Recommendations - SPRING 2000

EMIL RICHARDS RECORDINGS

Anything by this loony is wortha listen. Hey, he wears glasses and a comedy moustache and his time signatures are bonkers. Anyone who plays Take Five like Take Eight rocks.

THE POWER OF THE TRUE LOVE KNOT

Shirley and Dolly Collins. Incredible C17th and C18th love songs sung in a sublime traditional style. Timeless. Folk to die for.

ADVENTURES IN PARADISE

Minnie Ripperton. The perfect album to fall in love to again and again.

THE RUBAJAT OF DOROTHY ASHBY

Harpadelic madness goes east. Incredible in every respect. Charles Stepney arrangements. Bet it gets bootlegged.

WAHOO

Eero Koivistoinen Music Society. Unpronounceable jazz rarity from Finland. Two bass players at the same time...killer fusion never bettered. Was originally issued on vinyl and cassette.

THE MIGHTY GRAHAME BOND

The beast plays organ stateside, and with a spelling mistake.

THE WHITE ALBUM

The Beatles. Gets me out of bed and sometimes makes me cry.

VERUSHCKA

Morricone at his most progressive. Spooky lullabies sung by Edda all the way through. Soundtrack to die for.

HISTORY OF MELODY NELSON

Gainsbourg. See it on any format and buy it. An essential rock sex funk monster. Will never be bettered by anyone anywhere ever.

UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE

Fred Karlin. The soundtrack with everything. Madness. Great breaks too.

COLD MOUNTAIN

Michael Garrick Trio. This is lovely. Pretty piano music, and as usual with Argo jazz based Lps, totally overlooked. Tough blues number on there too.

STILLNESS

Sergio Mendes and Brazil 66. Mature and beauiful LP. Still a favourite after 10 years.

ROSEMARY'S BABY

Christopher Komeda. The spookiest of all soundtracks. Great jazz in every respect. Respect.

FOLLOW ME

John Barry. Up there with Midnight Cowboy. But better than any other Barry score, truly beautiful in every way. Simple, repetitive and still quite undiscovered.

PIG BY VVM

Northern sound anarchists release pig coloured 7" single of squeals and more. If only more people took as many risks we'd all have more laughs.

STETHESCOPIC HEART BEAT RECORDINGS

Possibly the best natural rhythms you'll find. Includes "seagull click" Issued by Phillips.

COME PLAY ME

Mary Millington talks dirty for 18 minutes. Cool.

ANNA LOCKWOODS WORLD OF GLASS

Silicone sounds for your Akai.

CONROY EUROBEATS

Early 70s Italian experimentation with jazz and electric moogie systems. Awesome beats/breaks. Lots of space.

THE 13 GREAT RULES OF SELLING

Close that deal baby.

THE ADVANCED DRIVING COURSE, VOLUMES 1-4

Issued for the metropolitan police force driving school. Neenawneenawneenaw.