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September 22, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 49
Blood, Sweat & Tears, Child Is Father To The Man (1968) I’ve been on a big Blood, Sweat & Tears kick of late. I guess thinking about what a great drummer Bobby Colomby is and how crucial he is to their classic sound. That, and I’ve always been a fan. Not usually into the jazz-rock […]Archive
December 19, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 195
Bill Haley & The Comets, Rock Around The Clock (1968) Bill Haley – the name is linked forever to the TV show Happy Days for me, and a little later that Jive Bunny album which I loved for far too long really. Simple rock’n’roll music – amazing to think that it was lock-up-your-daughter stuff; doesn’t […]Archive
August 29, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 257
Tony Bennett, Yesterday I Heard The Rain (1968) The whole family fell in love with Tony Bennett when we all bought each other the MTV Unplugged album one year for Christmas – seriously, three copies. How very early-1990s! I say, the whole family, my mum was already a fan. She’d already been listening and sharing. […]Archive
July 19, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 280
Trini Lopez featuring The Ventures + Nancy Ames, The Trini Lopez Show [OST] (1968) There’s never anything but joy when I hear Trini Lopez – obviously there’s The Classic Album – and that’s my all-time favourite from him, sure. But it hasn’t stopped me hunting out more. Including this, the latest to my collection – the soundtrack to his TV show, […]Archive
July 3, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 392
Gimmer Nicholson, Christopher Idylls (1968/2016) A good story, this – one of those ones where you have to thank the reissue labels – and LightInTheAttic usually gets it right. I bought this on a whim really – having heard about it. The recording took place in the late 1960s, it was eventually issued years later, […]Archive
February 9, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 437
Laura Nyro, Eli and The Thirteenth Confession (1968) I didn’t like Laura Nyro when I first heard her – Tour of Duty 4 soundtrack and a song called Save The Country; couldn’t deal with it, couldn’t get into it. Liked most of the other stuff on that compilation (and that series, of course) but not […]Archive
February 6, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 30: Iron Butterfly – “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida”
I’m almost embarrassed to admit that I’d never heard this album. Then again, couldn’t you be just as embarrassed for hanging on to this, loving it then and now as well? I don’t know the answer to that…but Iron Butterfly is a band I was only ever aware of – I had heard the side-length title […]Archive
February 4, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 29: The Incredible String Band – “The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter”
I am pretty green when it comes to The Incredible String Band. One of those groups I’ve read about more than I’ve listened to. That said, I did read a book about the British psych/folk scene of the 60s/70s and it prompted me to buy a compilation of the String Band’s “hits” – not that […]Archive
February 3, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 441
Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66, The Fool On The Hill [Single] (1968) One of my all-time favourite Beatles covers is this wee lounge-classic by Sergio Mendes and his Brasil ’66 combo. Nothing fancy, a little bit cheesy, but just right. It works for me. I like it. I like a lot of Sergio’s Brasil ’66 […]Archive
August 26, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 510
The Peddlers, Three In A Cell (1968) Earlier this week I took a drive up the coast and met with Roy Phillips from The Peddlers. We recorded a great conversation for my podcast. He talked about the band and his time in Swinging Sixties London and we chatted for a few minutes before recording and […]Archive
August 17, 2017 by Simon Sweetman