Nobody needs a monster mix on New Year's Eve though, me included, so here's a rather more reasonable 10 track selection at just over an hour. I could quite decide if I was creating a club or a chill out area but hopefully enough to get a party started...in our case, Clan K, the cat, some food and party games and skipping Jools Holland's Hootenanny.
More of the usual suspects but a couple of new (to me) artists, BT COP and Residentes Balearicos, that were respectively introduced via the superb Shelter Me and Higher Love Vol. 2 compilations earlier this year.
And, just under the wire for consideration in 2022, I got home from work to find that my first package from my Last Night From Glasgow subscription had arrived. Four beautifully packaged coloured vinyl albums from Popup, Billy Reeves and The Soup Dragons and - most eagerly anticipated of all - on double yellow vinyl, Happy Ending by Hifi Sean and David McAlmont. Needless to say, the latter made my night/week/year.
Following yesterday's single of the year award, guess what? They've only gone and done it again.
2022 has seen some outstanding albums that I've lived with and listened to repeatedly. However, in face of incredibly strong competition, Happy Ending is just perfect from start to finish. I will be coming back to it again (and again) in future posts but in the meantime, no better way to close this compilation and my 365th post in 2022.
Happy Ending is my album of the year.
Thanks for your support and comments and for continuing to inspire and motivate me on a daily basis. I never thought that I'd still be going, two years after starting this blog, but the constant delight of new music, unearthing personal favourites and being introduced to artists and music that I'd missed altogether is stronger than ever.
I hope, however you're marking this evening and whoever you're spending it with, that you have a wonderful New Year's Eve and a fantastic start to 2023.
1) First Rays Of A New Life: Dan Wainwright & Elle Redding (Mother Oak)
2) Proof Of Stake: BT COP (Shelter Me: various artists)
3) Silent Disco Sucks (Duncan Gray Remix): Pete Bones & The Stones Of Convention (Hyena Hopscotch Remixes)
4) Balearic For President: Residentes Balearicos (Higher Love Vol. 2: various artists)
5) Summer Lovin' (Full Length Version): Cerrone & Purple Disco Machine (Summer Lovin' single)
6) Dexter In Dub (Bedford Falls Players Remix): Perry Granville (Dexter In Dub single)
7) Space Is Us (Basement Jaxx Remix): Telefís ft. Sean O'Hagan (Space Is Us EP)
8) Jezebellearic: Jezebell (Jezebellearica Volume 1 EP)
9) Sail On: Al Mackenzie (Sail On single)
10) Beautiful: Hifi Sean & David McAlmont (Happy Ending)
