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November 22, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 13
Little Feat, Time Loves A Hero (1977) It was only recently that I was bemoaning the fact that I didn’t have all of the classic-era albums by Little Feat. Love that band. You read a word you’ve never read before – or hear someone say it and next thing it’s everywhere and you can’t work out […]Archive
November 19, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 14
George Russell Sextet, Stratusphunk (1960) When both Ant Donaldson and Riki Gooch – two of New Zealand’s best drummers and musical minds – tell you about the composer George Russell you listen. And when they mention his great albums with his sextet and larger ensembles you hunt them down. And when you find one of them […]Archive
November 18, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 15
Van Morrison, Live At The Grand Opera House Belfast (1984) Yeah, yeah,Van Morrisonis a cunt – most recently he’s come out on the wrong side of, well, science. Releasing anti-lockdown songs and he still won’t shut up about being poorly treated by the music industry. Which is a joke given he’s basically music industry royalty. […]Archive
November 17, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 16
The Staple Singers, Turning Point (1984) I love checking out the “out of place” albums by a heritage act – sixties and seventies groups that ‘failed’ in the 1980s…that sort of thing. The Staple Singers were making gospel gems and spirituals through the late 1950s and early 1960s and then political funk and soul in […]Archive
November 16, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 17
Dave Barker Meets The Upsetters, Prisoner of Love (1970) Bit of an impulse buy, this one. And very happy to have made it. Dave Barker is something of a journeyman reggae/rocksteady/soul singer – but back when this record was made he wasn’t really anyone. This record made him. And I bought it because it was […]Archive
November 15, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 18
Toots & The Maytals, Knock Out! (1981) The song Beautiful Womanwas everywhere when I was a kid. I remember it well. I didn’t particularly like it. Nor did I know who it was by. It was just everywhere. It was years – and possibly even a few more years after that – before I found […]Archive
November 13, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 19
Bob Marley, Survival (1979) Only just recently added this to my Bob Marley collection. I really love this album – but I’d ignored it for the longest time, figuring it was lesser. It’s not the case at all and (for right now at least) it’s one of my favourites from that magical decade of great […]Archive
November 12, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 20
Little Feat, Feats Don’t Fail Me Now (1974) I arrived pretty late to Little Feat. Which is to say I knew about them from reading about music for most of my life – and I was interested. And I was particularly interested in theLowell Georgestory (probably via all my Frank Zappa listening at some stage […]Archive
November 12, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 238: Alec Bathgate
Welcome to episode 238 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify […]Archive
November 10, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 21
Village People, Macho Man[Single] (1978) I guess I’m neither a Village People fan nor a non-fan. They’re just the band you know – because some of their songs were everywhere for a while and occasionally continue to be in many places. Certainly the case with this song. And the gym one with the letters. We […]Archive
November 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman