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October 11, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Rolling With The Stones: A Lifelong Journey

Growing up the first two Rolling Stones albums I heard were Undercover and Dirty Work. Now, these won’t ever figure highly on lists of favourite Rolling Stones records, but I have a connection to them because, as is often the case with music, the first album/s you hear from a significant artist will remain a […]

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February 21, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 99 The Stones

It was my mate Geordie who first got me into The Rolling Stones. He was from Newcastle and brought his record collection with him when his family moved to Hamilton. His albums had more elaborate covers than the versions we got out here. He had a great passion for the Mick Taylor years, had seen […]

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September 16, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1847

The Rolling Stones, Undercover (1983) I got the feeling – when the latest round of reissues of albums by The Rolling Stones were, ah, rolled out – that not that many critics had listened to Undercover. It might say something about the album that they had listened and don’t remember it – but I’m dubious. […]