Not all records’ value can be measured in their audio quality or collectability. This is a dirty, ragged copy of a mass market pop folk release, but it’s by one of my partner’s personal favourites.

While I were listening to Black Sabbath and Stooges, she was digging into the lesser Woodstock performers, and now that our record collections have merged I really appreciate Safka’s voice and songwriting.

The obvious highlights are “What have they done to my song Ma” and her cover of “Ruby Tuesday”, but the entire album is a nice throwback to a former generation of singer/songwriters with something on their minds and the pipes to communicate it. When I someday get around to washing this I’m sure it will sound loads better than it does now.