Click on the link here for Audio Player: MarcBolan – San Francisco Poet – 1966 Long before T. Rex, and just before John’s Children, Marc Bolan was pounding the musical pavement, hoping for recognition. He was briefly signed by Decca Records (UK) and issued three singles for that label before
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Nashville Teens – Tobacco Road – 1964 Just about every collector of Rock knows this track backwards and forwards and you’ve probably heard it at least a thousand times. But I remember hearing it for the first time when it came out
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Tame-Impala-Elephant – 2012 It’s certainly good to hear that, after a seemingly endless wait, Australian Psych Merchants Tame Impala are coming out with a new album in October. Slated for released on October 5th in Australia and October 9th in the U.S.,
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Ann Peebles – Walk Away – 1969 Switching gears a bit and heading into Memphis Soul territory. Ann Peebles is probably best known for her 1973 smash hit I Can’t Stand The Rain and a string of hits since. Tonight it’s her
Click on the link here for Audio Player:The Dovers – The Third Eye – 1966 If I stopped posting music by bands that made it, that had hit records, that became household names, and just concentrated on the overlooked, underrated or simply ignored, there would be enough material to sustain
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Lies – Mildred Bailey w:Orch. – Rec. November, 1931 Something completely different tonight. Diving way back in the vaults for a sampling of Hot Jazz from the legendary Mildred Bailey from a session she recorded in Chicago for RCA-Victor with an orchestra
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Toy – In Session – BBC 6 Music 2012 I first heard about Toy last year when their first single was released and they were being touted in most UK music press as “The Band To Watch In 2012”, and I agreed
Click on the link here for audio player: Jim Noir – Tea If you haven’t been over to Jim Noir’s site and gotten this free download of Tea as a preview of his new album, Jimmy’s Show, which is slated to be released within days, here’s a chance to give
Click on the link here for audio player: Margie Joseph – Sweeter Tomorrow – 1970 Diving into some of the lesser luminaries in Pop Music this week. Tonight it’s Soul legend of the 70’s Margie Joseph who hasn’t been heard much from lately (giving up secular music in favor of
Click on the link here for Audio player: Dionne Warwick – Walk On By I was very sad to learn earlier today that legendary songwriter and partner to the iconic writing team of Bacharach and David had passed away, the result of a massive stroke Mr. David suffered in March
