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October 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 42

Led Zeppelin, In Through The Out Door (1979) I’ve warmed to this – though it’s still and probably quite easily the weakest of the albums Led Zeppelin released while still a unit. That, though, doesn’t mean it’s bad. At first I really only cared about All My Love – but there’s far more than just […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1979, Album, All My Love, Fool In The Rain, In The Evening, In Through The Out Door, Led Zep, Led Zeppelin, LP, Record, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 42, Vinyl ·

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September 10, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 58

Led Zeppelin, Houses of the Holy (1973) The best Led Zeppelin album is usually whichever one I’m listening to. But in recent years I enjoy going deeper into the catalogue and further down the timeline, the first four – obviously magical, but played out a little for me. The last few are brilliant – and […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1973, D'yer Mak'er, Led Zep, Led Zeppelin, LP, No Quarter, Over The Hills And Far Away, Record, The Crunge, The Rain Song, The Song Remains The Same, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 58, Vinyl ·

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April 21, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Tori Amos: Broken Silence (Live 1992)

Tori Amos Broken Silence (Live 1992) Shockwaves Another day another bootlegged radio broadcast – this one from Toronto; this one from Tori Amos around the time of the release of her debut album. What a debut that was – and is! And here we have Tori showcasing what is now her known style as live […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Bootleg, Broken Silence, Broken Silence (Live 1992), Covers, Led Zeppelin, Little Earthquakes, Live, Live 1992, Nirvana, Radio Broadcast, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Thank You, Tori Amos, Tori Amos: Broken Silence (Live 1992), Toronto, Whole Lotta Love, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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April 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Feature: Album Openers

This was just my second feature on RNZ for 2020 – well, there’s been a bit of other stuff going on of late… Still, I got the call, was asked to put together a thing about best Album Openers. So I did. Jesse was away, so I chatted to Anna Thomas on the day. On the phone. […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Afternoons, Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan, Album Openers, Anna Thomas, Bob Marley, Feature, Jesse Mulligan, Led Zeppelin, Portishead, Prince, Radio, Radio New Zealand, Radio NZ, RNZ, RNZ Feature: Album Openers, Side 1, The Rolling Stones, The XX, Track 1, Van Halen, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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April 4, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Robert Plant: Digging Deep (Ltd Ed. 7” Box Set)

Robert Plant Digging Deep (Ltd Ed. 7” Box Set) Es Paranza I’ve loved Robert Plant’s Digging Deep podcast. In (usually) 15-20 minute episodes Plant is guided through his back-catalogue one song at a time, could be a Zeppelin track, is usually a solo one but that’s the surprise. One week it’s one of the lesser […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 7, Album Review, box-set, Digging Deep, Digging Deep (Ltd Ed. 7” Box Set), Digging Deep Podcast, Honeydrippers, Led Zeppelin, Limited Edition, Page & Plant, Podcast, Robert Plant, Vinyl Singles, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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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 – […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Catalyst, Jimmy Page, Jimmy Page Records / JimmyPage.com Ltd, Led Zeppelin, Ltd Edition, Poems, Poet, Poetry, Scarlett Sabet, Scarlett Sabet: Catalyst, Spoken Word, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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May 3, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Five Songs For Friday: 28 – In The Evening

It was back at Five Songs For Friday # 13 when I phoned up late in the day and decided to offer an evening theme. And so here we are again…this time I’ve gone for an actual “In The Evening” thing by choosing songs that all have the word evening in the title, that are about the evening – and things that […]
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October 30, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Greta Van Fleet: Anthem Of The Peaceful Army

Greta Van Fleet Anthem of the Peaceful Army Republic Records I’ll acknowledge it right at the top, Pitchfork did a number on this band – they nailed it; got it right in a way the website hasn’t managed in years – and to not acknowledge this and go on to write about this band now […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Almost Famous, Anthem Of The Peaceful Army, Battle of The Bands, Greta Van Fleet, Led Zeppelin, Pitchfork, Republic Records, Rush, Stillwater, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 3, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 127 – Ray Ahipene-Mercer

Welcome to episode 127 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. I first met Ray Mercer some 15+ years ago. I had met him through a friend. And then, when I was commissioned to write my first professional piece for the then-Evening Post, a housing feature, of all things, I […]
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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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February 13, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Bashing Out: My Top 10 ‘Drum’ Albums

I was hooked on Modern Drummer magazine as a teen. And I always liked reading the record reviews at the back of the Modern Drummer, they focused on drums and ‘drum’ albums or at least highlighted the drums and drumming on pop and rock records when they reviewed them. They might write-up a pop album because of […]
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