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Yusulf Islam, best known as Cat Stevens had his first hit singles back in 1966, back then his music was pioneering and very different to the run of the mill chart music. Due to massive pirate radio airplay Matthew and Son reached number two in the UK charts, follow up singles I Love My Dog [...]

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I’m not sure when this clip was recorded, but it features a beautiful acoustic version of Many Rivers To Cross performed by Jimmy Cliff with Jools Holland playing some wonderful piano to accompany the smooth vocals of Cliff.
Jimmy Cliff first recorded the track for his 1969 album, simply called, ‘Jimmy Cliff.’  Many Rivers To Cross [...]

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Design for Life was a massive anthem of a single, from an album full of the same, Everything Must Go. The Manic Street Preachers perform the song live on Later with Jools Holland in 1997.
Manic Street Preachers – Design For Life – Live 1997

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Echo & The Bunnymen performing the beautiful single The Killing Moon at the Royal Albert Hall in 1983. This version was performed before the recording of the single and therefore there are some variations from the final lyrics of the song
Echo & The Bunnymen – The Killing Moon – Live 1983

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David Bowie with the funky Golden Years performing on Soul Train in 1975. Bowie allegedly had to get himself drunk before he could perform on the show.
Golden Years is taken from the album Station to Station which was released in 1976. The album features the last of Bowie’s alter ego’s The Thin White Duke and [...]

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