Greg
My top 15 of 2015
1 YO LA TENGO - Stuff Like That There
2 MAX RICHTER - from SLEEP
3 TOBIAS JESSO JR. - Goon
4 JULIA HOLTER - Have You In My Wilderness
5 STEVE HAUSCHILDT - Where All Is Fled
6 BLANK REALM - Illegals In Heaven
7 SAM HUNT & DAVID KILGOUR - The 9th
8 TWERPS - Range Anxiety
9 POPS STAPLES - Don't Lose This
10 EZTV - Calling Out
11 JOAN SHELLEY - Over And Even
12 DUCKTAILS - St. Catherine
13 TRIPTIDES - Azur
14 COLLEEN - Captain Of None
15 ROBERT FORSTER - Songs To Play
My top 15 reissues/archival releases of 2015
1 THE CITY - Now That Everything's Been Said
2 JIMMY HOLIDAY - Spread Your Love: The Complete Minit Singles 1966-1970
3 GARNET MIMMS - Looking For You: The Complete United Artists & Veep Singles
4 CHARLIE RICH - So Lonesome I Could Cry
5 FRANCOISE HARDY - L’Amitié
6 POPOL VUH/FLORIAN FRICKE - Kailash/Piano Recordings
7 THE SUPREME JUBILEES - It'll All Be Over
8 BOB DYLAN - The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge, 1965-1966
9 ROYAL JESTERS - English Oldies
10 DUSTY SPRINGFIELD - Faithful
11 CARL HALL - You Don't Know Nothing About Love: The Loma/Atlantic Recordings 1967-72
12 ARVO PART - Musica Selecta
13 JORDAN DE LA SIERRA - Gymnosphere: Song Of The Rose
14 THE STAPLE SINGERS - Freedom Highway Complete: Live At Chicago's New Nazareth Church
15 ABLE TASMANS - A Cuppa Tea And A Lie Down
My top 15 compilations of 2015
1 VA - LateNightTales: Jon Hopkins
2 VA - Reaching Out: Chess Records At Fame Studios
3 VA - The Bert Berns Story Vol. 3: Hang On Sloopy
4 VA - Hung On You: More From The Gerry Goffin & Carole King Songbook
5 VA - Sweet Things: From The Ellie Greenwich & Jeff Barry Songbook
6 VA - Back To The River: More Southern Soul Stories 1961-1978
7 VA - The One-Derful! Collection: Mar-V-Lus Records
8 VA - The One-Derful! Collection: M-Pac Records
9 VA - The One-Derful! Collection: One-Derful! Records
10 VA - All About The Girls: Lost Girl Groups Of The 1960s
11 VA - When I Reach That Heavenly Shore: Unearthly & Raw Black Gospel 1926-1936
12 VA - Keep A Hold On Him: More Garpax Girls
13 VA - Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou: Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies
14 VA - The Wrecking Crew (OST)
15 VA - Loose The Funk: Rare Sould From Sound Stage 7 Records
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, Cocteau Twins, Bruce Springsteen, Epic Soundtracks. Carole King, George Harrison, Stars Of The Lid/Brian McBride/A Winged Victory For The Sullen
My all-time favourite music is: RICHARD STRAUSS - Death & Transfiguration/Four Last Songs, HECTOR BERLIOZ - Requiem, GABRIEL FAURE - Requiem, CHARLES GOUNOD - Messe Solennelles De Sainte Cecilia, 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, MELANESIAN CHOIRS - Chants From The Thin Red Line, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - "Born To Run", DAVID BOWIE "Heroes", JOHN CALE "Big White Clouds", The CITY/CAROLE KING "Wasn't Born To Follow" GAVIN BRYARS - The Sinking Of The Titanic, RICEBOY SLEEPS - Riceboy Sleeps
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, CHARLES GOUNOD - Messe Solennelle de Sainte Cécile, BROTHERS & SISTERS - Dylan's Gospel
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/reissues of 2015 are: DAVID KILGOUR/SAM HUNT - The 9th, JIMMY HOLIDAY - Spread Your Love
The best show I've seen so far this year is: Mozart "Requiem" at Burlington Performing Arts Centre, Spiritualized at Massey Hall, David Kilgour at the Bunk Bar in Portland
The band that should come out of retirement is: Spacemen 3