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October 4, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Those Early Musical Experiences That Stick

DD Smash. Napier. Marine Parade, Soundshell. 1984. I was at primary school. I loved DD Smash. Well, I liked them. Well, I knew that one song Outlook for Thursday. But more importantly, my brother liked DD Smash. And mum and dad did too. They didn’t like them enough to pay – so we sat outside on the concrete, with a […]
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April 22, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Peter Frampton: Peter Frampton Forgets The Words

Peter Frampton Peter Frampton Forgets The Words Ume Peter Frampton’s protracted retirement has already given us one of the worlds worst “blues” albums. And – now this! Peter Frampton Forgets The Words is not his first foray into all-instrumental music, there was a mid-00s “comeback” album called Fingerprints and somehow its butchering of Soundgarden’s Block […]
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May 11, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Peter Frampton Band: All Blues

Peter Frampton Band All Blues UMe One of the problems with people’s understanding and appreciation – or lack thereof – when it comes to The BluesTM   is albums like this. Peter Frampton was my hero when I was a kid (and even into my teens) I drank up Frampton Comes Alive like it was the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged All Blues, Blues, Covers, Frampton Comes Alive, Guitar, Peter Frampton, Peter Frampton Band, Peter Frampton Band: All Blues, Tribute, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 13, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Bashing Out: My Top 10 ‘Drum’ Albums

I was hooked on Modern Drummer magazine as a teen. And I always liked reading the record reviews at the back of the Modern Drummer, they focused on drums and ‘drum’ albums or at least highlighted the drums and drumming on pop and rock records when they reviewed them. They might write-up a pop album because of […]
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June 27, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Got Live Cos I Want It: 10 Important Live-in-Concert Albums In My Life of Listening

I know I’ve written about live albums before – several times, and I always will, I love live albums! – but I thought I’d give you a list of the ten live albums that I consider the most important. That is to say important to me, these lists are a chance for me to remind […]
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December 27, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Do You (Ever) Feel Like We Did? – The One Time It Worked to DJ Some Peter Frampton

My aunty was married twenty years ago (one of them) and using the state-of-the-art late 1980s technology I had my first gig as a DJ. I was 12. The big hit at the wedding, from the three dubbed C-90 tapes I made was the soundtrack to The Blues Brothers, specifically the double-whammy of Cab Calloway’s […]
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December 8, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Five Songs For Friday: # 4 – Five Great Tracks From Five Great Live Albums

Not all live albums are created equally – many are built in the studio after with overdubs, some just feature crowd-noise endlessly, Neil Young’s brand new live album has him substituting out the crowd for animal noise. There are some great, great live albums out there – where the energy of the crowd is so […]
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July 22, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Ringo Starr: Postcards From Paradise

Ringo Starr Postcards From Paradise UMe Here’s a brand new album by Ringo Starr – and it’s his best since back around the time of 1992’s Time Takes Time, but it earns that title, “best”, by virtue of not being (quite) as shitty as any of the albums he’s released since. And though you probably […]
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April 18, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Peter Frampton: Live In Detroit

Peter Frampton Live In Detroit Eagle Rock Entertainment Re-released on blu-ray and regular DVD, this concert from 1999 was originally issued on VHS/DVD in 2000 – filmed in high def it’s been a fan-favourite, a solid show that draws on the obvious Frampton Comes Alive Hits (Something’s Happening, Lines On My Face, All I Wanna […]
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December 9, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

Peter Frampton: FCA35 Tour, An Evening with Peter Frampton

Peter Frampton FCA35 Tour: An Evening with Peter Frampton Eagle Vision/Shock It always feels like a confession, some sordid guilty pleasure, but I grew up with Frampton Comes Alive and though I can see why those raised on the punk and post-punk that cancelled it out could never stand this I still see (and hear) […]
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