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April 23, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Completing the 1001 Albums Challenge 

I had the 2005 version of the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die – I’d owned it for years and had a flip through the pages, but never really studied it. And then someone asked me how many of the albums I had heard – was it half? Was it all? I figured the […]

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October 21, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Wellington City Library Returns to Records: They Spin Us Round, Right Round…

Wellington City Library has recently introduced – or should I say re-introduced – a vinyl lending service. Yes, many years ago, and before my time in Wellington, you could borrow records. They even had special cardboard carriers – big record-sleeve envelopes. They’re back too. Many people were chuckling about the library’s decision to bring back […]

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June 8, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 879

The Beatles, Hey Jude (1971) I love checking out a compilation, or alternate version of an album, or a special release – not the album you grew up with – when it’s a band (like The Beatles) where I know a lot of the music already. It’s fun to hear things where the context has […]