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December 12, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Fatboy Slim: Back To Mine

Various Artists: Fatboy Slim: Back To Mine Back To Mine The Back To Mine series of mix-albums, first started in 1999, offers dance music for after-hours sips rather than for in-the-zone hips; these are the tunes you listen to at the end of the night, the idea being this would be the ‘private mix’ from […]
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December 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Khruangbin: Late Night Tales

Various Artists: Khruangbin: Late Night Tales Late Night Tales This is the one in the series I’ve been most looking forward to this year – for many reasons I guess, chief amongst them is the fact that I’m a pretty big fan of Khruangbin – as I was saying right here just recently.
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Back To Mine, DJ Set, Khruangbin, Khruangbin: Late Night Tales, Late Night, Late Night Tales, LateNightTales, LP, Mix, V/A, Various, Various Artists, Vinyl, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 30, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 28

V/A, Hit Wave 82 (1982) These Various Artists compilations…I used to have so many of them – they’re worthless too, all battered up and bear-soaked and tattered covers but they’re fun. And I still collect them up a bit. Though not as much as I once did. They were fun fillers for DJing – you […]
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October 18, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Hot Chip: Late Night Tales

Various Artists: Hot Chip: Late Night Tales Late Night Tales We make our own playlists and compilations and mixtapes and many people have long given up caring about the curated mix-album…but I’m still a fan. And I love the Late Night Tales series – for a start it’s still going after nearly 20 years (it […]
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August 18, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 71

Crazy Ed For Governor: Live From Crazy Ed’s (1973) God bless the internet. It always catches up and surpasses your expectations. Sometimes you just have to wait. This album was released in 1973. I’ve owned it since 1997 and I’ve had no idea what it was or why it came to happen despite a few […]
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July 3, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

V/A: NOW That’s What I Call Yacht Rock Volume 2

Various Artists: NOW That’s What I Call Yacht Rock Volume 2 NOW As with the first volume this is more a compilation of acceptable cheese than it is ‘Yacht Rock’. Yacht Rock’s dead anyway, it sunk – but not without traces. The wind changed. Maybe as soon as people started making compilations with the words […]
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June 3, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

V/A: Martin Freeman and Eddie Piller Present ‘Soul On The Corner’

Various Artists: Martin Freeman and Eddie Piller Present ‘Soul On The Corner’ Acid Jazz Records It’s easy to be a bit cynical about celebrity-endorsed compilations and – for that matter – non-soundtracking compilations altogether. And this ticks both boxes! But this is totally fantastic and there’s real love and care here, and a track-record too…
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May 24, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

V/A: I Still Play

Various Artists: I Still Play Nonesuch Records I Still Play is a compilation of brand new solo piano compositions by composers across jazz, classical, pop and experimental (modern) music that have recorded for the Nonesuch Records label. The majority of the works are performed by classical pianist and composer Timo Andres (who also contributes a […]
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May 21, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 119

V/A, Bunny Lee: Dreads Enter The Gates With Praise (2019) “Striker” – Bunny Lee – one of the architects! Here he is making the selections for one of the Soul Jazz Records label’s fantastic compilations; this a representation of some of the heavy-hitters of the 1970s and is a must-have for reggae-heads. It was recommended […]
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May 5, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Mr. Scruff: DJ Kicks

Various Artists DJ-Kicks: Mr. Scruff !k7 Records What’s the point in a compilation or mix these days with streaming content – we make our own playlists now right? Well, every now and then I like to check in with the mixtape sessions and series’ I always valued – either because it’s a trusted series (DJ […]
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April 23, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

V/A: Ella 100 – Live at the Apollo!

Various Artists: Ella 100: Live at the Apollo! Concord Jazz In 1934 a 17-year old unknown by the name of Ella Fitzgerald took the stage at the legendary Apollo Theatre in Harlem. It was Amateur Night and that nervous first performance launched a career; she’d barely need that surname after.
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March 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

V/A: Songs For Australia

Various Artists: Songs For Australia BMG Australian musician Julia Stone had the idea – create a tribute album with all proceeds going to the bushfire appeal; she called on international acts as well as plenty of her countrymen and women – the songs were all originally by Australian artists, and it will be released soon […]
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