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November 28, 2011 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1736
Split Enz, Enz Of An Era (1982) This was the first Split Enz album I heard; released to mark the band’s 10th anniversary, I put some pocket-money together with my brother and we bought it for our mum for (I think?) her 28th birthday. And now I have that record (that exact copy) in my [...]Archive
November 27, 2011 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1737
Ryan Adams, Heartbreaker (2000) Got around to buying this LP a couple of years ago. The CD ran its course – and it’s nice to have this back in the collection. It’s one of only a (small) few Ryan Adams albums I care about. He has his Kool Aid-drinking defenders that talk up so many [...]Archive
November 27, 2011 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1738
The Clash, The Story Of The Clash Volume 1 (1988) I’m not a huge fan of The Clash – I feel their hero-worship status is a bit out of whack (as I said here) but I am a huge fan of The Story Of The Clash Volume 1. Four sides of vinyl – hardly any [...]Archive
November 26, 2011 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1739
Linton Kwesi Johnson, Bass Culture (1980) Don’t you love it when you get told about a musician (or for that matter any artist/writer etc) and it not only turns you on to that new sound or scene but also to another new artist as well? I love that. It’s one of my favourite things about [...]Archive
November 26, 2011 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1740
The Traveling Wilburys, Volume One (1988) This was such a big deal – and I can remember my folks buying a copy (on tape) and we all sat and listened to it. Just listened. It was history in the making as far as I was concerned. I knew most of the players but I was [...]Archive
November 26, 2011 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1741
Dizzy Gillespie, Digital At Montreux, 1980 (1981) I bought this for $1 because it was Dizzy Gillespie and Bernard Purdie and Toots Thielemans. I knew all of the players and I couldn’t see it working – so I was curious. Also the album is red vinyl and I thought that was fucking cool. This was [...]Archive
November 25, 2011 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1742
The Johnnys, Highlights Of A Dangerous Life (1986) My good friend Matthew Couper gave me a dubbed cassette of The Johnnys when we were at high school. Man, I thrashed that album. It was this weird hybrid of tongue-in-cheek country and tongue-in-pint pub-rock and I loved it. Instantly. All it once it was like nothing I’d [...]Archive
November 25, 2011 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1743
Bob Mould, Workbook (1989) I’m not sure where I got this from – or when. But I’m glad I have it. I was a fan of Sugar first and then some of Bob Mould’s solo stuff and then Husker Du – that’s just how it worked for me. I loved Sugar for a long time [...]Archive
November 24, 2011 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1744
Laura Marling, A Creature I Don’t Know (2011) I liked the first two Laura Marling albums (still do) but this one has really got me hooked. She’s a class act; a great writer – there’s depth, there’s everything that so many rave reviews have suggested; there’s maturity in the writing, confidence and it’s heartening – encouraging [...]Archive
November 23, 2011 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1745
Stephen Bishop, It Might Be You [45] (1982) Here we go: this is my favourite love song. True fact. When people ask me about songs for walking down the aisle – and, oddly, this has happened a few times – I always suggest this song. I always get laughed at, or the people who [...]Archive
November 23, 2011 by Simon Sweetman