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and appearing on John Peel's BBC radio show "Nightride," Jackson couldn't find much work and didn't stay long. His deteriorating mental health didn't help any. Jackson's new material failed to win over old fans including his buddy Al Stewart who said "He started doing things that were completely impenetrable. They were basically about psychological angst played at full volume with lots of thrashing. I don't remember a single word of them, but it just did not work." Up until the Fall of 2017, no recordings of this 1968 material has ever surfaced. However, a previously unknown stash of the BBC radio show "My Kind of Folk" has recently been recovered and restored by a collector and audiologist who have released these radio shows into the wild of the internet. Jackson hosted Episode 37 where he was joined by the a cappella folk vocal group The Young Tradition and Chris Hardy, a whizz kid guitar player from a nearby college who accompanies the host. Jackson sings five songs including the previously unknown "Golden Mirror," obviously an original from 1968. While it indeed is filled with psychological angst, it is considerably more tuneful and moving than what Al Stewart gave credit to. As with nearly all Jackson C. Frank songs, it is deeply haunting and unforgettable. Enjoy this historic recording from one of the all-time greats, even though very, very few people have ever heard of him. Thanks to Jim Abbott for the back story on Jackson's time in England circa 1968. Be sure to check out his definitive JCF biography, "The Clear, Hard Light of Genius." Video by Francis Hickory (aka Steve Peck). JCF photos courtesy of Jim Abbott.