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February 17, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1419

The Neville Brothers, Brother’s Keeper (1990) I grew up with Yellow Moon (as I told you recently). I never really grew up with Brother’s Keeper. I mean, there was that cover of Bird On A Wire, which was everywhere, and I had some interest in the singles, but actually I never heard the whole album. [...]

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February 14, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1420

The Neville Brothers, Yellow Moon (1989) This is the album that introduced me to The Neville Brothers. My parents, shortly after we acquired our first CD player, purchased this – it was, in fact, I’m sure, the very first CD they paid full-price for; $35, something like that. And it was new to the whole [...]

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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 [...]