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January 5, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Movies of My Life # 14: The Blues Brothers

I have had the double-pack DVD of The Blues Brothers and Blues Brothers 2000 on my shelf for quite a few years. I didn’t need Blues Brothers 2000 but it was cheaper to buy the double-pack than just the original movie… The Blues Brothers had a profound influence on me. It is possibly the movie […]
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May 23, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1118

The Blues Brothers, Dancin’ Wid Da Blues Brothers (1983) I’m not a completist/must-have/collect-the-set guy. Not anymore. I was very close to that at one point, but one of the attractions of collecting vinyl on any level – and I guess in some way I’m still certainly a collector – is finding things that never made […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1983, Atlantic, Blues Brothers, Compilation, Dancin' Wid Da Blues Blues, Do You Love Me, LP, Mini-Album, The Blues Brothers, The Blues Brothers Band, Vinyl ·

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October 9, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1816

Blues Brothers, Briefcase Full Of Blues (1978) I was such a huge fan of the Blues Brothers movie growing up. I guess I still am – I wrote about the whole Blues Brothers experience a couple of years ago now. I must get around to re-watching the film sometime soon I guess. But I carry […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Briefcase Full Of Blues, Dusty Rhodes & The Bluesmobile, Hey Bartender, Messin' With The Kid, Minnie The Moocher, Shotgun Blues, SNL, Sweet Home Chicago, The Blues Brothers, The Blues Brothers Band, The Blues Brothers Soundtrack, Tim "Smokey" Walton, Vinyl, Wharenui ·

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