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April 8, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 320
Nilsson, Early Years (1966) I feel like I have to give it an honest try to hear everything by Nilsson. I love Harry Nilsson. Strange story. Problematic guy. A mess. Beaut singer and songwriter and covers artist. The works. But a mess. And I’m hooked on hearing his covers and originals – his last drunken messy stuff and his […]Archive
July 8, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Wellington Film Society: Preview – Young Torless (July 9)
The Wellington Film Society’s program will soon take a break for a couple of weeks to welcome The International Film Festival but there’s still a couple of weeks of films and then the program returns in mid-August for another few months. Following on from last week’s showing of Les Cowboys we travel back in time […]Archive
June 6, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Wellington Film Society: Preview – Seconds (June 11)
The Wellington Film Society’s program is back after a week off – and we’re still in the sixties, following on from Alphaville we’re in the world of John Frankenheimer. His Seconds (1966) is in fact the third film in his “Paranoia Trilogy” (following 1962’s The Manchurian Candidate and 1963’s Seven Days In May). The film […]Archive
November 8, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 18: Nina Simone – “Wild Is The Wind”
I’ve listened to a lot of Nina Simone – compilations and albums – and there are so many gems still to find. I had never, until this challenge, heard Wild Is The Wind (the album). I know the song, of course and many of the songs on here, but this album is still pretty wonderful […]Archive
November 6, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 17: The Yardbirds – “The Yardbirds” (aka ‘Roger The Engineer’)
I bought a 20 Smash Hits-type compilation of The Yardbirds for $2 on cassette tape (to clarify – this was when I was about 13 and I bough tapes regularly and they were $14-20 usually). Sometimes I’d get a $10 bargain tape or for $5-$10, but $2 was the cheapest – ever. That seems comical […]Archive
October 29, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 16: Paul Revere & The Raiders – “Midnight Ride”
We should all take time out in – and of – our busy lives to listen to Paul Revere & The Raiders, particularly this album. That’s the take-home from finally sitting down to hear this. Oh, I knew a few of the hits, and a lot of the stuff on here, had a couple of […]Archive
October 14, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 15: The Mamas & The Papas – “If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears…”
It was easy to get sick of Monday Monday and California Dreaming – big, big songs (brilliant songs) but when the sixties revival kicked in these were the sorts of songs that were ubiquitous – or close enough. I liked The Mamas & The Papas because my mum played a cheap Greatest Hits tape in […]Archive
February 22, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 579
Bob Dylan, Greatest Hits (1966) You wait years for a Bob Dylan Greatest Hits album on vinyl – and then two come along in as many years; by which I mean it was only the other day/year I picked up Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits on vinyl. And then, more recently I sprung for this version. […]Archive
October 10, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 618
The Monkees, The Monkees (1966) I’ve always loved The Monkees – I remember, vividly, the summer that the TV show came on the telly when I was little. It was a series of re-runs – but it was the first time in my life the TV show was around. Part of a wave of 60s […]Archive
May 23, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 692
Bernie McGann, 1966 (2014) I wrote, recently, about Sarang Bang Records, about getting a package of things – well, so far, this record is undoubtedly the highlight. Bernie McGann was one of the great Australian jazzers and this live date from ’66 captures McGann at the Wayside Chapel in Sydney – a five-piece band driving […]Archive
March 30, 2016 by Simon Sweetman