Thelonious Monk Quartet: ‘Round Midnight
Monk and Co performing in Oslo in 1966 in front of The Sun, a painting by Edvard Munch. Neat. Gets cold in Norway, hence the woolly hat.
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James Brown: Night Train
Suggested by Andy Marshall, the funk classic from 1962.
Bob Seger: Night Moves
More mid-Seventies gold, the title track from Seger’s ninth studio album.
Link Wray: Midnight Lover
Always enjoyed this guitar classic from the 1975 LP Stuck in Gear.
The Witches of Femail
AMONG the books I have most enjoyed recently is Frank Sinatra Has a Cold, a collection of magazine essays by the American New Journalism pioneer Gay Talese. The title piece beautifully … Continue readingThe Witches of Femail
Henry Cow: Beautiful as the Moon
Another glimpse of Slapp Happy’s Dagmar Krause, performing here with the Henrys in 1976.
Slapp Happy/Faust: Casablanca Moon
He used to wear fedorasNow he sports a fezThere’s cabalistic innuendoesIn everything he says. Just unearthed this 2017 live performance of the song from 1974’s Slapp Happy LP. /
Lou Reed: Goodnight Ladies
One of the most blasé songs ever, from the Transformer album. ‘All night long you’ve been drinking your tequila, but now you’ve sucked your lemon peel dry.’
Atomic Rooster: Tomorrow Night
Great period piece from 1971. In place of Pan’s People, lots of hefty lasses dancing on stage while organist Vincent Crane puts in his usual understated performance.
Richard Thompson: Night Comes In
Quite different from the other live versions I have heard, this was recorded in Hamburg in 1983 with Simon Nicol, Dave Pegg, Dave Mattacks, Pete Zorn, Pete Thomas and Alan … Continue readingRichard Thompson: Night Comes In