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April 19, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Playlist: Graham Brazier’s Top 20 (1978)

Someone shared a picture of Graham Brazier on social media the other week. It was from 1978, from Rip It Up and it featured a list by The Braz of his Top 20 songs. What a list. I decided we needed this out in the world to listen to right now – so I made it up as […]
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December 3, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 8

Bee Gees, Night Fever [Single] (1978) Maybe this has always been one of my favourite Bee Gees songs? Quite likely. And among the first I would have heard and though I’ve gone back to their pre-disco pop and I like almost everything up to Saturday Night Fever – I still do have love for that […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged [OST], 1978, Bee Gees, disco, Down The Road, EP, Gibb, LP, Night Fever, Saturday Night Fever, Single, Soundtrack, The Bee Gees, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 8, Vinyl ·

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November 10, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 21

Village People, Macho Man[Single] (1978) I guess I’m neither a Village People fan nor a non-fan. They’re just the band you know – because some of their songs were everywhere for a while and occasionally continue to be in many places. Certainly the case with this song. And the gym one with the letters. We […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1978, A-side, Album, B-side, disco, EP, I Ain't Got Nobody, Just A Gigolo, Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody, Macho Man, Record, Single, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 21, Village People, Vinyl, YMCA ·

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October 23, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 32

Todd Rundgren, Hermit of Mink Hollow (1978) It’s my first place when returning toTodd Rundgren. He’s never far from my mind (a genius, yes, yes, wizard and truly a star…) but if I haven’t listened to anything by him in a while then this is the one that pulls me straight back in. Because, I […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1978, All The Children Sing, Can We Still Be Friends, Hermit of Mink Hollow, LP, Record, Rundgren, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 32, Todd, Todd Rundgren, Vinyl ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1978, Best of Spinners, Compilation, Could It Be I'm Falling In Love?, Hallensteins, I'll Be Around, LP, One Of A Kind (Love Affair), Record, Spinners, The Spinners, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 44, Vinyl ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1978, An American Prayer, Crap, Crap Albums, Crap Albums I Love, Crap Albums I Love # 36, Jim Morrison, Lalo Schifrin, Poetry, Shit, Shit That's Good, Shit That's Good - Crap Albums I Love, Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 36, Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 36 – Jim Morrison, Spoken Word, The Doors, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1978, 2017), Bob Marley, Bob Marley and The Wailers, Bootleg, Boston Music Hall, Exodus, Get Up Stand Up, Live, Live: Boston Music Hall (June 8th 1978), LP, Medley, Medley: War/No More Trouble/Get Up Stand Up/Exodus, No More Trouble, Reggae, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 100, The Wailers, Vinyl, War ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1978, Along The Red Ledge, Daryl Hall, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Duo, Hall & Oates, It's A Laugh, John Oates, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 114 ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1978, Commodores, Funk, Lionel Richie, LP, Record, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 138, Three Times A Lady, Vinyl, X-Rated Movie ·

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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 […]
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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 – […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1977, 1978, Commodores, Greatest Hits, LP, Mismatch, Record, Self-Titled, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 144, Too Hot Ta Trot, Vinyl ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1978, Best Of, Comp, Compilation, Country, D.I.V.O.R..C.E, LP, Record, Singing My Song, Stand By Your Man, Tammy Wynette, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 175, Vinyl ·
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