I keep getting back to this song … do you know what I mean? Lesley Duncan (née Cox) wrote and performed the original version in 1969, while Elton John's cover version from 1970 - which also features la Duncan - has made the song famous ever since … resulting in fine versions by Dionne Warwick(e) (1971), Peggy Lee (studio version d.d. 1972), etc. (Apparently, David Bowie and John Hutchinson had already recorded a demo of this song as soon as 1968-12, later to be released on the bootleg "The Forgotten Songs Of David Robert Jones".)
http://www.lesleyduncan.net/
http://www.45cat.com/record/rca1783
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesley_Duncan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumbleweed_Connection
http://thehelplessdancer.wordpress.com/2010/03/21/lesley-duncan/
http://garbocathedral.blogspot.com/2007/10/lesley-duncan-love-song.html
http://eltonjohnallsongslist.blogspot.com/2008/06/unforgettable-people-xxi-lesley-duncan.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/lesley-duncan-singer-and-songwriter-who-worked-with-elton-john-and-pink-floyd-1942138.html

Bill Plummer, Hersh Hamel, Ray Neopolitan, Jan Steward, Tom Scott, Carol Kaye & co as produced by Bob Thiele for Impulse! in 1968 … recently reissued by Get on Down in 2011 (GET54041).

Indoor Life … from Frisco … as underrated as any … and in dire need of reappraisal and a reissue programme ;-) By way of consolation, "Voodoo" can be found on "A Man & A Machine III" (2011-09).
http://journalofweirdstudies.blogspot.com/2007/10/indoor-life-archaeology.html
http://campari0safari.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/indoor-life-jorge-socarras-catholic-patrick-cowley-simon-reynolds-brandt-brauer-frick-macro-records-berlin-elektro-guzzi-eternal-heroes-vienna/

2009 / 2010: Paul Weller remixed by Amorphous Androgynous aka the Future Sound of London (FSOL) aka …
http://www.djfood.org/djfood/record-store-day
http://myspace.com/amorphousandrogynous
http://www.futuresoundoflondon.com/amorphous/
http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/amorphous_androgynous
http://www.paulweller.com/discog.php?id=136&pos=5#album
http://fsolnews.blogspot.com/2010/04/060110-paul-weller-remix-out-on-april.html
http://www.discogs.com/Paul-Weller-Aim-High-Pieces-Of-A-Dream-A-Monstrous-Psychedelic-Bubble-Mix/release/2238427
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Future_Sound_of_London#A_Monstrous_Psychedelic_Bubble_Exploding_In_Your_Mind
http://www.secondthought.co.uk/fsol/
http://fuckyeahfsol.tumblr.com/
http://fsolnews.blogspot.com/
http://yage.co.uk/newtesting/

A doggone blisterin' comment on yankeeland, recorded in 1972 by the magnificent Jerry Williams jr, ladies & gentlemen! And hey reissue labels, how's about reprinting these two Swamp Dogg albums on vinyl - viz. the classic debut "Total Destruction To Your Mind" (Canyon 1970, gatefold!) and the ultra rare "An Opportunity … Not A Bargain!!!" (Wizard 1977)? Or how about a Charly 2cd that reprises "Uncut And Classified 1A" (CRB 1026, 1981) & "Unmuzzled!" (CRB 1045, 1983)?
http://www.swampdogg.net/
http://swampdogg.bandcamp.com/
http://www.facebook.com/SwampDogg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swamp_Dogg
http://www11.brinkster.com/groovies1/Swamp.html
http://www.acerecords.co.uk/content.php?page_id=59&release=8633
http://www.acerecords.co.uk/content.php?page_id=59&release=7740
http://www.acerecords.co.uk/content.php?page_id=59&release=7643
http://www.acerecords.co.uk/content.php?page_id=59&release=4496
http://statestorebluestwo.blogspot.com/2010/07/swamp-dogg-total-destruction-to-your.html

Funky Radio im Amerikanischen Sektor ... with the RIAS Orchestra conducted by der Helmut Brandenburg!
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIAS_Tanzorchester
http://www.drm-berlin.de/geschichte--rias-52.html
http://www.discogs.com/Rias-Orchestraconducted-by-Helmuth-Brandenburg-Babylon-AMC/release/2738880
http://libsnclips.blogspot.com/2009/06/babylon-amc-helmuth-brandenburg.html
http://www.bbemusic.com/data.pl?release=BBE135CCD

So far so so: the brand new Tune In reissue label's output includes Beacon Street Union, Hardwater, the Merchants of Dream (see the next post), NGC 4594, the Velvet Illusions and Wichita Fall … Well, the latter's "Life Is But A Dream" (Imperial 1969) is pretty fantastic, actually, as you can hear here:

Spiritual funk? Quite simply: Stanton Davis' Ghetto Mysticism!
http://clone.nl/item13135.html
http://lightintheattic.net/news/?p=3656
http://culturesofsoulrecords.com/?p=275
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanton_Davis
http://lightintheattic.net/releases/574-brighter-days
http://www.dustygroove.com/item.php?id=vmbrnkzdtj
http://quimsy.blogspot.com/2008/06/ghetto-mysticism.html
http://www.soulcalrecords.com/stanton_davis_things_cannot_stop_forever
http://www.stonesthrow.com/store/12-inch/stanton-davis/things-cannot-stop-forever
http://www.waxpoetics.com/blog/the-nod/stanton-davis%E2%80%99-ghettomysticism
http://www.discogs.com/Stanton-Davis-Ghetto-Mysticism-Brighter-Days/release/453003

Imho this long, hitherto unknown looped version of "Black mass" by Jason Crest was secretly cut to acetate for private use (a séance, a projection) by some crafty engineer (with a penchant for occultism) who was working at the studio at the time … The short (regular) version can be found on the B side of the "A place in the sun" 7" (Philips UK 1969-08) or more easily via the "Rubble Four The 49 Minute Technicolour Dream" v/a lp (Bam-Caruso 1984 or 1986, KIRI 027) or "The Rubble Collection 2" v/a cd (Bam-Caruso 1992, cat. no. RUBBLE CD 2); all "Rubble" volumes have been reissued by Past & Present on cd and lp a couple of years ago, incidentally. The hidden track after "Wasted ground" is "Merry go round" by ? (unknown acetate). All of the tracks on display here are off the brand new "Psychedelic Schlemiels 4 More Lost Sounds From The Britpsych Scene 1966-1969" v/a cd (Wooden Hill 2010, cat. no. WHCD031).