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‘Don’t You Ever Think I Cry?’ by Rockin’ Horse (1970) A one off recording project from Liverpool musicians Jimmy Campbell and Billy Kinsley that was released 4 years too late and dismissed as Post-Beatles rubbish. Man were they wrong. The best of Big Star and Badfinger come to mind when listening to their only album called ‘Yes It Is’. This was basically a band of children living in their parents basement in 1968 and this is the song they came up with. Nice. Canadian band that lasted only a few years but have a hot new sound! Whatever, they were pretty radical. ‘Expecting To Fly’ by the Buffalo Springfield (1967) ‘I Want You More Than Ever’ by the Clientele (2000) From their first album. Ridiculously light and airy. ‘Here She Comes’ by the Beach Boys (1972) This one comes from the Carl and the Passions – “So Tough album. It’s the first time the Beach Boys are joined by Blondie Chaplin and Ricky Fataar from the South African band called the Flame. They both wrote and sung this song so it’s basically the Flame with the Beach Boys as the backing band. Carl can suck it. Small Faces in France in 1968. This is where Tame Impala got their whole vibe. ‘Only A Shadow’ by the Cleaners From Venus (1982) Martin Newell’s often overlooked, sometimes misunderstood but impossible to ignore band, the Cleaners From Venus. This is the best shit. ‘How You Satisfy Me’ by Spectrum (1992) From the crumbs of Spacemen 3 came Peter Kember and Spectrum. ‘I Can Tell’ by Danny Kirwan (1976) Danny Kirwan played in Fleetwood Mac from 1968-1972, better known as the “Crazy Years”. ‘Don’t Let Me In’ by Steely Dan (1969) From the Early Years album, a collection of souped up demos done by Becker and Fagen while working and writing in the Brillo Building in Manhattan. This is some lost Steely Dan magic right here. ‘Stand Back And Take A Good Look’ by the Nerves (1976) A demo recorded in an an apartment in San Francisco on Folsom street. Screw your Pro Tools. ‘Sell Sell’ by Alan Price (1974) Keyboardist from the Animals, Alan Price brings the funk off the soundtrack to Lindsay Anderson’s allegorical 1973 film about a coffee salesman, ‘O Lucky Man’. ‘Living Without You’ by Manfred Mann’s Earth Band (1972) This jangly rocker, complete with state of the art synths for the time, is another amazing example of how Manfred Mann’s Earth Band could never successfully write their own hit song. This was written by Randy Newman, thanks. ‘1:25 A.M.’ by Richard Twice (1970) More Richard Twice from L.A.. Very easy on the ears.
‘Fire Eyes’ by the Index (1968)
‘Bullet Proof Nothing’ by Simply Saucer (1976?)
