SMILER Rod Stewart fanclub
Thank God I wasn’t a Rod fan in 1977. I would have read about his cover of You Really Got a Hold on Me being held over until his next albumā¦ and then waited 44 years to hear it. You wait four decades to hear the outtake, and along come five at once.
A while back I did a āyear ends in a nineā piece which concluded with the assertion that 2019 was likely to become the first decade-ender when Rod would not have a compilation of some form released in the final quarter. I was ultimately proved wrong, with Rhino releasing the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra collaboration to…
In the context of the impact of changing technology in the world of music distribution, the recently released Cupid compilation triggers an equivalent to the old phrase āIs it a bird, is it a plane?..ā. Is Cupid an album (albeit a digital one) or just a playlist?