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April 30, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
“To Katie”: The Memorabilia You Never Wanted
Many music fans have signed t-shirts, albums, ticket-stubs; the experience of receiving (collecting) gig/album-related ephemera, of meeting someone famous, or simply bidding on a signed item (after someone else did the work of meeting, greeting and coaxing the signature) is all part of being a music fan. For some fans anyway. But what about when […]Archive
September 4, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 503
The Peddlers, Birthday (1969) Recently I took a drive to Otaki to meet and record Roy Phillips for the podcast. We had a great ole chat – he has so many stories. And then after he signed my records. I had a couple of LPs by his group, The Peddlers. They were a shit-hot band, […]Archive
August 26, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 510
The Peddlers, Three In A Cell (1968) Earlier this week I took a drive up the coast and met with Roy Phillips from The Peddlers. We recorded a great conversation for my podcast. He talked about the band and his time in Swinging Sixties London and we chatted for a few minutes before recording and […]Archive
May 17, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 555
Gemma Ray, The Exodus Suite (2016) I was a fan of this album leading up to the gig – left it a bit late really to write a review of the album but I did review the gig; shame that not people were there. But it was bloody great. She’s quite fantastic is Gemma Ray […]Archive
March 12, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 569
The Nudge, Dark Arts (2017) I’ve liked Wellington band The Nudge in the past – but I haven’t listened to them enough to be a massive fan. That changed somewhat with the delivery of their second album – a copy of the vinyl dropped around to the house with the suggestion that I give it […]Archive
September 3, 2016 by Simon Sweetman