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March 12, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Hal Blaine

Hal Blaine has died. The session drumming legend was 90. What a life. What a legacy. If he wasn’t the most prolific sessioneer skinsman he was certainly the most successful of the busy-schedule players. A part of one of the greatest groups of all time – The Wrecking Crew (not a band as such, a collective […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 90, A Little Less Conversation, Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In, Be My Baby, California Dreaming, Can't Help Falling In Love, Dean Martin, Drummer, Drumming, Drums, Elvis Presley, Emmylou Harris, Eulogy, Eve of Destruction, Everybody Loves Somebody, Frank Sinatra, God Only Knows, Good Vibrations, Hal Blaine, https://www.moderndrummer.com/article/april-1981-hal-blaine/?fbclid=IwAR3VCmmiHIlE9kWKHH4Ctttvya4WclpJc_JDyedfEQLFyBKm8XP2PTNicrk, I Am A Rock, I Get Around, John Denver, Johnny Angel, Legend, Modern Drummer, Nancy Sinatra, Neil Diamond, Prolific, R.I.P., R.I.P. Hal Blaine, Session, Sessions, Simon & Garfunkel, Studio, Surf City, The 5th Dimension, The Beach Boys, The Carpenters, The Mamas and The Papas, the Rocky Horror Show's original cast recording, The Wrecking Crew, Then He Kissed Me, These Boots Are Made For Walking, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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May 30, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Monkees: Good Times!

The Monkees Good Times! Rhino Records Perhaps no one expected that a new album by The Monkees in 2016 would get rave reviews, but Good Times! is deserving of a great gush. For a start it’s fun (with an exclamation mark to remind us – though it almost evokes that famous question-mark from those hippie-times, […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 50th Anniversary, Adam Schlesinger, Album Review, Andy Partridge, Ben Gibbard, Death Cab For Cutie, Fountains of Wayne, Good Times, Harry Nilsson, Mickey Dolenz, Mike Nesmith, Monkees, Neil Diamond, Noel Gallagher, Paul Weller, Peter Tork, Rivers Cuomo, The Monkees, Weezer, XTC ·

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January 25, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 759

Fats Waller, Piano Solos 1929-1941, Vol. 2 (1982) Recently I watched – for the first time – the movie Stormy Weather. Genius. I had seen some of the sequences, but amazing to watch it all the way through and think back to that time…I love the music of the 40s, and some of the music […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1982, Fats Waller, Jazz, Love Me Or Leave Me, LP, Neil Diamond, Piano, Piano Solos 1929-1941 Vol. 2, Record, Solo, Solo PIano, Stormy Weather, The Vinyl Countdown # 759, Vinyl, Volume Two ·

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February 16, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Neil Diamond: Melody Road

Neil Diamond Melody Road Capitol Here’s the new album by Neil Diamond, his first for Capitol and it’s either his 32nd studio album or his 400th or somewhere – anywhere – in between, like it matters… It’s hard to fault it really, but harder, still, to give any sort of actual shit about it. It’s […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Melody Road, Neil Diamond ·

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November 27, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Neil Diamond: NZ Tour (October, 2015)

Neil Diamond returns to New Zealand in October 2015 with one North Island show and one South Island show as part of his 2015 World Tour. Kicking off in Auckland at Vector Arena on Monday October 19, 2015, the tour will travel to Dunedin’s Forsyth Barr Stadium on Saturday October 24, 2015 for Labour Weekend. The 2015 tour […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2015, Auckland, Diamond, Dunedin, Live, Neil Diamond, Neil Diamond: NZ Tour (October, NZ Tour, Promo, Tour Announcement, World Tour ·

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October 23, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 10 – Neil Diamond, Auckland, 1996

We were in Auckland – the whole family – for my brother’s graduation. I was at uni in Wellington and had flagged seeing Santana on the Thursday night on the promise I’d get to go to them on Friday in Auckland. I drove up from Wellington to Hawke’s Bay on Thursday. And then straight in […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1996, Auckland, Gig, Live, Neil Diamond, Santana, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: # 10 – Neil Diamond, The Birdcage ·

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October 19, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1007

Neil Diamond, Diamonds (1974) Every record collection should have at least one Neil Diamond hits compilation – mine has at least two. This being the latest – and though this sounds like I’m trying to run, I didn’t choose this, I inherited it. I would say I probably didn’t need this double comp, but then […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1974, Al Bundy, Compilation, Cracklin' Rosie, Diamonds, double-album, He Ain't Heavy...He's My Brother, Hits, LP, Mr. Bojangles, Neil, Neil Diamond, Vinyl ·

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June 23, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1095

Neil Diamond, You Don’t Bring Me Flowers (1978) I went and saw that Neil Diamond guy live one time. It was in Auckland. Mid-90s. We were up there to celebrate my brother’s graduation from one of his degrees. I had started uni – but wasn’t in any hurry, at that point, to finish. We went […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1978, Al Bundy, Barbra Streisand, Forever In Blue Jeans, LP, Married With Children, Neil Diamond, Vinyl, You Don't Bring Me Flowers ·

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December 20, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1218

Neil Diamond, Rainbow (1973) The world is filled with Neil Diamond records – don’t believe me? Go to any second-hand bookshop, record-store, Salvation Army shop, etc. Even the bookshops that don’t have records, as such, will have a single box of records and it will have Neil Diamond LPs in it. I bought this one […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1973, Both Sides Now, Everybody's Talkin', LP, Neil Diamond, Rainbow, Vinyl ·

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April 21, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1383

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers (1976) I can’t remember when I first heard this album – I was already a convert, sold on Damn The Torpedoes and that live album, Pack Up The Plantation. And then everything on from there. So I arrived back at this debut some time after, […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1976, American Girl, Breakdown, Damn The Torpedoes, Joan Armatrading, Neil Diamond, Pack Up The Plantation - Live!, Rockin' Around (With You), S/T, Tom Petty, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, Vinyl ·

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March 22, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1568

Neil Diamond, His 12 Greatest Hits (1974) Hmm…Why would you need this album, this compilation of Neil Diamond hits? Let me see if I can think of a reason. I can think of 12, actually. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Easy. Sample Track: (See all 12 above) The […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1974, Brooklyn Roads, Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show, Cracklin' Rosie, Done Too Soon, His 12 Greatest Hits, Holly Holy, I Am...I Said, LP, Neil Diamond, Neil Diamond/His 12 Greatest Hits, Play Me, Shilo, Song Sung Blue, Soolaimon, Stones, Sweet Caroline, Vinyl ·

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November 17, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1757

The Cure, Standing On A Beach * The Singles (1986) I was a fan of The Cure at high school. But only just. I’d heard Seventeen Seconds and liked it a lot. And some of Pornography. And obviously I knew a bunch of the singles – playing out like jingles: Love Cats, Boys Don’t Cry […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged A Forest, Boys Don't Cry, George Benson, Joanthan Livingston Seagull, King Crimson, Love Cats, Neil Diamond, Pornography, Seventeen Seconds, Standing On A Beach, The Cure, The Singles, Vinyl ·

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