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December 4, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 206
Joan Baez, Joan Baez (1960) I kinda still can’t believe that I talked to Joan Baez. But I did. I really did. And you can click on that link and hear it – the only thing better than talking to Joan Baez (and having a pretty great conversation by the way) was finding a tape […]Archive
December 3, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 207
Joan As Police Woman, Christobel [Single] (2006) Well I told the story here – click that link, it tells you all about my recent Joan As Police Woman story – interviews and chaperoning her other media requests and so on, and then a friend in Japan writes and tells me he’s found a couple of […]Archive
December 2, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 208
Big Ben Banjo Band, Let’s Together Some More [EP] (1957) With a name like the Big Ben Banjo Band I was powerless to resist. This is the right side of novelty music as far as I’m concerned. I love a good novelty-record, it’s a fine line though; when there’s some musical ability attached (virtuosity even) […]Archive
December 1, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 209
The Shadows, Theme Music From ‘The Boys’ [EP] (1962) I love The Shadows but all I really know is the Greatest Hits album and some of the music from the reunion tours with Cliff – I saw Cliff Richard live (it was pretty good) but I never saw The Shadows. I kinda wish I did. […]Archive
November 27, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 210
Carpenters, Horizon (1975) Been on a big Carpenters trip lately, and though they’ve been in my life forever it’s only now I realise that I’m a Greatest Hits-player…well, I know a few of the albums but this is the first time I’ve decided to listen through to them all. There’s some great lesser known gems […]Archive
November 26, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 211
V/A, The Sixties Collection – 60 No. 1 Hits of the Sixties (1988) Along with Tour of Duty’s first soundtrack this was one of the most important albums in my musical development. The sixties reunion of the late 1980s was right place/right time for me (and my family). Mum and dad were getting back into […]Archive
November 23, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 213
Weyes Blood, Titanic Rising (2019) I reckon this is the album of the year – very close to it, certainly one of my standouts. And I loved Weyes Blood already, particularly her third album, but this is another level. When I reviewed this album earlier in the year I was in Melbourne, listening to the […]Archive
November 21, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 214
The Beach Boys, Best of The Beach Boys Vol. 2 (1967) So many Beach Boys compilations. And I believe I’ve given a few away. But this was definitely one of the first Beach Boys records I owned – I have a feeling it was in fact the first. Which is probably why I’m still hanging […]Archive
November 19, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 215
Shelley Berman, A Personal Appearance (1962) I love listening to old stand-up comedy records – so out of date in so many ways, but find a good one and you can revel in the storytelling, the timing, the performance (even if the material doesn’t stand up). If the material isn’t overtly sexual or political then […]Archive
November 15, 2019 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 217
The Rolling Stones, Flowers (1967) I almost never feel like listening to The Rolling Stones these days – possibly because I’ve heard it all and heard it all for too long and too often. They were a band I really cared about for the longest time, but now it’s very rare I can make it […]Archive
November 14, 2019 by Simon Sweetman