January 2022 Vinyl Spin Challenge Thread :: Plant carrots in January and you'll never have to eat carrots.

[SpintheBlackcircle]

Day 10 - London Underground
{Twofer} The Metropolitan Railway opened between Paddington and Farringdon on this day in 1863, marking the beginning of the London Underground. Play something by an independent artist from London OR play something that features a train song.
"Going Underground"

 

[Yer Ol' Uncle D]

Day 10 - London Underground
{Twofer} The Metropolitan Railway opened between Paddington and Farringdon on this day in 1863, marking the beginning of the London Underground. Play something by an independent artist from London OR play something that features a train song.




The Jam - All Mod Cons

 

[Smartiepants]

My first ever Gig at the tender age of 18 was the Jam, its all been downhill from then

 

[Smartiepants]

Day 10 - London Underground

Arlo Parks – Super Sad Generation​

Label:	Beatnik Creative – BEATNC00222, Transgressive Records – BEATNC00222
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Limited Edition, Reissue, White
Country:	UK
Released:	2 Oct 2020

 

[TrainFan73]

Day 9

In the jailhouse now:

Grant Green - Idle Moments

In 1968 Green received a brief prison sentence for drug possession. Rather than reporting to prison, he left for a gig in California. Federal agents waited until he finished his set before arresting him and escorting him to prison for a longer sentence.

Read more: Grant Green Biography - Raised on the Blues, Succeeded and Crashed in New York City, Turned to Popular Music - JRank Articles Grant Green Biography - Raised on the Blues, Succeeded and Crashed in New York City, Turned to Popular Music

 

[jamieanderson1968]

Day 10 - London Underground
{Twofer} The Metropolitan Railway opened between Paddington and Farringdon on this day in 1863, marking the beginning of the London Underground. Play something by an independent artist from London OR play something that features a train song.
"Going Underground"
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Day 10 - London Underground
{Twofer} The Metropolitan Railway opened between Paddington and Farringdon on this day in 1863, marking the beginning of the London Underground. Play something by an independent artist from London OR play something that features a train song.




The Jam - All Mod Cons

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Damn scooped twice

 

[Turbo]

Day 10 - London Underground
{Twofer} The Metropolitan Railway opened between Paddington and Farringdon on this day in 1863, marking the beginning of the London Underground. Play something by an independent artist from London OR play something that features a train song.

X-Ray Spex "Germfree Adolescents" (1978 EMI International; 2019 Real Gone Music reissue)
I almost twofered this one, but I don't think EMI international is much of an independent label. Definitely an underground band. The album features two songs about the London underground: Let's Submerge and Warrior in Woolworth.

 

[imtheocean]

Day 10 - London Underground
{Twofer} The Metropolitan Railway opened between Paddington and Farringdon on this day in 1863, marking the beginning of the London Underground. Play something by an independent artist from London OR play something that features a train song.

Going with the funkiest kind of train, the Soul Train. Midnight Train to Georgia is on this comp for good measure.

Soul Train Super Tracks

 

[TrainFan73]

Day 10

London Calling

Madvillain - Madvillainy

 

[SpintheBlackcircle]

Damn scooped twice

Ooops! Have to admit Tubestation at Midnight was a better pick

 

[jamieanderson1968]

Day 10 - London Underground
{Twofer} The Metropolitan Railway opened between Paddington and Farringdon on this day in 1863, marking the beginning of the London Underground. Play something by an independent artist from London OR play something that features a train song.

Squirrel Bait - Skag Heaven
independent Artist (not from London), check. Song that mentions a train (Slake Train), check. An amazing piece of post-hardcore from the mid 80s.

 

[Wicked Dreamer]

Day 10: London Underground

V/A - The Best of Philadelphia International Records



The O’Jays performing “Love Train” on Soul Train:

 

[ranbalam]

Day 10 - London Underground
{Twofer} The Metropolitan Railway opened between Paddington and Farringdon on this day in 1863, marking the beginning of the London Underground. Play something that features a train song.

This features not just A train song, but THE Train Song.

 

[Fleetwood-Matt]

Day 7 - We Miss You Neal



The White Stripes - White Blood Cells

Sadly fell behind on this but gonna try to catch up tonight!

Surprised no one did Meg White for this theme, such a legendary performer

 

[LeSamourai]

Day 10 - London Underground
{Twofer} The Metropolitan Railway opened between Paddington and Farringdon on this day in 1863, marking the beginning of the London Underground. Play something by an independent artist from London OR play something that features a train song.

Hot Chip - In Our Heads

Formed in London in 2000.

 

[Fleetwood-Matt]

Day 8 - A Star Man Waiting in the Sky



King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Infest the Rat's Nest

 

[Wes C. Attle]

Day 10 - London Underground

The Clash - London Calling
Song: “Train In Vain”

 

[Fleetwood-Matt]

Day 9 - "I’m not a crook."
Richard Nixon was born on this day in 1913. Play something by somebody with a criminal record.

Various Artists "Abreast Of Soul" (1969 Pompeii Records)
Playing this for Ike Turner, who received a 4 year conviction for trying to sell cocaine to an undercover police officer in 1987. By all accounts, the guy was a general prick that should have locked up well before that for his treatment of Tina.

Musically, this is a fantastic label compilation from Pompeii records featuring several tracks by Ike & Tina and Fontella Bass, among others. I picked this original copy up at the city wide garage sale in Austin TX while there in 2005. One of the things I remember from that trip is that it was fucking hot. I'm adding a bonus photo of myself, still with a full head of dark hair, showing my purchase. I carried that sheen of sweat for the entire week I was there. My genetics are definitely more attuned to cold weather.

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Tina Turner deserves so much better than to be constantly connected to this monster and to have her abuse used as a punch line so often

 

[Fleetwood-Matt]

Day 9 - I Am Not a Crook



Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III

I've been really in the mood to give this a spin so I'm glad I have this excuse to! It's crazy how years ago I used to dispise him and thought his music was everything wrong with popular music qt the time. Now this album is arguably my favorite of the 2000s lol

 

[D Jilla]

Day 10 - London Underground

The second (and so far, best) LP from Londoner Kae Tempest