Most of these I discovered in the 1990s and 2000s. Speed, Glue & Shinki was one of a number of bands that I looked up after reading Julian Cope's 2007 book Japrocksampler. The fabulous Art Decade blog ("specializing in music of the 'long seventies'") was a rich source of new (to me) artists and lost songs in the 2010s, including Israeli singer and actress Esther Ofarim. Gnostic Serenade featured on the brilliant 'double album' Winter-Harvest, posted by one of the regular contrinbutors Emmett, on 11th February 2010. You'll need to scroll down the page to find the post, but amazingly the zip file link is still live. Highly recommended if you enjoy today's selection.
Some more obvious choices included: Exile On Main Street and Harvest were a given, classic singles from David Bowie and Hawkwind, along with a should-have-been single from Jonathan Richman & co.
Quite a few of these songs haven't had an airing on my playlists for a while, so I'm pleased to give them a dusting off and present them for your listening pleasure. Happy Tuesday, everyone!
Side One
1) Flat Fret Swing: Speed, Glue & Shinki
2) Loving Cup: The Rolling Stones
3) Faust '72: Dynastie Crisis
4) She Cracked: The Modern Lovers
5) John, I'm Only Dancing (Single Version): David Bowie
6) Silver Machine (Single Version): Hawkwind
Side Two
1) Gnostic Serenade (Cover of 3's A Crowd): Esther Ofarim
2) Alabama: Neil Young ft. David Crosby, Stephen Stills & The Stray Gators
3) Wishing Well (Single Version): Free
4) Keep On: Bang!
5) Stars (Single Version): Kevin Ayers
6) Listen, Listen: Sandy Denny
