Donovan: Colours
As I’ve said before, I didn’t greatly care for Donovan, though he did give me a big laugh when he claimed in his autobiography to have been a major influence … Continue readingDonovan: Colours
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Frank Zappa: The Illinois Enema Bandit
I’ve already featured the track from the 1978 New York album, whose intro actually tells the true story of the lady irrigator Michael Kenyon, but here’s another live version from … Continue readingFrank Zappa: The Illinois Enema Bandit
Tragedy of the Clitheroe Kid
WHEN I was a child, one of the highlights of the week was the family gathering around the radio listening to The Clitheroe Kid on the BBC Light Programme. This was a … Continue readingTragedy of the Clitheroe Kid
Beach Boys: Surfin’ Safari
This was the group’s second single, and was written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love. It was recorded on April 19, 1962 (an earlier version recorded on February 8 was … Continue readingBeach Boys: Surfin’ Safari
Big Star: Jesus Christ
Recorded at a tribute concert shortly after the death in 2010 of Alex Chilton. Mike Mills of REM stands in for the great man. Happy Christmas to you all.
The Band: Christmas Must Be Tonight
In grudging acknowledgment of the festive season. Bah!
Samantha Crain: Santa Fe
Listening to this in bed with my eyes closed, I thought it was Jolie Holland.
Amon Düül II: Between The Eyes
Classic piece of psychedelic krautrock from 1970.
Robert Wyatt: The United States of Amnesia
I often get this song on the brain. Another one from Old Rottenhat.
The old man and the dwarf
IN the late 1970s my younger sister Jill, a dancer, joined the pantomime cast of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in beautiful downtown Barnsley. The star was Charlie Williams, a black … Continue readingThe old man and the dwarf