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February 29, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 162
Queen, Live Killers (1979) I bought this for Oscar – he loved the Queen + Adam Lambert concert so much (and yeah, yeah so did I!) so I thought I’d get him a record for his room (he has a small collection – basically just Beatles/Beatles-related records and a cheap portable player). And, actually, okay, […]Archive
February 19, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 169
Van Morrison, It’s Too Late To Stop Now (1974) He was never better than right here. Van Morrison. Many great albums – plenty of great shows. And yes, reports too of him being grumpy or rude, of not delivering. Loads of albums that just dud-along and repeat themselves. But the very best of his work […]Archive
January 27, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 182
V/A, The Wonderful Wireless (1982) I love the nostalgia records, the various compilations that tell you about eras and movements from before you were born; comedy records, old radio shows, the bygone era. My record collection is full of them, many inherited, some I have sought out. I’ve always been intrigued by the medium of […]Archive
September 17, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 251
Bill Withers, Live at Carnegie Hall (1973) I have bought this album at least twice – maybe this is even my third copy; I know the CD version was my introduction and I played it so much. I had a best of and then was hipped to the live album – some of its versions […]Archive
June 30, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 285
The Roots, The Tipping Point (2004) A mate told me he had a copy of this on vinyl – he liked it, but didn’t think he’d be playing it all that often and did I want to take it off his hands? I did! I really did. And yet in this way of the world we […]Archive
June 16, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 399
Madvillian, Madvillainy (2004) So this guy buzzes me the other day, says “What do you make of this record, any good?” And I tell him that Madvillain – the pairing of MF DOOM and Madlib – was golden as far as I was concerned; like a really big deal for me. It arrived when I […]Archive
June 8, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 401
Moby, Play (1999) Look, I’m not sure when this album by Moby drove me mad, exactly – or as close as I got to it – but tripping balls, wearing a sarong, stirring a pot full of different leftover spirits and liqueurs with South Side blasting out as if a new religion…yeah, that was a […]Archive
October 27, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 479
Madonna, The Immaculate Collection (1990) I posted a photo of the LP cover the other day and someone wrote underneath, “Has your turntable been hacked?” – or some such. No chance of that ever. I’m the only one playing records in my place, the turntable sits on my desk, I don’t even need to move […]Archive
July 17, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 530
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, Live Alive (1986) Just recently I’ve returned to the music of Stevie Ray Vaughan – well, it’s always there, of course – but it’s only been recently that I’ve returned to the records. In particular I’ve been playing In Step – it’s probably his all-around best album and even […]Archive
June 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 541
Johnny Mathis, The Johnny Mathis Collection: 20 of My Favourite Songs (1977) I’ve been on a bit of a run of enjoying – revisiting – the evergreens and easy listening staples; not all of them are things I grew up with as such, but many of them were part of my grandparents’ record collections. In […]Archive
March 31, 2017 by Simon Sweetman