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March 8, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 156
The Shadows, Jigsaw (1967) I fucking love The Shadows. On a level where I actually can’t understand it if you don’t. To me, if a person does not think The Shadows are super-fucking-great I’m forced to contemplate whether that person is even real. I mean – they breathe. Eat. Sleep. Shit. Sure. But are they […]Archive
November 21, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 468
Ray Charles, Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (1962) I grew up listening to Ray Charles – the Blues Brothers movie and various compilations and things my folks had; some of our first CDs in the house were Ray Charles ones, a few of the last records in the house too…and then we went […]Archive
March 26, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 565
Paul Simon, The Paul Simon Songbook (1965) The first I knew of this was the reissued CD – a few years back now. But until then I didn’t know that Paul Simon had recorded prior to the Simon & Garfunkel albums. I mean, I knew they had cut a single years earlier, together, under a […]Archive
February 22, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 579
Bob Dylan, Greatest Hits (1966) You wait years for a Bob Dylan Greatest Hits album on vinyl – and then two come along in as many years; by which I mean it was only the other day/year I picked up Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits on vinyl. And then, more recently I sprung for this version. […]Archive
September 14, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1034
The Beatles, Revolver [Mono] (1966/2014) I had to get some runs on the board with the new Beatles mono LPs – can’t afford the box-set, not even in my dreams, but figured I could – maybe – spring for one. Dangerous though, obviously. Having one means I’ll likely want another. And then another. And so […]Archive
July 6, 2014 by Simon Sweetman