One of Us Cannot Be Wrong - Leonard Cohen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC7lDw-FKi0 On her BBC tv show, Julie Felix was responsible for giving the first European exposure to a...
Going to the Zoo - Julie Felix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgCiE_tiyQo Sadly, I have just heard that Julie Felix died at the end of March. Many will not be old...
At the Zoo - Simon and Garfunkel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xKLBne1CoI The very best albums have a musical shape to them which makes them greater than the sum of...
The Little Old Lady from Pasadena - Jan and Dean
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwCfUYMiX4w While the Beach Boys are normally seen as being the creators of the "California Sound", Jan...
I Live for the Sun - Vanity Fare
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT7wQ2Kr46E Apart from the overproduced sound of Roy Wood's Wizzard, perhaps the best UK Beach Boy...
Out of the Blue - Tommy James and the Shondells
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IRU9oegTVY While Tommy James and the Shondells were always at their best when they were doing their own...
Surfer Dan - the Turtles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XirxdFcE3gw The old game of preceding your mother's maiden name with the name of your first pet to...
Surfing's Not Cool - Hot Wax
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zff_-S81HZ8 When I was in my late teens come summertime I used to to hitch down to Cornwall to spend the...
Dowie Dens of Yarrow - Shelagh McDonald
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4V7aoAguEs Shortly after my sister's divorce she sold their large country village house and downsized to...
Waiting for the Wind to Rise - Shelagh McDonald
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAIM72u2u2E Keith Tippett's first appearance on vinyl - as far as I can tell - was on the first album by...
