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April 16, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Hankering To Hear The Original: The Hunt, The Journey…
If you’re a record store tragic then you probably have “a list” – I mean the sort of list (mythical, in your head – at best) where you hope to find the album when and where you’re looking. It would be too easy (and boring) to just click the link and have it delivered – […]Archive
February 20, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Van Morrison: Versatile
Van Morrison Versatile SMG No need to slow down and too late to stop by quite a way, and so here we have Van Morrisson’s second brand new album of 2017, this one arriving right at the end of the year and just a few short months after the also very good Roll With The […]Archive
April 23, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Harry Nilsson Was The Greatest: Who Is Harry Nilsson?
The first thing I knew about Harry Nilsson was the power-ballad Without You. Then I found out that he sung that song Coconut – the end-credits music to Reservoir Dogs. I found both those songs were on the record Nilsson Schmilsson – a record that I thought was worth buying for the title and album […]Archive
February 23, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 578
V/A, 20 Reggae Classics (1984) Good times! And good timing – there I was just thinking about how I needed to dive back into some reggae – some of the good stuff, the proper stuff – and I found this old compilation. Would have been handy having this a few years back but actually this […]Archive
May 3, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Britta Phillips: Luck Or Magic
Britta Phillips Luck Or Magic Double Feature For the last two decades Britta Phillips has partnered with Dean Wareham to provide a great range of music across the “dream-pop” spectrum, first as half of Luna, and then as the duo Dean & Britta. There they mixed covers and originals and worked on commissioned soundtracks for […]Archive
November 24, 2015 by Simon Sweetman