Frank Black and the Catholics: California Bound
Surprisingly tuneful 2002 effort from the Pixies front man.
Author: Alan Ashworth
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My Top 100 Part Ten
I HAD planned this to be the final instalment of my list of favourite albums but enjoyed revisiting them so much that my keyboard ran away with me. So here … Continue readingMy Top 100 Part Ten
Neil Young: What Did You Do To My Life?
From his eponymous 1968 debut album. Good, too.
Kevin Ayers and Bridget St John: Jolie Madame
From the excellent 1970 LP Shooting at the Moon. And here’s Bridget singing it with a Japanese folk musician in 2010.
Ventriloquist and dummy visit the gynaecologist
Couldn’t resist another clip from the great Nina Conti.
John Hiatt: New Numbers
From 1980. How like Elvis Costello he was in his early days.
Grobschnitt: Muhlheim Special
Further Hunnery, this time more of the prog persuasion, from the 1978 album Solar Music Live. I particularly like the bass player.
Dummy hypnotises ventriloquist
I can’t believe this – something funny on the BBC.
Cluster: Hollywood
Continuing the German theme, this is the opening track from the 1974 album Zuckerzeit. The Cluster boys also teamed up with Brian Eno a few times.
Kraan: Silver Wings
From the krautrockers’ 1973 album Wintrup. And here’s a bizarre live version on a TV talkshow. Dig the presenter’s barnet.