This sensational film shot by Tony Palmer in 1972 appeared to be lost when Leonard Cohen’s manager Marty Machat died, but 38 years later the film has been retrieved and painstakingly put back together by Marty’s son Steven Machat.
The film was shot over 20 concerts on Cohen’s 1972 European tour and represent a near mythical [...]

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Bird On A Wire – Leonard Cohen film trailer
John Williams - Friday 06.08.10, 20:25pm
Tags: Alternative · Folk · Live · Promo Video
Bob Dylan – It’s All Over Now Baby Blue – Live 1965
John Williams - Wednesday 16.12.09, 22:33pm
This is an excellent clip of Bob Dylan way back in 1965, still fresh faced and singing It’s All Over Now Baby Blue.
Bob Dylan – It’s All Over Now Baby Blue
John Prine – Sam Stone – Live 1989
John Williams - Monday 14.12.09, 22:28pm
John Prine was ‘discovered’ by Kris Kristofferson on the Chicago folk scene and released his first album in 1971. The album called John Prine contained the song Sam Stone, which would become one of Prine’s signature songs.
The song is a painful reference to the phenomenon of morphine addiction among US war veterans as a result [...]
Joni Mitchell – Big Yellow Taxi
John Williams - Wednesday 05.08.09, 19:23pm
This is a great song, Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell, performing live in 1970. The more recent Counting Crows version was ok, but this is the original.
Joni Mitchell – Big Yellow Taxi
John Martyn 1948 – 2009
Terry Lane - Thursday 29.01.09, 21:27pm
John Martyn sadly died today aged 60. Born in New Malden, Surrey he spent his childhood alternately in Surrey and Glasgow from the age of five, after his parents divorced.
In a career that spanned forty years he released no less than twenty-one studio albums.
John Martyn signed to Chris Blackwell’s Island Records label in 1967 and [...]
Tags: 1970's · Folk · The Old Grey Whistle Test







