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October 19, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 35

Bob Dylan, Tight Connection To My Heart (Has Anybody Seen My Love) [Single] (1985) A lot of people reckon Empire Burlesque is rubbish – but I don’t. I quite like it. And I don’t think that’s just because I’m a bit of a Bob Dylan Tragic. Though, granted. It’s by no means a lost classic, […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1985, A-side, B-side, Bob, Dylan, Empire Burlesque, LP, Record, Single, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 35, Tight Connection To My Heart (Has Anybody Seen My Love), Vinyl, We Better Talk This Over ·

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August 21, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Emma Swift: Blonde On The Tracks

Emma Swift Blonde On The Tracks Tiny Ghost / Bandcamp There are plenty of reasons to perform and record a cover – or an album of cover versions. You might think the original artist is under-valued in some way or that the song seemingly went missing. You might not have any songs of your own, […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Bandcamp, Blonde On The Tracks, Bob Dylan, Covers, Dylan, Emma Swift, Emma Swift: Blonde On The Tracks, Independent, Pat Sansone, Robyn Hitchcock, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 19, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 147

Bob Dylan, Empire Burlesque (1985) I go through phases with Bob Dylan – I haven’t been listening to his music (the full albums at least) very much lately, but I imagine it’ll start again – because I’m looking at the lesser known or lesser applauded records. And I know this is the second time I’ve […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1985, Bob Dylan, Dylan, Empire Burlesque, LP, Record, Saved, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 147, Vinyl, When The Night Comes Falling From The Sky ·

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January 10, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 189

Bob Dylan, Fallen Angels (2016) Bob Dylan long ago earned the right to do whatever he likes and then in the last few years he tested the shit out of that by released three albums of covers in a row; the third a triple album. I was surprised a little at how much I love […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 2016), Bob Dylan, Covers, Dylan, Evergreens, LP, Shadows In The Night, Standards, That Old Black Magic, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 189, Triplicate, Vinyl ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1979, Bob Dylan, Byrds, Compilation, Cover, Covers, Dylan, Lay Down Your Weary Tune, LP, The Beatles, The Byrds, The Byrds Play Dylan, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 196, Vinyl ·

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December 17, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 19 – Bob Dylan, “Christmas In The Heart”

Bob Dylan, Christmas In The Heart, 2009 Well it’s time for a Christmas album to make this list – and I think straight away of when Bob Dylan dropped a set of Xmas tunes and everyone was horrified. People that never really listened to Dylan heard his voice, thought it was an ugly croak and […]
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September 18, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love: #8 – Bob Dylan, “Under The Red Sky”

Bob Dylan, Under The Red Sky, 1990 You can get hooked on the wrong album at the right time – if you’re new to an artist with back-catalogue you sometimes used to put yourself through the pain of really working hard to appreciate their dud-new-album because it arrived right at the time when you were […]
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July 22, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 228 – Bob Dylan, Auckland, 2018 

There was just an urge. An absolute urge. I had to see Bob Dylan again. I’d seen him three times – but not for years. In fact it was 20 years since my first time seeing him and at least a decade since my last… But I had never travelled to see him – and I just got the […]
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June 10, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Feature: Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Re-Viewed!

I’m usually on RNZ once a month to have a chat about some new albums. But now and then I present features on the show too. Last year I had nearly an hour to explore the music of George Harrison. I followed that up with a chat about Ringo Starr and played some of his best Beatles drum bits […]
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June 7, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Five Songs For Friday: 30 – Rolling Thunder Reviewed! 

Bob Dylan is never far from my mind, my heart, my stereo – if he’s not on the turntable, he’s in my thoughts in some way or another, often informing the music that I’ve chosen to listen to. It’s that deep. He is one of the great musical forces for me – and surely the most […]
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May 15, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 304 

Bob Dylan, Fort Collins Stadium Radio Broadcast, Colorado May 23rd 1976 (2017) It’s a dirty bootleg – it says it’s limited to 500 copies and is on a ‘label’ called BAD JOKER – I ask no questions and access the music. I know this recording well – it was released on TV also and is readily available […]
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April 19, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 315 

Bob Dylan, Good As I Been To You (1992) Last year was a big year for me reconnecting with Bob Dylan – he’s always there of course. But the gig last year (which was great) had me going back through everything. Everything! I was in deep – going through the podcasts (many) and all the albums and Dylan’s own radio show archive […]
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