I'm Ready for Love"

11/27/2020

KOSMO's VINYL of the Week:
This week we are back in Hitsville U.S.A., 2648 W. Grand Blvd, Detroit, in 1966 with Holland-Dozier-Holland at the controls for Martha & The Vandellas' "I'm Ready For Love", first released on the Gordy label on 6th October, 1966...

"When I was kid, it seemed that Tamla Motown released a great record every week, and this I considered to be quite normal! Not only that, but if I'd been asked, I would have probably said that I expected that to continue forever.

At the heart of this incredible feat of creativity were the writing/production team of Lamont Dozier and the brothers Brian and Eddie Holland, who left Motown in early 1968 in a dispute over money. In 1966, Martha & The Vandellas were Martha Reeves, Rosalind Ashford and Betty Kelly." - KV

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Tom Waits, "House Where Nobody Lives"

11/20/2020

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KOSMO's VINYL of the Week:
This week we are in Prairie Sun Recording Studios, Cotati, California for Tom Waits' "House Where Nobody Lives", first released in April 1999 on his "Mule Variations" album on ANTI...

"If Tom Waits was only a songwriter, I would hold him in high regard, amongst the very best of those that have ever plied that trade. But he is so much more than that - a singer, an actor, a sage, a presence - perhaps - "phenomenon" is a better description.

Here with a country/soul blues, he gives us some words of wisdom and sound advice. You can't ask more of a song." - KV

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Brother Bones & his Shadows, "Sweet Georgia Brown"

11/13/2020

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KOSMO's VINYL of the Week:
This week we are in the Hollywood of 1948 for Brother Bones and His Shadows' version of "Sweet Georgia Brown", first released as a 10" 78RPM record on Tempo...

"I first knew this by way of Rahsaan Roland Kirk's faithful cover version from 1976. But when I moved to NYC I learned that Brother Bones' version had been the Harlem Globetrotters' theme tune since 1952!

Bones was Alabama born in 1902 as Freeman Davis and had also worked as Whistling Sam. Legend has it that Tempo discovered him in a Hollywood Chinese restaurant, he left us in 1974 aged 71." - KV

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Bob Marley & the Wailers, "No Woman, No Cry"

11/6/2020

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KOSMO's VINYL of the Week:
This week we are 'Live' at the Lyceum Theatre, just off The Strand, London on the 18th July, 1975, for Bob Marley & The Wailers' "No Woman No Cry", first released as a single on Island in September 1975...

""Live" at Lyceum, to which this version ultimately belongs, is surely one of the most important live albums ever recorded. It established Marley as a 3rd World International Superstar and made him and The Wailers one of the 'must see' live performers of not only their time, but of all time.

When released, there were some purists who felt that the record was too fast, but the world connected. Tuff Gong in full Conquering Lion form, carrying his faith and his people with him." - KV

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