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October 16, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 234
The Beach Boys, Honkin’ Down The Highway [Single] (1977) I’m on a massive Beach Boys kick right now, if you’re a regular reader of any of my pages you’ll know that already – I come and go with the band in terms of listening, a bit like The Beatles and other artists I care a […]Archive
October 15, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 235
BRAHMS: Paul Kletzki/The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Symphony No. 1 In C Minor (1959) The only genre of music I’ve separated out in my vinyl collection is classical – that’s so that I can learn; so I can find them straight away as it’s the genre I know least about and am increasingly interested in as […]Archive
October 13, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 236
The Beach Boys, Their Twenty Two Greatest Hits (1973) Ah, the specific – prosaic – compilation-album title. 22 hits you say? Better not be a bonus track! Better not cut off before the end either. I want to hear 22 songs by The Beach Boys and they better be their Greatest Goddamn Hits! My record […]Archive
October 11, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 237
Huey Lewis & The News, Sports (1983) “Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in ’83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives […]Archive
October 8, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 238
Savage Progress, Burning Bush [Single] (1984) I have no idea where this came from – funny the things that turn up in a collection. I haven’t bought that many bulk-lots off others, I’ve had a couple of donations of old collections…I can usually track exactly where I am and where I was and why something […]Archive
October 8, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 239
A message about SAMOA from Air New Zealand Geez, if it wasn’t for the cover image the title might look like a warning or something with those chosen block-capitals. It’s one of those flexi singles – a promotional item from/for Air New Zealand. And the only real info I found about it is in that […]Archive
October 5, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 240
Jerry Lee Lewis, Country Songs For City Folk (1965) I always thought “The Killer” was incredible – Jerry Lee Lewis, just a ferocious talent. And the narrative I knew, for the longest time, was that he was done at the end of the 1950s. A blast. A fall from grace. And then in fact total […]Archive
October 1, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 241
The Album Leaf, In A Safe Place (2004) I had an arthroscopy on my left ankle. Bone spurs removed. And the greatest thing about my convalescence was this album arriving to review for a magazine. I remember it vividly. I received a box of Sub-Pop stuff including comedy records, pop and indie – it was […]Archive
September 30, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 242
Randy Newman, Harps & Angels (2008) I remember being so excited about this – Randy Newman’s first non-soundtrack set of songs in nearly a decade (and I like the soundtracks by the way). But the chance to hear him being funny and satirical once again was tantalising. It was released when I was in Australia […]Archive
September 28, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 243
Bettye LaVette, The Scene of the Crime (2007) I saw Bettye LaVette in concert close to 20 years ago – she was a nobody in a way, she’d had the first phase of her career and hadn’t yet had the mighty comeback. But shit she was good! It was obvious she was a ferocious talent. […]Archive
September 27, 2019 by Simon Sweetman