The Vinyl Countdown # 1980
Bernard Purdie, Lialeh (1973) I’d never heard this album before – I purchased it alongside the Pastor Barrett album, Like A Ship…(Without A Sale). The same label has reissued it (Light In The...
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View ArticleDonnie & Joe Emerson: Still Dreamin’ Wild – The Lost Recordings 1979-81
Donnie & Joe Emerson Still Dreamin’ Wild: The Lost Recordings 1979-81 Light In The Attic The reissue of Donnie and Joe Emerson’s Dreamin’ Wild, replete with wonderful back-story was a revelation –...
View ArticleV/A: Country Funk Volume II – 1967-1974
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View ArticleLewis: L’Amour
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View ArticleLewis Baloue: Romantic Times
Lewis Baloue Romantic Times Light In The Attic One of the surprise reissues of this year was Lewis’ L’Amour – the charming back-story didn’t hurt the record either. Since the album was put (back) out...
View ArticleThe Vinyl Countdown # 1980
Bernard Purdie, Lialeh (1973) I’d never heard this album before – I purchased it alongside the Pastor Barrett album, Like A Ship…(Without A Sale). The same label has reissued it (Light In The...
View ArticleV/A: Wheedle’s Groove – Volume II: 1972-1987
Various Artists: Wheedle’s Groove: Seattle Funk, Modern Soul & Boogie – Volume II: 1972-1987 Light In The Attic Records There was an earlier volume a decade ago – it sorta started a movement, a...
View ArticleDonnie & Joe Emerson: Still Dreamin’ Wild – The Lost Recordings 1979-81
Donnie & Joe Emerson Still Dreamin’ Wild: The Lost Recordings 1979-81 Light In The Attic The reissue of Donnie and Joe Emerson’s Dreamin’ Wild, replete with wonderful back-story was a revelation –...
View ArticleV/A: Country Funk Volume II – 1967-1974
Various Artists: Country Funk Volume II – 1967-1974 Light In The Attic The first volume – one of Light In The Attic’s masterstrokes in the compiling/reissuing game – was the introduction of a genre...
View ArticleLewis: L’Amour
Lewis L’Amour Light In The Attic Musically it’s so simple – sparse, proud, strange – a few synth lines stab in and around some late-night piano fumbling, a soft coo of a voice. No drums. No bass. It’s...
View ArticleLewis Baloue: Romantic Times
Lewis Baloue Romantic Times Light In The Attic One of the surprise reissues of this year was Lewis’ L’Amour – the charming back-story didn’t hurt the record either. Since the album was put (back) out...
View ArticleThe Vinyl Countdown # 804
Donnie and Joe Emerson, Dreamin’ Wild (1979) Good times for sure – I loved the story around this as much as I loved the music – but I really did dig this music, just as soon as I heard it. Good stuff....
View ArticleThe City: Now That Everything’s Been Said
The City Now That Everything’s Been Said LightInTheAttic Here’s a wonderful reissue from the dependable LightInTheAttic label – it’s the first time too that The City’s Now That Everything’s Been Said...
View ArticleBetty Davis: The Columbia Years 1968-69
Betty Davis The Columbia Years 1968-69 LightInTheAttic It’s fitting that LightInTheAttic should shine the light on these fabled Betty Davis sessions – via this comprehensive round-up with stellar liner...
View ArticleLink Wray: Link Wray [Reissue]
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View ArticleThe Vinyl Countdown # 392
Gimmer Nicholson, Christopher Idylls (1968/2016) A good story, this – one of those ones where you have to thank the reissue labels – and LightInTheAttic usually gets it right. I bought this on a whim...
View ArticleHiroshi Yoshimura: GREEN [Reissue]
Hiroshi Yoshimura GREEN [Reissue] Light In The Attic Hiroshi Yoshimura died of cancer in 2003. He was a Japanese musician, historian, designer and artist; a philosopher of and for the soul in fact –...
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