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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
The Monkees: Good Times!
The Monkees Good Times! Rhino Records Perhaps no one expected that a new album by The Monkees in 2016 would get rave reviews, but Good Times! is deserving of a great gush. For a start it’s fun (with an exclamation mark to remind us – though it almost evokes that famous question-mark from those hippie-times, […]Archive
September 6, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Grateful Dead: The Best of The Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead The Best of The Grateful Dead Grateful Dead/Rhino It’s Grateful Dead 50th Anniversary Season if you didn’t already know. It’s also 20 years since Jerry Garcia, spiritual centre of the band, left this world to spiral on elsewhere, down some other tie-dyed highway. The band has played its last ever shows under […]Archive
December 7, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Gig Review: The Skatalites (Dec 6, Wgtn)
The Skatalites Bodega Saturday, December 6 Billed as the 50th Anniversary tour – for indeed a band called The Skatalites started recording and performing music back in 1964 – this was one of those situations where you could cynically talk about the band being a cover act, a tribute version of itself; one original member […]Archive
October 10, 2014 by Simon Sweetman