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May 31, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 297

Dean Martin, The Early Hits of Dean Martin [EP] (1966) I’ve talked about this before – the Greatest Hits EP. No one would dare do it now – too insulting, too embarrassing but these mega-single-styled EPs from the 60s were so great. I love Dean Martin – my introduction to him was seeing him shit on The Rolling […]

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March 12, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Hal Blaine

Hal Blaine has died. The session drumming legend was 90. What a life. What a legacy. If he wasn’t the most prolific sessioneer skinsman he was certainly the most successful of the busy-schedule players. A part of one of the greatest groups of all time – The Wrecking Crew (not a band as such, a collective […]