There's a meandering quality to some of these songs. Some may make you smile. Smiling is good. Of the 20 artists represented, 16 had yet to be featured on a playlist here. And we made it back to the '50s for the first time in a while. Also good. Less good: Samsa the band seems no longer to exist, but "Throw My Weight" remains one of the early great finds on Fingertips, back from the retrospectively innocent mid-aughts. And my god all those amazing soul numbers, still aching to be discovered, some so elusive there is no telling when they were actually recorded. ("I'll Never Stop Loving You" may not have been released in 1967, but it sounds like it.) "The Wild Places," meanwhile, is as evocative a song from my young adulthood as I can call to mind. I did not visit many wild places at the time. Life goes on, with or without revolutions. We are led on, we are let go of. Are you with me now? You're a bit early, but I know how you feel.
Full playlist at http://fingertipsmusic.com/?p=18681
