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October 1, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

What’s Your Favourite Dylan Album?

I met this guy one night. A friend of a friend. Nice guy. And he asked me a question, almost immediately, and it really threw me off-guard. He asked me what my favourite Bob Dylan album was. Not whether I liked Dylan at all. Not whether I had a favourite song. The question, literally, was: “So Simon, what is your […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Blog, Blog On The Tracks, Blood On The Tracks, Bob, Bob Dylan, Dylan, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, The Bootleg Series, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, What’s Your Favourite Dylan Album? ·

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June 10, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Feature: Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Re-Viewed!

I’m usually on RNZ once a month to have a chat about some new albums. But now and then I present features on the show too. Last year I had nearly an hour to explore the music of George Harrison. I followed that up with a chat about Ringo Starr and played some of his best Beatles drum bits […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Blood On The Tracks, Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Re-Viewed!, Chat, Concert, Desire, Dylan, Feature, Interview, Karyn Hay, Lately, Lately With Karyn Hay, Martin Scorcese, Radio, RNZ, RNZ Feature, RNZ Feature: Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Re-Viewed!, Rolling Thunder, Rolling Thunder Revue, Simon Sweetman, Songwriter, Tour, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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November 10, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 472

Bob Dylan, Blood On The Tracks (1975) For nearly nine years I wrote a daily blog called Blog On The Tracks – it wasn’t always about Bob Dylan but then again – it was. He was always on my mind. I mentioned him now and then, wrote specifically about him a few times – but […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1975, Blog On The Tracks, Blood On The Tracks, Bob Dylan, Dylan, LP, Record, Tangled Up In Blue, The Vinyl Countdown # 472, Vinyl ·

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January 8, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Albums With Sad Songs ‘Say So Much’: What Are Your Favourite “Sad” Albums?

Last night was the night. I played Neil Young’s Tonight’s The Night album. A brand new, sealed vinyl. Ripped it open. Sat next to the turntable as it played; watching the slight wiggle as the platter rotated. That wobble beneath the surety of the needle. Neil told his stories, eulogising Bruce Berry, the working man, […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Blood On The Tracks, Bob Dylan, Deerhunter, Faith, Grandaddy, Halcyon Digest, In Rainbows, In The Wee Small Hours, In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning, John Lennon, King of Limbs, Lou Reed, Magic And Loss, Neil Young, Pink Moon, Plastic Ono Band, Radiohead, Shoot Out The Lights, Songs of Love and Hate, The Albums With Sad Songs ‘Say So Much’: What Are Your Favourite “Sad” Albums?, The Cure, The Sophtware Slump, Tonight's the Night, What Are Your Favourite “Sad” Albums? ·

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September 4, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 127 Fly Agaric

My first introduction to Carlos Castenada was when I got back from Australia with its gold tops and moved into a flat in Frankton with Diane and Kristine and Sam. I shifted all my gear in on a Saturday morning and went off to a band practice with the tail-end of Grief. When I came […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1972, Art, Blood On The Tracks, Bob Dylan, Carlos Castenada, Fly Agaric, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Hard Nose The Highway, Idiot Wind, Jon Mcleary, Mushrooms, Music, Spines, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 127 Fly Agaric, The Spines, Van Morrison, War Stories, War Stories # 127, War Stories by Jon McLeary, Writing ·

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August 21, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Sestina Essay

of my favourite records, I would have to include Blood On The Tracks, by Bob Dylan. And Joni Mitchell’s Blue. Both albums deal with love and love lost; Dylan’s purity is sung in gravelled tone, Mitchell lays her life out in pure voice. And that, ultimately, is the difference. The voice of each artist presenting […]
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May 30, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Phosphorescent: Muchacho

Phosphorescent Muchacho Dead Oceans Under the name Phosphorescent, American singer/songwriter Matthew Houck has built a career – with six albums so far –  that sees him regularly receiving the hushed-tones and revered-raves that cult fans, completists and critics hurl at the likes of Richmond Fontaine’s Willy Vlautin, Sun Kil Moon/Red House Painters’ Mark Kozelek, American […]
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