The Contours: Do You Love Me?
This was written by Motown boss Berry Gordy Jr. It was released on June 29, 1962, and reached No 3 in America. Brian Poole and the Tremeloes recorded it in … Continue readingThe Contours: Do You Love Me?
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The Art Nouveau palace in a back street
THIS is The Victoria pub in Great Harwood, a small Lancashire town not far from us. However if you asked a local for directions they would probably not realise where … Continue readingThe Art Nouveau palace in a back street
Grateful Dead: Casey Jones
‘Driving that train, high on cocaine’. The Dead’s idiosyncratic version of the Casey Jones story, from the 1970 LP Workingman’s Dead. Here’s a live version from 1978.
The Beatles: Memphis, Tennessee
The fourth in the season of Beatles tracks taken from my Pop Go The Beatles tapes used on the 1994 album Live at the BBC, which I wrote about here. https://am-records.com/2022/05/15/how-i-made-a-beatles-album-with-a-little-help-from-my-friends/ It was recorded on July 30, … Continue readingThe Beatles: Memphis, Tennessee
Travis Tritt: Southbound Train
Definitely not the same as the previous Graham Nash song. This is a live performance of the track from the album Down The Road I Go, played at Farm Aid … Continue readingTravis Tritt: Southbound Train
Tom Petty: Runaway Trains
This is a live version of the song from the album Let Me Up I’ve Had Enough. (That’s enough runaway trains – Ed).
The Beatles: The Honeymoon Song
This is the third in the season of Beatles tracks taken from my tapes used on the 1994 album Live at the BBC, which I wrote about here. It was written by Mikis … Continue readingThe Beatles: The Honeymoon Song
Elton John with Eric Clapton: Runaway Train
Yet another fugitive locomotive, this time from Dame Elton’s 1992 album The One.
Wedding night in Brighton
A COUPLE of months ago I described how, in October 1990, Margaret and I tried to be married in Venice but were foiled by red tape. Returning to Essex, we resolved not … Continue readingWedding night in Brighton
The Beatles: To Know Her is to Love Her
This is the second in the season of Beatles tracks taken from my tapes and used on the 1994 album Live at the BBC, which I wrote about here. https://am-records.com/2022/05/15/how-i-made-a-beatles-album-with-a-little-help-from-my-friends/ It was broadcast … Continue readingThe Beatles: To Know Her is to Love Her