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February 11, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Velvet Underground’s Loaded: Loaded/Fully Loaded, 45 Years On And Still Going…
Those four studio albums by The Velvet Underground all made a huge impact on me. But the sentimental favourite is Loaded – it was the very first CD I purchased. I was a tape buyer, right through until the early-1990s, I wasn’t going to give up that tape collection…I had a tape-deck in my car […]Archive
January 30, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Lou Reed’s Mistrial: The Starting Point
Sometimes it’s the first album you hear by an artist – it has you hooked. It might not be that artist’s best album, you might not even know that at the time (and brilliantly, you won’t care) but it will become the one you know best, refer to, remember fondly. It’s your starting point… My […]Archive
January 4, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
John Cale: Leading From The Fringe
I was a fan of Lou Reed first; then The Velvet Underground and then John Cale. Truth be told – and I don’t mind admitting it a) I was young b) there was no internet then – for a while I thought John Cale and J.J. Cale was the same person. I was 12 years […]Archive
July 30, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Best Guitarist in The World: # 4 – David Kilgour
It was only recently, a couple of years ago, that I stumbled onto the best way to describe David Kilgour: his approach, his playing, his position. I considered him a nonchalant phenomenon. In fact I’d borrowed the term – overheard it on a Paul Kelly song many years earlier. But it seemed to sum up […]Archive
June 28, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: #100 – John Cale, Auckland, 2007
One of the first times – as far as I can remember – that I flew to Auckland specifically to see a show. There had been other times where I’d cash in on seeing something while there, but the whole reason for this trip was to see John Cale. The first – and most likely […]Archive
June 11, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 876
Lou Reed, Legendary Hearts (1983) I was a Lou Reed fan overnight. I heard the album that came a couple after this first – Mistrial – one of the most (unfairly) maligned of his career. And from there it was to The Velvet Underground and one or two best-ofs, solo and VU stuff…and I was […]Archive
December 16, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Lou Reed: Winter At The Roxy – The 1976 L.A. Broadcast
Lou Reed Winter At The Roxy – The 1976 L.A. Broadcast Goldfish Records Sooner or later everything becomes available right? Death certainly helps. Lou Reed’s no longer with us – cue “new shoes” versions of the old boots. Winter At The Roxy makes official (well, kinda) a show that was cut in 1976 and edited […]Archive
July 6, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1086
The Velvet Underground, Singles 1966-69 (2009) Here is the most expensive record/s in the house that I’ve never listened to. $100 for this set of seven x 7” singles – reissued in 2009 – and still sealed. Quite what I’m hoping to achieve here is anyone’s guess. I love The Velvet Underground so much so […]Archive
May 25, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Joseph Arthur: Lou
Joseph Arthur Lou Vanguard Joseph Arthur has been prolific, particularly of late, three records in three year, his last (a double), still pretty fresh and now an album-length tribute to Lou Reed. Simply called Lou, Arthur pays his respects by reinterpreting catalogue highlights from Lou’s solo career and The Velvet Underground. The tracklisting is an […]Archive
April 11, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: VU
The Velvet Underground took their name from the cover of a cheap trashy porno-novel. That’s kinda neat, don’t ya think? I mean, come on – they sang about sex, and violins were always threatening to stay in tune. They sang about needles and hey, they played on garbage tin lids, when Mo’ lost her drums […]Archive
November 12, 2013 by Simon Sweetman