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March 10, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Keith Olsen

Reports are coming in just now that record producer and sound engineer Keith Olsen has died. There’s a chance that you have several records he had a hand in as part of your record collection. Put another way, there’s almost no chance his fingerprints aren’t all over the albums you know and love. He’s perhaps […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Bad Company, Buckingham/Nicks, Classic Rock, Eddie Money, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Eulogy, Europe, Fleetwood Mac, Jethro Tull, Journey, Keith Olsen, Kim Carnes, Lou Gramm, Loverboy, ou can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, Ozzy Osbourne, Pat Benatar, Producer, R.I.P., R.I.P. Keith Olsen, Radio, Rick Springfield, Santana, Sound Engineer, The Grateful Dead, The Scorpions, Whitesnake ·

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February 1, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Black Sabbath’s Paranoid and The Blueprint for Heavy Metal: How Black Is Your Sabbath?

The first thing I knew about Black Sabbath was the song Paranoid; as an avid fan of the Tour Of Duty soundtrack albums. I wasn’t sure if I liked the song or not – the voice was weird, the riff was relentless, but I did like the line about being called insane for frowning all […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Black Sabbath, Black Sabbath's Paranoid and The Blueprint for Heavy Metal: How Black Is Your Sabbath?, Changes, Heavy Metal, Master of Reality, N.I.B, Ozzy, Ozzy Osbourne, Paranoid, Sabbath, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Vol. 4 ·

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July 20, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 666

Ozzy Osbourne, Diary of a Madman (1981) I have very little to say about this album but was chuffed that I thought of it just in time for entry # 666 – well why not? I did like the early Ozzy Osbourne solo records and even some of the ones from a bit later on, […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged #666, 1981, 66, Black Sabbath, Devil, Diary of a Madman, Heavy Metal, Iron Maiden, LP, Ozzy Osbourne, The Vinyl Countdown # 666, Vinyl ·

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April 18, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 711

Ozzy Osbourne, Blizzard of Oz (1980) I totally forgot I owned this one. I was a Black Sabbath fan right from when I first heard them – but I never had the urge to hear Ozzy Osbourne solo. No rush. I can’t remember when I picked this up – but it was at least 20 […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1980, Black Sabbath, Blizzard of OZ, Bob Daisley, Don Airey, Lee Kerslake, Mr. Crowley, Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads, Sabbath, The Vinyl Countdown # 711 ·

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March 22, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Dope Smoker: Marijuana

Dope Smoker Marijauana (Independent/Bandcamp) Just when you thought the album/track Dopesmoker by Sleep was as overt as “Stoner Rock” got, along comes the Welsh band Dope Smoker – that seminal track/album was surely, well, a guiding light – and here’s their fifth album; the title now as blatant as can be, and if you’re somehow […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Alice In Chains, Bandcamp, Black Sabbath, Bleach, Crack The Skye, Dope Smoker, Dopesmoker, Marijuana, Mastodon, Nirvana, Ozzy Osbourne, Post-Rock, Rock, Sabbath, Sleep, Sludge Metal, Smashing Pumpkins, Stoner, Stoner-Rock, Swervedriver, Wales, Welch ·

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June 10, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Black Sabbath: 13

Black Sabbath 13 Universal Republic Oh, sure, you’re a Black Sabbath fan so you want to like – or you never were so you’ve come for a scoff. But here’s the truth of it – this record didn’t need to happen, it’s not wrong that it has, but it’s also nothing you need to hear. […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 13, Black Sabbath, Brad Wilks, Geezer, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi ·

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