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May 10, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

My Pink Floyd Tapes

There I was at 12 and 13 and 14,  listening to the music of Pink Floyd on cassette tape.  Roger Waters’ first two solo albums too. But it was the Floyd stuff that meant the most to me. Had me copying out the lyrics on an old typewriter. Old school: pause/rewind/play and then  pause/rewind/play and […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Blog, Cassette Tape, Cassette Tapes, Dave Gilmour, David Gilmour, My Pink Floyd Tapes, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, Richard Wright, Rick Wright, Roger Waters, Tapes ·

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September 21, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 50

Pink Floyd, The Wall (1979) I’ve been a Pink Floyd fan forever. And sometimes I’ve been a tiny bit guarded about that. But usually what happens is I move to one end of the catalogue and just hang there – these days it’s the early stuff that pleases me most but it was definitely the […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1979, Another Brick In The Wall, Another Brick In The Wall (Part 1), Classic Albums I Can't Ever Listen To Again, David Gilmour, double-album, Film, Gatefold, LP, Movie, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, Poster, Record, Richard Wright, Roger Waters, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 50, The Wall, Vinyl ·

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September 21, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets: Live At The Roundhouse

Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets Live At The Roundhouse BMG A couple of years back I read about Nick Mason’s new group – Saucerful of Secrets. He was tackling the pre-Dark Side Pink Floyd, the Syd Barrett years and some of the early years of when Roger Waters started to steer the ship. Essentially the […]
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November 29, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Pink Floyd: The Later Years 1987 – 2019

Pink Floyd The Later Years 1987 – 2019 Legacy The post-Roger years examined, remixed – a few rarities…well, in fact this “Sampler” is just a taste of it. The actual “box-set” is still a couple of weeks away; the sequel – if you like – to The Early Years – 1965-1972 (an embarrassment of riches […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 1980s, 1987 – 2019, 1990s, 2CD, A Momentary Lapse Of Reason, Album Review, box-set, David Gilmour, Delicate Sound Of Thunder, Endless River, Knebworth, Live, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, Pink Floyd: The Later Years 1987 – 2019, post-Roger, Pulse, Remix, Richard Wright, Rick Wright, Roger Waters, Sampler, The DIvision Bell, The Early Years 1965 - 1972, The Later Years, The Later Years 1987 – 2019, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 4, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 574

Robert Wyatt, Rock Bottom (1974) So nice – I bought it twice! By which I mean I already have this 2-for-1 (Rock Bottom and Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard) and then I decided I had to have the album on its own, as it was originally released. I got onto Robert Wyatt and this album […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1974, LP, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, Prog, Record, Robert Wyatt, Rock Bottom, Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard, Sea Song, The Vinyl Countdown # 574, Vinyl ·

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November 9, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Appreciating The Final Cut: One of Floyd’s Best

Through the fish-eyed lens of tear-stained eyes… Do you know what? The Final Cut is my favourite album by Pink Floyd. I’m sure that’s traitor-speak amongst (most) fans. And it makes me a very easy target for Floyd-haters. Short of saying The Wall (actually, an album I can’t stand) this is the easiest record for […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Appreciating The Final Cut: One of Floyd’s Best, Dave Gilmour, David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, Richard Wright, Rick Wright, Roger Waters, The Final Cut, The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking, The Wall ·

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November 9, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Pink Floyd: The Endless River

Pink Floyd The Endless River Columbia/Sony The first Pink Floyd album in 20 years – and the final Pink Floyd album, the band has already announced this – well, band, it’s just Gilmour and Mason now, Roger Waters was at pains to confirm his (continued) non-involvement in what is the most pre-ordered album in Amazon […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Dave Gilmour, David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, Richard Wright, Rick Wright, Roger Waters, The DIvision Bell, The Endless River ·

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March 24, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1564

Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports, Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports (1981) My favourite “solo” effort by a Pink Floyd member (apart from Syd Barrett’s albums). Of course you could argue (correctly) that this is no solo album. Carla Bley wrote and produced the material, Robert Wyatt sung most of it – those are reasons to sign up […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1981, Carla Bley, David Gilmour, I'm A Mineralist, LP, Nick Mason, Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports, Pink Floyd, Richard Wright, Robert Wyatt, Roger Waters, Syd Barrett, Vinyl ·

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July 3, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1944

David Lee Jr, Evolution (1974) I’ve said it before, I’ll say it a few more times no doubt, it’s albums like this that make reviewing all the shit stuff worthwhile. When the album Evolution arrived, a reissue of an obscure, self-released collection, I instantly fell in love with it. A mix of 70s cop-drama soundtracks, […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Cosmic Vision, David Lee Jr, Eddie Bo, Evolution, Nick Mason, Roy Ayers, Santana, Ummagumma, Vinyl ·

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