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July 19, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

The Rolling Stones: A Bigger Bang Live On Copacabana Beach

The Rolling Stones A Bigger Bang Live On Copacabana Beach Mercury Studios Another month, another live Rolling Stones album. It got a bit boring a while ago. And then very boring some time shortly after that. I say this as a card-carrying Stones fan for some 35 years of my life. But I called time […]
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June 27, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

In Praise of Charlie Watts

I think Charlie Watts is more than a wee bit great. Like fucking brilliant. Like, one of the best drummers ever. In fact I wrote about Charlie in my wee e-book called Drummers You Just Can’t Beat. But if you want a bigger book about how great Charlie Watts is (my e-book is about 19 […]
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December 7, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Rolling Stones: Steel Wheels Live

The Rolling Stones Steel Wheels Live Eagle Rock Entertainment When The Rolling Stones released Steel Wheels – they were oldies, apparently. Veterans. They had all but disintegrated, disbanded, Jagger and Richards made middling solo albums each, the rest of the gang sat back and watched their leaders feud – and then when they finally got […]
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September 11, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 56

The Rolling Stones, Let It Bleed (1969) We had this amazing journey around the South Island when I was about 8 or 9 and it was soundtracked by The Rolling Stones. Almost nothing else. My brother had gone in deep for the Stones and it was a massive nostalgia-kick for my folks. I had no […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1969, Let It Bleed, LP, Monkey Man, Record, Rolling Stones, The Rolling Stones, The Stones, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 56, Vinyl ·

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November 16, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Ronnie Wood with His Wild Five: Mad Lad – A Live Tribute to Chuck Berry

Ronnie Wood with His Wild Five Mad Lad: A Live Tribute to Chuck Berry BMG Right Management (UK) Ltd Well-meaning they’ll say. “Live” the album title tells us – but is it less about the celebration and more about pinpointing an excuse for the sloppiness? Ronnie Wood can play, and I’ll defend that every time […]
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February 21, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 99 The Stones

It was my mate Geordie who first got me into The Rolling Stones. He was from Newcastle and brought his record collection with him when his family moved to Hamilton. His albums had more elaborate covers than the versions we got out here. He had a great passion for the Mick Taylor years, had seen […]
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September 19, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Keith Richards – Under The Influence: Film

Keith Richards: Under The Influence Director: Morgan Neville Tremolo Productions/Radical Media/Netflix Premiering on Netflix this film about Keith Richards was conceived as a promotional video to accompany his new solo album, his first in over two decades. And for the first half of its feature-length running time Keith Richards: Under The Influence still feels like […]
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February 6, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 49 – The Rolling Stones, Auckland, 1995

My first time seeing The Rolling Stones – the whole family went to it, up in Auckland. Good show. Good setlist. A buddy had a ticket too, was supposed to come with us – he had some family reunion (of the more formal kind, not just a gathering at a Stones gig) and was gutted […]
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June 19, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1097

The Rolling Stones, The Rolling Stones [EP] (1964) Here it is – their debut EP and it all went to shit for The Rolling Stones after this. They never did anything better than this right here! Surprised they even had a future. Okay, I am joking of course. But there’s something pretty wonderful about going […]
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February 4, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1639

The Rolling Stones, Emotional Rescue (1980) I get the feeling that this album doesn’t attract a lot of noise in the scheme of things, one of the lesser known/less acclaimed/less interesting albums by The Rolling Stones. We had the album on tape, round and round it would go in mum’s car – and those songs […]
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