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October 9, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The 1001 Albums Challenge # 14: Dusty Springfield – “A Girl Called Dusty”
I’ve always loved Dusty Springfield – right from when I first heard her, Bacharach compilations, and then finding out it was her that was the voice on that Pet Shop Boys song and from there to classic Dusty compilations, of course the Dusty in Memphis album – a masterpiece; a revelation – and not that […]Archive
August 22, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Mudcrutch: 2
Mudcrutch 2 Reprise Warren Zanes’ excellent biography of Tom Petty predicted just this sort of move (of course Zanes was deep inside the camp and would have actually known, would have been able to correctly steer us) – where the previous Mudcrutch album was Tom all but paying lip-service to his earlier group this one […]Archive
January 17, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 765
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Long After Dark (1982) A good music book sends you straight to the music, sends you back to favourites and off to reconsider things you never bothered with or dismissed or forgot about…and so it was with Warren Zanes’ excellent Tom Petty bio, a bit of my summer reading. I’ve […]Archive
December 23, 2015 by Simon Sweetman