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November 16, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Laurel Canyon: DVD

Laurel Canyon Director: Alison Ellwood Canyon Films, LLC / Madman It’s hard to see this as anything more than a boomer circle-jerk: Oooh, we had the best music didn’t we… Laurel Canyon is this near-mythical place in songs, in albums, in bands’ biographies. It is real. It was a place; a place where a large […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 60s, 70s, Alison Ellwood, Canyon Films, Crosby Still and Nash, Doc, Doco, Documentary, Documentary Review, DVD, DVD Review, Eagles, Film, Film Review, Frank Zappa, Joni Mitchell, Laurel Canyon, Laurel Canyon: DVD, Linda Ronstadt, Madman, Movie, Movie Review, Music, Music Doco, Neil Young, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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November 26, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 211

V/A, The Sixties Collection – 60 No. 1 Hits of the Sixties (1988) Along with Tour of Duty’s first soundtrack this was one of the most important albums in my musical development. The sixties reunion of the late 1980s was right place/right time for me (and my family). Mum and dad were getting back into […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged [OST], 1960s, 1988, 3-LP, 60 No. 1 Hits of the Sixties, 60s, Comp, Compilation, LP, Never My Love, Tapes, The Association, The Sixties Collection, The Sixties Collection – 60 No. 1 Hits of the Sixties, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 211, Tour Of Duty, V/A, Various Artists, Vinyl ·

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May 12, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 306 

Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel As “Tom & Jerry”, Singles and Rarities 1958-1962  (2016)  Before they were Simon & Garfunkel it was “Tom and Jerry” for Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel and the enduring number from the late 1950s is Hey Schoolgirl – it gets played in their reunion concerts, and turns up on compilations…they broke up and then reformed a few years […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 2016), 50s, 60s, Art Garfunkel, Boot, Bootleg, Duo, Early Material, Hey Schoolgirl, LP, Our Song, Paul Simon, Record, Simon & Garfunkel, Singles and Rarities 1958-1962, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 306, Tom & Jerry, Tom And Jerry, Vinyl ·

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July 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Beach Boys: 1967 – Sunshine Tomorrow

The Beach Boys 1967 – Sunshine Tomorrow Capitol As a Beach Boys fanatic this is gold to me – and that’s what these sort of reissues are about, catering to the existing fans, fleshing out the story, giving added depth. Yes, there’s a cynical cash-grab (always) attached too. But this one fulfils its promise of […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 1967, 1967 - Sunshine Tomorrow, 60s, Album Review, B-Sides, Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Bruce Johnston, Capitol, Carl Wilson, Compilation, Covers, Leftovers, Mike Love, Outtakes, Pet Sounds, Psychedelic, Reissue, SMiLE, Smiley Smile, Sunshine Tomorrow, Surf Pop, The Beach Boys, Wild Honey ·

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July 14, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

V/A: Come & See Me – Dream Babes & Rock Chicks From Down Under

Various Artists: Come & See Me: Dream Babes & Rock Chicks From Down Under Frenzy What an incredible history lesson. Here compiler/curator and label head Grant Gillanders impresses once again with his knowledge and great skill – a double-CD, nearly 60 tracks of ripping-good fun from a range of Australian and Kiwi female singers. There’s […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 60s, Aus, Australia, Chicks From Down Under, Come & See Me, Come & See Me: Dream Babes & Rock Chicks From Down Under, Comp, Compilation, Dream Babes, Frenzy, Grant Gillanders, Kiwi, New Zealand, NZ, V/A, Various, Various Artists ·

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May 5, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 702

V/A, Lookey Dookey/Talking Trash (2000) One of several 50s/60s garage-rock/r’n’b comps I’ve gathered in recent years. I probably started hooking up with these things when I started doing 6-8 hour DJ sets at a couple of bars; in most cases they were compilations I recognised from when I worked in the CD store and knew the […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1950s, 1960s, 2000, 50s, 60s, Champion Jack Dupree, Comp, Compilation, DJ, DJ Set, Garage, Lookey Dookey!, Lookey Dookey/Talking Trash, LP, R'n'B, Record, Rock, Rock'n'Roll, Shim Sham Shimmy, Talking Trash, The Vinyl Countdown # 702, V/A, Various Artists, Vinyl ·

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November 16, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. P.F. Sloan

P.F. Sloan has died. The singer/songwriter had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Sloan is best known for the hit, Eve of Destruction, written for Barry McGuire as well as A Must To Avoid by Herman’s Hermits and a string of songs by The Turtles. In fact, Sloan compositions were recorded by several big-name acts in […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 60s, Barry McGuire, Eulogy, Eve of Destruction, Herman's Hermits, Jan & Dean, Jimmy Webb, Johnny Rivers, P.F. Sloan, R.I.P., R.I.P. P.F. Sloan, Sailover, Singer/Songwriter, Songwriter, The Grass Roots, The Mamas & The Papas, The Searchers, The Turtles, What’s Exactly the Matter With Me? ·

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October 28, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Nellie McKay: My Weekly Reader

Nellie McKay My Weekly Reader 429 Records In a world where Amanda Palmer’s shameless guerrilla marketing papers over the lack of defined talent and where Gen-Y Twee Pin-up Zooey Deschanel gets to cross mediums without offering anything much wherever she goes (free to roam) it’s a breath of fresh air to return to Nellie McKay. […]
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October 12, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger: GOASTT Stories (ep)

The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger GOASTT Stories (ep) Chimera Music Since the incredible Midnight Sun, The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger (the duo comprised of Charlotte Kemp Muhl and Sean Lennon) continues to find things to say, and in fresh ways> There was the really great Long Gone EP and now this […]
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