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March 20, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Richard Pryor: ‘Craps’ (After Hours) – 50th Anniversary
Richard Pryor Craps (After Hours) Omnivore Recordings In the Richard Pryor story it’s often mentioned that as he was climbing the mountain of stand-up he had to shed the clothes of Bill Cosby Clone. Mentioning Cosby might be triggering enough these days but there’s no denying that in the 1960s Cosby was one of comedy’s […]Archive
November 26, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Won’t Get Fooled
The 50th Anniversary edition of The Who’s album, Who’s Next is a deluxe edition – featuring 17 versions of Won’t Get Fooled Again. That song plays again and again and again and again and again and the fools gather to listen to the next one and the one after that and they don’t see the […]Archive
September 17, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Yusuf / Cat Stevens: Tea For The Tillerman2
Yusuf / Cat Stevens Tea For The Tillerman2 A&M My dad once told me his theory that if you started off with not quite the greatest voice you could retain it. It was too hard, he reckoned, to forever hit high notes and if you were nasally, in particular, you could make that a gift […]Archive
July 13, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 95
The Grateful Dead, Workingman’s Dead (1970) I am a Grateful Dead fan but I don’t own much of their stuff on vinyl; maybe it’s just too much of an undertaking – there’s too much so I never really wanted to get started. But I’ve always wanted this and one day I must get American Beauty […]Archive
July 6, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
James Brown: Live At Home With His Bad Self
James Brown Live At Home With His Bad Self Polydor In 1969 James Brown was one of the kings, hardest working man in showbiz, of the black acts working he was the gold standard; feared and admired bandleader and a singing, dancing machine. He was pumping out civil rights anthems, redesigning R’n’B as sinewy funk, […]Archive
April 15, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Blood, Sweat & Tears: Live At Woodstock
Blood, Sweat & Tears Live At Woodstock Columbia/Legacy / Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment The absolute best thing about the Woodstock 50th Anniversary late last year was finally seeing some official releases of standalone full sets from some of the great, but lesser-hyped/covered acts. So, yeah, we have the original movie and […]Archive
February 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Simon & Garfunkel: Live at Carnegie Hall 1969 (ep)
Simon & Garfunkel Live at Carnegie Hall 1969 (ep) Columbia/Legacy / Sony Music Entertainment It’s just been the 50th anniversary of Bridge Over Troubled Water so in a low-key marking of that – we have this new digital-only EP – featuring four songs recorded live in a venue famous for so many great live concert […]Archive
September 30, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Beatles: Abbey Road – Anniversary Super Deluxe
The Beatles Abbey Road: Anniversary Super Deluxe Capitol It’s the 50th Anniversary of the last album The Beatles recorded together – and its available in a spangling new package with a book and outtakes and straight away you might wonder if you need to purchase it again and the answer is, ultimately that you will […]Archive
September 29, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Abbey Road at 50
It’s The 50th Anniversary of Abbey Road which means it’s pretty much the 30th Anniversary of me listening to Abbey Road. It might not be the best Beatles album but it’s my favourite. And that’s always been the way. And yes, there are new mixes and outtakes – but today to celebrate we took the […]Archive
November 15, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Jeff Beck: Live At The Hollywood Bowl
Jeff Beck Live At The Hollywood Bowl Eagle Vision Jeff Beck celebrated 50 years as a performing artist with a run of shows at the Hollywood Bowl, guest artists, material from across his career – including a dig back to The Yardbirds, the various versions of The Jeff Beck Group, his seventies fusion, right up […]Archive
May 30, 2016 by Simon Sweetman