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May 28, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 47 – Elvis Presley “Elvis’ Greatest Shit”
Elvis Presley, Elvis’ Greatest Shit, 1982 Elvis Presley. The King. It was actually a 1987 compilation of hits (and some weird choices too) that was my proper introduction to Elvis – so I’ve got a bit of a thing for the slightly weirder collections and the oddball albums. I love the hits. The classic concert […]Archive
May 9, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: I Was There Mate, Gladstone, 1982
I was there mate, at the Gladstone, 1982 It was better than anything you ever saw, and most things you’ve gone on to do. I can tell you that right now. For free. We were up front and the microphone hit me in the face and when I tasted the sweat of the singer it […]Archive
December 15, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 00
Prince, 1999 [Single] (1982) “Two thousand zero zero party over oops out of time” – This is it. The Vinyl Countdown is over; finished. It started back at # 2000 in March of 2011 and it ends now, December 2020. Two thousand two zero, column over, out of time. Or out of numbers. This is […]Archive
November 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 22
The Clash, Rock The Casbah [Single] (1982) I do like The Clash. Sure. Just not as much as most people that like/love The Clash. I do still think they’re a bit overrated and maybe it won’t help my cause at all to suggest that this is one of my favourites by them – which doesn’t […]Archive
October 30, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 28
V/A, Hit Wave 82 (1982) These Various Artists compilations…I used to have so many of them – they’re worthless too, all battered up and bear-soaked and tattered covers but they’re fun. And I still collect them up a bit. Though not as much as I once did. They were fun fillers for DJing – you […]Archive
October 10, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 41
Eddie Low, Blue Smoke [Single] (1982) I found this – just recently. I’m not sure where. Well, it fell out of a record on my shelves – unrelated record too. So I can only assume that it arrived in my collection as part of a bulk buy or a gifted set of leftovers. It has […]Archive
September 23, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 48
Bruce Springsteen, Nebraska (1982) I’ve been about as uninterested in Bruce Springsteen as can be lately – not regretting the years I was a fan or anything like that but just so wound up about it. He’s really a gurning clown. This has been on my mind a bit over the last couple of years […]Archive
July 19, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Nina Simone: Fodder On My Wings [Reissue]
Nina Simone Fodder On My Wings [Reissue] Verve Though Nina Simone’s very fine Baltimore was a wonderful ‘comeback’ album (in 1978) – and the biggest seller of her career. It was not only not the artist’s favourite, it was a reminder that she had so often been caged and controlled, forced to do things she […]Archive
June 27, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 31 – Queen, “Hot Space”
Queen, Hot Space, 1982 It should have been called Hot Mess! Amiright? Or amiright? Most Queen fans hate Hot Space, rate it as the one to not rate – its saving grace being the final track, the duet with David Bowie – Under Pressure. Apart from that? What’s there? Messy, meaningless, disco-tinged pop-crap that has […]Archive
April 24, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 129
Little River Band, Greatest Hits (1982) There’s absolutely a nostalgia-component to record collecting for me – I still walk into stores and on the wrong day (or maybe it’s the right day) I see a cover from my childhood listening and I have to get it, have to reconnect. That often – and mostly – […]Archive
March 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman