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December 8, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 5

Fiona Apple, Fetch The Bolt Cutters (2020) Lockdown Records. There were a few. This was one of them. An album that arrived while we weren’t going anywhere – beyond daily walks. And an album I spent a lot of time with, since I was inside for most of each day and the stereo was always […]
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October 21, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 34

Ramones, It’s Alive (1979) The Ramones are likeAC/DCfor me – in that it feels like they’ve always just been there. Doing the same song, serving it in the same way, the same setting. And I’ve been a fan forever but I’m not a hardcore, more a fairweather fan. In the case of both bands I […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1977, 1979, Double, It's Alive, Live, LP, Punk, Ramones, Record, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 34, Vinyl ·

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June 3, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

V/A: Martin Freeman and Eddie Piller Present ‘Soul On The Corner’

Various Artists: Martin Freeman and Eddie Piller Present ‘Soul On The Corner’ Acid Jazz Records It’s easy to be a bit cynical about celebrity-endorsed compilations and – for that matter – non-soundtracking compilations altogether. And this ticks both boxes! But this is totally fantastic and there’s real love and care here, and a track-record too…
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January 7, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 190

Mike Oldfield, Exposed (1979) I used to be so into Mike Oldfield – and now it’s a chore. At best. Be careful though, when you say something like that – especially when it comes to guilty-pleasures…I dug out this double-live album and played it right through, as if to prove to myself that I was […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1979, 2LP, Double, Exposed, Guilty, Guilty Pleasure, Live, LP, Mike Oldfield, Record, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 190, Vinyl ·

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September 17, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 251

Bill Withers, Live at Carnegie Hall (1973) I have bought this album at least twice – maybe this is even my third copy; I know the CD version was my introduction and I played it so much. I had a best of and then was hipped to the live album – some of its versions […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1973, 2xLP, Bill Withers, Double, Gatefold, I Can't Write Left-Handed, Live, LP, R'n'B, Record, Soul, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 251, Use Me, Vinyl ·

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January 5, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 344

Avantdale Bowling Club, Avantdale Bowling Club (2018) I was sold on this on first listen – I’ve liked most of what Tom Scott has done ahead of this project, but this is the one. And in fact when I reviewed the album I talked about it being the local-act album of the year; more than […]
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November 12, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Eric Clapton: Live In San Diego (with Special Guest J.J. Cale)

Eric Clapton Live In San Diego (with Special Guest J.J. Cale) Reprise He’d be wise – with the recent retirement news – to leave this as his final offering. For it never really got better for EC than this. I saw one of the shows on this same tour and, having seen him previously at […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2007, 2CD, Album Review, Derek Trucks, Double, Doyle Bramhall, Eric Clapton, Eric Clapton: Live In San Diego (with Special Guest J.J. Cale), J.J. Cale, Live, Live Album, Live in San Diego, Willie Weeks ·

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September 6, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Grateful Dead: The Best of The Grateful Dead

The Grateful Dead The Best of The Grateful Dead Grateful Dead/Rhino It’s Grateful Dead 50th Anniversary Season if you didn’t already know. It’s also 20 years since Jerry Garcia, spiritual centre of the band, left this world to spiral on elsewhere, down some other tie-dyed highway. The band has played its last ever shows under […]
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October 22, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1255

Elvis Costello & The Roots, Wise Up Ghost (2013) I was sold on the idea of this straight away. Well, I hoped it would be good. It hasn’t let me down – one of the records of the year. Here’s my initial review of the album. And I also had a chat with Mr Costello, […]
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September 18, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1279

  The Cure, Mixed Up (1990) I like this album – always have. I imagine it probably wasn’t all that popular at the time – a few purists, big time fans of The Cure might have had a moan about it not being “the real thing” or some such. But it was probably quite a […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1990, A Forest (Tree Mix), Double, LP, Mixed Up, Remixes, Robert Smith, Signed Record, The Cure, Vinyl ·

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August 11, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1310

David Bowie, Stage (1978) You know I only got hip to this album when it was reissued on CD a wee while back now, maybe 10 years ago or so. I hadn’t heard it before then. I knew a lot of the material, obviously, but not these versions. I had plenty of David Bowie albums […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Be My Wife, Berlin Trilogy, Concert, David Bowie, Double, Heroes, Live, Low, LP, Stage, Vinyl, Ziggy Stardust ·

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