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June 7, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Five Songs For Friday: 30 – Rolling Thunder Reviewed!

Bob Dylan is never far from my mind, my heart, my stereo – if he’s not on the turntable, he’s in my thoughts in some way or another, often informing the music that I’ve chosen to listen to. It’s that deep. He is one of the great musical forces for me – and surely the most […]

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May 15, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 304

Bob Dylan, Fort Collins Stadium Radio Broadcast, Colorado May 23rd 1976 (2017) It’s a dirty bootleg – it says it’s limited to 500 copies and is on a ‘label’ called BAD JOKER – I ask no questions and access the music. I know this recording well – it was released on TV also and is readily available […]

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September 15, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 373

Bob Dylan, Hard Rain (1976) Back when we were first getting into Bob Dylan – I say ‘we’, I mean me and a good mate – we would buy up the tapes and CDs and it was pre-internet so we didn’t always know what we were getting; live album, compilation, etc…I mean you could tell […]

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September 4, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 127 Fly Agaric

My first introduction to Carlos Castenada was when I got back from Australia with its gold tops and moved into a flat in Frankton with Diane and Kristine and Sam. I shifted all my gear in on a Saturday morning and went off to a band practice with the tail-end of Grief. When I came […]