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November 27, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Clapton WAS God: The Last 30 Years…Turgid
In a word. Well, lifeless. Or lazy. Uninspired. Dull. Meaningless. Take your pick I guess. I was an Eric Clapton fan. Was. He was the first international big-name act I saw and it was amazing. On a good day I’m still happy with most of that first decade of work he did – I have a soft spot […]Archive
April 21, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 561
V/A, Happy To Be Part of The Industry of Human Happiness (1969) Today is Record Store Day. I go to record stores for many reasons – but obviously to buy records. And to find things like this…things I never knew existed, or that I needed, or wanted, until I find them…Here’s a late-60s compilation of […]Archive
July 23, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: #114 – John Mayall, Wellington, 2010
One of those footnotes, really John Mayall – more important for who he played with/discovered than for anything he really did himself. I don’t think he doesn’t know that. I do like a couple of the records under his name, well, did…I really don’t play anything of his anymore. But it worked well as a […]Archive
January 8, 2012 by Simon Sweetman