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February 5, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 337

The Beatles, The Beatles Box (1980) Growing up, the music of The Beatles was all around – my dad had lost/got rid of some of his records but we had a decent smattering and some of the solo records from the post-break-up years too. A couple of compilations were added to the collection as we grew up […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1980, 8-LP, Box, box-set, Liverpool, Love Me Do, LP, Record, Records, The Beatles, The Beatles Box, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 337, Vinyl ·

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October 6, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

David Gilmour: Live at Pompeii

David Gilmour Live At Pompeii Sony Music Canada Inc. It’s no substitute for the real thing – Pink Floyd – but the more I’ve listened to this I’ve found a way in. That’s just me being a die-hard Floyd fan, or at least a Floyd fan of a type. I wasn’t at all impressed on […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Blu Ray, box-set, CD, Collection, Concert, David Gilmour, David Gilmour: Live at Pompeii, DVD, Floyd, Live, Live at Pompeii, Live Gig, Pink Floyd, Pompeii, Rattle That Lock, Solo, Vinyl ·

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February 12, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

What’s The Most You’ve Spent On A Record?

What’s the most money you’ve ever spent on a single album? I ask this because I had a flashback to a garage sale we had – the one and only garage sale I’ve hosted/been to. My parents were moving to a new house oh, nearly 20 years ago now. And they wanted to get rid […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged box-set, CD, Collection, Disc, Garage Sale, LP, Money, Rare, Record, Second-Hand, Tape, Vinyl, What’s the most money you’ve spent on a record?, What’s The Most You’ve Spent On A Record? ·

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October 12, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Daniel Johnston’s World: Alone With The Magic of that Music

A few years back I went to a film festival screening of the documentary, The Devil and Daniel Johnston. It was an incredible experience sitting through this film as part of the festival; a sold-out theatre. There were hoots of laughter and there were tears. After, the theatre’s foyer was abuzz – many people were […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Alone With The Magic of that Music, Art, Bi-Polar, Blog, Blog Archives, Blog On The Tracks, box-set, Cartoon, Daniel Johnston, Daniel Johnston's World, Daniel Johnston's World: Alone With The Magic of that Music, LP, Painting, Records, The Devil and Daniel Johnston, Vinyl ·

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September 18, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Album Preview: Sleater-Kinney – Start Together

Next month Sleater-Kinney will be discovered/rediscovered by many. Sub-pop is re-releasing the band’s seven-album catalogue in a Ltd Ed (3000 copies) box-set. Coloured vinyl, a 44-page hardcover book and a limited edition print. You’ll also be able to get the albums as standalones on black vinyl and/or CD. I’ve been listening to a sampler CD […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Album Preview, box-set, CDs, LP, Ltd Ed, Oscar, Reissue, Sleater-Kinney, Start Together, Sub Pop, The Friends Of Rachel Worth, The Go-Betweens, Vinyl ·

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July 9, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1085

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Live Anthology (2009) Not a fan of the “mixed format” box-set to tell the truth. And this one just about covers it all – DVDs, (blu-ray), CDs – a vinyl EP, reproduced laminates and faux tour ephemera, the booklet, live shows and docos – it takes a stab at all […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1976, 2009, Anthology, box-set, Deluxe Edition, Dog On The Run, EP, Live, Live Anthology, LP, Super Deluxe, The Heartbreakers, The Official Live 'Leg, Tom Petty, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Vinyl ·

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December 28, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1699

V/A, True People: The Detroit Techno Album (1996) It’s a box-set of five 12” records. And I bought it from a dude who walked in to the shop I was working in – late one night – wanting to offload some second-hand vinyl. I never really thought about whether it was a dodgy deal or […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 12", 1996, Blake Baxter, box-set, Dance, Davey Jones Locker, Drexciya, LP, Techno, True People: The Detroit Techno Album, V/A, Various Artists, Vinyl, Where Is The Love ·

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November 5, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1775

The Magnetic Fields, 69 Love Songs (1999) I heard about the album from reading reviews, an audacious, possibly absurd project. The Magnetic Fields released a triple-CD set called 69 Love Songs and the title was no clever trick. It did what it said on the box. I bought the CDs, imported them, and worked my […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged "Big Serve album", 10", 69 Love Songs, box-set, Jeremy Taylor, Reissue, Slow Boat Records, Stephen Merritt, The Book Of Love, The Magnetic Fields, The One You Really Love, Vinyl ·

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