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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
The Vinyl Countdown # 563
The Temptations, 25th Anniversary: Volume One (1986) I love The Temptations – who doesn’t, right? One of those bands I thought I discovered via the Vietnam War-era “Sixties Revival” of the mid/late 80s – and thought I heard some key songs on some key compilations and soundtracks it turns out I knew so many of […]Archive
October 15, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 615
Warpaint, The Fool (2010) For me with Warpaint it really all started here – yes, the EP before this debut album is great (and I got to that after) but it was The Fool that sold me on the sound of the band after the promise of some of the early, vital/viral YouTube clips. Such […]Archive
January 20, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 763
Sonic Youth, Washing Machine (1995) I became a fan of Sonic Youth by reading about them: Guitar World, an excellent article where the guitarists talked about anti-guitar hero antics and notions, namedropped a bunch of great things (some I’d heard, some I hadn’t) and just generally made me want to hear their music. And I […]Archive
October 8, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1016
Donna Summer, Bad Girls (1979) Looking for some, er, Hot Stuff for tomorrow’s 5pm slot down at the Old Bailey I pull this one from the rack, give it a whirl. It’s been a while. A long, long while. A double album – it stands up, thanks of course to Giorgio Moroder – and some playing/co-writing […]Archive
December 29, 2013 by Simon Sweetman