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July 13, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Doug Clifford: Doug “Cosmo” Clifford [Reissue]
Doug Clifford Doug “Cosmo” Clifford [Reissue] Craft Recordings Doug “Cosmo” Clifford was the drummer in CCR – and still is. Except now it’s Creedence Clearwater Revisited where once it was Revival in name only… I always thought he was a crucial component of the band – his presence, his feel. No frills, and those big, […]Archive
May 31, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Link Wray: Link Wray [Reissue]
Link Wray Link Wray Future Days Recordings Ask most people about Link Wray and they’ll reference his surf-guitar/heavy-metal prototype instrumental, Rumble; it rode back in on a wave of appreciation post-Pulp Fiction but had been relegated alongside other late 50s/early 60s guitar-twanging gunslingers like Duane Eddy and Dick Dale.Archive
May 2, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Neil Young: ROXY – Tonight’s The Night Live
Neil Young ROXY – Tonight’s The Night Live Reprise Any Neil Young “Archives”-related reissue is of interest to any Neil Young fan but ROXY – Tonight’s The Night Live (released for Record Store Day) is certainly worthy, taking, as it does, one of the seminal Young albums from the “Ditch” (or “Doom”) Trilogy and showing […]Archive
January 14, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 449
V/A, Heed The Call! (Whakarongo, Nga Tamariki): Soul, Funk & Disco From Aotearoa, 1973-1983 (2017) This is a new release, or was at the end of last year – I guess it was my Christmas present to myself. A must-have just for the long version of Dalvanius & The Fascinations’ Voodoo Lady. But so much […]Archive
December 15, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
V/A: Heed The Call! (Whakarono, Nga Tamariki)
Various Artists: Heed The Call! (Whakarono, Nga Tamariki) Soul, Funk & Disco from Aotearoa, 1973-1983 Vostok It’s been threatened for a while, and now, finally – it’s here. The best, the only compilation of great Kiwi funk soul and disco from the seventies. Heed The Call! (Whakarono, Nga Tamariki) has been compiled by John Baker […]Archive
December 5, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 462
Neil Young, Hitchhiker (2017) Neil Young – brilliantly annoying, annoyingly brilliant…frustrating at times. Other times there’s nothing better. Sometimes the frustrating stuff is still brilliant, wonderful, weird – sublime. Other times you just don’t know why he’s doing what he’s doing. If he makes a dud album there’s no real concern, another will be along […]Archive
October 13, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 486
Neil Young, On The Beach (1974) The first time I ever heard this was in 2003 – when it was first issued on CD. I fell for it, fell under its spell on first listen. I was already well into my run as a huge Neil Young fan – couldn’t believe I’d never heard this, […]Archive
September 13, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Neil Young: Hitchhiker
Neil Young Hitchhiker Reprise There he was, 41 years ago, the “lonely visitor”, campaigning a few more songs…he took breaks for weed, booze and blow, apart from that there was just him, Neil Young, and his best producer, David Briggs. Hitchhiker was recorded over one night in 1976 and then – like quite a few […]Archive
August 29, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 507
Garageland, Last Exit To Garageland (1996) This felt like such a breath of fresh air to me when it was released – well, maybe that’s not even quite right; it wasn’t entirely fresh, perhaps it was rather obvious where it all came from, but it was such a strong collection of songs. So much so […]Archive
August 27, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 509
Dire Straits, Making Movies (1980) Well, it’d be worth owning for Tunnel of Love alone, which is like an 8-minute movie-in-song. This, the third Dire Straits album is one of their best, one of the few DS albums that is allowed in any collection without any hint of guilty-pleasure attachment (and hey, I’m saying that […]Archive
August 21, 2017 by Simon Sweetman