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February 6, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Burial: Tunes 2011 – 2019
Burial Tunes 2011 – 2019 Hyperdub Arriving as part of the Hyperdub label’s 15-year celebration this compilation by Burial might at first seem intriguing and/or unnecessary but I for one welcome it.Archive
January 31, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 180
Frank Sinatra, New York New York – His Greatest Hits (1983) This, really, was my introduction to Frank Sinatra – which is to say I’d heard of him and knew some of the songs but we got this (as a family) on CD and we were all into it; my mum and dad hearing music […]Archive
January 31, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Anoushka Shankar: Reflections
Anoushka Shankar Reflections Deutsche Grammophon We maybe don’t think much about the Greatest Hits album anymore – you grab what you need from wherever you are online; someone’s made a playlist if you haven’t. A YouTube run is easy enough – grab a few bites and move on.Archive
January 27, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 182
V/A, The Wonderful Wireless (1982) I love the nostalgia records, the various compilations that tell you about eras and movements from before you were born; comedy records, old radio shows, the bygone era. My record collection is full of them, many inherited, some I have sought out. I’ve always been intrigued by the medium of […]Archive
December 19, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 195
Bill Haley & The Comets, Rock Around The Clock (1968) Bill Haley – the name is linked forever to the TV show Happy Days for me, and a little later that Jive Bunny album which I loved for far too long really. Simple rock’n’roll music – amazing to think that it was lock-up-your-daughter stuff; doesn’t […]Archive
December 19, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
ZZ Top: Goin’ 50
ZZ Top Goin’ 50 Rhino/Warner Bros. Of all the 1969-based anniversaries – so many albums turning 50 and being reissued with bonus tracks and ephemera – my favourite 50th might be the fact that ZZ Top has been a band, the very same band even for 50 goddamn years. That’s a lot of boogie.Archive
December 17, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 196
(The Byrds, The Byrds Play Dylan (1979) I can remember hearing this in the days before I really knew how to separate compilations from albums – and I thought man The Byrds really are hammering home the fact that they love covering Bob Dylan albums – now they’ve done a whole record of them! When […]Archive
December 14, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 199
Fleetwood Mac, The Pious Bird of Good Omen (1969) I’ve been after this compilation for a while – one of the last Fleetwood Mac albums I need for my collection – nearly have them all, all eras, all styles. But I particularly have a soft spot for the original group and here you get to […]Archive
December 10, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
WWE Getting Rowdy – The Unreleased Matches of Roddy Piper: DVD
WWE Getting Rowdy – The Unreleased Matches of Roddy Piper WWE Madman Roddy Piper was one of the true legends of pro-wrestling; a man who succeeded due to his charisma and character. He was a basic brawler at best, and not big. But he had a motormouth, seemed genuinely unpredictable and was funny-af. He was […]Archive
December 6, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
V/A: NOW That’s What I Call Yacht Rock
Various Artists: NOW That’s What I Call Yacht Rock CUSTOM MARKETING GROUP I think the perfect thing to sum up “YACHT ROCK” is that a good four years after people stopped giving a fuck about the name (and for the fairweather sailors much of the music too) there’s a compilation on the market called NOW […]Archive
November 27, 2019 by Simon Sweetman