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November 23, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1464
Harry Nilsson, The Point! (1971) Saturday mornings now I get up early. I have a son, one year old Oscar. He gets up early. And that means I do too. Sometimes I woke up before he does. And when that happens I go and get myself a coffee – or get one started. I get [...]Archive
April 9, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1539
The Who, Tommy (1969) I still like this album but it’s hard work a lot of the time. Perfect as a double LP – sometimes one or two sides is just plenty rather than all one hundred and fifteen minutes. But it was a big part of my introduction to The Who – so I [...]Archive
March 15, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1580
The Beatles, Help! (1965) My dad gave away most of his Beatles records. He kicked himself a bit – I kicked him even more! Actually, that’s not true – I gave away what was left of his Beatles collection (a couple of records and some of the solo offshoots). Then I bought them all back up [...]Archive
March 7, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1592
The Byrds, Fifth Dimension (1966) It’s funny, I only ever owned compilations by The Byrds on CD; never any of the band’s original albums. Great band – of course. So now I’m collecting a few of the key records. But I think I prefer the band more, album-wise, as they go along – even if [...]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 5, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1637
The Beatles, With The Beatles (1963) To start with I was really only interested in The Beatles from 1965 onwards – the last few albums particularly, post-Sgt Peppers. But I was raised on the band, as much of a cheap and easy cliché as that may be – my folks were big fans, my dad [...]Archive
January 24, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1651
Ringo Starr, Ringo’s Rotogravure (1976) Ringo Starr doesn’t have a lot to show, musically, for life outside The Beatles. And I guess he doesn’t really need to. Once a year or two he would call up his mates, the old band and affiliates, and get them to write some songs (or pass on their leftovers). [...]Archive
January 2, 2012 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1689
Moondog and his Honking Geese, Moondog and his Honking Geese Playing Moondog’s Music [EP] (2004) A friend pops over from Sydney once a year or so – and he’s started this game you see, where he gives me a record; hoping (I assume) that it’s not one I already have. It is somewhat in retaliation [...]Archive
December 14, 2011 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1717
Neil Young, Harvest (1972) My mate’s dad had the album – and we liked it. I was a Neil Young fan and knew a lot of the material on this from the Decade compilation. And I liked the other tracks straight away – on first listen. But, in the scheme of Neil Young’s discography I [...]Archive
December 6, 2011 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 1725
Wings, Arrow Through Me [45] (1979) I bought this for $30 – yep, $30 for one song (well, two – it’s b/w Old Siam, Sir; good tune). But I already have Back To The Egg (parent album for both tunes) on vinyl. And CD. I probably am some kind of Wings nutter. Well, I always [...]Archive
December 4, 2011 by Simon Sweetman