Category: A’s Track of the Day

OK, this one doesn’t have Moon in the title but it comes from the Apollo album, a soundtrack to the US lunar missions. And it’s lovely.

Engaging new look at the song frequently misheard as ‘There’s a bathroom on the right’.

One of the highlights of the Selling England By The Pound album, here in a live performance from 1973.

Strong live performance from 2003. From the album Automatic for the People.

No moon-based series would be complete without this, the title track from Nick’s third album which gave his career a huge posthumous boost when it was featured in a VW … Continue readingNick Drake: Pink Moon

Live performance from the short-lived 1980s supergroup formed by Jimmy Page, Paul Rodgers, drummer Chris Slade and bassist Tony Franklin.

The most beautiful song Alex Chilton ever wrote, from the album Third/Sister Lovers. And here are a couple of lovely performances by the tribute project Big Star’s Third, led by … Continue readingBig Star: Blue Moon

Commencing a short season of songs on a lunar theme, this was recorded at the start of the Beggars Banquet sessions in 1968.

From the wonderful 1970 album The Rout of the Blues.

What a lovely song this is. Taken from her 2011 children’s album Tumble Bee. And here’s another chance to listen to Nesmith’s version.