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August 1, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 82
The Beatles, Ticket To Ride [Single] (1965) I don’t have that many singles by The Beatles so when I saw this I had to grab it. Ticket To Ride is a song for the ages for the innovation of the drumbeat alone. One of the many examples of Ringo’s brilliance. Sample Track 1: (Side A): […]Archive
July 11, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 96
The Kinks, Kinda Kinks (1965) In the battle of the bands between The Beatles and The Rolling Stones I often think the real winner was – or should have been – The Kinks. They combined the same energy of both bands in their earliest outings and as Ray Davies grew and developed as a songwriter […]Archive
December 12, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 201
Trini Lopez, The Folk Album (1965) It started out almost as a guilty-pleasure type-thing, but it didn’t take long of me to get hooked on Trini Lopez – great tunes, and an infectious, upbeat-vibe. It’s a winner. A constant winner. I look through the bins for anything I can find. I have the soundtrack to […]Archive
October 5, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 240
Jerry Lee Lewis, Country Songs For City Folk (1965) I always thought “The Killer” was incredible – Jerry Lee Lewis, just a ferocious talent. And the narrative I knew, for the longest time, was that he was done at the end of the 1950s. A blast. A fall from grace. And then in fact total […]Archive
September 27, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 244
Tom Lehrer, That Was The Year That Was (1965) When I was getting hooked on old comedy records a decade or so ago – I was burnt out from listening to music all the time and yet I was still so used to listening to ‘something’ (and podcasts weren’t big at that time) I would […]Archive
March 19, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 326
The Incredible Jimmy Smith Featuring Kenny Burrell and Grady Tate, Organ Grinder Swing (1965) This was a no-brainer for me. For not only am I a huge Jimmy Smith fan, I’m into Kenny Burrell and Grady Tate too. In fact it’s the idea of this combo that sells me, particularly. And if anything I’m particularly focused on Grady Tate right now – such a great touch, […]Archive
December 11, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 351
The Beach Boys, The Beach Boys Today! (1965) It’s about here – on their eighth album (already!) – that The Beach Boys start to grow up and away from the “Surf” songs; not that there’s anything wrong with the best of the surf songs. But here we get the start of the real sophistication – […]Archive
January 9, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 452
Herb Alpert’s Tijuana Brass, Whipped Cream & Other Delights (1965) People cringe about this album now – they know the story behind it and its cover. And there’s a store somewhere that only sells copies of it. I posted a copy of it on Facebook recently and had a whole heap of people pleased to […]Archive
May 28, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 551
The Modern Jazz Quartet, Plays The Music of Porgy and Bess (1965) I’ve never seen a production of Porgy and Bess, never seen one of the filmed versions either…but I know the music well, from so many different records and renditions. I think I first heard it through my grandfather; one of the only ways […]Archive
March 28, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 564
Maurice Jarre, Dr. Zhivago [OST] (1965) I’ve not watched the nearly 200-minute long Dr. Zhivago and I’m not likely to now. In a weak moment, 20 years ago, I mighta strolled along to a Film Fest re-screening, but not now. It’s too late for me. But I’ve recently got a little hooked on Maurice Jarre’s […]Archive
March 26, 2017 by Simon Sweetman