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Rod Stewart & Faces – Angel – 1972

John Williams - Thursday 05.11.09, 20:35pm

I haven’t heard this song for ages, still sounds ok though. This was taken from Rod Stewart’s solo album Never A Dull Moment released in 1972, his follow up to the breakthrough album Every Picture Tells A Story.
Angel was written by Jimi Hendrix and appeared on the posthumous LP The Cry of Love released in [...]

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Tags: 1970's · Live · Pop · Rock · Top of the Pops

Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel – Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)

John Williams - Thursday 17.09.09, 20:53pm

One of the true classic pop songs from the seventies Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) was surprisingly the first and only number one for Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel in 1975. Taken from the equally good album Best Years Of Our Lives.
Here they perform the hit on the UK tv show Top [...]

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James Taylor – Youv’e got a friend

John Williams - Friday 17.07.09, 21:20pm

This is a classic clip from Top of the Pops, James Taylor performing the Carole King song Youv’e Got A Friend in 1971. Carole King is playing piano on this live version of a wonderful song.
James Taylor – Youv’e Got A Friend

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Tom Robinson – War Baby

John Williams - Thursday 04.12.08, 10:20am

War Baby from 1983 represented a tighter and more smoothly produced Tom Robinson product than his earlier and perhaps more popular period of the late seventies.
Although often overlooked, the more mature lyrics and style make this a real classic from the eighties.
Tom Robinson – War Baby

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Faces – Richmond

John Williams - Monday 24.11.08, 07:00am

I have just come across this clip that appears to be from Top of the Pops, but I have never seen or heard this track before, and I have always been a massive fan.
Ronnie Lane taking the lead on vocals, with Rod Stewart on upright bass! Check out the two Ronnies resonator guitars. It’s really [...]

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