Playlist: Listen, my friends! ~ September 2016

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In the words of Moby Grape… listen, my friends! Yes, it’s the (hopefully) monthly playlist presented by George’s Journal just for you good people.

There may be one or two classics to be found here dotted in among different tunes you’re unfamiliar with or have never heard before – or, of course, you may’ve heard them all before. All the same, why not sit back, listen away and enjoy…

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CLICK on the song titles to hear them

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James Ray ~ Got My Mind Set On You (1962)¹

Caterina Caselli ~ Tutto Nero (1966)

The Scaffold ~ Thank You Very Much (1967)

Head Machine ~ The Girl Who Loved, The Girl Who Loved (1970)

Yvonne Elliman ~ Can’t Find My Way Home (1972)

Highly Likely ~ Whatever Happened To You (Theme from Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?) (1973)

Ike and Tina Turner ~ Whole Lotta Love (1975)

Bernard Hermann ~ Main Title from Taxi Driver (1976)²

Diana Ross ~ Love Hangover (1976)

The Jam ~ And Your Bird Can Sing (1980)

Blancmange ~ Living On The Ceiling (1982)

’Til Tuesday ~ Voices Carry (1985)

Paddy Kingsland ~ Theme from Around The World In 80 Days (1988)

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¹ The original version of this oh-so familiar tune (which can be heard on UK television at present in an HSBC ad) – oh-so familiar? Yes, it was memorably covered by George Harrison in 1987, of course

² Martin Scorsese’s classic, scorching, Robert De Niro-starring, urban decay thriller Taxi Driver celebrates its 40th anniversary this year; the score was the last the great movie maestro Hermann wrote – its recording concluded just a day before he died on Christmas Eve 1975

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