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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged "Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends”, 1970, Crap Albums I Love, Deep Purple, England, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, Led Zeppelin, Lord Sutch, Nicky Hopkins, Noel Redding, Ritchie Blackmore, Rock Profile, Rock Profile Vol. 1, Screaming Lord Sutch, Shit That's Good, Shit That's Good - Crap Albums I Love, Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 22, Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 22 – Screaming Lord Sutch, UK, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 16, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Scarlett Sabet: Catalyst

Scarlett Sabet Catalyst Jimmy Page Records / JimmyPage.com Ltd Of all the terrible things Jimmy Page has done – including, but not restricted to: wearing dragon pants, dating 14 year olds, allegedly a kidnapper, writing and playing The Crunge, interest in the occult, the Outrider album, being Robbie Williams’ neighbour and endless Zep reissues/repackaging – […]
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March 13, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Revisiting Live at Knebworth (1990)

The grounds of Knebworth House have played host to some huge rock concerts over the years. This British venue was where the re-formed Deep Purple first played in 1985. A year later it was where Queen played its final live show (with Freddie Mercury). In 1979 it was the scene for two Led Zeppelin shows, the band’s return to the UK stage after […]
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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 […]
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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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March 9, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Stuck On The Same Page: The Homily of Jimmy Page Post-Zep

Remember Sick Boy’s unifying theory of life (“beautifully fooking illustrated”). That idea that “we all get old, we cannae hack it anymore and that’s it” as the scene from Trainspotting espouses is certainly something that is bandied about in the music world – often by music writers, by fans and former fans. And in the […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Celebration Day, It Might Get Loud, Jimmy Page, Led Zep, Led Zeppelin, Page, Robert Plant, Stuck On The Same Page, Stuck On The Same Page: The Homily of Jimmy Page Post-Zep, The Homily of Jimmy Page, The Homily of Jimmy Page Post-Zep ·

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July 26, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Best Guitarist in The World: # 1 – Jeff Beck

A few years ago I was offered an interview with Jeff Beck. I jumped at the chance. It would be 10 minutes only and it was the very next day. Oh, and it was for The Listener. Almost implausibly they were going to run it as a four-page feature, they wanted a sidebar of Beck’s […]
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November 10, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Jimmy Page: Jimmy Page by Jimmy Page

Jimmy Page by Jimmy Page Jimmy Page Genesis Publications The books made by Genesis Publications are beautiful – stunning. They’re almost fetish items – targeting the fan, offering up lovingly curated treasures. Jimmy Page’s limited edition photo book has been re-released in a more affordable version – and it’s still a beautiful book. Large format, […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Book, Book Review, Genesis Publications, Guitar, Jimmy Page, Jimmy Page by Jimmy Page, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Led Zep, Led Zeppelin, Masterton, NZ, Photo Book, Photographs, Robert Plant ·

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August 5, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1064

The Jeff Beck Group, Beck-Ola (1969) So I first heard Plynth and Rice Pudding via a Jeff Beck tape, a compilation. I bought into Jeff Beck as part of the myth around the three great British guitarists that all played in The Yardbirds. I was an Eric Clapton fan first, and then got onto Beck […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1969, Beck-Ola, Eric Clapton, Guitar, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, LP, Plynth, Rice Pudding, Spanish Boots, The Jeff Beck Group, The Yardbirds, Vinyl ·

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June 18, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin III (Deluxe CD Reissue)

Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin III (Deluxe CD Edition) Atlantic Catalog Group So here’s the third album reissued (again); the third and last in this first batch for the Mr. Page Needs To Buy New Witch Stuff campaign. I’m least enamoured with this of the three – I don’t at all dislike the album and I […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, CD reissue, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Led Zep, Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin III, Led Zeppelin III (Deluxe CD Edition), LZ, Robert Plant ·

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June 15, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin II (Deluxe CD Reissue)

Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II (Deluxe CD Edition) Atlantic Catalog Group I tried to address most of my concerns and shorthand Jimmy Page’s obvious cash-grab intentions around the reissue of the first three Zep albums – the start of (yet) another campaign of keeping Page in Legendary Musician Status when he hasn’t really been in […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Led Zep, Led Zep II, Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II, Reissue, Remastered, Robert Plant ·

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June 14, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin (Deluxe CD Reissue)

Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin (Deluxe CD Edition) Atlantic Catalog Group News that Jimmy Page would be remastering/re-releasing the first three Zep albums as part of yet another reissue campaign was either met with shrugs of indifference or fan-boy squeals. Far more interesting, surely, is that Robert Plant is working on new material with a kick-ass […]
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