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February 22, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 166

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 […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1976, Collection, Compilation, Electric Light Orchestra, ELO, Kuiama, LP, Olé, Olé ELO, Promo, Record, Roll Over Beethoven, Showdown, Strange Magic, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 166, Vinyl, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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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 […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Can't Get It Out Of My Head, Electric Light Orchestra, ELO, ELO's Greatest Hits, Evil Woman, George Harrison, Greatest Hits, Jeff Lynne, Livin' Thing, Showdown, Strange Magic, Telephone Line, The Beatles, The Traveling Wilburys, Tom Petty, Vinyl ·

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