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January 21, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Nathan Micay: Industry OST

Nathan Micay Industry OST LuckyMe I really enjoyed the TV series Industry – and I’ve recommended it to a few people that have either hated it instantly or told me they’d already tried it and couldn’t get past the first episode. One of the complaints, too, was the film’s relentless music; sitting deep inside and […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [OST], Album Review, Atticus Ross, Drama, Industry, Industry OST, Nathan Micay, Nathan Micay: Industry, Soundtrack, Tangerine Dream, Trent Reznor, Trevor Jones, TV, Vangelis, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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November 5, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Michael Silverman (w/ Jeff Lorber): Human Spirit

Michael Silverman (w/ Jeff Lorber) Human Spirit Autumn Hill Records Michael Silverman has been a jobbing composer and player of TV themes (Two And A Half Men, The Good Wife) and he and composing partner Jeff Lorber have dabbled in smooth jazz and light pop orchestrations as well as making music separately. Here they combine […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Autumn Hill Records, Bob James, Composer, David Benoit, Human Spirit, Instrumental, Jeff Lorber, Michael Silverman, Michael Silverman (w/ Jeff Lorber), Michael Silverman (w/ Jeff Lorber): Human Spirit, Piano, Smooth Jazz, The Good Wife, TV, Two And A Half Men, Vinnie Colaiuta, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 21, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 235: Peter Rowley

Welcome to episode 235 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged A Week of It, Acast, Actor, Aeroplane, Anchor, Anchor FM, Apple, Australia, Billy T. James, Chat, Christchurch, Comedian, Comedy, Comic, Conversation, Film, Flying, Footrot Flats, Footrot Flats: A Dog's Tale, Gin, iTunes, Kiwi, Laughing Club, Mcphail and Gadsby, Movies, NZ, Peter Rowley, Planes, Podcast, Podcaster, Soundcloud, Spotify, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 235, Sweetman Podcast # 235: Peter Rowley, Sweetman Podcast: Peter Rowley, T Leaf T, The Billy T. James Show, The Tommyknockers, TV, Yeastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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September 1, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Cream: Leavin’ Town Baby (Stockholm, March 7th 1967 Sveriges Broadcast)

Cream Leavin’ Town Baby (Stockholm, March 7th 1967 Sveriges Broadcast) Blue Cactus Cream. The great power trio. The great supergroup. British Blues Boom wunderkinds. They blazed a trail – and it can be hard to remember back what with Ginger now gone and Jack Bruce before him. And Clapton just drifting along into retirement – […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 1967, 1967 Sveriges Broadcast, Album Review, Blue Cactus, Bootleg, Broadcast, Cream, Cream: Leavin’ Town Baby (Stockholm, EP, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce, Leavin’ Town Baby, Leavin’ Town Baby (Stockholm, Live, March 7th 1967 Sveriges Broadcast), Radio, Stockholm, Sweden, TV, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 27, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 227: Charlotte Graham-McLay

Welcome to episode 227 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Acast, Apple, Broadcaster, Charlotte Graham, Charlotte Graham-McLay, Chat, Creative Writing, Dancer, Discussion, Interview, Interviewer, Journalism, Journalist, MEDIA, Memoir, New York Times, Off The Tracks, Online, Podcast, Presenter, Print, Radio, RNZ, Simon Sweetman, Social Media, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Sweetman, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 227, Sweetman Podcast # 227: Charlotte Graham-McLay, Sweetman Podcast: Charlotte Graham-McLay, T Leaf T, Talk, The Guardian, The Spinoff, TV, Write, Writer, Writing, Yeastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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June 12, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Mark Isham & Isabella Summers: Little Fires Everywhere [Original Soundtrack]

Mark Isham & Isabella Summers Little Fires Everywhere [Original Soundtrack] Hollywood Records, Inc. Little Fires Everywhere was a fantastic TV mini-series; loved it. Great writing, acting, the works – brilliant use of score to heighten the dramatic tension in scenes and a nice little idea of playing with covers, basically doing them all in a […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [Original Soundtrack], [OST], Album Review, Isabella Summers, Little Fires Everywhere, Little Fires Everywhere [Original Soundtrack], Mark Isham, Mark Isham & Isabella Summers, Mini-Series, TV, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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June 11, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 216: David Cormack

Welcome to episode 216 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys . Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your […]
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May 24, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: I Grew Up Watching Mork & Mindy and Popeye and Good Morning Vietnam and Listening to Live At The Met…

Robin Williams only had a few bits and he did them over and over again, talk show to talk show to stage and screen always on, always braving it strong with the same set of voices, the same comedic choices – a hyperdrive improviser he bought and sometimes stole his material but there was never […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Comedian, Comedy, Film, Poem, Poem: I Grew Up Watching Mork & Mindy and Popeye and Good Morning Vietnam and Listening to Live At The Met…, Robin Williams, Stand Up, TV ·

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April 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The O’Jays: Live In New York

The O’Jays Live In New York S-Curve Records / O’Jays Gigs, Inc. The “final” victory lap of The O’Jays culminated in this TV special in late 2019 recorded live for DVD and also  released as an album. As they showed with final studio album – The Last Word – this version of The O’Jays (founders […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 60, 60 Years, Album Review, Back Stabbers, Backstabbers, DVD, Eddie Levert, Eric Nolan Gran, Farewell, Live, Live Album, Live In New York, New York, O'Jays, PBS Special, S-Curve Records, The Last Word, The O’Jays, TV, Walter Williams, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 30, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 142

Kermit Schafer, Pardon My Blooper! (1954) It’s credited to Kermit Schafer – an American TV and radio writer and producer. But that doesn’t concern me at all. This silly, dated, embarrassing, unfunny collection of bloopers is on vinyl. It comes from the 1950s. Many of the moments wouldn’t even raise a dry smile, let alone […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 10-inch, 1954, Bloopers, Boners, Comedy, EP, Kermit Schafer, LP, Pardon My Blooper!, Radio, Record, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 142, TV ·

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March 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Deep Water: DVD

Deep Water Directors: Harry Wootliff, A Mackay, Jim Loach Kudos / ITV / Beyond Unfairly reported as being “The British Big Little Lies”, Deep Water is a six-episode series based on two books by author Paula Daly. Yes, there are some similarities to Big Little Lies, but, if you’ll pardon the pun, this is just […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2DVD, 6 episodes, A Mackay, Anna Friel, Big Little Lies, Deep Water, DVD, DVD Review, Harry Wootliff, Jim Loach, Kudos / ITV / Beyond, Rosalind Eleazar, Season, Series, Sinead Keenan, TV, UK, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 155

Mike Post, Television Theme Songs (1982) I feel like I learned about Mike Post from school – not that there were any of his songs to ‘sing’ (or his TV themes, rather) but his classic Hill Street Blues Theme was a staple of piano lessons. Ah! I’ve got it. We did sing one of his […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1982, Believe It Or Not, EP, Greatest American Hero, Hill Street Blues, Larry Carlton, LP, Magnum P.I., Mike Post, Neworld, Record, Rockford Files, School's Out (From Richie Brockelman Private Eye), Television, Television Music Themes, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 155, Theme From Greatest American Hero (Believe It Or Not), Theme From Hill Street Blues, Theme From Magnum P.I., TV, TV Theme, TV Themes, Van Halen, Van Halen III, Vinyl, White Shadow ·
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