As a student in 1971, I bought Neil Young's album After The Gold Rush. And later, the cassette tape. The album disappeared along the way, and the cassette lay in the depths of my forgotten about.
One of the tracks was this....
Fast forward 20 years to 1991. At the wheel of my car, sat in heavy traffic in Wimbledon, South London..., rain pouring down as I headed for home in Hampshire after a day's work. Then this came on the radio. Such a brilliant version of Neil Young's song. Completely transformed my day. Still love it.
When you were young
PS. The player of the melodica is Debsey Wykes, who 40+ years ago was a member of a band called Dolly Mixture. Round about then they did a tour as support to Bad Manners. I was really into ska, and 2-Tone back then, and made sure to obtain a ticket when Bad Manners played at the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton. Dolly Mixture, as support, were on stage first, and it soon became obvious that there was a bit of a problem. They were attired in Doc Martens boots, as were the skinheads up front, just under the stage. And there was lots of gobbing, the skins spitting at the band.
Eventually, after quite a while of putting up with this shit, the band stopped playing, and one of them stepped forward and said either the spitting ceased, or they'd walk. The spitting ceased.
Anyway, a little while later, Dolly Mixture did backing vocals on the No 1 hit.. " Happy Talk ".....
