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January 16, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

V/A: Bobby Gillespie presents Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down

Various Artists: Bobby Gillespie Presents Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down Ace Records/Border I’m a sucker for a great artist-driven compilation/mix-tape. They’ll tell you that you can do it yourself via Spotify or almost any other platform. And you can. But the best mixtapes are the ones your friends make you – because you get to see […]

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February 3, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1194

The Jeff Beck Group, Truth (1968) I was in on The Yardbirds first, having heard some Jeff Beck I guess, and having heard all about that “holy trinity” of British guitarists, so I bought a great Yardbirds comp for $2 (on tape) and played it over and over – but then on some rock doco […]

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July 19, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1330

The Rolling Stones, Black and Blue (1976) Some days this is my favourite album by The Rolling Stones because it was the first original album by them that I owned – on tape. Took a punt. Funny, the only song I knew from it was Fool To Cry and though it’s true I’ve never been […]

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July 11, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1337

Ron Wood, Gimme Some Neck (1979) You know I don’t think the world will ever pause to usher in reappraisal of Ronnie Wood’s solo records but – if it did – this would be a good place to start. Well, it’s where I started at any rate. The version of Seven Days sounds more like […]