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August 11, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Lenny Bruce: Fat Boy – The Genius of Lenny Bruce

Lenny Bruce Fat Boy: The Genius of Lenny Bruce Big Buzz Productions / Format Music Lenny Bruce. One of the names you can’t escape in a discussion of American comedy. One of the guys. Richard Pryor and George Carlin. Woody Allen. These are the sorts of names that come up when discussing the development of […]
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February 11, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 175

Tammy Wynette, The Best of Tammy Wynette (1978) There are many Tammy Wynette best-ofs – and this is the first that I’ve owned on vinyl; brand new to me ($1 op-shop find). I had a similar compilation on CD but oddly I’ve really never owned anything much by Wynette. I say oddly, because I am […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1978, Best Of, Comp, Compilation, Country, D.I.V.O.R..C.E, LP, Record, Singing My Song, Stand By Your Man, Tammy Wynette, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 175, Vinyl ·

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November 21, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 214

The Beach Boys, Best of The Beach Boys Vol. 2 (1967) So many Beach Boys compilations. And I believe I’ve given a few away. But this was definitely one of the first Beach Boys records I owned – I have a feeling it was in fact the first. Which is probably why I’m still hanging […]
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September 21, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Marianne Dissard: Cibola Gold – Best of 2008-2015

Marianne Dissard Cibola Gold: Best of 2008-2015 (Independent) Marianne Dissard is a photographer, filmmaker, performance-artist and chanteuse – she’s collaborated with Giant Sand and Calexico and spent most of the 00s in Tucson where she released a small handful of interesting records when, at her best, as I said here in a review of “The […]
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October 12, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Air: Twentyears

Air Twentyears Rhino/Parlophone It’s a curious idea these days – releasing a hits/best-of comp. Isn’t that what the streaming platforms are for? Can’t you just make your own playlist? Keep buying the records you love but add and subtract songs via iTunes or Spotify or whatever…the alleged ‘death of the album’ was not a call […]
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April 10, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 716

Spike Jones, The Best of Spike Jones Vol. 2 (1977) I love Spike Jones. I had a couple of CDs and I have the earlier volume of this somewhere in the record collection…but I bought this (for $1) this past weekend, as a recommendation for Oscar. He didn’t seem much interested in it once we […]
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April 5, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 720

The Guess Who, The Best of The Guess Who (1975) I guess I heard of The Guess Who via Tour of Duty IV (I’m almost sure of it) and I can’t say I needed to hear much more but I did love American Woman.  Eventually, in an effort to hear more from the band I […]
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September 6, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Grateful Dead: The Best of The Grateful Dead

The Grateful Dead The Best of The Grateful Dead Grateful Dead/Rhino It’s Grateful Dead 50th Anniversary Season if you didn’t already know. It’s also 20 years since Jerry Garcia, spiritual centre of the band, left this world to spiral on elsewhere, down some other tie-dyed highway. The band has played its last ever shows under […]
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August 4, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 842

Warren Zevon, A Quiet Normal Life: The Best of Warren Zevon (1986) A couple of years ago now I wrote about how I missed Warren Zevon – missed having him around. I never knew him. Obviously. Only knew his songs. But a Warren Zevon song is that kind of a song that no one else […]
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July 9, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 859

The Kingsmen, The Best of the Kingsmen (1985) My friend Sam flies over from Sydney for the weekend. He calls beforehand, says, “you need any vinyl or anything?” So I give him a list – tell him to look for early Paul Kelly or The Go-Betweens. I can get most anything else. Maybe a couple […]
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July 1, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Digests: The Best of 2015’s Album Reviews – June

A lot of interesting music in June – and I got through as much of it as I could; pretty pleased with this selection of album-review highlights for a) its breath (lots of Kiwi stuff, spoken word – more than one album too, rock, jazz, dance, pop, classical, EPs, free Bandcamp releases….a veritable all-sorts stash) […]
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June 23, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 869

Jefferson Airplane, The Worst of Jefferson Airplane (1970) I loved the first couple of  Jefferson Airplane albums – when I eventually picked them up, CD reissues, about a decade ago. But I first heard the band as part of a wave of Woodstock/Monterey-era related stuff. It was such a formative thing, hearing all of this wonderful […]
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