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October 22, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 38 – Keith Jarrett, “Restoration Ruin”

Keith Jarrett, Restoration Ruin, 1968 Somewhere in my quest to collect a whole heap of things by Keith Jarrett (not everything – because how could you?) I found out about this album. The Oddity In His Catalogue. Recorded and released in 1968 it is his second album. It is unlike anything else he’s made. Jarrett […]
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March 8, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 156

The Shadows, Jigsaw (1967) I fucking love The Shadows. On a level where I actually can’t understand it if you don’t. To me, if a person does not think The Shadows are super-fucking-great I’m forced to contemplate whether that person is even real. I mean – they breathe. Eat. Sleep. Shit. Sure. But are they […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1967, Cliff Richard, Guitar, Hank Marvin, Instrumentals, Jigsaw, LP, Mono, Record, Sixties, surf-rock, Tennessee Waltz, The Shadows, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 156, Vinyl ·

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February 27, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 37: The Youngbloods – “Elephant Mountain”

Reading this book is a reminder of just how much music is out there that you forget about, or forget to check out further. First view of the name The Youngbloods and I’m scratching my head, thinking I’ve never even heard of them. But of course I have… Their 1967 single Get Together isn’t quite […]
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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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February 21, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 35: Quicksilver Messenger Service – “Happy Trails”

Yeah-yeah, I know they’re important in the scheme of things (or a footnote at least) – in fact I wrote about them as part of a piece about the key San Fran bands but I have to admit, and here’s the place to do it, I’ve just never cared/got the buzz about Quicksilver Messenger Service. […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1001, 1001 Albums, 1001 Albums Challenge, 1001 Albums To Hear Before You Die, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, 1969, Happy Trails, Hippie, QMS, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Quicksilver Messenger Service – “Happy Trails”, San Fran, San Francisco, Sixties, The 1001 Albums Challenge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 35, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 35: Quicksilver Messenger Service – “Happy Trails”, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 19, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 34: Elvis Presley – “From Elvis In Memphis”

As I mentioned with a previous entry into this series featuring a Presley record I am an Elvis fan. Although I wasn’t always, or at least wasn’t always deeply into Elvis. At first it was the early rock’n’roll hits, and they were part of my life – like anyone’s, or at least that’s how it […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged '68 Comeback Special, 1001, 1001 Albums To Hear Before You Die, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, 1960s, 1969, Chips Moman, Elvis, Elvis Presley, Elvis Presley – “From Elvis In Memphis”, Elvis: That's The Way It Is, EP, From Elvis In Memphis, In The Ghetto, Memphis, Presley, Sixties, The 1001 Albums Challenge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 34, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 34: Elvis Presley – “From Elvis In Memphis”, The Memphis Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 14, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 33: Pentangle – “Basket of Light”

I have listened to a lot of albums by John Renbourn and even more by Bert Jansch but Pentangle – not as much; not so much – mostly left to compilations or standalone tracks… At first, listening to this, I feel it’s one of those dated-sounding things – can’t quite place it anywhere near today […]
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February 6, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 30: Iron Butterfly – “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida”

I’m almost embarrassed to admit that I’d never heard this album. Then again, couldn’t you be just as embarrassed for hanging on to this, loving it then and now as well? I don’t know the answer to that…but Iron Butterfly is a band I was only ever aware of – I had heard the side-length title […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1001, 1001 Albums Challenge, 1001 Albums To Hear Before You Die, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, 1968, Blue Cheer, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, Iron Butterfly – “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida”, Sixties, The 1001 Albums Challenge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 30, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 30: Iron Butterfly – “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida”, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 4, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 29: The Incredible String Band – “The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter”

I am pretty green when it comes to The Incredible String Band. One of those groups I’ve read about more than I’ve listened to. That said, I did read a book about the British psych/folk scene of the 60s/70s and it prompted me to buy a compilation of the String Band’s “hits” – not that […]
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January 25, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 28: Hariprasad Chaurasia, Brij Bhushan Kabra and Shivkumar Sharma – “Call Of The Valley”

One of those albums – Call Of The Valley where you listen to it, or become aware of it, because of the people that it inspired; because of who was listening to it. In this case, most obviously/logically: George Harrison. Also  Roger McGuinn, Dylan, Paul McCartney and David Crosby.
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged “Call Of The Valley”, 1001, 1001 Albums, 1001 Albums To Hear Before You Die, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, 1967, Brij Bhushan Kabra, Classical, George Harrison, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Indian, Shivkumar Sharma, Sitar, Sixties, The 1001 Albums Challenge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 28, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 28: Hariprasad Chaurasia Brij Bhushan Kabra and Shivkumar Sharma – “Call Of The Valley” ·

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January 17, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 26: The Electric Prunes – “I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night”

It seems odd – to me anyway – that I had never previously hear this. I mean the song, sure. I know that. A staple from Nuggets, I often play it at DJ sets – and the Nuggets compilation has been a big deal in my life for a while. And yet I just simply […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 1001, 1001 Albums, 1001 Albums To Hear Before You Die, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, 1960s, 1967, Electric Prunes, Eponymous, Garage, https://www.amazon.com/Nuggets-Original-Artyfacts-Psychedelic-1965-1968/dp/B00000AFWZ, I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night), Retro, Self-Titled, Sixties, The 1001 Albums Challenge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 26, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 26: The Electric Prunes – “I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night”, The Electric Prunes, The Prunes ·

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January 15, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 25: Merle Haggard & The Strangers – “I’m A Lonesome Fugitive”

Like Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson and – really – just a small handful of others Merle Haggard was the perfect mix of brilliant ability and kick-arse back-story. I was a fan long before I really knew much of his work. As a retailer, called on to recommend great country artists he was always a name […]
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