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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
Digests: The Best of 2015’s Album Reviews – September
A quiet month here in September, a few hosting issues didn’t help – but we’ve moved on, literally. A new host, and so far much better, faster… But I didn’t review a lot of albums in September. Still, lots of posts all up, plenty to look through so some of the gems might have got […]Archive
September 16, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Southern Accents In The Sunshine State
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Southern Accents In The Sunshine State: 1993 FM Broadcast – Gainesville, Florida Gossip Here we have a double-live album, from a 1993 concert that was a radio broadcast at the time. I captures Tom Petty and his Heartbreakers in fine form, tumbling out the hits with a focus on the […]Archive
December 16, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Lou Reed: Winter At The Roxy – The 1976 L.A. Broadcast
Lou Reed Winter At The Roxy – The 1976 L.A. Broadcast Goldfish Records Sooner or later everything becomes available right? Death certainly helps. Lou Reed’s no longer with us – cue “new shoes” versions of the old boots. Winter At The Roxy makes official (well, kinda) a show that was cut in 1976 and edited […]Archive
October 20, 2014 by Simon Sweetman