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November 3, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Goodies – The Complete LWT Series: DVD

The Goodies – The Final Series The Complete LWT Series Madman In one of the saddest “Victory Laps” of all time (of all time) The Goodies took their unique brand of madness and mirth (or “Monty Python for kids” as one wag dubbed it) from an 8-season run throughout the 1970s with the BBC to […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 1970s, 1981, BBC, Britain, Comedy, DVD, DVD Review, England, LWT, Madman, Skit, The Complete LWT Series, The Final Series, The Goodies, The Goodies – The Complete LWT Series, The Goodies – The Complete LWT Series: DVD, The Goodies – The Final Series, The Goodies – The Final Series: DVD, UK, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 31, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 227

V/A, Great Warner Bros. Spectaculars (1979) Okay, I’m drowning in soundtracks and soundtrack-compilations at the moment. And (mostly) loving it. The same guy that gave me this (and one of the sister volumes – love themes) also sent me a bunch of CDs; so I’m working through those too – finding some scores to films […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1970s, 1979, Compilation, Film, Great Warner Bros. Spectaculars, John Williams, LP, Main Title, Movie, Record, Score, Seventies, Soundtrack, The Towering Inferno, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 227, V/A, Various, Vinyl, Warner Brothers, Warners ·

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September 15, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Promises Promises: Back To Eric Clapton’s Backless

I come and go with Eric Clapton – particularly his solo career. I can’t make my mind up. It meant so much as part of the gateway, I got into a lot of stuff through getting into Clapton. But these days I hardly ever feel like listening to him. That said, I still like this […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1970s, 1978, 78, Back To Eric Clapton's Backless, Backless, Eric Clapton, Promises, Promises Promises, Promises Promises: Back To Eric Clapton's Backless, The Cream Of Clapton, The Cream of Eric Clapton, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 14, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Cringeworthy: Theatre

Cringeworthy  Direction: Andrea Sanders (devised by Andrea Sanders)  Circa Theatre; Circa Two (August 10 – September 7)  Cringeworthy comes to us from Andrea Sanders – creator/leader of The Beat Girls. She’s created musical shows before (usually for The Beat Girls to act and sing in) here she stars alongside Tom Knowles, Carrie McLaughlin and Jeff Kingsford-Brown in a knowingly kitsch (but utterly clever and classy) tribute to the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 1970s, Andrea Sanders, August 10, Carrie McLaughlin, Circa, Circa Two, Cringeworthy, Cringeworthy: Theatre, Jeff Kingsford-Brown, Kiwiana, Musical, NZ, Play, Play Review, Review, September 7, Songs, Theatre, Theatre Review, Tom Knowles, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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April 23, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Completing the 1001 Albums Challenge 

I had the 2005 version of the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die – I’d owned it for years and had a flip through the pages, but never really studied it. And then someone asked me how many of the albums I had heard – was it half? Was it all? I figured the […]
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January 24, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 152 – Martin Phillipps

Welcome to episode 152 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat.  Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library. This one was a long time coming – a […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged "Singer", 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Chat, Chills, Conversation, Dunedin, Episode 152, Flying Nun, Interview, Martin Phillipps, Music, Podcast, Songs, Songwriter, Songwriting, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast: Episode 152, Sweetman Podcast: Episode 152 – Martin Phillipps, The Chills, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 21, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Ezra Furman: Lou Reed’s Transformer (33 1/3)

Lou Reed’s Transformer (33 1/3) Ezra Furman Bloomsbury Academic The death of the album – so greatly exaggerated. And the 33 1/3 series of books in tribute to classic albums (old and new) continues to trot out the titles. Here, musician Ezra Furman looks at Lou Reed’s Transformer album in this volume of the same […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 1970s, 1972, 33 1/3, 72, Andy Warhol, Bloomsbury, Bloomsbury Academic, Book, Book Review, Classic Album, Ezra Furman, Ezra Furman: Lou Reed's Transformer, Ezra Furman: Lou Reed's Transformer (33 1/3), Gay, Icon, Iconography, Lou Reed, Lou Reed's Transformer, Lou Reed's Transformer (33 1/3), Music, Mythology, Queer, Seventies, Sex, Sexuality, The Velvet Underground, Transformer, VU, Walk On The Wild Side, Writing, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 7, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 80: The Damned – “Machine Gun Etiquette”

I don’t hate this at all – but I can’t say I’m hooked, wouldn’t have mattered if I’d ever heard this or not I reckon. Look, I like some of The Damned did and was about but it’s just that thing of this music existing at the wrong time for me, and/or me for it […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged “Machine Gun Etiquette”, 1001, 1001 Albums, 1001 Albums To Hear Before You Die, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, 1970s, 1979, 80, Punk, Rat Scabies, Seventies, The 1001 Albums Challenge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 80, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 80: The Damned – “Machine Gun Etiquette”, The Damned, The Damned – “Machine Gun Etiquette”, The Members, The Young Ones, UK ·

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August 5, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 79: Japan – “Quiet Life”

I always love finding a New Favourite Album of The Year that comes from way back – this year my favourite album of 2018 not released in 2018 is – easily – Japan’s Quiet Life (released in late 1979). I have never listened to Japan. I’ve heard about the band, read about the band, thought […]
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August 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 78: Chic – “Risqué”

Well there’s already been a Chic album and a Sister Sledge album in fairly quick succession – and now another Chic album. Now I ain’t complainin’ – I love the band. But I just had never thought to listen to the original albums – I know the big singles, I know compilations, I know samples, I […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1001, 1001 Albums, 1001 Albums Challenge, 1001 Albums To Hear Before You Die, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, 1970s, 1979, Bernard Edwards, Chic, Chic – “Risqué”, disco, LP, Nile Rodgers, Record, Risque, Seventies, Sister Sledge, The 1001 Albums Challenge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 78, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 78: Chic – “Risqué”, Tony Thompson, Vinyl ·

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July 29, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 77: Holger Czukay – “Movie!”

I love CAN – but the thing about that band, and about Krautrock in general – it’s whole worlds; there’s so much there still for me to absorb, to even dip the toe in. I love CAN and yet many of the side-projects or related things (solo albums from members in particular) I haven’t ever […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1001, 1001 Albums, 1001 Albums To Hear Before You Die, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, 1970s, 1979, Can, Holger Czukay, Holger Czukay - "Movie!", Instrumental, Krautrock, Movie, Seventies, The 1001 Albums Challenge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 77, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 77: Holger Czukay – “Movie!" ·

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July 24, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 76: Sister Sledge – “We Are Family”

I have never listened to a Sister Sledge album – until now. And after playing We Are Family a heap I am wondering why. I mean, I always knew it was CHIC that was musically driving the group, and as a Chic/Nile Rodgers fan that should have had me curious. I guess I figured a […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1001, 1001 Albums, 1001 Albums To Hear Before You Die, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, 1970s, 1979, Chic, He's The Greatest Dancer, Nile Rodgers, Seventies, Sister Sledge, Sister Sledge - We Are Family, The 1001 Albums Challenge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 76: Sister Sledge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 76: Sister Sledge - We Are Family, The 1001 Albums Challenge #76, We Are Family ·
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