Category: A’s Track of the Day

Yesterday we had David Lindley’s version. Here’s the original.

De Paris Letante’s version of a Bruce Springsteen song about Vietnam vets. He takes a while to get round to it but when he does it’s worth it. Recorded at … Continue readingDavid Lindley: Brothers under the Bridge

Not the greatest recording quality but still a lovely live performance of one of Ry’s most haunting songs, performed with David Lindley in London, 1990. It was first recorded and … Continue readingRy Cooder: Yellow Roses

Couldn’t resist another selection from the strange Japanese 1970 LP Kazemachi Roman. This is the opening track.

The full seven-minute version recorded, for some reason, in an empty stadium in the freezing cold.

Fabulous rocker from Ireland’s finest, live in Montreux 1979.

Fabulous clip from a 1972 Whistle Test. The first song is from her album Thank You For while the second didn’t yet have a title having been written only the … Continue readingBridget St John: Nice/Long Long Time

Never knowingly underplayed, old Waitsy lets rip.

This was the only version I could find of McTell’s beautiful song from the album You Well Meaning Brought Me Here. It’s for our lovely Young Brown Dog who is … Continue readingRalph McTell: Old Brown Dog

Funny how a Japanese band singing in their own language can sound so like Western rock. From their classic and hugely hard-to-find 1971 album Kazemachi Roman.