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August 17, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 72

The Power Station, The Power Station (1985) When Duran Duran took a break in the mid-80s it was a big deal. They were massive. So massive that they instantly splintered and made two separate, competing projects. Half the band became Arcadia, the other half took up with Robert Palmer and Tony Thompson (the drummer from […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1985, Arcadia, Bernard Edwards, Chic, Duran Duran, Get It On (Bang A Gong), LP, Record, Robert Palmer, Some Like It Hot, The Murderess, The Power Station, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 72, Tony Thompson, Vinyl ·

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August 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 78: Chic – “Risqué”

Well there’s already been a Chic album and a Sister Sledge album in fairly quick succession – and now another Chic album. Now I ain’t complainin’ – I love the band. But I just had never thought to listen to the original albums – I know the big singles, I know compilations, I know samples, I […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1001, 1001 Albums, 1001 Albums Challenge, 1001 Albums To Hear Before You Die, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, 1970s, 1979, Bernard Edwards, Chic, Chic – “Risqué”, disco, LP, Nile Rodgers, Record, Risque, Seventies, Sister Sledge, The 1001 Albums Challenge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 78, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 78: Chic – “Risqué”, Tony Thompson, Vinyl ·

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July 24, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 76: Sister Sledge – “We Are Family”

I have never listened to a Sister Sledge album – until now. And after playing We Are Family a heap I am wondering why. I mean, I always knew it was CHIC that was musically driving the group, and as a Chic/Nile Rodgers fan that should have had me curious. I guess I figured a […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1001, 1001 Albums, 1001 Albums To Hear Before You Die, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, 1970s, 1979, Chic, He's The Greatest Dancer, Nile Rodgers, Seventies, Sister Sledge, Sister Sledge - We Are Family, The 1001 Albums Challenge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 76: Sister Sledge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 76: Sister Sledge - We Are Family, The 1001 Albums Challenge #76, We Are Family ·

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July 10, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 74: Chic – “C’est Chic”

I love Chic. I love Nile Rodgers. And yet I had never heard C’est Chic until just recently. I have listened to live albums and watched the recent DVDs and then way ahead of that I’ve had compilations and I regularly jam the key tracks, the big singles, the obvious stuff…but it’s weird that I’ve […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1001, 1001 Albums, 1001 Albums To Hear Before You Die, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, 1970, 1970s, 1978, Bernard Edwards, C'est Chic, Chic, Chic – “C'est Chic”, disco, Funk, Le Freak, Nile Rodgers, Seventies, The 1001 Albums Challenge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 74, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 74: Chic – “C'est Chic” ·

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June 8, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Lionel Richie and Nile Rodgers (CHIC) to Play Two NZ Shows: Akld and ChCh (Oct, 2017)

It’s called the All The His tour and it’ll be a great, great show. Lionel Richie is a terrific live act, all those great songs from his solo albums and the Commodores years. He’s also one of my all-time favourite interviews. And a great show he played in Wellington in 2011. He’s no stranger to […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2017), Auckland, Chic, Christchurch, Commodores, Horncastle Arena, Lionel Richie, Lionel Richie and Nile Rodgers (CHIC) to Play Two NZ Shows: Akld and ChCh (Oct, Nile Rodgers, NZ Tour, Oct, October, PR, Preview, Promo, Spark Arena ·

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September 30, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Playlist: Produced by Nile Rodgers

A quick reminder of what a great song Original Sin is and I was off making up a playlist of Nile Rodgers productions – just one song per artist though, or else this thing could go on forever. All those great albums he’s played on, had a say in, written for, co-created. So here’s a […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Chic, disco, Nile Rodgers, Off The Tracks, Playlist, Produced by Nile Rodgers, Soul, Spotify ·

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September 10, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Chromeo: White Women

Chromeo White Women Big Beat/Wea David Macklovitch (Dave 1) and Patrick Gemayel (P-Thugg) are back with album number four as Chromeo and the deconstructed disco and playful yacht-rock tropes are still happening. This is chic – and sometimes very nearly with a capital ‘c’ – particularly on the Daft Punk-aping Over Your Shoulder; actually it’s […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Chic, Chromeo, Daft Punk, Dave 1, David Macklovitch, P-Thugg, Patrick Gemayel, Random Access Memories, Too Slow To Disco, White Women ·

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May 5, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1135

Madonna, Like A Virgin (1985) It’s funny what you wouldn’t allow yourself to buy at one stage – I kinda wanted this album on tape. But I never ever bought it – must have thought it not right to own a Madonna tape. Weird. No issue with that now. I don’t like a lot of […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1984, 1985, Angel, Bernard Edwards, Chic, Dress You Up, Into The Groove, Like: A Virgin, LP, Madonna, Material Girl, Nile Rodgers, Tony Thompson, Vinyl ·

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July 17, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Nile Rodgers: Le Freak

Le Freak: An Upside Down Story of Family, Disco and Destiny Nile Rodgers Sphere When Nile Rodgers released his brilliant autobiography he was yet to collaborate with Daft Punk – that’s certainly brought him even more of an audience, brought even more of an audience to him. But the book tells a great tale already, […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Autobiography, Bernard Edwards, Book Review, Chic, disco, Le Freak, Memoir, Nile Rodgers ·

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January 25, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1650

Debbie Harry, KooKoo (1981) What a treat it was to find this album. I really didn’t know much about it – but as part of a Nile Rodgers kick I started reading up about this album and decided I had to hear it. I like Blondie sure. And Debbie Harry a bit too. Yep. But […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1981, Backfired, Bernard Edwards, Blondie, Chic, Debbie Harry, KooKoo, LP, Nile Rodgers, Vinyl ·

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