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June 14, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1355

Paul Young, Wherever I Lay My Hat (That’s My Home) [Single] (1983) It’s that rare thing, a cover that is actually superior to the original. A lot of times we talk up cover versions for being better, but it’s perhaps because we like one artist more than the other, or are aware of the artist [...]
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May 30, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Phosphorescent: Muchacho

Phosphorescent Muchacho Dead Oceans Under the name Phosphorescent, American singer/songwriter Matthew Houck has built a career – with six albums so far –  that sees him regularly receiving the hushed-tones and revered-raves that cult fans, completists and critics hurl at the likes of Richmond Fontaine’s Willy Vlautin, Sun Kil Moon/Red House Painters’ Mark Kozelek, American [...]
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March 13, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

My Father and The Man in Black: Film

My Father and The Man in Black Director: Jonathan Holiff Intentionally Left Bank/New Chapter Productions Jonathan Holiff (filmmaker) is the son of Saul Holiff.  Holiff Senior was, for a time, Johnny Cash’s manager. The two shared a fascinating time together, Holiff is intriguing as a guy-behind-the-guy, credited with introducing Johnny to June, adding her to [...]
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January 23, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Johnny Cash: Presents A Concert Behind Prison Walls

Johnny Cash Presents: A Concert Behind Prison Walls Shock Johnny Cash is well-known for, some would say defined by, his two classic prison albums – but when he went to seed for a while there across the 1970s and 1980s he continued on with prison concerts, doing a good deed even if he was in [...]
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May 31, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1982

 Randy Newman, Sail Away (1972) I often think about how it’s sad that a bunch of people think that Randy Newman is just a Family Guy parody sequence and the composer of some animated movie soundtracks. That Family Guy parody was amusing at the time – and I bet no one laughed harder than Randy. [...]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Frank Sinatra, Hurt, Johnny Cash, Lonely At The Top, Political Science, Randy Newman, Sail Away, Short People, Vinyl · Leave a Reply ·

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