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September 21, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 50

Pink Floyd, The Wall (1979) I’ve been a Pink Floyd fan forever. And sometimes I’ve been a tiny bit guarded about that. But usually what happens is I move to one end of the catalogue and just hang there – these days it’s the early stuff that pleases me most but it was definitely the […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1979, Another Brick In The Wall, Another Brick In The Wall (Part 1), Classic Albums I Can't Ever Listen To Again, David Gilmour, double-album, Film, Gatefold, LP, Movie, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, Poster, Record, Richard Wright, Roger Waters, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 50, The Wall, Vinyl ·

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March 5, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 159

Tori Amos, Boys For Pele (1996) The other week a guy I know on Twitter sent me a message offering me a copy of this Tori Amos album. No catch. He’d ordered it and doubled-up. He didn’t need it, had no use for it. He offered it to me. A simple – but very kind […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1996, 2xLP, Boys For Pele, double-album, Gatefold, Little Amsterdam, LP, Record, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 159, Tori Amos, Vinyl ·

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February 29, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 162

Queen, Live Killers (1979) I bought this for Oscar – he loved the Queen + Adam Lambert concert so much (and yeah, yeah so did I!) so I thought I’d get him a record for his room (he has a small collection – basically just Beatles/Beatles-related records and a cheap portable player). And, actually, okay, […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1979, 2xLP, Don't Stop Me Now, Gatefold, Live, Live Killers, LP, Queen, Record, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 162, Vinyl ·

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January 31, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Black Smoke Trigger: Set It Off [EP]

Black Smoke Trigger Set It Off (ep) Black Smoke Trigger Black Smoke Trigger is a band from Napier. They took their sound to America – got the legendary Michael Wagener to produce. In the 1970s and 1980s Michael Wagener produced so many of the records you loved or nearly loved – artists from Alice Cooper […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album, Angel Dust, Baldrick, Black Smoke Trigger, Black Smoke Trigger: Set It Off [EP], BST, Charlie Wallace, Chinese Democracy, Dan Fulton, EP, Faith No More, Gatefold, Guns n Roses, Josh Te Maro, Michael Wagener, Mick Mars, Set It Off, Set It Off [EP], The Cult, The Real Thing, Vinyl, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, Zakk Wylde ·

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September 17, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 251

Bill Withers, Live at Carnegie Hall (1973) I have bought this album at least twice – maybe this is even my third copy; I know the CD version was my introduction and I played it so much. I had a best of and then was hipped to the live album – some of its versions […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1973, 2xLP, Bill Withers, Double, Gatefold, I Can't Write Left-Handed, Live, LP, R'n'B, Record, Soul, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 251, Use Me, Vinyl ·

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September 6, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 253

Rare Earth, Willie Remembers… (1972) Rare Earth was the first all-white band to have a hit on the Motown label. They had some hits, even, by covering things by The Temptations – you know basically white-washing the whitest of the black labels. The woke crowd would have a field-day with this shit today. And (probably) […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1972, Gatefold, I Couldn't Believe What Happened Last Night, LP, Motown, Rare Earth, Record, The Temptations, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 253, Vinyl, Ween, Willie Remembers... ·

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August 30, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Necks: Unfold

The Necks Unfold Ideologic Organ Back when this was released – a double album from The Necks arriving early 2017 I was so excited I blogged in anticipation and then forgot to actually review the album. It happens. And yes, I know there’s already another new (brand new!) Necks album – and ahead of that […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2-LP, Album Review, Australia, Body, double-album, Gatefold, Ideologic Organ, Jazz, Mindset, Minimal, Minimalism, Necks, Record, Sex, The Necks, The Necks: Unfold, Trio, Unfold, Vinyl, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 27, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 479

Madonna, The Immaculate Collection (1990) I posted a photo of the LP cover the other day and someone wrote underneath, “Has your turntable been hacked?” – or some such. No chance of that ever. I’m the only one playing records in my place, the turntable sits on my desk, I don’t even need to move […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1990, 2xLP, Compilation, Gatefold, Greatest Hits, Hung Up, LP, Lucky Star, Madonna, Ray of Light, Record, The Immaculate Collection, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 479, Vinyl ·

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October 25, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 481

Jeff Wayne, Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of The Worlds (1978) Matamata, NZ; early 1990s – pre Hobbiton – New Year’s Eve. We go for a walk – three of us, we’re about 15 years old – and we are wondering what sort of minor mischief we can get up to. We’re allowed […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged [OST], 1978, 2LP, Gatefold, Jeff Wayne, Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of The Worlds, LP, Matamata, Record, Richard Burton, The Vinyl Countdown # 481, The War of the Worlds, Vinyl ·

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April 30, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 705

Into Orbit, Caverns (2016) I wasn’t expecting a copy of this – I was going to hunt one out at some stage I guess – but I was already the lucky/proud recipient of one of the Test Pressings. And that was cool. And is cool. But Into Orbit have a strong visual element to their […]
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