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October 4, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 44
Spinners, Best of Spinners (1978) One of my favourite groups, The Spinners. Grew up with so much of this music – and this style of music – but really got hooked on the Spinners a decade or so ago; made it a mission to really get involved in their music, to dig deep. And I […]Archive
September 1, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 36 – Jim Morrison, “An American Prayer”
Jim Morrison, An American Prayer, 1978 I’ll always maintain that in terms of poetry, Jim Morrison had a spectacular voice. Maybe not anything special as actual poetic voice – but his spoken-world delivery was superb. He was just mad enough and insecure enough to want to try to believe everything he said. But quite apart […]Archive
July 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 100
Bob Marley and The Wailers, Live: Boston Music Hall (June 8th 1978) (2017) Look, I’m not really one for these bootleg recordings – but I am one for bargains. So when I found a brand new copy of this, for dirt cheap, with time to kill and browsing, there was no choice but for it […]Archive
June 3, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 114
Daryl Hall & John Oates, Along The Red Ledge (1978) The early/mid 70s saw the Hall & Oates duo create some fantastic blue-eyed soul, not all of it ‘took’ until a bit later…the first few albums went almost unnoticed until a minor hit became nearly a major and on the back of that there was […]Archive
April 7, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 138
Commodores, Natural High (1978) So many great Commodores songs – and albums. And I realise, just now, that I have mostly concentrated on the back-end of their career – left the first half for the compilations and singles rather than collecting up those first few records (so I’ll address that). I also just had a […]Archive
March 26, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 23 – The Grateful Dead, “Shakedown Street”
The Grateful Dead, Shakedown Street, 1978 Maybe every single album by The Grateful Dead could be on this list – they really did make some fucking stinkers eh? But I kinda love most of the ones that people say are shit. Though I can’t say I’ve heard every Grateful Dead album, I haven’t even heard […]Archive
March 25, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 144
Commodores, Greatest Hits (1978) Very recently I bought a cheap copy of the self-titled Commodores album; the band’s fifth record. It’s good – I love the Commodores and it’s got some of their biggest hits on it. Well, actually, the copy I received has HEAPS of their hits…buried inside it was a second LP – […]Archive
February 11, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 175
Tammy Wynette, The Best of Tammy Wynette (1978) There are many Tammy Wynette best-ofs – and this is the first that I’ve owned on vinyl; brand new to me ($1 op-shop find). I had a similar compilation on CD but oddly I’ve really never owned anything much by Wynette. I say oddly, because I am […]Archive
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 […]Archive
February 3, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 338
Lionel Hampton, Saturday Night Jazz Fever (1978) I took a punt on Lionel Hampton back in the day; bought a double CD comp from a closing down sale for $5-10 and loved it. I didn’t know what I was getting – beyond the fact that it was jazz. Clearly jazz. Then I looked him pup, found out about […]Archive
July 21, 2018 by Simon Sweetman