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January 10, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Five Songs For Friday: 34 – 2020 – 1st Edition

It’s a new year – welcome, belatedly to 2020. You’ve arrived already of course, but here now is the first edition of the staggeringly inconsistent Five Songs For Friday for the new year. No theme. Just songs that are on my mind at the start of this year. Or on my turntable. Or in my […]
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August 21, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 261   

Prince, Originals (2019) So far, I have to say, they’ve hit it out of the park with the official posthumous Prince releases. I previewed this one a while back (unofficially)  My prediction was the Kenny Rogers song would be ‘discovered’ as a lost-classic, a gem, and I’ve no way of knowing if that’s the case, it was just a feeling I […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 2019, 2LP, Covers, Demo, demos, Kenny Rogers, LP, Manic Monday, Originals, Prince, Record, Songwriting, The Vinyl Countdown # 261, Vinyl, You're My Love ·

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August 6, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 268   

Michael McDonald, That Was Then – The Early Recordings of Michael McDonald (1982) I guess the thing that made me want this was the thought of hearing Michael McDonald tackling Midnight Rider – and it’s okay, but it isn’t as amazing as I thought it might be. A lot riding on it though. The idea that these early attempts […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1982, Compilation, demos, Drivin' Wheel, Hawaii, LP, Michael McDoandl, Midnight Rider, Record, That Was Then, That Was Then - The Early Recordings of Michael McDonald, The Early Recordings, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 268, Unreleased, Vinyl ·

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November 5, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 186 Bloodmonster

We’ve been thinking about finally releasing the Bloodmonster album on CD. We recorded it about ten years ago when the band was a very different animal. For the previous few years Les and I had played with a spate of different drummers who all brought their own touch to the band. The latest was Jorden […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Bloodmonster, Buzzcocks, demos, Drummers, Drumming, Drums, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Jon, Jon Mcleary, Jorden Tredray, Les, Les Knight, Long Lost Album, Love Songs, Riki Gooch, Spines, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 186, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 186 Bloodmonster, The Spines, Trio, War Stories # 186, War Stories by Jon McLeary, Wellington ·

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November 23, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Stevie Nicks: Bella Donna (Deluxe Edition)

Stevie Nicks Bella Donna (Deluxe Edition) Rhino Entertainment Company It was an interesting time – and very creative – for Fleetwood Mac and its members post-Rumours. The popular narrative suggests they never bettered it, but they did something much better in a way, they diversified. Lindsey Buckingham and Mick Fleetwood both made solo records in […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 3-CD, Album Review, Bella Donna, Christine McVie, Deluxe Edition, demos, Don Henley, Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey Buckingham, Live, Mick Fleetwood, Mike Campbell, Mirage, Reissue, Rumours, Stevie Nicks, Stop Draggin' My Heart Around, Task, Tom Petty, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers ·

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May 12, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Jeff Buckley: You and I

Jeff Buckley You and I Sony Legacy Sold to you under the lie that this is the raw, early Jeff Buckley you have, if you are the sort of psycho-fan his music attracts, already heard about 80% of this – and it’s not really “The early Jeff Buckley” in that sense, too. He’s still finding […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Covers, demos, Grace, posthumous, Sony, Sony Legacy, You And I ·

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March 5, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck – The Home Recordings

Kurt Cobain Montage of Heck: The Home Recordings Ume The barrel has been scraped. Here, masquerading as “the soundtrack” to a grave-robbing, bones-picking, totally unnecessary documentary of the same name, we have Kurt Cobain’s “home recordings”. We’re meant to process them as if seeing behind the machine, hearing early versions of Nirvana songs, Beatles covers […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [OST], Album Review, demos, Documentary, Kurt Cobain, Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck - The Home Recordings, Montage of Heck, Montage of Heck: The Home Recordings, Nirvana, Soundtrack, The Home Recordings ·

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July 6, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 860

Dire Straits, The Honky Tonk Demos (2015) Here’s another Record Store Day special release I picked up – didn’t rush out the door on the day to get this, but picked it up a few days later. Worth having. It’s an EP (a double EP, or double 7” single) of early Dire Straits demos and […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1977, 2 x 7", 2015, 7, Album, Charlie Gillett, demos, Dire Straits, Double 7 Inch, Down To The Waterline, EP, Honky Tonk Demos, LP, Mark Knopfler, Record Store Day, RSD, Single, Sultans of Swing, The Honky Tonk Demos, The Vinyl Countdown # 860, Vinyl, Water of Love, Wild West End ·

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September 2, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Bob Dylan: Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 – Another Self Portrait

Bob Dylan Bootleg Series, Vol. 10: Another Self Portrait (1969-1971) Columbia When Bob Dylan released Self Portrait – his 10th album – it was perceived as some strange fuck-you to the world. A tentative come-out-from-hiding that was head-scratchingly lazy. Covers, country odes, folk odds and sods, some live tracks that felt like strays, all with […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 1969-1971, Album Review, Another Self Portrait, Bob Dylan, Bootleg, Bootleg Series Vol. 10, demos, Dylan, Nashville Skyline, New Morning, Rarites, Reissue, Self Portrait, The Band, The Basement Tapes, The Bootleg Series ·

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April 21, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Jeff Healey Band: House On Fire (Demos & Rarities)

The Jeff Healey Band House On Fire: Demos & Rarities Shock Jeff Healey only got a glimpse at the charts. He seemed to arrive to the mainstream with the gimmick doing the work for him – blind, playing the guitar on his lap, in his own way – when he certainly, still, had some decent […]
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March 8, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1590

Radiohead, Radiohead…Before Computers (1999) Remember when Radiohead was almost a shoegazer band? This bootleg compilation does! It’s of more interest to me now than listening to the Itch EP or Pablo Honey (nothing wrong with them – just done to death for me). This takes tracks from the band’s very early “On A Friday” demo […]
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