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June 17, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Beach Boys: The Beach Boys With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
The Beach Boys The Beach Boys With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Capitol STOP IT RIGHT NOW! YOU CUNTS! STOP IT! STOP IT!! ELVIS AND THE BIG O DIDN’T DESERVE IT EITHER, ARETHA CERTAINLY DIDN’T, PROVING DEATH ISN’T EVEN A PREREQUISITE – FUCK! NO ONE IS SAFE! NOT LEAST THE LISTENER. HERE THE MAGICAL MUSIC OF […]Archive
May 8, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 59: Dion – “Born To Be With You”
Sometimes you have every reason to hear an album but just never get to it. Case in point: I love Dion DiMucci – I love so many of the albums Phil Spector produced in the 1970s (the earlier stuff too, but the ramshackle charm he brought to legends faltering, as is the case here…) and […]Archive
November 7, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Brian Wilson: Playback – The Brian Wilson Anthology
Brian Wilson Playback: The Brian Wilson Anthology Rhino/Warner Bros. Brian Wilson is a living legend – and largely for the work he did on an album when he was in his early 20s. And then for an album he wouldn’t ever be quite satisfied with – there was magic either side of those albums, sure, […]Archive
August 5, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 521
The Beach Boys, 15 Big Ones (1976) My Beach Boys fixation has kicked back in – and I’m buying up the lesser albums from the canon, ones that I owned on CD but never got around to buying up on vinyl. Some of the weaker albums in their catalogue have some of my favourite moments […]Archive
July 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Beach Boys: 1967 – Sunshine Tomorrow
The Beach Boys 1967 – Sunshine Tomorrow Capitol As a Beach Boys fanatic this is gold to me – and that’s what these sort of reissues are about, catering to the existing fans, fleshing out the story, giving added depth. Yes, there’s a cynical cash-grab (always) attached too. But this one fulfils its promise of […]Archive
May 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 554
The Beach Boys, Carl & The Passions – “So Tough” (1972) On a bit of a Beach Boys kick again, and seeking out the lesser known albums and the ones that aren’t completely obvious – I owned them all on CD, all those reissues with the bonus tracks, many of them 2for1 with a couple […]Archive
April 30, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 559
The Beach Boys, M.I.U. Album (1978) One of the things I really love about The Beach Boys these days – or I mean, listening to the Beach Boys these days – is imagining the mindset. Particularly in the “Brian Is Back” era of the mid-to-late 70s….weird little “comeback” albums that kinda tanked but offered this […]Archive
December 8, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Music Biopics Usually Get It Wrong: The Problem Is Taking The Page To The Stage
The music biopic has a tough job I guess – it has to satiate the fan, someone who might know it all or be pretty sure they do. It has to also introduce people to the music, it has to explain why there is a narrative fictional film about this person – or at least […]Archive
March 27, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Guest Post: Gig Review – Brian Wilson performing Pet Sounds and his Greatest Hits (Akld, March 26) [by Jesse Mulligan]
Brian Wilson The Civic; Auckland Saturday, March 26 I didn’t get to see Brian Wilson’s Pet Sounds show – but I’m pleased to be able to offer this review of the show and ruminations on Brian and the songs by special guest reviewer, Jesse Mulligan. What can you possibly expect when you go to a […]Archive
March 22, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 729
Murry Wilson, The Many Moods of Murry Wilson (1967) Any Beach Boys book or doco will tell you there was really only one mood for Murry Wilson – angry. Well, there were shades I guess: bitterness, jealousy, envy…he was a nasty piece of knitting. He claimed to be some sort of musician and therefore the […]Archive
February 9, 2016 by Simon Sweetman