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June 27, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Got Live Cos I Want It: 10 Important Live-in-Concert Albums In My Life of Listening
I know I’ve written about live albums before – several times, and I always will, I love live albums! – but I thought I’d give you a list of the ten live albums that I consider the most important. That is to say important to me, these lists are a chance for me to remind […]Archive
June 28, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 677
The Who, Live At Leeds (1970) A candidate for the greatest live rock album right? Has to be on any list of Best Live Albums. If, by the end of this, you don’t want to be in a band you might as well sell your stereo, give your records away and fuck right off outta […]Archive
July 10, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 858
The London Symphony Orchestra, Tommy (1972) Is this the best version of Tommy? Yes…yes, it is. Or at least, I think it is right now. I’ve had a few different versions, movie soundtrack, Broadway musical version (horrid), and of course The Who’s double album, Tommy. The one that started it all…Something about this one really […]Archive
March 27, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Who: Quadrophenia – Live In London
The Who Quadrophenia – Live In London UMe Somehow, stoically, middle finger raised always, Daltrey and Townshend rage on into the dying of the light. Essentially they are now The Two – but in keeping with their combined anger, the way it’s always seemed, converting it into an energy all of its own – and […]Archive
December 7, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Drummers You Just Can’t Beat: # 1 – Keith Moon
New Yorker writer James Woods wrote an incredible piece about Keith Moon’s knack for cramming so much into his fills, for running across lines and wedging extra sounds in even if they didn’t seem like they might fit. He referenced John Bonham’s very compositional approach to playing – how everything was cut to fit. You […]Archive
July 21, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1075
Steppenwolf, For Ladies Only (1971) I’m betting a lot of people only know Steppenwolf for Born To Be Wild and Magic Carpet Ride and figure that’s enough. They may even be right – but this was a pretty record to find. Buried down in a pile of LPs I acquired – oldies that were passed […]Archive
July 2, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Guided By Voices: Motivational Jumpsuit
Guided By Voices Motivational Jumpsuit Guided By Voices Robert Pollard called time on his Guided By Voices vehicle a decade ago – and then just a few years ago the band reformed, did the reunion-tour thing and in the last couple of years has pumped out around a half-dozen albums – and Pollard released this […]Archive
June 5, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1111
The Who, Face Dances (1981) By no means my favourite record by The Who but an intriguing one nonetheless. Worth it, on vinyl, for the Peter Blake cover – always did like You Better You Bet too, from back in the days when I really only knew The Who via that great Who’s Better Who’s […]Archive
April 9, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Wilko Johnson/Roger Daltrey: Going Back Home
Wilko Johnson/Roger Daltrey Going Back Home Chess Records Wilko Johnson, erstwhile Dr. Feelgood guitarist, is something of a cult hero. His jagged-edged blues-rock guitar was a crucial part of that nearly-punk band’s sound. And with the new he has inoperable cancer it’s something of a bittersweet victory lap for this guy – he’s been touring […]Archive
June 29, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Pete Townshend: Who I Am
Who I Am Pete Townshend Harper A strange book, this. Often close to interminable but within it are a handful of great rock’n’roll stories. A shame though, that it’s served up as a justification, not so much a cautionary tale as a telling off – sometimes to himself, often to the audience – and a […]Archive
November 18, 2012 by Simon Sweetman