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May 13, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Zombi: ZOMBI & Friends, Volume 1

Zombi ZOMBI & Friends, Volume 1 Relapse Records The prolific Zombi (Steve Moore on bass and synths, Anthony Paterra on drums) reached out to a few friends (members of Trans Am, The Sword Zao and Pinkish Black) to help them realise a few choice power-pop and prog-lite covers. It’s a wonderful range of music that […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Anthony Paterra, Covers, Daron Beck, Pinkish Black, Relapse Records, Steve Moore, To follow me in all the right places check out the Linktree right here. And to subscribe to my Substack newsletter “Sounds Good” click here, Vol. 1, Volume 1, Zombi, ZOMBI & Friends, Zombi: ZOMBI & Friends Volume 1 ·

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October 1, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Ben Living: Crystal Lake Tapes vol. 1

Ben Living Crystal Lake Tapes vol. 1 Earthship Records Drummer, producer, remixer and – crucially – horror movie fanatic, Ben Living takes snippets from the theme tunes and dialogue from the movies he loves and bends them to fit into new shapes; basically cut’n’paste instrumental hip-hop. Previously he took the music and dialogue from the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Bandcamp, Ben Living, Ben Living: Crystal Lake Tapes vol. 1, Crystal Lake Tapes, Crystal Lake Tapes vol. 1, Drummer, Earthship Record, Friday The 13th, Halloween, Horror Movie, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, Producer, Remix, Soundtrack, The Haddonfield Recordings, Vol. 1, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 12, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Moby: Live Ambient Improvised Recordings, Vol. 1

Moby Live Ambient Improvised Recordings, Vol. 1 mobyambient Maybe Moby is the musician I’ve had the longest love/hate affair with – when Play was released I loved it. It was then ubiquitous, I still loved it for a while then decided it was not for me – but I really loved Play: The B-Sides. And […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Ambient, Brian Eno, Eno, Live Ambient Improvised Recordings, Live Ambient Improvised Recordings Vol. 1, Moby, Moby: Live Ambient Improvised Recordings Vol. 1, Play, Play: The B-Sides, The Shutov Assembly, Vol. 1, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 7, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

John Powell: Film Suites, Vol. 1

John Powell Film Suites, Vol. 1 John Powell / 5 Cat Studios John Powell is a British composer who has been based in America for most of the last quarter century. There he has quality amassed some 50 individual film score credits as sole composer and has collaborated with many other big names – including […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [OST], 5 Cat Studios, Cinema, Composer, Film Score, Film Suites, Film Suites Vol. 1, John Powell, John Powell: Film Suites, José Serebrier, Movies, O.S.T., Philharmonia Orchestra, SoundtrackS, The Philharmonia Voices, Vol. 1, Volume 1, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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November 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Rhian Sheehan: Recollections, Vol. 1

Rhian Sheehan Recollections, Vol. 1 LOOP Rhian Sheehan has been releasing music under his own name for close to a quarter of a century now – and maybe it was the lockdown that forced a slow-down to take stock, though you could never say that Sheehan has rushed into anything with music. His albums, and […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Bandcamp, Compilation, Live, LOOP, Recollections, Recollections Vol. 1, Rhian Sheehan, Standing In Silence, Studio, Vol. 1, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 26, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

My New EBook: Selected Interviews (Vol. 1)

I’ve just published my new e-book – a selection of some of my favourite interviews. There are new essays and context-notes around each interview and the range of subjects takes in not just musicians but two pro-wrestlers, a filmmaker and a comedian. There are 15 conversations documented from living legends (Joan Baez, Ry Cooder, Mavis […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Amazon, Author, Bret "The Hitman" Hart, Cassandra Wilson, Comedian, Comic, Damon Albarn, Drummers You Just Can't Beat, e-book, ebook, Filmmaker, George Clinton, I'm Calling You From The Edge Of The World...Are You There?, I'm Calling You From The Edge Of The World...Are You There? : Selected Interviews From New Zealand (Vol. 1), Interviews, Jeff Beck, Joan Baez, John Waters, Kindle, Mavis Staples, Movie, Music, My New Ebook, My New EBook: Selected Interviews (Vol. 1), Pro-Wrestling, Ric Flair, Rob Schneider, Ry Cooder, Sananda Maitreya, Selected Interviews, Selected Interviews From New Zealand, Simon Sweetman, Sonny Rollins, Steve Vai, Terence Trent D'arby, Todd Rundgren, Vol. 1, Writing ·

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June 7, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 113

Arthur “Duke” Reid, Treasure Dub (Vol. 1 Dub Series) (2018) Arthur “Duke” Reid was one of dub-reggae’s pioneers – running sound systems, record labels, DJing, talent spotting, promoting…and, having helped to create rocksteady, ska and early reggae music through the 1950s and 1960s he was one of the pioneers of dub music in the early/mid […]
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April 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Boy George: This Is What I Dub, Vol. 1

Boy George This Is What I Dub, Vol. 1 BGP Records If Lou Reed and Keith Richards were the two at the top of the list of rock stars most likely to not survive the 1970s then in the late 1990s and across the 00s it was the two Georges:  Georgios Panayiotou (aka George Michael) […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Boy George, Boy George: This Is What I Dub, Boy George: This Is What I Dub Vol. 1, Dennis Bovell, Dub, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Remix, Sinead O'Connor, This Is What I Do, This Is What I Dub, This Is What I Dub Vol. 1, Vol. 1, Volume 1, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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November 28, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Lisa Crawley: Songs I Like But Did Not Write Vol. 1 [EP]

Lisa Crawley Songs I Like But Did Not Write Vol. 1 (ep) (Independent / Bandcamp) I’ve long been a fan of Lisa Crawley’s music – and part of her story, always, has been the work she’s done as a singer-for-hire, covers bands, weddings, piano bars, musicals; you only get to put your own songs out […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Bandcamp, Covers, Elliott Smith, EP, Goodshirt, Independent, Leonard Cohen, Lisa Crawley, Songs I Like But Did Not Write, Songs I Like But Did Not Write Vol. 1, Songs I Like But Did Not Write Vol. 1 (ep), Vol. 1, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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January 10, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Playlist: Funky Summer (Vol. 1)

It was meant to be a DJ set in the summer sun  but the rain kicked in that afternoon, a storm, add to that it was the very start of the year and people were looking for any excuse not to be out, a thunderstorm being just perfect. So I played a bunch of tunes […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged DJ, DJ Set, DJ Setlist, Funk, Funky Summer, Funky Summer (Vol. 1), Jazz, LP, Playlist, Playlist: Funky Summer (Vol. 1), Records, San Fran, Soul, Spotify, Vinyl, Vol. 1, Volume One ·

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November 29, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Remembering The Wilburys – Especially Vol. 1

The Traveling Wilburys were a big deal to me. I remember the news item announcing them. I remember my mum and dad took us out, family outing, Friday night (late-night) shopping, to buy the cassette tape. Not only that we took it home and sat and listened to it. The whole family. It was an […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Remembering The Wilburys, Remembering The Wilburys – Especially Vol. 1, Roy Orbison, The Traveling Wilburys, The Wilburys, Tom Petty, Vol. 1, Vol.3 ·

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August 15, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 515

Felix King and His Orchestra, Presenting Felix King & His Orchestra, Vol.1 (?) I love a wee look in the charity shops – you don’t find much, record-wise; it’s usually all stuff you already have or have passed by long ago – so many copies of the same old things and lots of (bad?) classical […]
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