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'80s

Jools Holland and His Millionaires — Jools Holland and His Millionaires

January 4, 2021January 3, 2021 cjvinyl

This first solo record by Jools Holland came out in 1982, and I think I got it around 1983. I was such a huge Squeeze fan at that time, and […]

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'80s

The Hitmen — Torn Together

January 2, 2021January 2, 2021 cjvinyl

This was the release we were looking for when we became so enamored of the early MTV hit “Bates Motel” (wrote about it last time). For a band that was […]

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'80s

The Hitmen – Aim For The Feet

December 31, 2020December 31, 2020 cjvinyl

As I’ve said before, MTV in its earliest days was a real influential hitmaker. With the right video, the right sensibility for the time, video could make a hit that […]

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'60s

Al “He’s The King” Hirt — The Horn Meets “The Hornet”

December 29, 2020December 29, 2020 cjvinyl

Part of what drove my intense exploration of the British Invasion and ’60s music generally was a certain kind of nostalgia, something that it seems is very common for people […]

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'60s

Herman’s Hermits — Blaze

December 28, 2020December 27, 2020 cjvinyl

There’s a craze currently for 180 gram vinyl. While not necessarily better than lightweight vinyl in terms of sound, in years past it was the sign of a significant release, […]

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