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The Best Music
You’ve Never Heard
Delve into an alternative history of music in The Best Music You’ve Never Heard:
an unbeatable collection of music compiled by rock-writer Nigel Williamson. Discover
the bands that could have been The Beatles and pop stars too good for the charts,
The Best Music You’ve Never Heard will feed your iPod for life.
Plus, the book’s author, Nigel Williamson, has exclusively revealed his top tracks
from the book live on Totally Radio! The radio show also includes an exclusive track
featuring Caroline Weeks from Bat for Lashes. If you want to hear some great
new music, you’ll find it here. If you think you’ve heard it all, prepare to be
put to the test!
Browse & buy The Best Music You’ve Never Heard
Best Music Radio Show – LISTEN NOW!
Listen to a free exclusive track by Caroline Weeks of Bat for Lashes
More about the authors…
Nigel Williamson: former news editor of The Times and respected rock
writer and journalist.
More about Nigel Williamson
David Smyth: London Evening Standard’s rock and pop critic, and writer
for Q, The New Statesman and The Daily Telegraph.
More about David Smyth.
Robert Webb: freelance music journalist, book editor and contributor to BBC
radio, Time Out, Mojo and The Independent.
More about Robert Webb.
RADIO SHOW RUNDOWN
Sugar Pie de Santo
Listen to this if you like ETTA JAMES
Soulful Dress – "Don't you girls go getting jealous when I round up your
fella, cause I'll be at my best when I put on my soulful dress."
Os Mutantes
Listen to this if you like PINK FLOYD
A Minha Menina – Samba scuzz-rock that would do Link Wray proud – as covered
later by The Bees.
The Congos
Listen to this if you like BOB MARLEY
Fisherman – Lee 'Scratch' Perry's finest ever production on a record that has become reggae's holy grail…
Mighty Baby
Listen to this if you like THE GRATEFUL DEAD
Egyptian Tomb – With Jazzy West Coast-style guitar interplay, one of the
finest British acid-rock songs ever produced.
Moby Grape
Listen to this if you like JEFFERSON AIRPLANE
Omaha – Perfectly phased 1967 dream psych-rock.
The Incredible String Band
Listen to this if you like LED ZEPPELIN
Nightfall – Magical, mystical psych-folk at its best and perhaps the finest
sitar playing ever heard on a pop record.
Terry Reid
Listen to this if you like ROD STEWART
River – Willie Bobo sets a gentle pace while Reid meanders through a watery
tale of rolling down the Colorado. Or is it fishing in the Ouse?
Handsome Family
Listen to this if you like GRAM PARSONS & EMMYLOU HARRIS
Weightless Again – Gothic tales from the backwoods of the old, weird America…
Kevin Ayers
Listen to this if you like THE SUPER FURRY ANIMALS
Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes – "I'm tired of cheating and wasting my head/And
filling the boss's bags with bread" – this song is Ayers' paean to tuning in, turning
on and dropping out.
Ethiopiques
Listen to this if you like ANYTHING AFRICAN
SefouJohannes: Tezeta - Ethiopian blues from the country's golden musical
age by a singer who only ever recorded six tracks and was dead at the age of 26.
Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
Listen to this if you like THE RUTLES
The Intro and the Outro – A wonderful "introducing the band" spoof that included
such "guests" as Adolf Hitler on vibes (mmm…nice) and General De Gaulle on accordion
("really wild, General! Thank you, sir").
Do you have your own examples of lost classics and overlooked genius? Send them
in to us at
Bestmusic@roughguides.com
and we’ll try to include the most interesting in the next edition!
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