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February 5, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 337

The Beatles, The Beatles Box (1980) Growing up, the music of The Beatles was all around – my dad had lost/got rid of some of his records but we had a decent smattering and some of the solo records from the post-break-up years too. A couple of compilations were added to the collection as we grew up […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1980, 8-LP, Box, box-set, Liverpool, Love Me Do, LP, Record, Records, The Beatles, The Beatles Box, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 337, Vinyl ·

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December 29, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 346

George Harrison, Cloud Nine (1987) It’s been a big year for me and The Beatles – I’ve fallen in love with the band again and the solo careers of all its members, the big revelation has probably been just how much I really do love a lot of the John Lennon material (far more than […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1980s, 1987, 2ser, Cloud Nine, Eighties, ELO, Elton John, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, LP, Record, Ringo Starr, RNZ, That's What It Takes, The Beatles, The Traveling Wilburys, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 346, Vinyl ·

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December 26, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 347

Ringo Starr, Sentimental Journey (1970) Poor old Ringo Starr. I say “Poor old Ringo Starr”, when there’s nothing poor about him. Nice life, great drummer, in the best band in the world, lucky timing on that too, etc. And it really hasn’t mattered what he did after. I mean he’s as well-known – actually probably […]
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December 19, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 348

Paul McCartney, No More Lonely Nights [Single] (1984) The mark of Macca the craftsman, the master of conjuring melodies, making magic out of almost anything, out of nowhere, can be heard her. His Give My Regards to Broadway is a barely-endearing flop (I bought it years back on VHS and watched it more than once, […]
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December 16, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 349

Wings, Getting Closer [Single] (1979) I never understood the idea that the band Wings was not good. I grew up on them. I love The Beatles and a lot of what Paul McCartney does solo, but for a while there at least I was a Wings fan – number one. And I always dip back […]
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December 11, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 351

The Beach Boys, The Beach Boys Today! (1965) It’s about here – on their eighth album (already!) – that The Beach Boys start to grow up and away from the “Surf” songs; not that there’s anything wrong with the best of the surf songs. But here we get the start of the real sophistication – […]
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December 4, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Movies of My Life # 16: The Compleat Beatles

Maybe it’s because it’s hard to find and best remembered for what it represented (also: time/place) but I reckon The Compleat Beatles is the very best Beatles doco there’s ever been. It shits on The Anthology which is not terrible, but is, probably, far too much of a good thing. When The Anthology was released […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged # 16: The Compleat Beatles, Beatlemania, Beatles, Billy J. Kramer, Billy Preston, Compleat, Doc, Doco, Documentary, Fab 4, Film, George Martin, Gerry Marsden, Home Video, Laser Disc, Lazer Disc, Lenny Kaye, Malcolm McDowell, Marianne Faithfull, Merseysound, Movie, Movies, Movies of My Life, Movies of My Life # 16, Movies of My Life # 16: The Compleat Beatles, Movies of My Life started life as a series of posts on the Phantom Billstickers Facebook page, The Beatles, The Compleat Beatles, Tony Sheridan, VHS, Video ·

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November 29, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Music Feature: The Music of George Harrison

I’m usually on RNZ once a month to have a chat about some new albums. But now and then I present features on the show too. Most recently I co-interviewed Steve Gadd! And then, Jesse Mulligan asked me a question – a silly question: Was I the right person to do a feature about George Harrison? […]
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November 23, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 358

George Harrison, Somewhere In England (1981) I’ve been a George Harrison fan since I could remember his name…which is to say one of my first memories is asking my dad and my uncle what “the other guy in The Beatles was called?” I knew the two main songwriters and the drummer – their names stuck. […]
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September 16, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Paul McCartney: Egypt Station

Paul McCartney Egypt Station Capitol Much as I liked NEW the, er, new Paul McCartney album of five years ago, his last studio solo album for a time, it hasn’t aged particularly well. Too many cooks spoiled that broth. But at least it showed the restless creative spirit that is Sir Paul McCartney, former Beatle, […]
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July 21, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 125 – Russell Self

Welcome to episode 125 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Here I had a chat with Russell Self. He’s a Wellington-based, English-born musician and poet. Russell’s held many jobs, let many more go, he’s been a busker, a troubadour, he recites his own poems and sings covers – he also […]
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March 20, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Feature: Music Feuds

I’m usually on RNZ once a month to have a chat about some new albums. But the other day I got the call up to present a Music Feature for the Afternoons show. The topic was Music Feuds – and so I discussed The Beatles/Yoko Ono, Simon & Garfunkel, Marvin Gaye’s divorce from Anna Gordy […]
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