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February 20, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Oysterhead in the Grand Pecking Order: A 20th Anniversary No One Will Celebrate?

Later this year The Grand Pecking Order the sole album by the short-lived group Oysterhead will turn 20. Will anyone be celebrating its birthday? I thought I’d get in early… It was a different world, 2001. Music existed online, sure. You could buy CDs from websites. You might get a 10-second preview of some of […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2001, 2021, A 20th Anniversary No One Will Celebrate, Blog, Les Claypool, Oysterhead, Oysterhead in the Grand Pecking Order, Oysterhead in the Grand Pecking Order: A 20th Anniversary No One Will Celebrate, Phish, Primus, Stewart Copeland, Supergroup, The Grand Pecking Order, The Police, Trey Anastasio, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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January 28, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

It Was The Best Gig Ever # 21 Emmylou Harris, Wellington 2001

I’ve been revisiting the second-coming of Emmylou Harris lately – you know, everything from Wrecking Ball through the Spyboy years, the duet record with Linda Ronstadt and of course Red Dirt Girl. Though I knew about her before those records – and owned the two “Profile” Best Of compilations on vinyl (freebies that I took […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged "Singer", 2001, Best Ever, Brady Blade, Buddy Miller, Concert, Country, Darren Watson, Emmylou, Emmylou Harris, Gig, It Was The Best Gig Ever, It Was The Best Gig Ever # 21, It Was The Best Gig Ever # 21 Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, LOOP, Red Dirt Girl, Review, Songwriter, Spyboy, Tony Hall, Wellington, Wellington 2001, Western Wall, Wrecking Ball, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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December 18, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Deep Purple: Live in Newcastle 2001

Deep Purple Live in Newcastle 2001 EARMUSIC Deep Purple has readied a brand new album for 2020, apparently. So, either beware or be excited. At any rate, to get us to that date the band has started to pour out a few archival sound-desk recordings; you know the thing – “authorised bootlegs” – a clearing […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged "Mk II", 14/03/2001, 2001, Album, Album Review, Australia, Deep Purple, Deep Purple: Live in Newcastle 2001, Fireball, Ian Gillan, Ian Moss, Ian Paice, Jimmy Barnes, Jon Lord, Live, Live In Newcastle, Live In Newcastle 2001, Newcastle, Perfect Strangers, Purpendicular, Richie Blackmore, Roger Glover, Steve Morse, Who Do We Think We Are, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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April 4, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 142: Destiny’s Child – “Survivor”

Though you couldn’t escape the big singles from this at the time – and I didn’t – it appears you could escape the album. I survived without hearing it in full right up until 2019. Beyonce is everywhere, or was until recently, and will be again no doubt. And the thing that launched her was Destiny’s Child – and though […]
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, 2001, Albums, Beyonce, Destiny's Child, Destiny’s Child - “Survivor”, Kelly Rowland, Michelle Williams, Survivor, The 1001 Albums Challenge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 142, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 142: Destiny’s Child - “Survivor” ·

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April 2, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 141: Silver Jews – “Bright Flight” 

I think this might be the only Silver Jews album I hadn’t heard. Funny. Not that I was ever a massive fan of the band – if that was the case I would have heard this album for a start. Just record store days really. You sought out the indie stuff, the cool stuff, the interesting stuff. That, plug peak days reviewing records. 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, 2000s, 2001, Bright Flight, Indie, Silver Jews, Silver Jews - “Bright Flight”, The 1001 Albums Challenge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 141, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 141: Silver Jews - “Bright Flight”, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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January 17, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 591

Gorillaz, Gorillaz (2001) I remember the song Clint Eastwood and loving it straight away. (And I’ve never got sick of it). But I wasn’t straight away sold on Gorillaz. See, I wasn’t at all a Blur fan and I wasn’t that into Damon Albarn. Wasn’t sure if he was any sort of real deal, or […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 2001, Blur, Clint Eastwood, Damon Albarn, Gorillaz, Interview, LP, Ravenous, Record, The Vinyl Countdown # 591, Think Tank, Tomorrow Comes Today, Vinyl ·

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February 3, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 753

Eels, Souljacker (2001) I liked Eels – the first three albums were great; but I didn’t own any of them at the time (friends had them, I listened in, liked what I heard – looked forward to catching the music vids on the telly…) this is the one, the album that made me a fan. […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 2001, Dog Faced Boy, E, Eels, LP, Record, Souljacker, Souljacker (2001), The Vinyl Countdown # 753, The Vinyl Countdown # 753 Eels, Vinyl ·

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November 23, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: DJ Yella (November 20, Wgtn)

DJ Yella San Fran Thursday, November 20 DJ Yella (b. Antoine Carraby) was a founding member of N.W.A something that is suddenly of interest what with the movie to ride on. Cue: DJ Yella back on stage as a DJ (where previously he has made his beans – and, er, blown them – as a […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2001, Antoine Carraby, Compton, DJ, DJ Set, DJ Yella, Dr. Dre, Dre, Gig Review, Gig Review: DJ Yella (November 20, Hip-Hop, Live Gig, N.W.A., NWA, Rap, San Fran, Straight Outta Compton, Wgtn, Yella ·

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October 29, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1002

V/A, Paint It Black – From Jazz to Soul ‘n’ Funk to Blaxploitation  (2002) I remember this when it was first released – on CD anyway. We used to play this – and many other compilations like it – in the music store. Always a good time, and almost always a guaranteed sale; I stopped […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 2001, 2002, Compilation, From Jazz to Soul ‘n’ Funk to Blaxploitation, LP, Paint It Black, V/A, Various, Various Artists, Vinyl ·

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March 27, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Sean Armstrong: Marble Cake Diaries

Sean Armstrong Marble Cake Diaries (Independent) Right from the breathless intro there’s a lot to take in on Sean Armstrong’s Marble Cake Diaries, it’s a very wordy hip-hop album, no great surprise there, it’s a culture that’s based around a music that’s known for the lyrical content – or at the very least the style […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2001, Dre, Hip-Hop, Marble Cake Diaries, Sean Armstrong ·

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March 10, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Chali 2na: Against The Current – EP

Chali 2na Against The Current – EP Manphibian Music Chali 2na’s EP, Against The Current is the first in a series of five – the aim is to explore the influences and antecedents around his career as an MC. He was the power forward of Jurassic 5 (and is still, sporadically, with reunion dates popping […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2001, Against The Current, Against The Current - EP, Album Review, Chali 2na, EP, J5, Jurassic 5, Liquid Swords, Ozomatli ·

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July 20, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1328

Ryan Adams, Gold (2001) This is my favourite album by Ryan Adams. I went off it. Big time. Then got right back into it. I guess I can only play it now and then – but I decided to buy the LP (just recently) because we were doing some cooking and it was the right […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 2001, Gold, Nobody Girl, Ryan Adams, Vinyl ·
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