The written reviews are incredible. They describe the songs eloquently and succinctly. There isn't a wasted word. We have devolved significantly since then. It is very sad.
Great presentation. I was there at the time, and this video brought the memories flooding back. What amazed me is that the presenter seems to have a full appreciation of the 60s zeitgeist. I assume he's not of my vintage - he's probably way younger than me (most people are) which makes his efforts even more remarkable.
I was a teenager in the 60s but I could appreciate music of the 70s, 80s, 90s and the noughties. The 60s were the most fertile musical period ever. Musicians dared to be different. Since 2000 it's been largely formulaic music. Current diversity of melody, rhythm and beat is almost non existent. There are notable exceptions, of course. (there have been some superb 2000s bands, like Bloodhound Gang) Generally, rap, hip hop, modern tecno, etc have been dreadfully boring. The 60s produced some awful music, of course, but the majority of music was fantastic. 60s British musicians were *adventurous*. We have to respect that.
Man, I love your videos. I wasn’t born in this era, but I’ve always loved the music and have cultivated a massive playlist of bands I would have never discovered or songs I’d have never heard. All thanks to your research and generosity. Thank you.
Another great episode, YP. The Who were touring the States in April, 1968. A few years ago, they finally got around to officially releasing their legendary show at the Fillmore East, recorded April, 6th. I recommend everyone give it a listen. Fantastic show.
I love this channel more and more. I love your calm voice. And I like when the voices of teenagers are heard reading the statements of teens in these papers.
Well, now begins my search for the 45 with Julia Dream on the B side. Fantastic content as always and I was specially impressed with the reviews. Amazing how knowledgeable and informative they were back then. So happy I discovered your channel Thank You
68 I WAS 8 ,AND I LOVED LISTENING TO MY AM RADIO 📻 AND THE ZOMBIES , STEVE MARRIOT HAD SOME VOICE , i think the 60s had some excellent music 🎶 especially out of the UK 🇬🇧, THK YOU FOR POSTING THIS ,
I saw Taste at the Marquee a few times, brilliant. The Tyrannosaurus Rex clip is from Kempton race course, the Marquee National Blues & Jazz Festival '68, I was there. Oh, I saw Taste in '67 at a festival at Woburn. This is great channel.
I got to Taste a Tutu at the Marquee 3.142 times Henry!!! Penny and Len were there also ,adding some assistance to guide me through the process😂 Len was late getting there, he was at the swimming pool giving lessons!! Hi Henry 🦞🦞🦞🦞
@@lobster4501 In all seriousness Mike, I treasure all those times at the Marquee, Friday nights, first row of about 4 or 5 rows of rickety plastic seats. Damn it man, we were young and innocent, LOL
While listening and watching this post from YP I saw the thumbs up going 168 to 193. I think the sixties are popular but the way YP is doing this is fenominal ! 👍
My favourites from this episode are the singles by Small Faces, Fox, Barrier, Creation and Taste. Crushing how good these are! "Lazy Sunday" also reached #1 in the Netherlands and spent 12 weeks in the top 40. Also nice that you explained the difference between British and American psychedelic music, very enlightening!
Very enjoyable. I love the Zombies, Creation, the Kinks, the Troggs, and the Small Faces. The Zombies was one of the UK acts that seemed more successful in the States than Britain. Herman's Hermits, Peter & Gordon, and Chad & Jeremy come to mind. I discovered the Creation in the mid-90s and have loved that band since. I like Marc Bolan too. We lost him way too early. I thought the clip of the woman smashing an LP was hilarious
@@josephboyce4522 That's sad news... I saw them around 2010, it was the best concert I've ever been to, I was so moved! They performed many of the single's B-sides, which were usually as good as the A-sides. In his late 60s, Colin's velvet voice was still flawless. Argent & Blunstone; unforgettable.
I love these videos and so wish they were longer. Can’t wait for the next instalment. First time I’ve ever heard Marc Bolan referred to as a mushroom dancing pixie 😂😂
The Zombies, despite having little in the way of success to show for their efforts in their homeland, had the last laugh as they scored 3 major hits in America, and enjoy a solid fan base to this day.
The song was such a hit that a promoter in Texas hired a bunch of blues rockers to pose as the Zombies for a tour. Afterwards three of the guys regrouped and changed their name to ZZ Top.
A very strong line-up this month. I can't believe that The Kinks "Wonderboy" only got to number 36 though. A serious lapse in taste by the record buying public!
What an amazing month!! Can never have too much of The Creation but a fantastic shout out for The Fox - amazing couple of tunes. Thanks as always for a superb video
I enjoy every episode! I was born July 16th, 1996, and this Facinating! I am subscribed! I am a lead vocalist, and we do 60s today. Oldies, classic rock, alternative, garage, pop! Keep these videos coming! God bless you whomever is putting these out, and God bless everyone here 🙏! Joey in Cleveland
You’re doing God’s Work. Creating UA-cam and Spotify rabbit-holes in your wake, sir. An old soul 44 year old from Toronto salutes you. Archival bliss from the magical 60’s.
Fantastic again. The Fox and The Barrier 45s were always popular on the underground psychedelic scene clubs all around Europe in the 90s. Many of these 45s 'still' get spun at London's premier Psych-club - which has run for the past 30+ years called The Mousetrap. The club was the brainchild of one Rob Bailey. Rob has one of, if not, the most extensive collections of psychedelic 45s in our world today. He also curates the wonderful Le Beat Bespoke compilations.
What's utterly brilliant about your 'singles' videos is discovering obscure and super 60s bands I've never heard of such as Zion de Gallier. Just been reading about Topham in Clapton's biography, the early chapters sequence records that Clapton liked as a kid and teenager and would make for an interesting video from you. He still plays some of these childhood memory songs eg 'Key To The Highway'.
MY favorite learning channel. Thank you, YP, for another excellent look back at an era I love. Almost all these tracks are new to me. Your little touches such as the record smashing bird and those spooky little hands are so well done. BTW where did those little hands come from?--they look like maybe made for this video. Lots of excellent songs that were chart failures this month but one really perplexes me. Have any idea. why the awesome Time of the Season and album did so poorly in England while here in America the single was a massive hit. It seems like it has everything a rock/pop song should have and is pretty much irresistible.
Cheers Willie! The spooky little hands were taken from some stock footage I found. The fact that "Time of the Season" wasn't a hit in the UK is quite unbelievable.
Their record company was no longer interested in them. Also, after Tell Her No, they never reached a top 10 again. Until Time Of The Season, when Colin started a solocareer and Rod his fantastic 'Argent' band.
@@willieluncheonette5843 It's actually amazing that on the eve of their disbanding, they managed to put out a full album.... and what a magnificent album it turned out! But I also enjoyed Colin's excellent solo albums a few years later - with participation of Rod Argent!
Another version of Julie Driscoll's This Wheel's on Fire was also the theme song for the hilarious TV show Absolutely Fabulous. That's why I knew it already!
Brian Auger and juile Driscoll opened for Led Zeppelin at the Pasadena Rose Palace 5/ 2 / 69 our manager took us kids to see Zep what mind blower we were playing Zep Songs the next week Thanks YP CHEERS!
There was a lot of good music out that month. Julie Driscoll is still one of my favorite vocalists from that time period. My brother had that album by Taste, On the Boards. Good Stuff!! ❤👍🎤🎹🎸
Interesting to me that Odyssey and Oracle never got a lot of traction in the UK. Although I was still in high school when it was released in the US, I lived in a college town and it was very big among the college student population. It was being played all over town!
I loved discovering the Barrier here. In April 1968 I turned 1 years old on the 24th. Also my name is Eric Francis so a lead singer and guitarist such as I am is good to see there was a EF singing and playing before I got a chance to. Great video.
Another excellent month! "Wonderboy" has to be my all-time favorite Kinks song (either that one or "Fancy"--no one but *no one* can pen a lyric like Raymond Douglas Davies), and The Small Faces, Zombies, Julie Driscoll, and Tyrannosaurus Rex are all clear winners, with The Fox and Taste also providing some great unknown would-be hits. I had never heard of The Barrier, The Scrugg or Zion de Gallier--all three of those are solid lost psych nuggets!!! (There's a reason I tune into this channel!) Meanwhile, the Troggs, Pink Floyd and Creation efforts are below-standard for them, but not unlistenable (actually, "Julia Dream" is superb). The only singles I think you missed are The Truth's cover of "Sueno" and The Rockin' Berries B-side "Pain". The majority of these tunes are quite psychedelic, proving the genre still going strong at this time. May should bring explosive tracks from The Rolling Stones, Cream, Donovan and The Animals ("Monterey", actually a Dec '67 release in the US) as well as more psych hidden treasures from Idle Race, Genesis, Boeing Duveen And The Beautiful Soup, The Orange Bicycle, World Of Oz, The Fleur-de-Lys, Focal Point (B-side "Sycamore Sid"), The Aquarian Age and The Koobas!
@spiritof, Roger Waters was criticized for his song on the Piper At The Gates Of Dawn album. it was considered the weakest track. But he had already recorded 'Julia Dream', which was put on the B-side of one of the early Pink Floys singles. It's a gorgeous recording, with a mellotron that takes you to a magical fantasy land...
LOVE YER VIDS! Put yourself on an elevator going high! UK Psych was about Alice In The Looking Glass and American psych was about freaking out and banana peels.
"This Wheel's on Fire " was incorrectly credited to Dylan alone on the Driscoll/Auger single. It was correctly credited to Dylan and The Band's bassist Rick Danko on Music from Big Pink, which was released a few months later.
So did I, and thought how come I missed that it was never on the radio? Then I realised it was the 'B' side. I had to wait a bit longer for "Masters Of Rock" and "It would Be So Nice", which I'd never heard before either. I had to wait until the internet before hearing "Point Me At The Sky", which I'd never heard before.
What a difference a few years made. Both John Lennon (January '64) and Andrew Loog Oldham (March '65) had sit through some real rubbish. Most of those 45s should never have been pressed. I bow to the almighty YP for starting with the Zombies. I finally saw them here in the US touring for the 50th anniversary of Odessey.. The first set consisting of other tunes was excellent, but I almost melted into my seat when the original band, minus Paul, played Odessey. For a Yank like me, both the Zombies and Kinks seemed the quintessential English band - and here they are with two great singles (both A & B sides). By '68, finding singles in a small college town was nigh on impossible - a major change from the fall of '66. So I never heard of Taste until the album came out, and that single had my two favorite songs. Musta been something in the water on your side of the pond that April. While it is not my favorite Troggs tune, 'Surprise, Surprise'' always catches my ear with its tribal drumming. And I haven't even mentioned the Small Faces. Why am I stuck in 2024? And the cover posted for this episode would have been classified as porn here in the US. My roommate had a (porn) magazine with naked painted bodies in '68 (?), and I think that your cover was one of those 'obscene' inclusions. How many times can I say that you have outdone yourself? Well, let me try again. I love the street scene shots, but what is that red box someone is wheeling along at 4:30? And will you post a UA-cam list of these songs?
From the mid 60s through 1969, I kept a journal of the weekly top 30 countdown that was compiled by 93 KHJ Boss Radio. I would listen to the top 30 to write down the list and would include notes and my impressions. I still own that journal and every time you are highlighting the very best of the month songs released, I like looking through that journal to see if these songs have been released on LA radio. ‘This Wheels On Fire’ by Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and Trinity is noted in my list as a song to watch. Well, I must’ve watched and blinked because it came and went as fast as it was mentioned. Position #104 US charts? It’s too bad because I like everything about that song.
Look at the label for Zombies' "Time Of The Season" then note the label of this Fox issue, (3:47) both on CBS. They're just one number apart in the catalogue sequence. 3380 and 3381.
Was the song “this wheels on fire” by Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger and the Trinity the same song that was used for the TV series absolutely fabulous?
Not quite. The second voice is Adrian Edmondson, he of the Young Ones and the husband of Edina. Possibly a copyright issue. The original issued recording was by The Band on their first album. The Dylan original was only released in 1975.
"Julia Dream" - Pink Floyd - resplendent! I never left that one behind in 1968. "Blister On the Moon" - Taste -- simply bruisin'! Many thanks, Yesterday's Papers!
The Zombies basically went "You don't give us the love we deserved, so we'll call it quits while dropping a dope single and a masterpiece of an album. Peace!" Can't say I blame them, but at least they've got the respect they so utterly deserve nowadays :)
The critic misidentified the "kazoo" on Lazy Sunday. The kazoo sound was actually made by "comb and paper", what a unique sound. There is a lovely photo floating around of Steve, Ronnie and Mac standing around a mike blowing on the paper covered combs and laughing. I adored Small Faces for their lighthearted, creative songs along with the variety of their other songs. They always made me happy, and still listen to them to this day. RIP Steve, Ronnie & Mac. Long live Small Faces ❤
This Wheel's On Fire was one of the best singles of 1968. I was really disappointed when it went basically unheard here in the states. I tracked it down and bought a copy before it disappeared.
A lot of great singles! I know Richard Wright didn't care for some of his late 60's songs but I think he did alright. Sure he couldn't complete with Roger Waters as a lyricist but, unlike Roger, Richard had a soothing voice and had mastered his own instrument.
@@YesterdaysPapers What happened to Roger? I am probably one of the few, but I just did not like "The Wall." 'Julia Dream' is far superior - to my ears at least.
There was a consistant degree of and expectation of song structure in the late 60s. All played by bands in studio. Pretty cool. Pretty groovy vibe for pop
No mention that the B side of the kinks Wonderboy, Pretty Polly had to be changed to plain 'Polly' due to a treat to sue from popular tights maker Pretty Polly.
Yes the record was issued in Europe first so had the 'Pretty Polly' and only the very first UK pressings had the 'Pretty Polly', the vast majority issued in the UK are 'Polly' pressings.@@total.stranger
It is nice to see that Freak folk (or psychedelic folk) retained some aspects of Hippie culture or even whimsical themes, cause it often feels like (and I could be wrong) that themes of whimsy were starting to die off in 68.
This series is incredible, the amount of research and the quality of the visuals is stunning. Thank you.
Cheers!
@@YesterdaysPapers this is the month and year i was born. have a nice day and ciao for now
The written reviews are incredible. They describe the songs eloquently and succinctly. There isn't a wasted word. We have devolved significantly since then. It is very sad.
You are so right,we have devolved in a lot of ways
Great presentation. I was there at the time, and this video brought the memories flooding back. What amazed me is that the presenter seems to have a full appreciation of the 60s zeitgeist. I assume he's not of my vintage - he's probably way younger than me (most people are) which makes his efforts even more remarkable.
The 60's was the best music ever.
I was a teenager in the 60s but I could appreciate music of the 70s, 80s, 90s and the noughties. The 60s were the most fertile musical period ever. Musicians dared to be different. Since 2000 it's been largely formulaic music. Current diversity of melody, rhythm and beat is almost non existent. There are notable exceptions, of course. (there have been some superb 2000s bands, like Bloodhound Gang) Generally, rap, hip hop, modern tecno, etc have been dreadfully boring.
The 60s produced some awful music, of course, but the majority of music was fantastic. 60s British musicians were *adventurous*.
We have to respect that.
Man, I love your videos. I wasn’t born in this era, but I’ve always loved the music and have cultivated a massive playlist of bands I would have never discovered or songs I’d have never heard. All thanks to your research and generosity. Thank you.
Thanks!
I endorse your comment. It's the same for me.
Another great episode, YP.
The Who were touring the States in April, 1968. A few years ago, they finally got around to officially releasing their legendary show at the Fillmore East, recorded April, 6th.
I recommend everyone give it a listen. Fantastic show.
Cheers!
I have the show on a bootleg LP
I love this channel more and more. I love your calm voice. And I like when the voices of teenagers are heard reading the statements of teens in these papers.
Thanks a lot, I ❤ these episodes, so many great bands 🎸🎹🥁nice memories of my youth😊 regards from Berlin
Cheers!
Well, now begins my search for the 45 with Julia Dream on the B side. Fantastic content as always and I was specially impressed with the reviews. Amazing how knowledgeable and informative they were back then. So happy I discovered your channel Thank You
68 I WAS 8 ,AND I LOVED LISTENING TO MY AM RADIO 📻 AND THE ZOMBIES , STEVE MARRIOT HAD SOME VOICE , i think the 60s had some excellent music 🎶 especially out of the UK 🇬🇧, THK YOU FOR POSTING THIS ,
Steve Marriot was the Small Faces not the Zombies.
Yes i know he was just saying he had a great voice loved his music 🎶 as well
Great incidental clips for humor and visual reference. Love it! May the 60s never end!!
I saw Taste at the Marquee a few times, brilliant. The Tyrannosaurus Rex clip is from Kempton race course, the Marquee National Blues & Jazz Festival '68, I was there. Oh, I saw Taste in '67 at a festival at Woburn.
This is great channel.
Very cool! Cheers, glad you enjoy the channel.
I got to see taste at the Whiskey a go go on sunset about the time of the on the boards lp Rory was unbelievable live what a monster band !
I got to Taste a Tutu at the Marquee 3.142 times Henry!!!
Penny and Len were there also ,adding some assistance to guide me through the process😂
Len was late getting there,
he was at the swimming pool giving lessons!!
Hi Henry 🦞🦞🦞🦞
@@lobster4501 In all seriousness Mike, I treasure all those times at the Marquee, Friday nights, first row of about 4 or 5 rows of rickety plastic seats. Damn it man, we were young and innocent, LOL
On The Boards: A classy, diverse and exceptional masterpiece. Completely overlooked which is criminal.
While listening and watching this post from YP I saw the thumbs up going 168 to 193. I think the sixties are popular but the way YP is doing this is fenominal ! 👍
Cheers!
My favourites from this episode are the singles by Small Faces, Fox, Barrier, Creation and Taste. Crushing how good these are! "Lazy Sunday" also reached #1 in the Netherlands and spent 12 weeks in the top 40. Also nice that you explained the difference between British and American psychedelic music, very enlightening!
Cheers Edwin!
Very enjoyable. I love the Zombies, Creation, the Kinks, the Troggs, and the Small Faces. The Zombies was one of the UK acts that seemed more successful in the States than Britain. Herman's Hermits, Peter & Gordon, and Chad & Jeremy come to mind. I discovered the Creation in the mid-90s and have loved that band since. I like Marc Bolan too. We lost him way too early. I thought the clip of the woman smashing an LP was hilarious
Cheers Chris! Yeah, the Creation are criminally underrated.
Great Kinks single A&B sides 👍
So glad to see Rory Gallagher on commercial radio…A real powerhouse!
I always get tremendous enjoyment by your videos..! They continue to be a highlight of my weekends..!
Yesterday's Papers you have cost me a fortune , but I have now got a good collection of 1966 to 68 45s. Keep up the great work .
Cheers!
I love your work. Thanks!
Cheers!
Rod Argent is the man!!!
He can really hold his head up
Argent recently had a stroke so the Zombies called it quits, but I heard Blunstone will continue to perform.
@@josephboyce4522
That's sad news...
I saw them around 2010, it was the best concert I've ever been to, I was so moved! They performed many of the single's B-sides, which were usually as good as the A-sides. In his late 60s, Colin's velvet voice was still flawless. Argent & Blunstone; unforgettable.
I love these videos and so wish they were longer. Can’t wait for the next instalment. First time I’ve ever heard Marc Bolan referred to as a mushroom dancing pixie 😂😂
Great fun again. Thanks! The charts were so unpredictable in the '60s. Only The Beatles were guaranteed hits.
The Zombies, despite having little in the way of success to show for their efforts in their homeland, had the last laugh as they scored 3 major hits in America, and enjoy a solid fan base to this day.
Well done to Al Kooper for promoting them over there!
The song was such a hit that a promoter in Texas hired a bunch of blues rockers to pose as the Zombies for a tour. Afterwards three of the guys regrouped and changed their name to ZZ Top.
Well, that's something I didn't know, thanks for that 😊@@jimmderby5772
Great history, Rory Gallagher and Bolan are two of my most unforgettable musicians. Never knew of their 60's roots. Thank You for posting.
A very strong line-up this month. I can't believe that The Kinks "Wonderboy" only got to number 36 though. A serious lapse in taste by the record buying public!
Agreed, I love that song. It deserved to do better.
What an amazing month!! Can never have too much of The Creation but a fantastic shout out for The Fox - amazing couple of tunes. Thanks as always for a superb video
Brilliant! This YP starts with 4 fab tracks and a super discovery in Fox. Very cool indeed. Thanks YP. One of your best yet! ❤
Cheers! Glad you enjoyed the video.
Such a solid month of releases and so many things I hadn't heard before, thank you 🙏
Cheers!
Superb video, thanks.
I need to eat a thesaurus so I can come up with better adjectives each video.
This channel is such a treasure
Thank you very much!
Another great episode. Thank you so much for this series
@@ClandestineRecords Cheers!
Great work! Wow! What a year and month that was!
Once again I'm discovering new old stuff all the time. Ta!
Cheers!
I enjoy every episode! I was born July 16th, 1996, and this Facinating! I am subscribed! I am a lead vocalist, and we do 60s today. Oldies, classic rock, alternative, garage, pop! Keep these videos coming! God bless you whomever is putting these out, and God bless everyone here 🙏! Joey in Cleveland
Thank you Joey!
very enjoyable , what a cool singles month April 1968!
You’re doing God’s Work. Creating UA-cam and Spotify rabbit-holes in your wake, sir. An old soul 44 year old from Toronto salutes you. Archival bliss from the magical 60’s.
Thank you!
Julie Driscoll has to be the most criminally underrated vocalists of all time. She is stellar.
Yep, very underrated.
Gosh I remember this stuff...I was particularly attracted to warped sounds that Wheels of Fire offered. Brill stuff
I love Julie
Street Noise,great album,rehearsed and recorded in about 12 hours.Bands today take that long for a drum break.
@@Azrael1BC One of my favorite albums of all time. Driscoll is on fire.
Tremendous work again. Thank you.
I worked with the Zombies a few times and they were fabulous. Great musicians, lovely people.
@@bernieforkin2563 Cheers!
Excellent as always. A very strong month for music. Brian Auger at the beginning of a highly respected career that continues to this dsy
Thanks!
Fantastic again. The Fox and The Barrier 45s were always popular on the underground psychedelic scene clubs all around Europe in the 90s. Many of these 45s 'still' get spun at London's premier Psych-club - which has run for the past 30+ years called The Mousetrap. The club was the brainchild of one Rob Bailey. Rob has one of, if not, the most extensive collections of psychedelic 45s in our world today. He also curates the wonderful Le Beat Bespoke compilations.
Wonderboy! One of the best songs Ray Davies ever wrote - and he's written a lot of them. 👍😄
Love that song.
I love 'Everybody's gonna be happy' in particular. A fast driven song.
Ray Davis was a genius, and for many, many years.
What's utterly brilliant about your 'singles' videos is discovering obscure and super 60s bands I've never heard of such as Zion de Gallier. Just been reading about Topham in Clapton's biography, the early chapters sequence records that Clapton liked as a kid and teenager and would make for an interesting video from you. He still plays some of these childhood memory songs eg 'Key To The Highway'.
I was born in April 1968. These are the groovy tunes I came into this world with.
MY favorite learning channel. Thank you, YP, for another excellent look back at an era I love. Almost all these tracks are new to me. Your little touches such as the record smashing bird and those spooky little hands are so well done. BTW where did those little hands come from?--they look like maybe made for this video.
Lots of excellent songs that were chart failures this month but one really perplexes me. Have any idea. why the awesome Time of the Season and album did so poorly in England while here in America the single was a massive hit. It seems like it has everything a rock/pop song should have and is pretty much irresistible.
Cheers Willie! The spooky little hands were taken from some stock footage I found. The fact that "Time of the Season" wasn't a hit in the UK is quite unbelievable.
Their record company was no longer interested in them. Also, after Tell Her No, they never reached a top 10 again. Until Time Of The Season, when Colin started a solocareer and Rod his fantastic 'Argent' band.
@@willemvandeursen3105 thank you for your answer. That might explain it.
@@willieluncheonette5843
It's actually amazing that on the eve of their disbanding, they managed to put out a full album.... and what a magnificent album it turned out!
But I also enjoyed Colin's excellent solo albums a few years later - with participation of Rod Argent!
@@willemvandeursen3105 I must have listened to that album over 50 times and have never tired of it yet.
"It is the voice of a small gnome or hobbit." 😂 Another great video, YP.
…….dancing on a toadstool!
Cheers!
Another version of Julie Driscoll's This Wheel's on Fire was also the theme song for the hilarious TV show Absolutely Fabulous. That's why I knew it already!
I’m in Australia. Ogdens Nut Gone Flake is the greatest record ever produced by anyone anywhere in human history.
Brian Auger and juile Driscoll opened for Led Zeppelin at the Pasadena Rose Palace 5/ 2 / 69 our manager took us kids to see Zep what mind blower we were playing Zep Songs the next week Thanks YP CHEERS!
Very cool! Cheers Jerry!
I Wish I Was Five is a classic B-Side that deserved & eventually earned acclaim.
Yep, great tune.
The Dylan cover by Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger, "This Wheel's on Fire", a great single. A Must have !
Also terrific was their slinky, jazzy cover of the Doors' Light My Fire.
And Streetnoise LP
Found on "Streetnoise" LP.
What a awesome video have a wonderful weekend ❤😊 also happy first week of September ❤😊
Cheers !😊
Awesome. Keep 'em coming!
Thanks Again Yesterdays Papers !
Cheers!
Julia Dream is a great tune.
I agree!!
Awesome! Glad Al Kooper bought that album by the Zombies!
British rock music journalism stands out unmistakably outstanding.
The Taste songs are different versions on the LP. They were re-recorded. I prefer the single. it has more bite!! Another great episode!
The drummer & bass player changed between the release of the single & the album.
There was a lot of good music out that month. Julie Driscoll is still one of my favorite vocalists from that time period. My brother had that album by Taste, On the Boards. Good Stuff!! ❤👍🎤🎹🎸
Interesting to me that Odyssey and Oracle never got a lot of traction in the UK. Although I was still in high school when it was released in the US, I lived in a college town and it was very big among the college student population. It was being played all over town!
but also didnt chart in the us
except for time of the season, the rest of the album and the album itself, wasnt marketed correctly
@@thewkovacs316 True, but still one of the best albums of the era.
Really good music here. I especially love The Zombies, The Faces and Taste. Cheers! ✌️
Fantastic installment! Hearing British psychedelia here is almost like experiencing the American counterpart all over again.
Odyssey And Oracle is one of the greatest albums ever made such a shame no one thought that at the time
I loved discovering the Barrier here. In April 1968 I turned 1 years old on the 24th. Also my name is Eric Francis so a lead singer and guitarist such as I am is good to see there was a EF singing and playing before I got a chance to. Great video.
Another great month. What classics and should-be classics.
Cool ! I was born in april 1968. 😊
Another excellent month! "Wonderboy" has to be my all-time favorite Kinks song (either that one or "Fancy"--no one but *no one* can pen a lyric like Raymond Douglas Davies), and The Small Faces, Zombies, Julie Driscoll, and Tyrannosaurus Rex are all clear winners, with The Fox and Taste also providing some great unknown would-be hits. I had never heard of The Barrier, The Scrugg or Zion de Gallier--all three of those are solid lost psych nuggets!!! (There's a reason I tune into this channel!) Meanwhile, the Troggs, Pink Floyd and Creation efforts are below-standard for them, but not unlistenable (actually, "Julia Dream" is superb). The only singles I think you missed are The Truth's cover of "Sueno" and The Rockin' Berries B-side "Pain". The majority of these tunes are quite psychedelic, proving the genre still going strong at this time. May should bring explosive tracks from The Rolling Stones, Cream, Donovan and The Animals ("Monterey", actually a Dec '67 release in the US) as well as more psych hidden treasures from Idle Race, Genesis, Boeing Duveen And The Beautiful Soup, The Orange Bicycle, World Of Oz, The Fleur-de-Lys, Focal Point (B-side "Sycamore Sid"), The Aquarian Age and The Koobas!
Cheers! Definitely a great month for singles.
@spiritof,
Roger Waters was criticized for his song on the Piper At The Gates Of Dawn album. it was considered the weakest track. But he had already recorded 'Julia Dream', which was put on the B-side of one of the early Pink Floys singles. It's a gorgeous recording, with a mellotron that takes you to a magical fantasy land...
@@willemvandeursen3105 Yes I agree, "Julia Dream" is great and should have been on "A Saucerful Of Secrets"!
LOVE YER VIDS! Put yourself on an elevator going high! UK Psych was about Alice In The Looking Glass and American psych was about freaking out and banana peels.
Cheers! I love "Elevator".
excellent as always
Cheers!
"This Wheel's on Fire " was incorrectly credited to Dylan alone on the Driscoll/Auger single. It was correctly credited to Dylan and The Band's bassist Rick Danko on Music from Big Pink, which was released a few months later.
What a month 😊
I salute you YP 🎉 You are thee best 👌
Cheers!
Hendrix influence everywhere...clothes, hats, guitar licks....
Great month and year for me! Wish i could live it again
I discovered Julia Dream in the Relics album. I've always appreciated this almost psychedelic ballad, very inspiring for a teenager in the 70's.
So did I, and thought how come I missed that it was never on the radio? Then I realised it was the 'B' side. I had to wait a bit longer for "Masters Of Rock" and "It would Be So Nice", which I'd never heard before either. I had to wait until the internet before hearing "Point Me At The Sky", which I'd never heard before.
About 6 weeks before i left school, good times and music
Great music that month and some rarities among them.
What a difference a few years made. Both John Lennon (January '64) and Andrew Loog Oldham (March '65) had sit through some real rubbish. Most of those 45s should never have been pressed. I bow to the almighty YP for starting with the Zombies. I finally saw them here in the US touring for the 50th anniversary of Odessey.. The first set consisting of other tunes was excellent, but I almost melted into my seat when the original band, minus Paul, played Odessey. For a Yank like me, both the Zombies and Kinks seemed the quintessential English band - and here they are with two great singles (both A & B sides). By '68, finding singles in a small college town was nigh on impossible - a major change from the fall of '66. So I never heard of Taste until the album came out, and that single had my two favorite songs. Musta been something in the water on your side of the pond that April.
While it is not my favorite Troggs tune, 'Surprise, Surprise'' always catches my ear with its tribal drumming. And I haven't even mentioned the Small Faces. Why am I stuck in 2024?
And the cover posted for this episode would have been classified as porn here in the US. My roommate had a (porn) magazine with naked painted bodies in '68 (?), and I think that your cover was one of those 'obscene' inclusions.
How many times can I say that you have outdone yourself? Well, let me try again. I love the street scene shots, but what is that red box someone is wheeling along at 4:30? And will you post a UA-cam list of these songs?
Thanks Wylie! No idea what that red box is.
From the mid 60s through 1969, I kept a journal of the weekly top 30 countdown that was compiled by 93 KHJ Boss Radio. I would listen to the top 30 to write down the list and would include notes and my impressions. I still own that journal and every time you are highlighting the very best of the month songs released, I like looking through that journal to see if these songs have been released on LA radio. ‘This Wheels On Fire’ by Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and Trinity is noted in my list as a song to watch. Well, I must’ve watched and blinked because it came and went as fast as it was mentioned. Position #104 US charts? It’s too bad because I like everything about that song.
Yeah, I love that song, too. Love the psychedelic effects and that great Hammond organ.
I’m afraid all this passed me by. I was 24 and just married with a baby. I had to grow up pretty quick and get into the real world.
The Zombies were absolutely sophisticated pop. Their recordings sound miles ahead of their peers.
Look at the label for Zombies' "Time Of The Season" then note the label of this Fox issue, (3:47) both on CBS. They're just one number apart in the catalogue sequence. 3380 and 3381.
Was the song “this wheels on fire” by Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger and the Trinity the same song that was used for the TV series absolutely fabulous?
Same song, new recording. I knew I recognized that from somewhere.
Not quite. The second voice is Adrian Edmondson, he of the Young Ones and the husband of Edina. Possibly a copyright issue. The original issued recording was by The Band on their first album. The Dylan original was only released in 1975.
"Julia Dream" - Pink Floyd - resplendent! I never left that one behind in 1968. "Blister On the Moon" - Taste -- simply bruisin'! Many thanks, Yesterday's Papers!
Cheers!
@@YesterdaysPapers 🎸Cheers!
Great music from the year of my birth.
I love the cover of He's Gonna Step on You Again by The Happy Mondays.
So much talent and yet only a few can survive. So not just talent but a bit of luck is also needed.
Very true.
The Zombies basically went "You don't give us the love we deserved, so we'll call it quits while dropping a dope single and a masterpiece of an album. Peace!" Can't say I blame them, but at least they've got the respect they so utterly deserve nowadays :)
The critic misidentified the "kazoo" on Lazy Sunday. The kazoo sound was actually made by "comb and paper", what a unique sound. There is a lovely photo floating around of Steve, Ronnie and Mac standing around a mike blowing on the paper covered combs and laughing.
I adored Small Faces for their lighthearted, creative songs along with the variety of their other songs. They always made me happy, and still listen to them to this day. RIP Steve, Ronnie & Mac. Long live Small Faces ❤
What is the music playing at 00:30 please?
It's the organ solo from "Time of the Season" by The Zombies.
@@YesterdaysPapers Right on, thanks, and thanks for the cool video!
This Wheel's On Fire was one of the best singles of 1968. I was really disappointed when it went basically unheard here in the states. I tracked it down and bought a copy before it disappeared.
A lot of great singles! I know Richard Wright didn't care for some of his late 60's songs but I think he did alright. Sure he couldn't complete with Roger Waters as a lyricist but, unlike Roger, Richard had a soothing voice and had mastered his own instrument.
Agreed, I like the stuff Wright wrote during that period, especially "Paintbox".
Every single the Kinks released were awesome double A sides as far as I’m concerned, I LOVE Wonderboy and Polly❤
Also in 1968: The Action recorded unreleased album called Rolled Gold. Also the UK band called: JULY released a rare self-titled LP.
Julia Dream was as psychedelic as it gets. I had it from years ago on the 'Relics' compilation album. Never knew its precise release date until now.
Great track.
@@YesterdaysPapers What happened to Roger? I am probably one of the few, but I just did not like "The Wall." 'Julia Dream' is far superior - to my ears at least.
The Barrier's "Georgie Brown"(A-Side/awful song) and actress Donna Reed smashing that 78rpm at 7:00?...Brilliantly done, YP...Thanks for the laugh...
@@spyderlogan4992 Cheers!
Yes that was the highlight of the video for me. Plus I just discovered the Barrier and the best named singer ever Eric Francis, that's my name, lol.
This was a very strong group of songs.
There was a consistant degree of and expectation of song structure in the late 60s. All played by bands in studio. Pretty cool. Pretty groovy vibe for pop
I love Tyrannasaurus Rex, Deborah is such a great song! Marc Bolan is a lyrical genius
Can’t argue with that Chantelle 😊
No mention that the B side of the kinks Wonderboy, Pretty Polly had to be changed to plain 'Polly' due to a treat to sue from popular tights maker Pretty Polly.
I didn't know that, @99672. Thanks for the info.
Yes the record was issued in Europe first so had the 'Pretty Polly' and only the very first UK pressings had the 'Pretty Polly', the vast majority issued in the UK are 'Polly' pressings.@@total.stranger
It is nice to see that Freak folk (or psychedelic folk) retained some aspects of Hippie culture or even whimsical themes, cause it often feels like (and I could be wrong) that themes of whimsy were starting to die off in 68.
Julie Driscoll is to the UK as Grace Slick is to the USA: two female singers who became prominent during the late 1960's psychedelic rock era