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October 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 369

Tina Turner, Private Dancer (1984) Of all the giant pop stars of the 1980s the most remarkable – in terms of actual “comeback” – was surely Tina Turner. Her life-story would later be told in a book and a film – and across the 1990s she rode on the goodwill (and good music) she had […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1984, Comeback, I Can't Stand The Rain, Jeff Beck, LP, Mark Knopfler, Record, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 369, Tina Turner, Vinyl ·

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April 16, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Hankering To Hear The Original: The Hunt, The Journey…

If you’re a record store tragic then you probably have “a list” – I mean the sort of list (mythical, in your head – at best) where you hope to find the album when and where you’re looking. It would be too easy (and boring) to just click the link and have it delivered – […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Blog, Blow By Blow, Cat Stevens, Cause We've Ended As Lovers, Covers, Jeff Beck, Originals, Stevie Wonder, Syreeta, The Hankering, The Hankering To Hear The Original: The Hunt The Journey..., The Hunt, The Journey, The Vinyl Countdown, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 14, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Gat This: My Top 10 ‘Guitar’ Albums

A while ago I described something/someone as “guitar music” and was chortled at from all directions; there’s no such thing as guitar music. This is not a genre. This is no way to explain or define music. Andres Segovia and Derek Bailey and Jimi Hendrix and Django Reinhardt and Eddie Van Halen have all made amazing music by approaching the same instrument (or versions of […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 10", Andres Segovia, Blow By Blow, Buckethead, Colma, Derek Bailey, Diary, Eric Clapton, Gat, Gat This, Gat This: My Top 10 ‘Guitar’ Albums, Grant Green, Guitar, Guitarist, Guitarists, Harmonic Crusader, Instrumental, James Blackshaw, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Satriani, Live At The Lighthouse, Lyle Workman, Marc Ribot, Music By Ry Cooder, My Top 10 ‘Guitar’ Albums, Passion and Warfare, Ralph Towner, Rootless Cosmopolitans, Ry Cooder, Santana, Steve Vai, Surfing With The Alien, Ten, Top 10, Van Halen, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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January 4, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Van Morrison: Roll With The Punches

Van Morrison Roll With The Punches Caroline International Sir George Ivan “Van” Morrison continues as a prolific artist – this brand new album the first of two for 2017. But for a few years there (or if you’re unkind, for 20 or 30 years) he was repeating himself to diminishing returns.
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Georgie Fame, Jeff Beck, Keep Me Singing, Roll With The Punches, Van Morrison ·

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November 15, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Jeff Beck: Live At The Hollywood Bowl

Jeff Beck Live  At The Hollywood Bowl Eagle Vision Jeff Beck celebrated 50 years as a performing artist with a run of shows at the Hollywood Bowl, guest artists, material from across his career – including a dig back to The Yardbirds, the various versions of The Jeff Beck Group, his seventies fusion, right up […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2CD, 50th Anniversary, Album Review, Beck, Blu Ray, Buddy Guy, Career, DVD, Eagle Vision, Guitar, Hollywood Bowl, Jann Hammer, Jeff, Jeff Beck, Jeff Beck: Live At The Hollywood Bowl, Live, Live At The Hollywood Bowl, Loud Hailer, Ronnie Scott's, Rosie Bones, Steven Tyler ·

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November 6, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 17: The Yardbirds – “The Yardbirds” (aka ‘Roger The Engineer’)

I bought a 20 Smash Hits-type compilation of The Yardbirds for $2 on cassette tape (to clarify – this was when I was about 13 and I bough tapes regularly and they were $14-20 usually). Sometimes I’d get a $10 bargain tape or for $5-$10, but $2 was the cheapest – ever. That seems comical […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged "Roger The Yardbirds", 1001, 1001 Albums, 1966, Beck, Beckology, Blues, Britain, Clapton, England, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Page, Roger The Engineer, Sixties, The 1001 Albums Challenge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 17, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 17: The Yardbirds – “The Yardbirds” (aka 'Roger The Engineer'), The 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die Challenge, The 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die Challenge: You Gotta Have Goals...Or Else You End Up With This As Your Goal, The Yardbirds ·

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August 25, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 511

The Yardbirds, Five Live Yardbirds (1964) These days I would struggle to give anything resembling a fuck for almost anything Eric Clapton does – but I found my way to him and his legacy at a young age and got properly hooked on all of it – the solo years but especially the bands. There […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1964, Eric Clapton, Five Live Yardbirds, Heart Full of Soul, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin, The Vinyl Countdown # 511, The Yardbirds, Too Much Monkey Business ·

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August 8, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 3: Tito Puente – “Dance Mania Vol.1”

This challenge could get expensive – here I am now, three for three, that’s three great albums in a row, that I had not previously heard; all three of them I want for my collection. I love Tito Puente and have some albums featuring him, a terrific, 50-track double-disc compilation being my go-to, and I’ve […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged “Dance Mania Vol.1”, 1001 Albums, 1001 Albums To Hear Before You Die, 1950s, 1958, Big Band, Blow By Blow, Dance Mania, Hong Kong Mambo, Jazz, Jeff Beck, Latin-jazz, Mambo, Oye Como Va, Percussion, Santana, Sheila E., The 1001 Albums Challenge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 3, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 3: Tito Puente – “Dance Mania Vol.1”, Timbales, Tito Puente ·

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June 23, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

From The Archives: The Jennifer Batten Interview

Here’s an interview I did a few years ago with Jennifer Batten. It was fun talking to her, interesting getting her insight on working with a) one of pop music’s biggest stars – and b) one of the most respected guitar heroes on the planet. * Jennifer Batten made her name as the shock-haired guitarist […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged From The Archives, From The Archives: The Jennifer Batten Interview, Guitar, Guitarist, Interview, Jeff Beck, Jennifer Batten, Michael Jackson, The Jennifer Batten Interview ·

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June 15, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

ZZ Top: Live – Greatest Hits From Around The World

ZZ Top Live – Greatest Hits From Around The World Suretone Records There was that awesome record from five years ago now, a helluva ‘comeback’ from a band that’s never really gone away. Since then though they’ve been stroking their beards around the world playing the hits – first a live DVD from Montreux, 2013 […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Billy Gibbons, Blues, Boogie, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard, Greatest Hits, Jeff Beck, Live, Live - Greatest Hits From Around The World, Live Album, ZZ Top ·

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March 27, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Rod Stewart: The Magic Years

I’ve been listening to a lot of Rod Stewart lately. And by that I mean The (first) Jeff Beck Group, Faces and Rod’s solo albums. Depending on where you are at with Rod Stewart you walked out after Smiler (or because of it) or A Night On The Town or Blondes Have More Fun – […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged "Singer", Cover, Covers, Faces, Jeff Beck, Rod, Rod Stewart, Rod Stewart: The Magic Years, Ron Wood, Singing, Small Faces, songbook, Songwriter, The Faces, The Jeff Beck Group, The Magic Years, The Yardbirds ·

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November 8, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Drummers You Just Can’t Beat: # 14 – Vinnie Colaiuta

I first met him (in a musical sense) with the Sting album Ten Summoner’s Tales. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing – the sharp cymbal sound, the crisp snare; the fact that Colaiuta had his head around 5/4 and 7/4 time signatures – playing in 7/8 here on St Augustine In Hell. I think […]
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