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January 31, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

James Taylor: Over The Rainbow – The American Standard EP

James Taylor Over The Rainbow: The American Standard EP Fantasy I wasn’t a fan of James Taylor’s early 2020 album of evergreens and American standards. I wanted to be. It should have worked. Should have been my cuppa proverbial herbal. But no. It felt lazy and the strings were cloying and Taylor’s own guitar had […]
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January 28, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Tom Morello: Comandante (ep)

Tom Morello Comandante (ep) Tom Morello I feel so conflicted when thinking about the music Tom Morello has put into the world. There’s a lot I love. And then there’s so much that’s just fucking ghastly. Nasty-terrible. So bad. The whole Nightwatchman solo persona is borderline unforgivable I reckon. Just awful. Terrible singer/songwriter stuff that […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Audioslave, Comandante, Comandante (ep), EP, Prophets of Rage, Rage Against The Machine, RATM, The Nightwatchman, Tom Morello, Tom Morello: Comandante (ep), You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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January 5, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

The KLF: Solid State Logik 1 

The KLF  Solid State Logik 1  KLF Communications  Need proof 2021 is going to be a better year? A wee glimpse and glimmer arrived on New Year’s Day with sudden appearance of this singles collection to all streaming services and the news that The KLF was back in the business of actively promoting, er even acknowledging its musical catalogue…  Rewind to […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, EP, KLF, KLF Communications, Reissue, Remix, Singles, Solid State Logik, Solid State Logik 1, The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, The KLF, The KLF: Solid State Logik 1, The Timelords, Timelords, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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December 25, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Frank Zappa: A Very Zappa Birthday (ep)

Frank Zappa A Very Zappa Birthday (ep) UMG Recordings, Inc. Had he still been alive, Frank Zappa would have celebrated his 80th birthday this month. As we know he barely made it into his 50s. As we know from watching any of the clips from the talk show appearances he made in the 1980s he’s […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 80, 80th Birthday, A Very Zappa Birthday, A Very Zappa Birthday (ep), Album Review, EP, Frank, Frank Zappa, FZ, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, Zappa ·

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December 19, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Nellie McKay: Bagatelles (ep)

Nellie McKay Bagatelles (ep) PALMETTO+ While people like Amanda Palmer go for attention and gimmick themselves out as a covers-clown with a uke or available via Twitter 24/7 for the AMAs that only the truly desperate could want, Nellie McKay’s actual genius seems vastly under-heard, under-appreciated, under-discovered.
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Bagatelles, Bagatelles (ep), EP, Nellie McKay, Nellie McKay: Bagatelles (ep), You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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December 15, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 00

Prince, 1999 [Single] (1982) “Two thousand zero zero party over oops out of time” – This is it. The Vinyl Countdown is over; finished. It started back at # 2000 in March of 2011 and it ends now, December 2020. Two thousand two zero, column over, out of time. Or out of numbers. This is […]
Posted in Blog · Tagged 1982, 1999, Blog, brand new discoveries and old-old favourites; extremely pre-loved, Column, EP, Final Countdown, How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore, LP, March 2011 - December 2020, previously abandoned or with the shrink-wrap having just been removed it’s all here at The Vinyl Countdown, Prince, Single, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 00, The Vinyl Countdown is a document of every LP I listen to, Vinyl ·

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December 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Ween: Live At Five In New York ’95 (ep)

Ween Live At Five In New York ’95 (ep) Happenstance Ween. One of the greatest musical entities of the last 30 years. Mad. Weird. Wonderful. Often all three at once. And sometimes very, very bad too – but usually in the very best way. When Ween broke up I was gutted. Even though the two […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Archive, Chocolate & Cheese, Dean Ween, EP, Gene Ween, Live At Five In New York ’95, Live At Five In New York ’95 (ep), Radio, Ween, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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December 13, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Common Saints: Idol Eyes (ep)

Common Saints Idol Eyes (ep) Starsonics Charlie J. Perry is a producer and multi-instrumentalist who has worked across hip-hop and nu-soul and R’n’B and often under the alias Common Saints. Here he steps out from behind other artists – Jorja Smith, BTS, Maverick Smith – to deliver his debut Common Saints EP based around the […]
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December 12, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 2

Elton John, Don’t Ya Wanna Play This Game No More (Sartorial Eloquence) [Single] (1980) When Oscar was about 18 months old and through until he was three or four I guess – Slow Boat Records was one of his favourite places (it probably still is, truth be told). But as a toddler he was allowed […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1980, 21 at 33, 50, 50c, A-side, B-side, Chuck Out Bin, Dear God, Don't Ya Wanna Play This Game No More, Elton John, EP, LP, Oscar, Record, Sartorial Eloquence, Single, Slow Boat Records, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 2, Vinyl ·

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December 11, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 3

Bobby Bloom, Montego Bay [Single] (1970) I’m still working through a batch of singles a retired DJ gifted to me – this is one of them. People consider Bobby Bloom a one-hit-wonder, which he was. It’s further impacted by his sad demise. Depression, and then an accidental shooting. Dead by 28. But he co-wrote a […]
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December 10, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Tank And The Bangas: Friend Goals (ep)

Tank And The Bangas Friend Goals (ep) Verve Forecast Once every month or so I re-watch (and share about) the Tiny Desk concert by Tank and The Bangas. It’s my favourite from the series. I found out about the group through that clip too.
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December 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Laura Marling: The Lockdown Sessions (ep)

Laura Marling The Lockdown Sessions (ep) Chrysalis Records Limited, in partnership w/ Partisan Records Though it was sometimes a challenge batting away the various Lockdown-streamed home-concerts; famous musicians beaming themselves in with their ‘all in this together’ vibe delivered from the comfort of their opulent house…it was also a time of great giving, of rare […]
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