Lol Coxhill: Insensatez
One of the more accessible tracks from his 1971 Dandelion solo album Ear of Beholder. I have mentioned previously that I met him in 1974 and couldn’t get a sensible … Continue readingLol Coxhill: Insensatez
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Beach Boys: All Summer Long
Written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, this was released on the 1964 album All Summer Long. It was released as a single in the UK in February 1965 but failed … Continue readingBeach Boys: All Summer Long
Bill Oddie: On Ilkla Moor Baht ‘at
Must admit this 1970 Dandelion single passed me by at the time. Oddie of the Goodies parodies Joe Cocker’s version of the Beatles’ With a Little Help From My Friends, … Continue readingBill Oddie: On Ilkla Moor Baht ‘at
Bridget St John: City-Crazy
No Dandelion season would be complete without at least one contribution from the sublime Bridget. This is from her second album Songs For The Gentle Man, released in 1971.
Principal Edwards Magic Theatre: Weirdsong Of Breaking Through At Last
Whimsical in the extreme, this is taken from the 1971 LP The Asmoto Running Band although it also appeared on the excellent folk sampler Dust on the Nettles in 2015. … Continue readingPrincipal Edwards Magic Theatre: Weirdsong Of Breaking Through At Last
The Beatles: All My Loving
This was written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon-McCartney. It was first released on their second album, With the Beatles (1963) and got a lot of airplay. In their wisdom the … Continue readingThe Beatles: All My Loving
Peter the Great
I HAVE written before about happy times as a reporter on my first newspaper, the Burnley Evening Star. Looking back, it never ceases to amaze me that a local rag could … Continue readingPeter the Great
Beau: 1917 Revolution
Released as a single on Dandelion in 1969, a sweet track from the folkie born in Leeds in 1946 as Christopher John Trevor Midgley. He is still playing.
Nothing Can Change This Love
What do you do when two of your favourite singers both give great performances of the same song? You don’t choose. Nothing Can Change This Love was written by Sam Cooke, … Continue readingNothing Can Change This Love
Mike Hart: Almost Liverpool 8
Wonderful stuff from his first Dandelion LP Mike Hart Bleeds, released in 1969.