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About this episode

The episode discusses the British glam rock band Sweet and their differing success in the UK and US markets.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit tonyfletcher.substack.com Welcome to the CROSSED CHANNELS podcast — a.k.a. the podcast in which music journalists/obsessives Dan Epstein (the Yank) and Tony Fletcher (the Limey) clash and connect over music from either side of the pond. This episode (our 26th!) will be our tastiest yet, as it focuses on British glam rock legends Sweet… or The Sweet, if you prefer. Dan and Tony are both major fans of the band, but came to their music in very different ways, Tony in the very early 1970s, Dan in the very late 1970s, and this is unsurprising, for while Sweet achieved significant hits in both the UK and the US, their success in the respective markets was rarely in sync. In this episode of CROSSED CHANNELS , Dan and Tony discuss Sweet’s tumultuous yet hit-filled history, and dig into why the American version of Desolation Boulevard is not only far superior to its British counterpart, but may also be the quintessential Sweet album. To hear this episode in its entirety, along with all of our previous complete CROSSED CHANNELS episodes , just sign up for a paid subscription to one of our Substacks — or, better yet, sign up for…

People in this episode

Hosts: Dan Epstein, Tony Fletcher

Topics covered

• British glam rock
• music history
• band dynamics
• Sweet
• music journalism

Keywords

• Sweet
• glam rock
• Desolation Boulevard
• music journalism
• 1970s music

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sweet, CROSSED CHANNELS, Substack

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