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December 4, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 206

Joan Baez, Joan Baez (1960) I kinda still can’t believe that I talked to Joan Baez. But I did. I really did. And you can click on that link and hear it – the only thing better than talking to Joan Baez (and having a pretty great conversation by the way) was finding a tape […]
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September 6, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 85: Siouxsie and the Banshees – “Juju”

There I was just ten albums back in this challenge saying that I really needed to listen to more Siouxsie and The Banshees because I’d been gifted a compilation album and was digging it – and had some memories of posters and singles and video clips and bit and bobs from back in the day […]
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September 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 84: The Teardrop Explodes – “Kilimanjaro”

The Teardrop Explodes…I love them! Don’t make me laugh. I love them! Fucking Julian Cope! Of course. I love his book…and (some of) his albums to…actually, I do like The Teardrop Explodes; but only because of Cope and his books and some of his albums and…you know what…as much as I love this album – […]
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June 9, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 66: Suicide– “Suicide”

Another of those bands/albums where I knew about it, knew I was “supposed” to have heard it, etc. But the truth, obviously, is I had not. I did know about Suicide. And Alan Vega. But mostly just from reading books that document the era, from seeing docos, from the history of music… I knew a […]
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April 30, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 56: 10cc – “Sheet Music

Clever band, 10cc. Often far too clever. Four great writers, producers, players… I’ve seen the modern version of the band, which is basically The Graham Gouldman Show – they play all his earlier songwriting-hits as well as the best singles and album cuts from the band. Growing up, I knew the radio hits. And had […]
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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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December 12, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 21: Moby Grape – “Moby Grape”

Funny that I’d never heard this album, only in that I love Skip Spence, the mythology – that amazing solo album of his and so usually, when something like that comes along you work your way back through everything – and yes I’d heard of Moby Grape and heard some of their stuff, and Jefferson […]
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