Nice post from Aquarium Drunkard (again) t'other day about the legendary Judee Sill who had the most extraordinary turbulent life for someone clearly so sensitive and of delicate sensibilities she developed an early heroin addiction with her partner, bisexual allegedly and troubled by lack of commercial success her past included spells incarcerated for robbery and she is worth reading up about
Supported by fans Dave Crosby and Graham Nash she somehow was never the most prepossessing person in appearance which may go some way towards explaining her lack of success commercially but she had a strong underground following and she had completed demos for a third album but turned her back on music for a while and was to die of a drug overdose aged 35

Judee Sill :: The Kiss (1973 / BBC – Old Grey Whistle Test)

Judee Sill may have exited this plane far too young in 1979, but not before leaving her indelible signature in the annals of pop music. And to that, “The Kiss” was her apex. Via Sill’s brilliant second album, 1973’s Heart Food, XTC’s Andy Partridge once described her work as “tiny symphonies” — which feels right for an artist whose craft both defied and transcended any strict genre categorization.
Here, recorded for the BBC, Sill performs “The Kiss” with lone piano accompaniment. Sill reissues available, here.