Friday, April 27, 2007

Though My Path Is Planned, It's Not Rehearsed

Previous country-rock albums I've posted have gone down well (and believe me I'd love to post 'Too Stuffed To Jump' but it's available from Amazon - GO BUY...) so here's a bit of a rarity I think.

From the musicians behind the first 3 Mike Nesmith albums (go buy them as well please - for less than twenty quid you can get the first six albums on 3 CDs).

O.J. 'Red' Rhodes was one of the two or three *great* pedal steel players alongside Sneeky Pete, and - arguably - Garcia. And because of that he did a lot of sessions. Just take a look at some of the great albums that this guy played on - all the Nesmith albums up to The Prison (including the magnificent 'And The Hits Just Keep On Coming' which was just the two of them), Notorious Byrd Brothers, The Wolfking Of LA, Sweet Baby James, Valley Hi, L.A. Turnaround, Diamonds & Rust, the list goes on.

This is the only album of his that I have, though apparently there are others. I've no idea how representative this one is. It's real sweet, though. Lovely bass playing, too, right up in the mix where it oughta be (listen to Lunar Nova...sweet...)

Sorry about the crackles & surface noise, I've had this album a long time & used to play it a heck of a lot). Q: Does anyone have any of his other albums they'd be willing to rip for me?

Red Rhodes - Velvet Hammer In A Cowboy Band

1 - Crippled Lion
2 - Poinciana
3 - Lothario in A
4 - Jay's Tune
5 - Dana's Waltz
6 - Lunar Nova
7 - Three Songs in a Row (Lonesome/Great American Thunder Turkey/Steel Guitar Waltz)

http://rapidshare.com/files/28150109/Velvet.zip

Monday, April 23, 2007

Been In A Daze For Days

According to the sleeve notes it's the soundtrack to a play bit I don't think that's true, I think it's just assorted demos, one-off tracks & singles by a bunch of artists who were 'signed' to Zoo in 1977-1981. I think I'm right in saying that Whopper is Julian Cope, and Big In Japan featured Holly Johnson.

To The Shores Of Lake Placid - Various Artists (1982)

01 - Society For Cutting Up Men (Big In Japan)
02 - Iggy Pop's Jacket (Those Naughty Lumps)
03 - When I Dream (The Teardrop Explodes)
04 - Pictures On My Wall (Echo And The Bunnymen)
05 - Read It In Books (Echo And The Bunnymen)
06 - Lonely Spy (Lori And The Chameleons)
07 - The Winds (The Turquoise Swimming Pools)
08 - Kwalo Klobinsky's Lullaby (Whopper)
09 - A Suicide (Dalek I Love You)
10 - Burst Balloons (The Turquoise Swimming Pools)
11 - Lonely Spy reprise (Lori And The Chameleons)
12 - Camera Camera (The Teardrop Explodes)
13 - Suicide A Go Go (Big In Japan)
14 - Villiers Terrace (Echo And The Bunnymen)
15 - Take A Chance (The Teardrop Explodes)

http://rapidshare.com/files/27484598/Placid.zip

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Master Of The Revels

Well, I've had some nice requests - Too Stuffed To Jump, Fiction, Pygmy, Old No 1, etc - all great albums, but all of them readily available. You can get the Guy Clark album for £3.97 from Amazon!!! I thought I'd made it clear that I don't post albums that can be easily bought. Sorry guys.

So, today, Pete Atkin.

A few weeks ago I asked if anyone could help me find some Pete Atkin CDs - thanks to some nice peeps I have now managed to get the full set.

Pete Atkin, in case anyone isn't aware, is a very *English* singer/songwriter whose lyrics are written by Clive James - not normally someone I particularly like but in this particular respect they are a fine partnership, on the whole

The original CDs seem to slip in and out of print so I won't post them here, instead I've cobbled together a bunch of tracks that were originally released on a 'Best Of' compilation some time in the mid 70s. I bought that album on cassette when I was on tour in Ireland - the local shop in Donegal Town had hardly anything I recognised apart from this and a Gordon Lightfoot cassette - and it was something I played to myself quite a lot during the tour.

This is the original track listing, and not every track is a gem - for every 'Flowers And The Wine' there's a 'Wristwatch For A Drummer' - a song that seems to exist purely to show off some clever word play. The subject matter and melody of the latter are banal, to say the least, I do wish he'd been a bit more critical.

If you like this, try to get the original albums - you might try his Web site first.

Pete Atkin - Master Of The Revels, The Essential Pete Atkin (1977)

01 - Thirty Year Man
02 - Master Of The Revels
03 - Sunlight Gate
04 - Between Us There Is Nothing
05 - Girl On The Train
06 - The Faded Mansion On The Hill
07 - The Wristwatch For A Drummer
08 - I See The Joker
09 - Perfect Moments
10 - Sessionman's Blues
11 - Thief In The Night
12 - Screen-Freak
13 - The Flowers And The Wine
14 - Beware Of The Beautiful Stranger

http://rapidshare.com/files/26430436/Atkin.zip

Thursday, April 05, 2007

Who On Earth Is Downloading This Stuff?

I posted my self-indulgent zip of mt music barely an hour ago, and already four people have downloaded it. Why? Who? I dunno. Thanks anyway. BTW - you want to know what is the most popular download from this blog? With all the stuff I've got here? For a long time it was Microdisney but now, with 183 downloads, the current champion is... Bleedin' *Twiggy*. Go figure, as I believe they say. I'm off to Dorset. l7ers.

Indulge Me Again

It's the holiday season and I'm taking the family to Puncknowle, in Dorset, for a week - so there'll be nowt more from me until the middle of May. Many thanks to everyone who has posted complimenary comments recently - it's great to feel appreciated.

Before I go I thought I'd post some of my *own* music. I don't play much these days (kids...) but I used to gig regularly around London and, for a period in the mid-80s, did quite a bit of home recording on my Tascam 244. I do have Cubase on my PC, but hardly ever get a chance to use it :-(

Anyway, my iPod suddenly surprised me by playing two of *my* songs back to back this morning, and I took that as a sign from up above to inflict them on you. As luck would have it, the first of these features me old mate Robert Maelstrom on lead guitar - we programmed the drum machine and he recorded the flanged solo before flitting back to Scotland, so I filled in the gaps afterwards. This is one of the few things that were done using Cubase.

In alphabetical order, then:

A Legacy (Thompson/Browning), c. 2000
JHB: acoustic & electric guitars, bass guitar, drum programming
Emil Thompson: flanged lead guitar, drum programming

The next track is a song that I wrote and recorded on my own while I lived in a flat in Highgate and had all my gear set up all the time. I can't remember who it's about.

A Rhyme, A Time (Browning), April 1987
JHB: lead and backing vocals, lead & rhythm electric guitars, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, drum programming

Track three is a very early one, as evidenced by the fact that I'm using a TR909 drum machine (once I got into this properly I bought a Yamaha RX11). It's about a bloke who lives in a maze - I imagine that was supposed to be a clever metaphor but I can't remember what for.

Amazeman (Browning), August 1985
JHB: lead and backing vocals, electric lead and rhythm guitars, acoustic 12-string guitar, bass guitar, drum programming

Next, a track that I'm very fond of. In my opinion it's one of the nicest songs I've written, and I can even remember what it's about. Figure it out for yourself!

Blind (Browning), May 1984
JHB: lead and backing vocals, electric guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, bass guitar, drum programming

I *really* like the feel of this next one - a pity the quality is so duff!

Eleanor Rigby (McCartney), December 1984
JHB: vocals, electric guitars, bass guitar

This next track was written about my boss, Teresa. I had a bit of a crush on her at the time, but she was leaving the company and going away. She had also recently starred in our company pantomime - hence the references to sheep bleating. The but about 'missing you now' was written a few years earlier for a different woman, and the 'boy and girl in shattered world' bit was ripped shamelessly from REM.

Face To The Ground (Browning, with acknowledgments to R.E.M.), December 1987
JHB: lead and backing vocals, lead & rhythm electric guitars, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, drum programming

The next track was recorded live, improvised, direct to tape. Max (later Emil, later Robert), Dougie and me sitting in a circle (triangle) with headphones on, with guitar/bass/drumbox/mike plugged straight into the four inputs of the 244. No overdubs, no rehearsals, no idea what we were going to do. Max made up the lyrics as he went along. More of his music at http://www.lessismore.co.uk/.

The History of Accapella Music (Thompson/Browning/Hopton) June 1988
Max Thompson: vocals, guitar
JHB: fretless bass guitar
Dougie Hopton: drum machine

I'm including this next one for two reasons - firstly because it features Sue Chewter, with whom I did quite a lot of writing & recording, and secondly because it took me bloody ages to program the drum machine and *somebody* ought to hear it.

The War Song (Chewter/Browning) October 1985
Sue Chewter: lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar
JHB: vocal, Spanish guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, drum programming

Finally, a bit of fun.

Orange Blossom Special (Trad. Arr. Wickens/Locker/Moseley/Browning) recorded live at the Queens, Crouch End, October 1978
Barry Wickens: violin
Pete Locker: mandolin
Simon Moseley: guitar
JHB: bass guitar

Just some stuff I did in the past...

http://rapidshare.com/files/24509069/JHB1.zip

Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Go On, Indulge Me

No downloads today, just two long lists for your perusal. 400 cracking albums and 600 fabbo tracks.

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If there's anything there that you think I should post, *and* if it's not available on vinyl, post me a comment & I'll think about it.

400 classic albums (well, 395 - five more to go...)

10000 Maniacs - The Wishing Chair
Al Stewart - Zero She Flies
Alice Cooper 3
Alice Cooper 4
Allman Brothers Fillmore
Amazing Rhythm Aces - Too Stuffed To Jump
America
Andy Gibb - Shadow Dancing
Andy Roberts - Nina And The Dream Tree
Arlo Guthrie - Arlo Guthrie
Arlo Guthrie - Hobo's Lullabye
Arlo Guthrie - Last Of The Brooklyn Cowboys
Barbra Streisand - Classical
Barbra Streisand - Gulity
Barbra Streisand - Lazy Afternoon
Barbra Streisand - My Name Is Barbra
Barbra Streisand - People
Barbra Streisand - The Broadway Album
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Beach Boys - Sunflower
Beatles - Abbey Road
Beatles - Hard Day's Night
Beatles - Revolver
Blind Faith
Blossom Toes - If Only For A Moment
Bonzo Dog band - The Doughnut In Granny's Greenhouse
Bothy Band - 1st album
Brinsley Schwartz - Silver Pistol
Byrds - 5th Dimension
Byrds - Notorious Byrd Brothers
Byrds - Younger Than Yesterday
Byzantium - 1st album
Byzantium - Live And Studio
Byzantium - Seasons Changing
Caravan - 1st album
Caravan - Fairfield Halls
Caravan - For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night
Caravan - If I Could
Chameleons - Strip
Chameleons - This Never Ending Now
Chameleons - Why Call It Anything
Chameleons 1
Chameleons 2
Chameleons 3
Church - Heyday
Church 1
Cocteau Twins - Garlands
Cocteau Twins - Tiny Dinamine/Echoes In A Shallow Bay
Cocteau Twins - Victorialand
Comsat Angels - Time Considered
Comsat Angels 1
Comsat Angels 2
Comsat Angels 3
Country Joe 1
Country Joe 2
Cream - Wheels Of Fire
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy And The Poor Boys
Crosby, Stills & Nash - 1st album
Curved Air - 2nd album
Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks - Striking It Rich
Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Further Out
Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out
David Bowie - Hunky Dory
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
David Crosby - If I Could Only Remember My Name
Deke Leonard - Iceberg
Dillards - Copperfields
Dillards - Wheatstraw Suite
Dion - Return of the Wanderer
Dion - Suite For Late Summer
Dion - Yo Frankie
Dire Straits - 1st album
Dire Straits - 2nd album
Donovan - A Gift From A Flower To A Garden
Donovan - Fairytale
Doors - American Prayer
Doors - Morrison Hotel
Dory Previn - Mythical Kings And Iguanas
Eagles - Desperado
East Of Eden - Mercator Projected
Eberhard Weber - Chorus
Eberhard Weber - Later That Evening
Eberhard Weber - Little Movements
Eberhard Weber - The Colours Of Chloe
Echo 1
Echo 2
Elvis Costello - This Year's Model
Emil Thompson - both albums so far
Ernie Graham
Eyeless In Gaza - Back From The Rains
Eyeless In Gaza - Rust Red September
Faces - A Nod's As Good As A Wink
Fairport - Angel Delight
Fairport - Full House
Fairport - House Full
Fairport - Liege
Fairport - Nine
Fairport - Unhalf
Fairport - WWDOOH
Family - A Song For Me
Family - Bandstand
Family - Family Entertainment
Fleetwood Mac - (white album)
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Flo & Eddie - Illegal, Immoral And Fattening
Fotheringay
Francoise Hardy - Comment Te Dire Adieu
Francoise Hardy - Decalages
Francoise Hardy - Entr'acte
Francoise Hardy - Message Personnel
Francoise Hardy - Quelqu’un Qui S’en va
Francoise Hardy - Soleil
Frank Sinatra - Greatest Hits
Frank Sinatra - Sinatra & Company
Frank Sinatra - Sinatra At The Sands
Frank Sinatra - Sings For Only The Lonely
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe
Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
Fresh Maggots - 1st album
Gary Burton Quartet - Passengers
Gene Clark - No Other
Giant Sand - Valley Of Rain
Global Village Trucking Company - 1st album
Global Village Trucking Company - Live At Dingwalls
Gong - You
Grateful Dead - American Beauty
Grateful Dead - Europe 72
Grateful Dead - Hundred Year Hall
Grateful Dead - Live/Dead
Grateful Dead - Mars Hotel
Grateful Dead - Wake Of The Flood
Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead
Guy Clark - Old No. 1
Hair OST
Hatfield And The North - 1st album
Hatfield And The North - The Rotters Club
Help Yourself 1
Help Yourself 2
Help Yourself 3
Home
Horace Silver - Song For My Father
Ian Dury - Do it Yourself
Ian Matthews - If You Saw Through My Eyes
Ian Matthews - Tigers Will Survice
Incredible String Band - Changing horses
Incredible String Band - Hangman's
Incredible String Band - U
Incredible String Band - Wee Tam And The Big Huge
Jack Bruce - Songs For A Tailor
Jack Off Jill - Clear Hearts Grey Flowers
Jake Thackray - On Again! On Again!
James Taylor - Mud Slide Slime And The Blue Horizon
James Taylor - Sweet Baby James
Jan Garbarek - Twelve Moons
Jan Garvarek - Legend Of The Seven Dreams
Janis Ian - Between The Lines
Janis Ian - Breaking Silence
Janis Ian - God and the FBI
Jeff Beck - There And Back
Jefferson Airplane - After Bathing at Baxters
Jefferson Airplane - Bless Its Pointed Little Head
Jefferson Airplane - Crown of Creation
Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers
Jerry Garcia - Garcia
Jesse Colin Young - Light Shine
Jesus Christ Superstar
Jethro Tull - Benefit
Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced
Jimi Hendrix - Axis, Bold As Love
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends
John & Beverley Martyn - The Road To Ruin
John Denver - Rocky Mountain High
John Martyn - Bless The Weather
John Mayall - Bluesbreakers
John Mayall - The Turning Point
John Phillips - John The Wolf King Of LA
John Stewart - California Bloodlines
Jonathan Edwards - Jonathon Edwards
Joni Mitchell - Court And Spark
Joni Mitchell - Song To A Seagull
Joni Mitchell - The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
Jose Feliciano - Feliciano!
Julie Driscoll - 1969
Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity - Steetnoise
Julie Tippetts - Sunset Glow
Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Kate & Anna McGarrigle
Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love
Kate Bush - Red Shoes
Kate Bush - The Dreaming
Keith Christmas - Fable Of The Wings
Keith Christmas - Pigmy
Keith Jarrett - The Koln Concert
Kevin Ayers - Shooting At The Moon
Kevin Ayers- Joy Of A Toy
King Crimson - Red
King Crimson - The Court Of The Crimson Kong
KLF - 1987 (What The Fuck Is Going On)
KLF - The White Room
Kristin Hersh - Hips And Makers
Kristin Hersh - Murder, Misery and then Goodnight
Lamb - Lamb
Laura Nyro - Christmas And The Beads Of Sweat
Laura Nyro - Mothers Spiritual
Laura Nyro - Seasons Of Lights
Led Zep 2
Led Zep 3
Lindisfarne - Fog On The Tyne
Lindisfarne - Nicely Out Of Tune
Longdancer - If It Were So Simple
Longdancer - Trailer For A Good Life
Love - Forever Changes
Love Sculpture - Forms And Feelings
Madder Rose - Panic On
Madness - The Rise And Fall
Madonna - Like A Prayer
Madonna - True Blue
Man - Do You Like It Here
Man - Greasy Truckers Party
Man - Rhinos, Winos & Lunatics
Martyn Bates - Letters from a scattered family
Martyn Bates - Love Smashed On A Rock
Martyn Bates - The Return Of The Quiet
Melanie - Candles In The Rain
Mellow Candle
Michael Nesmith - And The Hits Keep On Coming
Michael Nesmith - Magnetic South
Michel Polnareff - Le Bal Des Laze
Michel Polnareff - Le Disque d'Or Des Disques d'Or
Michel Polnareff - Love Me Please Love Me
Michel Polnareff - Polnareff's
Microdisney - Everybody Is Fanrastic
Microdisney - The Clock Comes Down The Stairs
Miracle Legion - Surprise Surprise Surprise
Modern English 2
Modern English 3
Monkees - 1
Monkees - 2
Mothers Of Invention - Absolutely Free
Mothers Of Invention - Burnt Weeny Sandwich
Mothers Of Invention - We're Only In It For The Money
Mountain - Nantucket Sleighride
National Health 1
National Health 2
Neil Innes - How Sweet To Be An Idiot
Neil Young - After The Goldrush
Neil Young - Comes A Time
Neil Young - Ecerybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Nelly Furtado - 2nd album
Nice Enough To Eat
Nick Drake - Bryter Layter
Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
Pat Metheny - American Garage
Pat Metheny - As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
Pat Metheny - Offramp
Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East/West
Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Original Lost Elektra Sessions
Paul Kantner & Grace Sick - Sunfighter
Paul McCartney - Ram
Pavlov's Dog - Pampered Menial
Pentangle - Basket Of Light
Peter Hamill - In Camera
Peter Hamill - Silent Corner
Philip Glass - Koyaanisqatsi
Philip Glass - Photographer
Pink Floyd - A Saucerful Of Secrets
Pink Floyd - Eclipsed
Pink Floyd - Meddle
Pink Floyd - Smoking Blues
Pink Floyd - Grosser Saal Musikhall, Hamburg
Plainsong - In Search Of Amelia Earhart
Planxty - 1st album
Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Happy Trails
Quintessence - In Blissful Company
REM - Fables Of The Reconstruction
REM - Murmur
Renaissance - Ashes Are Burning
Renaissance - Prologue
Richard Harris - The Yard Went On Forever
Richard Thompson - Henry The Human Fly
Richard Thompson - Hokey Pokey
Richard Thompson - I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
Ride - Carnival Of Light
Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story
Rolling Stones - Aftermath
Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street
Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
Roy Harper - Bullinamingvase
Roy Harper - Come Out Fighting Ghengis Smith
Roy Harper - Flat Baroque And Berserk
Roy Harper - Stormcock
Sally Oldfield - Easy
Sally Oldfield - Natasha
Sally Oldfield - Playing In The Flame
Sally Oldfield - Secret Songs
Sally Oldfield - Water Bearer
Sandy Denny - Like An old Fashioned Waltz
Sandy Denny - The North Star Grassman And The Ravens
Santana - 2
Santana - 3
Santana - Caravanserai
Shelagh MacDonald - Album
Shelagh MacDonald - Stargazer
Shirley & Dolly Collins - Love, Death And The Lady
Shirley Collins & The Albion Country Band - No Roses
Siouxsie And The Banshees - A Kiss In The Dreamhouse
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Juju
Siouxsie And The Banshees - The Scream
Soft Machine 2
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Sound 2
Sound 3
Sound 4/5
Spirit 1
Spirit 2
Spirit 3
Spirit 4
Spirit 7 (Farther Along)
Spirogyra - 1
Spirogyra - 2
Spirogyra - 3
Spirogyra - demos
Stackridge - Friendliness
Stackridge - The Man In The Bowler Hat
Stan Tracey - Under Milk Wood
Steamhammer 1
Steamhammer 2
Steamhammer 3
Steeleye Span 1
Steeleye Span 2
Steeleye Span 3
Steely Dan 2
Steely Dan 3
Steely Dan 5
Steely Dan 6
Steely Dan 7
Stereolab - Dots And Loops
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Stereolab - Peng
Stereolab - Switched On, Volume One
Stone The Crows - Stone The Crows
Strawbs - From The Witchwood
Swans - Children Of God
Swans - The Great Annihilator
Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings And Food
Tasavallan Presidentii - Lambertland
Taste - On The Boards
Teardrops 1
Teardrops 2
Television - Marquee Moon
Ten Years After - Ssssh
Terry Reid - Seed Of Memory
Terry Reid - Terry Reid
The Lines - Ultramarine
This Mortal Coil - It'll End In Tears
Three O’Clock - Sixteen Tambourines
Throwing Muses - House Tornado
Throwing Muses - Red Heaven
Throwing Muses - The Fat Skier
Throwing Muses - University
Tim Buckley 1
Tim Buckley 2
Tim Buckley 3
Tim Hart & Maddy Prior - Summer Solstice
Tindersticks 2
Tonton Macoute
Traffic - Mr Fantasy
Trees - On The Shore
Trees - The Garden Of Jane Delawney
Tyrannosaurus Rex - A Beard Of Stars
U2 - Boy
U2 - October
Uriah Heep - Salisbury
Van Der Graaf - H to He
Van Der Graaf - Pawn Hearts
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
Van Morrison - Saint Dominic's Preview
Van Morrison - Wavelength
Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico
Vivian Stanshall - Teddy Boys Don't Knit
Watersons - Bright Phoebus
White Mansions
Who - Live At Leeds
Who - Tommy
Wishbone Ash - Argus
Wishbone Ash - Argus
Yes - Close To The Edge
Yes - Fragile
Yes - The Yes Album

607 great tracks - on my iPod permanent list

10,000 Maniacs - Can't Ignore The Train
Adverts - One Chord Wonders (1977)
Al Stewart - Electric Los Angeles Sunset (1969)
Al Stewart - Zero She Flies (1969)
Alice Cooper - Halo Of Flies (1971)
Alice Cooper - Killer (1971)
Allman Brothers Band - Dreams (1971)
Allman Brothers Band - In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed (1971)
Allman Brothers Band - Whipping Post (1971)
Amazing Rhythm Aces - A Little Italy Rag
Andy Gibb - Wherever You Are (1980)
Andy Roberts - 25 Hours A Day (1971)
Andy Roberts - All Around My Grandmother's Floor (1973)
Andy Roberts - Bluebird Morning (Grimms)
Andy Roberts - I've Seen The Movie
Andy Roberts - Moths And Lizards In Detroit
Andy Roberts - New Karenski
Andy Roberts - Poison Apple Lady
Andy Roberts - Queen Of The Moonlight World
Andy Roberts - Songs Of The Stars (Grimms) (1973)
Andy Roberts - The One-Armed Boatman And The Giant Squid
Apple - The Otherside
Arlo Guthrie - Alice's Restaurant Massacree (1967)
Arlo Guthrie - Wouldn't You Believe It (1968)
Arlo Guthrie - Ukelele Lady
Band - Arcadian Driftwood
Barbra Streisand - A Quiet Thing & There Won't Be Trumpets (1974)
Barbra Streisand - All that I want (1965)
Barbra Streisand - Emily (2003)
Barbra Streisand - I'm The Greatest Star (1968)
Barbra Streisand - It Must Have Been The Mistletoe (2001)
Barbra Streisand - Ordinary Miracles (1994)
Barbra Streisand - Punky's Dilemma (1969)
Barbra Streisand - Somewhere (1987)
Barbra Streisand - We Must Be Loving Right (1999)
Barbra Streisand - Don't Rain On My Parade
Bay City Rollers - Bye Bye Baby (1975)
Beach Boys - Friends (1968)
Beach Boys - God Only Knows (1966)
Beach Boys - Heroes And Villains (1967)
Beach Boys - I Went To Sleep
Beach Boys - I'm Waiting For The Day
Beach Boys - Surf's Up (1971)
Beatles - A Taste Of Honey
Beatles - All My Loving
Beatles - And I Love Her
Beatles - Blue Jay Way
Beatles - Don't Let Me Down
Beatles - Happiness Is A Warm Gun (1968)
Beatles - Hello Goodbye
Beatles - I Feel Fine
Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand
Beatles - I'll Cry Instead (1964)
Beatles - Lady Madonna
Beatles - Long, Long, Long (1968)
Beatles - P. S. I Love You
Beatles - Paperback Writer
Beatles - Tell Me Why
Beatles - The Fool On The Hill
Beatles - Two Of Us
Beatles - Wait (1965)
Beatles - Your Mother Should Know
Beatles - You're Going To Lose That Girl
Bette Midler - The Vicki Eydie Show
Big Brother And The Holding Company - All Is Loneliness
Blind Faith - Sea Of Joy
Blodwyn Pig - Worry
Blossom Toes - Listen To The Silence (1969)
Bob Dylan - Motorpsycho Nitemare (1964)
Bonzo Dog Band - Keynsham (1969)
Boothill Foot Tappers - Jealousy (1984)
Brigitte Fontaine - Brigitte (1971)
Brigitte Fontaine - Dressing (1999)
Brigitte Fontaine - Le Nougat (1992)
Brigitte Fontaine - Maman, J'ai Peur (1966)
Brinsley Schwarz - Egypt (1971)
Brinsley Schwarz - Nightingale (1971)
Brinsley Schwarz - Old Jarrow (1970)
Brinsley Schwarz - Surrender To The Rhythm (1972)
Buckingham Nicks - Frozen Love (1973)
Byrds - Everybody's Been Burned (1967)
Byrds - Flight 713 (instrumental)
Byrds - Lady Friend (1967)
Byrds - Renaissance Fair (1967)
Captain Sensible - Wot
Caravan - Love Song With Flute (1968)
Caravan - Winter Wine (1971)
Caravan - With An Ear To The Ground - You Can Make It - Martinian - Only Cox (1970)
Chameleons - As High As You Can Go
Chameleons - Childhood (1986)
Chameleons - Home Is Where The Heart Is
Chameleons - On The Beach (1985)
Chameleons - Pleasure And Pain (1983)
Chameleons - Second Skin (1983)
Chameleons - Seriocity (1986)
Chameleons - Swamp Thing
Cher - Gypsies, Tramps And Thieves (1971)
Church - Constant In Opal (1984)
Church - For A Moment We're Strangers (1981)
Church - In This Room (1982)
Church - Shadow Cabinet (1984)
Church - She Never Said (1981)
Church - Tantalized (1985)
Clodagh Rodgers - Biljo (1969)
Cocteau Twins - Cicely
Cocteau Twins - Feet Like Fins (1995)
Cocteau Twins - Melonella (1985)
Cocteau Twins - Shallow Then Halo (1982)
Cocteau Twins - Wax And Wane (1982)
Colosseum - Elegy
Comsat Angels - Close Your Eyes (1985)
Comsat Angels - Island Heart (1984)
Comsat Angels - Ju Ju Money (1981)
Comsat Angels - Missing In Action (1979)
Comsat Angels - Our Secret
Country Joe & The Fish - Happiness Is A Porpoise Mouth (1967)
Country Joe & The Fish - Janis (1968)
Country Joe & The Fish - Pat's Song (1968)
Cream - As You Said (1968)
Cream - Crossroads (1968)
Cream - Doing That Scrapyard Thing (1968)
Cream - Swlabr (1967)
Cream - We're Going Wrong (1967)
Cream - What A Bringdown (1968)
Cream - White Room (1968)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Down On The Corner (1970)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lodi (1971)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lookin Out My Back Door (1970)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - The Midnight Special (1970)
Crosby, Stills & Nash (& Young) - 4 + 20 (1970)
Crosby, Stills & Nash (& Young) - Déjà Vu (1970)
Crosby, Stills & Nash (& Young) - Guinnevere ()
Crosby, Stills & Nash (& Young) - In My Dreams ()
Crosby, Stills & Nash (& Young) - Just A Song Before I Go ()
Crosby, Stills & Nash (& Young) - The Lee Shore ()
Crosby, Stills & Nash (& Young) - Wooden Ships (1969)
Curved Air - Back Street Luv (1971)
David Crosby - The Wall Song (1972)
David McWilliams - The Days Of Pearly Spencer (1967)
Dead Can Dance - Song Of The Stars (1996)
Dead Can Dance - The Protagonist (1984)
Dean Friedman - The Letter
Deke Leonard - Razor Blade And Rattlesnake (1972)
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
Dillards - Ozark Nights
Dion - 900 Miles (1963)
Dion - I Used To Be A Brooklyn Dodger (1978)
Dion - Midtown American Main Street Gang
Dion - My Love (1965)
Dion - New York City Song (1975)
Dion - One Too Many Mornings (1992)
Dion - Time In My Heart For You (1965)
Dion - Tomorrow Won't Bring The Rain (1965)
Dire Straits - Eastbound Train (1978)
Dire Straits - Single Handed Sailor (1979)
Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing (1978)
Dolly Parton - Why'd You Come In Here Lookin Like That
Donovan - Someone Singing
Doors - Break On Through (1967)
Doors - Ghost Song (1978)
Doors - Indian Summer (1970)
Doors - Not To Touch The Earth (1968)
Doors - Peace Frog (1970)
Doors - Queen Of The Highway (1970)
Doors - The Crystal Ship (1967)
Doors - The End (1967)
Doors - Waiting For The Sun
Dory Previn - Lady With The Braid
Dr. Strangely Strange - Sign on My Mind (1971)
Eagles - Doolin' Dalton (inst) & Outlaw Man (1973)
East Of Eden - Communion (1969)
Eberhard Weber - Bali (1980)
Eberhard Weber - Death in the Carwash (1982)
Eberhard Weber - Seriously Deep (1977)
Eire Apparent - Yes I Need Someone
Elvis Presley - Mystery Train
Eyeless In Gaza - No Perfect Stranger (1983)
Eyeless In Gaza - Twilight (1986)
Eyeless In Gaza - Welcome Now (1986)
Faces - Stay With Me (1971)
Faces - You Can Make Me Dance, Sing Or Anything (1974)
Fairport Convention - A Sailor's Life (1969)
Fairport Convention - Angel Delight (1971)
Fairport Convention - Autopsy (1969)
Fairport Convention - Meet On The Ledge (1968)
Fairport Convention - One More Chance (1975)
Fairport Convention - Tam Lin (1969)
Family - Larf & Sing
Family - Never Like This
Family - Ready To Go
Firm - Arfur Daley (1982)
Firm - Star Trekkin' (1987)
Fleetwood Mac - Brown Eyes (1979)
Fleetwood Mac - Everybody Finds Out
Fleetwood Mac - Isn't It Midnight (1987)
Fleetwood Mac - Murrow Turning Over In His Grave (2003)
Fleetwood Mac - Never Forget (1979)
Flo & Eddie - Kama Sutra Time
Fotheringay - Banks Of The Nile (1970)
Fotheringay - The Pond And The Stream (1970)
Fotheringay - The Sea (1970)
Four Pennies - Juliet (1964)
Fox - For Whatever it's Worth
Françoise Hardy - Bonjour, Bonsoir (1974)
Françoise Hardy - Ca M'suffit (1981)
Françoise Hardy - Chanson D'o (1971)
Françoise Hardy - Dame Souris Trotte (1970)
Francoise Hardy - Bonjour, Bonsoir
Françoise Hardy - La Sieste
Françoise Hardy - Les Madelaines (1996)
Françoise Hardy - Partir Quand Meme (1988)
Françoise Hardy - Si Mi Caballero (1971)
Françoise Hardy - Tip Tap T'entends Mes Pas (1977)
Françoise Hardy - Une Miss S'immisce (1988)
Free - Free Me (1969)
Free - Get Where I Belong (1971)
Free - Muddy Water (Alternative Vocal) (1973)
George Harrison - Apple Scruffs (1970)
George Harrison - Beware Of Darkness (1970)
Godley And Creme - An Englishman In New York (1979)
Gong - Sleepy (1978)
Grace Slick - Epic #38 (1974)
Grateful Dead - Brown-Eyed Woman (1972)
Grateful Dead - China Cat Sunflower (1969)
Grateful Dead - China Cat Sunflower (1972)
Grateful Dead - Dark Star (1970)
Grateful Dead - Easy Wind (1969)
Grateful Dead - Estimated Prophet (1977)
Grateful Dead - Eyes Of The World (1974)
Grateful Dead - Jack Straw (1972)
Grateful Dead - Mexicali Blues
Grateful Dead - Terrapin Station (1977)
Grateful Dead - Unbroken Chain (1974)
Grateful Dead - Wharf Rat (1971)
Guy Clark - A Nickel For The Fiddler
Guy Clark - Desperados Waiting For A Train
Guy Clark - Let Him Roll
Handel - Thou Shalt Break Them
Happy Mondays - Kinky Afro
Hatfield And The North - Mumps (1974)
Help Yourself - Deborah (1971)
Help Yourself - Movie Star (1972)
Help Yourself - Street Songs (1971)
Hi-Fi - Heart Of Mine
Home - Rise Up (1972)
Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Ian Dury and the Blockheads - There Ain't Half Been Some Clever Bastards
Ian Dury and the Blockheads - This Is What We Find
Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Uneasy Sunny Day Hotsy Totsy
Ian Matthews - Met Her On A Plane (1974)
Ian Matthews - Morgan The Pirate (1971)
Ian Matthews - The Fault (1974)
Illusion - Solo Flight (1977)
In Embrace - Your Heaven Scent Plays Hell With Me (1984)
Incredible String Band - Bridge Song (1970)
Incredible String Band - I Know You (1970)
Incredible String Band - Mr. & Mrs (1969)
Incredible String Band - The Iron Stone
Incredible String Band - Three Is A Green Crown (1968)
Jack Bruce - Escape To The Royal Wood (On Ice)
Jack Bruce - Smiles And Grins (1971)
Jack Off Jill - Nazi Halo
Jack Off Jill - Vivica (1992)
Jack Off Jill - When I Am Queen
Jack Off Jill - Clear Hearts Grey Flowers
Jake Thackray - On Again On Again
Jake Thackray - The Brigadier
Jake Thackray - One Eyed Isaac (1969)
Jake Thackray - The Blacksmith And The Toffee Maker (1969)
Jake Thackray - The Kiss (1977)
Jake Thackray - The Last Will And Testament Of Jake Thackray (1967)
Jake Thackray - The Poor Sod (1977)
James Taylor - Anywhere Like Heaven (1970)
James Taylor - Blossom (1970)
James Taylor - Long Ago And Far Away (1971)
James Taylor - Mud Slide Slim (1971)
James Taylor - Places In My Past (1971)
James Taylor - Something's Wrong (1969)
James Taylor - Suite For 20G (1970)
James Taylor - Sweet Baby James (1970)
James Taylor - You Can Close Your Eyes (1971)
Janis Ian - Do You Wanna Dance (1978)
Janis Ian - Murdering Stravinsky (2000)
Janis Ian - She Must Be Beautiful (2000)
Janis Ian - Sunset Of Your Life (1977)
Janis Ian - Too Old To Go 'way Little Girl (1967)
Janis Ian - Uncle Wonderful (1983)
Janis Ian - On The Other Side
Janis Ian - Why Can't You And I (1983)
Jefferson Airplane - Crazy Miranda (1971)
Jefferson Airplane - Fat Angel (1969)
Jefferson Airplane - Hey Fredrick (1969)
Jefferson Airplane - If You Feel (1968)
Jefferson Airplane - Rejoyce (1968)
Jethro Tull - Nothing To Say (1970)
Jimi Hendrix - Third Stone From The Sun (1967)
Joe Cocker - I Shall Be released
Joe Cocker - Lawdy Miss Clawdy
John & Beverley Martyn - Give Us A Ring (1970)
John Phillips - April Anne
John Phillips - Babies
John Stewart - The Pirates Of Stone County Road (1969)
Jonathan Edwards - The King (1971)
Joni Mitchell - Night In The City (1968)
Joni Mitchell - Song For Sharon (1976)
Joni Mitchell - Tin Angel (1969)
Judy Collins - Since You Asked
Judy Collins - Born To The Breed
Judy Collins - Pirate Jenny
Judy Collins - Grandaddy
Judy Collins - Marat Sade
Julie Driscoll - Break Out (1969)
Julie Driscoll - Leaving It All Behind (1969)
Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity - Flesh Failures (Let The Sunshine In) (1969)
Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and the Trinity - Czechoslovakia (edit) (1969)
Kaleidoscope (US) - Keep Your Mind Open
Kaleidoscope (US) - Minnie The Moocher
Kaleidoscope (UK) - Sky Children
Kaleidoscope - Stand By Me
Kaleidoscope US - Bernice
Kaleidoscope UK - Epitaph/Angel
Kate Bush - All The Love (1982)
Kate Bush - Army Dreamers (1980)
Kate Bush - Cloudbusting (1985)
Kate Bush - December Will Be Magic Again (1990)
Kate Bush - Lily (1993)
Kate Bush - Moments Of Pleasure
Kate Bush - Oh To Be In Love (1978)
Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) (1985)
Keith Christmas - Forest And The Shore (1971)
Keith Christmas - Lorri (1970)
Keith Christmas - Poem (1971)
Kevin Ayers - Song For Insane Times (1969)
Kim Wilde - View From A Bridge (1982)
Klaus Schulze - Bayreuth Return (1975)
Kristin Hersh - Teeth (1994)
Kristin Hersh - The Letter (1994)
Ladytron - Discotrax (2001)
Ladytron - Ladybird (2001)
Laura Nyro - Beads Of Sweat (1970)
Laura Nyro - Companion (1989)
Led Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand (1976)
Led Zeppelin - Gallows Pole (1970)
Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song (1970)
Led Zeppelin - Kashmir (1975)
Led Zeppelin - No Quarter (1973)
Leonard Cohen - Partisan (1969)
Lines - Fury (1982)
Look - I Am The Beat
Lothar & The Handpeople - Machines
Madness - Take It Or Leave It
Madonna - Frozen (1998)
Madonna - Ray Of Light
Madonna - Spanish Eyes (1989)
Madonna - Swim (1998)
Madonna - To Have And Not To Hold (1998)
Magna Carta - Elizabethan
Magna Carta - Father John
Maighread & Triona Ni Dhomhnaill - Spanish Lady (1999)
Mamas & Papas - Step Out
Man - All Good Clean Fun
Man - C'mon (1973)
Man - Spunk Rock (1972)
Man - We're Only Children (1971)
Martyn Bates - Flashes Of Sun (1990)
Martyn Bates - Snow Rages (1990)
Martyn Bates - This One Refrain (1990)
Mary Hopkin - Ocean Song
Mary Hopkin - Sparrow (1969)
Mary Hopkin - Sparrow (Vinyl) (1970)
Mary Hopkin - Temma Harbour (1969)
Mason Williams - Classical Gas (1968)
Melanie - Beautiful People (1970)
Melanie - Leftover Wine (1970)
Melanie - Lovin Baby Girl (1970)
Melanie - The Saddest Thing (1970)
Mellow Candle - Break Your Token
Mellow Candle - Buy or Beware
Mellow Candle - Boulders On My Grave
Michael Nesmith - The Crippled Lion (1970)
Michael Nesmith - Wax Minute (1972)
Michel Polnareff - Dans La Maison Vide
Michel Polnareff - Le Bal Des Laze
Michel Polnareff - Mes Regrets
Michel Polnareff - Sous Quelle étoile Suis-Je Né -
Michel Polnareff - Ta-Ta-Ta-Ta
Michel Polnareff - Tous Les Bateaux Tous Les Oiseaux
Microdisney - Dreaming Drains (1984)
Miracle Legion - Country Boy (1987)
Miracle Legion - Crooked Path (1987)
Miracle Legion - Little Man (1987)
Miracle Legion - The Backyard (1996)
Miranda Sex Garden - Bring Down The Sky (1993)
Modern English - Heart (1984)
Modern English - Rainbow End (1984)
Modern English - Ringing In The Change (1984)
Modern English - Tables Turning (1982)
Monkees - Early Morning Blues And Greens (1967)
Monkees - Papa Gene's Blues (1966)
Monkees - What Am I Doing Hanging Round (1968)
Mothers Of Invention - Absolutely Free (1967)
Mothers Of Invention - Let's Make The Water Turn Black (1968)
Mr Big - Romeo (1977)
Natasha - Iko Iko (1982)
National Health - Brujo (1978)
Nelly Furtado - Island of Wonder (2003)
Nelly Furtado - Shit On The Radio (2001)
Nice - My Back Pages
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Are You The One That I've Been Waiting For (1997)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Brompton Oratory (1997)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Do You Love Me (1994)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Carny (1986)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - There Is A Town (2003)
Nick Drake - Hazy Jane Ii (1970)
Nick Drake - Northern Sky (1970)
Nico - All That Is My Own
Nightnoise - Wiggy Wiggy A State Of Being (1988)
Original London Cast - 3-5-0-0 (1968)
Original London Cast - Aquarius (1968)
Original London Cast - Be-In (Hare Krishna) (1968)
Original London Cast - Easy To Be Hard (1968)
Original London Cast - Eyes Look Your Last + Ain't Got No (reprise) + Let The Sunshine In (1968)
Original London Cast - Hair (1968)
Original London Cast - Let The Sunshine In (1968)
Original London Cast - One Thousand Year Old Man (1968)
Original London Cast - Walking In Space (1968)
Original London Cast - Where Do I Go (1968)
Patto - Loud Green Song
Patto - You You Point Your Finger
Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Ain't No Need To Go No Further
Paul Butterfield Blues Band - One More Heartache
Paul Kantner - Mountain Song
Paul Kantner & Grace Slick - Diana [part 2]
Paul Kantner & Grace Slick - Earth Mother (1971)
Paul McCartney - Letting Go (1974)
Paul McCartney - Monkberry Moon Delight (1971)
Pavlov`s Dog - Mersey
Pentangle - Hunting Song (1969)
Peter Hammill - Forsaken Gardens
Peter's Private Army - The Gaol Song (1984)
Pink Floyd - Echoes (1971)
Pink Floyd - Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun (1968)
Pink Floyd - Cymbaline (from Smoking Blues)
Pink Floyd - One Of These Days (from 15th November 1972)
Pink Floyd - Careful With That Axe, Eugene (from Hamburg)
Pink Floyd - Embryo (from smoking blues) - it's freakin incredible and includes the middle section of echoes
Pink Floyd - Cymbaline (from More)
Pink Floyd - Main Theme
Pink Floyd - Dramatic Theme
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother
Pink Floyd - One Of These Days
Pink Floyd - Summer 68
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Who Do You Love (1969)
Quintessence - Body
R.E.M. - Driver 8
R.E.M. - Wolves, Lower (1981)
Renaissance - Trip To The Fair (1975)
Richard Harris - Interim
Richard Harris - MacArthur Park
Richard Harris - MacArthur Park (1968)
Richard Thompson - The Egypt Room
Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod Stewart - Henry & Maggie May (1971)
Rolling Stones - 19th Nervous Breakdown (1966)
Rolling Stones - Back Street Girl
Rolling Stones - Doncha Bother Me (1966)
Rolling Stones - It's Not Easy (1966)
Rolling Stones - Jiving Sister Fanny (1969)
Rolling Stones - Rocks Off (1972)
Rolling Stones - Sittin' On A Fence (1966)
Rolling Stones - Who's Been Sleeping Here (1967)
Rolling Stones - Yesterday's Papers (1967)
Roy Harper - I Hate The White Man (1970)
Roy Harper - The Same Old Rock (1971)
Sad Lovers And Giants - Far From The Sea
Sally Oldfield - Broken Mona Lisa (1982)
Sally Oldfield - Flaming Star (1996)
Sally Oldfield - Natasha (1990)
Sally Oldfield - Survival (1994)
Sally Oldfield - There's A Miracle Going On (1983)
Santana - Soul Sacrifice (1969)
Seekers - Georgy Girl (1966)
Seekers - The Carnival Is Over (1965)
Shelagh McDonald - Baby Go Slow (1971)
Shelagh McDonald - Lonely King (1971)
Shelagh McDonald - Mirage (1970)
Shelagh McDonald - Odyssey (1971)
Silly Wizard - Donald Mcgillavry (1980)
Simon And Garfunkel - Baby Driver (1970)
Simon And Garfunkel - I Am A Rock (1965)
Simon And Garfunkel - Scarborough Fair / Canticle (1966)
Simon And Garfunkel - The Dangling Conversation (1966)
Simon And Garfunkel - The Sound Of Silence (1965)
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Israel (1981)
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Lullaby (1987)
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Melt (1982)
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Overground (1978)
Small Faces - Up The Wooden Hills To Bedfordshire
Smiths - How Soon Is Now
Smiths - This Charming Man
Soft Machine - Dada Was Here (1967)
Soft Machine - Hibou Anemone And Bear
Sonic Youth - Tunic (1990)
Sound - Counting The Days (1984)
Sound - Golden Soldiers
Sound - Temperature Drop (1985)
Spirit - Ice (1969)
Spirogyra - A Canterbury Tale (1972)
Spirogyra - An Everyday Consumption Song (1972)
Spirogyra - Cogwheels Crutches And Cyanide (1971)
Spirogyra - Counting The Cars (1972)
Spirogyra - Dangerous Dave (1972)
Spirogyra - Don't Let It Get You (1972)
Spirogyra - In The Western World (1973)
Spirogyra - Jerusalem (1972)
Spirogyra - Mackerels And Fishes (1970)
Spirogyra - Magical Mary (1971)
Spirogyra - Runaway (1972)
Spirogyra - Sing it Simple (1970)
Spirogyra - The Duke Of Beafoot (1971)
Spirogyra - The Furthest Point (1972)
Spirogyra - The Sergeant Says (1973)
Spirogyra - Time Will Tell (1971)
Spirogyra - Turn Again Lane (1972)
Spirogyra - Van Allen's Belt (1972)
Spirogyra - We Were A Happy Crew (1971)
Spirogyra - Window (1972)
Spirogyra - Wings Of Thunder (1972)
Spirogyra - World's Eyes (1972)
Stackridge - Everyman (1972)
Stackridge - Hey Good Looking (1976)
Stackridge - The Road To Venezuela
Status Quo - Gerdundula (1975)
Steamhammer - Even The Clock (1969)
Steamhammer - Passing Through (1969)
Steamhammer - Supposed To Be Free (1969)
Steeleye Span - Boys Of Bedlam (1971)
Steeleye Span - Gower Wassail (1971)
Steeleye Span - Lovely On The Water (1971)
Steeleye Span - The Blacksmith (1970)
Steeleye Span - The Fisherman's Wife (1970)
Steely Dan - Aja (1977)
Steely Dan - Bodhisattva (1973)
Steely Dan - Josie (1977)
Steely Dan - Night By Night (1974)
Steely Dan - Sign In Stranger (1976)
Stephen Stills - Cherokee (1970)
Stereolab - Baby Lulu (2001)
Stereolab - Blips Drips and Strips (1999)
Stereolab - Cybele's Reverie (1996)
Stereolab - Double Rocker (2001)
Stereolab - Doubt (1991)
Stereolab - Doubt (1992)
Stereolab - Jenny Ondioline (1993)
Stereolab - Metronomic Underground (1996)
Stereolab - Monstre Sacre (1996)
Stereolab - Nihilist Assault Group (1994)
Stereolab - Nothing To Do With Me (2001)
Stereolab - Nothing to Do With Me (2001)
Stereolab - Pack Yr Romantic Mind (1993)
Stereolab - Rainbo Conversation (1997)
Stereolab - Slow Fast Hazel (1996)
Stone the Crows - I Saw America (1969)
Stranglers - Golden Brown
Swans - God Damn The Sun (1989)
Swans - In My Garden
Swans - Mind-Body-Light-Sound (1995)
Teardrop Explodes - Brave Boys Keep Their Promises (1980)
Teardrop Explodes - Passionate Friend
Teardrop Explodes - Second Head (1980)
Teardrop Explodes - Tiny Children (1981)
Ten Years After - The Stomp (1969)
Terry Reid - May Fly
Terry Reid - Rogue Wave
Terry Reid - Seed Of Memory
Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town
Thin Lizzy - Whiskey In The Jar
Three O'Clock - As Real As Real (1982)
Three O'Clock - Tomorrow (1983)
Throwing Muses - Bea (1989)
Throwing Muses - Carnival Wig (1992)
Throwing Muses - Crabtown (1995)
Throwing Muses - River (1988)
Throwing Muses - Tar Moochers (1996)
Throwing Muses - That's All You Wanted (1995)
Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air (1968)
Tindersticks - Ballad Of Tindersticks (1997)
Touchstone - Invisible Wings - Faoileán (1984)
Traffic - Freedom Rider (1970)
Tyrannosaurus Rex - A Daye Laye
Tyrannosaurus Rex - The Travelling Tragition (1968)
Tyrannosaurus Rex - Elemental Child
Van Der Graaf Generator - Lost (1971)
Various Artists - Heaven On Their Minds (1970)
White Mansions - No-one Would Believe A Summer Could Be So Damn Cold
Who - The Seeker (1970)
Who - Won't Get Fooled Again (1971)
Wishbone Ash - Time Was (1971)
Wishbone Ash - Vas Dis (1972)
Wolfgang Press - Cut the Tree (1987)
Yardbirds - Happenings Ten Years Time Ago
Yardbirds - Louise
Yardbirds - Too Much Monkey Business (live)
Yardbirds - White Summer
Yardbirds - You're A Better Man Than I (BBC)
Yes - Close To The Edge (1973)
Yes - Then (1970)

Waddy think???

Monday, April 02, 2007

I Should Have Known Better

I just made the mistake of listening to the version of 'Echoes' from the 1974 Empire Pool gig that the BBC recorded.

After about ten minutes I had to turn it off and go listen to Stereolab instead.

It confirmed everything that I had ever thought about post-DSOTM Floyd, and I just had to come on here and rant for a few moments...

Listen, you lot: great rock music does not need sax solos or chick backing vocals. Especially when the chicks don't know the bloody words.

Bloody awful, lifeless, pile of poo.

Later...

Ha! Someone commented before I had finished! Hi Vincent.

I can't *quite* agree with you, I'm afraid. Certainly the first two albums are excellent, but I think that the 70-72 Floyd was also magnificent - though you wouldn't know it if you'd only ever heard their (extremely patchy) recorded output in that period. Search out the boots, though, and they were extraordinary.

The more I think about it the more I think they were the UK equivalent of the Grateful Dead, and the *real* story was the live shows. I saw them 4 or 5 times, and listening to the boots I'm reminded why. Maybe somebody should consider doing some official 'Dicks Picks' releases of the band during that period? Surely there must be some unreleased soundboard recordings that would stem the flow of ROIOs and earn the lads some (not-very-needed) money? Or would the Gilmour/Waters rift prevent this?

As for the Pompeii film, I recently bought the 'directors cut' edition. Why, for Bog's sake, why???, Why remove genuine live footage and replace it with 'goofing about in the studio three years later' footage? Why show us a fucking rocket taking off, can't we create our own visual metaphors for Echoes?