A very Special Love...Jack Jones.

A change of mood now with L/P's (Albums) courtesy of Luc from chocky land (Belgium) !!

      10. What Would I Do.

The Association Greatest Hits.

Lets hope I don't get disconnected tonight like I did last night !

1. The Time It Is Today.

2. Everything That Touches You.

3. Like Always.

4. Never My Love.

5. Requiem For The Masses.

6. Along Comes Mary.

1. Enter The Young.

2. No Fair At All.

3. Time For Livin'.

4. We Love.

5. Cherish.

6. Windy.

7. Six Man Band.

Released 1968 “Greatest Hits” is The Association’s compilation album featuring their most successful singles up to that time. This album became one of the best representations of the group’s work and peaked impressively on the charts in both the US and Canada.

      5. Cherish.

Alice's Restaurant...Arlo Guthrie.

Alice's Restaurant is the debut studio album by Arlo Guthrie released in October 1967 by Reprise Records. It features one of his most famous songs, "Alice's Restaurant Massacree". A steady seller, the album peaked at No. 17 on the Billboard Top LPs chart in March 1968. The album re-entered the chart in October 1969 and reached No. 63 in November of that year. 

 "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" -- which was recorded in front of a live audience -- is rooted in a series of real incidents. This decidedly anti-establishment saga of garbage dumps closed on Thanksgiving, good ol' Officer Obie, as well as Guthrie's experiences with the draft succeeds not only because of the unusual and outlandish situations that the hero finds himself in; it is also his underdog point of view and sardonic delivery that maximize the effect in the retelling. 

Arlo Davy Guthrie (born July 10, 1947) is an American folk singer-songwriter. He is known for singing songs of protest against social injustice, and storytelling while performing songs, following the tradition of his father, Woody Guthrie. Guthrie's best-known work is his debut piece, "Alice's Restaurant Massacree", a satirical talking blues song of about 18 minutes that has since become a Thanksgiving anthem. His only top-40 hit is a cover of Steve Goodman's "City of New Orleans".

      3. Ring - Around - a- Rosy Rag.

Resolution...Andy Pratt.

Andy Pratt (born January 25, 1947) is an American rock singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. In the 1970s, he made a number of experimental records, of which "Avenging Annie" was a commercial hit.

Rolling Stone magazine said of Pratt's third studio album, Resolution (1976), "The songs carry rock harmony one step beyond the Beach Boys and the [Rolling] Stones.

       10. Set Your Sights

Country Guitar Man...Albert Lee.

Albert William Lee (born 21 December 1943) is an English guitarist known for his fingerstyle and hybrid picking technique. Lee has worked, both in the studio and on tour, with many famous musicians from a wide range of genres. He has also maintained a solo career and is a noted composer and musical director.

Lee was with a variety of bands from 1959 onwards, playing mostly R&B, country music and rock and roll. He was accompanying Richard Kneller (Dickie Pride) in the Castle Pub in Tooting the night Russ Conway saw him perform there, two weeks before taking Larry Parnes to see Pride. His early guitar influences included, in addition to Buddy Holly, Cliff Gallup, Grady Martin, the Everly Brothers, Scotty Moore, James Burton and Jerry Reed. Lee first experienced commercial success as the lead guitarist with Chris Farlowe and the Thunderbirds. Lee says that he enjoyed playing the Stax-type material, but he really wanted to play country music. Consequently, he left Farlowe and the Thunderbirds in 1968.

1. Jack Of All Trades.

2. Meal Ticket.

3. I Wont Let You Down.

4. Soft Word Sunday Morning.

1. One Woman.

2. Just Another Ambush.

3. Stripes.

4. Taking My Music To The Man.

5. Another Useless Day.

      8. Taking My Music To The Man.

      9. Another Useless Day.

Pipedream...Alan Hull.

James Alan Hull (20 February 1945 – 17 November 1995) was an English singer-songwriter and founding member of the Tyneside folk rock band Lindisfarne.

A folk singer and guitarist in local clubs before helping to form Brethren and Downtown Faction, which evolved into Lindisfarne in 1970. He also released a one-off solo single, "We Can Swing Together", which was re-recorded with the group on their first album, Nicely Out of Tune, and became a regular favourite in their stage performances.

As the group's most prolific songwriter and joint lead vocalist, Hull came to be regarded as its leader. In 1972, dissatisfied with the sound and critical reception of their third album Dingly Dell, he considered leaving the group but instead he and joint lead vocalist Ray "Jacka" Jackson formed a new six-piece Lindisfarne the following year, leaving the three other original members to form Jack The Lad. He also released his first solo album, Pipedream.

Lindisfarne disbanded in 1973 and Hull released a second solo album, Squire, then formed the short-lived Radiator. 

       11. Blue Murder.

Spider Jiving...Andy Fairweather Lowe

Now here's a singer that is not frightened to take a back seat on his performances !!...by that I mean that on this L/P he shares the times on most of the tracks with his fellow musicians and they have a fair wack of performing themselves....And its great !!....All the songs are written by Andy and the only one that I have heard before is the title track "Spider Jiving"..SOOOOOOO once again it is the more you listen to it the better it becomes...Anybody who is not familiar with his work give it a spin you won't be disappointed !!!..If you are you can easily leave a comment !!

1. Spider Jiving
2. Drowning On Dry Land
3. Keep On Rocking
4. Same Old Story
5. I Ain't No Mountain
6. Every Day I Die

1. Standing On The Water
2. Mellow Down
3. The Light Is Within
4. Reggae Tune
5. Dancing In The Dark

   1. Spider Jiving.

Tony Christie

A fine selection of songs from an underrated Singer that seemed to do better on the continent !!
What an uncomfortable pose for his cover !!

     5. Walk Like A Panther

The First Album.(Bed-Sitter Images)...Al Stewart.

Bed Sitter Images is the debut studio album of folk artist Al Stewart, released in 1967, and again in a revised edition with a new cover picture in 1970. The songs were orchestrated by Alexander Faris. The cover of the first 1967 edition spells "Bed Sitter" without a hyphen, as do many reviews and Al Stewart's official website. The album and its title track are both named on the record label as Bedsitter Images, with neither hyphen nor space between 'Bed' and 'sitter'.

Stewart swiftly became a fixture on the English folk revival circuit, living in a flat with Paul Simon in London while sharing bills with Bert Jansch, Cat Stevens, and Roy Harper. After playing a recording session for Jackson C. Frank's eponymous 1965 debut, he signed a deal with Decca, which released the single "The Elf" in 1966, featuring guitar by Jimmy Page. After "The Elf" stalled on the charts, Stewart signed with CBS, which released his debut album Bedsitter Images in 1967. Its 1969 follow-up, Love Chronicles. 

       10. Beleeka Doodle Day.

Audience...Audience.

British art-rock unit Audience was formed in London in 1969 by singer/guitarist Howard Werth, saxophonist Keith Gemmell, bassist Trevor Williams, and percussionist Tony Connor. Set apart from their contemporaries thanks to their use of acoustic guitar and saxophone, the group issued their self-titled debut LP in 1969; although the album was a commercial failure, Audience soon landed with Charisma Records, teaming with producer Gus Dudgeon to record the 1970 follow-up Friend's Friend's Friend. House on the Hill, issued a year later, yielded perhaps the band's best-known effort, "Indian Summer," and was followed by a U.S. tour in support of the Faces; however, in the wake of 1972's Lunch, Gemmel left the lineup to join Stackridge, and despite recruiting saxophonist Patrick Neubergh and keyboardist Nick Judd, Audience disbanded soon after. 

Audience was an acoustic guitar-driven album featuring Gemmell's saxophone, often electrically altered to resemble an electric lead guitar, and with string and horn arrangements by Andrew Pryce Jackman. The band were dissatisfied with the record company's promotional approach (a single, "Too Late I'm Gone" from the album had been planned and was cancelled), and temporarily moved to Switzerland to avoid involvement in proposed publicity stunts.

The band recorded four studio albums and is noted for its incorporation of saxophone, flute and clarinet into progressive and art rock arrangements led by acoustic guitar rather than keyboards.

1. Trombone Gulch.

2. Thunder & Lightning.

3. Raviole.

4. Elixer Of Youth.

5. I Had A Dream.

6. Your Not Smiling.

1. Ain't The Man You Need.

2. It Brings a Tear.

3. Jackdaw.

4. Nancy.

        3. Raviole.

Don't Be Concerned...Bob Lind.

Robert Neale Lind (born November 25, 1942) is an American playwright, novelist, and singer-songwriter who helped define the 1960s folk rock movement in the U.S. and UK. Lind is notable for his transatlantic hit record "Elusive Butterfly", which reached number 5 on both the US and UK charts in 1966. Many musicians have recorded songs by Lind, who continues to write, record and perform.

Thanks for this John ! & the ones below  & above still got a few more from N.Zealand...then I reckon a visit to "Chocky Land" (Belgium) might be the next call !...

       10. Cheryl's Goin' Home

Acker In Paris...Acker Bilk.

A great smooth MR AB sound plus the Leon Young String Chorale !

       6. Louise

Area Code 615.

Area Code 615 was an American supergroup from Nashville, Tennessee consisting primarily of younger session musicians.

They took their name from the telephone area code, which at the time covered all of Central and Eastern Tennessee. Although their recording "Stone Fox Chase" was used as the theme of the BBC's music program The Old Grey Whistle Test, the band found difficulty getting respect from either conservative country music audiences or the mainstream rock press.

Area Code 615 recorded two albums, one instrumental and one with vocals, before disbanding. Wayne Moss, along with Nashville session steel guitarist Russ Hicks, formed Barefoot Jerry to continue Area Code 615's progressive country rock style. Mac Gayden, and Kenny Buttrey also played in the new band.

Country rock, progressive country, and funk‑rock influences.

Area Code 615 remains notable as one of Nashville’s earliest and most influential studio‑musician supergroups.

     5. Classical Gas.

Early Morning Onwards...Barclay James Harvest.

Barclay James Harvest are an English progressive rock band which, following a split in 1998, now exist as two successor bands. They were founded in Oldham in September 1966 by bassist/vocalist Les Holroyd (born 1948), guitarist/vocalist John Lees (born 1947), drummer/percussionist Mel Pritchard (1948–2004), and keyboardist/vocalist Stuart "Woolly" Wolstenholme (1947–2010).

1. Early Morning.

2. Poor Wages.

3. Brother Thrush.

4. Mr Sunshine.

5. Taking Some time On.

6. Mother Dear.

1. Mockingbird.

2. Song With No Meaning.

3. I'm Over You.

4. Child Of Man.

5. After the Day.

        3. Brother Thrush

Ring Ring...ABBA.

'Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid' is what ABBA called themselves from 1972 to 1973, before the 'ABBA' name was invented. During this time the future members of ABBA were still unsure whether the collaboration would be their main musical act or whether it would be worth pursuing as a quartet in general - or if each member would continue their successful solo careers in Sweden - or in the case of Björn and Benny, a duo.

      8. Me And Bobby and Bobby's Brother.