I Can See You - by Paddy Summerfield c. 1986
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Friday, June 26, 2026

Bob Dylan - In The Summertime (yes his Song!) | Junkyard King / phantomengineer

 No Mungo Jerry to be seen! . . . . . . . concensus seems to be the other version was a fake but maybe someone out there knows better than Brother Jobe and I?! Meanwhile might sign off with this . . . the real deal. 

[Hopefully the weather should break over the weekend but I won’t hold my breath tomorrow still scheduled to be 32+]

 phantomengineer

Strangers, they meddled in our affairs
Poverty and shame was theirs
But all that sufferin’ was not to be compared
With the glory that is to be
And I’m still carrying the gift you gave
It’s a part of me now, it’s been cherished and saved
It’ll be with me unto the grave
And then unto eternity

In the summertime, ah in the summertime
In the summertime when you were with me


Monday, June 15, 2026

Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Leonard Cohen - Diamonds in The Mine 1967 version) | Junkyard King +

Nancy Where Have You Been Sleeping (Diamond in The Mine demo) 1967

 

 lastyears-man

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And there are no clothes upon the clothesline
And there are no sheets upon the bed
And there are no agents to decipher, darling
All the thoughts that go on in your h
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here an early version that perfectly illustrates Leonard’s song writing process. They often sounded completely different and were written and re-written until recording ( and afterwards too in many cases - see ‘Hallelujah' who’s definitive version is really an arrangement by John Cale that being the version that Jeff Buckley based his version on and recorded and has since gone on to influence all subsequent versions being covered by all and sundry but the original was very VERY different . . . .and I still very much doubt anyone singing it today has any full understanding of what it is they are singing (Cale and Buckley notwithstanding!) It is said he re-wrote it over and over and was given to turning up at recording sessions with great sheaves of re-written pages. sic!

The version at The Isle of Wight is also vastly different to this early demo and as distinct from the recorded album version as it’s possible to be . . . . .there is another version here recorded live dedicated to the then newly elected POTUS Ronald Reagan in 1980!

Live at The Isle of Wight

Leonard Cohen - Diamonds In The Mine, Dedicated To New US President Ronald Reagan - Eppelheim: Nov 5, 1980

The album version from Songs of Love and Hate

James Blood Ulmer [R.I.P.] - Are You Glad To Be in America? |Tripping Mantras / Junkyard King / jt1674

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Are You Glad To Be In America?James Blood Ulmerimage

Jazz, free funk, and blues guitarist and singer James "Blood” Ulmer

 (February 8, 1940 - June 3, 2026)

Sunday, June 07, 2026

Leonard Cohen - Heart With No Companion (live) | epitaph / Junkyard King [Last Years Man]

Might sign off the day with this one . . . see you in the morning !

 via Junkyard King or Last Years Man!


 epitaph

"I couldn’t find this particular version on youtube and it was killing me because it’s perfect and I wanted to share it with whomever reads this.  Luckily it was available for purchase on amazon, so here you go.  Enjoy.” 


Thanks epitaph we did! an d thanks to Last Years Man also. . .  he is a Junkyard King you know it!

Sunday, May 10, 2026

Jim Croce - Dreamin’ Again | Junkyard King

  , , , and actually sign off with this from Jim Croce who I have not featured enough I know but sometimes when the loss is sore and haunts us with what might have been, it is sometimes easier to avoid . . . . I will try to make up for the lack with this one

one of the great what might have beens . . . the loss of Jim Croce always means I don’t post enough and get sidetracked by the sadness . . . . .sssh what might have been

Monday, May 04, 2026

George Peagram - John Henry 1961 | Junkyard King

 John Henry (Live) 

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George Pegram - John Henry (Live) (1961)
Traditional
from:
"Classic Old-Time Music from Smithsonian Folkways"
(2003 Compilation)

Thursday, April 02, 2026

Jody Williams - Lucky Lou (1957) | duffertube / junkyard king

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 duffertube

Lucky LouJody Williams (1957)image


amongst all the folks posting this early guitar classic they are all referring to it as Lucky You!

T’ain’t!!

it’s LUCKY LOU ! Check the label folks!

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Shagadelic Baby! The Shaggs genuine rock pop for the undiscriminating! | Junkyard King

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The Shaggs, 1968. 


Their album, iconically titled, “Philosophy of the World,” is considered some of the worst music in existence. Kurt Cobain named it as his fifth favourite album. Frank Zappa described them as “better than the Beatles.”

The Shaggs -  Philosophy of The World
Aw heck I’m sorry! This is truly AWFUL!
sorry . . . . .  worth a laugh and one can see what Frank meant huh?

Saturday, March 21, 2026

Leonard Cohen - The Book of Longing | Junkyard King

 


I followed the course

From chaos to art

Desire the horse

Depression the cart


Friday, March 20, 2026

Yellow Magic Orchestra - Day Tripper | Junkyard King

so I went down the junkyard and found this just lying about . . . . 



Yellow Magic Orchestra - Day Tripper

The King says: I never realised that Yellow Magic Orchestra did a cover of the Beatles’ Day Tripper. It’s pretty awesome.