In the store, I found a copy of a Tom Rush album that I already have but not in such good condition. The Circle Game was released in 1968 on Elektra Records and included three songs written by Joni Mitchell, Tin Angel, Urge for Going and The Circle Game, the title track. Mitchell didn’t record […]

Music today was native Welsh speaker Mary Hopkin’s Post Card (1969), a lovely album with the famous song Those Were The Days, a bonus digital track is McCartney’s Goodbye. Who knew that she would go from Wales to Opportunity Knocks (a British TV talent show) to being signed to The Beatles‘ Apple label and having […]

Music today has been more than one album, Al Stewart’s Year Of The Cat (1976), Kelley Stoltz’s new album The Stylist (2022), Paul McCartney and Wings‘ Band On The Run (1973) and John Lennon’s Mind Games (1973). Music Of The Daze The musical musings in this post are an excerpt from my daily blog, TO […]

Music today has been a mix of playlists and albums, one of the playlists was replaying the same songs too often so I listened to the whole of Paul McCartney and Wings‘ Band On The Run (1973) instead of the title track – again. I like that album a lot probably because McCartney is playing […]

Music today has been the first two Paul McCartney solo albums: McCartney (1970) and Ram (1971) with Linda. Lovely creative homemade affairs, full of wonderful melodies and loving lyrics. Highly recommended for the better-known songs – Maybe I’m Amazed, Junk, Every Night, Another Day (bonus track) and The Back Seat Of My Car, Too Many […]

Music today started with the breezy wake-up album ELO’s Greatest Hits followed by the breezy lunchtime album Band On The Run (1973). After the studio visit, I came back to the first Blue Öyster Cult album (1972) but returned to Paul McCartney and Wings and listened to Venus And Mars (1975). A very tuneful musical […]