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December 4, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Movies of My Life # 16: The Compleat Beatles

Maybe it’s because it’s hard to find and best remembered for what it represented (also: time/place) but I reckon The Compleat Beatles is the very best Beatles doco there’s ever been. It shits on The Anthology which is not terrible, but is, probably, far too much of a good thing. When The Anthology was released […]
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September 24, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1027

King Curtis, Live At Fillmore West (1971) I think I must have read about this album first – and that had me importing a copy of the CD. Ever since that first listen I’ve had it on the list, an album I had to have – on vinyl. That CD’s done the rounds, been loaned […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1971, A Whiter Shade of Pale, Aretha Franklin, Bernard Purdie, Billy Preston, Cornell Dupree, Fillmore, Fillmore West, Jerry Jemmott, King Curtis, Live, Live At Fillmore West, LP, Memphis Soul Stew, Soul Serenade, Vinyl ·

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July 29, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Short Story: Alone = No Wonder

He reminded himself that it was ok to be alone. Not the best. But ok. Better than nothing? Well, maybe something like that, but Billy Preston had that song that said something about “you gotta have something”, so maybe there was no nothing anyway, and therefore, being alone was just how it was – having […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Alone = No Wonder, Billy Preston, Short Story ·

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December 20, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Bobby Whitlock: Where There’s A Will There’s A Way

Bobby Whitlock Where There’s A Will There’s A Way: The ABC-Dunhill Recordings LightInTheAttic/Future Days Recordings This reissue/anthology puts together the first two Bobby Whitlock solo albums – out of print, forgotten, underappreciated – it’s the perfect LightInTheAttic reissue then. And there’s so much to take in here across a single disc, 21 tracks that remind […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Billy Preston, Bobby Whitlock, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, LightInTheAttic, Reissue, Southbound, The ABC-Dunhill Recordings, Where There’s A Will There’s A Way ·

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September 23, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Arctic Monkeys: AM

Arctic Monkeys AM Domino I can’t claim I ever cared about the Arctic Monkeys; too many people gushing too quickly – I was put off. But, fair’s fair – seen them play a couple of times (twice in one week, even) and they put on a great show. And though every album has come across […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Abbey Road, Album Review, Alex Turner, AM, Apple, Arctic Monkeys, Billy Preston, Doris Troy, Glam, Let It Be, NME, The Beatles ·

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