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Vanilla fudge. The windmills of your mind, unbelievable! After all these years still blows me away.

I don't agree. The Heart Led Zeppelin cover..... Bloated, overblown and dull. Heart were second-rate back in their day.

I'm very much a Led Zeppelin fan of 45 years. This is not my favourite track. However I appreciate it's a popular song.

What's with the brass ensemble and massed vocals? Robert seemed to manage on his own.

What's next... Kashmir on Pan Pipes?

I'd like to nominate Isaac Hayes's cover of Bacherach and David's Walk on by. The original Dione Warwick version is stunning and the Stranglers did pretty good job of it but the Isaac Hayes version is a song I feel as well as hear. It's also a great opener on Hot Buttered Soul.https://youtu.be/g8ha68LhsjU

Isaac Hayes version of Walk on by is amazing. Police and Thieves by the Clash is amongst my favourite cover versions.

Also... all of the songs on "Love is a Strange Hotel" by Gregson and Collister. "Love Missile F1-11" by Pop Will Eat Itself. "White Lightning" and "Victoria" by The Fall. "Monty Meets Sly and Robbie" by Monty Alexander is another great album of covers, very well recorded as well.

This one, for me...

[BBvideo=560,315]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkBk9z6UfRY[/BBvideo]

Mentions, also, for...

The Slits - Heard It Through The Grapevine
The Cardigans - Iron Man
Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine - This Is How It Feels
The Ramones - California Sun
The Dead Kennedys - Viva Las Vegas
The Dickies - Paranoid
Half Man Half Biscuit - Mandy
The Fall - Lost In Music

Not sure about best but worst for me is Cher’s version of Walking in Memphis by Marc Cohn

The Futureheads - Hounds of Love is pretty awesome heard them do it live a few times with extended vocal harmony. Top notch.

Aztec Camera - Jump (loaded version)

Sting's Little Wing?