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November 15, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 18

Toots & The Maytals, Knock Out! (1981) The song Beautiful Womanwas everywhere when I was a kid. I remember it well. I didn’t particularly like it. Nor did I know who it was by. It was just everywhere. It was years – and possibly even a few more years after that – before I found […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1980s, 1981, 80s, Beauiful Woman, Careless Ethiopians, Knock Out!, LP, Record, Reggae, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 18, Toots, Toots & The Maytals, Toots Hibbert, Vinyl ·

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May 31, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 116

Boris Gardiner, Everything To Me (1986) I first learned about Boris Gardiner due to a random library-find, back in those busy toddler-caring days of finding some salvation by digging in the library’s music section. The album, Every Nigger Is A Star, a soundtrack album to a banned movie was the one. A fantastic album. Gardiner […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1980s, 1986, Eighties, Every Nigger Is A Star, Everything To Me, I Want To Wake Up With You, LP, Next To You, Record, Reggae, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 116, Vinyl ·

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April 21, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 130

Amazulu, Amazulu (1986) Just the other day I was remembering Aswad – I pair them with Amazulu. Both British bands fusing a type of light reggae with pop, both big in the mid-80s, both beginning with ‘A’ – a lot of surface comparisons I guess. I pair them simply because I discovered them around the […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1980s, 1986, 80s, Amazulu, Aswad, LP, Montego Bay, Record, Reggae, Self-Titled, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 130, The Young Ones, Vinyl ·

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November 29, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Pink Floyd: The Later Years 1987 – 2019

Pink Floyd The Later Years 1987 – 2019 Legacy The post-Roger years examined, remixed – a few rarities…well, in fact this “Sampler” is just a taste of it. The actual “box-set” is still a couple of weeks away; the sequel – if you like – to The Early Years – 1965-1972 (an embarrassment of riches […]
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April 30, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 313

Van Halen, Fair Warning (1981) The first six Van Halen albums – or fuck off! (Actually, I’m gonna say the first seven…controversial perhaps, but that’s where I’m at). The best of this band is never far from my ears but I recently worked through the whole catalogue in chronological order. Yes, the wheels fall off big time toward the end […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged "Van Hagar", 1980s, 1981, Alex Van Halen, David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen, Fair Warning, LP, Mean Street, Michael Anthony, Record, Sammy Hagar, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 313, Van Halen, Vinyl ·

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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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February 14, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 335 

Hothouse Flowers, Don’t Go [Single] (1988) Hothouse Flowers – good band! Saw them live a couple of times, once still in their ascendancy and then many years on. They still sounded great. Good show. Very capable. But it was a school night. In a wee pub down the road. And no one seemed to really give a fuck – […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1980s, 1988, Dire Straits, Don't Go, Eighties, Hothouse Flowers, Ireland, Irish, LP, Pop, Record, Saved, Single, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 335, Vinyl ·

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February 12, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 336

Don Henley, The Boys of Summer [Single] (1984) Confession time – all this “I hate the fuckin’ Eagles shit” (and I mean that by the way, always!) – but I have a soft spot for some of the solo stuff. And I include amongst that not very much by Don Henley but most certainly this song. A banger. A gem. I dunno. […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1980s, 1984, A Month of Sundays, Boys of Summer, Eagles, Eighties, EP, Garden of Allah, LP, Record, Single, The Boys of Summer, The Eagles, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 336, Vinnie Colaiuta, Vinyl ·

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February 4, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 121: Jungle Brothers – “Done By The Forces of Nature”

I know the Jungle Brothers. Love them. But I know them only from single tracks. From their overall sound, from their inclusion in mixtapes and compilations, DJ sets too. I had never heard any of their albums but as soon as I heard this I loved it. Not just the content (the feel and flow) but the production. This album […]
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January 31, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 120: Barry Adamson – “Moss Side Story”

I already know I’ll be listening to this a lot more – I love it. Instantly. Which is no great surprise. I used to have a few Barry Adamson solo albums – and have followed most of his work and appearances. Anyone that can play with the range of artists and engage with a range of audience such as he […]
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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 […]
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January 10, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 118: The Young Gods – “L’eau Rouge (The Red Water)”

You arrive at The Young Gods due to name-drops and connections including David Bowie, Nine Inch Nails and Swans – and maybe they sound, at least a little bit anyway, like all three of those artists combined. Okay, you might have arrived at them back in the day without being prompted but for me it […]
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