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February 8, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Win A Double Pass to the Eric Clapton Documentary – Life In 12 Bars

To celebrate the New Zealand theatrical release of Life In 12 Bars the new feature-length Eric Clapton documentary Madman NZ has given me five double passes for fans. The film will be screening in New Zealand from February 15-28 at selected theatres. To be in to win it is this simple: Write a comment below […]
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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Blind Faith, Blues, Bluesbreakers, Clapton Is God, Clapton WAS God, Clapton WAS God: The Last 30 Years…Turgid, Cream, EC, Eric Clapton, Forever Man, From The Cradle, God, Guitar, Old Sock, The Last 30 Years…Turgid, Unplugged, Yardbirds ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1969, 2nd-Hand, Albert Lee, Amen Corner, Bluesbreakers, Compilation, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac, Hang On To A Dream, Happy To Be Part of The Industry of Human Happiness, Humble Pie, Record Store, Record Store Day, RSD, Small Faces, The Nice, The Vinyl Countdown # 561, V/A, Various, Various Artists ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Blog, Blog On The Tracks, Blues, Bluesbreakers, British, Dominion Post, Gig, Gig Review, Interview, Live, Live Review, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: #114 – John Mayall, Stuff.co.nz, Wellington 2010 ·

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January 8, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1676

John Mayall With Eric Clapton, Bluesbreakers (1966) Funny, just a couple of days ago I’m there contemplating buying a fancy-package vinyl reissue of this for $50 or whatever the cost was (might have been $45 actually). And I’m humming and haaaring and I am pretty sure that I have a copy still but can’t find […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1966, All Your Love, Beano, Bluesbreakers, British Blues Boom, Eric Clapton, Freddie King, John Mayall, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, LP, The John Mayall Interview, The Yardbirds, Vinyl ·

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