Greg
founder/soul fan
My top 15 of 2012
1 MAX RICHTER - Recomposed By Max Richter: Vivaldi - The Four Seasons
2 SIGUR ROS/JONSI - Valtari/We Bought A Zoo (OST)
3 HENRYK GORECKI - Miserere
4 RUMER - Seasons Of My Soul
5 LIGHTSHIPS - Electric Cables
6 RUFUS WAINWRIGHT - Out Of The Game
7 MICHAEL KIWANUKA - Home Again
8 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - Wrecking Ball
9 EVENING HYMNS - Spectral Dusk
10 THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH - There's No Leaving Now
11 SPIRITUALIZED - Sweet Heart, Sweet Light
12 DAMIEN JURADO - Maraqopa
13 FIRST AID KIT - The Lion's Roar
14 WINDY & CARL - We Will Always Be
15 CAT POWER - Sun
My top 15 reissues of 2012
1 EPIC SOUNDTRACKS - Wild Smile: An Anthology
2 CAROLE KING - The Legendary Demos
3 RODRIGUEZ - Searching For Sugar Man (OST)
4 THE O'JAYS - We'll Never Forget You: The Imperial Years 1963-66
5 VA - Holy Spirit: Spiritual Soul & Gospel Funk
6 DONNIE & JOE EMERSON - Dreamin' Wild
7 VA - Personal Space: Electronic Soul 1974-1984
8 VA - Dan Penn: The Fame Recordings
9 APOLLAS - Absolutely Right! Complete Tiger, Loma & Warner Bros. Recordings
10 VA - Red Bird Girls
11 CLARENCE CARTER - The Fame Singles Volume 1: 1966-1970
12 VA - Hall Of Fame: Rare & Unissued Gems From The Fame Vault
13 VA - Memphis Boys: The Story Of American Studios
14 VA - Brunswick Lost Soul Volumes 1 & 2
15 VA - Da Doo Ron Ron: More Music From Ellie Greenwich & Jeff Barry
My favourite artists are: Eddie & Ernie, Aretha Franklin, Irma Thomas, Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, James Carr, Arthur Alexander, Joe Tex, OV Wright, Darlene Love, Larry Banks, Spiritualized, Yo La Tengo, David Kilgour/The Clean/, Robert Scott/The Bats, Sigur Ros, Bruce Springsteen, Epic Soundtracks.
My all-time favourite music is: RICHARD STRAUSS - Death & Transfiguration/Four Last Songs, HECTOR BERLIOZ - Requiem, GABRIEL FAURE - Requiem, RICHARD WAGNER - Entry Of The Gods Into Valhalla/Vorspiels from Das Rheingold, Prelude from Tristan und Isolde, RICHARD BRUCKNER - Symphony #7, BEETHOVEN - Symphony #9, MOZART - Piano Concerto #23, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - "Born To Run", DAVID BOWIE "Heroes", JOHN CALE "Big White Clouds", GAVIN BRYARS - The Sinking Of The Titanic, RICEBOY SLEEPS - Riceboy Sleeps, KORNGOLD - Marietta's Lied, CANTELOUBE - Bailero
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: GABRIEL FAURE'S Requiem
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)
So far, my favourite records of 2012 are: OST - We Bought A Zoo (Jonsi), THE BATS - Free All The Monsters, VARIOUS - Brunswick Lost Soul
The best show I've seen so far this year is: Gillian Welch at the Phoenix
The band that should come out of retirement is: Spacemen 3