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April 22, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

XTC – This Is Pop: Film

XTC: This Is Pop Directors: Roger Penny, Charlie Thomas Special Treats Distribution We open with Andy Partridge giving us one of those I’m not gonna give you a quote-quotes: “Rockumentaries, I really dislike them. They always have that lugubrious keyboard player from that prog rock group…” Cue interview snippet from Rick Wakeman.
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Andy Partridge, Barry Andrews, Charlie Thomas, Colin Moulding, Dave Gregory, Doc, Doco, Documentary, Film, Film Review, Movie, Rick Wakeman, Roger Penny, Terry Chambers, This Is Pop, Todd Rundgren, XTC, XTC - This Is Pop: Film, XTC: This Is Pop, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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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, […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 50th Anniversary, Adam Schlesinger, Album Review, Andy Partridge, Ben Gibbard, Death Cab For Cutie, Fountains of Wayne, Good Times, Harry Nilsson, Mickey Dolenz, Mike Nesmith, Monkees, Neil Diamond, Noel Gallagher, Paul Weller, Peter Tork, Rivers Cuomo, The Monkees, Weezer, XTC ·

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December 7, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1449

XTC, Skylarking (1986) “I had never had something as difficult as working with XTC. I was fully aware of ‘The Syndrome’ – which is to say, I was a fan. I listened to the records, I followed the band and I knew the band’s dynamic. And by the time I got to working with them Andy’s stage fright meant […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Andy Partridge, Colin Moulding, Skylarking, The Meeting Place, Todd Rundgren, XTC ·

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