Phil

wisecracking salesclerk/psychedelic swami

My top 15 of 2015

1 EZTV - Calling Out
2 COURTNEY BARNETT - Sometimes I Sit And Think And Sometimes I Just Sit
3 RYLEY WALKER - Primrose Green
4 TRIPTIDES - Azur
5 TOBIAS JESSO JR. - Goon
6 JACCO GARDNER - Hypnophobia
7 ROYAL HEADACHE - High
8 LIAM HAYES - Slurrup
9 PARQUET COURTS - Content Nausea
10 MARTIN COURTNEY - Many Moons
11 ULTIMATE PAINTING - S/T
12 MIKAL CRONIN - MCIII
13 JOAN SHELLEY - Over And Even
14 KAMASI WASHINGTON - The Epic
15 WAND - 1000 Days

My top 15 reissues/archival releases of 2015

1 OS BRAZOES - S/T
2 THE KITCHEN CINQ - When The Rainbow Disappears: An Anthology 1965-68
3 BOB DYLAN - The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965-66
4 POWDER - Ka-pow! An Explosive Collection 1967-68
5 FRANCOISE HARDY - L’Amitié
6 JACKIE WILSON - NYC 1961-1966
7 MICHAEL HEAD AND THE STRANDS - The Magical World Of The Strands
8 ZAKARY THAKS - It's The End: The Definitive Collection
9 THE CITY - Now That Everything's Been Said
10 JOHN HULBURT - Opus III
11 FRANK SINATRA - Watertown
12 DION - Recorded Live At The Bitter End, August 1971
13 SNEAKERS - S/T
14 THE FAME GANG - Grits & Gravy: The Best Of The Fame Gang
15 ANNIE PHILIPPE - Sensationnel! Yé-Yé Bonbons 1965-1968 

My top 15 compilations of 2015

1 VA - Ork Records: New York, New York
2 VA - Popcorn Exotica
3 VA - Here Today! The Songs Of Brian Wilson
4 VA - Wizzz! Vol. 3
5 VA - Reaching Out: Chess Records At Fame Studios
6 VA - 100% Dynamite: Ska, Soul, Rocksteady & Funk In Jamaica
7 VA - Punk 45: Extermination Nights In The Sixth City - Cleveland, Ohio
8 VA - Happy Lovin' Time: Sunshine Pop From The Garpax Vaults
9 VA - Slow Grind Fever Vols. 3 & 4
10 VA - Georgie Fame Heard Them Here First
11 VA - All Aboard! Train Tracks Calling At All Musical Stations
12 VA - Instrumentals: Soul Style From The Sixties
13 VA - Troxy Music: Screen 2
14 VA - Songs For Swinging Ghosts
15 VA - R&B Hipshakers Vol. 4: Bossa Nova & Grits

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