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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
The Vinyl Countdown # 417
Ray Parker Jr., Ghostbusters [Single] (1984) For some reason I felt the need to have the theme song from Ghostbusters in my collection – so I bought it. Just recently. I loved the original film as a kid – and its sequel (at the time, but not lasting). And if you must know I loathed […]Archive
April 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 418
David Bowie, Ashes to Ashes [Single] (1980) Hard to pick one favourite David Bowie song right? Impossible. And no need. Just enjoy so many of them…but I’ll bite. If I had to pick just one – it’s going to be this. Only because it always feels great hearing this – it’s a song you can […]Archive
March 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 430
Anna Leah, Love Bug [Single] (1973) Anna Leah arrived in NZ from the UK – she ended up over in Australia, where her career dwindled, then ended. But in the early 70s she surprised a few Kiwis with a small handful of hit singles. There was that one about the Wahine – bummer. And the […]Archive
February 19, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 433
The Holy Soul / Bowerbirds, That’s All / Give It [Single] (2009) The 7” single format. A great format. Right? One song to announce an artist, to be defined by, to represent – one song to kick off the party, to kick out the jams. How about the split single? Even better: two chances, technically. […]Archive
February 16, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 434
Drive-By Truckers, Kinky Hypocrite [Single] (2016) This “one-sided single” is part of the packaging with the vinyl edition of the last Truckers album, my favourite record of 2016. A masterpiece. Maybe the best album by Drive-By Truckers, a band that’s never really made a bad album – and has in fact made all kinds of great albums. […]Archive
February 6, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 439
BadBadNotGood, Seasons [Single] (2017) A self-released single – limited to 500 apparently, and sold by the band at their shows. Well, I was in. The show was okay, pretty good, not great but definitely not bad at all – and I’m a fan of BadBadNotGood for their albums and their ethic. These young lads are […]Archive
February 5, 2018 by Simon Sweetman