Single of the Day – Syreeta – I Love Every Little Thing About You
Recorded in 1972 for the Motown off-shoot Mowest, this classic Stevie Wonder production for his wife Syreeta remains one of Stevie’s most ground-breaking work to date. After hearing the legendary TONTO (The Original New Timbral Orchestra - the world’s largest custom-built synthesiser to you and me) on Richie Haven’s ‘The First Blind [...]
Record of the Day – Hot Blood – Disco Dracula
Slightly keeping with the vampire theme of yesterday (ahem) today’s newly formed RECORD OF THE DAY was simply too good for a Single of the Day’ accolade. Why? Well read on my friend! The majority of blogs normally post Hot Blood rarities around Halloween time (for the obvious reasons) but since a one-off [...]
Single of the Day – The Vampires of Dartmoore – Dance of the Vampires
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 actually an imaginary soundtrack to a imaginary film – if you know what I mean. Desperately sought-after by crate-diggers and collectors alike [...]
Single of the Day – Byron – Too Much
Inspired by the wonderful weekend, I thought this little-known Balearic dazzler would capture all the sunshine and loveliness of the past few days. Or something like that. Most of you might remember this track being featured on the fantastic Claremont 56 compilation ‘Originals’ which was released earlier this year. With the [...]
Film of the Day – True Stories (David Byrne, 1986)
You might recall I was banging on about musicians appearing in films last month. When I was writing that, erm, piece I decided to limit my selection to include only films in which the rock and pop stars in question played straight acting roles; in other words, only films in which they had been chosen to [...]