Posts Tagged Stewart Copeland

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December 8, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 600

The Police, Every Breath You Take – The Singles (1986) I have this thing where a pang of nostalgia sometimes hits when I see a key compilation from my childhood. That was the case when I walked into the record store last week and saw this offering by The Police. My bro had the CD, […]

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November 8, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Drummers You Just Can’t Beat: # 14 – Vinnie Colaiuta

I first met him (in a musical sense) with the Sting album Ten Summoner’s Tales. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing – the sharp cymbal sound, the crisp snare; the fact that Colaiuta had his head around 5/4 and 7/4 time signatures – playing in 7/8 here on St Augustine In Hell. I think […]

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June 20, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 872

Stewart Copeland, The Equalizer and Other Cliff Hangers (1988) I had that boxset of The Police’s music, all of it, Message In A Box – and I loved that. Played it over and again. But I was obsessed with finding out as much about the outside music from Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers, I knew […]

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June 10, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 878

Klark Kent, Klark Kent (1980) The Klark Kent pseudonym is for the (solo) work of Stewart Copeland. He made this record when he was still in The Police but obvious had a hankering to record himself on other instruments (he plays everything here, one-man-bands it in a McCartney II kinda way) and, presumably, was keen […]

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August 4, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Beware of Mr. Baker: Film

Beware of Mr. Baker Director: Jay Bulger Vivendi Entertainment This film, a documentary of legendary Cream/Blind Faith tub-thumper, Ginger Baker, gets off to a flying start with Baker butting the filmmaker with the end of his cane – a bop on the nose as if a mad flam intro and then off into a 5/4 […]