Category: A’s Track of the Day

Another glimpse of Slapp Happy’s Dagmar Krause, performing here with the Henrys in 1976.

He used to wear fedorasNow he sports a fezThere’s cabalistic innuendoesIn everything he says. Just unearthed this 2017 live performance of the song from 1974’s Slapp Happy LP. /

One of the most blasé songs ever, from the Transformer album. ‘All night long you’ve been drinking your tequila, but now you’ve sucked your lemon peel dry.’

Great period piece from 1971. In place of Pan’s People, lots of hefty lasses dancing on stage while organist Vincent Crane puts in his usual understated performance.

Quite different from the other live versions I have heard, this was recorded in Hamburg in 1983 with Simon Nicol, Dave Pegg, Dave Mattacks, Pete Zorn, Pete Thomas and Alan … Continue readingRichard Thompson: Night Comes In

From 1961, this is one of those instrumentals that you think you’ve heard a thousand times. You probably have if you were a fan of the comedy series Bottom, whose … Continue readingThe Mar-Keys: Last Night

I think this is Tom Petty on lead vocals, from the 1988 album Volume One. You don’t need me to tell you that his bandmates were Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, … Continue readingThe Traveling Wilburys: Last Night

Blimey, it’s 22 years since the Strokes’ debut album Is This It? Here’s one of the standout tracks.

Great video lovingly curated by a fan. From the 1987 album Strangeways Here We Come.

Live acoustic version of the Lead Belly song. Just wish Kurt had taken the trouble to wash his hair before going on telly.