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August 26, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
My New EBook: Selected Interviews (Vol. 1)
I’ve just published my new e-book – a selection of some of my favourite interviews. There are new essays and context-notes around each interview and the range of subjects takes in not just musicians but two pro-wrestlers, a filmmaker and a comedian. There are 15 conversations documented from living legends (Joan Baez, Ry Cooder, Mavis […]Archive
March 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 22 – Screaming Lord Sutch, “Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends”
Screaming Lord Sutch, Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends, 1970 I first learned about Screaming Lord Sutch because I was, at one point, so obsessed with the band Deep Purple that I found this tape called Rock Profile Vol. 1 which showed off some of the early session work by guitarist Ritchie Blackmore. It also featured […]Archive
February 24, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 165
Beck, Bogert & Appice, Beck, Bogert & Appice (1973) I was pleased to find this just recently – I did once own it on CD but didn’t play it a lot; I’d got what I needed from it and from the band via the Beckology box-set which was such a great thrill of an education. […]Archive
December 9, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 18 – Mick Jagger, “Primitive Cool”
Mick Jagger, Primitive Cool, 1987 I’d argue this is the least crap of any of the Mick Jagger solo albums actually – but a lot of you didn’t think so. Including Jagger. I went with this – not only because I genuinely love it and it’s my favourite of his solo records (She’s The Boss […]Archive
November 17, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Jeff Beck Group: Twilight of the Idols
The Jeff Beck Group Twilight of the Idols: Classic Broadcasts From San Francisco and London – 1967-1968 Code 7 – Shockwaves Here in one place – and with mostly very reasonable sound quality – is a set of BBC Sessions and some live radio broadcasts from the Fillmore West in San Francisco; charting the early […]Archive
June 19, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Jeff Beck – Still on the Run: DVD
Jeff Beck: Still On The Run Director: Matthew Longfellow Eagle Rock Ask any guitarist – they’ll tell you Jeff Beck is one of the greatest. Many will tell you he is the greatest, certainly he’s peerless in terms of his quest for exploration and expression given he’s forever linked to his Yardbirds-colleagues Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page. […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 – […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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.Archive
November 15, 2017 by Simon Sweetman