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May 11, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Peter Frampton Band: All Blues

Peter Frampton Band All Blues UMe One of the problems with people’s understanding and appreciation – or lack thereof – when it comes to The BluesTM is albums like this. Peter Frampton was my hero when I was a kid (and even into my teens) I drank up Frampton Comes Alive like it was the […]

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June 27, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Got Live Cos I Want It: 10 Important Live-in-Concert Albums In My Life of Listening

I know I’ve written about live albums before – several times, and I always will, I love live albums! – but I thought I’d give you a list of the ten live albums that I consider the most important. That is to say important to me, these lists are a chance for me to remind […]

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December 27, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Do You (Ever) Feel Like We Did? – The One Time It Worked to DJ Some Peter Frampton

My aunty was married twenty years ago (one of them) and using the state-of-the-art late 1980s technology I had my first gig as a DJ. I was 12. The big hit at the wedding, from the three dubbed C-90 tapes I made was the soundtrack to The Blues Brothers, specifically the double-whammy of Cab Calloway’s […]

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December 8, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Five Songs For Friday: # 4 – Five Great Tracks From Five Great Live Albums

Not all live albums are created equally – many are built in the studio after with overdubs, some just feature crowd-noise endlessly, Neil Young’s brand new live album has him substituting out the crowd for animal noise. There are some great, great live albums out there – where the energy of the crowd is so […]

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April 18, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Peter Frampton: Live In Detroit

Peter Frampton Live In Detroit Eagle Rock Entertainment Re-released on blu-ray and regular DVD, this concert from 1999 was originally issued on VHS/DVD in 2000 – filmed in high def it’s been a fan-favourite, a solid show that draws on the obvious Frampton Comes Alive Hits (Something’s Happening, Lines On My Face, All I Wanna […]

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December 9, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

Peter Frampton: FCA35 Tour, An Evening with Peter Frampton

Peter Frampton FCA35 Tour: An Evening with Peter Frampton Eagle Vision/Shock It always feels like a confession, some sordid guilty pleasure, but I grew up with Frampton Comes Alive and though I can see why those raised on the punk and post-punk that cancelled it out could never stand this I still see (and hear) […]