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February 15, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Revisiting Tracy Chapman by Tracy Chapman: Tracy Chapman’s Classic Self-Titled Debut

A couple of weeks back we’re driving back into Wellington, having been up the coast. It was a long Sunday drive and we had been playing a bunch of Sunday afternoon music in the car: Paul Buchanan’s Mid Air, Mark Lanegan’s I’ll Take Care Of You, Lawrence Arabia’s The Sparrow, Paul & Linda McCartney’s Ram, […]

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November 21, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 605

Prince, For You (1978) I’m not in a rush to hear this – all over again – or anything but I was pretty chuffed about some of the Prince albums being reissued on vinyl. This is the only one of his original albums (the debut) that I never owned on vinyl. I was pretty quick […]

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October 14, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: For You

these notes I cannot play so well are still meant from me to you. so, yeah, so what, I cannot play them well, what I mean to say is that I mention this no matter how they sound. still, they are for you

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February 28, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1602

Prince, Prince (1979) It’s like picking favourite children – seriously, it is. I know a lot of people talk about how Prince was only ever good from about 1982-1987 – a vital period. But I go from this album through to 1989 before I notice anything even close to unnecessary. And when I first started […]