Fiendishly Good

Martha Velez : Fiends and Angels. How come Janis Joplin got all that attention while Martha Velez did not ? Oh well, at least Martha got this album from 1969 with an amazing line up of British blues aristocracy. Guitarist alone number Eric Clapton, Stan Webb, Paul Kossof and Spit James while other luminaries feature such as Brian Auger, Christine McVie, Duster Bennett, Mitch Mitchell, Jack Bruce, Blue Weaver and Johnny Almond. And it all works too with a judicious choice of material.

The Anatomy Of Melancholy

John Dowland, Lachrimae or Seaven Teares. Performers : The Parley of Instruments directed by Peter Holman and augmented by Paul O'Dette lute. One of those discs maybe better sampled in a couple of sessions rather than in one go ?