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November 15, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 217
The Rolling Stones, Flowers (1967) I almost never feel like listening to The Rolling Stones these days – possibly because I’ve heard it all and heard it all for too long and too often. They were a band I really cared about for the longest time, but now it’s very rare I can make it […]Archive
November 13, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 219
Eric Clapton, E.C. Was Here (1975) I coveted this for a long time – long before I ever got around to owning it; Eric Clapton was my number one guitar guy for a while. Only a little while – but it was important (He was the first big-name live-gig I saw – and it was […]Archive
November 11, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 221
Lou Reed, Growing Up In Public (1980) I’m sure this one rates pretty low down the list of Lou Reed albums – but I’ve always quite liked it. Some good songs (How Do You Speak To An Angel, Standing On Ceremony) and some stupid songs that you had to kinda laugh at (the title track, […]Archive
November 9, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 222
Mozart: Private Collection (1977) Was having a wee ramble with my father-in-law just the other night about how Mozart really was the great pop-song melody writer even before we had “pop songs” – and that, in fact, that was exactly why I got hooked on Mr Wolfgang Amadeus. A book or two and a movie […]Archive
November 8, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 223
David Kilgour, Bobbie’s a girl (2019) David Kilgour – something about how he plays the guitar and what he chooses to say and the phrasing of both, well it’s somehow a description of New Zealand’s isolation and contentment and it’s hard to further articulate, but there’s something warm and safe and interesting about David’s music […]Archive
November 5, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 13 – Guns N’ Roses, “Chinese Democracy”
Guns N’ Roses, Chinese Democracy, 2008 Obviously I was the perfect age to be a Guns N’ Roses fan – you can be a fan of any music at any age, but it was my timing to be getting turned onto the band at a time when I was learning so much about rock and […]Archive
November 2, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 225
Joan As Police Woman, Real Life (2006) I’m aware there’s been a fair bit about Joan As Police Woman in my timeline of late, but it’s surreal – (and so real) – and it bears repeating…I loved the first Joan album so much. I love the other ones too. But this one left its mark. […]Archive
November 1, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 226
Blam Blam Blam, Untitled Tour EP (2019) A reissue/replication of the band’s early work – the classic songs – put together for the recent tour which was brilliant. I was too young to catch Blam Blam Blam the first time, but I wasn’t going to miss them on this reunion and it was brilliant. Three […]Archive
October 31, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 227
V/A, Great Warner Bros. Spectaculars (1979) Okay, I’m drowning in soundtracks and soundtrack-compilations at the moment. And (mostly) loving it. The same guy that gave me this (and one of the sister volumes – love themes) also sent me a bunch of CDs; so I’m working through those too – finding some scores to films […]Archive
October 29, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 228
Ennio Morricone, Chi Mai (1981) Here’s the thing with being a dirty, rotten, grubby record-collector, particularly one that sets absurd life-goals like finding everything or at the least anything by Ennio Morricone – you are gonna go into a lot of junk-stores and leave with nothing but a lingering trace of your own shame-spiral. You […]Archive
October 23, 2019 by Simon Sweetman