Category: A’s Track of the Day

Recorded for Norwegian TV in 1973, a lovely version of the Jackson C Frank song from the LA Turnaround album which regular readers will know is one of my all-time … Continue readingBert Jansch: Blues Run The Game

For guitar students everywhere, another helping of the jim-dandy Mr Jansch.

Nice to see the Big Yin singing and reunited with his banjo, with the brilliant Bert helping out, of course.

A tiny piece of A&M history as we both feature the same song on the same day. This brilliant live version is from 1975, when I saw Nils at Manchester … Continue readingNils Lofgren: Goin’ Back

Featuring Judy Dyble on vocals, this is a forerunner of the track from In The Court of the Crimson King. And here’s a live version by Steve Hackett, from Genesis.

What a lovely song this is, from the Grievous Angel album.

Concluding our little season of songs about flying, here’s Jimmy’s version of the Jesse Winchester song.

Near-20-minute workout recorded in 1967 as the first track of the Mirror Man album. It takes its title from the Robert Johnson song Terraplane Blues and quotes extensively from it … Continue readingCaptain Beefheart: Tarotplane

Rockin’ cover of the song from Joni Mitchell’s album Blue.

‘Who’s afraid of flying? I’m just afraid of crashing.’