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April 25, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1517
Dr. John, In The Right Place (1973) I guess the new Dr. John album has me re-enthused. It’s great when that happens. The new album is good – as good as a Dr. John album in 2012 could/should be – but the best by-product has been going back through his early work. I checked out [...]Archive
March 4, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1597
Paul McCartney & Wings, Band On The Run (1973) I still have my folks’ copy of this album – I’ve had CD reissues but the original LP still sounds fine to me. And it’s got Helen Wheels (which the CD version didn’t have). Helen Wheels might not be the greatest song but it was my [...]Archive
February 21, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1611
Ray Conniff, Harmony (1973) I own a few Ray Conniff LPs (they’re very cheap these days of course). And I have found something to love on all of them. I am not sure where or how I discovered Ray Conniff – but I know it was all my own fault. I think it was a [...]Archive
February 16, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1618
The Isley Brothers, 3+3 (1973) I love this album. What’s not to love? Superb cover of James Taylor’s Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight. Also: incredible version of Seals and Crofts’ Summer Breeze (I think both versions improve on the originals – and in the case of Summer Breeze, well the Isleys leave Seals/Crofts for [...]Archive
February 11, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1626
The Rolling Stones, Goats Head Soup (1973) For a lot of people this album is where The Rolling Stones started to go sour. The four albums before this are regarded as their best and – yep – it’s a great run of records. But some days Goats Head Soup is my favourite stones album. Dancing [...]Archive
January 18, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1662
Frank Zappa, Over-Nite Sensation (1973) I don’t have a lot of Frank Zappa on vinyl. Parts 2 and 3 of Joe’s Garage and now this. That’s it – at this stage. I could buy a whole lot more but I bought everything I could on CD a few years back and I think I’ll just [...]Archive
December 21, 2011 by Simon Sweetman