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September 17, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 372
Schnell Fenster, Ok Alright A Huh Oh Yeah [Single] (1990) I loved Schnell Fenster. I love Schnell Fenster still. But discovering them, finding out all about this band – not just Phil Judd but other ex-Split Enz members too – it was just a whole new world, my mind was blown. I was about 10 […]Archive
August 9, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 383
Men At Work, Down Under [Single] (1981) When I was a kid this song was massive – it was everywhere – and I guess I loved it, for a while at least. Then I got over it. Then it was sorta right time/right place for a while…but I bought this single, just recently, because I […]Archive
July 31, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 386
Bob Geldof, The Great Song of Indifference [Single] (1990) As time goes by I seem to think less of both Bob Geldof and his music – granted I was never a diehard for his solo nor Boomtown Rats stuff; I did like a bit of it though, and read his autobiography at a time when […]Archive
July 12, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 390
Neneh Cherry, Inna City Mama [12” Single] (1989) Yes, yes I’ve gone about this enough I know – but when my son Oscar met Neneh Cherry it was a big deal for me, as was interviewing her and seeing the gig. She was one of those ones, one of the musical acts I felt like […]Archive
June 28, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 394
Prince & The New Power Generation, Diamonds and Pearls [Single] (1991) I have mixed feelings about this song, but it arrived at an important time in my near-lifelong Prince obsession; it seemed to bring him back too – one of four big singles from the album at the time. And this song, to me, is […]Archive
May 2, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 409
When The Cat’s Away, Sanctified [Single] (1987) Bought as part of a package deal – a few singles all at once, I got this because, well, I do have fond memories of When The Cat’s Away, such a big deal for a time. I was into them. I have seen the recent version of the […]Archive
April 30, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 410
Harry Belafonte, Belafonte Sings Of The Caribbean [EP] (1957) I’ve always been a Harry Belafonte fan – maybe it was seeing Day-O in Beetlejuice that really lit it up for me (I’m guessing, age-wise, that would have been when it really clicked). And then a few years on I got really obsessed – box-sets, picking […]Archive
April 18, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 412
Dennis O’Brien, Julia [Single] (1982) When I first (properly) met Dennis O’Brien it was to interview him for a story about Slow Boat Records’ then 21st Birthday – (the shop is now pretty much, fittingly, 33 1/3). I didn’t know about Dennis musical background. Not really anyway. I knew he tinkled and sang but didn’t […]Archive
April 16, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 413
Snap!, Mega Mix (1991) Oh man did I love the band Snap! Maybe I still do. Maybe it’s guilty-pleasure stuff. (Maybe it’s not). Once a year or so I dig out a burnt-CD copy of World Power and crank it. I used to have the tape. (And the original CD). One day I’ll find the […]Archive
April 10, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 415
Eddy Grant, Gimme Hope Jo’Anna [Single] (1988) I remember this song – and a few others – so well from my childhood. It was (and is) all at once terrific and fucking annoying. I remember, sometime back, a very decent compilation turned up for me to review. And I remembered how much I had really […]Archive
April 4, 2018 by Simon Sweetman