Covered: Neil Young: Alternates, Volume 3: 2007-2016 (A Fabio from Rio Guest Post)

Here's the third volume out of four containing alternates to the "Covered" volumes made for the songs of Neil Young.

As with the other volumes in this series, the song selections were almost entirely made by guest poster Fabio from Rio. I just made a few small suggestions. So thanks again to him for his work on this.

I've already said pretty much all I wanted to say in Volumes 1 and 2 in this series, so look to that for more commentary. Also, Fabio wrote some liner notes, which are included in the download zip. (But they're the same notes for all four volumes.) 

This album is one hour long.

01 Bandit (Liam Titcomb)
02 Sugar Mountain (Harpoondodger & Pat Robitaille)
03 Long May You Run (Chris Seldon)
04 Wonderin' (Nils Lofgren)
05 Coupe de Ville (Jens Severin & Helpless)
06 I Am a Child (Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka & Lucy Kaplansky)
07 Words [Between the Lines of Age] (Chip Taylor)
08 You and Me (Trappers Cabin)
09 On the Way Home (America)
10 Lost in Space (Cosmo D)
11 Shots (Max Spada)
12 Can't Stop Workin' (Minus 5)
13 Hangin' on a Limb (Hall - Eserstam)
14 Country Home (Ragged Glory Holes)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/HkT8kKJb

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/tNUkYbG4WCAjmCj/file

The cover image is from 2005.

Various Artists - Covered: Joan Baez, Volume 1: 1967-2016 (A Fabio from Rio Guest Post)

Here's another Fabio from Rio guest post. A couple of months ago (as I write this in May 2026), he really got into Joan Baez's music for the first time. In particular, he was struck by her songwriting talent, despite the fact that she's best known for covering songs written by others. So he put together five albums containing all of her original songs, which I recently posted. But he also made two "Covered" albums, showing off her songwriting in a different way. Some people don't like her singing. I have a friend like that, who finds it too high and shrill. So here you can enjoy her songs entirely through cover versions.

Probably the most unexpected cover here is the version of "Diamonds and Rust" by heavy metal band Judas Priest. Even more surprising, it went on to be quite popular, making their "best of" albums and inspiring more hard rocking cover versions. Here's what Baez had to say about it:

"I love that! I was so stunned when I first heard it. I thought it was wonderful. It's very rare for people to cover my songs. I think there are a couple of reasons. One is they're personal – they don't have a universal quality to them. And I think maybe it's because I've already sung them, and who wants to compete with that? But it's always flattering when somebody does." 

There's a lot more to be said about this album. But, as usual with Fabio guest posts, I'll leave that to the liner notes he wrote, which are included in the download zip. 

This album is 49 minutes long.

01 North (Tom Scott with the California Dreamers)
02 Saigon Bride (Gabor Szabo & the California Dreamers)
03 Sweet Sir Galahad (Gary & Randy Scruggs)
04 Song for David (Judy Collins)
05 Last Lonely and Wretched (Wild Rice)
06 Outside the Nashville City Limits (Mabel Joy)
07 Diamonds and Rust (Judas Priest)
08 For Sasha (Louise Tobestill)
09 All the Weary Mothers of the Earth (Annie Patterson)
10 Play Me Backwards (Sin Frontera)
11 Winds of the Old Days (Lori Blois)
12 Here's to You (Lisa Simmons)
13 Only Heaven Knows (Joanne Cooper)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/D4agojYd

alternate: 

https://bestfile.io/en/NJ5kf1Y6ukB05fs/file

The cover image is from 1974.

Elton John - Cover Versions, Volume 6: 2008-2017

Here's the sixth and last album in a series of albums of cover versions by Elton John. I had started posted this series back in 2023, but I stopped for a couple of years due to problems with the copyright police. But they seem to be going easy on me lately, so I'm finally finishing off the series.

Only four of the songs here are unreleased. "Back in the U.S.S.R." and "Birthday" are from a bootleg of a joint concert John did with Billy Joel in 2009. (He's done a lot of those over the years.) Unfortunately, the sound quality of those two songs are lower than the rest, despite my best efforts to make some audio editing improvements. "Streets of Philadelphia" is from a 2013 MusiCares tribute concert to Bruce Springsteen that I've posted in full on this blog. "Gravity," a duet with Sara Bareilles, is from a 2014 concert.

Pretty much all the other songs are from John's appearances on albums by other musical acts. Check the mp3 tags for more details. The one exception is "I Love You All the Time," which was released as an A-side in 2016.

This is probably going to be the last album in this series because, rather surprisingly, I can't find any good cover versions he did after 2017. Mind you, he's done lots of songs on his studio albums, but these albums only collect covers that aren't the versions from his studio albums. If anyone knows of covers I've missed from this time period, or after, let me know and I'll probably add them in to this album. 

This album is 45 minutes long. 

01 Joseph, Better You than Me (Killers, Elton John & Neil Tennant)
02 Back in the U.S.S.R (Elton John & Billy Joel)
03 Birthday (Elton John & Billy Joel)
04 Snowed In at Wheeler Street (Kate Bush & Elton John)
05 Oh Well, Part 1 (2Cellos & Elton John)
06 Streets of Philadelphia (Elton John with Raphael Saadiq)
07 The Tracks of My Tears (Smokey Robinson & Elton John)
08 Gravity (Sara Bareilles & Elton John)
09 I Love You All the Time (Elton John)
10 Where Do the Guilty Go (Elton John & Frankie Miller)
11 Alone Again, Naturally (Pet Shop Boys & Elton John)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/5co2GBbS

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/MyoGx6JEfwTVUTa/file

The cover image is from a concert at the Manchester Evening News Arena, in Manchester, Britain, on December 20, 2008.

Various Artists - Covered: Neil Young, Volume 6: 2007-2011

Modern technology is amazing: I’m writing this while sitting in an eco lodge deep in the Amazon jungle in Peru (with a huge rhino beetle on the floor about five feet from me). Anyway, not much time to write, but here’s another Neil Young “Covered” album, since I have more of those to post than Dionne Warwick albums while I’m on vacation.

As usual, here's the write up by Fabio from Rio:

By the late 2000s, Neil Young's catalog had entered yet another phase of rediscovery. While earlier generations of alternative rock musicians had embraced his influence during the grunge years, a new wave of indie-folk and Americana performers began revisiting his songs with quieter, more introspective arrangements. At the same time, the Internet was transforming how music circulated among fans: live recordings, tribute performances, and previously obscure interpretations were now easier to find and share among the global community of "Rusties." Young himself remained prolific, releasing ambitious projects such as "Chrome Dreams II" and "Le Noise." The covers in this volume reflect that diverse landscape - a mixture of indie artists, roots musicians and veteran performers exploring both well-known classics and deep cuts from across Young's long career.

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Note that Fabio wrote individual paragraphs about all the songs in this volume. To see that, please look at the Word file added to the download zip file. Thanks again to Fabio for his help putting these albums together.  

This album is an hour and four minutes long. 

01 Walk On (Heidi Gluck)
02 Sleeps with Angels (Astrid Young)
03 Too Far Gone (The Brooke)
04 Soldier (Tara Angell)
05 World on a String (Nils Lofgren)
06 War of Man (Ann Wilson & Alison Krauss)
07 Mellow My Mind (Simply Red)
08 Don't Cry No Tears (Nils Lofgren)
09 Human Highway (Crosby, Stills & Nash)
10 Ambulance Blues (Lisa Miller)
11 Journey through the Past (James Mercer)
12 You and Me (Trappers Cabin)
13 Cortez the Killer (Veda Hille)
14 Let's Roll (Irish Zeyez)
15 Transformer Man (Veda Hille)
16 From Hank to Hendrix (Joe Chaplain)
17 The Losing End [When You're On] (Elvis Costello) 

https://pixeldrain.com/u/fPC5Dxpi

alternate: 

https://bestfile.io/en/FLXFvzMRlreZG3c/file

The cover photo is from 2006. I used the Krea AI program to improve the detail.

Allen Toussaint, James Dean Bradfield & John Grant - Songwriters' Circle, Bush Hall, London, Britain, 9-30-2011

Here's another episode of the great "Songwriters' Circle" BBC TV show. This one stars Allen Toussaint, James Dean Bradfield, and John Grant.

I don't think Allen Toussaint needs much introduction at this music blog. That's because I've already posted three albums of cover versions of his songs in my "Covered" series. Here's a link to the first one, in case you want to go back to that:

https://albumsthatshouldexist.blogspot.com/2019/10/various-artists-covered-allen-toussaint.html

But just in case you need a little reminding, here's a paragraph from his Wikipedia entry: "He was an influential figure in New Orleans rhythm and blues from the 1950s to the end of the century, described as 'one of popular music's great backroom figures.'" And here's the link to the whole entry:

Allen Toussaint - Wikipedia

James Dean Bradfield is best known as the lead singer and guitarist for the Manic Street Preachers. Nearly all of his music career has been with that band, from 1986 until the current day (writing this in 2026). At the time of this concert, he'd only released on solo album, in 2006. And he's released one more since, in 2020. So solo appearances like this have been rare for him. The Manic Street Preachers have been quite popular, selling 10 million albums worldwide. They've been especially popular in Britain, where they had 34 Top Forty singles in a row, from 1991 to 2010. 

Here the Wikipedia link to that band:

Manic Street Preachers - Wikipedia

And here's the one just from Bradfield:

James Dean Bradfield - Wikipedia

Finally, there's John Grant. He was the lead singer and main songwriter for the band the Czars. That band put out six albums from 1994 to 2006 before splitting up. Then Grant started a solo career, which has been very successful. His debut album "Queen of Denmark" was named the album of the year by Mojo Magazine. His third solo album, "Grey Tickles, Black Pressure," made it all the way to Number Five in the British album chart.

Here's the Wikipedia entry for him:

John Grant (musician) - Wikipedia 

As is the style for this show, each musical artist took turns performing their own songs. Then, at the end, they all did a song together. That song, "Yes We Can Can," is a Allen Toussaint classic from the early 1970s. I don't know if there's much musical connection between these three, but they're all talented songwriters, so the episode is a good one. 

So far, I believe I've posted twelve episodes of this show. After this one, I have one more to post. There are a few more, but I haven't been able to find them. 

This album is 59 minutes long.

01 A Certain Girl (Allen Toussaint)
02 talk (James Dean Bradfield)
03 If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next (James Dean Bradfield)
04 talk (John Grant)
05 Sigourney Weaver (John Grant)
06 talk (Allen Toussaint)
07 Get Out of My Life, Woman (Allen Toussaint)
08 talk (James Dean Bradfield)
09 Your Love Is Not Enough (James Dean Bradfield)
10 Where Dreams Go to Die (John Grant)
11 It's Raining (Allen Toussaint)
12 talk (James Dean Bradfield)
13 Small Black Flowers That Grow in the Sky (James Dean Bradfield)
14 Chicken Bones (John Grant)
15 Working in the Coal Mine (Allen Toussaint)
16 talk (Allen Toussaint)
17 This Is Yesterday (James Dean Bradfield)
18 Caramel (John Grant)
19 Southern Nights (Allen Toussaint)
20 A Design for Life (James Dean Bradfield)
21 Drug (John Grant)
22 Yes We Can Can (Allen Toussaint, James Dean Bradfield & John Grant)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/bpRoThJa 

alternate: 

https://bestfile.io/en/z1ZgmnnOWV5XUT4/file

I didn't post this album for a while, because coming up with a good photo was a challenge. I wanted an image with all three of the stars in it, from this exact concert. However, they were spread far around the stage. So I took a screenshot with Toussaint and Bradfield in it, and another one of Grant. Then I put Grant into the picture with the other two.

From left to right: Allen Toussaint, James Dean Bradfield & John Grant.

Joan Armatrading - BBC Sessions, Volume 6: 2011-2021

I was going through my music collection recently, and I noticed some albums in there that I thought I'd posted at my blog, yet I never had. Here's one. I previously posted five BBC albums by singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading. The previous four were concerts, but this one is a collection of studio sessions.

The first song is from a brief revival of the Old Grey Whistle Test BBC TV show in 2011. It has been released on an album, called "The Old Grey Whistle Test: Live." Everything else here is unreleased. The second song is from the BBC Folk Awards in 2016. Tracks three through five are from a 2016 radio session. Tracks six and seven are from another 2016 radio session. Finally, tracks eight and nine are from a 2021 radio session.

Most of the songs are in solo acoustic format, but not all. By the way, if anyone knows of additional BBC sessions by her that I missed, please let me know. It's easy to miss some of these.

This album is 36 minutes long. 

01 Empty Highway (Joan Armatrading)
02 Baby Blue Eyes (Joan Armatrading)
03 I Like It When We're Together (Joan Armatrading)
04 Love and Affection (Joan Armatrading)
05 The Weakness in Me (Joan Armatrading)
06 Loving What You Hate (Joan Armatrading)
07 Down to Zero (Joan Armatrading)
08 Already There (Joan Armatrading)
09 Drop the Pilot (Joan Armatrading)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/FTbswHgF

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/O8aaNKQZ8lWjGK3/file 

The cover photo was taken at the BBC Folk Awards at the Royal Albert Hall, in London, in 2016. The second song on the album is from this performance.

Various Artists - Covered: Tom Waits, Volume 3: 2004-2012 (A Fabio from Rio Guest Post)

Here's "Volume 3" out of four volumes made for the "Covered" series, showcasing the songs of Tom Waits.

Like the other volumes in this series, this was mostly put together by Fabio from Rio. He did all the heavy lifting in finding the source material, and I only helped to winnow down the songs to a reasonable number. Fabio also wrote the notes for each volume, so here's his notes for this one:

In the nineties and early 2000s, Waits fused experimental sounds with stark American roots music—blues, gospel, field hollers, and folk. Themes of death, sin, redemption, and rural myth dominate. This allows for covers that, while highlighting their folk or country origins (sometimes deeply buried at the original recordings, but more perceptible when reinterpreted by performers from diverse backgrounds), still keep their darker spirits through melancholic or nihilistic lyrics.

In this volume, the country side of Waits' music is quite perceptible via covers by Elvis Costello, Norah Jones, and Claudia Bettinaglio. One may also feel the sexiness and smoky-room cabaret ambiance at Diana Krall's "Temptation", Monique Maion's "Walking Spanish," and Clara Bellino's "Swordfishtrombone." 

Traces of rockabilly and R&B can be found with Mark Lemhouse's "No One Can Forgive Me" and English seventies folk with Plant and Krauss' "Trampled Rose", along with blues and rock tracks like Hart and Bonamassa's "Chocolate Jesus" and Goldheart Assembly's "Clap Hands." Overall, this makes for an eclectic selection, much like the average Tom Waits album. An acoustic, home-demo-like version of "In the Neighborhood" by Peter Gabriel, recorded in 2012 for a benefit album for war-torn regions, closes the volume on a poignant note.

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This album is 57 minutes long. 

01 Innocent When You Dream (Elvis Costello)
02 Temptation (Diana Krall)
03 Long Way Home (Norah Jones)
04 Big in Japan (Shane Nicholson)
05 Swordfishtrombone (Clara Bellino)
06 Eyeball Kid (Michael Stanley)
07 Cold Cold Ground (Claudia Bettinaglio)
08 Trampled Rose (Robert Plant & Alison Krauss)
09 All the Time in the World (Southside Johnny)
10 No One Can Forgive Me (Mark Lemhouse)
11 Walking Spanish (Monique Maion)
12 Chocolate Jesus (Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa)
13 Clap Hands (Goldheart Assembly)
14 In the Neighborhood (Peter Gabriel)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/wvcKwhGU

alternate: 

https://bestfile.io/en/7tUs0XZxiJ6YplA/file

The cover photo shows Waits at a movie premiere in Leicester Square, in London, on October 6, 2009. (As usual with this series of course, I replaced the background with blank light blue).

The Allman Brothers Band and Friends - Tune In to Hep C Benefit, Beacon Theatre, New York City, 6-27-2011

When it comes to the Allman Brothers Band, I like all their music up to about the year 2000. That's when Dickey Betts was kicked out of the band. It very well could be the band has good reasons to kick him out, but in my opinion it just wasn't the same without him. However, this concert is an exception. I really like this one, even though it's from 2011, which was close to the end. (The band folded in 2014.) The reason is this had interesting guest stars for a majority of the concert, resulting in the band playing different songs than usual.

When I found this bootleg, it came with a file that contains the text of an article from Rolling Stone Magazine describing the concert in detail. I've left that in the download zip. I recommend you give it a read.

The short version is the band's main singer-songwriter at this point, Gregg Allman, got hepatitis C when he was younger. It gave him health problems, and in 2010, he had to get a liver transplant. So when a non-profit charity called Hep C asked him to perform a benefit concert to help them out, he readily agreed, and he brought some special guests. The guests weren't chosen by accident, since most of them also had hepatitis C. Phil Lesh, bassist for the Grateful Dead, had to get a liver transplant. So did David Crosby, of Crosby, Stills and Nash. Natalie Cole also had the disease. I'm guessing Graham Nash didn't, but was there to assist Crosby, his longtime musical partner.

The concert started out as a typical Allman Brothers Band performance for its era, though even here the band did some nice covers of classic songs, like "I Want on Guilded Splinters," "Into the Mystic," and "Blind Willie McTell." Even one of their old originals, "Black Hearted Woman," ended with an instrumental jam based on "That's It for the Other One" by the Grateful Dead. 

Then came the guest vocalists, starting with Natalie Cole (who also came back later). The five songs with Crosby and Nash were all songs written by Crosby or Nash (with one song, "Find the Cost of Freedom," written by their longtime bandmate Stephen Stills). Phil Lesh joined them for the last two. Then three Grateful Dead classics followed, with Lesh still anchoring things with his bass playing. There were other guests too, including Bill Evans playing saxophone on a few songs, and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top playing some lead guitar on the last song. 

The music here is unreleased. This concert was broadcast on the radio, which is why the sound quality is excellent. For some of the songs, like the Grateful Dead covers, the lead vocals were low in the mix. So I fixed that with the help of the MVSEP program.

This album is two hours and 56 minutes long. 

UPDATE: On April 16, 2026, I updated the mp3 download file. The songs are exactly the same. But, a commenter named Bob said all the songs were a bit slow, and sent me a corrected version. So the update is that version.  

01 Don't Want You No More [Instrumental] (Allman Brothers Band)
02 It's Not My Cross to Bear (Allman Brothers Band)
03 I Walk on Guilded Splinters (Allman Brothers Band)
04 One Way Out (Allman Brothers Band)
05 Into the Mystic (Allman Brothers Band)
06 Statesboro Blues (Allman Brothers Band)
07 Blind Willie McTell (Allman Brothers Band)
08 Black Hearted Woman - That's It for the Other One (Allman Brothers Band)
09 talk (Allman Brothers Band)
10 A Change Is Gonna Come (Allman Brothers Band with Natalie Cole)
11 The Weight (Allman Brothers Band with Natalie Cole)
12 In Memory of Elizabeth Reed [Instrumental] (Allman Brothers Band with Bill Evans)
13 talk (Allman Brothers Band)
14 talk (Allman Brothers Band with Crosby & Nash)
15 Teach Your Children (Allman Brothers Band with Crosby & Nash)
16 talk (Allman Brothers Band with Crosby & Nash)
17 Guinnevere (Allman Brothers Band with Crosby & Nash)
18 talk (Allman Brothers Band with Crosby & Nash)
19 Find the Cost of Freedom (Allman Brothers Band with Crosby & Nash)
20 talk (Allman Brothers Band with Crosby & Nash)
21 Cowboy Movie (Allman Brothers Band with Crosby & Nash, & Phil Lesh)
22 talk (Allman Brothers Band with Crosby & Nash, & Phil Lesh)
23 Almost Cut My Hair (Allman Brothers Band with Crosby & Nash, & Phil Lesh)
24 talk (Allman Brothers Band with Crosby & Nash, & Phil Lesh)
25 Shakedown Street (Allman Brothers Band with Phil Lesh)
26 Sugaree (Allman Brothers Band with Phil Lesh)
27 Franklin's Tower (Allman Brothers Band with Phil Lesh & Bill Evans)
28 Whipping Post (Allman Brothers Band with Natalie Cole)
29 talk (Allman Brothers Band with Crosby & Nash, & Natalie Cole)
30 Midnight Rider (Allman Brothers Band with Crosby & Nash, & Natalie Cole)
31 talk (Allman Brothers Band with Crosby & Nash, & Natalie Cole)
32 Will the Circle Be Unbroken (Allman Brothers Band with Crosby & Nash, Natalie Cole, & Billy Gibbons)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/iDwmfrV7

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/W639upo80TT7BiV/file

The cover photo is from this exact concert. In the front row, from right to left, that's Warren Haynes of the Allman Brothers Band, Graham Nash, David Crosby, and Phil Lesh. I darkened the large video screen shown at the top of the image, so the writing on it wouldn't conflict with the writing of the band name I added in that area.

Neil Finn, Ryan Adams, & Janis Ian - Songwriters' Circle, Bush Hall, London, Britain, 10-21-2011

Here's another episode of the "Songwriters' Circle" BBC TV show. Like all other episodes of the show, it featured three talented singer-songwriters as they took turns performing their songs. This episode starred Neil Finn (formerly of the band Crowded House), Ryan Adams, and Janis Ian.

In my experience, many very creative people are assholes, though certainly not all. For instance, John Lennon could sometimes be a total ass, and he's one of my all time favorites. This episode was unusual in that it made a little bit of news due to Ryan Adams acting badly. That's not terribly surprising, coming from him, based on other stories I'd heard about him. For instance, not many musical stars have a section of their Wikipedia page called "Disputes with Fans and Other Artists," plus another section called "Harassment Allegations," but Adams has both.

See what I mean, if you're curious: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Adams 

Here's my understanding of this dispute. In each episode of this show, the three musicians sing their own songs. Sometimes, as a nice bonus, one or both of the others might join in with instrumentation or backing vocals. Then, at the end of the show, at least one song is sung by all three of them. That's exactly what happened in this episode. However, Adams apparently got annoyed whenever Finn and/or Ian tried to join in with his songs, so they quickly got the message and stopped doing that. 

Then, at the end, the plan was for all three of them to sing two Finn songs together, "Weather with You" and "Fall at Your Feet." One of those two songs would be chosen to be included in the broadcast. The performance of "Weather with You" went okay, with all three of them taking part. But when it came time to perform "Fall at Your Feet," Adams got out his cell phone and started bidding on some items on eBay, while still on stage in front of an audience! This annoyed Finn so much that he loudly asked Adams what he was doing and why wasn't he joining in with the song, as they had practiced before the show started. Adams blew him off, then packed up his guitar and left before the song was even over. Ultimately, "Fall at Your Feet" wasn't included in the show, due to this trouble.

I found an article from the Age, a major newspaper in Australia, that went into surprising depth about the controversy. It includes a lot of bickering comments from the days after the concert, mostly between Ian and Adams. Finn generally stayed silent, except for one sarcastic comment: "Well, 'Songwriters' Circle' on BBC will be interesting, watch out for lovely backing vocals on 'Fall at Your Feet' from Ryan." (That's a reference to how those expected backing vocals never happened.)

The back and forth between Adams and Ian is much more extensive and nasty. I'll just quote one section from Ian:

"Ryan Adams, meanwhile, is an extremely talented songwriter - beautiful, wonderful stuff - whose first words to us were that he didn't know why he was there. We heard numerous times that he writes 4-5 songs a day, that they just pour out of him, that he's 'the most unprepared person on earth' and likes it that way, and that he sells out any theater he plays in the UK 'in 30 seconds flat.' All of which was a little weird, from my perspective. I expect a certain amount of narcissism in performers. That's a necessity, part of our stock in trade. I don't expect complete and total self-absorption to the detriment of what was supposed to be three singer-songwriters enjoying each other in a collaborative environment. I do that a lot in Nashville, as you all know, and I've never in my life seen it go south like this did."

It's this sort of thing that has made me not interested to explore Adams' musical output, even though I've heard he's a talented songwriter. (The accounts of him sexually harassing women are especially upsetting.) If you want to make up your own mind, here's the link to the quite lengthy article:

Ryan Adams and Neil Finn fall out during TV taping 

Anyway, regardless of what may or may not have happened with this controversy, the episode is quite nice simply as a listening experience. If there was any unpleasantness, it was cleverly edited out, and it seemed as if they were all getting along fine. (Of course, as I mentioned above, the song with the main problem discussed above was completely removed, so that helped a lot.) The three of them even kind of spontaneously created a song together, which I've chosen to call "Center of an Oreo." (I find it strange that none of the bickering in the Age article mentions that.) And the music was very good, including the songs by Adams.

This album is an hour and seven minutes long. 

01 talk (Neil Finn)
02 Distant Sun (Neil Finn)
03 talk (Janis Ian)
04 At Seventeen (Janis Ian)
05 talk (Ryan Adams)
06 Carolina Rain (Ryan Adams)
07 talk (Neil Finn)
08 Don't Dream It's Over (Neil Finn)
09 talk (Janis Ian)
10 Society's Child (Janis Ian)
11 Oh My Sweet Carolina (Ryan Adams)
12 talk (Neil Finn)
13 Golden Child (Neil Finn)
14 talk (Janis Ian)
15 Bright Lights and Promises (Janis Ian)
16 Invisible Riverside (Ryan Adams)
17 talk (Ryan Adams)
18 Center of an Oreo (Neil Finn, Janis Ian & Ryan Adams)
19 talk (Neil Finn)
20 She Will Have Her Way (Neil Finn)
21 From Me to You (Janis Ian)
22 Come Pick Me Up (Ryan Adams)
23 talk (Neil Finn)
24 Weather with You (Neil Finn, Janis Ian & Ryan Adams)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/RvQFJVSq

alternate: 

https://bestfile.io/en/IfuuPmzYB9db6ky/file

The cover image is a screenshot I took from this exact concert. From right to left: Neil Finn, Janis Ian, and Ryan Adams.

Leon Russell, Nick Lowe, & Paul Brady - Songwriters' Circle, Porchester Hall, London, Britain, 10-7-2011

Recently, a musical friend named Peter sent me several episodes of the "Songwriters' Circle" BBC TV show. That inspired me to organize some that I had already. So while I didn't get this one from Peter, his sharing is responsible for me finishing getting it ready to be posted. This episode features the singer-songwriters Leon Russell, Nick Lowe, and Paul Brady taking turns performing their songs.

I've already posted a bunch of music by Nick Lowe, with more to come, so I don't feel the need to say much about him. Suffice to say that he's great.

I've also already posted a joint Leon Russell and Elton John concert. But I didn't say that much about him then, so I'll say a bit more now. Actually, to make it easy on myself, I'll just quote the introductory paragraph to his Wikipedia entry:

"[Russell] was an American musician and songwriter who was involved with numerous bestselling records during his 60-year career that spanned multiple genres, including rock and roll, country, gospel, bluegrass, rhythm and blues, southern rock, blues rock, folk, surf and the Tulsa sound. His recordings earned six gold records and he received two Grammy Awards from seven nominations. In 1973, Billboard named Russell the 'Top Concert Attraction in the World.' In 2011, he was inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame." He died in 2016. 

Here's the link if you want to read the rest of the very informative Wikipedia entry about him:

Leon Russell - Wikipedia 

So that leaves Paul Brady, who is the least well known of the three. The Wikipedia intro isn't so good for him, so I'll try to write something myself. Brady is a singer-songwriter from Northern Ireland. His career began in the late 1960s and 1970s when he concentrated on playing traditional Irish music. But starting in the early 1980s, he switched to doing his own songs, in pop and rock styles. He didn't have big commercial success on his own, but many musical acts covered his songs, including Bonnie Raitt, Santana, Dave Edmunds, and Tina Turner. 

Here's an interesting quote that Bob Dylan included in his "Biograph" box set, released in 1985, that names Brady:

"[P]eople get too famous too fast these days and it destroys them. Some guys got it down - Leonard Cohen, Paul Brady, Lou Reed, secret heroes, John Prine, David Allen Coe, Tom Waits. I listen more to that kind of stuff than whatever is popular at the moment. They're not just witchdoctoring up the planet, they don't set up barriers."

Here's his Wikipedia page if you want to know more:

Paul Brady - Wikipedia 

In terms of the musical content of this album, I don't have much to say. It follows the same format of other episodes of this TV series. Russell stuck to playing piano, while Lowe and Brady played acoustic guitars. They mostly just sang their own songs, but there are some backing vocals where they helped each other out, especially on the last couple of songs. 

The music here is unreleased, and the sound quality is excellent. 

This album is 58 minutes long. 

01 A Song for You (Leon Russell)
02 I Live on a Battlefield (Nick Lowe)
03 Smile (Paul Brady)
04 Tightrope (Leon Russell)
05 talk (Nick Lowe)
06 Cruel to Be Kind (Nick Lowe)
07 talk (Paul Brady)
08 Nobody Knows (Paul Brady)
09 Hummingbird (Leon Russell)
10 talk (Nick Lowe)
11 The Beast in Me (Nick Lowe)
12 talk (Paul Brady)
13 Crazy Dreams (Paul Brady)
14 Delta Lady (Leon Russell)
15 talk (Nick Lowe)
16 I Read a Lot (Nick Lowe)
17 talk (Paul Brady)
18 Luck of the Draw (Paul Brady)
19 This Masquerade (Leon Russell)
20 talk (Nick Lowe)
21 [What's So Funny 'Bout] Peace, Love and Understanding (Nick Lowe)
22 talk (Paul Brady)
23 The World Is What You Make It (Paul Brady) 

https://pixeldrain.com/u/p4Rb21Ce

alternate: 

https://bestfile.io/en/xjPlM2YBOzIA7Sw/file

The cover image is a screenshot I took from a video of this exact concert. From right to left: Leon Russell, Nick Lowe, and Paul Brady.

Don McLean - BBC Sessions, Volume 8: In Concert, Glastonbury Festival, Worthy Farm, Pilton, Britain, 6-26-2011

Here's the eighth, and probably last, BBC album I'm posting from Don McLean. This is his appearance at the enormous annual Glastonbury Festival in 2011.

This appears to be the only time McLean has performed at this festival. The good news is we have this recording at all. This is a bootleg I got from a die-hard McLean fan. Then, a couple of days after I posted it, musical friend Progsprog noticed his version was almost twice as long, and sent that to me, so I upgraded to the longer version. I don't believe it's been in circulation on the Internet until now. 

McLean was assisted by a small band. At the time of this concert, he was about 66 years old. (He's 80 years old as I write this in 2025.) But while he was getting up there in age, I'm glad to say I didn't notice it affecting his performance in this concert all that much.

McLean didn't play some of his best known original songs, like "Castles in the Air," "And I Love You So," and "Dreidel." Instead, he chose to play some covers, like starting out with a medley of three Buddy Holly songs, as well as a medley of two country songs, "Tulsa Time" and "Deep in the Heart of Texas," and an Elvis Presley song, "I Gotta Know." Plus, "Crying" is a cover originally by Roy Orbison, though McLean had a big hit with it as well.

This album is 59 minutes long. 

01 talk (Don McLean)
02 Well... All Right - Crying, Waiting, Hoping - Peggy Sue Got Married (Don McLean)
03 La La Love You (Don McLean)
04 Love in My Heart (Don McLean)
05 Homeless Brother (Don McLean)
06 talk (Don McLean)
07 Have You Seen Me (Don McLean)
08 talk (Don McLean)
09 Vincent (Don McLean)
10 Tulsa Time - Deep in the Heart of Texas (Don McLean)
11 Crying (Don McLean)
12 American Pie (Don McLean)
13 I Gotta Know (Don McLean)
14 talk (Don McLean)
15 Sea Man (Don McLean)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/9Xu4fiyz

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/5IuccTBNKZy2ezd/file

The cover photo is from this exact concert.

Various Artists - Covered: Antonio Carlos Jobim, Volume 2: 1998-2011 (A Fabio from Rio Guest Post)

Here's the second out of three albums celebrating the music of songwriter Antonio Carlos Jobim. Like the others in this series, Fabio from Rio was more responsible for putting this together than I was. So a very big thanks to him. Due to the fact that he's a Brazilian with deep knowledge of Brazilian music, he knew Jobim covers way better than I did.

Jobim wrote most of his classic songs from the 1950s to the 1970s. He actually died in 1994, of heart and cancer problems at the age of 67. So all the covers here are from after his death, of songs that often were written decades earlier. That's a sign that his songs keep getting covered, long after their first appearances on records. 

Fabio and I selected these choices together. We rarely went for the big hit versions, because his songs rarely turned into big hits. But he's had dozens of songs with literally hundreds of cover versions. Typically, Fabio selected a bunch of versions of a given song, then I would listen to them and pick my favorite. If you want to hear more versions, go to the write-up for Volume 1, because Fabio has made six more albums of Jobim covers that you can find there.

Also note that I kept this to versions in English, despite the fact that Jobim wrote nearly all of the original versions of his songs in Portuguese. And I kept my selections to versions with vocals, since there are countless hundreds of instrumental versions of his songs as well. I figured English versions would have more popular appeal for people who aren't that familiar with his music. 

This album is 46 minutes long. 

01 For All of My Life [Por Toda a Minha Vida] (Eliane Elias)
02 Modinha [Broken Heart] (Paquito D'Rivera & New York Voices)
03 Ela e Carioca [She's a Carioca] (Celso Fonseca)
04 Someone to Light Up My Life [Se Todos Fossem Iguais a Voce] (Ann Hampton Callaway)
05 No More Blues [Chega de Saudade] (Idea of North)
06 Porpoise [Boto] (Beijbom Kroner Big Band)
07 Song of the Jet [Samba do Aviao] (BR6)
08 Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars [Corcovado] (Diana Krall)
09 I Was Just One More for You [Esperanca Perdida] (Dawn Clement)
10 That Look You Wear [Este Seu Olhar] (Elly Hoyt)
11 Zingaro [Retrato em Branco e Preto] [Portrait in Black and White] (Nina Ripe)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/gSWRErwx

alternate: 

https://bestfile.io/en/N9ABCsEsu77SMaL/file

I don't know the details about the cover photo. But based on his appearance and the other photos I saw of him putting this together, I'd guess the picture was taken in the 1980s. 

Various Artists - MusiCares Tribute to Barbra Streisand, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA, 2-11-2011

I have to be honest: I've never been a fan of Barbra Streisand's music. It's too show tune theatrical for me. But I'm planning to post all the MusiCares tributes I could find, and this was the next one to randomly get chosen for posting. And hearing the likes of Seal, Stevie Wonder, and Beck perform her songs help make this more palatable for me.

As with virtually all the MusiCares tribute concerts I post, the only reason we have worthy sound quality recordings of them is because some of them were released on DVD (but not in any audio format). This is another one of those lucky ones. I converted it from video to audio, then broke it into mp3s.

Unfortunately, in this case, it seems to have been edited down, though I don't know how much is missing. One thing that was definitely missing here though was her acceptance speech. I figured there had to have been one, so I did some searching. I couldn't find it, but I did find a few snippets from it, with some of her songs loudly playing in the background (which obviously wasn't played like that in the concert). I used MVSEP to remove the music but keep the talking and the applause. Then I arranged what I had. Clearly, that's not all of it. But I figure some of it is better than nothing. Hopefully more of it will emerge, plus whatever else was left off the DVD.

By the way, it was interesting that Prince, of all people, was the one to introduce her before her acceptance speech. That same recording of her speech included him saying a few words, so I put that in here as well, after removing the background music. However, I don't know if his short comments are complete or not. So that's why the Streisand's speech and Prince's introduction both have "[Edit]" in their titles.

As is typical for these things, the recipient of the award performed a couple of songs at the end of the concert. That's exactly what Streisand did here.  

Oh, one more thing. An unusual track here is from comedian and talk show host Bill Maher, since it was just comments about her instead of music. He also had some political jokes, but they were only relevant in 2011 politics, and they didn't have anything to do with Streisand anyway, so I cut those out. That's why that track has "[Edit]" in its title. 

Here's a Rolling Stone Magazine link with very little text but lots of photos from the event:

2011 MusiCares Person of the Year Tribute to Barbra Streisand 

This album is an hour and three minutes long. 

01 talk (Diana Krall)
02 Down with Love (Diana Krall)
03 Guilty (Seal)
04 Somewhere (Leona Lewis)
05 My Man (Lea Michele)
06 On a Clear Day [You Can See Forever] - Lazy Afternoon (Herbie Hancock & Nikki Yanofsky)
07 talk [Edit] (Bill Maher)
08 Come Rain or Come Shine (LeAnn Rimes, Jeff Beck & BeBe Winans)
09 Send in the Clowns (Faith Hill)
10 One Less Bell to Answer - A House Is Not a Home (Kristin Chenoweth & Matthew Morrison)
11 Memory (Barry Manilow)
12 Smile (Tony Bennett)
13 People (Stevie Wonder & Arturo Sandoval)
14 talk [Edit] (Prince)
15 talk [Edit] (Barbra Streisand)
16 Windmills of Your Mind (Barbra Streisand)
17 The Promise [I'll Never Say Goodbye] (Barbra Streisand) 

https://pixeldrain.com/u/ndNRYeAj

alternate: 

https://bestfile.io/Bxx0HNXUQhayQxK/file

The cover image is from this exact concert.

Various Artists - Covered: Hank Williams, Volume 2: 1995-2017

Here's the second part to the "Covered" series about country music legend Hank Williams.

As I said in my write-up for Volume 1, I wanted to make these albums accessible to more than just country music fans. So that's why I mostly chose covers from recent decades, and by the likes of Beck, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Norah Jones, and so on. 

The vast majority of these were hits when Williams did them before his death in 1953. While there were a lot of hit cover versions of his songs, these generally were not hits. As I just mentioned, I was striving to get away from country versions, and those were most of the hit versions.

As always with these "Covered" albums, the songs are in loose chronological order, based on the year of release. And, as always, check the mp3 tags for the details. 

This album is 45 minutes long. 

01 I'm a Long Gone Daddy (The The)
02 I Can't Help It [If I'm Still in Love with You] (Cat Power)
03 [I Heard That] Lonesome Whistle (Beck)
04 I Can't Get You Off of My Mind (Bob Dylan)
05 Alone and Forsaken (Emmylou Harris & Mark Knopfler)
06 You're Gonna Change [Or I'm Gonna Leave] (Tom Petty)
07 Cold, Cold Heart (Norah Jones)
08 Lost Highway (Lee Rocker)
09 Ramblin' Woman (Cat Power)
10 Take These Chains from My Heart (Rosanne Cash)
11 A House of Gold (Patty Griffin)
12 How Many Times Have You Broken My Heart (Norah Jones)
13 Mansion on the Hill (Willie Nelson)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/p9WTgUAm

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/D7RUZWT6RaYdFQj/file

I don't know the details of where or when the cover photo was from. However, it was in color, so I didn't need to change anything. 

Peter Gabriel - BBC Sessions, Volume 4: In Concert, Mermaid Theatre, London, Britain, 10-19-2011

Here's the fourth and final album of Peter Gabriel performing for the BBC. (At least the fourth so far.) It's different from most Peter Gabriel concerts in that he is backed by a full orchestra.

Earlier in the month of October 2011, Gabriel released a new studio album, "New Blood." It consisted of orchestral re-recordings of songs from earlier in his music career. This concert is basically a live version of that album. But one key difference is he talked a lot between songs to explain their meanings. 

There also is a live album from this tour, called "Live Blood." But it's quite different, with a much longer run time. 

Note that a 2004 concert in Milan, Italy, was also broadcast by the BBC. But this was later released as the live album "Growing Up Live," which is widely available, so I didn't see the need to post that here.

This unreleased album is an hour and 16 minutes long.

01 talk (Peter Gabriel)
02 Heroes (Peter Gabriel)
03 talk (Peter Gabriel)
04 Wallflower (Peter Gabriel)
05 Intruder (Peter Gabriel)
06 talk (Peter Gabriel)
07 San Jacinto (Peter Gabriel)
08 Signal to Noise (Peter Gabriel)
09 talk (Peter Gabriel)
10 Downside Up (Peter Gabriel)
11 Mercy Street (Peter Gabriel)
12 talk (Peter Gabriel)
13 The Rhythm of the Heat (Peter Gabriel)
14 talk (Peter Gabriel)
15 Father, Son (Peter Gabriel)
16 Red Rain (Peter Gabriel)
17 Solsbury Hill (Peter Gabriel)
18 talk (Peter Gabriel)
19 Don't Give Up (Peter Gabriel)
20 talk (Peter Gabriel)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/R1SWwpCb 

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/Qxd4hZDKlaWbVeo/file

The cover image is from this exact concert.

Various Artists - Covered: Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfield, Volume 2: 1970-2011

Just yesterday, I posted "Volume 1" of the songwriter series for Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield. Here's "Volume 2" already.

Sedaka and Greenfield wrote a steady stream of hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s, both for Sedaka's very successful music career and for other musical acts. Sometimes they wrote together, and sometimes they wrote with others. But in the late 1960s, the hits were few and far between. Musical styles had changed, but their songwriting style didn't follow those changes. Sedaka later referred to this time as his "hungry years," though he did have some success in Australia.

As I mentioned in my write-up for Volume 1, by 1970, it seemed the hits for Sedaka and Greenfield were behind them. A couple of times in the early 1980s, Sedaka couldn't even find a record company willing to sign him. But he began slowly working his way back to fame. In 1972 and 1973, he recorded two studio albums that were produced and largely performed by the four people who made up the band 10cc, right before they got famous with that band. Those didn't have any hits for Sedaka. But one song, "Solitaire," was a big hit for Andy Williams. And another, "Love Will Keep Us Together," would be a Number One hit for Captain and Tennille a couple of years later, in 1975.

Sedaka's big break came in 1973, when he happened to run into Elton John at a party. John had always been a big Sedaka fan, and when he found out Sedaka didn't currently have a record contract, he signed him up to his own label. The next album, "Sedaka's Back," took the best songs from the three albums Sedaka had released in the early 1970s, included the two produced by the members of 10cc. It took a while, since Sedaka's name was perceived as very uncool at the time, but eventually one song from that album, "Laughter in the Rain," went all the way to Number One in the U.S.! Then, in 1975, the song "Bad Blood" also went to Number One in the U.S. It had uncredited backing vocals by Elton John. A totally revamped version of his earlier hit "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" hit the Top Ten as well. Sedaka had a few more hits through 1980.

Unfortunately, Greenfield missed most of Sedaka's comeback. Greenfield did co-write some songs presented here, like "Puppet Man," "Love Will Keep Us Together," "You Never Done It like That," "The Hungry Years," and "Solitaire." They had another huge hit with "(Is This the Way To) Amarillo." In 1971, Tony Christie had a big hit with it in some countries (mostly in mainland Europe, but only a minor hit with it in other countries. Sedaka himself had a hit with it in 1977. But in 2005, the Christie version was rereleased with a funny video of comedian Peter Kay miming the words. This time, it not only reached Number One in Britain, but it was the best selling song of the year there.

But Greenfield and Sedaka increasingly argued with each other. They agreed to end their songwriting partnership in 1973, after writing one last song, fittingly titled "Our Last Song Together." However, they did reunite to write a few more songs in the late 1970s, and wrote one more hit together, "Should've Never Let You Go," which reached the Top Twenty for Sedaka in the U.S. in 1980. Instead, Sedaka co-wrote most of his 1970s comeback hits with another professional songwriter, Phil Cody.

One oddity you may notice here is an ABBA song, "Ring Ring." ABBA is known for writing all their own songs. They did write that one, but with the lyrics in Swedish. This was in 1973, near the start of their career, when apparently their English was a bit rough. So they contacted Sedaka and his songwriter partner at the time, Phil Cody, and had them come up with English lyrics. 

Another song worth mentioning is "Crying in the Rain." This was actually cowritten by Greenfield and Carole King back in 1961. At the time, both King and Greenfield were doing their writing in the famous Brill Building in New York City, with many other professional songwriters. For a lark, they agreed to work with different songwriters for a single day, and that was the song they came up with. It was a big hit for the Everly Brothers at the time. But I put that on my Covered series for King and her usual songwriting partner Gerry Goffin. So for this album I chose a 1981 country hit version by Tammy Wynette.

Greenfield was openly gay (unusually for the time), and had the same domestic partner from the mid-1960s until his death. Both he and his partner died of complications from AIDS in 1986, shortly before Greenfield's 50th birthday. Sedaka has had better luck with his health and is still alive at the age of 86 as I write this in April 2025. 

This album is 45 minutes long.

01 Puppet Man (5th Dimension)
02 [Is This the Way To] Amarillo (Tony Christie)
03 Ring Ring (ABBA)
04 Laughter in the Rain (Lea Roberts)
05 Bad Blood (Neil Sedaka)
06 Love Will Keep Us Together (Captain & Tennille)
07 Solitaire (Carpenters)
08 Breaking Up Is Hard to Do [1975 Version] (Neil Sedaka)
09 Lonely Night [Angel Face] (Captain & Tennille)
10 The Hungry Years (Rita Coolidge)
11 You Never Done It like That (Captain & Tennille)
12 Crying in the Rain (Tammy Wynette)
13 The Immigrant (Jim Van Slyke)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/gSjyXdCP

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/zXBX1cqOiPr8rYG/file

As with "Volume 1," the cover photo consists of two photos that I put together. I don't know the years the photos were taken, but they look older than they do in the Volume 1 photos. Both of the originals were in color this time. I used the Krea AI program to improve the detail. Greenfield is the one with the moustache.

Various Artists - Covered: Stevie Wonder, Volume 7: 2005-2018

Here is the seventh and last volume of Stevie Wonder's "Covered" series. Just as a reminder, like all the "Covered" albums I post, the emphasis is on the songwriting. So these are all songs written or co-written by Wonder, but performed by others.

By the time period of this album, 2005 to 2018, Wonder's songwriting had slowed way down. In fact, writing this in 2025, Wonder still hasn't released a new studio album since 2005. So all the songs here are covers from earlier years, especially from his golden era of the 1970s. "You Met Your Match" is the oldest song here, from 1968.

Finally, with this volume, the full scope of Wonder's songwriting genius can be seen. Some of his best songs don't show up until this volume. So all seven volumes should be seen as a whole. 

Just by chance, I didn't find any covers that I liked best from after 2018. But I'm sure more great covers will emerge in the years to come.

This album is 59 minutes long.

01 I'm Going Left (Eric Clapton)
02 You Haven't Done Nothin' (Joe Cocker)
03 Village Ghetto Land (Jen Chapin)
04 You Met Your Match (Tower of Power)
05 Sir Duke (Devon Allman)
06 Do I Do (Cuban Jazz Combo)
07 True to Your Heart (Wailing Souls)
08 Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer (Phil Collins)
09 Part-Time Lover (Hyannis Sound)
10 Jesus Children of America (Michele Thomas)
11 Master Blaster [Jammin'] (Minnie Driver)
12 Happier than the Morning Sun (Venice)
13 Another Star (Denise King & Massimo Farao Trio)
14 He's Misstra Know It All (Beverley Knight)
15 I Just Called to Say I Love You (John Prine)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/TspNmpTd

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/BTqEF6EfLzBnzrw/file

The cover photo is from 2003.

Graham Gouldman, Fran Healy, & Ron Sexsmith - Songwriters' Circle, Bush Hall, London, Britain, 3-4-2011

I really like these BBC "Songwriters' Circle" concerts, so here's another one. This one stars Graham Gouldman of 10cc, Fran Healy of Travis, and Ron Sexsmith.

A while back, I collaborated with a person named Pete the Greek on a series of non-album tracks by Ron Sexsmith. (Now that I think about it, I still have a couple of those I haven't posted yet. I'll try to get to that soon.) In the process of doing that, we came across this concert. But unfortunately, all we could find were YouTube videos of individual songs (and luckily, most of the banter before each song). We found all the Healy and Sexsmith songs, but we couldn't find two songs Gouldman was known to perform here: "Look Through Any Window" and "I'm Not in Love." Eventually, I posted the concert, with substitutes for the two missing songs.

Then, in December 2025, a kind musical helper sent me the full concert with great quality. So I redid this concert from scratch, using that new source. Not only was I able to recover the two missing songs, I also recovered some other missing bits, such as banter between songs. 

By the way, Gouldman took part in another one of these "Songwriters' Circle" shows back in 1999. I plan to post that one eventually. In that one, he did do an acoustic version of "I'm Not in Love."

This album contains three bonus tracks. These are the legacy of the earlier version I'd posted. Since I'd posted a couple of extra Gouldman songs to make up for his missing ones, those no longer fit with the main album, since they come from another source. (Specifically, they come from a soundboard bootleg of a 10cc concert from Swansea in Wales, also from 2011, where Gouldman was essentially the opening act for his own 10cc band, playing a handful of songs he'd written before 10cc in an acoustic format.) I didn't want to disappear them completely though, so I've made them into bonus tracks. Their sound quality is just as good as the rest.  

This unreleased concert is an hour and six minutes long, not including the bonus tracks.

01 talk (Fran Healy)
02 Driftwood (Fran Healy)
03 talk (Ron Sexsmith)
04 Get in Line (Ron Sexsmith)
05 talk (Graham Gouldman)
06 Heart Full of Soul (Graham Gouldman)
07 talk (Graham Gouldman & Fran Healy)
08 talk (Fran Healy)
09 Writing to Reach You (Fran Healy)
10 talk (Ron Sexsmith)
11 Gold in Them Hills (Ron Sexsmith)
12 talk (Graham Gouldman)
13 Look through Any Window (Graham Gouldman)
14 talk (Fran Healy)
15 Why Does It Always Rain on Me (Fran Healy)
16 talk (Ron Sexsmith)
17 Whatever It Takes (Ron Sexsmith)
18 talk (Ron Sexsmith & Graham Gouldman)
19 The Things We Do for Love (Graham Gouldman)
20 talk (Fran Healy)
21 Rocking Chair (Fran Healy)
22 talk (Ron Sexsmith)
23 Believe It When I See It (Ron Sexsmith)
24 talk (Graham Gouldman)
25 I'm Not in Love (Graham Gouldman)
26 talk (Graham Gouldman & Fran Healy)
27 talk (Fran Healy)
28 Sing (Fran Healy)
29 talk (Ron Sexsmith)
30 Secret Heart (Ron Sexsmith)
31 talk (Graham Gouldman)
32 Bus Stop (Graham Gouldman)
33 talk (Graham Gouldman)
34 Wake Up, Little Susie (Graham Gouldman, Fran Healy & Ron Sexsmith)

No Milk Today talk (Graham Gouldman)
No Milk Today (Graham Gouldman)
Pamela, Pamela (Graham Gouldman)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/CgmhEXnq

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/91s3xBA4RXMdzXP/file

The cover photo is from this exact concert. It's actually a composite of four screenshots I took from one of the videos from this concert. The video was so low-res, that I took a screenshot of the whole scene, then I found different points when there were close-ups of each head, and took screenshots of them. I resized the heads and pasted them in, so those parts would be more accurate. Finally, I ran the composite version through the Krea AI program to improve the sharpness some.

k.d. lang - BBC Sessions, Volume 3: In Concert, BBC Radio Theatre, London, Britain, 4-20-2011

Here's a k.d. lang BBC concert from 2011.

I still am not very familiar with most music from lang's long music career. However, I was impressed with a previous BBC concert I posted, and I was impressed with this one too. She most definitely is a talented singer, with a great range.

This concert took place just a couple of weeks after the release of her studio album "Sing It Loud." Naturally, many of the songs here are from it. It mostly consisted of originals, but one exception was "Heaven" by the Talking Heads. That's also performed here.

This concert is unreleased. The sound quality is excellent. There were no problems.

This album if 56 minutes long.

UPDATE: On November 14, 2025, I updated this album. I changed the title to "Volume 3" because I found a new "Volume 1." I changed the cover art and mp3 tags accordingly.

01 talk (k.d. lang)
02 I Confess (k.d. lang)
03 Helpless (k.d. lang)
04 A Sleep with No Dreaming (k.d. lang)
05 talk (k.d. lang)
06 Hallelujah (k.d. lang)
07 The Water's Edge (k.d. lang)
08 talk (k.d. lang)
09 Matte Kudasai (k.d. lang)
10 Perfect Word (k.d. lang)
11 Western Stars (k.d. lang)
12 Habit of Mind (k.d. lang)
13 talk (k.d. lang)
14 Heaven (k.d. lang)
15 talk (k.d. lang)
16 Reminiscing (k.d. lang)
17 talk (k.d. lang)
18 Constant Craving (k.d. lang)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/ovpZHxxi

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/F6bYCZPWHfFQgwD/file

The cover photo comes from this exact concert.

Jimmy Cliff - BBC In Concert, Glastonbury Festival, Worthy Farm, Pilton, Britain, 6-24-2011

Here's reggae star Jimmy Cliff performing at the annual Glastonbury Festival in 2011.

It seems Cliff actually played the festival two other times, in 2003 and 2008. But I can't find any recordings of those. Maybe they'll turn up eventually. And this is the only BBC concert I can find from him, period. 

Also, it seems at least two more songs were played in this concert, "Treat the Youths Right" and "Save Our Planet Earth." But it seems this was all that got broadcast by the BBC, so it's all I have too. Furthermore, the last song, "One More," got cut off near the end. I added some applause from earlier in the show to hopefully give it a decent sounding finish.

This music here is unreleased. The sound quality is excellent.

This album is 44 minutes long.

01 Introduction (Jimmy Cliff)
02 You Can Get It If You Really Want (Jimmy Cliff)
03 Wild World (Jimmy Cliff)
04 World Upside Down (Jimmy Cliff)
05 Vietnam [Afghanistan Version] (Jimmy Cliff)
06 Rebel in Me (Jimmy Cliff)
07 Many Rivers to Cross (Jimmy Cliff)
08 I Can See Clearly Now (Jimmy Cliff)
09 Bongo Man - Rivers of Babylon (Jimmy Cliff)
10 talk (Jimmy Cliff)
11 One More (Jimmy Cliff)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/PKPXgzEQ

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/u0ybSZiD5TSHfkT/file 

The cover photo comes from this exact concert.