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November 6, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 17: The Yardbirds – “The Yardbirds” (aka ‘Roger The Engineer’)
I bought a 20 Smash Hits-type compilation of The Yardbirds for $2 on cassette tape (to clarify – this was when I was about 13 and I bough tapes regularly and they were $14-20 usually). Sometimes I’d get a $10 bargain tape or for $5-$10, but $2 was the cheapest – ever. That seems comical […]Archive
May 27, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Eric Clapton: I Still Do
Eric Clapton I Still Do Bushbranch/Surfdog Served up with what has become a trademark nod to coasting – I’d call it a mix of nonchalance and lethargy but to use the word ‘mix’ implies actual work – the biggest surprise on this album is that the title doesn’t have a question mark. The Armani Bluesman […]Archive
March 29, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 726
Eric Clapton, Slowhand (1977) One of very few solo albums by Eric Clapton where he actually pulls finger and gives it a go, a proper go…and yet, it has not aged well. I had this album in the late 1980s/early 1990s, when I was one of the biggest EC fans on the planet…into him for […]Archive
June 27, 2015 by Simon Sweetman