Off The Tracks

Off The Tracks
  • Blog
    • Interviews
    • Miscellany
    • Special Guests
    • Reviews
  • Podcasts
  • The Vinyl Countdown
  • Back Catalogue
  • About
    • About
    • About the banner image
    • On Song

Posts Tagged Seventies

Archive

May 26, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Stevie’s Wonder Years

“Stevie Wonder is a musical genius”  – when Eddie Murphy said that I finally had the confirmation. I’d grown up with Stevie Wonder’s music and loved what I knew at that time. But also, when Murphy said it (as part of his influential Delirious) Stevie wasn’t making the greatest music. It was all radio pap, […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1970s, 1972-1976, Best, Blog, Seventies, Stevie Wonder, Stevie’s Wonder Years, Wonder Years ·

Archive

August 22, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 69

Carpenters, Passage (1977) Of all the Carpenters albums (and I’m aiming to collect the set) I was most surprised by this one – a recent addition, one I hadn’t heard all the way through until just very recently. A strange, strange album – and I love it. It’s a very weird record; exhaustion from all […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1977, B'Wana She No Home, Brother, Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft, Carpenters, Don't Cry For Me Argentina, Karen, Karen Carpenter, LP, Passage, Record, Richard, Richard Carpenter, Seventies, Siblings, Sister, The Carpenters, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 69, Vinyl ·

Archive

November 27, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 210

Carpenters, Horizon (1975) Been on a big Carpenters trip lately, and though they’ve been in my life forever it’s only now I realise that I’m a Greatest Hits-player…well, I know a few of the albums but this is the first time I’ve decided to listen through to them all. There’s some great lesser known gems […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged [I'm Caught Between] Goodbye And I Love You, 1975, Carpenters, Karen, Karen Carpenter, LP, Record, Richard, Richard Carpenter, Seventies, Solitaire, The Carpenters, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 210, Vinyl ·

Archive

October 31, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 227

V/A, Great Warner Bros. Spectaculars (1979) Okay, I’m drowning in soundtracks and soundtrack-compilations at the moment. And (mostly) loving it. The same guy that gave me this (and one of the sister volumes – love themes) also sent me a bunch of CDs; so I’m working through those too – finding some scores to films […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1970s, 1979, Compilation, Film, Great Warner Bros. Spectaculars, John Williams, LP, Main Title, Movie, Record, Score, Seventies, Soundtrack, The Towering Inferno, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 227, V/A, Various, Vinyl, Warner Brothers, Warners ·

Archive

August 21, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Ezra Furman: Lou Reed’s Transformer (33 1/3)

Lou Reed’s Transformer (33 1/3) Ezra Furman Bloomsbury Academic The death of the album – so greatly exaggerated. And the 33 1/3 series of books in tribute to classic albums (old and new) continues to trot out the titles. Here, musician Ezra Furman looks at Lou Reed’s Transformer album in this volume of the same […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 1970s, 1972, 33 1/3, 72, Andy Warhol, Bloomsbury, Bloomsbury Academic, Book, Book Review, Classic Album, Ezra Furman, Ezra Furman: Lou Reed's Transformer, Ezra Furman: Lou Reed's Transformer (33 1/3), Gay, Icon, Iconography, Lou Reed, Lou Reed's Transformer, Lou Reed's Transformer (33 1/3), Music, Mythology, Queer, Seventies, Sex, Sexuality, The Velvet Underground, Transformer, VU, Walk On The Wild Side, Writing, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

Archive

August 7, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 80: The Damned – “Machine Gun Etiquette”

I don’t hate this at all – but I can’t say I’m hooked, wouldn’t have mattered if I’d ever heard this or not I reckon. Look, I like some of The Damned did and was about but it’s just that thing of this music existing at the wrong time for me, and/or me for it […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged “Machine Gun Etiquette”, 1001, 1001 Albums, 1001 Albums To Hear Before You Die, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, 1970s, 1979, 80, Punk, Rat Scabies, Seventies, The 1001 Albums Challenge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 80, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 80: The Damned – “Machine Gun Etiquette”, The Damned, The Damned – “Machine Gun Etiquette”, The Members, The Young Ones, UK ·

Archive

August 5, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 79: Japan – “Quiet Life”

I always love finding a New Favourite Album of The Year that comes from way back – this year my favourite album of 2018 not released in 2018 is – easily – Japan’s Quiet Life (released in late 1979). I have never listened to Japan. I’ve heard about the band, read about the band, thought […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged # 79, 1001, 1001 Albums, 1001 Albums Challenge, 1001 Albums To Hear Before You Die, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, 1970s, 1979, Brit, David Sylvian, Japan, Japan – “Quiet Life”, Mick Karn, post-punk, Quiet Life, Seventies, Synth-Pop, The 1001 Albums Challenge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 79, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 79: Japan – “Quiet Life”, UK, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

Archive

August 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 78: Chic – “Risqué”

Well there’s already been a Chic album and a Sister Sledge album in fairly quick succession – and now another Chic album. Now I ain’t complainin’ – I love the band. But I just had never thought to listen to the original albums – I know the big singles, I know compilations, I know samples, I […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1001, 1001 Albums, 1001 Albums Challenge, 1001 Albums To Hear Before You Die, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, 1970s, 1979, Bernard Edwards, Chic, Chic – “Risqué”, disco, LP, Nile Rodgers, Record, Risque, Seventies, Sister Sledge, The 1001 Albums Challenge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 78, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 78: Chic – “Risqué”, Tony Thompson, Vinyl ·

Archive

July 29, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 77: Holger Czukay – “Movie!”

I love CAN – but the thing about that band, and about Krautrock in general – it’s whole worlds; there’s so much there still for me to absorb, to even dip the toe in. I love CAN and yet many of the side-projects or related things (solo albums from members in particular) I haven’t ever […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1001, 1001 Albums, 1001 Albums To Hear Before You Die, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, 1970s, 1979, Can, Holger Czukay, Holger Czukay - "Movie!", Instrumental, Krautrock, Movie, Seventies, The 1001 Albums Challenge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 77, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 77: Holger Czukay – “Movie!" ·

Archive

July 24, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 76: Sister Sledge – “We Are Family”

I have never listened to a Sister Sledge album – until now. And after playing We Are Family a heap I am wondering why. I mean, I always knew it was CHIC that was musically driving the group, and as a Chic/Nile Rodgers fan that should have had me curious. I guess I figured a […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1001, 1001 Albums, 1001 Albums To Hear Before You Die, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, 1970s, 1979, Chic, He's The Greatest Dancer, Nile Rodgers, Seventies, Sister Sledge, Sister Sledge - We Are Family, The 1001 Albums Challenge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 76: Sister Sledge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 76: Sister Sledge - We Are Family, The 1001 Albums Challenge #76, We Are Family ·

Archive

July 10, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 74: Chic – “C’est Chic”

I love Chic. I love Nile Rodgers. And yet I had never heard C’est Chic until just recently. I have listened to live albums and watched the recent DVDs and then way ahead of that I’ve had compilations and I regularly jam the key tracks, the big singles, the obvious stuff…but it’s weird that I’ve […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1001, 1001 Albums, 1001 Albums To Hear Before You Die, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, 1970, 1970s, 1978, Bernard Edwards, C'est Chic, Chic, Chic – “C'est Chic”, disco, Funk, Le Freak, Nile Rodgers, Seventies, The 1001 Albums Challenge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 74, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 74: Chic – “C'est Chic” ·

Archive

July 2, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 73: The Saints – “Eternally Yours”

I met Ed Kuepper a couple of years ago. I was the DJ before and after his set – he played a great gig and I felt lucky to be “on the bill”, sharing the bill with a legend. He was very polite, he approached me a few times during my opening set to ask […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1001, 1001 Albums, 1001 Albums To Hear Before You Die, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, 1970s, 1978, Australian, DJ, Ed, Ed Kuepper, Eternally Yours, Gig, Kuepper, Laughing Clowns, Lost Cities, Punk, Seventies, The 1001 Albums Challenge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 73, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 73: The Saints – “Eternally Yours”, The Saints, The Saints - "Eternally Yours" ·
← Older posts

Popular

  • The Sad Story of Bob Welch: Fleetwood Mac’s Most Undervalued Member
  • Janna Lapidus Leblanc: Four Years In Pictures
  • The Best Guitarist in The World: # 8 – Mark Knopfler
  • Neil Peart Was The World’s Most Overrated Drummer
  • Try Three: # 1 – Roots, Reggae, Soul
  • Revisiting Live at Knebworth (1990)
  • Short Story: The Year of The Rat
  • What A Good Score! – #17: Dead Man Walking by Various Artists
  • Going Back To Lou Reed: Time To Revisit His Strange, Wonderful, Weird Catalogue
  • R.I.P. Ronny Jordan

Archives

Tags

Album Review Auckland Blog Book Book Review Chat Compilation DJ Drums DVD DVD Review EP Film Film Review Gig Gig Review Guest Blog Guitar Interview Jazz Live Live Gig LP Movie Music NZ Podcast Poem Poetry Record Records Simon Sweetman Soundtrack Spotify Stub Stubs Sweetman Podcast The Vinyl Countdown Vinyl Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron Wellington Wgtn Writing You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron [OST]

Categories

  • Back Catalogue
  • Blog
  • Interviews
  • Miscellany
  • Mixtapes
  • Playlists
  • Podcasts
  • Reviews
  • Scene Of The Day
  • Special Guests
  • The Vinyl Countdown

Off The Tracks is the home of Sweetman Podcast, a weekly interview/chat-based pod. It's also home to my reviews across film, TV, music and books and some creative writing as well.

Off The Tracks aims to provide quality reviews and essays, regular blog updates about the shows, albums, books and movies you should be experiencing.

It's a passion project. Your support will help to keep Off The Tracks online.

All content © 2022 by Off The Tracks. WordPress Themes by Graph Paper Press