My favourite 45
I’ve taken a while this year to get my act together and contributing to the Contrast Podcast. So for the first time since Christmas, I’m back on. And this week’s podcast is a good one to get back on board with. The theme is My favourite 45, and it’s just that. People’s fave piece of 7 inch vinyl, transferred to digital.
Mine was a fairly easy choice. One of my favourite songs ever - Marlena Shaw’s California Soul. I’ve got it on CD, but I went ahead and did the vinyl rip anyway, just to get in the spirit of things. This is a song I’ll never tire of. I never fail to feel some excitement when I hear that single beat, and the strings sweep in. All the way through the glorious conclusion, it’s an all-time classic. Amazing.
You can download the podcast from the Contrast Podcast website, and you can get California Soul on its own below. The great thing about this 7 inch is that the b-side is Marlena’s fantastic version of Wade in the Water. See what I mean about it being my favourite 45?
Download: Marlena Shaw - California Soul
Download: Marlena Shaw - Wade in the Water
1Tim Young
wrote on 8 February 2007 at 10:26
That is excellent. I feel a b-sides podcast coming on!
2The Daily Growl
wrote on 8 February 2007 at 17:23
sounds like a good idea to me!
3wood
wrote on 12 February 2007 at 15:25
tune!
This is actually my favourite all time record - needs no introduction
I own about 10 vinyl copies of this
wondereous!
4Roo
wrote on 12 February 2007 at 22:56
I can’t think of many records better than ‘California Soul’. Don’t you just wish it would go on for 10 minutes….that final sweep of strings is just perfection.
5paul
wrote on 19 February 2007 at 11:05
It’s a song that has proved impossibe to get bored of.
There are a few good covers of it as well but nothing touches Marlena’s version.
Pure class.