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July 1, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 284 

The Swingers, One Good Reason [Single] (1979/1980) I’ve taken to TradeMe and scouring the bins as my Phil Judd research/quest continues and with The Swingers I’m hoping to get all five singles. They’re out there. At least as far as I know. I have a couple anyway. Now I have this – which is great because One Good Reason is a great song, the band’s […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1979, 1980, A-side, B-side, It's All Over Town, One Good Reason, Phil Judd, Ripper Records, Single, Swingers, The Swingers, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 284 ·

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April 17, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Phil Judd: Flightless Bird

Phil Judd  Flightless Bird  (Independent/Bandcamp)  For the last decade and a half Phil Judd’s musical voice has been sneaking out into the world via a handful of idiosyncratic solo releases – you know that voice, instantly. And vocally there’s still every power in it, reminders of all that was always great. There are musical motifs – and the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Bandcamp, Buster Stiggs, Flightless Bird, Phil Judd, Phil Judd: Flightless Bird, Schnell-Fenster, Solo Album, The Swingers, Tim Finn, Unique, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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December 7, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 352

Phil Judd, The Swinger (1983) I just recently found this mini-LP, or EP – a 12”er that collects half of the Private Lives album and one extra track; a US release, as I understand it. It’s worth it for the cover alone really. And because it’s Phil Judd. I already have the Rendezvous single (which […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged # 352, 12", 1983, Al Kooper, EP, Judd, LP, Mini-LP, Phil, Phil Judd, Private Lives, Record, Rendezvous, Rendezvous (With A Girl Like You), Swingers, The Swinger, The Swingers, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 352, Us, US Version ·

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October 10, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Phil Judd Interview: From The Archives

This time last week I spent about 100 minutes on the phone with Phil Judd. The longest interview I have ever done. And it was probably the longest time coming, in the sense that I first thought I would like to interview Judd in the early 1990s. I loved (and still love) the two albums […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Art, Australia, Blog, Blog On The Tracks, From The Archives, Interview, Kiwi, Mental Notes, Music, Painting, Phil Judd, Schnell-Fenster, Split Enz, Swingers, The Phil Judd Interview, The Phil Judd Interview: From The Archives, The Swingers ·

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May 15, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 111 Ripper Records

Caroline, Rob and I formed the Spines in early 1981 and we started getting gigs straight away. We rehearsed a lot too and were searching out our own sound – they both played professionally in a jazz band as well at the time and we were always tight but experimental. When Bryan Staff moved to […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged AK79, Andy Craig, Art, Bryan Staff, Chips Nightclub, Fishing, Frank Douglas, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Ian Morris, Jon Mcleary, Karen Hay, Marmalade, Mike Chunn, Music, Painting, Pop Mechanix, Punch, Punch/Your Body Stays, Ripper, Ripper Records, Simon Grigg, Simon Morris, Spines, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 111 Ripper Records, The Spines, The Swingers, War Stories, War Stories # 111, Wellington, Writing, Your Body Stays ·

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February 9, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1191

V/A, Hits & Myth (1981) Spent a bit more money on this than I usually do for a second-hander, but worth it. Pretty mint copy, record in good nick – cover tidy-as – and what a line-up, what a great tracklisting – a perfect party record – Split Enz and Dragon and Hello Sailor and […]
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