I brought so many records, I will most likely have a part 2
Astral Weeks Van Morrison - Astral Weeks - Warner (1968) |
Bassist Richard Davis (Sarah Vaughn, Eric Dolphy, et al) starts in the song. Lester Bangs wrote an amazing article about this album which intrigued me enough to take a listen to this album in my mid-20's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtaKVN9687A |
Cello Song Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left - Antilles (1969) |
the album was named after a slogan found on a pack of Rizla rolling papers. Richard Thompson from Fairport Convention also plays on this album. Nick died 5 years after the release of this album. |
Who Knows Where the Time goes Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking - Polydor (1969) |
Written by Sandy Denny as a demo, it was first released by Judy Collins, later Sandy Denny used the acoustic version when she joined the Strawbs, This version seems to me to be the best. |
Everytime I Think Of Freedom Karen Dalton - Cotton Eyed Joe : Live In Boulder Colorado 1962 - Megaphone (1962/2007) |
Karen Dalton had a very tragic life, and never saw fame in her lifetime. She died from an AIDS-related illness in March 1993, aged 55, in her mobile home, near Woodstock, New York. She had been living with the disease for over 8 years |
Today Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow - RCA |
Marty Balin recently passed away on September 27. |
Suzanne Nina Simone - My Way - RCA (1969/1974) |
Ripple Grateful Dead - American Beauty - Waner (1970) |
I Wonder Rodriguez - Searching For Sugar Man - Light in the attic |
originally on the album 1970 LP Cold Fact |
Always Something There to Remind Me Wendell Stuart and the Downbeaters - s/t - Elite (1969) |
Planes and Boats and Trains Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas - 45rpm - Capitol (1965) |
Two great Bert Bacharach/Hal David tracks. |
You Belong to Me Bob Dylan - Rare unreleased - n/a (1994) |
Dylan's version originally showed up on the Natural Born Killers OST. The song was originally released by Joni James in 1952 |
Et Maintenant Les Classels - 45rpm - Trans-World (1966) |
This song was originally by Gilbert Becaud in 1961. The English version is called What Now My Love |
Pledging My Love Johnny Ace - VA/ Golden Age of Rock N Roll vol. 6 - Vogue 1955 / Ace (199?) |
Johnny Ace accidentally shot himself in the face on Christmas day, playing with a gun between sets in 1954, this song was posthumously released. |
Honest I do Jimmy Reed - 16 Greatest Hits - Trip (1957) |
He's the man. many people have covered his songs such as Etta James and Grateful Dead to just name a couple. |
Baby Donnie & Joe Emmerson - Dreamin Wild - Light in the attic |
Folk on!
5:32 PM, October 3rd, 2018