Next - Sensational Alex Harvey Band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB9t9bcgQnk One of my many omissions from the the Scottish rock sequence not so long ago were the Bay...
Le Moribond - Beirut
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlY7_6OwIN8 Now for a Jaques Brel song in its original French. One of the most successful singles of all...
Amsterdam - David Bowie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AwLsSOaxtw While we're on the seven Belgians, let us pay homage to one of them, the songwriter, actor...
Mexico - Belcirque
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jsi4lBi2Qk Now for something to cheer us up, this wonderful, cheeky Belgian girl group with a difference....
Walk out in the Rain - Badfinger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqY0U4bmpWg From 1968 to '73, the Beatles' record label allowed the Fab Four to experiment in their own different directions with an interesting bunch of artists either being produced by them or recording their songs. Curiously, their ability to sniff out quality was true even if the likes of Hot Chocolate and James Taylor did not make it until after they had moved on to other labels. Others who did have hits were the Harrison produced Billy P
Carolina in my Mind - James Taylor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsDpo1XwzWk The next morning we woke up with sore heads - the hooch turned out to be a vengeful delicacy - and we had a big row when we discovered that Jeremy had somehow left his money behind. As we'd already paid for his share of the bike hire and the ferries and buses on the way there, this was a bit of a shock to go with our hangovers: we didn't have enough money for more than one of us to get back all the way to school. It was very early
Johnny's Garden - Manassas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz74uyx7B-E Back in 1972, I and two friends had a lost weekend in the Outer Hebrides, on Harris to be...
Leftover Wine - Melanie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFcWmXM_9N0 The quieter side of Melanie in her prime. Just one person and a guitar, one tiny person with...
Lay Down (Candles in the Rain) - Melanie with the Edwin Hawkins Singers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaiT8gATzxc This deserves to be played LOUD. In 1968 a Californian gospel choir recorded an album to...
My Sweet Lord - Billy Preston
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mabaEff0s-E Question: Who recorded the first version of George Harrison's "My Sweet lord"? Answer: Yup it...
