Category: A’s Track of the Day

From the band’s only album, Space Shanty, in 1972. Steve Hillage, Dave Stewart, what’s not to like? Apparently Hillage’s first solo LP, Fish Rising, contains music originally intended for Khan’s … Continue readingKhan: Driving to Amsterdam

The second half of which is a cover of the Softs’ Slightly All The Time. And Mike Ratledge plays on it.

Now this is one NHS I am prepared to clap for. Recorded in 1976, released 20 years later.

Canterbury tales part 2: This is from their eponymous 1975 debut album.

Commencing a short series of Canterbury tales, this is a weird one from French TV in 1972. Why Robert Wyatt wears a woolly mask is a mystery to me.

A philistine writes: Sandy’s version of the Old Spice advert theme.

Gentle stuff from Stephen Webster’s album Sounds of the Countryside.

Another vintage clip; this one is from a 1967 German blues festival.

Amazing period piece from who knows when. I saw an elderly Grappelli play Colne Municipal Hall back in the Seventies. This was much earlier.

Another selection from the new Barn album. Great to hear the Horse still cranking it out in their inimitable rough and ready way.