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January 30, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Seemingly By Fluke

Twelve years old when we finally got a CD player – not the last house in the street I’m sure, but certainly not the first. First album though, what a strange one, ‘Tutu’ by Miles Davis. Not his worst but a very strange entry point. I’m so grateful, I loved that album. And I dig […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 80s, Billy Hart, CD, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Jazz, John Coltrane, Keith Jarrett, Miles Davis, Omar Hakim, Poem, Poem: Seemingly By Fluke, Seemingly By Fluke, Sonny Rollins, Tutu ·

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July 26, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 34 – Yanni, “Live At The Acropolis”

Yanni, Live At The Acropolis, 1994 I’m not sure this is a crap album. I’m not sure it ever was. But I do know it was a guilty pleasure of sorts. And I do know a lot of people thought Yanni was crap. Probably without ever listening to him. And this was him at his […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged “Live At The Acropolis”, 1994, Ambient, CD, Charlie Adams, Crap, Crap Albums, Crap Albums I Love, Greece, Greek, Guilty Pleasure, Instrumental, Linda Evans, Neo-Classical, New Age, Orchestral, Shit That's Good, Shit That's Good - Crap Albums I Love, Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 34, Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 34– Yanni, Yanni ·

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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 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 […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 1988, Album Review, Altered States, Altered States (Live 1988), Bootleg, CD, Concert, Guitar, Instrumental, Joe Satriani, Joe Satriani: Altered States (Live 1988), Jonathan Mover, Live, Not Of This Earth, Radio Broadcast, Rubina, Satch, Stu Hamm, Surfing With The Alien, Time Machine, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 7, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Reviews: October 2019

Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. These things start – randomly and stop in much the same way. I hope to keep doing this. For a while at least. I think I started in December of 2015, so now four years into  it or so… I […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Afternoons, Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan, Album Reviews, CD, Emille Donovan, Jesse Mulligan, Lukas Nelson, Mystery, October, October 2019, Radio NZ, Reviews, Ride Me Back Home, RNZ, RNZ Reviews, RNZ Reviews: October 2019, Seven Year Itch, The Pomise of the Real, Trigger, Turn Off The News Build A Garden, Willie Nelson, Willie Nelson: Ride Me Back Home, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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September 24, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

V/A: And Now A Word From Our Sponsor

Various Artists: And Now A Word From Our Sponsor Frenzy Here’s a double disc of NZ advertising jingles from across four decades. We’re talking 99 songs over two CDs – and, yes, some will trigger your deep-seated cultural cringe, but it’s a fabulous history lesson, nostalgia-grab and all-around reminder of our country’s catchup-embracing of TV […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2CD, Ads, Advertising, Album Review, And Now A Word From Our Sponsor, CD, Compilation, Frenzy, Jingle, TV, V/A, Various Artists, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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September 22, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Jim Gaffigan: Quality Time

Jim Gaffigan Quality Time Comedy Dynamics, A Nacelle Company I wonder these days what the need is for a “Comedy Album” – given that we are inundated with Netflix specials; you can just watch those without really watching them for the album experience; you can put your headphones on and walk around with Netflix on […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, CD, Comedian, Comedy, Comedy Album, Disc, Jim Gaffigan, Jim Gaffigan: Quality Time, Quality Time, Special, Spotify, Stand Up, Stand-up Comedy, Stream, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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July 18, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Reviews: July 2019

Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. These things start – randomly and stop in much the same way. I hope to keep doing this. For a while at least. I think I started in December of 2015, so now four years into  it or so… […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2019, 2pm, Afternoons, Album Reviews, Atlanta Millionaires Club, CD, Faye Webster, Faye Webster: Atlanta Millionaires Club, Fyah, https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018702641/music-critic-simon-sweetman, Jesse Mulligan, July, July 2019, Radio, Radio NZ, Radio Reviews, Reviews, RNZ, RNZ Reviews, RNZ Reviews: July 2019, Theon Cross, Theon Cross: Fyah, Thursday, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 1, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Reviews: January 2019

Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. These things start – randomly and stop in much the same way. I hope to keep doing this. For a while at least. I think I started in December of 2015, so now four years into  it or so… For […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2019, Afternoons, Brisa Roché, CD, Father, January, January 2019, Jesse Mulligan, Olympic Girls, Radio, Radio New Zealand, Radio NZ, Review, RNZ, RNZ Reviews, RNZ Reviews: January 2019, Tiny Ruins, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 12, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Manins/Samsom/Benebig/Lockett: SHUFFLE

Manins/Samsom/Benebig/Lockett SHUFFLE Rattle The Rattle label continues to defy the odds, making quality product (actual CDs, lovely covers, liner notes, packaging and production – never ‘just’ the music) and shining a light. Jazz, Maori music, contemporary classic – call it “art” music if you want a catch-all maybe, I like to think of the boutique […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2016), 2018), Album Review, Carl Lockett, CD, Instrumental, Jazz, Manins/Samsom/Benebig/Lockett, Manins/Samsom/Benebig/Lockett: SHUFFLE, Michel Benebig, Rattle, Roger Manins, Ron Samsom, SHUFFLE, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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April 26, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Simon Sweetman, This Is Your Life

I was thinking about how one time we couldn’t afford the bills in the flat – a guy had drawn up a charter, he’d even used the word “vestiges” – there was a flat-meeting because I was dragging the chain. the power was going to be disconnected, the internet, in its infancy, would no longer […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged CD, LP, Music, Poem, Poem: Simon Sweetman, Record, Records, Second-Hand, Simon Sweetman, This Is Your Life, Trade, Vinyl, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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April 11, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Rick-Rolling Through My Tape Collection: Remembering The Generation of Cassette Tapes

I own Rick Astley’s Whenever You Need Somebody on tape. I bought it when it was released. I found that old tape just recently. (I have it on vinyl as well – nutcase!) Buying tapes – it dates you. I mowed lawns to earn money to buy tapes. Then I’d listen to the new tape […]
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