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August 24, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love: #4 – Sheila E. “Sex Cymbal” 

Sheila E., Sex Cymbal, 1991 I was going to write about Candy Dulfler’s debut album, Saxuality which had long felt like a guilty-pleasure. On a very recent re-listen I decided maybe it was actually really good…and really good all along, but it definitely links, in my mind at least, with this record by Sheila E. There are some similarities […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 4, Candy Dulfer, Crap Albums, Crap Albums I Love, Drums, Escovedo, George Duke Band, Latin, Percussion, Prince, R'n'B, Saxuality, Sex Cymbal, Sheila E., Sheila E. “Sex Cymbal”, Shit That's Good, Shit That's Good - Crap Albums I Love, Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love: #4, Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love: #4 – Sheila E. “Sex Cymbal”, Sign O' The Times, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 25, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 36: Chicago – “Chicago Transit Authority”

I know the key songs already – singles, a few of the album tracks too, sixties compilations… And I know plenty of other stuff by Chicago – but I’d never heard this, their debut album right through. Until just recently. It’s a curio, as anything from the past is – ultimately. But there’s a lot in this. So […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1001, 1001 Albums, 1001 Albums To Hear Before You Die, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, 1960s, 1969, Blood Sweat & Tears, Chicago, Chicago – “Chicago Transit Authority”, Chicago Transit Authority, Free Form Guitar, Jazz-Rock, Prince, Sign O' The Times, Sixties, Something/Anything, The 1001 Albums Challenge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 36, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 36: Chicago – “Chicago Transit Authority”, Todd Rundgren, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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April 25, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 560

Prince, You Got The Look/Housequake [Single] (1987) I’ve had a bunch of Prince singles – sold quite a few of them back too; I have all the albums and though there are some B-sides worth hunting you can find most of what you need on the CDs or original albums and the compilations and bootleg […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1987, EP, Housequake, LP, Prince, Sheena Easton, Sign O' The Times, Single, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 560, U Got The Look, Vinyl ·

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April 30, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

DJ Setlist: PRINCE – A Tribute Night, Meow, Friday, April 29, 2016

It was a tribute night to the Purple One following the news that’s still so hard to take even as it continues to sink in, and the loss seems more astounding by the day. I teared up this afternoon rewatching the clip of Prince slaying all with his solo at the end of the all-star […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1999, 2016), Alphabet Street, April 29, B-Sides, Batman, Come, Controversy, Diamonds and Pearls, DJ Dopamean, DJ Set, DJ Setlist, DJ Setlist: Prince – A Tribute Night, DJing, Friday, Lovesexy, Lovesymbol, LP, Mel James, Meow, Musicology, Parade, Prince, Purple Rain, R.I.P., Records, Sign O' The Times, The Gold Experience, Thieves in the Temple, Tribute, Vinyl, Wellington, Wgtn ·

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April 24, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 108 Valhalla

It was a house on the Terrace that we found when we learned the big warehouse space that we called home was about to be torn down. Old and stucco, full of earthquake cracks and rundown but with a majestic view of the city. Valhalla was painted in spidery writing on the façade. There was […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged # 108, 1987, Art, Double White, Exile On Main Street, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Idiot Sun, Jon Mcleary, Music, Physical Graffiti, Prince, Sign O' The Times, Something/Anything, Spines, Steve Brauniaus, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 108 Valhalla, The Spines, The Terrrace, Valhalla, War Stories, War Stories # 108, Wellington, Wgtn, Writing ·

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September 15, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1033

Prince, Sign O’ The Times [Single] (1987) Been enjoying finding this stack of Prince 12”s I (sorta) forgot all about. You know much as I love the Sign O’ The Times album I never cared all that much for the title track, at least not in the context of the album. Maybe it’s because there’s […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 12", 1987, B-side, La La La He He Hee, Prince, Sign O' The Times, Single ·

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August 14, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1059

Sheila E., Sheila E (1987) I’m listening to Kimbra – but I can’t concentrate (nor can she, by the sounds). I’m thinking about Sheila E. Her autobiography is due soon (I’ve got that shit pre-ordered!) I dig out this self-titled album from 1987, her third; still under the thumb of Prince – but with attempts to […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1987, Boy's Club, Cat Glover, Hold Me, Kimbra, Koo Koo, Latin-jazz, LP, Prince, Sheila E., Sheila Escovedo, Sign O' The Times, Vinyl ·

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May 11, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1129

Sheila E, Romance 1600 (1985) Of course I got onto Sheila E. albums through being a Prince fan – that video of her playing (the drum solo from the Sign O’ The Times concert film – “not bad, for a girl…”) was one of my favourite music videos growing up. Still is, I guess. And […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1985, A Love Bizarre, Merci For The Speed of a Mad Clown In Summer, Prince, Romance 1600, Sheila E., Sign O' The Times, Vinyl ·

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September 17, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Janelle Monae: The Electric Lady

Janelle Monae The Electric Lady Bad Boy/Warners The Electric Lady is Janelle Monae’s second official album release – and her third release given her debut was a seven-track EP/mini-album, it’s also known as the fourth and fifth suites of her seven-part future-symphony that will link the four releases (when the closing chapters are released on […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Concept Album, Electric Lady, Erykah Badu, Esperanza Spalding, Jackson 5, James Brown, Janelle Monae, Michael Jackson, Miguel, Prince, Sci-Fi, Sign O' The Times, Solange, Stevie Wonder, Suites IV and V, The Electric Lady, The Love Below, The Velvet Rope ·

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May 29, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1368

Billy Cobham, Picture This (1987) I need help. I mean, really. Because, even though I’ve been burned before – many times, in fact – I will still buy an album by a drummer I love even if I know I shouldn’t. And with Billy Cobham there’s a couple of albums that are worth having with […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Billy Cobham, Miles Davis, Picture This, Prince, Same Ole Love, Sign O' The Times ·

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March 9, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Jamie Lidell: Jamie Lidell

Jamie Lidell Jamie Lidell Warp It seems the hipsters have had it with Jamie Lidell – you’re not supposed to make sunny, infectious pop and R’n’B that references Prince, is influenced by Stevie Wonder, Sly and The Jackson 5 and slinks and bops all at once for more than two albums. They liked it on […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Blaming Something, Cameo, Chromeo, Compass, Jamie Lidell, Jim, Multiply, Prince, Sign O' The Times, Stevie Wonder, Super_Collider, Why Ya Why ·

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