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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 25, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 261 – The Monkees, Wellington, 2019

As soon as I saw the advertising for The Monkees I was very keen to see them; sure it was just two of them – but in a way it’s the two that mattered most. And anyway you can’t bring people back from the dead, you either go and see the remaining members and make […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2019, Gig Review, Live Gig, Live Music, MFC, Stub, Stubs, Stubs is an occasional feature here at Off The Tracks – looking back through the ticket-stub box and remembering how the show went down., Stubs: # 261, Stubs: # 261 – The Monkees, The Mike and Micky Show Live, The Monkees, Wellington ·

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April 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Monkees: The Mike & Micky Show Live

The Monkees The Mike & Micky Show Live Rhino Records The late-career comeback of The Monkees has been a nice surprise. Like The Beatles and The Who they’re now down to just two and Mike Nesmith made it very clear during the recent tour (and in the years previous) that he could wander from the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Live, Micky Dolenz, Mike Nesmith, Monkees, The Mike & Micky Show Live, The Monkees, The Monkees: The Mike & Micky Show Live ·

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November 21, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Mitch Ryder: Detroit Breakout!

Mitch Ryder Detroit Breakout! Cleopatra It’s funny hearing things like this – totally unnecessary new recordings by old lifers. Sometimes you just can’t hack it at all (because they can’t hack it at all) as was the case with Mike Love’s latest (and with many things that rotten old gremlin). Other times, as with the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2019, Album Review, Arthur Adams, Brian Auger, Cherie Curie, Covers, Detroit Breakout!, Duets, Joe Louis Walker, Linda Gail Lewis, Mitch Ryder, Mitch Ryder: Detroit Breakout!, Sylvain Sylvain, The Monkees, Wayne Kramer, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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September 11, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Erin Rae: Lagniappe Session (ep)

Erin Rae Lagniappe Session (ep) Independent / Aquarium Drunkard The great Aquarium Drunkard site/blog started up this thing a while back called the Lagniappe Sessions – getting artists to record covers and inspirations, a short-form thing, an EP the result. It’s been a great way to discover both new musical talent (the artist) and rediscover […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Aquarium Drunkard, Carole King, Covers, Duchess, EP, Erin Rae, Erin Rae & The Meanwhiles, Erin Rae: Lagniappe Session (ep), Gene Clark, Jonathan Richman, Joni Mitchell, Karen Dalton, Lagniappe Session, Lagniappe Session (ep), Lagniappe Sessions, Putting On Airs, Scott Walker, Singer/Songwriter, Some Misunderstanding, The Monkees, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, You Must Ask The Heart ·

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June 11, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: The Monkees (June 10, Wgtn)

The Monkees  MFC, Wellington   Monday, June 10 I’m a believer (ha!) that you have to do the research – you have to know what to expect. Anyone thinking they were getting anything close to the actual Monkees would be defeated purely by numbers; part-time players in their later years Mike Nesmith and Micky Dolenz (now all that’s left) were never going […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged “Headquarters", Davy Jones, Gig, Gig Review, Gig Review: The Monkees (June 10, Head, June, June 10, Live, Live Gig, MFC, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, Mike Nesmith, Monday, Monkees, Nes, Peter Tork, The Monkees, Wellington, Wgtn, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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January 4, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 23: The Monkees – “Headquarters”

It’s funny – or odd – that I’d never heard this (until just recently, that is). I’m a big fan of The Monkees – starting in what I thought was the usual way, at least for someone of my age: re-runs of the TV show intrigued me, then I had to push aside the baggage […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged “Headquarters", 1001, 1001 Albums, 1001 Albums To Hear Before You Die, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, 1967, Boy Band, Monkees, Sixties, The 1001 Albums Challenge, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 23, The 1001 Albums Challenge # 23: The Monkees – “Headquarters", The Monkees, Third Album, TV ·

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October 23, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Fabulous Return of The Monkees: Comeback of the Year

The Monkees are often mentioned as a manufactured band – made for TV. It’s true, ads were placed and the aim was to make an imaginary band, an American version of something that channelled the spirit of Beatlemania. The band members would eventually go on to show their enormous musical talent – in some cases […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Comeback, Comeback of the Year, Good Times, Head, Mickey Dolenz, Mike Nesmith, New Album, Peter Tork, Reunion, The Fabulous Return of The Monkees, The Fabulous Return of The Monkees: Comeback of the Year, The Monkees, TV Show ·

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October 10, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 618

The Monkees, The Monkees (1966) I’ve always loved The Monkees – I remember, vividly, the summer that the TV show came on the telly when I was little. It was a series of re-runs – but it was the first time in my life the TV show was around. Part of a wave of 60s […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1966, Debut Album, First Album, Gonna Buy Me A Dog, Hey Hey We're The Monkees, LP, Monkees, Record, The Monkees, The Vinyl Countdown # 618, Theme Song, TV Show, Vinyl ·

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May 30, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Monkees: Good Times!

The Monkees Good Times! Rhino Records Perhaps no one expected that a new album by The Monkees in 2016 would get rave reviews, but Good Times! is deserving of a great gush. For a start it’s fun (with an exclamation mark to remind us – though it almost evokes that famous question-mark from those hippie-times, […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 50th Anniversary, Adam Schlesinger, Album Review, Andy Partridge, Ben Gibbard, Death Cab For Cutie, Fountains of Wayne, Good Times, Harry Nilsson, Mickey Dolenz, Mike Nesmith, Monkees, Neil Diamond, Noel Gallagher, Paul Weller, Peter Tork, Rivers Cuomo, The Monkees, Weezer, XTC ·

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March 12, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The City: Now That Everything’s Been Said

The City Now That Everything’s Been Said LightInTheAttic Here’s a wonderful reissue from the dependable LightInTheAttic label – it’s the first time too that The City’s Now That Everything’s Been Said has been reissued for vinyl. This was a band fronted by Carole King and it’s essentially her “lost” or middle years. She’d written the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Blood Sweat and Tears, Brill Building, Carole King, Charles Larkey, Danny Kortchmar, Gerry Goffin, Jim Gordon, Light In The Attic, LightInTheAttic, Lou Adler, Now That Everything's Been Said, Pop, Reissue, Songwriting, Tapestry, The Byrds, The City, The Monkees, Wrecking Crew ·

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January 16, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

V/A: Bobby Gillespie presents Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down

Various Artists: Bobby Gillespie Presents Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down Ace Records/Border I’m a sucker for a great artist-driven compilation/mix-tape. They’ll tell you that you can do it yourself via Spotify or almost any other platform. And you can. But the best mixtapes are the ones your friends make you – because you get to see […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 13th Floor Elevators, Ace, Ace Records, Alexander "Skip" Spence, Beach Boys, Bobby Gillespie presents Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down, Compilation, Dion, Emmylou Harris, Evie Sands, Gene Clark, Gram Parsons, Jerry Lee Lewis, John Barry, Kris Kristofferson, Link Wray, Mix, Mixtape, Primal Scream, Ronnie Wood, Skip Spence, Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down, The Byrds, The Monkees, Tim Buckley, V/A, V/A: Bobby Gillespie presents Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down, Various, Various Artists, Willie Nelson ·
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