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October 11, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 367
Reb Fountain, Hopeful // Hopeless (ep) (2017) Just last week I met Reb Fountain – we had a chat for my podcast – and you’ll get to hear that in good time if you check back in. I also got Reb to sign my copy of this album, one of two she released last year […]Archive
October 1, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 369
Tina Turner, Private Dancer (1984) Of all the giant pop stars of the 1980s the most remarkable – in terms of actual “comeback” – was surely Tina Turner. Her life-story would later be told in a book and a film – and across the 1990s she rode on the goodwill (and good music) she had […]Archive
September 24, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 370
Burt Bacharach, Make It Easy On Yourself (1969) Many things have drawn me to the music of Burt Bacharach – that line in the Monty Python film where his music is used as the very embodiment of naff and out of touch; the 90s/00s re-appreciation of his music; the fact that Hal David seems largely […]Archive
September 18, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 371
Bruce Springsteen, Born To Run (1975) Maybe this is the very best – and the very worst of Bruce Springsteen all in one. I mean, we open with Thunder Road which is his none-more-perfect song; a song So-Springsteen that any of the other “next Bob Dylans” have framed their copies of the lyric sheet with […]Archive
September 17, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 372
Schnell Fenster, Ok Alright A Huh Oh Yeah [Single] (1990) I loved Schnell Fenster. I love Schnell Fenster still. But discovering them, finding out all about this band – not just Phil Judd but other ex-Split Enz members too – it was just a whole new world, my mind was blown. I was about 10 […]Archive
September 15, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 373
Bob Dylan, Hard Rain (1976) Back when we were first getting into Bob Dylan – I say ‘we’, I mean me and a good mate – we would buy up the tapes and CDs and it was pre-internet so we didn’t always know what we were getting; live album, compilation, etc…I mean you could tell […]Archive
September 13, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 374
Joe Jackson, Look Sharp! (1979) I love Joe Jackson – a genius. I’m sure of that. And yet, until just recently I only ever owned this compilation and this collection of live concert highlights; they’re both great records, Stepping Out: The Very Best of Joe Jackson is one of the best-ever single-disc compilations – I […]Archive
September 7, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 376
Bob Dylan, Under The Red Sky (1990) I always had a soft spot for this – because it was one of the first original Bob Dylan albums I heard – and owned. My brother’s friend, a huge Dylan fan, had bought the CD and been given a tape free as part of the deal and […]Archive
September 3, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 377
Doc Watson, Doc Watson (1964) I’ve been really enjoying this lately – the debut, self-titled album by Doc Watson; one of those guys that is kinda bigger than music – just there always, deep inside the grooves, be it country, folk, blues, gospel. In the post-Oh Brother country music book he got a new wave […]Archive
August 4, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 385
Pete Fountain, Pete’s Place – Recorded “Live” At Pete Fountain’s French Quarter Inn, New Orleans (1964) Look, I couldn’t tell you I was a fan of Pete Fountain ahead of hearing this – but I had heard his name. He was a Dixieland jazz clarinetist and I love his sound; there’s something cookin’ in his […]Archive
July 31, 2018 by Simon Sweetman