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Posts Tagged Roy Orbison

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October 10, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 41

Eddie Low, Blue Smoke [Single] (1982) I found this – just recently. I’m not sure where. Well, it fell out of a record on my shelves – unrelated record too. So I can only assume that it arrived in my collection as part of a bulk buy or a gifted set of leftovers. It has […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1982, Blue Smoke, Crying Time, Eddie Low, EP, Give Love Like You Make It, Kiw, LP, NZ, Roy Orbison, Single, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 41, Vinyl ·

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October 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Roy Orbison’s Blues

Roy Orbison’s dark glasses helped him block out the tragedy. His wife died in a motorcycle crash. A couple of years on from that he lost his house to a deadly fire; his children inside. They died along with another piece of his soul. So Blue. So cruel. Blocking out the bad by singing those […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Poem, Poem: Roy Orbison’s Blues, Roy Orbison, Roy Orbison's Blues, The Big O ·

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February 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Marlon Williams Showcase: Make Way For Love Gets Previewed in Sydney, Monday, January 29, 2018

I was in Sydney for a few things – a chat on the radio, a Foo Fighters/Weezer gig, but mostly to catch up with friends and family. It turned out to be a more “work-related” long weekend than anticipated. Some meetings with various industry people – chatting about books and things and meeting two key […]
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January 17, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 447

Roy Orbison, You Got It [Single] (1989) The Big O – Roy Orbison – a one in a million voice and a backstory of personal heartbreak. This big single comes from his final victory lap – what a send-off he got, and deserved. What a legend. I first heard all of this stuff – the […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1989, A-side, B-side, EP, LP, Mystery Girl, Roy Orbison, Single, The Big O, The Only One, The Vinyl Countdown # 447, Vinyl, You Got It ·

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December 10, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Aretha Franklin: A Brand New Me – Aretha Franklin With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Aretha Franklin A Brand New Me: Aretha Franklin With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Atlantic Catalog Group SHE’S NOT DEAD – YOU CUNTS! STOP IT! STOP IT!! ELVIS AND THE BIG O DIDN’T DESERVE IT EITHER BUT AT LEAST THEY ARE DEAD, THERE’S ALMOST SOME UNDERSTANDING BEHIND THE THINKING, ONLY SO MANY TIMES YOU CAN SELL […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged A Brand New Me: Aretha Franklin With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Album Review, Aretha Franklin, Aretha Franklin With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Atlantic, Brand New Me, Elvis Presley, Orchestra, Roy Orbison, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Strings ·

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November 29, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Remembering The Wilburys – Especially Vol. 1

The Traveling Wilburys were a big deal to me. I remember the news item announcing them. I remember my mum and dad took us out, family outing, Friday night (late-night) shopping, to buy the cassette tape. Not only that we took it home and sat and listened to it. The whole family. It was an […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Remembering The Wilburys, Remembering The Wilburys – Especially Vol. 1, Roy Orbison, The Traveling Wilburys, The Wilburys, Tom Petty, Vol. 1, Vol.3 ·

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November 6, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: End Of The Larkin Line

When the first Traveling Wilburys album was released we took a drive into Hastings – Friday night, late night shopping…it was me and my brother in the back of the car (our usual spots) and mum and dad up front. They bought the album – on cassette tape. No CDs then – not in our […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Bob Dylan, Electric Light Orchestra, ELO, End Of The Larkin Line, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Philip Larkin, Poem, Poem: End Of The Larkin Line, Roy Orbison, The Beatles, The Traveling Wilburys, Tom Petty, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Traveling Wilburys, Volume 1 ·

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September 11, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Big O/little o

Only in dreams will I hear a voice like The Big O. I wake up to my own little o telling me it’s time to make his lunch. It’s a far cry – so blue.
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Big O, In Dreams, little o, Only in dreams will I hear a voice like The Big O. I wake up to my own little o telling me it’s time to make his lunch. It’s a far cry - so blue., Oscar, Poem, Poem: Big O/little o, Roy Orbison, The Big O ·

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September 11, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 500

Cyndi Lauper, I Drove All Night [Single] (1989) I have the parent album but this is the hot song – its b-side is Maybe He’ll Know which is good, but it’s from an earlier record…I do love Cyndi Lauper, the first two albums particularly, but this one too – and a few of the things […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1989, A Night To Remember, Album, Cyndi Lauper, EP, I Drove All Night, I Drove All Night (1989), Maybe He'll Know, Record, Roy Orbison, Single, The Vinyl Countdown # 500, Vinyl ·

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March 3, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 743

Roy Orbison, One Of The Lonely Ones (2015) Recorded in 1969, shelved until December of 2015 this is my last favourite album of last year/my first favourite album of this year – I heard it in late 2015 and wrote some thoughts down about it early in the new year, my first album review of […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1969, 2015, LP, Oh Pretty Woman, One Of The Lonely Ones, Oscar, Pretty Woman, Record, Roy Orbison, Say No More, The Big O, The Vinyl Countdown # 743, Vinyl ·

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February 16, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

V/A: Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight [OST]

Various Artists: Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight [OST] Verve Even when I have been less enamoured with the finished film product I’ve still been impressed with the soundtracks from Quentin Tarantino films – as it happens I rather loved The Hateful Eight – but waited to hear its soundtrack for the first time up on […]
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January 31, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Cactus Blossoms: You’re Dreaming

The Cactus Blossoms You’re Dreaming Red House I can’t usually get on board with anything that has a whiff of “21st Century Update” about it – but perhaps the reason I haven’t had any such issue with The Cactus Blossoms’ You’re Dreaming is because though Minnesotan brothers, Page Burkum and Jack Torrey, do indeed mine […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Country, Country'n'Western, Don Gibson, Everly Brothers, Hank Williams, Jack Torrey, Page Burkum, Roy Orbison, The Cactus Blossoms, The Louvin Brothers, Woody Guthrie, You're Dreaming ·
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