Category: A’s Track of the Day

More than just a novelty band with a Jew’s harp, MH produced some lovely stuff back in the Seventies, championed by John Peel, whose Dandelion label released their first three … Continue readingMedicine Head: When Night Falls

Original 1928 performance of the song best known for the version by Canned Heat 40 years later. Love it!

Another song featuring the brilliant Bob Andrews, former keyboards maestro with Brinsley Schwarz, and his fellow members of the band. This is from the 1973 album Once in a Blue … Continue readingFrankie Miller: Mail Box

Following on from yesterday’s Graham Parker clip, here are the Rumour on their own with a song from their awesomely politically correct 1979 LP Frogs, Sprouts, Clogs and Krauts. A … Continue readingThe Rumour: Frozen Years

Graham Parker was never one of my favourite singers but the Rumour included the great Brinsley Schwarz on guitar and Bob Andrews on keyboards. This is a live clip from … Continue readingGraham Parker and the Rumour: Hold Back The Night

Can 19million YouTube viewers be wrong? Give the first 2.50 a miss though.

Irresistible. Whoever created this video is a genius,

A preview of his next album Foreverandevernomore, released in October. I am used to hearing Brian’s voice on his pop/rock records but here it combines with his ambient work. Not … Continue readingBrian Eno: There Were Bells

I would have preferred an ode to Lancashire county but this is very sweet all the same.

Ah, those twin lead guitars. Live on German TV, 1976. Feel a bout of head shaking coming on.