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March 31, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 141
Bruce Springsteen, The River (1980) Of all the Bruce Springsteen albums this is the one I’ve tried the hardest to fall in love with – but I just keep hearing a double-stuffed, overly long set of pub-rock jam that don’t have the necessary pay-off. Sure, there are some good songs. Absolutely. Including a couple of […]Archive
March 5, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 159
Tori Amos, Boys For Pele (1996) The other week a guy I know on Twitter sent me a message offering me a copy of this Tori Amos album. No catch. He’d ordered it and doubled-up. He didn’t need it, had no use for it. He offered it to me. A simple – but very kind […]Archive
February 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 179
Todd Rundgren, Todd (1974) I learned the hard way: Always check the sleeves when buying second-hand records. I picked up a copy of this only to find that record two was not “Todd” at all – it was some easy listening compilation. But record one is the real deal. So I have half of this […]Archive
August 30, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Necks: Unfold
The Necks Unfold Ideologic Organ Back when this was released – a double album from The Necks arriving early 2017 I was so excited I blogged in anticipation and then forgot to actually review the album. It happens. And yes, I know there’s already another new (brand new!) Necks album – and ahead of that […]Archive
June 16, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 399
Madvillian, Madvillainy (2004) So this guy buzzes me the other day, says “What do you make of this record, any good?” And I tell him that Madvillain – the pairing of MF DOOM and Madlib – was golden as far as I was concerned; like a really big deal for me. It arrived when I […]Archive
December 18, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 191 Something/Anything?
I Saw The Light was the first song I heard and I remember it was at one of those new-fangled Jeans Stores that were cropping up in Hamilton when I was in high school. I was there with my girlfriend and we were having a crafty pash in a dressing booth and the song came […]Archive
September 2, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
V/A: Baby Driver [OST]
Various Artists: Baby Driver [OST] Columbia Records It’s a fun film and a big part of that fun is in the soundtrack. Baby Driver is one of those don’t-think-too-hard films filled with car chases and rock’n’roll and soul and its soundtrack album works well as both a character (of sorts) in the film and as […]Archive
August 17, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 514
The Hollywood “Pops” Orchestra, Stereo Perspectives In Percussion (1968) I’ve had this record for many years – and I have no idea where I got it, handed down I guess…but I’ve always held onto it for the kitsch cover I spose…just recently I’ve started working through a row of LPs that I’ve had forever but […]Archive
June 1, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
John Martyn: Head & Heart – The Acoustic John Martyn
John Martyn Head & Heart: The Acoustic John Martyn UMC Purists might claim this to be some sort of grave-robbing or merely superfluous; standard anger towards posthumous compilations – but Martyn, a tricky man to pin down, was re-recording his own material in his lifetime; was subject to far too many compilations – some of […]Archive
December 22, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Live Without A Net: Best or Worst – It’s My Favourite Live Album by The Dead
I was thinking, the other day, about The Grateful Dead, specifically the band’s live album from 1990, Without A Net. It might not be a classic, it might in fact be awful – but it’s one of my favourites…it’s one of my favourite live albums, one of my favourite Grateful Dead collections – and for […]Archive
December 14, 2016 by Simon Sweetman