Phil
wisecracking salesclerk/psychedelic swami
My top 15 of 2012
1 REDD KROSS - Researching The Blues
2 BEACHWOOD SPARKS - The Tarnished Gold
3 LIGHTSHIPS - Electric Cables
4 THE FRESH & ONLYS - Long Slow Dance
5 KING TUFF - S/T
6 PATTI SMITH - Banga
7 LAWRENCE ARABIA - The Sparrow
8 TERRY MALTS - Killing Time
9 MELODY'S ECHO CHAMBER - S/T
10 CATE LE BON - Cyrk
11 TY SEGALL - Twins
12 THE WHITE WIRES - WWIII
13 WOODS - Bend Beyond
14 TAME IMPALA - Lonerism
15 ANDRE WILLIAMS & THE SADIES - Night & Day
My top 15 reissues of 2012
1 LEE HAZLEWOOD - The LHI Years: Singles, Nudes & Backsides (1968-71)
2 WILLIAM SHELLER - Lux Aeterna
3 VA - All Kinds Of Highs: A Mainstream Pop-Psych Compendium 1966-70
4 VA - Buttons: From Champaign To Chicago
5 VA - Holy Spirit: Spiritual Soul & Gospel Funk
6 THE CRITTERS - Younger Girl: The Complete Kapp And Musicor Recordings
7 PAUL & LINDA McCARTNEY - RAM
8 VA - Action! The Songs Of Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart
9 BO DIDDLEY - The Black Gladiator
10 DAN PENN - The Fame Recordings
11 VA - Criminal Records: Law, Disorder and the Pursuit of Vinyl Justice
12 VA - Country Soul Sisters: Women In Country Music 1952-74
13 VA - It's Zimmermann's World…We Just Live In It
14 THE KNACK - Time Waits For No One: The Complete Recordings
15 VA - Long Live Boogaloo
My favourite artists are: Bo Diddley, The Kinks, The Byrds, Lee Hazlewood, Serge Gainsbourg, The Ramones, The Sadies
My all-time favourite album is: THE PRETTY THINGS - Emotions
The first album I ever bought was: THE BEATLES - 1967-1970 on LP
On Saturday nights, I throw down to: VARIOUS ARTISTS - Shakin' Fit (a blistering soul comp by the way...)
On Sunday mornings, I recover to: MARGO GURYAN - "Sunday Morning"
The show that made me fall in love with/believe all over again in music was: The Gruesomes at Le Steppe in Montreal, 1985
My favourite album this year was: REDD KROSS - Researching The Blues
The best show I've seen so far this year is: The Hoodoo Gurus @ The Horseshoe
The band that should come out of retirement is: Frank Sinatra