A compendium of musical delights by Alan and Margaret Ashworth
I’m scraping the Dandelion barrel a bit by now. The Danish jazz-rockers released an album in 1971, WWW, including this selection. They did do some good stuff elsewhere, however, including … Continue readingBurnin Red Ivanhoe: Cucumber-Porcupine
DOING my time in godforsaken Blackburn (1977 to 1980) I lived in a council flat not far from a huge warehouse known as Tommy Ball’s. This former cotton mill was … Continue readingBreaking up at 30,000ft
With words by William Blake, a real toe-tapper from the 1972 Dandelion debut album by the hirsute long-distance runner who would many years later enter into a legal dispute over … Continue readingDavid Bedford: Nurses Song With Elephants
This is from the 1972 Dandelion LP Case History, Kevin’s debut solo release dealing largely with his disturbing spell as a mental health therapist at Whittingham Hospital near Preston, which … Continue readingKevin Coyne: My Message to the People
In 1969, Vincent made a ‘comeback’ album for Dandelion Records with a stellar cast including Jim Gordon on drums, Skip Battin of the Byrds on bass, Red Rhodes on dobro … Continue readingGene Vincent: Sexy Ways
It is decades since I heard this song but it came into my head today. It was written by Lennon and McCartney for the 1965 film and album Help! These are … Continue readingThe Beatles: You’re Going to Lose that Girl
In memory of Her Majesty the Queen, we are repeating this article which was first published on September 12, 2021. THEY didn’t waste much imagination when they named our local hostelries. … Continue readingWhen the Queen bobbed in* for a brew**
One of the more accessible tracks from his 1971 Dandelion solo album Ear of Beholder. I have mentioned previously that I met him in 1974 and couldn’t get a sensible … Continue readingLol Coxhill: Insensatez
Written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, this was released on the 1964 album All Summer Long. It was released as a single in the UK in February 1965 but failed … Continue readingBeach Boys: All Summer Long
Must admit this 1970 Dandelion single passed me by at the time. Oddie of the Goodies parodies Joe Cocker’s version of the Beatles’ With a Little Help From My Friends, … Continue readingBill Oddie: On Ilkla Moor Baht ‘at