Category: A’s Track of the Day

For the missus. Nuff said.

This was my first-ever track of the day in tribute to my daughter, who designed this website. Here it is again.

Included purely for the sax player’s tragic hairstyle – as in the case of Ed Balls, so bad it couldn’t be a wig.

Live 1978 performance of JB’s ode to the hand shandy.

Bachelor No 2, or the last remains of the dodo, was released in 2000. It was Mann’s third album and in my opinion remains by far her best.

One of the many highlights from his excellent 1973 debut album Closing Time.

Written by Jimmy Destri, this is a live version of the song from the 1999 album No Exit, Blondie’s first release in 17 years. It went to number one in … Continue readingBlondie: Maria

A 1999 live stab at the song from 1977’s My Aim Is True. A woman formerly of my acquaintance insisted to me that the title was Elvis Song. Dumb cluck. … Continue readingElvis Costello: Alison

Bridget’s brilliant version of the Cohen classic. And here’s a more recent live version from a Cohen tribute concert in New York.

Sublime segment from the 1972 album Eat a Peach.