Love Donovan, “A Gift from a Flower to a Garden” is my favourite but anything of his is good.
Interesting and enjoyable thread Floydy.
Hi Tessa, thanks for joining in. There’s something for everyone in here, or will be by it’s finished (probably in 3-4 month’s time!).
Yes, Donovan is a true flower child. I’ll definitely agree with that☺
Also one of my favourites Floydy.
Thanks Longdogs 
More albums coming up later.
No.947: “Dancing For Mental Health” by Will Powers (1983)
A very strange oddity this one. It’s a kind of self-help record for people with shyness insecurities. The record is by no means a low budget affair though, quite the contrary as it features contributions from such stars as Paul McCartney, Sting, Meat Loaf, Steve Winwood, and many other top acts performing in between narratives by some kind of psychiatrist! The first single, featured here, has vocals by Carly Simon. The music is catchy and dance-y a la Talking Heads. A quirky record indeed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO128UhPivE?list=RDAO128UhPivE
No.946: “Silver Apples” by Silver Apples (1968)
If you think electronic music was “invented” by the likes of Kraftwerk in the 1970’s you are very much mistaken and should hear this album and it’s follow-up “Contact”. Minimalist sounds and noodlings protrude over some bizarre lyrics to produce a quite remarkable album.
No.945: “Aftermath Of The Lowdown” by Richie Sambora (2012)
The Bon Jovi guitarist’s third solo album which he does between his main band’s outings. I actually prefer Sambora’s vocals to those of Jon Bon Jovi and this music is more blues-orientated.
No.944: “Sign O The Times” by Prince (1987)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/41/Prince_sign-o-the-times_250.jpg
Arguably the much missed purple pixie’s greatest album, perhaps after Purple Rain. Full of intricate dance beats, soul, pop, rock, rap, funk, you name it. Quite revolutionary in fact.
A few years back i missed the chance to see the Silver Apples at a pub in Newcastle that would have been great.
No.943: “Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds” (2011)
The “cleverer one” from Oasis with his first solo album.
No.942: “Out Of Nothing” by Embrace (2004)
Indie-rock band who released some very good anthemic tracks since the late 1990’s
No.941: “Barbed Wire Sandwich” by Black Cat Bones (1969)
Free’s doomed guitarist with his other band. If you thought Free made some classic blues, have a listen to this stripped-down album. This track “Four Women” is a slow, brooding masterpiece:
Were they still going then Nom? I just supposed that they were a late 60’s afterthought of a band. It would be very interesting seeing them live actually, and how they produced those weird sounds they came out with.
Yes they. must have been but it was not part of a tour so why they chose his area to gig in i have no idea. I found out after the event They had reformed in the mid 1990`s but one of them died in 2005.
Last one today. Who mentioned The Cars earlier?..
No.940: “Heartbeat City” by The Cars (1984)
very English-sounding new-wave pop band’s mid-80’s smash. This features the quite wonderful track “Drive”, which of course had a whole new meaning on its reissue a year later (Live Aid), pure pop single “Magic”, the drivetime title track and this, quite possibly one of the best early MTV videos ever, “You Might Think”:
Aw go on then, as a bonus…
One of the music world’s greatest enigma’s, Nom.
No.939: “Ghost Stories” by Coldplay (2014)
Coldplay’s second album already in my list, ‘Ghost Stories’ is more of the same dreamy, mellow music they have made their trademark. Lead single ‘Magic’ has a splendid video:
No.938: “Winter In America” by Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson (1974)
A funky jazz-tinged early hiphop record about working life in the USA in the early 1970’s. Poet Gil Scott-Heron with keyboardist Brian Jackson’s finest moment was the very hard hitting protest song - ‘The Bottle’:
No.937: “Get A Life” by Stiff Little Fingers (1994)
Nobody does anarco-politico-punk like Stiff Little Fingers. Okay, The Clash come close but they were middle class boys - Stiff Little Fingers lived it with their Northern Irish upbringing and you know you believe every word Jake Burns ever wrote. This later album is more of that same oppression and anger.
No.936: “Live In The Heart Of The City” by Whitesnake (1980)
One of the best live albums ever, 'Live In The heart…" contains some barnstorming tracks from David Coverdale’s great hard rock band, including this terrific early single:
No.935: “Folkjokeopus” by Roy Harper (1969)
One of Britain’s best singer-songwriters, Harper has quietly been around forever it seems. As a treat, jere’s one of his best-known tracks, McGoohan’s Blues, all 18 minutes of it for you:
Good shout on that one mate. Coverdale has such a tremendous voice.