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August 13, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Paul Kelly: Forty Days

Paul Kelly Forty Days Cooking Vinyl Limited I keep thinking this is a very prolific period for Australia’s greatest songwriter. But actually it’s just a purple patch – within a purple patch. He’s always been regular and often prolific with his output but the last decade has seen a combination of ends-tying compilations and themed-shows […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Acoustic, Bill Withers, Cooking Vinyl Limited, Covers, Forty Days, Lockdown, Paul Kelly, Paul Kelly: Forty Days, Poems, Quarantine, Readings, Shakespeare, Slim Dusty, Solo, Sonnet, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, YouTube ·

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July 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 33 – Bill Withers, “Watching You, Watching Me”

Bill Withers, Watching You Watching Me, 1985 When I first met the music of Bill Withers I was amazed not only by it, but by the control. That extends over from the subtly of the arrangements and his vocal control to the quality control – here was a guy that started late and finished early; […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged “Watching You, 1985, Bill Withers, Crap Albums, Crap Albums I Love, https://offthetracks.co.nz/r-i-p-bill-withers/, Shit That's Good, Shit That's Good - Crap Albums I Love, Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 33, Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 33 – Bill Withers, Sweet Lovers, Watching Me”, Watching You Watching Me, We Could Be Sweet Lovers ·

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April 4, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Bill Withers

Bill Withers has died. He was 81. I wasn’t going to add to the eulogy posts as you can – and will already have perhaps already – read about him almost anywhere else. But then, Bill Withers meant the world to me. As he did to so many. So I wanted to share a line […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Ain't No Sunshine, Bill Withers, Eulogy, Lean On Me, Lovely Day, R.I.P., R.I.P. Bill Withers, Still Bill ·

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September 17, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 251

Bill Withers, Live at Carnegie Hall (1973) I have bought this album at least twice – maybe this is even my third copy; I know the CD version was my introduction and I played it so much. I had a best of and then was hipped to the live album – some of its versions […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1973, 2xLP, Bill Withers, Double, Gatefold, I Can't Write Left-Handed, Live, LP, R'n'B, Record, Soul, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 251, Use Me, Vinyl ·

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February 26, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

José James: Lean On Me

José James Lean On Me Blue Note (BLU) When he’s not making his own great (original) music José James is the guy you want covering you. His tribute album to Billie Holiday is a gold standard.   And now he gives the Bill Withers catalogue his touch – this is more of a straight reading, a warm tribute, James’ voice close to Withers […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged "Singer", Album Review, Bill Withers, Billie Holiday, Blue Note, Covers, Funk, José James, José James: Lean On Me, Lean On Me, Nate Smith, Soul, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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June 27, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Got Live Cos I Want It: 10 Important Live-in-Concert Albums In My Life of Listening

I know I’ve written about live albums before – several times, and I always will, I love live albums! – but I thought I’d give you a list of the ten live albums that I consider the most important. That is to say important to me, these lists are a chance for me to remind […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 10 Important Live-in-Concert Albums In My Life of Listening, Absolutely Live, B.B. King, Big Swing Face, Bill Withers, Buddy Rich, Concert, Cook County Jail, Erykah Badu, Frampton Comes Alive, Got Live Cos I Want It, Got Live Cos I Want It: 10 Important Live-in-Concert Albums In My Life of Listening, Jay-Z, Live, Live Album, Live At Carnegie Hall, Live At Leeds, Live At The Regal, Live At The Village Vanguard, Live In Concert, Live In Cook County Jail, Live Magic, Peter Frampton, Queen, The Buddy Rich Big Band, The Doors, The Roots, The Who, Wynton Marsalis ·

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May 8, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm: Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm

Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm Jay-Vee Inc./Southbound Here’s a wonderful pairing – Robert Cray (sweet soul voice, great guitar licks) and Steve Jordan (superb drummer and wunderkind producer). Completing this perfect connection is the decision to record in the still-running Royal Studios, home of Hi Records. You know Hi from […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Al Green, Album Review, Archie Turner, Bad Influence, Bill Withers, Blues, Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark, Groove, Guitar, Hi Records, Hi Rhythm, Hi Rhythm Section, Jay-Vee, Leroy Hodges, Rev. Charles Hodges, Robert Cray, Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm, Royal Studios, Soul, Steve Jordan, Strong Persuader, Tony Joe White ·

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April 4, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Donny Hathaway Live: One Of My All-Time Favourite Records…A Masterpiece…

One of my favourite albums of all time, a true masterpiece, an album that moves me every time I listen to it – and simply one of my most-loved, most played records – is Live by Donny Hathaway. I got hooked on the album many years back – a favourite across formats (LP, tape, CD, […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Bill Withers, Blues, Crowd, Donny Hathaway, Donny Hathaway Live: One Of My All-Time Favourite Records…A Masterpiece…, Erykah Badu, Funk, George Benson, Jazz, Live, Live Album, Masterpiece, One Of My All-Time Favourite Records, R'n'B, Soul, Stevie Wonder, These Songs, These Songs For You Live! ·

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July 25, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: #115 – Soul Power, Wellington, 2009

Well it’s Film Festival time once again. And so by way of looking back I post this stub – not really all that exciting at all (though you might notice I’ve written a phone number on it, then scribbled that out…a hark back to landlines, and the days when the tickets sat next to the […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged B.B. King, Bill Withers, Documentary, Film, Film Festival, James Brown, Movie, Music, Paramount, Soul Power, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: #115 – Soul Power, Wellington, Wellington 2009, When We Were Kings ·

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February 17, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 947

Grover Washington Jr, Winelight (1980) Been on a strange kick lately, buying up records from second-hand stores and charity shops that I’ve never heard all the way through but I feel like I know. This is one right here – almost the perfect example. I know all of the players on here, have heard them […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1980, Bill Withers, Grover Washington Jr, Just The Two of Us, LP, Record, Soft-Jazz, Steve Gadd, Vinyl, Winelight ·

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September 5, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Booker T: Sound The Alarm

Booker T Sound The Alarm Concord Jazz Booker T. Jones has been the victim of a handful of “comeback” albums across the last two decades, including, originally, the re-billing of Booker T & The M.G.’s and then he recorded just as Booker T. Jones (including with The Roots backing him; no complaints there). This new […]
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March 21, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1570

Michael Kiwanuka, Home Again EP (2011) People started talking up Michael Kiwanuka – I kept getting sent the clip of Whole Lotta Love. Good on him, but I just didn’t get the buzz based on that. Maybe because the world doesn’t really need any (more) Led Zeppelin covers. It was a different story as soon […]
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