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August 2, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 271
Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Accidents Will Happen /Alison [Single] (1979) I used to have a bootleg recording of the whole Live At Hollywood High concert. It’s a ripper. Peak-of-powers stuff. So I guess I wanted this little peek of the peak-of-powers-stuff, a double A-Side+B-Side single, almost an EP...three live tracks, big songs – and huge energy here from […]Archive
July 30, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 273
Philip Bailey & Phil Collins, Easy Lover [Single] (1985) Somewhere in my record collection I have a copy of Philip Bailey’s “Chinese Wall” album, as produced by Phil Collins. Why wouldn’t I have this? Philip Bailey was part of Earth, Wind & Fire. And Phil Collins was part of Genesis. Both were great in the bands and on their own and then […]Archive
July 1, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 284
The Swingers, One Good Reason [Single] (1979/1980) I’ve taken to TradeMe and scouring the bins as my Phil Judd research/quest continues and with The Swingers I’m hoping to get all five singles. They’re out there. At least as far as I know. I have a couple anyway. Now I have this – which is great because One Good Reason is a great song, the band’s […]Archive
June 21, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 289
Run-DMC, Walk This Way [Single] (1986) I’m pretty sure I knew this version and knew about Run-DMC before I knew the Aerosmith version and maybe even before I (really) knew about Aerosmith. I certainly got into Aerosmith (for a while) on the back of this. I remember that much. Then it was to Beastie Boys and Public Enemy and all sorts of things on the […]Archive
June 14, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 291
The Swingers, It Ain’t What You Dance, It’s The Way You Dance It [Single] (1981) I remember it being such a revelation to find out that the Swingers did more than just Counting The Beat. By which I mean simply that I was young when that was a hit – I loved that song, and still do – but it was about finding the […]Archive
March 30, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 323
Rigoletoo Quartet, Bella Figlia Dell Amore [EP] Sometimes – it doesn’t happen that often now, although it just happened then – I’ll go sifting through a record shelf and find something I don’t know anything about. Why I own it? Where it came from? Etc. And so that’s the case with this 7” classical single/EP. It probably came […]Archive
March 23, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 325
Split Enz, Conflicting Emotions (1983) Tim was on the way out – and keen to be a solo star – Neil was on the way up, about to become the band-leader, a role he’s basically held with regard to whatever he does ever since. So this, the second to last studio album by Split Enz is well named; an indication of the moods and […]Archive
March 15, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 327
Split Enz, I Hope I Never [Single] (1980) What a song this is! Where did it come from? What does it mean? There’s a story – a rumour, perhaps – about the triggering of this song. I know about that. You probably do too. But what I mean is the inspiration for not only the lyrics, the […]Archive
February 22, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 332
Icehouse, Crazy [Single] (1987) I have a story about the album Man of Colours which I have already shared – and if you can’t be bothered clicking on that link it’s, simply, that I heard the album blaring down the street on the very last day of primary school. My mum would buy a new album every week and blast it […]Archive
February 19, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 333
Sheena Easton, Sugar Walls [Single] (1984) I was pretty into Sheena Easton across the 1980s. First off she had the Bond theme from the first James Bond movie I ever saw, then she had this association with Prince. She had a few big hits on the charts too, anyway, but the Prine-thing was a deal-sealer for me. I can’t remember not being […]Archive
February 14, 2019 by Simon Sweetman