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December 5, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 462
Neil Young, Hitchhiker (2017) Neil Young – brilliantly annoying, annoyingly brilliant…frustrating at times. Other times there’s nothing better. Sometimes the frustrating stuff is still brilliant, wonderful, weird – sublime. Other times you just don’t know why he’s doing what he’s doing. If he makes a dud album there’s no real concern, another will be along […]Archive
November 28, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Richard Thompson’s Dream Attic: A Firm Favourite
I’ve been a Richard Thompson fan for a while. At first he was someone I read about, and I knew he was revered; I trialled some of his material but struggled to find much that actually matched up with the raves. But in recent years I’ve found the good oil – and there’s plenty. You can take […]Archive
November 25, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 466
Richard Thompson, Small Town Romance – Live/Solo In New York (1984) For all that I love Richard Thompson I don’t own a lot of his material on vinyl – perhaps that’s because I’m still going through his albums (on CD). I don’t know. I should buy more I guess, I really do love his playing, […]Archive
November 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 469
Waves, Waves (1975) I hadn’t heard of the band Waves – nor the album Waves until it was reissued a few years ago. But I became a fan as soon as I heard it. In fact Clockhouse Shuffle, the album’s opener, was still playing when I fell in love with the sound. So clean, pure, […]Archive
November 6, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 475
Joe Bonamassa, Live at Carnegie Hall – An Acoustic Evening (2017) I’ve never understood Joe Bonamassa’s popularity. He’s graceless – it’s meat’n’spuds playing. He’s not great – and even though he’s more than competent I spot not an inch of soul nor even grit in his playing. Here’s a triple-LP, an acoustic, 9-piece band (which […]Archive
October 31, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Aimee Mann: Mental Illness
Aimee Mann Mental Illness SuperEgo Records In the world of the Aimee Mann fan – even casual admirers – there is no bad record. Hers is a catalogue of utmost consistency. There have been risks, sure. Concept albums, soundtracks, decisions to not just do the same thing over and again, and yet, also, and quite […]Archive
September 13, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Neil Young: Hitchhiker
Neil Young Hitchhiker Reprise There he was, 41 years ago, the “lonely visitor”, campaigning a few more songs…he took breaks for weed, booze and blow, apart from that there was just him, Neil Young, and his best producer, David Briggs. Hitchhiker was recorded over one night in 1976 and then – like quite a few […]Archive
June 28, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Pledging His Time: Help Darren Watson to Make His Solo Acoustic Record
Darren Watson is planning to record and release a limited edition solo acoustic record – his first solo album to be released on vinyl; just 180 LPs will be pressed. There will still be the option of digital download – and each vinyl LP will come with a download code. He’s got the songs written […]Archive
June 27, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Jeff Tweedy: Together At Last
Jeff Tweedy Together At Last Amazon Digital Services, LLC A stripped back set of band songs performed by the chief – the singer/songwriter – that’s the plan for Tweedy’s first proper solo album – and it works just fine. Very well in fact, particularly because after a lovely opening stroll through Via Chicago, its groove […]Archive
June 1, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
John Martyn: Head & Heart – The Acoustic John Martyn
John Martyn Head & Heart: The Acoustic John Martyn UMC Purists might claim this to be some sort of grave-robbing or merely superfluous; standard anger towards posthumous compilations – but Martyn, a tricky man to pin down, was re-recording his own material in his lifetime; was subject to far too many compilations – some of […]Archive
April 4, 2017 by Simon Sweetman