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November 28, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Joe Satriani: Altered States (Live 1988)
Joe Satriani Altered States (Live 1988) Shockwaves In 1988 – and for me it was through until about 1994 – Joe Satriani was the man. His Lazarus days. A king shredder that invested some melody and mood into the trick-bag. Rock instrumentals for fairweather-bogans, guitar music that wasn’t just for guitar-nerds…okay, it mostly was, but […]Archive
November 17, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Jeff Beck Group: Twilight of the Idols
The Jeff Beck Group Twilight of the Idols: Classic Broadcasts From San Francisco and London – 1967-1968 Code 7 – Shockwaves Here in one place – and with mostly very reasonable sound quality – is a set of BBC Sessions and some live radio broadcasts from the Fillmore West in San Francisco; charting the early […]Archive
June 7, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Five Songs For Friday: 30 – Rolling Thunder Reviewed!
Bob Dylan is never far from my mind, my heart, my stereo – if he’s not on the turntable, he’s in my thoughts in some way or another, often informing the music that I’ve chosen to listen to. It’s that deep. He is one of the great musical forces for me – and surely the most […]Archive
May 15, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 304
Bob Dylan, Fort Collins Stadium Radio Broadcast, Colorado May 23rd 1976 (2017) It’s a dirty bootleg – it says it’s limited to 500 copies and is on a ‘label’ called BAD JOKER – I ask no questions and access the music. I know this recording well – it was released on TV also and is readily available […]Archive
May 12, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 306
Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel As “Tom & Jerry”, Singles and Rarities 1958-1962 (2016) Before they were Simon & Garfunkel it was “Tom and Jerry” for Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel and the enduring number from the late 1950s is Hey Schoolgirl – it gets played in their reunion concerts, and turns up on compilations…they broke up and then reformed a few years […]Archive
May 2, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast: Episode 166 – Rob Mayes (Failsafe Records)
Welcome to episode 166 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify -follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library. I had a chat with Rob Mayes. He runs a […]Archive
September 13, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Neil Young: Hitchhiker
Neil Young Hitchhiker Reprise There he was, 41 years ago, the “lonely visitor”, campaigning a few more songs…he took breaks for weed, booze and blow, apart from that there was just him, Neil Young, and his best producer, David Briggs. Hitchhiker was recorded over one night in 1976 and then – like quite a few […]Archive
December 22, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Live Without A Net: Best or Worst – It’s My Favourite Live Album by The Dead
I was thinking, the other day, about The Grateful Dead, specifically the band’s live album from 1990, Without A Net. It might not be a classic, it might in fact be awful – but it’s one of my favourites…it’s one of my favourite live albums, one of my favourite Grateful Dead collections – and for […]Archive
September 12, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Randy Newman: Live At The Boarding House
Randy Newman Live at the Boarding House: The San Francisco Broadcast, 1972 Great American Broadcasting Company In 1972 Randy Newman had released a couple of studio albums that had fallen on deaf ears, pretty much. He was known as a songwriter – and that was his success, covers of his work by jazz and pop […]Archive
July 26, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 664
Prince (w/ Miles Davis & Friends), Crucial (1990) I don’t know if it really is Crucial – time will tell I guess. But I had to pick it up. Hadn’t ever seen a vinyl copy, but have read, often, about the Prince/Miles Davis jam and have heard some of the songs, and as ever with […]Archive
October 1, 2015 by Simon Sweetman