British singer Murray Head in 5 albums from 1972 to 1983

From wiki:

Murray Seafield St George Head (born 5 March 1946)[1] is an English actor and singer. Head has appeared in a number of films, including a starring role as the character Bob Elkin in the Oscar-nominated 1971 film Sunday Bloody Sunday.[1] As a musician, he is most recognised for his international hit songs "Superstar" (from the 1970 rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar) and "One Night in Bangkok" (the 1984 single from the musical Chess, which topped the charts in various countries), and for his 1975 album Say It Ain't So. He has been involved in several projects since the 1960s and continues to record music, perform concerts, and make appearances on television either as himself or as a character actor.

Here's a remarkable songwriter I hadn't heard of, whose voice sounds considerably like old favourite Colin Blunstone (his 1st album One Year gets my vote as the most underrated masterspiecial (ouch) ssw album, ever), or perhaps even Nick Drake's hoarse and slightly breathy singing.  Discography here.

Ruthie, from the first album Nigel Lived (1972):

From the second album which came out much later in the year 1975, called Say it ain't so, Never Even Thought:

Now take a look at the photograph gracing the cover of the third album, Between Us, which came so much later in 1979-- it's outrageous how beautiful the composition could be in these old record covers. Honestly, it almost brings me to tears especially when I listen to my teenagers screaming at their mother, recalling the way they were at that age.  But have a look at what happened when it was released as CD in the UK: ouch.

As if these producers were completely stripped of any kind of artistic sensibility.  Replaced by those computers we've been told over and over again will take all our jobs one day perhaps?  Immune to our viruses, they will have their own wonderful new viruses I'm sure.

Anyways the music deteriorates a little as we move forward, nonetheless, the still gorgeous and emotional (very Blunstone-like) ballad called  Sorry I love you:

From the fourth album, Voices (1980), Children only Play:

The fifth album is a live one, and the sixth unfortunately has pandered to the eighties jumpy-drum machine trend, abandoning the folky singer-songwriter style and has almost no track to redeem the unfortunate fashion of the times.