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May 24, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 404
Luis Alberto Del Parana y su Trio Los Paraguayos, Famous Latin American Songs (1960) I’ll always have a look in a charity store or the tip shop or if passing a garage sale; I can count on one hand the number of ‘good scores’ I’ve had digging in the bins. But I’m a sucker for […]Archive
April 26, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Simon Sweetman, This Is Your Life
I was thinking about how one time we couldn’t afford the bills in the flat – a guy had drawn up a charter, he’d even used the word “vestiges” – there was a flat-meeting because I was dragging the chain. the power was going to be disconnected, the internet, in its infancy, would no longer […]Archive
March 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 430
Anna Leah, Love Bug [Single] (1973) Anna Leah arrived in NZ from the UK – she ended up over in Australia, where her career dwindled, then ended. But in the early 70s she surprised a few Kiwis with a small handful of hit singles. There was that one about the Wahine – bummer. And the […]Archive
January 9, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 452
Herb Alpert’s Tijuana Brass, Whipped Cream & Other Delights (1965) People cringe about this album now – they know the story behind it and its cover. And there’s a store somewhere that only sells copies of it. I posted a copy of it on Facebook recently and had a whole heap of people pleased to […]Archive
August 15, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 515
Felix King and His Orchestra, Presenting Felix King & His Orchestra, Vol.1 (?) I love a wee look in the charity shops – you don’t find much, record-wise; it’s usually all stuff you already have or have passed by long ago – so many copies of the same old things and lots of (bad?) classical […]Archive
June 19, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 542
Michel Legrand & His Orchestra, Strings on Fire (1962) I’ve got a box of hand-me-down/inherited records I’m still going through. They’re mostly scratched or with torn (or missing) covers. But there are some gems. And some that play just fine – even if they look like they might not…and of course some that look just […]Archive
February 12, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
What’s The Most You’ve Spent On A Record?
What’s the most money you’ve ever spent on a single album? I ask this because I had a flashback to a garage sale we had – the one and only garage sale I’ve hosted/been to. My parents were moving to a new house oh, nearly 20 years ago now. And they wanted to get rid […]Archive
February 12, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 585
John Rowles, John Rowles’ Hits (1968) I always used to make that joke – a bit of a music-retail gag, I guess – about how the Greatest Hits of a particular artist “should have been an EP”. Well – look here. A surprise to see exactly that from someone with an ego – like John […]Archive
April 3, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 722
Kenny Rogers, Love Will Turn You Around (1982) When my grandmother’s husband died I inherited some records – which meant finding a small handful of gems and wading through a couple of crates of junk. In a way I’m still searching through the detritus – because it’s of no use to anyone else really, can’t […]Archive
February 29, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
A Vinyl Affair – Wellington’s Record Fair: Saturday, March 5, 2016
This Saturday, 10am-4pm, it’s the return of A Vinyl Affair – Wellington’s Record Fair (see the Facebook page here for full details). It’s at the San Fran once again, and features guest DJs, drinks deals, the balcony will be open provided the weather is on. San Fran will be offering a large pizza and jug […]Archive
December 21, 2015 by Simon Sweetman