Virtual Jukebox

While at Cambridge University in the 1960s, Clive James met up with Pete Atkin and they began writing songs together - Clive writing most of the words and Pete writing the music.  Originally they intended to be songwriters and had visions of others recording them - and one of the early artists to record their songs was a very young Judy Covington who was on the original 'Evita' album and also Jeff Wayne's 'War of the Worlds'.  But I digress.

Their first album was a record which they intended to showcase their versatility.  The arrangements were to emphasise the lyrics.  And what lyrics they were!  And combined with Pete's music, delivery, and arrangements, how could it go wrong?  Well it didn't sell, despite Kenny Everitt going crazy over one track 'Master of the Revels'.  After another four albums which appealed mainly to college students, they called it a day until twenty five years later when a fan promoted their material on the internet and a tour followed together with new material.

Their are many good tracks on the first album, 'Beware of the Beautiful Stranger'  I choose this one, the title track for the Jukebox:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Butt2hVdyzg

What's a lovely song - I got gripped by the story. Great ending too. While I was following a tangential musical thread I stumbled across this Joan Baez song, Diamonds and Rust, about her relationship with Bob Dylan. I haven't listened to Joan Baez's music much, although as a child of the 1960s I heard her quite often. 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1ST9TZBb9v8

Joan Baez had such a pure voice.  And I loved her early years when she sang mostly traditional songs such as 'Henry Martin', 'Barbara Allen' and 'The Trees they do grow high'.  And it must not be forgotten that she is the one who introduced a young Bob Dylan onto the scene, the relationship as you say which was immortalised on Diamonds and Rust.

Joan was also a fan of Peter Paul and Mary who were one of the first acts to have a hit record with a Bob Dylan Song, and who had much more going for them than Puff the Magic Dragon (although that has been said to be about smoking cannabis ...).  So as a 'connections' I will put this track into the Jukebox, which I think is a beautiful version of my favourite Gilbert and Sullivan song, 'I have a song to sing O': (and see how to such a large crowd they sing to the sole accompaniment of two guitars)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCM6cTrYA-E

Joan Baez had such a pure voice.  And I loved her early years when she sang mostly traditional songs such as 'Henry Martin', 'Barbara Allen' and 'The Trees they do grow high'.  And it must not be forgotten that she is the one who introduced a young Bob Dylan onto the scene, the relationship as you say which was immortalised on Diamonds and Rust.

Joan was also a fan of Peter Paul and Mary who were one of the first acts to have a hit record with a Bob Dylan Song, and who had much more going for them than Puff the Magic Dragon (although that has been said to be about smoking cannabis ...).  So as a 'connections' I will put this track into the Jukebox, which I think is a beautiful version of my favourite Gilbert and Sullivan song, 'I have a song to sing O': (and see how to such a large crowd they sing to the sole accompaniment of two guitars)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCM6cTrYA-E