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August 30, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Thurston Moore: Spirit Counsel

Thurston Moore Spirit Counsel Daydream Library For some 40 years now Thurston Moore’s guitar has been making noise in public. Sometimes it’s in the shape of a song, other times it couldn’t seem more removed. With a band or solo, as a guest or with guests of his own – it’s a dizzying discography and […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 3-Disc, Album Review, box-set, Daydream Library, Glenn Branca, Guitar, Improvisation, Instrumental, Noise, Sonic Youth, Spirit Counsel, Thurston Moore, Thurston Moore: Spirit Counsel ·

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April 4, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Robert Plant: Digging Deep (Ltd Ed. 7” Box Set)

Robert Plant Digging Deep (Ltd Ed. 7” Box Set) Es Paranza I’ve loved Robert Plant’s Digging Deep podcast. In (usually) 15-20 minute episodes Plant is guided through his back-catalogue one song at a time, could be a Zeppelin track, is usually a solo one but that’s the surprise. One week it’s one of the lesser […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 7, Album Review, box-set, Digging Deep, Digging Deep (Ltd Ed. 7” Box Set), Digging Deep Podcast, Honeydrippers, Led Zeppelin, Limited Edition, Page & Plant, Podcast, Robert Plant, Vinyl Singles, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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December 27, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

People: Get Ready – It Was 20 Years Ago Today…

It’s funny what makes you remember the passing of time. An album turning 10 or 20 or 30, a film, the cultural reunions that happen like secret club meetings within already secret clubs. Has it really been 20 years since Curtis Mayfield died? Maybe you thought he died long before 1999. Maybe you thought he […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 20 Years Ago, 2000, 3CD, Blog, box-set, CD, CDs, Curtis Mayfield, Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions, Greatest Hits, It Was 20 Years Ago Today…, Millennium, People Get Ready, People: Get Ready – It Was 20 Years Ago Today…, R.I.P., The Impressions, Very Best Of, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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November 29, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Pink Floyd: The Later Years 1987 – 2019

Pink Floyd The Later Years 1987 – 2019 Legacy The post-Roger years examined, remixed – a few rarities…well, in fact this “Sampler” is just a taste of it. The actual “box-set” is still a couple of weeks away; the sequel – if you like – to The Early Years – 1965-1972 (an embarrassment of riches […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 1980s, 1987 – 2019, 1990s, 2CD, A Momentary Lapse Of Reason, Album Review, box-set, David Gilmour, Delicate Sound Of Thunder, Endless River, Knebworth, Live, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, Pink Floyd: The Later Years 1987 – 2019, post-Roger, Pulse, Remix, Richard Wright, Rick Wright, Roger Waters, Sampler, The DIvision Bell, The Early Years 1965 - 1972, The Later Years, The Later Years 1987 – 2019, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 7, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Underworld: DRIFT: Episode 4 – “SPACE”

Underworld DRIFT: Episode 4 – “SPACE” Smith Hyde Productions The bangers and mind-bending delights continue from Underworld on this, the fourth installment of the band’s Drift Project. The first song, Listen To Their No, doesn’t quite do it for me, but there’s a sonic joyousness on display, it’s a bright – lovely – production. Just […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album, Album Review, box-set, David Bowie, Drift, DRIFT: Episode 4 – “SPACE”, EP, Ep 4, Episode 4, Episode 4 – “SPACE”, Freur, Karl Hyde, Rick Smith, Series, Smith Hyde Productions, Space, The Drift Project, Underworld, Underworld: DRIFT: Episode 4 – “SPACE” ·

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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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