DaysAreNumbers – Film of the Day – A Quiet Place in the Country (Elio Petri, 1969)

Franco Nero surely has one of the most breathtakingly varied filmographies in all of cinema… From his beginnings as a spaghetti western icon in Django to Hollywood fare such as Force 10 from

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Single of the Day – John Carpenter – Moochie’s Death | DaysAreNumbers

We all know John Carpenter is a talented little so and so when it comes to recording his own music and that. So, I don’t really need to go into detail

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Single of the Day: Michel Polnareff – Lipstick

The eccentric French singer-songwriter Michel Polnareff recorded this lavish camp disco stomper for the 1976 Margaux Hemingway starred film Lipstick. One of the first twelve inches to be released on

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Crazy Chanson D’Amour #5: Mona Rae – Do Me | DaysAreNumbers

You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to figure out what sexy soulstress Mona Rae is singing about… This 1981 disco boogie classic was mixed by the legendary Tee

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Single of the Day: Gaz – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

We’d normally have a Morricone thing up here on a Monday, but as both Alan and I have been super busy working on top secret Cold War-type projects, how about

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Monday Morricone Madness!!! | DaysAreNumbers

Two Mules for Sister Sara (Don Siegel, 1970) Anyone fancy playing a quick game of Going for Gold (semi-legendary UK quiz show in which contestants had to guess the identity of

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Martin Rev – Mari

In 1980, the former Suicide lone instrumentalist Martin Rev released his self-titled debut album on the imperious No Wave label Lust/Unlust. The record has become much sought after due to

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Single of the Day – The Units – The Right Man

Today’s SOTD comes from the cult synth-punk band The Units. Released in 1982 and produced by Michael Cotten – the synthesizer player from the Tubes, the track was quickly picked

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Pecker – Pecker Power Part Two

Some usual dub stylings for you today from the acclaimed Japanese percussionist Pecker.  Released in 1980, the LP Pecker Power was the result of the sometime Yellow Magic Orchestra collaborator asking a

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Factory Floor – ~ (R E A L L O V E) (An Optimo (Espacio) mix)

All hail the Friday gods! It’s sunny and the mighty Factory Floor are back! London’s finest exponents of synth-techno-noise mayhem team up with the very special Optimo Music for the

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Washed Out – Eyes Be Closed (LoveLock remix)

You may have noticed that the site has been a little quietly recently, that’s because I was on my hols dear readers! I’m still in the shorts and flip flop

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Single of the Day – The Vampires of Dartmoore – Dance of the Vampires | DaysAreNumbers

The fantastic people at Finders Keepers records are releasing the super rare 1969 Vampires of Dartmoore album ‘Dracula’s Musical Cabinet’. Rumoured to be inspired by Roman Polanski, this peculiar album is

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Single of the Day – Olympic Runners – The Bitch

Dear readers, today is our beloved film chief Alan’s birthday!!!! Don’t worry Alan I won’t reveal how old you are! (Clue: It’s roughly in the same ballpark as Joan Collins.

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Single of the Day – Bionic Boogie – Tiger Tiger (Feel Good For A While)

Bionic Boogie was a disco studio group produced by Gregg Diamond in the late 70s. Featuring a certain Luther Vandross on vocals, the group only released a few singles and

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