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September 4, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Red Spot Rhythm Section: Won’t Back Down – A Roots Tribute To Tom Petty

Red Spot Rhythm Section Won’t Back Down: A Roots Tribute To Tom Petty Red Spot Rhythm Section Of all the cynical, cash-in, hitch-your-wagon ‘tribute’ albums, I was blown away by the audacity – and utter shit-ness – of this. A “Roots” Tribute to an artist that never asked for it, and wouldn’t have wanted it […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged A Roots Tribute To Tom Petty, Album Review, Covers, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, Joshua Siegal, Red Spot Rhythm Section, Red Spot Rhythm Section: Won’t Back Down - A Roots Tribute To Tom Petty, Reggae, Roots, Tom Petty, Tribute, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, Won’t Back Down, Won’t Back Down: A Roots Tribute To Tom Petty ·

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August 29, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry

Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry has left earth – he was possibly only ever here from time to time, but in the way we calculate time that amounted to 85 years. No cause of death is given as yet but my guess is he simply decided to go live elsewhere. To sum up Perry’s achievements and influence […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Dub, Eulogy, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Lee Perry, R.I.P., R.I.P. Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, Reggae, The Upsetters ·

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June 21, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 48 – Boris Gardiner, “Everything To Me”

Boris Gardiner, Everything To Me, 1986 Nostalgia works in funny ways – it pulls you in at the weirdest times. I knew Boris Gardiner by fluke. One day in the library I saw a CD called Every Nigger Is A Star. It is the soundtrack to a film I haven’t seen. I took the CD […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1986, Boris Gardiner, Crap Albums, Crap Albums I Love, Every Nigger Is A Star, Everything To Me, I Want To Wake Up With You, LP, Pop, Record, Reggae, Shit That's Good, Shit That's Good - Crap Albums I Love, Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 48, Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 48 – Boris Gardiner, The Vinyl Countdown, Vinyl, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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May 6, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 256: Mark Rogers

Welcome back for another week and another new guest, this is episode 256 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys  and thanks to you readers and listeners. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can get to […]
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April 13, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Reggae Angels – with Sly & Robbie: Remember Our Creator

Reggae Angels – with Sly & Robbie Remember Our Creator Kings Music International / Zojak World Wide The Reggae Angels are a Bay Area reggae group specialising in conscious roots reggae with political and religious messages married to the upbeat good-vibe styled uplifting grooves of radio-ready reggae. Soft in style, intentionally. It’s an easy blend […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Addis Pablo, Album Review, Kings Music, Reggae, Reggae Angels, Reggae Angels – with Sly & Robbie, Reggae Angels – with Sly & Robbie: Remember Our Creator, Remember Our Creator, Sly & Robbie, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, Zojak World Wide ·

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March 24, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 251: Mere Boynton

Welcome back for another week and another new guest, this is episode 251 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys  and thanks to you readers and listeners. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can get to […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged "Singer", Actor, Anchor, Aotearoa, Apple, Art, Arts, Arts Administration, Books, Chat, Conversation, ep.251, Film, Gisborne, Hawke's Bay, Interview, iTunes, Jazz, Karaoke, Kiwi, Mere Boynton, Movies, Music, Napier, NZ, Once Were Warriors, Opera, Reading, Reggae, RNZ, Simon Sweetman, Soundcloud, Spotify, Sweetman, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 251, Sweetman Podcast # 251: Mere Boynton, Sweetman Podcast: Mere Boynton, T Leaf T, Tawhiri, Theatre, Wellington, Writing, Yeastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 18, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

V/A: For The Love Of You

Various Artists: For The Love Of You Athens of the North The Athens of the North reissue label always takes you down a new wormhole, finds the sweet spot, opens the door, mixes the metaphor and spins your head with its lush simplicity; its super cool, super sweet ideas. So try this one! A compilation […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Athens of the North, Compilation, Covers, For The Love Of You, Lovers Rock, Reggae, Tribute, V/A, V/A: For The Love Of You, Various, Various Artists, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1970, Build My Whole World Around You, Dave Barker, Dave Barker Meets The Upsetters, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Lee Perry, LP, Prisoner of Love, Record, Red Vinyl, Reggae, Rocksteady, Scratch, The Upsetters, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 17, Vinyl ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1980s, 1981, 80s, Beauiful Woman, Careless Ethiopians, Knock Out!, LP, Record, Reggae, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 18, Toots, Toots & The Maytals, Toots Hibbert, Vinyl ·

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July 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 90

Easy Star All-Stars, Radiodread (2006) I first became aware of the Easy Star All-Stars with their first album – Dub Side of The Moon. It is a brilliant set of covers (reimaginings) of that classic album. Performed in order. These days I get way more of a kick out of listening to that than I […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 2006, Airbag, Covers, Dub, Dub Side Of The Moon, Easy Star All-Stars, Horacy Andy, LP, Radiodread, Radiohead, Record, Reggae, The Easy Star All-Stars, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 90, Vinyl ·

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July 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 100

Bob Marley and The Wailers, Live: Boston Music Hall (June 8th 1978) (2017) Look, I’m not really one for these bootleg recordings – but I am one for bargains. So when I found a brand new copy of this, for dirt cheap, with time to kill and browsing, there was no choice but for it […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1978, 2017), Bob Marley, Bob Marley and The Wailers, Bootleg, Boston Music Hall, Exodus, Get Up Stand Up, Live, Live: Boston Music Hall (June 8th 1978), LP, Medley, Medley: War/No More Trouble/Get Up Stand Up/Exodus, No More Trouble, Reggae, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 100, The Wailers, Vinyl, War ·

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June 7, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 113

Arthur “Duke” Reid, Treasure Dub (Vol. 1 Dub Series) (2018) Arthur “Duke” Reid was one of dub-reggae’s pioneers – running sound systems, record labels, DJing, talent spotting, promoting…and, having helped to create rocksteady, ska and early reggae music through the 1950s and 1960s he was one of the pioneers of dub music in the early/mid […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 2018), Arthur "Duke" Reid, Dub, Dub Series, Dub So True, Duke Reid, LP, Record, Reggae, Reissue, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 113, Vinyl, Vol. 1, Vol.1 Dub Series ·
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