Category: A’s Track of the Day

Always loved Apache; here it gets the special Beck treatment. The original Sleepwalk was by Santo and Johnny in 1959; the Shads did it the following year. And here the … Continue readingJeff Beck: Apache / Sleepwalk

A nice bit of Canterbury Scene noodling from 1975.

Truly excellent cut from their 1973 album Seven. Reminds me of Terry Riley and Beaver & Krause at the same time.

Title track of the band’s first album in eight years, released last October, and extremely listenable.

One of THE great guitar riffs from the brilliant TV. This is from his debut solo album in 1979. And here’s a live version from 2006 with the American guitarist … Continue readingTom Verlaine: Kingdom Come

Live version of the classic ‘should I cheat on the missus?’ dilemma. Great stuff.

From the band’s archives, what seems to be a compilation of live videos. Supper’s Ready is of course the suite of songs from side two of the brilliant 1972 album … Continue readingGenesis: Supper’s Ready

Prog meets punk in this 1978 performance of the title track from Gabriel’s final album with Genesis. How they missed him.

Affecting 1986 live version of the classic which first appeared on The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan in 1963 and then in a duet with Johnny Cash (aka Durex Money) on 1969’s … Continue readingBob Dylan: Girl From the North Country

There are longer versions of this track from the 1997 album Brighten the Corners, but I like the Spike Jonze-directed video.