loungecore Archives - Desperate Living

The odd parallel universe of easy-listening cover versions of revolutionary acid rock classics that proliferated in the 1960s.

Rarely have album covers so wildly misrepresented the music within as on 1970s easy listening Hammond organ collections.

The criminally underrated female-led pop sounds of the 1970s explored in an essential collection.

Shameless sexploitation used to sell decidedly unsexy music to wannabe swingers.

the jazz noir of Las Vegas’ premier lounge lizard.

Sexadelic sleazy listening pop from 1969.

Anarchy in the Music Industry – an alternative world of Sex Pistols classics by other people.

The extraordinary, outrageous and quickly withdrawn LP by the legendary louche Seventies superstar.

The iconic British gangster film Get Carter and the much-loved music of Roy Budd.

The cartoon strip of aspirational lifestyles and endless sexual liberation.