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January 31, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

James Taylor: Over The Rainbow – The American Standard EP

James Taylor Over The Rainbow: The American Standard EP Fantasy I wasn’t a fan of James Taylor’s early 2020 album of evergreens and American standards. I wanted to be. It should have worked. Should have been my cuppa proverbial herbal. But no. It felt lazy and the strings were cloying and Taylor’s own guitar had […]
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June 13, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Specials: Encore

The Specials  Encore UMC (Universal Music Catalog).  The three remaining Specials are here – Terry Hall (vocals), Horace Panter (bass), Lynval Golding (vocals/guitar) – which means this is The Specials. But there were more original members of the band around and present for the reunion of 10+ years ago and all the live albums and bits and pieces that have […]
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March 23, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 325

Split Enz, Conflicting Emotions (1983) Tim was on the way out – and keen to be a solo star – Neil was on the way up, about to become the band-leader, a role he’s basically held with regard to whatever he does ever since. So this, the second to last studio album by Split Enz is well named; an indication of the moods and […]
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January 28, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 443

Gemma Ray, The Calderas [Single] (2016) Okay, it’s a bonus 7” single/EP that comes with the album, The Exodus Suite which I bought – and got signed – after seeing a really great gig that almost no one else went to. I like the earlier Gemma Ray stuff too. Must get more of it. And […]
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August 3, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 522

John Coltrane, Live at The Village Vanguard (1962) One of my all-time favourite albums – one of my favourite John Coltrane albums, from a killer-period with that legendary quartet; I had two copies of this on CD – because I would regularly loan one out and had to have a copy with me at all […]
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February 17, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

A Question For Those (Still) With A CD Collection: What’s Your Best Bonus Disc?

I know, I know – “no one pays for music! Not anymore…” – but for those of you who have (or even had) a CD collection I’ve got a question for you. It’s right there actually (already). In the title of this post. And the reason I ask is because…I was doing some CD-tidying the […]
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November 17, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 37 – Robert Forster

Welcome to episode 37 of Sweetman Podcast brought to you by Phantom Billstickers. Robert Forster (The Go-Betweens) is a hero. I wasn’t going to let a chance to record him for the podcast slip by. We ended up in a café – where I bought him a coffee and a sugar-free cake (and later he […]
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