The Recoup

SINCE 2013: Books and books and books and books and occasionally other things

Joseph Kyle

  • 3AM Eternal: Silvetti “Steps in the Snow” (1976)

    We’ve previously discussed Argentinean composer Bebu Silvetti and his breakthrough album Spring Rain. This song, taken from his 1976 debut album, World Without Words, came a year before his breakthrough, was an album somewhat dedicated to the weather, and featured a version of “Spring Rain,” which would shortly become his signature hit. Oh, and don’t… Read more

  • Richard Barone: Cool Blue Halo (Richard Barone Music)

    Former Bongos frontman Richard Barone wasted no time in going solo after the sudden demise of his band. While Phantom Train found Barone and company honing its college-rock chops, Cool Blue Halo was a completely different kind of record. Stripped down to a four-piece, with no fancy production tricks, one might be tempted to call… Read more

  • 3AM Eternal: XTC “When You’re Near Me I Have Difficulty” (1979)

    A fun little XTC ditty, a sweet little love song, and a catchy little number, taken from their 1979 album, Drums and Wires. Enjoy! Read more

  • Carol Kleyn “Return of the Silkie” (Drag City)

    If harpist Carol Kleyn‘s second album, Takin’ the Time, was her attempt to take her sound into a more mainstream direction, her third album, Return of the Silkie, released in 1983, brings her back to the sound she excelled at: haunting and hauntingly beautiful music that defies easy categorization. One cannot easily pigeonhole Kleyn; her… Read more

  • 3AM Eternal: Peabo Bryson “Lovely Lady” (1976)

    I just felt like hearing a little Peabo Bryson. Taken from his 1976 debut album Peabo, this is a fine little soul ballad. Read more

  • John Coltrane “Afro Blue Impressions” (Pablo)

      This double-disc set finds John Coltrane‘s quartet performing live in Europe in Autumn 1963, and it finds the four-piece band in fine form. It also finds Coltrane and company at a crossroads; big changes would be coming in his sound, his muse taking him into free-form territory, losing all inhibitions about his sound, whilst… Read more

  • 3AM Eternal: Ateleia and Benjamin Curtis “Baghdad Batterie” (2008)

    We are still quite saddened about the passing of our friend and uber-talented musician Benjamin Curtis. He was a man of many musical moods and talents–he made punk, psychedelic-rock, dreamy electronica and pop, and had a penchant for classic rock as well. This collaborative work was released in 2008 on Table Of The Elements as… Read more

  • Basia “Time and Tide” (Cherry Pop)

    After leaving sophisti-pop band Matt Bianco–where she had scored a chart hit with her song “Half a Minute”–Polish-born Basia embarked on a solo career. Time and Tide, her debut album, is a joyous, upbeat album of catchy, radio-friendly jazz-pop. Never content to be devoted to one sound, songs would range from Big Band pop (“Time… Read more

  • 3AM Eternal: Elbow “Forget Myself” (2005)

    This song was my introduction to Elbow, and while I’m not a big fan of Elbow, I do like this song–and I simply love the surreal video that accompanied it. Enjoy! Taken from the 2005 V2 Records album Leaders of the Free World Read more

  • 3AM Eternal: Sheena Easton “Morning Train (9 to 5)” (1981)

    The holidays are over, now back to work, you lot! Taken from the 2009 Cherry Pop reissue of Take My Time Read more