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July 19, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

The Rolling Stones: A Bigger Bang Live On Copacabana Beach

The Rolling Stones A Bigger Bang Live On Copacabana Beach Mercury Studios Another month, another live Rolling Stones album. It got a bit boring a while ago. And then very boring some time shortly after that. I say this as a card-carrying Stones fan for some 35 years of my life. But I called time […]

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September 11, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 56

The Rolling Stones, Let It Bleed (1969) We had this amazing journey around the South Island when I was about 8 or 9 and it was soundtracked by The Rolling Stones. Almost nothing else. My brother had gone in deep for the Stones and it was a massive nostalgia-kick for my folks. I had no […]

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September 27, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 10 – The Rolling Stones, “Undercover”

The Rolling Stones, Undercover, 1983 I’ll always love the Rolling Stones of the 1980s – because that’s when I met them; met their music that is. A car-trip down south and the Rolled Gold compilation was my introduction to their early greatness, a documentary celebration their then seemingly impressive 25-year history filled in the 70s […]

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April 19, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Slipping Away: Great Album Closers From The Rolling Stones

When I flew back from Australia the other day I was skipping through the in-house listening – moving through some classical and jazz and then on to the “classic albums” section; I selected Sticky Fingers (a favourite) and when I realised I wasn’t going to have enough time to listen to the album right through […]