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My top 15 of 2012

1 FRANK OCEAN - channel ORANGE
2 HOW TO DRESS WELL - Total Loss
3 WILD NOTHING - Nocturne
4 KING TUFF - S/T
5 DR. JOHN - Locked Down
6 MAC DEMARCO - Rock And Roll Night Club
7 THE MEN - Open Your Heart
8 PALLBEARER - Sorrow And Extinction
9 FIELD MUSIC - Plumb
10 ALEX LUKASHEVSKY, FELICITY WILLIAMS, DANIELA GESUNDHEIT - Too Late Blues
11 BEAK> - >>
12 KENDRICK LAMAR - good kid, m.A.A.d city
13 BISON B.C. - Lovelessness
14 DAUGHN GIBSON - All Hell
15 KINDNESS - World, You Need A Change Of Mind
My top 15 reissues of 2012

1 VA - Personal Space: Electronic Soul 1974-1984
2 VA - The Best Of Perception & Today Records
3 VA - WTNG 89.9FM: Solid Bronze
4 FRANCIS BEBEY - African Electronic Music 1975-1982
5 DONNIE & JOE EMERSON - Dreamin' Wild
6 ANNETTE PEACOCK - I'm The One
7 LIJADU SISTERS - Afro-Beat Soul Sisters
8 VA - Zendooni: Funk, Psychedelia And Pop From The Iran Pre-Revolution Generation
9 SENSATIONS' FIX - Music Is Painting In The Air
10 MAGGIE & TERRE ROCHE - Seductive Reasoning
11 CANDY McKENZIE - Lee "Scratch" Perry Presents Candy McKenzie
12 WILLIAM SHELLER - Lux Aeterna
13 CAN - The Lost Tapes
14 VA - Loving On The Flipside: Sweet Funk And Heavy Soul Ballads 1969-1977
15 THE O'JAYS - We'll Never Forget You: The Imperial Years 1963-66
My favourite artists are: Funkadelic, The Band, The Beach Boys, Can, Emitt Rhodes, Gilberto Gil, Faces, Kevin Ayers, Black Sabbath, Jim O'Rourke, Curtis Mayfield, Vertigo and Hi Records labels
My all-time favourite album is: THE BAND - The Band
The first album I ever bought was: RUN DMC - Raising Hell (on green cassette!)
On Saturday nights, I throw down to: JORGE BEN - Africa Brasil
On Sunday mornings, I recover to: VASHTI BUNYAN - Just Another Diamond Day
The show that made me fall in love with/believe all over again in music was: I never stopped believing, but Wilco at Massey Hall, 2006
My favourite album this year was: FRANK OCEAN - channel ORANGE
The best show I've seen so far this year is: THE WIRE (tv)
The band that should come out of retirement is: SLEEP

