we are presenting an even narrower selection of tracks from twelve albums on this compilation
some of the era's more idiosyncratic singer-songwriter talents – Kevin Ayers
it captures a fascinating musical and personal journey of a man displaced from his native Dalmatia (now Croatia) during WWII who eventually ended up in Los Angeles in the mid 60s via time in a German labour camp
an orchestra backed ‘I Am The Walrus’
There was also a strong tradition of mummers or "straw-boys" or "ban-beggars" who appeared at weddings or when the couple arrived home from honeymoon - the straw-boys or ban-beggars would turn up for the "dragging home" and they would play and dance and sing to welcome the newly-married couple home - one of my neighbours who I hear singing in the tractor on a regular basis told me that is where he started singing first - at my mother and father's "dragging home" (don't know who was dragging who but - there you go
VARIOUS - Tamla Motown Noir-Jazz we are presenting an evenLP Black Vinyl. Dusty Springfield hosted this impromptu TV special to promote the Tamla Motown artists that were taking part in their first ever European tour in 1965. Motown sent over their six premier The Supremes, The Temptations, The Miracles, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Martha & The Vandellas were all backed by the Motown house band, The Earl Van Dyke Sextet. Dusty was a huge Motown fan and was keen to play her part in bringing the acts to a
