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April 15, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Blood, Sweat & Tears: Live At Woodstock

Blood, Sweat & Tears Live At Woodstock Columbia/Legacy / Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment The absolute best thing about the Woodstock 50th Anniversary late last year was finally seeing some official releases of standalone full sets from some of the great, but lesser-hyped/covered acts. So, yeah, we have the original movie and […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 50th Anniversary, Album Review, Blood Sweat & Tears, Bobby Colomby, David Clayton-Thomas, Live, Live at Woodstock, Woodstock, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 50, 50 Year Trip, 50 Year Trip: Live At Red Rocks, Album Review, CCR, Creedence Clearwater Revival, John Fogerty, John Fogerty: 50 Year Trip, John Fogerty: 50 Year Trip - Live At Red Rocks, Live, Live At Red Rocks, Red Rocks, Woodstock, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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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 […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Double LP, I Want To Take You Higher, Oscar, Prince, Sly & The Family Stone, The Best of Sly & The Family Stone, The Roots, The Vinyl Countdown, Vietnam, Vinyl, Woodstock ·

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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. […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1979, Abraxas, Carlos Santana, Crying Beasts, Santana, Singing Winds, Woodstock ·

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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 […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1970, Joe Cocker, Leon Russell, Live, Mad Dogs And Englishmen, The Letter, Woodstock ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Alvin Lee, Eulogy, I'm Going Home, Obituary, Ten Years After, Woodstock ·

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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 […]
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