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October 5, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 240

Jerry Lee Lewis, Country Songs For City Folk (1965) I always thought “The Killer” was incredible – Jerry Lee Lewis, just a ferocious talent. And the narrative I knew, for the longest time, was that he was done at the end of the 1950s. A blast. A fall from grace. And then in fact total […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1965, Country Music, Country Songs For City Folk, Covers, Jerry Lee Lewis, Killer, King of the Road, LP, Piano, Record, Rock'n'Roll, The Killer, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 240, Vinyl ·

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August 5, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 521

The Beach Boys, 15 Big Ones (1976) My Beach Boys fixation has kicked back in – and I’m buying up the lesser albums from the canon, ones that I owned on CD but never got around to buying up on vinyl. Some of the weaker albums in their catalogue have some of my favourite moments […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 15 Big Ones, 1976, 2017), Back Home, Brian Wilson, Brian's Back, Covers, Fifteen Big Ones, Hawke's Bay, July, LP, Record, Reissue, Rock'n'Roll, The Vinyl Countdown # 521, Vinyl ·

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May 22, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Playlist: Boomshack DJ Set (180611)

I just found a setlist from when I played some records before and after and between sets for Wellington’s old favourites, The Boomshack Band. These guys and girls would roll through so many great songs from the 1950s and 60s, rockabilly and rock’n’roll – one time they backed Wanda Jackson as a pick up band […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged (180611), Boomshack Band, Boomshack DJ Set, DJ, DJ Set, DJing, Funk, LP, Playlist, Playlist: Boomshack DJ Set (180611), R'n'B, Records, Rock'n'Roll, Soul, Spotify, Vinyl ·

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March 23, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Take Your Pick: Paul OR John

Every time I write anything about The Beatles someone tries to pull out the “overrated” card. It’s null/void here sorry, calling the Beatles overrated is just stupid. You might not personally enjoy their music – or maybe you’ve just not heard very much of it (I don’t know you and already I feel sorry for […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Double Fantasy, Gimme Some Truth, John Lennon, Just Like Starting Over, McCartney, McCartney II, Paul McCartney, Paul OR John, Plastic Ono Band, Ram, Rock'n'Roll, Solo, Take Your Pick, Take Your Pick: Paul OR John, The Beatles, Wings ·

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March 19, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 154 Hail Hail Rock And Roll

“Hard to imagine what music would be like without him or what song writing would be like – never mind guitar-playing and attitude. He was the absolute master.”  Jon McLeary I’ve been hearing his songs ever since I was a little boy – his riffs and his stories. The guitar sound that cut through the […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 154, Art, Chuck Berry, George Harrison, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Guitar, Hail! Hail!, Jon Mcleary, Keith Richards, Music, Recording, Rock'n'Roll, Spines, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 154 Hail Hail Rock And Roll, The Spines, Tribute, War Stories, War Stories # 154, War Stories by Jon McLeary, Writing ·

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March 16, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Filth Doesn’t Need To Be Filthy: They Did Dirt Better, Smarter In The 30s, 40s and 50s…

The old Coasters song Poison Ivy is about a woman that carries a dose of the clap – “you’re gonna need an ocean of calamine lotion” – there are warnings the whole way through the song, most obviously “you can look but you better not touch”. But even in the song’s opening line the overtly […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 40s and 50s..., Blues, Dirt, Filth, Filth Doesn't Need To Be Filthy, Filth Doesn't Need To Be Filthy: They Did Dirt Better, Pop, Rap, Rock'n'Roll, Smarter In The 30s, Song Lyrics ·

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February 11, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Velvet Underground’s Loaded: Loaded/Fully Loaded, 45 Years On And Still Going…

Those four studio albums by The Velvet Underground all made a huge impact on me. But the sentimental favourite is Loaded – it was the very first CD I purchased. I was a tape buyer, right through until the early-1990s, I wasn’t going to give up that tape collection…I had a tape-deck in my car […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged [45], 45 Years On And Still Going..., Billy Yule, CD, Deluxe Edition, Doug Yule, Fully Loaded, I Found A Reason, Loaded, Loaded/Fully Loaded, Lou Reed, Mo Tucker, Rock'n'Roll, Spotify, Sterling Morrison, Sweet Jane, The Velvet Underground, The Velvet Underground's Loaded, The Velvet Underground's Loaded: Loaded/Fully Loaded, Train Round The Bend, Velvet Underground, VU ·

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November 2, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

A Bustle In Your Hedgerow: Good Songs With Terrible Lyrics

I was talking to preachy-preach about kissy-kiss. Actually I wasn’t. Because I don’t even know what that means. Good ole Frank Black/Black Francis – his Pixies work showed off several fascinations with UFOs and drugs and it’s great music. But a lot of the lyrics don’t stand up to scrutiny. Lyrics do not have to […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged "Ken Lee", A Bustle In Your Hedgerow, A Bustle In Your Hedgerow: Good Songs With Terrible Lyrics, Bad Songs, Black Francis, Captain Beefheart, Frank Black, Freshmen, Good Songs, Good Songs With Terrible Lyrics, Led Zeppelin, Little Richard, Lyrics, Pixies, Rock'n'Roll, Serenade To A Poodle, Songwriting, Stairway To Heaven, Sting, Talking Heads, Terrible Lyrics, The Police, The Verve Pipe ·

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November 2, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Airbourne: NZ Tour (Jan, 2017)

Aussie rockers Airbourne have announced a set of New Zealand dates for early in 2017. Regular visitors and the next best thing to the mighty AC/DC – perhaps (now) even better than the real thing – Airbourne will get the heart charging with their kick-arse rock’n’roll. Stadium rock in intimate venues, expect all of the […]
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October 21, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Hail! Hail! The Great Twenty-Eight: Chuck Berry Turns 90

Chuck Berry is 90 – and you need to listen to his Great 28. Hail! Hail! For he isn’t just the true king of rock’n’roll. He is rock’n’roll. I’m not for a second excusing the behaviour of musicians at their worst but I kinda like knowing that Little Richard (about to turn 84) and Jerry […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Chuck Berry, Guitar, Hail! Hail!, Hail! Hail! Rock'n'Roll, Hail! Hail! The Great Twenty-Eight: Chuck Berry Turns 90, Rock'n'Roll, The Great Twenty-Eight ·

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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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June 29, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Scotty Moore

Reports are coming in that Scotty Moore has died. He was 84 years old. Best known as the guitarist for Elvis Presley – making Scotty Moore one of the architects of rock’n’roll guitar. His sound, a mix of clever country picking and stinging lines cribbed from blues and R’n’B drew from gospel too and would help […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Bill Black, DJ Fontana, Elvis Presley, Eulogy, Guitar, R.I.P., R.I.P. Scotty Moore, Rock'n'Roll, Scotty Moore, The Guitar That Changed The World ·
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