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October 29, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Tami Neilson: CHICKABOOM!

Tami Neilson CHICKABOOM! Outside Music You don’t need me to tell you that it’s been a funny old year…still, I just have. I’m reminded of it daily, as we all are, but at this point in the year I’m doing my best to count blessings, to find highlights, to think of the good things that […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Brett Adams, CHICKABOOM!, Country, Delaney Davidson, Gospel, Jay Neilson, Joe McCallum, Outside Music, Rockabilly, Soul, Tami Neilson, Tami Neilson: CHICKABOOM!, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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July 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 94

Robert Gordon, Bad Boy (1980) I’ll confess – Robert Gordon is new to me. Not brand new, I’ve known about him for a wee while, but I didn’t grow up with him in any way at all. When he was mentioned to me a couple of years ago and I saw some YouTube clips it […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1980, Bad Boy, LP, Record, Revivalist, Rockabilly, Sweet Love On My Mind, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 94, Vinyl ·

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April 15, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Stray Cats: 40

The Stray Cats 40 Surfdog Records / BMG Rights Management (US) LLC You sometimes worry for these sorts of reunions – and certainly The Stray Cats never worried about anything crucial like developing; theirs was a loving pastiche – a style already there that they lifted and ran with, bringing 50s rockabilly to the 70s/80s […]
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September 17, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 89: X – “Wild Gift”

I absolutely expected to hear a few more duds doing this challenge. But shit it’s been good. A lot of great albums I knew about and therefore kinda knew I’d missed and a lot of things I genuinely didn’t know about or certainly didn’t know just how great they would be. I guess there’ll be […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged #89, 1001, 1001 Albums, 1001 Albums Challenge, 1001 Albums To Hear Before You Die, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, 1980s, 1981, Eighties, Exene, John Doe, Pop, Punk, Rockabilly, The 1001 Albums Challenge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 89, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 89: X – “Wild Gift”, Wild Gift, X, X – “Wild Gift” ·

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August 13, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 81: The Cramps – “Songs The Lord Taught Us”

I just have no idea what albums I’ve heard by The Cramps – but I do know I’d never heard this until the book told me to try it. I don’t even know when or how I first heard The Cramps – the sort of band that feels like it always existed and was also […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged “Songs The Lord Taught Us”, 1001, 1001 Albums, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, 1980, 1980s, 80s, Cramps, Punk, Retro, Rockabilly, The 1001 Albums Challenge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 81, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 81: The Cramps – “Songs The Lord Taught Us”, The Cramps, The Cramps – “Songs The Lord Taught Us” ·

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September 19, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 629

V/A, Let’s Have A Party: The Rockabilly Influence 1950-1960 (1981) I found this record the other day in the store, hadn’t ever seen it before – pretty nifty compilation. I knew most of the names on it. Still, one or two new things (as should always be the way with a compilation). Most of the […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1950-1960, 1950s, 1960s, 1981, Billy Briggs, Chew Tobacco Rag, Compilation, Eddie Cochran, Johnny Burnette, Let's Have A Party, Let’s Have A Party: The Rockabilly Influence 1950-1960, LP, Record, Rock'n'Roll, Rockabilly, The Rockabilly Influence, The Vinyl Countdown # 629, V/A, Various, Various Artists, Vinyl, Wanda Jackson ·

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