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February 11, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

V/A: True Colours, New Colours

Various Artists: True Colours, New Colours Warners Of all the cruel jokes in the world, tribute albums tend to be a specially crafted insult. But this one, this is different. This one is brazen as all fuck. Warner Music decided to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Split Enz’ dynamic and dynamite True Colours – our […]
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December 13, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1

Noel Crombie, My Voice Keeps Changing On Me [Single] (1983) I wonder if maybe Noel Crombie is the most underrated/under-valued member of Split Enz. By virtue of his role, or various roles, he helped them achieve such weirdness and within that or around that the stagecraft. You could argue that by costuming the band he […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1983, LP, My Voice Keeps Changing On Me, Ninee Neezup, Noel Crombie, Record, Single, Solo, Split Enz, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 1, Vinyl ·

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November 12, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 238: Alec Bathgate

Welcome to episode 238 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify […]
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June 22, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 105

Split Enz, Waiata (1981) I like this album – it’s always been one of my go-to Split Enz records – obviously the big hit, the shining gem of a single is One Step Ahead (and I have the 45 of that) but this was my second favourite from the ‘silver’ box-set of CDs (when I […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1981, Eddie Rayner, Enz, Hard Act To Follow, LP, One Step Ahead, Record, Split Enz, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 105, Vinyl, Waiata ·

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August 7, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 179: Jan Preston 

Welcome to episode 178 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat.  Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library. Jan Preston is a Kiwi-born, Australian-based pianist. She’s a […]
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July 25, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 177: Miles Golding 

Welcome to episode 177 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat.  Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library. Miles Golding is a classically trained violinist based in […]
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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 […]
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June 12, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 172: Eddie Rayner

Welcome to episode 172 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat.  Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library.Here is my chat with Eddie Rayner. I recorded this in late […]
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May 15, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 168: Roy Dunningham

Welcome to episode 168 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat.  Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library. This is a conversation with Roy Dunningham – he was […]
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April 26, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 314

Split Enz, Frenzy (1979) I’m so into the Split Enz catalogue – the need to collect it all, that some of the albums I have several copies of, others I’m still hoping to collect – I won’t go about trying to get all the different pressings/editions – I’m not like that – but I don’t mind buying another copy […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1979, Frenzy, Give It A Whirl, LP, Neil Finn, Phil Judd, Record, Split Enz, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 314, Tim Finn, Vinyl ·

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April 3, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 162 – Paul Crowther

Welcome to episode 162 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat.  Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library. I recorded this conversation back in January in Auckland. […]
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March 29, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Five Songs For Friday: 27 – The Return of ‘Five Songs For Friday’

It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these – far too long. Blame work commitments. I’ve been worried about getting a podcast up some part of Thursday or Friday and then work – the pesky day-job kind – has been on the horizon, looming, with early starts every Saturday for most of the last year. […]
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