Psychedelic Times | Cool British Singles from October 1967
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- Опубліковано 27 чер 2024
- In previous videos, we revisited some cool British singles released during the so-called Summer of Love. And we also took a look at some great British release from September. Now, it's time to revisit some cool British releases from October 1967. Enjoy!
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In a few years Reginald Elton John would audition for Gentle Giant and get turned down flat.
After hearing these ‘cool British singles from…’ series, it makes me think I lived on the wrong side of the world. I’m a lover of British progressive rock. I was introduced to Family not too long after their debut by a neighbor who came back from a tour of Vietnam. Many of those servicemen would stop in the Philippines to buy their stereo components. This neighbor had a massive set up installed and I remember him introducing me to Family. Nice mention of Genesis (my fav) being influenced by them. Cool hearing Simon Dupree and The Big Sound. As mentioned, they did morph into Gentle Giant. Probably one of the most progressive of all the progressive bands that came out.
My teenage years were in the sixties. What a great decade!!
I think we'll always compare music with what we listened to back then! It was pretty exciting...this channel brings back memories as tho it was last week!
Andy Partridge of XTC once remarked that he's basically spent his whole life trying to match the artistry of 'Autumn Almanac' by the Kinks. I get where he's coming from, it's an incredibly complex song that packs so many ideas into a mere three minutes.
Andy Partridge is another genius!
Agreed!!! I didn't use to like the song but now rank it as an utter, utter masterpiece! There's no other song like it. (Mid-autumn now, come to think of it)
Great song that is a bitch to try to play. Alot of stuff going on in there. Much more complicated than it appears.
The song by The Accent was the clear stand-out. Incredibly impressive work.
I may be thick, but I had never come across it before. But just that snippet of it moistened my appetite and made me want to know more about them.
It's an amazing song. It's been featured on many psych compilations over the years.
The Family, what a great and underrated band.
Great band, love them.
Amazing band! One of the best ever!
The Beatles were going to call their LP after Sgt Pepper's: "A Doll's House", but everything turned out for the best.
@@SuperNevile Just one of those weird coincidences. I actually enjoyed Family's first album much than The Beatles White Album, but that's my perspective-extremely creative except for "Never Like This", a Dave Mason song I think they were asked to cover that was not as good as the rest of the album. But the first Family album was a masterpiece.
I sincerely apologize if I offended any Beatles fans- just sharing my honest opinion.
Awesome. Autumn Almanac has always been one of my favorite Kinks tracks. 55 years ago...the music scene was so brilliant.
Definitely my all-time favorite Kinks song. This is the song that finally cemented my Kinks fandom, almost 30 years after its initial release. As much as I love the Beatles, the Kinks to me have a kind of magic that no other band can claim. In retrospect, I wish the Beatles had been given less attention so that so many other deserving bands could have been given more, but at least all of their music is still with us, just waiting for us to discover it.
And talk about an earworm! I just READ the title 'Autumn Almanac" and it gets stuck in my head for weeks. So of course in September and October of every year, I go loco🤪
I'm now 55 myself and the part of the lyrics now that obsesses me the most are:
"La-la-la la la la-la la-la la-la la-la
Oh, my poor rheumatic back
Yes, yes, yes, it's my autumn almanac"
every morning I wake up now, but in my case it's my right knee and hip!
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Mine too. The sheer ordinariness of the activities being sung about, that apparent contentment with the everyday, is what endears it to me. And it's an outstanding example of that rare form in popular song, the rhapsody (term for a sequence of tunes that are different from each other, but somehow make up a coherent whole - Queen's bohemian one being probably the best-known).
Kites! Absolute genius:))) One if my favorite songs of all time:))))
Among all the surprising stories here, the one that amazed me the most is the existence of Alan Bown's version of "All Along The Watchtower" and its inspiration to Hendrix' one. So much brilliant stuff I haven't heard of here...
I was amazed when I found out about that, too. I really like the Alan Bown's arrangement of the song with the soulful horns and all that, very cool.
Bloody record companies have a lot to answer for. (Mind you, they do now and then unintentionally do people a favour. What if Decca had signed up the Beatles after all, and lumbered them with some run-of-the-mill producer instead of George Martin?)
This channel is the next best thing to a time machine. There were so many creative bands and fun songs. Kippington Lodge reminded me of their psychedelic "Lady on a Bicycle". Also SImon Dupree and the Big Sound with "We are the Moles"
Only Ray Davis could write lines like this in Autumn Almanac:
"From the dew-soaked hedge creeps a crawly caterpillar
When the dawn begins to crack
It's all part of my autumn almanac ...."
Nearest Kippington Lodge got to the charts was when their keyboardist Barry Landeman joined Vanity Fare just before they charted with Hitchin' A Ride.
Autumn Almanac had another great song on the B-side, DAVID WATTS, which was recorded by The Jam about 10 years later.
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What a great piece of history.
I had to pause the video and do screen grabs and screenshots about a dozen times so i can look up these songs and albums. This channel is like finding buried treasure! Love what you're doing. Thanks
What an amazingly creative year 1967 was, this was just the tip of the iceberg really.
Simply love this channel, thank you SO much. Highly informative.
Also released in October '67 is the 13th Floor Elevators' second album Easter Everywhere. While the rest of the music world congregated and celebrated the "Summer Of Love", the original psychedelic heroes hid from the extremely oppressive anti-drug law enforcement and Texas rangers in a cabin in Kerrville, Texas and wrote that autumnal masterpiece with the aid of drummer Danny Thomas and bassist Danny Galindo that Elevators guitarist Stacy Sutherland met at an Austin jam session earlier that year. Happy Halloween.
A good channel for audiophiles looking to browse for more cool tunes from the 1960s. Love the actuality film clips too.
American psychedelia was harder and more political because we were sweating out getting drafted and angry about the war. A lot of great American bands never left their home towns because their members needed to stay in school to remain safe from the Army.
I'm a big 60's music fan and you're posting music that I hadn't heard before, thanks for sharing and keep them coming
Thanks YP, fascinating stuff! Having grown up with this music, it’s always sobering to know that for every group that made it into the charts back then, there were a dozen that didn’t.
Very true, Linda.
Linda Jones ; I too wanted to hear every UK psyche. single and LP. But was stuck in the American Midwest instead ! This wonderful site "" Yesterday 's Papers "" fills in a lot of gaps for my muso history !
@@janewhite4486 ……I grew up in an outback Australian town that didn’t even have television until I was well into my teens, so I can sympathise Jane. Thanks to YP’s fabulous channel, I’m learning of music I missed first time around.
Fascinating video from YP as usual! It’s interesting to hear excerpts from these great singles, many of which I had not previously heard. Autumn Almanac is surely one of the Kinks best ever recordings. The song’s brilliant evocation of an English autumn is an absolute joy to listen to, one of Ray’s greatest songs imo! It’s also nice to revisit music journalist Chris Welch’s insightful reviews, he was my favourite music paper columnist for many years, and still makes interesting contributions to music based TV shows such as the fascinating ‘Classic Albums’ series!
Soo love the Kinks, waiting for a new album while it is still possible. Please Ray and Dave?
I first heard “Dream on My Mind” the other day and was completely floored. What a great psych track.
Agreed, great song.
The month/ year i was born and now I'm turning 55.
Always been fascinated by the music 🎶 from this time, living in Scotland.
Especially the psychedelic music 🎶 😁🤪❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Another outstanding video! Absolutely full marks for the picture and film research which really makes these so fun and colourful to watch. A lot of time and effort must go in to these mini-productions and it shows. I've loved this music for years and it's great that you are bringing it to a wider audience who may not have heard it before. Keep up the good work!
Thank you very much!
Unfortunately, the part of the video about "I Can See For Miles" by The Who had to be removed due to a copyright claim. Sorry about that!
PLAYLIST | Cool British Singles from October 1967: ua-cam.com/play/PLZiczFvWkHKHKiym1OpnbRkL3GLAKMHaf.html
How is it that every video you make doesn't get a copyright claim?
It's very frustrating to crash into the copyright wall.
It is a classic!
That’s a shame but the title is enough for me to have it rock in my head, savage monotone solo included 😃
Cow the mardy arsed bleeders! lol
IMHO the best part of these videos is hearing some of the music that didn't make it into the soundtrack of my childhood, along with the familiar songs.
Such a lot of good music around.
Many thanks for digging out the reviews and putting the videos together
Great sounds I remember well, even if I was only 11 at the time. There was something in the air back then.
In the 90s when most people were playing Wet Wet Wet's version of "Love is All Around" My mother was proudly playing The Troggs ... it all just came screaming back to me 🤣😂 Another fantastic video here, YP. I've genuinely never heard a Kinks song I don't like. Amazing band and one of the best from that era 🎸☺
Agreed, Sophie! Most of the stuff the Kinks released from the mid-60s till the early 70s is absolutely brilliant.
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I assumed I knew most of the pop releases from the 1965-1968 era. How wrong was I !
The year 1967 alone produced so many fantastic music, and this video made me discover a couple of totally obscure yet brilliant singles ! Thanks so much for your page !! Keep up with the good work ! :-)
Cheers, Jean-Luc!
Graham Nash by October 67 had established his musical credentials, but his juggling needed much work.
I've always loved "I Can See For Miles". "There's A Mountain", peaked at #11 U.S. pop and "Love Is All Around" was definitely a surprise hit in May '68 Stateside, going to #7.
In 1967 i was 7 years old and i only heard about and ilove her the beatles in mexico city and really gat me
Loving these explorations of less-well-known singles in that period.
I miss the 60s.
Thank u Yesterday's Papers for uploading this!
Greetings from Austin, Texas. Always look forward to your episodes, especially the British Pop singles I've never heard. And the incredible period film clips, stills and the 45rpm record labels(how did you get those?, wow) BUT there is one that did stand out: 'There is a Mountain'. I did hear this on AM radio a few times when it was originally released(dating myself) but I knew it more from "Mountain Jam" an improvised instrumental jam by The Allman Brothers Band released on the 1972 release 'Eat a Peach'. Then there's 'All Along the Watchtower'...now this bit of back story is amazing. Thanks for all you do, Mr. Yesterday's Papers~!
Thank you very much!
Excellent! I really enjoy these time capsules from a unique time in pop music. Great work! ☮🕉💜☯️⚡⚡⚡
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I can remember watching Top of thePops when Kite was a hit. If I'm right (and I was only 6!) there was an atmospheric film by a cliff...or was that a year later with Fleetwood Mac's Albatross!!!!?? Either way,it's a great song and very evocative of that time. Thank you.!!
Family was one of my favourite bands back then . Also the Groundhogs!
Kinks : "painting vivid and verbal pictures....... every day happenings an absorbing lyrical quality"
Love this stuff, takes me back, especially Emperor Rosko........
This is a great little slice of music history. I'll have to look into some of these songs. Most of them I've not heard before. 🎶🎶
What a lovely time to be around
The Accent - what a fantastic single! Never even heard OF them until now. Thank you. 🙂
"David Watts" should have clearly been the A side for that Kinks single.
Love this, era!! ! 😳
Great stuff. Thanks for your informative presentation. The Kinks song is sublimely beautiful.
Every time ''The Kinks'' come on, my heart skips a beat. 1:47 I love that band, the most underrated in history.
Thank you, YP.😀🤩🌹
One of my all-time favourite bands as well.
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Have I got this right? Did Chrissie Hynde have a daughter with Ray Davies? He was one of my faves back in the day ❤
As a vinyl DJ since the 60's I love some of the B sides of 45's. Tunes such as "14 hour technicolour Dream" by The Syn with "Flower Man" as the poorer A side, & "Reflections through the Looking Glass" by 1910 Fruitgum Co;" the flip side to the cheesy "Simon Says", both great Psychedelic tunes I have in my Great Backsides playlist
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Psychedelia was a great land to arrive when turning 18 in mid-July of 1967. I would love a compilation disc of the British output.
Good to see a quick mention of The Blossom Toes. Saw them in 1969 in Manchester. Excellent group.
Great backstory on “All Along The Watchtower”. I love those historical details. Thanks so much for another great video!
Chappo! When I heard their "Music In A Doll's House" album I was blown away. Chapman's bleating voice! I bought all seven Family LP's, still regard them high, but I never became a fan of Streetwalkers. All original Family members are dead, Chappo is now 80 but must have kidneys and liver of plastic, that man BOOZED!
I wish that the Troggs B-side would have been mentioned along with their classic love song “Love Is All Around”… it was a more psychedelic piece that could have been released as a single, as well-“When Will the Rain Come”🙂✌️🎶🥰
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I turned 16 in Oct. '67. I love the fresh energy and enthusiasm of these songs.
I never knew that about the origins of Gentle Giant. Thanks 🙏
Thanks so much for this! Didn’t hear any of the profiled records over NYC radio- 77am nor the Good Guys over at WMCA. A real shame too.
But now I’ll ask my friend who lived in London at the time.
Ahh.... Kinks fans such as myself know. 💗
What fun YP ive read of them all and listened as well good show cheers !
Love your channel, mate! Keep 'em coming!
Thanks!
That was a great description of British vs American psychedelic music. Lots of rare music here.
Apropos of nothing- I adore listening to Jethro Tull in the autumn; it just fits !!! 🚬😎
A single tab & an evening with the lady in your pic sure would do wonders..... 🚬😎
This automne 1967 UP to mid 1968 thé level was pretty high with many top acts and many promises for thé New ones
Outstanding video! I love English Psychedelia, but I have not heard of most of these bands..thanks for excavating these buried treasures.
Because I grew up in the US, I remember only the songs by Donovan and the Troggs, both of which I loved. It's good to see what I missed.
A wonderful window into our pop past, keep it coming sir.
Oh my . ....A Simon Dupree compilation is a *must* , if only for 'Kites' and 'For Whom The Bell Tolls' ...Totally amazing !
And a couple of years ago I discovered the B-side 'Sleep', which is excellent
How many GREAT 45s can you jam into one video??!!??!! Well done.
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Not only were there so many overlooked gems released around this time, but also stunning hits, such as "I Can See for Miles".
Yesterday’s Papers was on Between the Buttons. And is has an odd metallic ‘ding’ I somehow envisioned Brian adding. I’m 61 and I’ve always loved that album. Connection. My Obsession She Smiled Sweetly and the Dylanesque. Something Happen to me Yesterday. ( don’t forget if you’re on yer bike wear white) lol. Keep up the good work YP cheers from Montreal. Home of the bed in.
Thanks! I love "Between the Buttons", brilliant album.
I have always loved Autumn Almanac. It's so very English delivery always appealed to me. Donovan featured at his best here too. Great to see the Troggs in this episode (I must add them to my collection). The Alan Bown-Hendrix connection I am just learning about now from you, YP. Another fantastic upload! 🥰
Thanks, Rachel! Only Ray Davies could write a song like "Autumn Almanac". 100% Ray Davies.
Awesome set-list from the first song! What a creative time indeed.
Musically, these were very interesting releases here, different from most of what came out only a year earlier when we were still at the tail end of the British Invasion. These here were still daring new sounds for single releases, and most of them did not seem commercial enough to chart, as the new Psychedelic fans were preferring albums to singles, and most of these singles sounded more like album material, when groups like Traffic and Cream were selling millions of albums by then.
Very true.
Always so interesting and informative. Oh yeah 🎶 and fun too. Hope you are doing well and please keep them coming.🙏😷🎵🎶👀❗
Not one of my favorite Kinks songs. But its still a fantastic song. Just speaks to how great they were. Donovan had so many interesting influences.
Thanks, wow you turned me on to some new bands I put on my Apple app! Man, these sites & sounds are really resonating as an older bloke ( I missed this scene by a few years being a babe)! Esp luv the guitars and organ touches back then!
Wow, thank you very much, Sable Miner! I agree, it was truly a fantastic era and there's still so much great music to discover from those years. Cheers!
@@YesterdaysPapers Looking at the comments you've found a niche people are liking! I think that era was over way too quickly, esp the sounds, but the attitudes were so much more community. It really is cool how you take the time to respond on these threads. Have a pint or whatever on me!
@@sableminer8133 I will. Cheers!
Both The Stones & Beatles with heavy hitting Double A Sides !!
No doubt!
KINKS!!!
Keep up the good work this channel helps me find hidden 60s gems
I didn’t realize Autumn Almanac was a single!
I love There Is A Mountain by Donovan...fun catchy tune!
There's something about the sound from that era that's just timeless! Brilliant stuff YP...👍
Many thanks for all the great recommendations.
4:04 so Donovan did Tropicalia music before the genre existed? Awesome!
This was very enjoyable--entertaining and educational. Living in the US I had never heard most of these bands. I can really hear the British psychedelic influence on the upcoming progressive rock movement. Thanks again for an enlightening channel!
Thanks, Michael! Glad you enjoyed it.
So much good stuff released that month!
I know we say that with every new Yesterday's Papers video, but this is the best one! With all the other ones! Thank you again so much for your work, Monsieur YP 💯
Thanks, Natalie!
The first single you reviewed here by The Accent you said was produced by Mike Hurst, when it appears it was produced by Mike Vernon, another well known UK producer of that era.
Excellent! I want all of these! Thanks for introducing me to some great music I hadn't heard previously.
Cheers, Robert!
absolutely wonderful as always!
I love this channel so much. It not only educates but it always helps me get through my work day. Thanks!
Thank you very much!
Big sister bought Kites. I remember being scared & thrilled when the Asian girl sung her bit when this was on Top of the Pops . Probably the first east Asian girl I’d ever seen ! It may well have been Hole in my Shoe where the girl describes riding on the back of an Albatross. I was only 4 but I loved both those songs probably because of the mysterious or unusual to my eyes girls’ appearance in both tunes 😁
Love this channel. Gives such essential insights.
Brilliant as expected!
Great vid! I cannot tell you how much I enjoy your work.Thank you, consider yourself subscribed!
Cheers!
What a great series of videos! Thank you.