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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 […]Archive
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. […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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.Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
January 4, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 23: The Monkees – “Headquarters”
It’s funny – or odd – that I’d never heard this (until just recently, that is). I’m a big fan of The Monkees – starting in what I thought was the usual way, at least for someone of my age: re-runs of the TV show intrigued me, then I had to push aside the baggage […]Archive
December 27, 2017 by Simon Sweetman