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David Bowie tonight. Someone I haven't played, I don't think, ever on The Roundtable. I ran across this session recorded on May 23, 1972 for the John Peel Program at The BBC and had to include it.

Vintage Bowie from the classic period, turning the Music world Glam in the process.

Here's what's up tonight:

1. White Heat, White Light
2. Hang On To Yourself
3. Suffragette City
4. Moonage Daydream
5. The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust

Not that you're going to want to break out the day-glo eyeliner or Platform boots and cover yourself in glitter or anything. But it IS Friday night, and I suppose you could. . .

Or just turn it up and let the music do it for you.

Coming along at the pinnacle of the Glam-Rock movement, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band cut a rather unique figure in the annals of 70's rock n' roll. Like many bands of the period, you really had to see them live in order to appreciate them.

Led by former Blues singer Alex Harvey, who already had a career in the early 1960's as a solo artist and later, as a member of Simon Dupree Big Sound, Harvey added a dose of the lunatic fringe to his stage persona and acquired a large a loyal following as the result.

Tonight it's a track off his 1973 album Next. The Faith Healer is a timeless bit of writing, just as apropos now as it was when it first came out.

And if you've never heard The Sensational Alex Harvey Band before tonight, I would take a little time and check them out if I were you. You might be missing something.

One of my favorite 70's bands tonight. The Sadistic Mika Band were a wildly successful Japanese group who managed to make a big mark on the European Glam-Rock scene from 1972 until roughly 1975. Fronted by Mika Kato, who was the wife of founder Kazuhiko Kato, the band made huge inroads when they were booked as opening act for Roxy Music and pretty much made London their home base for a while.

Barely known in the States, they did manage to garnish a following based on sales of their imported albums and create cult status in various corners.

Although they went through several breakups and reunions (including a divorce between Mika and Kazuhiko), they did remain together in various forms until the untimely death in 2009 of Kazuhiko Kato.

Tonight it's a track off their 1974 album Black Ship - a ten minute cut; 2nd June, 3rd June, 4th June and ample proof they were an innovative and extraordinary band who have weathered very well over the years.

A few weeks ago I ran a live ELO concert from 1976 and made mention of Roy Wood as original founding member of, not only ELO but the legendary 60's icons The Move. After his split from ELO, Roy Wood began a solo career but not before forming another band, Wizzard in the interim.

There are certainly some stylistic elements that are similar in both Wizzard and ELO, but Wizzard really tapped into the old Move hard-edge. Coupled with Wood's love of West Coast sounds, and certainly the sound of Phil Spector, he put out some classic songs during the early 1970's. And tonights track, See My Baby Jive ranks up there among one of his most memorable.

Roy Wood has not faded into the woodwork, by any means. He's still recording and performing. But tonight's track gives you some idea of what the fuss was all about when Roy Wood's Wizzard got started.

You might not be familiar with him. It's time you were.

I was going to do something quiet and melodic tonight - but naw. These are crazy times and crazy music seems to fit right in. And Slade filled that bill quite nicely.

Not really as popular over here as they were in Europe, probably because we didn't really get the whole British working class/hooligan/glam thing (at first). It predated Punk by a few years but it was no less outrageous. Slade epitomized that general breakdown in social nuances with a mixture of booze, snot and sheer velocity. And they were wildly loved in the UK.

They also had a penchant for misspelling song titles, such as tonights classic Mama Weer All Crazee Now and it became their trademark and a takeoff on what was perceived as how a bunch of ignorant slobby kids got through life.

All good fun and it spawned a whole sub-genre through the early 70's with the likes of Gary Glitter, Suzy Quatro, The Sweet and hundreds in between. It promptly stopped in 1976 when Punk took over, taking it to the next level, although Slade did soldier on for a few more years before calling it quits and then reuniting in the early 80's for a revival.

If you aren't familiar with them - by all means, crank this puppy up. And don't forget to VOTE tomorrow!

We may all be crazee, but we ain't stupid.