...Joxley's "I used to love this song" post reminded me of the time I came across Sweet's "*Desolation Boulevard LP*":http://www.thestore24.com/Music/Album.aspx?p_id=P+++++5574&a_id=R++++19498&search=desolation%20boulevard&sec=all%20music&prodid=CAP48452.2&si=rhino years ago while drinking brew for breakfast over at a friend's house- it was the day after a wild-ass mid term party, we'd tapped t...
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Sweet , the hitmakers who landed four hits in the top ten between 1973 and 1978 (Little Willie, Ballroom Blitz, Fox on the Run, Love is Like Oxygen ) are preparing to record their first new album in 27 years and go out on tour. The group has a very fragmented history, starting all the way back in 1965 with the group Wainwright's Gentlemen that included drummer Mick Tucker and vocalist Ian Gi...
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Despite the fact that their bubblepunk singles of the early 70s were as hard as they were chewy, Sweet found themselves in the annoying position as the whipping boys of the glam scene, never mind the fact that Slade and Gary Glitter had the market cornered on crude and annoying. Part of the reason was that since the late sixties when they were known as The Sweetshop, they made use of a songwrit...
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as a bonus:some radiohead rarities....
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This 45 cost me $.39. Here it is, ripped from the original vinyl for your listening pleasure.
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There was more to Sweet than "Little Willy". And, then, much, much less. This two-disc set chronicles the wild and crazy ride that may have been the real inspiration for Spinal Tap.
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