I just had a lovely chat with the vocalist of this band at the local park where I walk my dog .He is such a friendly man. He explained about how successful his band was in that time. 😊
At 74, 55 + years since I heard this .... Such a pop up memory, as the crumbling of my youth fades evermore, ~ Passing to dust on the Earth from whence it came. A gift to hear it, maybe for one last time. ~ (I know, sort of morbid ain't it !)
I'm almost your age and you just spoke to me with your comment. Thank you! Someone said I may be old but I got to live during the greatest music revolution ever!
Yes I feel that a lot too, and over the past few days the two youtube songs I have listened to randomly are this and Jackson Browne's "Under the Falling Sky", both songs brilliant yet long gone and not anything I was ever part of.
I remember this song coming out in 1965 when I was just 9 years old. Although it was a #1 hit in The U.K., here in the U.S. it made it to only #28. This has to be one of the most underrated songs ever! I've always loved it!
I was less then 2-years old when this was released and was, yes, a minor hit, even here in the states (but still memorable), and do remember very much so as my older siblings would be listening to this band on the radio. I always thought the band's name was one of the best, ever. I also have a sense memory, that since this was the first ever filmed in color promotional music video (yes, that distinction does not belong to either The Beatles or The Rolling Stones) but to Unit 4x2, that NBC-TV played it for a few years into 1967 on Saturday mornings -- pairing it occasionally in the later of those years with their reruns of The Monkees' television series. Does anyone else remember that on NBC back then?
I was 12 living in NYC and this song was indelibly imprinted on my mind. I spent a lot of time searching record stores for a copy of this recording in the 90s, which almost no one had heard of. Finally found it on a "British Invasion" compilation. Seeing the band is a major bonus to me.
I stumbled on this song in a compilation video and stopped dead in my tracks. I haven't heard this song in more decades than I care to admit. But I remember enjoying it when I heard it eons ago. Thank goodness my wife is out of town, because I would drive her nuts with the number of times I'm going to play this in the next few days!!!
Filmed at what was then the building site that became The Barbican in London. What a fantastic record, a deserved UK #1 in April 1965. Thank you for posting the clearest version of this on UA-cam!
@@graemekornicki6810 It's a Gretsch Tennessean model. George Harrison played one in 1965 (his was the darker burgundy version). Also prominently played by the Pacemakers' Gerry Marsden and the Animals' Hilton Valentine, among others.
Can't stop playing this song. I was 16 at the time, a teenager in "Swingin' London", and all I could think about then was the pop songs and the singers. This song came to mind the other day and I can't stop playing it.
Russ Ballard and Bob Henrit who both played lead guitar and drums with Adam Faith, played on this record they were The Plus 2. Russ and Bob went on to play in Argent. Russ has had a successful career as a song writer and still tours.
a porta Rican loving woman woman turned me on to this when I was young I was so lucky to have so many good musical influences in my life amazing times jon
Twilight Time (1944) Buck Ram et al. When purple-coloured curtains mark the end of day, I'll hear you, my dear, at twilight time. Stardust (1927) Hoagy Carmichael/Mitchell Parish. And now the purple dust of twilight time Steals across the meadows of my heart.
When the deep purple falls over sleepy garden walls and the stars begin to twinkle in the night. Written in the 30s and the band Deep Purple took their name from the song.
I never heard this on the radio back then, but it was playing on the sound system at the skating rink. Stuck in my head for 50 years. Then I heard it on an oldies station and Shazamed it! Great song!
one of the most curious video productions, with a suited British group bursting into the video like a Spanish flamenco band, descending into an industrial waste site. Catchy tune.
I was ten and used to listen to Radio Caroline on the small transistor I had for Christmas ... I remember this song ... the sixties had such a feeling of optimism and being young was so much fun
I just rediscovered this great song just a.couple of days ago and have played it at least 30 times since then. I was 9 years old when this song came out. How is this not played more often on oldies stations.
Thank you, 'chance'. It was by chance that this song came to mind while I was reminiscing tonight. Such a clean sound and good rhythm, with the right noted for the message. I was 14 years old when this song came out and it comes to mind occasionally, whenever my mind wanders to that time. Nice. I hope that the world will yet be saved by meaningful good music and dance. The strength of positive human nature and expression.
Seeing several comments on this song does Concrete And Clay full justice! Often when reading references of 60s pop bands in several books,Unit 4+2 were often overlooked! Other groups around 1965 were savvy enough not to copy Unit 4+2s style of music it may not have worked out for them.
The story goes that Radio London broke this record. Head DJ Tony Windsor, who picked the new playlist, had rejected this song but after being told to listen again, by Kenny Everett, included it in the stations output & it became a massive hit. From a time when Top 40 Radio was what you listened to if you wanted to be 'in the groove'
I was 12 when this came out here in the UK and was captivated by the addictive Latino rhythm. I have loved it ever since. Thanks for the superb quality upload.
🥹das habe ich 1978 einmal gehört und danach nie wieder. Erst vor kurzem lief dieser Song im Radio. Jetzt habe ich heute zum ersten Mal sogar den Film/Video gesehen. Danke für das Video.👍✌️
I was thrilled when this song came out. I was teaching ballroom dancing at the time, and the samba fit perfectly to the song's timing . It gave my students something more modern to show off their dance steps.
My love sent this song to me after our third date. I had never heard this song before because I was too young and not into any music yet. However when I heard it the first time he listened on the other end of the phone. I was speechless because I didn't get the meaning at first.. So he thought my silence was a rejection. But then I understood the beautiful gesture .Before I could say anything. He sent me a song from the Beetles "No Reply" When I got that right after, it was too late to explain anything. I tried to tell him how I was actually overwhelmed with happiness. But I didn't say it soon enough. Been over a year now and we still talk a lot, So far we are still friends...
An absolute masterpiece from the unusual "tinny" opening to the very end; one of those songs that are so good, it feels almost impossible to better - a really good beat number, it makes you feel like singing along - it's pure excellence!
I love this song so much, it was a hit in the year I was born, my mum knew the band, we had this played at her funeral. I wonder what they built there?
l remember the group reminiscing about the recording of the song. lt started as one thing, but then more and more session musicians were added and the the song developed until, at the end there was just the singer left of the original group and the arrangement was completely different, but it was a big hit.
Intersting video showing some postwar reconstruction in London, no doubt on the site of some brutalist masterpiece like a 13 storey concrete tower block that would be crime central by 1988 and blown up in 2011.
Are yes, these were the good old days, when all musicians looked like young doctors
Haha.. Yep!
😀😀
You're so right!
Not all musicians, but I’m guessing you knew that.
Well The Rolling Stones and Beatles certainly didn't
One of the best songs of the 60’s.
My dad loved this song. He died last March at the age of 95. Rip dad xx
I just had a lovely chat with the vocalist of this band at the local park where I walk my dog .He is such a friendly man. He explained about how successful his band was in that time. 😊
Condolences but a lovely thing to share and hold onto. We all must try to hold onto memories of our loved ones who are no longer with us
@@oliverw1636 Thank you c
At 74, 55 + years since I heard this .... Such a pop up memory, as the crumbling of my youth fades evermore, ~ Passing to dust on the Earth from whence it came. A gift to hear it, maybe for one last time. ~ (I know, sort of morbid ain't it !)
The lads from Berkhampsted so many memories
I'm almost your age and you just spoke to me with your comment. Thank you! Someone said I may be old but I got to live during the greatest music revolution ever!
I'm the same age and I love it. It actually brings tears to my eyes when I listen to it remembering the carefree times when I was 14!
When it comes to music, 1950 was a great year to be born. We hit the teenage years just at the right time.
Yes I feel that a lot too, and over the past few days the two youtube songs I have listened to randomly are this and Jackson Browne's "Under the Falling Sky", both songs brilliant yet long gone and not anything I was ever part of.
I remember this song coming out in 1965 when I was just 9 years old. Although it was a #1 hit in The U.K., here in the U.S. it made it to only #28. This has to be one of the most underrated songs ever! I've always loved it!
Totally agree!
I was 10 when it came out. To this day, if I have to pick The One song, it's Concrete and Clay. The only thing "wrong "with it is it's too short!
I was less then 2-years old when this was released and was, yes, a minor hit, even here in the states (but still memorable), and do remember very much so as my older siblings would be listening to this band on the radio. I always thought the band's name was one of the best, ever. I also have a sense memory, that since this was the first ever filmed in color promotional music video (yes, that distinction does not belong to either The Beatles or The Rolling Stones) but to Unit 4x2, that NBC-TV played it for a few years into 1967 on Saturday mornings -- pairing it occasionally in the later of those years with their reruns of The Monkees' television series. Does anyone else remember that on NBC back then?
Good song. Was covered by Eddie Rambeau in the US. Neither disc made much of an impression in the US market. For best song ever: Friday On My Mind.
I was 12 living in NYC and this song was indelibly imprinted on my mind. I spent a lot of time searching record stores for a copy of this recording in the 90s, which almost no one had heard of. Finally found it on a "British Invasion" compilation. Seeing the band is a major bonus to me.
After nearly 60 years its lost nothing. Still an all-time great!
It certainly is.
I'll second that my good man 👍
Why?
I always thought it’d be over the moon if the Righteous Brothers sang a cover.
We married in 1965 and this was ‘our song’. Always loved it.
I stumbled on this song in a compilation video and stopped dead in my tracks. I haven't heard this song in more decades than I care to admit. But I remember enjoying it when I heard it eons ago.
Thank goodness my wife is out of town, because I would drive her nuts with the number of times I'm going to play this in the next few days!!!
Hahaha Same with my wife of 45 yrs
When her eyebrows join together with a frown , lm in trouble. Hope you enjoy the music.
OMG, I also haven't heard this song in say 20 years. The lyrics just came to my head now and I did a YT search. Amazing song!
*THAT'S THE SPIRIT!!*
📢🎵🎶🥁🎸🎷🎶🎵🎙️
THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS & SHOULD BE PLAYED MORE OFTEN ON THE RADIO
Yes, it is a brilliant song.
Mine too, for many years!
Filmed at what was then the building site that became The Barbican in London. What a fantastic record, a deserved UK #1 in April 1965. Thank you for posting the clearest version of this on UA-cam!
Beautiful red guitar anyone know what it is, worth a few quid today i bet
So you could say they were the first act to perform at the Barbican
@@mears8955 Yes, you could 😁
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@@graemekornicki6810 It's a Gretsch Tennessean model. George Harrison played one in 1965 (his was the darker burgundy version). Also prominently played by the Pacemakers' Gerry Marsden and the Animals' Hilton Valentine, among others.
Can't stop playing this song. I was 16 at the time, a teenager in "Swingin' London", and all I could think about then was the pop songs and the singers. This song came to mind the other day and I can't stop playing it.
Still love this after all these years. ❤️ I was 14 when this came out.
Me too, loved it then and love it now!
honestly - after all these years - i think this might be the coolest and least fake video ever
Least fake? They are all miming! No amps or guitar leads or mics anywhere!!
Still a great record though.
Cool 😎 song, reminds me of childhood in the 70's yaaay
Agree!
@@kevvomeThe OP meant that they weren't overly self conscious and preoccupied with being "cool".
There’s an innocence and happiness in them. I think that’s what the writer meant. They look sincere.
This was my husband's song to me. I love it. Means a lot to me
Loved this song as a boy and still love it.
This is one of my favorite records, and not just from my young days in the 60s. It has a terrific hook, and the Latin beat is perfect.
Heard this when I was a young lad, now rediscovered it what a great track.
How good it is to stumble across an icon legend. I never new the name of this song back in the 60s . I always loved this song
Yes. I’m sitting here in Mexico and stumbled onto it tonight. Live in Canada now and Mexico in the winter.
Russ Ballard and Bob Henrit who both played lead guitar and drums with Adam Faith, played on this record they were The Plus 2. Russ and Bob went on to play in Argent. Russ has had a successful career as a song writer and still tours.
this is the Barbican site
a porta Rican loving woman woman turned me on to this when I was young I was so lucky to have so many good musical influences in my life amazing times jon
Who ever thought of the magical words ' purple shades of evening?'... love this....
Twilight Time (1944) Buck Ram et al.
When purple-coloured curtains mark the end of day,
I'll hear you, my dear, at twilight time.
Stardust (1927) Hoagy Carmichael/Mitchell Parish.
And now the purple dust of twilight time
Steals across the meadows of my heart.
When the deep purple falls over sleepy garden walls and the stars begin to twinkle in the night. Written in the 30s and the band Deep Purple took their name from the song.
Loved this as a teenager in the 60s, still love it ❤
Such a great song!
I never heard this on the radio back then, but it was playing on the sound system at the skating rink. Stuck in my head for 50 years. Then I heard it on an oldies station and Shazamed it! Great song!
What a fabulous song .
The best song of a decade that made some of the best songs of all time.
Hi was sixteen listning to this classic in 65 then spent the mext thirty year listning to some off the best music ever produced truly the best
one of the most curious video productions, with a suited British group bursting into the video like a Spanish flamenco band, descending into an industrial waste site. Catchy tune.
It was the building site of Barbican London
@@moleyofsouthend-on-sea8837 Fitting for a song about concrete and clay :) Terrific song and video
My husband and I declared this our song 30 years after it came out and 11 years after we met. 😊
Nice one. My wife and I declared as our song "Happy together" by the Turtles.
wow i heard this song in over 50 years lol
I was ten and used to listen to Radio Caroline on the small transistor I had for Christmas ... I remember this song ... the sixties had such a feeling of optimism and being young was so much fun
Amazing song, brilliant guitar solo. Apparently filmed on the Barbican Centre building site.
I just rediscovered this great song just a.couple of days ago and have played it at least 30 times since then. I was 9 years old when this song came out. How is this not played more often on oldies stations.
Another great song from the brilliant 60s.
Classy and fabulous. Will be listening to this one forever.
Thank you, 'chance'. It was by chance that this song came to mind while I was reminiscing tonight. Such a clean sound and good rhythm, with the right noted for the message.
I was 14 years old when this song came out and it comes to mind occasionally, whenever my mind wanders to that time. Nice. I hope that the world will yet be saved by meaningful good music and dance. The strength of positive human nature and expression.
Wonderful song. I love it.
What a TUNE! Filmed here on what would become London's Barbican
So, Unit 4 + 2 was the first music group to perform at the Barbican? Cool
Have always loved this track. Was 3 when it was released so has been a lifelong companion
One of my favorite oldies 👍❤️
I heard this song from movie "Rushmore", maybe one of my favorite songs ever!
The great days when popstars wore a jacket and tie. But seriously a cracking tune.
Silly sods, they must have been sweltering. I bet they couldn't wait for the swinging to start.
A surprisingly talented gang of Geography teachers.
Great 😊
I first heard this when I was flying with Emirates...it was on their every UK No1 channel. 1965.
Reminds me of listening to the North Sea pirate radio stations in the 60s. Great video.
Seeing several comments on this song does Concrete And Clay full justice!
Often when reading references of 60s pop bands in several books,Unit 4+2 were often overlooked! Other groups around 1965 were savvy enough not to copy Unit 4+2s style of music it may not have worked out for them.
For some unknown reason,this song popped into my head this NYD s morning 2024.
I remember this song! I was in the 7th grade called Junior High School back in those days. Wow I haven't heard this in about 55 years or so.
The story goes that Radio London broke this record. Head DJ Tony Windsor, who picked the new playlist, had rejected this song but after being told to listen again, by Kenny Everett, included it in the stations output & it became a massive hit. From a time when Top 40 Radio was what you listened to if you wanted to be 'in the groove'
I remember my first time hearing this - on my paper round! - and thinking "My feet begins to crumble?" WTF?
Great song and rightly a big hit.
I was 12 when this came out here in the UK and was captivated by the addictive Latino rhythm. I have loved it ever since. Thanks for the superb quality upload.
🥹das habe ich 1978 einmal gehört und danach nie wieder.
Erst vor kurzem lief dieser Song im Radio.
Jetzt habe ich heute zum ersten Mal sogar den Film/Video gesehen.
Danke für das Video.👍✌️
I was thrilled when this song came out. I was teaching ballroom dancing at the time, and the samba fit perfectly to the song's timing . It gave my students something more modern to show off their dance steps.
Never made music since the 70’s for dancing!
I so loooove this song!!!!❤❤❤❤
My love sent this song to me after our third date. I had never heard this song before because I was too young and not into any music yet. However when I heard it the first time he listened on the other end of the phone. I was speechless because I didn't get the meaning at first.. So he thought my silence was a rejection. But then I understood the beautiful gesture .Before I could say anything. He sent me a song from the Beetles "No Reply" When I got that right after, it was too late to explain anything. I tried to tell him how I was actually overwhelmed with happiness. But I didn't say it soon enough. Been over a year now and we still talk a lot, So far we are still friends...
An absolute masterpiece from the unusual "tinny" opening to the very end; one of those songs that are so good, it feels almost impossible to better - a really good beat number, it makes you feel like singing along - it's pure excellence!
Reminds me of a camping trip in 1965 and we picked it up on a transistor from a pirate station along with Tony Blackburn's Don't get off the train.
Very memorable - and still sounds good! I think that's what you call....a classic :)
I remember this song, from my younger days.
I was born in '65 in Enfield and lived in Waltham Cross... if you know... you know
RIP! 50 YEARS LATER.
They used to say (with or w/o due respect) IT'S STILL HER SINGING on the radio.
Still listening in 2020 👍💚
Was waiting on Dexys tonight and this came on the interlude music and now it's stuck in my head
love this still listening 2022
What a record pure 60s classic
Marvelous group of musicians
MY FAVORITE OF MANY YEARS AGO. THAT'S THE WAY IT'S MEANT TO BE.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I love this song so much, it was a hit in the year I was born, my mum knew the band, we had this played at her funeral. I wonder what they built there?
They're on the building site of the Barbican apartments in London.
Love seeing these old videos!
We remember it well. Retired now and live in Mexico in the winter.
Me too (retired i mean) but I live in Ireland. Donegal to be exact. Great tune, happy tune. Gotta like i.
Wow, what creative cinematography! Who would have thought of filming this at a location with both concrete AND clay?
I've always loved this song. It's one of a key. How about this video? Where did they find such a bleak urban landscape?
They were building the Southbank in London its were the vidio is set
Filmed when the Barbican, was being built. 59 years ago, but I still remember every word.
I love that song.
One of those songs that I missed back when it originally came out, but discovered and enjoyed years later.
LEARNED IT IN 65 @ 15
STILL A GREAT SONG
I was 10 when this was released, loved it then still love it now!
l remember the group reminiscing about the recording of the song. lt started as one thing, but then more and more session musicians were added and the the song developed until, at the end there was just the singer left of the original group and the arrangement was completely different, but it was a big hit.
how good are those lads!
When bands wore suits and ties, fantastic. :)
Great tune
I was 18 at the time and enjoying a lovely holiday in Margate with five mates. Cliftonville in a flat!
Surprised there are not more views, great track.
A legend. This will survive a lot of other junk.
Intersting video showing some postwar reconstruction in London, no doubt on the site of some brutalist masterpiece like a 13 storey concrete tower block that would be crime central by 1988 and blown up in 2011.
Barbican, no less.
GREAT to hear this one again!!! 'Nuff said...JAT
There have been very good versions of this song, but this one is still my favourite.
Legend has it that on a still night you can hear the sound of them singing from beneath the car park at Costco
The one in Chingford?
A desert island disc for me this was on the radio when I was 9 loved it then still do 😊👍
GREAT SOUND! THEY DO NOT MAKE THEM THE WAY IT USED TO BE! 😢
I always (mentally) bracketed this song with Left Banke's "Walk Away René." Both were the perfect summation of the mid-sixties.
Me too. Those two songs were the perfect summary of the 60s.
Guy with red guitar is cuuuute 😍
Ashley Boorman I have no choice, modern music sucks!!! 😭
No lie, I literally live a stone throw away from Glems house, I see him everyday day walking his little dog..
What a great song
WHAT A TUNE.
timeless baby
Tommy Moller Is The Lead Singer He’s A Scouser!!
Loving the shirts and ties...
Filmed at at near the Barbican construction site in London. Appropriate given the title of the song!
It's Tali I love this song 🎵
The Barbican building site
Catchy tune