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March 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 151
Mark Williams, Greatest Hits (1977) I missed the Mark Williams buzz – the first time around at least. I was there for the “comeback” – Show No Mercy and then fronting Dragon (he does a good job, it’s a tired old act now though, they’re a Tribute Act to Themselves, nothing more). I did catch […]Archive
January 31, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 180
Frank Sinatra, New York New York – His Greatest Hits (1983) This, really, was my introduction to Frank Sinatra – which is to say I’d heard of him and knew some of the songs but we got this (as a family) on CD and we were all into it; my mum and dad hearing music […]Archive
January 31, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Anoushka Shankar: Reflections
Anoushka Shankar Reflections Deutsche Grammophon We maybe don’t think much about the Greatest Hits album anymore – you grab what you need from wherever you are online; someone’s made a playlist if you haven’t. A YouTube run is easy enough – grab a few bites and move on.Archive
December 27, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
People: Get Ready – It Was 20 Years Ago Today…
It’s funny what makes you remember the passing of time. An album turning 10 or 20 or 30, a film, the cultural reunions that happen like secret club meetings within already secret clubs. Has it really been 20 years since Curtis Mayfield died? Maybe you thought he died long before 1999. Maybe you thought he […]Archive
November 21, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 214
The Beach Boys, Best of The Beach Boys Vol. 2 (1967) So many Beach Boys compilations. And I believe I’ve given a few away. But this was definitely one of the first Beach Boys records I owned – I have a feeling it was in fact the first. Which is probably why I’m still hanging […]Archive
October 26, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: To Be Remembered By
The Greatest Hits EP like the 150-page auto- biography is hard to come by. It’s the ultimate statement. Leave ego at the door and in no more than six songs create something to be remembered byArchive
October 13, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 236
The Beach Boys, Their Twenty Two Greatest Hits (1973) Ah, the specific – prosaic – compilation-album title. 22 hits you say? Better not be a bonus track! Better not cut off before the end either. I want to hear 22 songs by The Beach Boys and they better be their Greatest Goddamn Hits! My record […]Archive
March 8, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 329
Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band, Night Moves (1976) Is this the best Bob Seger album? I think so. Worth it for the title track alone. Here we listen through nearly six minutes of Seger’s failed, failing and nearly-getting-there attempts to fuck, his teenage lust laid, erm, bare. And then that final onanistic wail. Talk about payoff. It is basically dripping […]Archive
September 2, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: decade
The first time I thought about what a decade meant – what it truly, actually means – is when I heard Neil Young’s compilation, called “Decade”. It’s a double tape, or CD – and a triple album. I first heard it when I was about 12 or 13, a decade on I was still hooked […]Archive
July 21, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 389
Bob Dylan, Masterpieces (1978) You just know what you know – especially when there was no internet. So all I knew was that Masterpieces was a life-changer. Possibly the most important album I ever heard. It opened all the doors. In fact it blew them right off their hinges. And if it was only supposed […]Archive
March 8, 2018 by Simon Sweetman