STREETWALKERS: My friend the sun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp9yaQS06rk A few viewer comments: “Ive seen Family and Chappo many times what a tuuuuuuuune love it last time I heard this played live was back in the 70s at the Buxton festival with the streetwalkers it was raining that day and as soon as Roger kicked in with this song a miracle occurred and […]

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ROY BUDD: “Get Carter” Theme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kMhcf8eyiA “Still one of the finest and beyond a doubt the coolest soundtrack to one of the best British films of all time Roy Budd’s theme from Get Carter is truly kick ass…from the bad ass bass riff to the tablas to the keyboards. The three keyboard instruments are a grand piano (with lots of […]

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THE MONKEES: Salesman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV-vN-4DIxs “Classic Monkees video with a great song written by Craig Vincent Smith. In addition to the great music, the Monkees were fortunate to have some very innovative editors who broke new ground into what would become contemporary music videos. This song is from the Monkees November 1967 album, “Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.”. […]

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STEELY DAN: Dirty Work

Song Review by Stewart Mason The odd song out in Steely Dan’s career, “Dirty Work” is an uncharacteristically emotional depiction of marital infidelity, interestingly observed from the point of view of the man doing the cuckolding. With its soulful clavinet and tenor sax opening and upward-modulating chorus, “Dirty Work” is by some measure the most […]

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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: Upper Darby Theater ‘95 (CD)

Bruce Springsteen (solo acoustic), live at, Tower Theater, Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, 9th December 1995. In 1995, Bruce Springsteen had an international #1 with his Greatest Hits album. Instead of capitalizing with a full-band tour, his next project was The Ghost Of Tom Joad, a partial return to the starkness of his 1982 Nebraska album, reflecting […]

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