Artist	Song
MUDDY WATERS	MANNISH BOY
JOHN LEE HOOKER	BOOGIE CHILLUN
TOMMY TUCKER	HIGH HEEL SNEAKERS
BO DIDDLEY	BO DIDDLEY
THE ANIMALS	THE HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN
THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGING	THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGING
THE ZOMBIES	SHE'S NOT THERE
THE ZOMBIES	SUMMERTIME
OTIS REDDING	MY GIRL
DANDY LIVINGSTONE	RUDY A MESSAGE TO YOU
JIMMY CLIFF	MANY RIVERS TO CROSS
FLEETWOOD MAC	BLACK MAGIC WOMAN
CHICKEN SHACK	I'D RATHER GO BLIND
TRAFFIC	DEAR MR FANTASY
THE WHO	YOUNG MANS BLUES - LIVE
16> CROSBY, STILLS & NASH	HELPLESSLY HOPING
JONI MITCHELL	BLUE
NEIL YOUNG	AFTER THE GOLDRUSH
CAROL KING	TAPESTRY
PAUL MCCARTNEY	BLACKBIRD (demo)
GEORGE HARRISON	WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS(demo)
JOHN LENNON	22> ACROSS THE UNIVERSE(alternate)
FAIRPORT CONVENTION	WHO KNOWS WHERE THE TIME GOES
JOHN MARTYN	MAY YOU NEVER

Comment:

I was totally overcome on hearing the Blues for the first time, I was 14yrs old, and an older boy visited our Youth Club with some blues compilations tucked under his arm. I was already familiar with Elvis, and the Beatles had just broken through, followed swiftly by the Stones, The Who, The Animals, The Yardbirds, Spencer Davies Group, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Peter Green, Dave Gilmour etc. But to hear the artists who had originated the music was so jaw-droppingly exciting.

Within a year I first heard Bob Dylan when a friend left me 2 reel to reel tapes full of his early albums to listen to, after a party at my house. In the meantime, in order to be different to all my friends I declared The Zombies were the best band in the world, collecting all of their early releases, and even seeing them live.

My tastes evolved along with the music being made and it moved from undeniably raw to quite sophisticated throughout the 60's. I even got to spend a day watching the Beatles making their Magical Mystery Tour film along with hundreds of other excited kids hoping to be used as extras.

At the end of the decade Kath and I got married and our tastes merged to a degree. Pre-recorded cassettes and home taping then began to dominate my acquisition of fresh music. I have boxes full of concerts and sessions recorded from radio...

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