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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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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) […]Archive
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 […]Archive
June 19, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 873
Siouxsie And The Banshees, Once Upon A Time – The Singles (1981) Here’s my new favourite record of right now. You see, up until a couple of months ago I had never owned anything – ever – by Siouxsie And The Banshees. Just one of those groups I never got to. I know some of […]Archive
April 20, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 908
Otis Redding, Dock of The Bay: The Definitive Collection (1987) I had the tape – and then the CD. And since buying records I have always meant to pick up one or two Otis Redding records – the original albums – and I will. But recently I was given this. And it filled me with […]Archive
March 23, 2015 by Simon Sweetman