Author: Alan Ashworth

Bizarre cod-Japanese single released by Dandelion not long before they went bust in the early 70s. Sounds to me like the main singer is about to commit hara-kiri. Good fun, … Continue readingThe Yamasukis: Yamasuki

I’m scraping the Dandelion barrel a bit by now. The Danish jazz-rockers released an album in 1971, WWW, including this selection. They did do some good stuff elsewhere, however, including … Continue readingBurnin Red Ivanhoe: Cucumber-Porcupine

With words by William Blake, a real toe-tapper from the 1972 Dandelion debut album by the hirsute long-distance runner who would many years later enter into a legal dispute over … Continue readingDavid Bedford: Nurses Song With Elephants

This is from the 1972 Dandelion LP Case History, Kevin’s debut solo release dealing largely with his disturbing spell as a mental health therapist at Whittingham Hospital near Preston, which … Continue readingKevin Coyne: My Message to the People

In 1969, Vincent made a ‘comeback’ album for Dandelion Records with a stellar cast including Jim Gordon on drums, Skip Battin of the Byrds on bass, Red Rhodes on dobro … Continue readingGene Vincent: Sexy Ways

One of the more accessible tracks from his 1971 Dandelion solo album Ear of Beholder. I have mentioned previously that I met him in 1974 and couldn’t get a sensible … Continue readingLol Coxhill: Insensatez

Must admit this 1970 Dandelion single passed me by at the time. Oddie of the Goodies parodies Joe Cocker’s version of the Beatles’ With a Little Help From My Friends, … Continue readingBill Oddie: On Ilkla Moor Baht ‘at

No Dandelion season would be complete without at least one contribution from the sublime Bridget. This is from her second album Songs For The Gentle Man, released in 1971.

Whimsical in the extreme, this is taken from the 1971 LP The Asmoto Running Band although it also appeared on the excellent folk sampler Dust on the Nettles in 2015. … Continue readingPrincipal Edwards Magic Theatre: Weirdsong Of Breaking Through At Last