Greg
founder/soul fan
My top 15 of 2009
1 JONSI & ALEX - Riceboy Sleeps
2 DAVID KILGOUR & SAM HUNT - Falling Debris
3 VA - Crayon Angel
4 A CAMP - Colonia
5 THE CLEAN - Mister Pop
6 YO LA TENGO - Popular Songs
7 VA - Not Given Lightly
8 VA - Dark Was The Night
9 TIMBER TIMBRE - S/T
10 NOAH AND THE WHALE - The First Days Of Spring
11 RAMESES III - I Could Not Love You More
12 HEADLESS HEROES - The Silence Of Love
13 DOUG PAISLEY - S/T
14 ARVO PART - In Principio
15 NICK CAVE & WARREN ELLIS - White Lunar
My top 15 reissues of 2009
1 VA - GWP - NYC - TLC Volume 2
2 THE EXCITERS - Soul Motion 1966-70
3 VA - Local Customs: Downriver Revival
4 SUGAR PIE DESANTO - Go Go Power
5 ELLA WASHINGTON - He Called Me Baby
6 VA - The Real Thing: The Songs Of Ashford, Simpson & Armstead
7 SIR LATTIMORE BROWN - Nobody Has To Tell Me
8 JACQUES DUTRONC - Et Moi Et Moi Et Moi
9 VA - Fire In My Bones
10 BOB DYLAN - New Morning
11 VA - Eccentric Soul: Smart's Palace
12 J.J. JACKSON - The Great J.J. Jackson
13 ROSCOE ROBINSON - Why Must It End
14 PRINCE BUSTER - Sings His Hit Song "Ten Commandments"
15 VA - Wild Thing: The Songs Of Chip Taylor
My favourite artists are: Eddie & Ernie, Aretha Franklin, Irma Thomas, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, Spiritualized, Yo La Tengo, David Kilgour/The Clean, Broken Social Scene/KC Accidental, Bruce Springsteen, Epic Soundtracks, Beethoven, Wagner.
My all-time favourite album is: RICHARD STRAUSS - Death & Transfiguration/Four Last Songs
The first album I ever bought was: DEF LEPPARD - Pyromania (on cassette)
On Saturday nights, I throw down to: VARIOUS ARTISTS - Beg, Scream & Shout (60's soul boxset)
On Sunday mornings, I recover to: Nick Drake or The Staple Singers
The show that made me fall in love with/believe all over again in music was: ) Mark Burgess (ex-Chameleons) at El Mocambo (1994), The Clean at The Bell House (2010)
My favourite albums so far this year are: SHE & HIM - Volume 2, SALLY SELTMANN - Heart That's Pounding
The best show I've seen so far this year is: The Clean at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York
The band that should come out of retirement is: Spacemen 3