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November 7, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

John Fogerty: 50 Year Trip – Live At Red Rocks

John Fogerty 50 Year Trip: Live At Red Rocks BMG Rights Management (US) LLC I saw John Fogerty live in the mid-00s. It was fucking phenomenal. Those songs. That playing. The voice. The Fog was on fire and how could he not be – with Run Through The Jungle, Born On The Bayou, Long As […]

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October 17, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Creedence Clearwater Revival: Live at Woodstock

Creedence Clearwater Revival Live at Woodstock Craft Recordings So the story goes, CCR was the first band to sign on the line to deliver a set at Woodstock. They were paid $10k for it (around $70,000 today, apparently) and then John Fogerty would not allow the band’s image to be represented in the documentary-film or […]

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May 17, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1374

Sly & The Family Stone, The Best of Sly & The Family Stone (1998) There’s a lot of reasons to like Sly & The Family Stone and a good many of them are here on this double-LP. I got hooked on Sly & The Family Stone via all the Vietnam-era compilations/soundtracks – and of course […]

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March 21, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1399

Santana, Abraxas (1970) I fell in love with the music of Santana as a 12 year old. We got the first family CD player and a Greatest Hits album from Santana was one of the first discs in the house. And various 1960s/70s compilation tapes, Vietnam War-era soundtrack stuff, had served up some Santana too. […]

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March 17, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1402

Joe Cocker, Mad Dogs And Englishmen (1970) You know I’ve seen Joe Cocker live more than any other international touring act. He comes to NZ a lot – and I have the job of seeing him (as a reviewer). And he’s always different. And he’s always the same. And though he’s more a cabaret act […]

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March 7, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Alvin Lee has gone home: R.I.P.

Alvin Lee has died. He was 68. There was a time in my life where I thought he was incredible. And then I forgot about him, mostly. He faded off into the background – just another guitarist. But that time when I thought he was incredible – that time was, of course, at Woodstock. That […]

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December 19, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1710

Richie Havens, The End Of The Beginning (1976) Well Richie Havens is known for the opening of the Woodstock Movie, right? I mean, well, that’s how I got to know him anyway. I would watch that clip over and over, the foot-tap, that percussive guitar strum, the passion in the vocal. This was before I’d […]