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October 5, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Happy, Happy Gig Memories

We can’t see (m)any gigs. We can’t have (m)any gatherings. Live music venues are taking a hit. It might all feel doom and gloom – and possibly with the good reason that it actually is rather dooming and very, very gloomy….but we have memories of the past, right? We’ve seen some shows. Some incredible gigs. […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Axl Rose, Beach Boys, Best, Best Gigs, Blog, Brian Wilson, Bright Eyes, Concert, George Benson, Gig, Gig Memories, Great Gig Moments, Guns n Roses, Happy, Happy Gig Memories, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, Keb Mo', Melvins, Memories, Paul McCartney, Paul Ubana Jones, Prince, R.E.M., The Beatles, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, Wings ·

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December 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Features: The Beatles one by one…

About once a month or so I have a long chat on RNZ about a particular music or a theme – for their regular Tuesday music features. Over the last two years, I’ve been slowly building up a chat on each of The Beatles. It started late November in 2018. Jesse Mulligan asked me if […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Afternoons, Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan, George Harrison, Jesse Mulligan, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Radio, Radio New Zealand, Radio NZ, Ringo Starr, RNZ, RNZ Feature, RNZ Features, RNZ Features: The Beatles one by one..., The Beatles, The Beatles one by one... ·

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November 30, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Ryan Brady (Take It Away Podcast)

There’s a special bond that develops with radio hosts – and now podcast hosts – and their long-time listeners. Usually we don’t meet, we often have no idea what the person looks like. But we carry their voice in our head. We listen to them for hours and hours and we form a picture in […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Eulogy, Host, Paul McCartney, Podcast, podcast host, R.I.P., R.I.P. Ryan Brady (Take It Away Podcast), Radio, Ryan Brady, Take It Away, Take It Away podcast, The Beatles ·

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October 12, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Ulf Wakenius: Taste of Honey

Ulf Wakenius Taste of Honey ACT Music Ulf Wakenius is a Swedish jazz guitarist that worked with both Ray Brown and Oscar Peterson later in their careers as part of trios and quartets. He’s released well over a dozen albums as a leader (going back to 1984) and has collaborated and cameoed with many artists […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged ACT Music, Covers, Guitar, Jazz, Paul McCartney, Taste of Honey, The Beatles, Tribute, Trio, Ulf Wakenius, Ulf Wakenius: Taste of Honey, Wings, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 25, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: The Movement You Need Is On Your Shoulder

You find wisdom in different places, it’s in the traces of what a person says. Today’s – for example: My 8-year old boy told me that Paul McCartney “might laugh a lot and giggle but he is never ever funny”. So take on board that note, as you make your sandwich, as you eat your […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Oscar, Paul McCartney, Poem, Poem: The Movement You Need Is On Your Shoulder, The Beatles, The Movement You Need Is On Your Shoulder ·

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July 23, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Feature: The Music of Paul McCartney

About once a month or so I have a long chat on RNZ about a particular music or a theme – for their regular Tuesday music features. Over the last two years, I’ve been slowly building up a chat on each of The Beatles. It was time to talk Paul McCartney (I’ve only got John […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Afternoons, Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan, Feature, Jesse Mulligan, Music Feature, Paul McCartney, Radio, Radio New Zealand, Radio NZ, RNZ, RNZ Feature, RNZ Feature: The Music of Paul McCartney, Sir Paul McCartney, The Beatles, The Music of Paul McCartney, Tuesday, Wings ·

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July 18, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 92

Phoebe Snow, Phoebe Snow (1974) Was Phoebe Snow underrated? Certainly by me! Every time I’ve heard her I’ve loved her – that Paul McCartney cover. Singing with Paul Simon. I used to have that single-disc Best of Phoebe Snow (on CD – though I thought I had the record too, apparently not). So I picked […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1974, Bob James, Every Night, I Don't Want The Night To End, LP, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Phoebe Snow, Poetry Man, Record, S/T, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 92, Vinyl ·

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February 12, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Brad Mehldau: Mon chien Stupide (Bande originale du film)

Brad Mehldau Mon chien Stupide (Bande originale du film) Same Player Sign me up for the film straight away: A French translation of the John Fante novella (My Dog Stupid from the posthumous collection West of Rome in which a middle-aged couple with marriage troubles have a big ‘Stupid’ dog come between them – written, […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [OST], Brad Mehldau, Brad Mehldau: Mon chien Stupide (Bande originale du film), Charlotte Gainsbourg, Film, Instrumental, Jacques Loussier, John Fante, Mon Chien Stupide, Mon chien Stupide (Bande originale du film), Movie, My Dog Stupid, Paul McCartney, Piano, Radiohead, Score, Solo, Soundtrack, The Beatles, West of Rome, Yvan Attal ·

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January 24, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Feature: The Music of 1990

For my first regular music feature on RNZ for 2020 I decided to look at the music of 1990 – or at least some of the music from the start of the year and the big hits. Guilty pleasures, pop, rock – some enduring hits and some best forgotten. It was fun to look at […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1990, 2pm, Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan, Black Crowes, Jesse Mulligan, Jive Bunny, Jive Bunny and The Mastermixers, MC Hammer, MTV Unplugged, Music, Music Feature, Music of 1990, Paul McCartney, Radio, Radio New Zealand, RNZ, RNZ Feature, RNZ Feature: The Music of 1990, Sinead O'Connor, Tuesday, Vanilla Ice, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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December 10, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 202

Paul McCartney, Pipes of Peace (1983) Of all the Paul McCartney material to be reissued this is the one I hated the most hearing it the second time around – I had lost love for it, rather than gained any. And I say that as a fan of the title track purely because my intermediate […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1983, 80s, LP, Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney, Pipes of Peace, Record, Ringo Starr, Say Say Say, So Bad, The Beatles, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 202, Vinyl ·

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December 3, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Back To The Excellent: Wings’ Much Maligned But Brilliant Back To The Egg Album at 40

At some stage in the coming weeks or months or next year there will be a new reissue by Sir Paul of Macca – his often shat-on final Wings album, Back To The Egg is rumoured to be part of the next round in the ongoing reissue/reappraisal reviewing of the McCartney/Wings canon. It’s possibly my […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1979, 40th Anniversary, Back To The Egg, Back To The Excellent, Back To The Excellent: Wings’ Much Maligned But Brilliant Back To The Egg Album at 40, Blog, Denny Laine, Essay, Laurence Juber, Linda McCartney, McCartney, McCartney II, Paul McCartney, Reissue, Steve Holly, The Beatles, Wings, Wings’ Much Maligned But Brilliant Back To The Egg Album at 40, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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November 21, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 16 – Paul McCartney, “Give My Regards To Broad Street”

Paul McCartney, Give My Regards To Broad Street, 1984 John Lennon makes a good greatest hits – Paul McCartney less so. With Paul it’s an album-by-album thing; he doesn’t excerpt well. Maybe because his biggest solo hits have been the “cheese” that turns so many off him. There’s certainly a lot of buried treasure in […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1984, 2LP, Crap Album, Give My Regards To Broad Street, LP, No More Lonely Nights, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Shit That's Good, Shit That's Good - Crap Albums I Love, Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 16, Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 16 – Paul McCartney, Silly Love Songs, Vinyl, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·
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