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December 10, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Dear Prudence,

My parents planned to name me Prudence if I was a girl. I wasn’t – so that is pretty much that. I hated the name – but loved the song; when I heard it was because my dad always loved that tune from The White Album it made more sense, or something like that. Now […]
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November 13, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Re-Righting The White Album: Choose Your Own Tracklisting

When Steve Gunn was in town last week I recorded a conversation with him for a future episode of Sweetman Podcast. You’ll get to hear that soon and it was a lovely chat. By the end of it we were geeking out over The Beatles and many other things to do with music. And then […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Beatles, Blog, Choose Your Own Tracklisting, George, George Harrison, John, John Lennon, Paul, Paul McCartney, Re-Righting The White Album, Re-Righting The White Album: Choose Your Own Tracklisting, Ringo, Ringo Starr, Spotify, Steve Gunn, The Beatles, Tracklisting, White Album, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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September 30, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Charles Fairchild: Danger Mouse’s Grey Album (33 1/3)

Danger Mouse’s The Grey Album (33 1/3) Charles Fairchild Bloomsbury Academic Charles Fairchild is a Senior Lecturer in Popular Music at the University of Sydney in Australia and here, with his entry into the 33 1/3 series he looks at The Grey Album by Danger Mouse, an exercise in collage and contrast, in the melding […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged "The White Album", 33 1/3, 33 1/3 Series, Bloomsbury, Book, Book Review, Brian Burton, Charles Fairchild, Danger Mouse, Danger Mouse's Grey Album, Hip-Hop, Jay-Z, Mash-Up, Sample, The Beatles, The Black Album, White Album ·

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September 25, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Tweedy: Sukierae

Tweedy Sukierae Anti/Epitaph Here Jeff Tweedy of Wilco has made a double album with his son Spencer on drums. It’s so painfully long and pleased with itself they should have called it Ron Jeremy. Actually, it would make more sense, on paper maybe, if this was the new Ryan Adams album – and the self-titled […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Fleetwood Mac, Glenn Kotche, Jeff Tweedy, Liam Finn, Lindsey Buckingam, Neil Finn, Nels Cline, Spencer Tweedy, Sukierae, The Beatles, Tusk, Tweedy, White Album, Wilco ·

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July 17, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1926

The Beatles, The Beatles (1968) If I was born a girl – I’m a guy by the way – my name was going to be Prudence. My parents took great delight in telling me that. I was appalled. Prue I could handle but Prudence? No way. Bleurgh! I can remember the feeling I had even […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Dear Prudence, Revolution 9, The Beatles, White Album ·

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