Showdown

Electric Light Orchestra, Olé ELO (1976) I possibly didn’t need this – since I am collecting up all of the ELO albums as I find them and already have that classic best-of – but I saw this in the store and that little lightbulb went off; I had never seen this on the shelf in […]

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February 5, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 440

The Johnnys, (There’s Gonna Be A) Showdown [Single] (1986) The Johnnys – a mate played me the album. I tell you – cliché alert! – it was life-changing. It really was. Another mate, from Aussie (and years later) found me the full CD to replace my dubbed-tape. Then I got it on vinyl. The album […]

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March 7, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

A Showdown: 1984

The showdown is between Eurythmics’ album 1984 (For The Love Of Big Brother) and Van Halen’s 1984, also known as MCMLXXXIV. And I’m not sure I can offer much in terms of a showdown – because all that happened was someone made the suggestion that I compare the two albums and then I fell in […]

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April 6, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 719

Albert Collins/Robert Cray/Johnny Copeland, Showdown! (1985) Being a Robert Cray fan at a young age was kinda cool – my mum bought Bad Influence on a whim, next thing the whole family was hooked…and though I was into a lot of other blues guitarists already and certainly after that Cray connection was great in the […]

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December 4, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1729

Electric Light Orchestra, ELO’s Greatest Hits (1979) I instantly adored the pop confections of the Electric Light Orchestra. I only realised that many of them had been songs of my childhood after I heard a compilation CD my father bought. So many songs I knew – now they were all in one place. I think […]