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November 3, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Goodies – The Complete LWT Series: DVD

The Goodies – The Final Series The Complete LWT Series Madman In one of the saddest “Victory Laps” of all time (of all time) The Goodies took their unique brand of madness and mirth (or “Monty Python for kids” as one wag dubbed it) from an 8-season run throughout the 1970s with the BBC to […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 1970s, 1981, BBC, Britain, Comedy, DVD, DVD Review, England, LWT, Madman, Skit, The Complete LWT Series, The Final Series, The Goodies, The Goodies – The Complete LWT Series, The Goodies – The Complete LWT Series: DVD, The Goodies – The Final Series, The Goodies – The Final Series: DVD, UK, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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January 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Dolly Parton – Here I Am: Film

Dolly Parton: Here I Am Director: Francis Whately Man Alive Productions / BBC / Netflix Dolly Parton is hosting a victory lap for herself. She’s always been a great and tireless self-promoter that understood the power of your personality as your brand long before ‘storytelling’ became a buzzword – but right now she’s leading a […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2019, BBC, Country, Doco, Documentary, Dolly Parton, Dolly Parton - Here I Am: Film, Dolly Parton: Here I Am, Film, Film Review, Francis Whately, Here I Am, I Will Always Love You, Jolene, Man Alive Production, Movie, Movie Review, Music, Netflix, Porter Wagoner, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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November 17, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Jeff Beck Group: Twilight of the Idols

The Jeff Beck Group Twilight of the Idols: Classic Broadcasts From San Francisco and London – 1967-1968 Code 7 – Shockwaves Here in one place – and with mostly very reasonable sound quality – is a set of BBC Sessions and some live radio broadcasts from the Fillmore West in San Francisco; charting the early […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Aynsley Dunbar, BBC, Bootleg, Fillmore West, Jeff Beck, Jeff Beck Group, Live, London, Micky Waller, Radio, Reissue, Rod Stewart, Ron Wood, San Francisco, The Jeff Beck Group, The Jeff Beck Group: Twilight of the Idols, Twilight of the Idols, Twilight of the Idols: Classic Broadcasts From San Francisco and London – 1967-1968, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 29, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 228

Ennio Morricone, Chi Mai (1981) Here’s the thing with being a dirty, rotten, grubby record-collector, particularly one that sets absurd life-goals like finding everything or at the least anything by Ennio Morricone – you are gonna go into a lot of junk-stores and leave with nothing but a lingering trace of your own shame-spiral. You […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged [OST], 1981, BBC, Chi Mai, Ennio Morricone, Film, LP, Maestro, Record, Score, The Life and Times of David Lloyd George, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 228, TV, Vinyl ·

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June 26, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Fried: DVD

Fried Director: Luke Snellin Accorn/RLJ/Zodiak BBC Three sitcom Fried is a six-episode season based around the staff of a Croydon chicken shop, Seriously Fried Chicken. What starts off so broad and excruciating as to feel like someone’s havin’ a laff in the way that Ricky Gervais was with his  When The Whistle Blows show-within-a-show in […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged BBC, British, Chicken, Comedy, DVD, DVD Review, Extras, Fast Food, Fried, Fried Food, S.1, Season 1, Season One, Seriously Fried Chicken, The In-Betweeners, The Office, TV ·

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June 20, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 682

Geoff Love and His Orchestra, Big Terror Movie Themes (1976) I didn’t know he was Geoff Love at the time – or rather didn’t know who he was, whoever was at the helm of so many of these things, but I loved the records I found in my grandparents’ collections. Both sets of the grannies […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged [OST], 1976, Action, Alf Bidgen, BBC, Big Suspense Movie Themes, Big Terror Movie Themes, British, Compilation, Death Wish, Film, Film Score, Geoff Love, Geoff Love and His Orchestra, His Orchestra, Horror, LP, Movie, Movies, Orchestra, Record, Soundtrack, The Vinyl Countdown # 682, TV, TV Themes, Vinyl ·

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March 22, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Daft Punk – Unchained: DVD

Daft Punk – Unchained Director: Herve Martin-Delpierre BBC Worldwide Productions An interesting, and worthy documentary that traces Daft Punk’s music and antics back to the start, in fact back to the pre-robot days when, in an early review of their shoegazer-ish group, they were written off as making “daft punk”. So, Guy-Manuel de Homen-Christo and […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged BBC, Daft Punk, Daft Punk - Unchained: DVD, Daft Punk Unchained, dance music, Discovery, Doc, Documentary, Duo, DVD Review, Film, Guy-Manuel de Homen-Christo, Herve Martin-Delpierre, Homework, Human After All, Music Doco, Random Access Memories, Techno, Thomas Bangalter, Tron: Legacy, UnchainedD ·

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April 30, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Olafur Arnalds: Broadchurch [OST]

Olafur Arnalds Broadchurch [OST] Mercury Classics I didn’t watch Broadchurch – and not for any reason, no silly protest. I saw half an episode, it looked pretty good, maybe one day I’ll watch it. Catch-up. But what I noticed, straight away, was the music. In fact I had to check the credits after seeing that […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [OST], Album Review, BBC, Broadchurch, Broadchurch [OST], Composer, Olafur Arnalds, Soundtrack, TV ·

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August 25, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Kate Bush Story – Running Up That Hill: Film

The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill Director: Adrian Sibley BBC Released amid the excitement of Bush’s first live shows in 35 years The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill is a BBC documentary that assembles a wonderful cast and offers a considered portrait of Bush, right up to and including her most […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2014, BBC, Doco, Documentary, Kate Bush, Music Doco, Music Film, Running Up That Hill, The Kate Bush Story, The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That Hill ·

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July 1, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Sonny Rollins: Beyond The Notes

Sonny Rollins: Beyond The Notes Director: Dick Fontaine BBC It was one of the greatest thrills of my life to speak to Sonny Rollins – and then to see him perform. That was a couple of years back now, back around the time this film, Sonny Rollins: Beyond The Notes, was made. It’s based around […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged ARTS Channel, BBC, Concert Film, Dick Fontaine, Documentary, Jazz, Music Doco, Saxophone, Sky, Sonny Rollins, Sonny Rollins: Beyond The Notes ·

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April 17, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Reelin’ In The Years: The Soundtrack of a Northern Life

Reelin’ In The Years: The Soundtrack of a Northern Life Mark Radcliffe Simon & Schuster Ltd For his second memoir British broadcaster, writer, DJ Mark Radcliffe takes a song for every year he’s been alive and extrapolates. It’s a simple concept but one that could only work if the writing is up to it. And […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged BBC, Book Review, Mark Radcliffe, Memoir, Reelin’ In The Years: The Soundtrack of a Northern Life ·

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March 6, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Produced By George Martin: DVD

Produced By George Martin Eagle Rock Shock Conceived as a BBC TV documentary/profile and then sent out to the rest of the world as a DVD Produced By George Martin is a loving portrait that Beatles fans will want to see. There’s a day in the life aspect, watching Sir George Martin interact with family […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged BBC, Blow By Blow, Documentary, DVD Review, George Martin, Giles Martin, Jeff Beck, Produced By George Martin, The Beatles ·

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