Song: This Ain’t No Goodbye

Artist: Train, San Francisco

Album: Save Me, San Francisco, 2009

Notes: Defying all the chart-odds, band keeps coming back with one more hit - but this one got lost. Fronted by affable, bright and dedicated Pat Monahan who co-writes all their songs.

Song: Bonny

Artist: Prefab Sprout, Scotland

Album: Two Wheels Good, 1985

Notes: One of the most underrated bands of the 1980s led by the singer-songwriting genius of Paddy McAloon. Timeless lost pearl which gets better with each listen.

Song: You’re The One That I Want

Artist: Angus & Julia Stone, Australia

Album: Big Jet Plane EP, 2010

Notes: Deft, sensitive folk makeover of the popcorn hit by JT and ONJ from the original 'Grease' film soundtrack, impossibly pulled off by the inventive Aussie sibling duo.

Song: You Are Not Alone

Artist: Eagles, Los Angeles

Album: Long Road Out of Eden, 2007

Notes: No other melodic rock group makes it sound this easy. Forged by the perfectionist inclinations of Don Henley and Glenn Frey (the latter inked this one). The Eagles stand at # 5 on the list of the best-selling music acts of all time in the US, just behind Led Zeppelin and just ahead of Billy Joel.

Song: Don’t Wanna Cry

Artist: Pete Yorn, Montville, NJ

Album: Back and Fourth, 2009

Notes: Many predicted big things for Yorn after his sterling debut album in 2001, but he's never really nailed it down - though still recorded some fine music, including this overlooked acoustic nugget (which was also featured on soundtrack to 'My Sister's Keeper'

Song: Satellites

Artist: Samantha James, Los Angeles

Album: Subconscious, 2010

Notes: Lovely, soothing, popish electronica from dance singer-songwriter who is also the granddaughter of a British-American composer, David Rose - who wrote the iconic burlesque instrumental 'The Stripper.

Song: Autumn Leaves

Artist: Ed Sheeran, England

Album: Plus, 2011

Notes: Delightful, just right for a Sunday, yet another strong cut from Ed's superb freshman album. Still only 20 years old, a top new tunesmith from the north of England.

Song: Your Heart Is As Black As Night

Artist: Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa, Los Angeles/New York

Album: Don't Explain

Notes: Old-school smokey gem from a sturdy new collaborative set of jazz and blues updates by pianist/singer Hart and guitarist Bonamassa.

Song: I Can’t Stand Up For Falling Down

Artist: Elvis Costello & The Attractions, England

Album: Get Happy!!

Notes: So much great music by Elvis has flown under the mainstream radio radar over the years including this up-tempo roller from one his best albums.

Song: Unplayed Piano

Artist: Damien Rice & Lisa Hannigan, Ireland

Album: Digital single, 2005

Notes: Damien penned this song as a tribute to Burma's pro-democracy beacon, Aung San Suu Kyi and performed it at the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize concert in Norway. Beautifully intertwined, yearning vocal styling with still-rising Dublin songstress, Hannigan.

Song: Peggy Gordon

Artist: Sinead O'Connor, Ireland

Album: Sean Nos Nua, 2002

Notes: Whatever you think of her often bizarre behavior, she possesses one of the truly great female voices in contemporary music - as proved here on her treatment of an old Irish folk tune. From easily her best album (deleted, naturally).

Song: Old Pine

Artist: Ben Howard, England

Album: Every Kingdom, 2011

Notes: Superb new music we just don't want to lose in the first place: rollicking indie-folk, deft guitar work, a shimmering cut on his debut album. Belies his mere 23 years.

Song: A Little Love

Artist: Nina Simone, Tryon, NC

Album: Baltimore, 1978

Notes: Simple, effortless, soulful, too good for prime time, too good for anything - the mournful brilliance of the late icon at her most restrained.

Song: First Train Home

Artist: Imogen Heap, England

Album: Ellipse, 2009

Notes: First class pop-electronica, the first single from her third solo album - a hit in Canada, but nothing down here. Imogen is incapable of recording boring music.

Song: Last Train Home

Artist: David Mead, Nashville

Album: Almost and Always, 2008

Notes: Lovely ditty featured a couple of times on ABC-TV's 'Private Practice' but otherwise overlooked. Mead really deserves more notice, a consistently high quality singer-songwriter part of the cool non-country movement in Nashville.

Song: Love & Mercy

Artist: Brian Wilson, Los Angeles

Album: Brian Wilson, 1988

Notes: Beach Boys' alumnus' very first solo single. Typically brilliant harmony-laden bridge is exceptional. These days Brian wisely stays away from the very weak karaoke-like Beach Boys concerts staged by some of his former band mates.

Song: The Price of Winter

Artist: Amazing Pilots, N. Ireland

Album: Hello My Captor, 2005

Notes: Extremely obscure but winning A+ lo-fi indie pop-rock from the only album recorded to date by Belfast duo, brothers Paul and Phil Wilkinson. Serious music mining.

Song: Big Man

Artist: Boy & Bear, Australia

Album: Moonfire, 2011

Notes: Intriguing new cut by indie folk/rock five-piece from Sydney (though recorded in Nashville). Current album well worth checking out.

Song: U.F.O.

Artist: Coldplay, England

Album: Mylo Xyloto, 2011

Notes: Short mellifluous diamond tucked away on their new global chart-topping album (with a cool extra ambient soundscape at the very end of the song). It's not in Coldplay's DNA to record an album without a brace of top-notch melodic gems included.

Song: Just Be Good To Me

Artist: S.O.S. Band, Atlanta

Album: On The Rise, 1983

Notes: No rules on L&F: a mighty R&B belter from the '80s, written and produced by the best R&B songwriter/production duo of the era, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis (who also helmed hits for Janet Jackson, George Michael and the Human League). Extra fab.

Song: Love Is Everywhere

Artist: Call, Santa Cruz, CA

Album: Heaven and Back, 1987

Notes: Outstanding and entirely overlooked modern rock who recorded 10 albums over 20 years together. Composed by their lead singer and guitarist, Michael Been. Parent album has, of course, been deleted.

Song: Love Is Everywhere

Artist: Bob Schneider, Austin, TX

Album: I'm Good Now, 2004

Notes: Maybe the best ballad on this week's show. Eclectic simplicity and a restrained string arrangement - Bob's also such a thoughtful lyricist: 'And it was all well and good until she met this young man. A young pilot named steve with a beautiful tan. He spoke English and French and he swam like a swan. He had a mouth full of teeth and more style than Cezanne.'

Song: Video Games

Artist: Lana Del Rey, New York

Album: Video Games EP, 2011

Notes: Wonderfully original balladic bent from a major new talent. Real name is Elizabeth Grant, US-born but based in London. A striking looking young lady with the biggest lips since Jagger.

Song: Palaces of Montezuma

Artist: Grinderman, Australia

Album: Grinderman 2, 2010

Notes: Critics' darling Nick Cave's alt-rock combo from down under, a terrific lost gem from their sophomore long-player. Rhythm track borrows stylistically from the next classic:

Song: Sympathy For The Devil

Artist: Rolling Stones, England

Album: Beggars Banquet, 1968

Notes: Devilishly singing in the first person narrative as Lucifer, it was mostly written by Jagger. Hard to believe that this iconic recording is now more than 40 years old.

Song: Rise To The Occasion

Artist: Climie Fisher, England

Album: Everything, 1988

Notes: A light pop gem by the British duo of Simon Climie and Rob Fisher: the latter was a former member of hitmakers Naked Eyes, while Simon went on to become a top producer (notably for Clapton).

Song: Rambling Man

Artist: Laura Marling, England

Album: I Speak Because I Can, 2010

Notes: One if L&F's favorite nu-folksters with a literate nugget from an ace CD which landed on several end-of-year top 10 album lists by newspapers and magazines. Just released her third outing, 'A Creature I Don't Know'.

Song: No More Sad Songs

Artist: Kyler England, Los Angeles

Album: Hum, 2011

Notes: Promising easy flowing indie pop from LA-based songstress. Album produced by Bill Lefler who's worked with Ingrid Michaelson, Cary Brothers and the great Laura Jansen.

Song: On A Bus To St. Cloud

Artist: Trisha Yearwood, Monticello, GA

Album: Thinkin' About You, 1994

Notes: "You chase me like a shadow, And you haunt me like a ghost, And I hate you some, and I love you some, But I miss you most'" - clearly the saddest song of all time, a haunting, ghostly, top-drawer lost diamond by Mrs. Brooks (more talented than her husband?)

Song: My Kind of Lady

Artist: Supertramp, England

Album: Famous Last Words?, 1982

Notes: Who doesn't like great sax? Deeply unfashionable but winning almost doo-wop flavored pop-rock gem from a group who were always at their best when both Rik Davies and Roger Hodgson were both still in the lineup (reunite fellas).

Song: Invitation

Artist: Balligomingo, Chicago

Album: Not available, 2010

Notes: Dreamy electronica, a lush rewarding soundscape created by Garrett Schwarz (aka Balligomingo). Former top computer boffin for IBM before focusing on music, two albums since 2002 - this track unavailable.

Song: Where Do You Think You’re Going?

Artist: Dire Straits, England

Album: Communique, 1979

Notes: Superb fret-work finale by Mark Knopfler on a completely overlooked bubbler from his signature band. He's built a sterling solo catalog since the last Straits album (20 years ago).

Song: Holding Me

Artist: Allison Park, Pittsburg, PA

Album: Listen EP, 2011

Notes: Simple singer-songwriter groove from a new talent from her fresh-as-a-daisy maiden EP. She's a big fan of Jason Mraz and Adele. More at www.allisonparkmusic.com.

Song: I Won’t Let You Go

Artist: James Morrison, England

Album: The Awakening, 2011

Notes: Splendid first single - already ignored by radio (criminal) - from British blue-eyed soul sensation who looks a bit like Chris Martin and sings a bit like his heroes, Sam Cooke and Otis Redding.

Song: It’s OK

Artist: Sandrine, Australia

Album: Dark Fades Into Light, 2008

Notes: Lovely wispy vocal style from Sandrine Daniels, another under-appreciated female talent from down under. At least half-a-dozen good tracks on this album which was recorded in Woodstock, USA.

Song: Made Me A Man

Artist: Isaac Russell, Bakersfield, CA

Album: Isaac Russell EP, 2010

Notes: Extremely promising new talent, recorded this ace cut when just 18. He took up 14 - a hot bidding war among top record labels began when he was 17 won by Columbia Records - but his first recordings have already got away from everyone.

Song: Fergus Sings The Blues

Artist: Deacon Blue, Scotland

Album: Where The World Knows Your Name, 1989

Notes: Great horns. Worthwhile Scottish band who never really got any traction in the US, but cut some terrific albums in the '80s and early '90s. Led by songwriter, Ricky Ross.

Song: Always Got Away

Artist: Martin Sexton, Syracuse, NY

Album: Sugarcoating, 2010

Notes: Often called the thinking man's songwriter, the witty and ever thoughtful Sexton is unmissable in concert. Described by John Mayer as 'the best live performer I've ever seen'.

Song: My Sweet Lord

Artist: Hurray for The Riff Raff/George Harrison, New Orleans/England

Album: Not available/All Things Must Pass, 1970

Notes: Two versions of a glorious song, leading off with a very obscure and stripped-down update by the brilliantly named Hurray for the Riff Raff impossibly segued into the original by George.