Meanwhile, I’ll have to end it there for today. Back at work tonight 
and need some advance sleep! 
Thanks for the big list mate.
Whenever mate.
And if anybody wants me to add or change anything relating to the format (info etc), please let me know 
I was very busy coming up to Christmas to really take in John Lennon’s death at the time .Alas,I have never been able to buy any of his records that include the dreadful Yoko Ono.
Thanks to your big list I’ve dug up another track from Countdown to Ecstasy which for some unfathomable reason is gathering dust at no 954
The Boston Rag
Try as I might and I have tried, I can’t appreciate any of Ono’s contributions to music either then or now. The only thing I do know that they say Love is Blind and in Johns case it can only have also caused deafness.
No Yoko singing for me just John doing good ole rock n roll .
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Try as I might and I have tried, I can’t appreciate any of Ono’s contributions to music either then or now. The only thing I do know that they say Love is Blind and in Johns case it can only have also caused deafness./QUOTE]
Yeah I reckon it was Yoko’s “singing” which caused deafness. Why have a cat when you have your very own Yoko?
Steely Dan are dotted around the list in various places, PS. I like the band quite a lot but there are obviously other albums by other bands which I like more. One more from the Dan still to come though
Stand by for Van the Man:
No.345: “Inarticulate Speech Of The Heart” by Van Morrison (1983)
A very subdued album from the grumpy Belfast troubadour. Here’s the title song, set to images:
No.344: “Barnstorm” by Joe Walsh (1972)
I’ve had some confusion over the years as to if “Barnstorm” was the name of Joe Walsh’s band at the time of this release, or if it was the title of the album. From the sleeve it looks like it was the album title and a Walsh solo album, following his earlier James gang roots. Cleared that one up then (I think) Just needed to get that off my chest!
I love early Joe Walsh, as I enjoy most of the albums I’ve heard by him. Plus, he certainly gave The Eagles the kick up the ass they needed when he brought his carefree humour to their rather po-faced personalities in 1976.
A good album is Barnstorm. Joe’s laid-back vocal drawl compliments his superb guitar work.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ivv1JW8-Ww
No.343: “Fore!” by Huey Lewis & The News (1986)
Singer, guitarist, harmonica player, actor, songwriter. San Franciscan Huey Lewis was playing in local area bands since 1972 making the semi-big time when the single ‘Do You Believe In Love?’ hit the US top 10 in early 1981. Three years later it was the massive success of the movie Back To The Future and it’s play-out song ‘The Power Of Love’ which made Lewis and his band megastars for a few years during the 1980’s.
This fourth and most successful release contained many hit singles, including the following couple of songs:
No.342: “The Healer” by John Lee Hooker (1989)
Here’s a comeback if ever there was one. Almost into his seventies, one of the blues greats John Lee Hooker with an album full of reworkings of old standards but with the bonus thrill of getting some modern day blues stars to duet with the great man. So we have Bonnie raitt, Robert Cray, George Thorogood, even Canned Heat, plus the Mexican legend Carlos Santana on the title track. Hooker would go on to release a follow-up, Mr. Lucky which I think is even better than this inspirational record.
No.341: “Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton” by John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers (1966)
Staying with the blues and it’s the father of the British blues, John Mayall plus a very young Eric Clapton on guitar duties, John McVie on bass and Hughie Flint on the drums. A timeless release, the rather unsung Mayall would bestow many future legends upon the music world during his career, he himself still going strong at 84 and constantly on the road.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUUEtCBhn_Q
No.340: “The Distance” by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band (1983)
Bob Seger was playing the barrooms of Detroit since the early sixties and releasing albums from later that decade until his break came with songs such as ‘Turn The Page’ and the album Back In '72 circa 1973. Fast forward via massive success (but strangely little in the UK) throughout the 70’s and 80’s and he still performs today well into his seventies.
The Distance is ranked highly in my list (although there are still a couple more to come) due mainly to the tremendous ‘road’ song ‘Roll Me Away’ which would feature in my all-time top 20 if I were to do a list - and I’m not lol! Here is a recent video set to that track, plus a hit from an older album but performed live at the time of this release ‘Old Time Rock And Roll’. Roll me away…
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8d/Bob_Seger_-The_Distance.jpg/220px-Bob_Seger-_The_Distance.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdoT50N8uv4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQswfILThsY
No.339: “Let’s Dance” by David Bowie (1983)
Not so much a career comeback but definitely yet another change in style for the “Chameleon of Rock”. Enlisting Chic production maestro Nile Rodgers and a completely new band of musicians following the previous Scary Monsters album, Bowie brought out this album of pure pop music and although it wasn’t universally accepted by his long-term fans, it definitely gained many new ones with it’s series unbeatable chart singles.
Three tracks for you now. The first is the classic vid for the title song, then a live clip of ‘China Girl’ from his “Serious Moonlight” tour which coincided with this album. The final song is the earlier, much better original version of a re-worked song on this album ‘Cat people (Putting Out Fire)’ taken from the film ‘The Hunger’.
No.338: “Transformer” by Lou Reed" (1972)
Staying with the David Bowie connection (he produced this album), former velvet Underground singer, guitarist and songwriter Lou Reed would continue his seedy explorations into the darker side of New York life with this classic release, most notably on ‘Walk On The Wild Side’. With Mick Ronson also on guitar, the album took off big time and features many songs which have gathered classic status, including the later versions of ‘Satellite Of Love’ and ‘Perfect Day’.
For now though, we have an audio track of lead song ‘Vicious’, plus a later live version of THAT classic song:
No.337: “The Good Son” by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (1990)
You may have noticed by now that I have a fascination for Nick Cave’s morbid and macabre style of songwriting. No real reason for that, although I’ve always enjoyed a good horror movie and Cave’s music is like a continuous soundtrack to things that go bump in the night with their tales of stranger things happening. This is ‘The Weeping Song’:
No.336: “Queen Of Denmark” by John Grant (2011)
Former frontman (and LGBT spokesperson) John Grant released his debut solo album on the Bella Union label to great critical acclaim, such was his awkwardly unique way with words and dour vocal delivery. A man who has been through some episodes of depression he poured his heart out on some of these songs, but could also have a very dry sense of humour too. One of my favourite albums from recent years.
Three songs: The first is the heart-wrenchingly aching ‘Where Dreams Go To Die’ followed by the rather interestingly-titled ‘Sigourney Weaver’ and ending with the pretty hilarious ‘Chicken Bones’. This man has some songwriting talent we haven’t seen since before and I’d compare some of his observational musings to that of Richard Thompson’s later solo work.
Last one today and it’s this landmark of an album:
No.335: “Roxy Music” by Roxy Music (1972)
I should leave the review up to you guys who will know more about the history of this record than I will, some of being of later years and there at the time.
What I will say is that Roxy Music’s first took me quite a long time to get into, having heard it first around the early 80’s when their later stuff such as Flesh + Blood’ or ‘Avalon’ were released, and I couldn’t adapt to the (what seemed to me) as rather primitive recording techniques of Eno’s home-made synths etc. Obviously I missed the point and with age I grew to understand the genre of fans it catered for, the avant-garde. There is some great stuff on the record and no shortage of videos on the net about it. Three songs here, including the ‘Virginia Plain’ single which wasn’t originally on the record but was added to future CD released later.
Back with a few tomorrow, enjoy
Personnel:
• Bryan Ferry – vocals, piano, Hohner Pianet, Mellotron
• Brian Eno – VCS3 synthesizer, tape effects, backing vocals
• Andy Mackay – oboe, saxophone, backing vocals
• Phil Manzanera – electric guitar
• Paul Thompson – drums
Superb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=/HSbBSphYeZo
Brian Eno went on to far better things after Roxy which just proved wearing make up and a feather boa certainly helped your creativity.
He is very unpretentious and straightforward.
Props for Bob Seger - I take it Night Moves is upcoming?
Thanks solo.
Yes I do like Eno, he comes across a likeable man in interviews. I need to delve into more of his music tbh, especially his solo releases. I shall have a word with my, er, “source” and see if he can download a job lot for me