Laura Veirs: Turquoise Walls
Lovely song from her 2020 marriage break-up album My Echo.
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The cows that milk themselves
JUST along the road from us is a dairy farm which I have walked past hundreds of times, and have seen the cows feeding and the delightful calves (some of … Continue readingThe cows that milk themselves
Lindisfarne: Meet Me on the Corner
This was written by the group’s leader Rod Clements for their 1971 album Fog on the Tyne. The single reached No 5 in Britain.
Richard and Linda Thompson: For Shame of Doing Wrong
Not the Pour Down Like Silver track but a later version recorded and produced by Gerry Rafferty. Interesting.
Everly Brothers: The Story of Me
This wonderful song was written by Jeff Lynne and features on the Everly Brothers’ 1984 album EB84. Here the brothers and the album producer Dave Edmunds talk about the track.
Television: Days
Alternative version of the song from the Adventure album. Tom Verlaine’s vocals are a bit croaky but the playing is nice.
Dave Clark Five: Everybody Knows (You Said Goodbye)
The group recorded two different songs called Everybody Knows; the first in 1964 was Everybody Knows (I Still Love You). It was written by Dave Clark and Lenny Davidson, and I thought … Continue readingDave Clark Five: Everybody Knows (You Said Goodbye)
Bob Dylan: Idiot Wind
Live 1976 version of one of his greatest songs, from his greatest album Blood on the Tracks.
Helen Shapiro: Queen For Tonight
This was written by Ben Raleigh and Artie Wayne and first recorded in 1962 as King For Tonight by Johnny Hallyday, I suspect as an album track rather than as a single. … Continue readingHelen Shapiro: Queen For Tonight
Lisa Germano: A Guy Like You
From the odd but compelling 1994 collection Geek The Girl.