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September 26, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 9 – BBM, “Around The Next Dream”

BBM, Around The Next Dream, 1994 The short-lived “supergroup” BBM was basically the Cream reunion that Eric Clapton wasn’t interested in, so they subbed in Gary Moore. There had been a Cream get-together ahead of this and then a documented one a decade after – but this was, briefly, an exciting thing. Particularly because it […]

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December 10, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Jack Bruce: Silver Rails

Jack Bruce Silver Rails Esoteric Antenna It was the sad news of Jack Bruce’s passing that pushed me toward what is now his final studio album, 2014’s Silver Rails. I wasn’t too worried about hearing it, but I’m glad – bittersweet/silver-lining – that I did. For it’s a solid effort. Okay, it’s not a career […]

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July 19, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1076

Cream, Disraeli Gears (1967) Weird – but this was my favourite album for a long time, or one of, before I’d even heard it. How does that work? Fucked if I know – but here goes, I’ll try take you back to how that played out…You see, I loved Cream (still do, some days at […]

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August 4, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Beware of Mr. Baker: Film

Beware of Mr. Baker Director: Jay Bulger Vivendi Entertainment This film, a documentary of legendary Cream/Blind Faith tub-thumper, Ginger Baker, gets off to a flying start with Baker butting the filmmaker with the end of his cane – a bop on the nose as if a mad flam intro and then off into a 5/4 […]