candyman candyman candyman candyman...
terry callier - you goin' to miss your candyman (mp3)
a thorough going-over of this year's purchases following field-marshall maguire's orders to begin compiling our end of year chart (unbelievably the blog's first - especially considering said military tactician's predilection for lists) made me realise that over the last 12 months i'd managed to make a pretty good dent in my list of records i want/should have a listen to. of course, the cruel irony is that the more i listen to, the more stuff i have to add to the list: i'm sure you know how it is.
terry callier's name cropped-up when i heard his collaborations with beth orton and, duly jotting it down somewhere, i then immediately forgot about it until his 1973 album 'what color is love' popped-up as one of those "people who bought this also bought this" bits on amazon. it was about £4 so i thought sod it.
a sweet mixture of soul, blues, jazz and folk and right slap-bang in the middle of all of this, that bassline starts up.
and on a completely unrelated note here's chris' tip of the week: don't shove broken wine glasses into your hand. not only does it hurt, but it means you'll be introduced to the joys of showering with a plastic bag sellotaped to your hand. no mad scratching skills from me then at the beef christmas special.
a thorough going-over of this year's purchases following field-marshall maguire's orders to begin compiling our end of year chart (unbelievably the blog's first - especially considering said military tactician's predilection for lists) made me realise that over the last 12 months i'd managed to make a pretty good dent in my list of records i want/should have a listen to. of course, the cruel irony is that the more i listen to, the more stuff i have to add to the list: i'm sure you know how it is.
terry callier's name cropped-up when i heard his collaborations with beth orton and, duly jotting it down somewhere, i then immediately forgot about it until his 1973 album 'what color is love' popped-up as one of those "people who bought this also bought this" bits on amazon. it was about £4 so i thought sod it.
a sweet mixture of soul, blues, jazz and folk and right slap-bang in the middle of all of this, that bassline starts up.
and on a completely unrelated note here's chris' tip of the week: don't shove broken wine glasses into your hand. not only does it hurt, but it means you'll be introduced to the joys of showering with a plastic bag sellotaped to your hand. no mad scratching skills from me then at the beef christmas special.