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December 15, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Steely Dan: La La Land – The 1974 Los Angeles Broadcast

Steely Dan La La Land – The 1974 Los Angeles Broadcast Shockwaves Steely Dan, in 1974. This is a legendary radio broadcast of a live show from near the end of the life of the original band, Steely Dan. After that touring was off the table and the band’s line-up changed from song to song […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 1974, 2019, Album Review, Bootleg, David Palmer, Denny Dias, Donald Fagen, Jeff Baxter, Jeff Porcaro, Jim Hodder, La La Land, La La Land – The 1974 Los Angeles Broadcast, Live, Michael McDonald, Radio Broadcast, Steely Dan, Steely Dan: La La Land – The 1974 Los Angeles Broadcast, The 1974 Los Angeles Broadcast, Walter Becker, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Thundercat: Drunk

Thundercat Drunk Brainfeeder The West Coast Get Down collective really made their mark with Kamasi Washington’s triple, The Epic. Famously, the sessions for that album resulted in a handful of other albums – in fact they’re still coming; the group set themselves the goal of wasting no time, so every day they turned up and […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Brainfeeder, Drunk, Kamasi Washington, Kenny Loggins, Michael McDonald, Stephen Bruner, The Epic, Thundercat, Thundercat: Drunk, West Coast Get Down ·

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November 25, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Steely Dan’s Aja: Their Classic

Aja is the one for me – and I was reminded of that just recently, not (just) by listening to it, but by re-reading a very short book about the record, Steely Dan’s sixth. I’m a big fan of Steely Dan’s music – I own all of the albums, I really liked bits of 2003’s […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1977, Aja, Black Cow, Classic Album, Deacon Blues, Donald Fagen, Everything Must Go, Gaucho, Home At Last, I Got The News, Josie, Michael McDonald, Peg, Steely Dan, Steely Dan's Aja, Steely Dan's Aja: Their Classic, Their Classic, Two Against Nature, Walter Becker ·

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July 10, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1084

Nicolette Larson, In The Nick of Time (1979) The other week I played a run of a few soft-rock/yacht-rock classics while DJing – including some tracks from the wonderful Too Slow To Disco comp. A guy comes up and goes, “is this that Neil Young song?” when I’m playing the Nicolette Larson version of Lotta […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1979, In The Nick Of Time, Let Me Go Love, Lotta Love, LP, Michael McDonald, Neil Young, Nicolette Larson, Rio de Janeiro Blue, Ronnie Montrose, Soft-Rock, Vinyl, Yacht Rock ·

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December 28, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1697

Christopher Cross, Christopher Cross (1980) The Arthur Theme was a staple of radio – and that was how I came to know about Christopher Cross. Then my brother, older than me, explained that he was the same guy behind radio hits Sailing and Ride Like The Wind. I can’t remember ever seeking out Christopher Cross beyond […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1980, Arthur, Arthur's Theme, Christopher Cross, LP, Michael Franks, Michael McDonald, Never Be The Same, Ride Like The Wind, Sailing, The Beach Boys, Vinyl ·

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