Much delayed part two. Part one is here. (more…)

I was dreading the task of writing an end-of-decade list. After putting it off for a bit I laboriously compiled a list of about 150 songs that I love from the last ten years. Making the list did bring up some excellent songs I’ve not listened to for ages, so I may do some follow up posts just highlighting some forgotten, unsung or muchsung tracks. We’ll see.

I decided to pare the list down to just ten tracks. I thought it would be impossible, but in reality the ten pretty much picked themselves. I only quibbled slightly on points of “what is my favourite on that album?”. The ten I’ve ended up with has maybe three or four tracks that appear on some of the other lists I’ve read around the internet but still feels comfortably personal as a whole. Without further ado, here it is. Five here, five in part two.
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Gotted some nice bits of vinyl recently. A couple of nice moody soundtracks from two of the masters. Everyone needs the UN Resolution on Racism on vinyl right? Bottom right is a UK HMV copy of an Impulse comp that has a bunch of tracks unreleased elsewhere on vinyl. Gooduns.
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So actually I think I will do an end of year post. 15 songs. One per artist. Youtube links for sampling. Uh… (more…)

If I haven’t been doing much recently I have at least been picking up records. Here’s some bits I’ve grarpsedd in the last month or so.

Pretty much started and completed my Leon Thomas solo collection in one go. That Louis Hayes has a great “My Favourite Things” on it. The Impulse comp is a nice curio and “Bill Cosby Talks To Kids About Drugs” is just as good as you’re imagining.
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