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June 19, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1350

Freddie King, 1934-1976 (1977) Man I love Freddie King. He was a great player, singer, showman – there’s so much soul and energy in his music; I feel a lot of joy listening to his music; he conveyed so much emotion through his playing. If you’re not already familiar with him – and really, you […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1634-1976, Albert King, B.B. King, Blues Guitar, Earl King, Eric Clapton, Freddie King, Freddy King, Sweet Home Chicago, Vinyl ·

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January 27, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1648

B.B. King, Guess Who (1972) B.B. King is a legend, of course. But good luck finding a decent studio album from the man – especially these days where all you find is the collaboration rehashes from the last 20 years and the unnecessary stuff from 30-40 years ago. (Stick to the classic live albums and […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1972, B.B. King, Blog On The Tracks, Freddie King, Guess Who, Live At The Regal, LP, Real Groovy, Vinyl ·

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January 8, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1676

John Mayall With Eric Clapton, Bluesbreakers (1966) Funny, just a couple of days ago I’m there contemplating buying a fancy-package vinyl reissue of this for $50 or whatever the cost was (might have been $45 actually). And I’m humming and haaaring and I am pretty sure that I have a copy still but can’t find […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1966, All Your Love, Beano, Bluesbreakers, British Blues Boom, Eric Clapton, Freddie King, John Mayall, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, LP, The John Mayall Interview, The Yardbirds, Vinyl ·

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July 12, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1934

  Freddie King, Getting Ready (1971) I started going through the YouTube recently for some great Freddie King clips. Such a great live performer was Freddie. I first started listening to him when I was 13-14-15; obsessed as I was with all things blues and rock guitar. Every time I found a new-ish player (SRV […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Albert King, B.B. King, Freddie King, Getting Ready, Going Down, SRV, Vinyl ·

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