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November 13, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 19

Bob Marley, Survival (1979) Only just recently added this to my Bob Marley collection. I really love this album – but I’d ignored it for the longest time, figuring it was lesser. It’s not the case at all and (for right now at least) it’s one of my favourites from that magical decade of great […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1979, Bob, Bob Marley, Bob Marley & The Wailers, LP, Marley, One Drop, Record, So Much Trouble In The World, Survival, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 19, The Wailers, Vinyl, Wailers ·

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July 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 100

Bob Marley and The Wailers, Live: Boston Music Hall (June 8th 1978) (2017) Look, I’m not really one for these bootleg recordings – but I am one for bargains. So when I found a brand new copy of this, for dirt cheap, with time to kill and browsing, there was no choice but for it […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1978, 2017), Bob Marley, Bob Marley and The Wailers, Bootleg, Boston Music Hall, Exodus, Get Up Stand Up, Live, Live: Boston Music Hall (June 8th 1978), LP, Medley, Medley: War/No More Trouble/Get Up Stand Up/Exodus, No More Trouble, Reggae, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 100, The Wailers, Vinyl, War ·

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May 17, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 121

Bob Marley & The Wailers, Rastaman Vibration (1976) Having made the decision, albeit belatedly, to get all the key Bob Marley albums on vinyl (I have a few already so it’s not a particularly Herculean task) and this is one of the albums I didn’t listen to a lot at the time that I first […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1976, Al Anderson, Aston "Family Man" Barrett, Bob Marley, Carlton Barrett, LP, Record, Regae, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 121, The Wailers, Vinyl, War ·

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May 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 122

Roots Radics, Dubbing At Channel 1 (2017) Lockdown has reconnected me with reggae, with dub, with lovers rock, ska, rocksteady – and holy shit maybe even dancehall. Jamaican music and the versions of it that appear throughout the world (especially the UK scene/s) has been a crucial part of the soundtrack to lockdown in my […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 2017), Bob Marley, Care Package, Dub, Dubbing At Channel 1, Grant Smithies, Jamaica, Jamaican Recordings, Lockdown, LP, Record, Reggae, Roots Radics, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 122, Vinyl ·

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May 8, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 124

Bob Marley & The Wailers, Live! (1975) Bob Marley & The Wailers – at least the 1975 version of the band – sound frighteningly good here on what is one of Bob’s best albums, one of the greatest live albums and possibly one of the great-great albums – unless you’re my wife, who says of […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1975, Bob Marley, Bob Marley & The Wailers, I Shot The Sherriff, Live, Lively Up Yourself, LP, No Woman No Cry, Record, Reggae, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 124, The Wailers, Vinyl ·

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April 30, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Impressions

Music is there for you. It arrives when you need it. It stays in the background – I guess for when you don’t need it (or don’t know that you need it…) When I was lost – early 20s, no idea, never quite sure about what the plan was or where it was or if […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Beastie Boys, Bob Marley, Curtis Mayfield, Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions, Impressions, Poem, Poem: Impressions, The Impressions ·

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April 26, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Movement Of The People

You’ve got to try the angles. Bob Marley’s percussionist with a screwdriver against a milk-bottle, me thinking this will do as a poem, don’t bother looking for anything new or innovative here but do go back and listen to the song ‘Jamming’ again. Some innovations will be successful – so much so they can sneak […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Bob Marley, Exodus, Jamming, Movement Of The People, Poem, Poem: Movement Of The People, Seeco ·

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April 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 131

Aswad, Distant Thunder (1988) Reggae music and reggae fandom – that’s where I’ve found the most snobbery. Not in classical or jazz or any of the other genres. Reggae music as a catch-all is rife with problems of course – there’s the pop side of thing and then separate elements – ska, dub, lovers rock, […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1988, Amazulu, Aswad, Bob Marley, Distant Thunder, LP, Maxi Priest, Record, Reggae, The Message, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 131, Vinyl ·

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April 11, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 136

Bob Marley & The Wailers, Legend (1984) It’s the greatest-selling reggae album of all time and the first significant posthumous hits collection featuring the killer singles by Bob Marley & The Wailers and, for my money, it’s one of the all-time greatest single-disc best ofs for and by any artist. It’s both the token reggae […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1984, Bob Marley, Bob Marley and The Wailers, Compilation, Greatest Hits, Legend, LP, posthumous, Record, Reggae, Singles, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 136, The Wailers, Vinyl ·

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April 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Feature: Album Openers

This was just my second feature on RNZ for 2020 – well, there’s been a bit of other stuff going on of late… Still, I got the call, was asked to put together a thing about best Album Openers. So I did. Jesse was away, so I chatted to Anna Thomas on the day. On the phone. […]
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May 16, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 303 

Bob Marley & The Wailers, Exodus (1977) I love Bob Marley – and yet I reckon he’s somewhat underrated. Hear me out…he’s a legend (pardon the pun), he’s an icon, he’s a figurehead. To many he is Reggae. To at least as many others he is the gateway. He is a hero to some people that don’t even […]
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June 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Reggae Knights: Ten Important Reggae Albums In My Life

I started this thing a while ago where I made lists of the top albums that I considered important – it’s a personal list; the albums that introduced me to a genre and have become firm favourites and/or pointed the way. The idea being that I list out my ten favourites – my ten important […]
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