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Thursday, 6 October 2016
Holiday Hiatus - The Byrds
Some 60's psychedelic folk for you today courtesy of The Byrds
Taken from the Definitive Collection - 25 tracks but only one from Sweetheart of the Rodeo one of the top 10 albums of all time.
Something wrong there surely.
This post has given me an idea for a new series - stay tuned
The Byrds - Eight Miles High
The Byrds - Mr Spaceman
Wednesday, 5 October 2016
Holiday Hiatus - Adam Ant
Unplug the jukebox and do us all a favour
Two early songs from Adam and the Ants today from before it all got rather silly.
Written by him alone with no contribution from Marco Pirroni who has a hand in most of the camper numbers.
Dirk are you still wearing White Sox?
If so, don't worry - ridicule is nothing to be scared of
Tuesday, 4 October 2016
Holiday Hiatus - Nick Drake
From one extreme to another.
Yesterday the raw energy of the White Stripes today the melancholiness of Nick Drake
Yet another artist who found more fame dead than alive although how he would have dealt with it is anyone's guess.
I've just found out that Solid Air by John Martyn is for and about Nick Drake
Nick Drake - Cello Song
Nick Drake - Fruit Tree
Monday, 3 October 2016
Holiday Hiatus - The White Stripes
The dymamic duo of SWC and Badger recently featured the White Stripes in their excellent but never elitist WYCRA 200
This got me thinking that I should listen to and feature them more often.
So seeing as how their songs are usually short here are two from White Blood Cells and one from Elephant
The White Stripes - Hotel Yorba
The White Stripes - Fell in Love With a Girl
The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
Sunday, 2 October 2016
Some Holiday Hiatus Sunday Soul
Well you didn't have to wait long for the third and final instalment of the Stevie Wonder masterpiece triumvirate the ambitious and wonderful double album from 1976 Songs in the Key of Life
Here is Sir Duke his tribute to Duke Ellington and other Jazz legends followed by Pastime Paradise famously reworked by Coolio as Gangsta's Paradise
Sheer class
For a brilliant in depth appreciation see 1001 Songs
Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke
Stevie Wonder - Pastime Paradise
Saturday, 1 October 2016
Holiday Hiatus - The Jam
Shockingly The Jam have never featured on these pages before.
Time to right that wrong.
A band who have produced around twenty singles which would all merit a mention.
For me, however, it is difficult to see past these two which you will all be familiar with
The Jam - Down in the Tube Station at Midnight
The Jam - The Eton Rifles
Friday, 30 September 2016
Holiday Hiatus Rockabilly - Eddie Cochran
There has been a bit of a Rockabilly feel to the last couple of Fridays so let's keep that going with Eddie Cochran
He died in a road accident in Chippenham, Wiltshire aged just 21 but not before he had made some great music.
His songs tended to be short so you are getting three as opposed to two today
Eddie Cochran - Somethin' Else
Eddie Cochran - Twenty Flight Rock
Eddie Cochran - Nervous Breakdown
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