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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
V/A: Come On Up To The House – Women Sing Waits
Various Artists: Come On Up To The House: Women Sing Waits Dualtone Music Devised as a 70th Birthday gift to Tom Waits (December 7 is the day) this compilation of female singer/songwriters interpreting material from all across Waits’ 45 year recording career is in fact a gift to us all.Archive
November 26, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 211
V/A, The Sixties Collection – 60 No. 1 Hits of the Sixties (1988) Along with Tour of Duty’s first soundtrack this was one of the most important albums in my musical development. The sixties reunion of the late 1980s was right place/right time for me (and my family). Mum and dad were getting back into […]Archive
November 21, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 214
The Beach Boys, Best of The Beach Boys Vol. 2 (1967) So many Beach Boys compilations. And I believe I’ve given a few away. But this was definitely one of the first Beach Boys records I owned – I have a feeling it was in fact the first. Which is probably why I’m still hanging […]Archive
November 9, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 222
Mozart: Private Collection (1977) Was having a wee ramble with my father-in-law just the other night about how Mozart really was the great pop-song melody writer even before we had “pop songs” – and that, in fact, that was exactly why I got hooked on Mr Wolfgang Amadeus. A book or two and a movie […]Archive
October 31, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 227
V/A, Great Warner Bros. Spectaculars (1979) Okay, I’m drowning in soundtracks and soundtrack-compilations at the moment. And (mostly) loving it. The same guy that gave me this (and one of the sister volumes – love themes) also sent me a bunch of CDs; so I’m working through those too – finding some scores to films […]Archive
October 21, 2019 by Simon Sweetman