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March 9, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 40: Traffic – “John Barleycorn Must Die”

Here’s an example – I’m sure there’s been one or two others so far – of me actually being surprised that I hadn’t heard this. If anyone asks, I’ll tell them I like Traffic – but there’s a fairly sizeable catalogue of great music there I still need to discover. The only original Traffic album […]
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February 26, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 746

Cliff Martinez, Solaris [OST] (2002) I was already a Cliff Martinez fan, I found out about him through bargain-bin CD shopping; I’d pick up $1 albums to try things out (the Spotify of its day/time, the YouTube of back-then). And so I found out at Martinez, he’d scored a couple of films I liked and […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged [OST], 2002, Cliff Martinez, Composer, Film Score, LP, Movie Soundtrack, Rhian Sheehan, Score, Soundtrack, Steven Soderbergh, The Solaris Rule, The Vinyl Countdown # 746, Traffic, Vinyl ·

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September 2, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 826

Steve Winwood, Talking Back To The Night (1982) My dad had the 80s Steve Winwood tapes in the car and we thought he was brilliant. And then I remember watching a doco about rock’n’roll a few years on and finding out that this pop guy was in a couple of bands back when he was […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1982, Blind Faith, LP, Record, Spencer Davis Group, Steve Winwood, Talking Back To The Night, The Vinyl Countdown # 826, Traffic, Valerie, Vinyl ·

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February 14, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 948

Steve Winwood, Arc of a Diver (1980) I dig Steve Winwood – incredible start, prodigy, all that great music early on, a couple of decent groups (three great groups actually, though one only lasted for a few months and had too much weight on its shoulders at the get-go). And then, eventually, a solo career. […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1980, Arc of a Diver, Blind Faith, LP, Record, Spencer Davis Group, Steve Winwood, Stevie Winwood, The Vinyl Countdown # 948, Traffic, Vinyl, While You See A Chance ·

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February 4, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

We Lost 17 People This Summer On Our Roads, The Cops Made Lots of Money Though

I’m echoing sentiments expressed by Duncan Garner in the Dominion Post here when I say that the zero tolerance speed policy over the Christmas holiday period for NZ roads (then extended due to the higher road toll) was an astronomical failure. A simple way of the police topping up its revenue – it deserves all […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Cars, Christmas, Dominion Post, Driving, Duncan Garner, Fines, NZ Today, Police, Rant, Roads, Speeding, Traffic, We Lost 17 People This Summer On Our Roads: The Cops Made Lots of Money Though, Zero-Tolerance ·

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January 9, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 969

Neil’s Heavy Concept Album (1984) There are times where my record-buying is entirely nostalgia-based. I see something – on vinyl! – that I knew in a former life. I knew it perhaps as a CD or more likely a tape. Sometimes I knew it when it was part of my mum and dad’s record collection. […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1984, dubbed tape, Hole In My Shoe, LP, Neil, Neil's Heavy Concept Album, Nigel Planner, The Young Ones, Traffic, Vinyl ·

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July 17, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Side Effects: DVD

Side Effects Director: Steven Soderbergh Open Road Films We keep hearing that Steven Soderbergh is done with directing films – and he keeps mixing it up by adding in documentaries and TV episodes and of course his (often) maddening “exercises”. But it’s a remarkable body of work – particularly when you look at the highlights. […]
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February 3, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1640

Jim Capaldi, Oh How We Danced (1972) As I was saying recently I’ve become a really big fan, just recently, of Eric Clapton’s self-titled album. When I owned it on cassette tape – while I was buying up Clapton stuff – I didn’t care for it all that much. Now it’s my favourite album by […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1972, Blog On The Tracks, Eric Clapton, Eve, Jim Capaldi, LP, Muscle Shoals, Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, Oh How We Danced, Traffic, Vinyl ·

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June 19, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1960

Traffic, The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys (1971) Saturday morning – as in just yesterday (as I’m writing this) – I purchased the vinyl reissue of this album, kinda on a whim. But also kinda calculated. I’d seen it the week previous and was curious a) because I’d never heard it before and b) […]
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