Music Box 18th October 2025

We start with The Jimi Hendrix Experience, and their cover of The Beatles single Day Tripper (BBC Sessions), from the double LP/CD set BBC Sessions (Experience Hendrix/MCA 1998). Eagle-eared listeners might spot that the tune-up was from another Beatles track, I Want To Tell You

Warren Marley was a singer-songwriter and film music composer born in Sandpoint, Idaho, who made records with Don Costa and Phil Ramone. In The Netherlands he produced records with Tom Peters and Ruud Jacobs. In 1975 he settled in Amsterdam to live and write music. This is the beautiful Los Angeles, from his sole LP Something Better (A&R 1968) and featured in the Australian film Walkabout (1970), which led to its release as a single in Australia & USA in 1971. Also available on the soundtrack LP Walkabout (The Roundtable 2016)

The Sons Of Adam (earlier the Fender IV) were an American garage rock band. Originally from Baltimore, Maryland, they relocated to Los Angeles and became a regular fixture on the Sunset Strip music scene during the mid-1960s. The band released several singles for the Decca and Alamo labels. This is Saturday's Son, the B-side to their second single You're A Better Man Than I (Decca 7" 1966)

The Wake originally hailed from Glasgow (founder Caesar was the bass player for the original Altered Images line-up. Here's the 7" version of their third single Talk About The Past (Factory 7"/12" 1984 cat no. FAC88). This is the official video recorded for the compilation Shorts (Factory video 1985 cat no. FACT137)

We conclude with Jefferson Airplane, and two tracks from their third LP (and second of the year) After Bathing At Baxter's (RCA 1967), Martha, and Two Heads. Until next week ...