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May 13, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Everything Must Go: My Last Time At The Record Fair

Today I will be at A Vinyl Affair – Wellington’s Record Fair. I am pretty sure it will be my last time selling records there. Not because it’s a bad time – it’s a great time and a great place, but because it’s the end of the road for me as a record sell. Last […]
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May 10, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 53 – Iggy Pop, “Brick By Brick”

Iggy Pop, Brick By Brick, 1990 When I was 15 I loved this. And I loved it because of the music on it, sure. But I loved it, first of all, because I had found the poster in a music store, given it from the counter-staff to hang on my wall. I thought it was […]
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April 23, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Playlist: Phil Spector’s Greatest Hits

Okay, okay, Phil Spector is obviously a despicable – and probably fully cancelled – individual. But the music he made, stood over, demanded from people…that’s not going anywhere. Some of it is some of the best music ever. Almost all of it is worth savouring. I recently found a very cool single-LP greatest hits album – […]
Posted in Blog, Playlists · Tagged 1976, Compilation, Greatest Hits, LP, Phil Spector, Playlist: Phil Spector's Greatest Hits, Record, Spotify, Vinyl ·

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April 14, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

What A Good Score! – #12: Eyes Wide Shut by Jocelyn Pook + Various

So many great soundtracks I’ve given away, lost, sold, traded, ditched. And one that springs to mind instantly, one I’ll be getting back a.s.a.f.p is Eyes Wide Shut’s soundtrack. Not a full score – it includes some songs too (but most of them are great) it’s a stunning set of music to a film that […]
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April 2, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

What A Good Score! – #11: The Young & The Restless by Various

The music haunted me somewhat. In a way. I remember it so deeply from childhood. I wasn’t a fan of the show. But my mum was – it had started a few years before I was born, probably in perfect time for my older brother to start pre-school, I guess. And also, it was scheduled […]
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March 29, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

A Vinyl Affair – Wellington’s Record Fair: Saturday, May 14, 2022

Things are coming back. Well, it’s all still fingers crossed very much. But we can start to make plans again. One of the things that’s coming back is Wellington’s Record Fair: A Vinyl Affair. A chance for sellers to sell, for buyers to buy, for vinyl fans to hear great music (DJs all day) and get bargains, […]
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March 20, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Steve Braunias: Cover Story

Cover Story: 100 Beautiful, Strange and Frankly Incredible New Zealand LP Covers Steve Braunias Oratia Books Designed to show replica-sized prints of the album covers, and therefore itself the size of a 12” record (or boxset of them) and ready to be shelved alongside your record collection, Cover Story is, like many of the very […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 100 Beautiful, 12", Book, Book Review, Cover Story, Cover Story: 100 Beautiful, Kiwi, LP, NZ, Oratia Books, Record, Steve Braunias, Steve Braunias: Cover Story, Strange and Frankly Incredible New Zealand LP Covers, To follow me in all the right places check out the Linktree right here. And to subscribe to my Substack newsletter “Sounds Good” click here, Vinyl ·

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March 5, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Aaron Lupton and Jeff Szpirglas: Blood On Black Wax – Horror Soundtracks on Vinyl

Blood On Black Wax: Horror Soundtracks on Vinyl Aaron Lupton and Jeff Szpirglas 1984 Publishing If you’re a fan of horror films at all that probably means you’re a fan of horror movie soundtracks. They are such a crucial element – the mood-maker, the world-builder, they are in fact a character in the film in […]
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February 5, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

What A Good Score! – #7: The Man With The Golden Arm by Elmer Bernstein

The score for The Man With The Golden Arm, by Elmer Bernstein is one of the great jazz movie scores. Just a great jazz album, period. So if you’re reading this and you haven’t seen the film and you’re not even all that interested in movie soundtracks (although why are you reading this?) it’s safe […]
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January 1, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 52 – Various, “Arthur The Album”

Various, Arthur – The Album, 1981 I was chatting with a friend recently. He hit play on Placebo and immediately said, “objectively there’s no real reason to like them – but I do”. We talked about Security Blanket Music. The idea that something is a comfort just because it’s there, because it’s known. This of […]
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December 27, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

What A Good Score! – #2: The Piano by Michael Nyman

Michael Nyman’s score for the film The Piano was my introduction to the music of Michael Nyman – amazing composer. I had in fact, as is so often the way, actually heard some of his music previously (having seen some of the earlier films he’d scored – but I didn’t know that at the time). […]
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December 17, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

What A Good Score! – New Series

From time to time I like to start a new series of posts here at Off The Tracks. And for those that follow my work here or via the social channels to get to here you’ll know I’ve been listening to a lot of soundtracks and collecting them, obsessing over them in fact. So my […]
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