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September 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Gregg Allman: Lonely Day In L.A. (Complete KMET-FM Broadcast From 6th November 1974)
Gregg Allman Lonely Day In L.A. (Complete KMET-FM Broadcast From 6th November 1974) Smokin’ Badger There’s really no denying that Gregg Allman was the great voice of southern rock – he had a white boy blues thing that was never cloying, didn’t feel like anything more than it was: A natural talent singing his soul […]Archive
August 12, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Lou Reed: Audio Violence ’89 (The Legendary Boston Broadcast)
Lou Reed Audio Violence ’89 (The Legendary Boston Broadcast) Smokin’ Badger Lou Reed found his mojo again – big time! – with his gritty, sublime New York album (a novel or movie in the form of a record). We’ll soon get to hear the expanded edition, b-sides, extras – and at the time of release […]Archive
July 30, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Tammys: Complete Recordings
The Tammys Complete Recordings Master Tape Records There were so many girl-groups and so many one hit wonders, so many curios – there’s a graveyard of alternative 60s pop gems, maybe several. And every now and then something gets a look in again – or for the first time – due to placement in a […]Archive
July 27, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Carpenters: The Road To Yesterday (Live 1974)
Carpenters The Road To Yesterday (Live 1974) Stiletto Discs The Carpenters worked themselves non-stop. They were a hard-touring band on account of all the hits they had. That’s how it worked. They kept having hit singles, kept hitting the road. It sent Richard to the uppers and it was a big downer for Karen, part […]Archive
July 24, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Billy Bruner: Billy Bruner
Billy Bruner Billy Bruner Athens of the North There’s so much music from the 1980s – there’s so much music everywhere, from all over and all the time, it floods in and feels impossible to get through. But the music from the 1980s is almost always the most obvious to spot – certain technical, erm, […]Archive
July 22, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Hiroshi Yoshimura: GREEN [Reissue]
Hiroshi Yoshimura GREEN [Reissue] Light In The Attic Hiroshi Yoshimura died of cancer in 2003. He was a Japanese musician, historian, designer and artist; a philosopher of and for the soul in fact – for this polymath so often worked at the intersection of these various trades, playing them equally to create installation pieces and […]Archive
July 19, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Nina Simone: Fodder On My Wings [Reissue]
Nina Simone Fodder On My Wings [Reissue] Verve Though Nina Simone’s very fine Baltimore was a wonderful ‘comeback’ album (in 1978) – and the biggest seller of her career. It was not only not the artist’s favourite, it was a reminder that she had so often been caged and controlled, forced to do things she […]Archive
July 6, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
James Brown: Live At Home With His Bad Self
James Brown Live At Home With His Bad Self Polydor In 1969 James Brown was one of the kings, hardest working man in showbiz, of the black acts working he was the gold standard; feared and admired bandleader and a singing, dancing machine. He was pumping out civil rights anthems, redesigning R’n’B as sinewy funk, […]Archive
June 29, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
B.B. King & Eric Clapton: Riding With The King (Deluxe Edition)
B.B. King & Eric Clapton Riding With The King (Deluxe Edition) Reprise Records You know those reviews that accompany retro/reissue/archival releases, all breathless with excitement…lost classic this, forget all about it that, underrated at the time…finally revealed as a true classic… Yeah…this is not one of those…Archive
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 […]Archive
May 15, 2020 by Simon Sweetman