It's five from Five Friday!

Mull over these tunes during the Bank Holiday weekend. And have a good one.

First of all, here's a current fave, from that time in the late Sixties carrying on throughout the Seventies when the funk got gritty. See also: Love Child, Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology), Ball Of Confusion and all Sly & The Family Stone.



Now it's the Wurzels-like Bottle of Wine by the Fireballs (without Jimmy Gilmer).



Now it's Manfred Mann foghorn and the best-preserved man alive with his 1967 solo smash



And now my 1983 crush, available at last on CD:



Because I never tire of it, it's Joy. I'm at a loss to understand why this was on Disco Fever: