Music Box 15th November 2025

Blue in Heaven were an Irish rock quartet from Churchtown, Dublin, active from 1982 to 1989 and led by singer Shane O'Neill. They released a few singles on U2's Mother Records before being signed to Island Records in 1984, when they released their first album, All The Gods Men. here's single Across My Heart(Island 7"/12" 1984), which was produced by the legendary Martin Hannett. They reformed in 1990 as The Blue Angels. 

Next, 60s L.A. classic For What It's Worth (Atco 7" 1966), by Buffalo Springfield, about the Sunset Strip curfew  riots, was so commercially success (it reached no.7 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100) it was later added to the March 1967 second pressing of their first album, Buffalo Springfield (Atco 1966)

Vashti Bunyan is an English singer-songwriter. She began her career in the mid-1960s and released a debut album, Just Another Diamond Day, in 1970. The album sold very few copies and Bunyan, discouraged, abandoned her musical career. By 2000, the album had acquired a cult following; it was re-released and Bunyan recorded more songs, beginning the second phase of her musical career after a gap of thirty years. She released two more albums, Lookaftering in 2005, and Heartleap in 2014. here is Winter Is Blue (Immediate single Version), which was  not released originally by the Immediate label, but can be found on the excellent compilation Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind – Singles and Demos 1964 to 1967 (FatCat 2XLP/2XCD 2007).

The Troggs  are an English beat music band formed in Andover, Hampshire, in May 1964. Their most famous songs include the US chart-topper "Wild Thing", "With a Girl Like You" and "Love Is All Around", all of which sold over 1 million copies and were awarded gold discs. "Wild Thing" is ranked No. 257 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and was an influence on garage rock and punk rock. Here's their third single With A Girl Like You (Fontana 7" 1966)

We conclude with the first two number 1 U.K. chart-toppers from The Rolling Stones. First, their cover of Bobby Womack's It's All Over Now (Decca 7" 1964).  Years later, Bobby Womack said in an interview that he had told Sam Cooke he did not want the Rolling Stones to record their version of the song, and that he had told Mick Jagger to get his own song. Cooke convinced him to let the Rolling Stones record the song. Six months later, after receiving the royalty check for the song, Womack told Cooke that Mick Jagger could have any song he wanted. Then we finish with their cover of Willie Dixon's Little Red Rooster (Decca 7" 1964), the only blues record ever to reach no.1. Until next week ...