Great choices. I've always loved and collected psychedelic albums and singles. So many excellent psych songs were released in 1967 that a top 100 list would still contain an amazing selection of psychedelic classics.
The Chambers Bros. were the first act to do really extended pieces, playing with tempos. They were as big if not bigger than the airplane, but not white.
I totally agree! I saw them live in Houston in 68 and they blew the roof of the coliseum! They played "Time Has Come Today" for a good 40 minutes and the light show was fantastic! Their drummer Brian Keenan, who was white, did a good 20 minute solo on ''Time'' and just blew us away! The Chamber brothers are not a one shot wonder either, they have so many classic songs throughout their LPs from soul to hard rock! I've been a fan since that concert and always will be! By the way check them out in their early years on Shindig!!! ROCK ON!!
My 15 favorites The Byrds - Why The Doors - Strange Days Jimi Hendrix Experience - Castles Made of Sand The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever The Rolling Stones - She's a Rainbow Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit Love - A House is Not a Motel Pink Floyd - See Emily Play The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset The Who - I Can See for Miles Cream - Sunshine of Your Love Traffic - Dear Mr. Fantasy Country Joe & The Fish - Flying High The Monkees - Pleasant Valley Sunday The Small Faces - Itchycoo Park
I agree with that Love song. Great guitar solo break with perfect distortion. And Strange Days chord sequence has to be from the classically trained Ray Manzarek.
This is amazing! That was such an incredible year in music. Beatles, Hendrix, Joplin, The Doors, Floyd, Airplane, The Who... I'd have trouble picking my top *100* songs!
25 Favorites of mine from 1967 Country Joe and the Fish - Section 43 Love - Alone Again Or Moby Grape - Changes Strawberry Alarm Clock - Incense and Peppermints The Who - i Can See For Miles Pink Floyd - See Emily Play The Yardbirds - Puzzles The Rolling Stones - The Citadel The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour Tomorrow - Hallucinations Small Faces - Tin Soldier Cream -Tales of Brave Ulysses Velvet Underground - All Tomorrows Parties Grateful Dead - Viola Lee Blues Jefferson Airplane - 3/5ths of a Mile in 10 Seconds Traffic - Dear Mr. Fantasy 13th Floor Elevators - (I've Got) Levitation Jimi Hendrix Experience - 3rd Stone From the Sun Vanilla Fudge - You Keep Me Hanging On Eric Burdon & The Animals - San Franciscan Nights Pretty Things - Defecting Gray The Doors - Moonlight Drive The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset Chamber Bros - Time Has Come Today. Jeff Beck Group - Beck's Bolero (released in 1967 as a b-side to Hi Ho Silver Lining)
Great selections. "When I Was Young" was originally on Eric Burdon and the Animals vol. ii -- a fine compilation that came out in 1967 - named as the follow-up to Best of the Animals, but coming in before The Greatest hits of Eric Burdon and the Animals. Go figure.
Thanks for subscribing. Sounds like a good idea regarding a ‘68 favorite songs list. I did a 1968 favorite “albums” list months back if you’d like to check that out. 😉
An alternate title for White Rabbit could be "We take psychedelic drugs and advise you to do the same." You could add pretty much anything off of After Bathing At Baxters that came out later in 1967 by JA.
I really liked Barry Melton's guitar playing in " Not so Sweet Martha Loraine." He had that beautiful frantic vibrato that was a sign of that era of great guitar players. Country Joe & the Fish......along with The Doors and the Jefferson Airplane were the top Psychedelic bands...along with The Beatles, The Dead, Cream, .....are among my top favorites.
Bees Gees - Every Christian Lion Hearted Man Will show You. The Gregorian chant always reminds me of Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut. Very unsettling.
I'm surprised you never heard that track. That Bee Gees album is a Psychedelic classic, some ten years before they re-exploded, after re-inventing themselves as the kings of Disco..@@tomrobinson5776
I also love 9.50 by The Twilights (Australia), recorded at Abbey Road. The band includes Glenn Shorrock (Little River Band) and guitarist Terry Britten who went on to have a huge career in the UK and USA as a session man and songwriter, winning the Grammy in 1985 for Song of the Year with What's Love Got to Do With It for Tina Turner.
FULL MEASURE by Loving Spoonful seemed to capture an essence of the trip it was to be winter of '66/'67 when you weren't sure which groups had English accents. Just as I Am the Walrus ended the extended of aural mystical magic. The lyrics read 'oompah, oompah, stick up your jumper' but we heard; 'SMOKE POT, LOVE POT, EVERYBODY LOVE/SMOKE POT LOVE POT EVERYBODY'...the parents never knew about it.
One of my all-time favorites from The Doors would be "Light My Fire", along with "We Ain't Got Nothin' Yet", by The Blues Magoos, "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds", by The Beatles, "Pushin' Too Hard", by The SEEDS, "Only Pretty, What A Pity", by The Lovin' Spoonful, "Over Under Sideways Down", by The yARdbiRds, just to name a few......
My favourite psychedelic song was Living In A Child's Dream by The Master's Apprentices an Australian group from 1967 ! Yes agree with your #1 too though I'm rather partial to Tomorrow Never Knows , I'm Only Sleeping , I Am The Walrius and Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite ! 🌈👁️🤡
All good choices and a few that I don’t know but will listen to today. I was so sure that he’d choose my 2 first pics. I’m very surprised because I just figured that everyone would’ve known and readily agreed. The record by the 13th floor Elevators titled Easter Everywhere was released in ‘67. The song’s titled Slip Inside this House (as you pass by). The second off their next record titled Bull of the Woods is Livin’ On. We were lucky to have had a father who knew everything about all genres of music and so we had everything. That’s saying a lot but it’s pretty much true. The songs I mentioned are my favorites in the Psychedelic category and especially the second one. My sister to this day won’t listen to it. She says it’s too disturbing. I almost agree but it’s just too good. It’s sung by Roky Erickson. If you listen carefully you’ll know what he’s saying. There were some people who were like him in that they went a little too far with things and it’s the scariest song I’ve ever heard. The playing is to my ear extraordinary. There were many copies on UA-cam (still are) and some tried to write the lyrics. I was the only one who knew them but it took a thousand listens.
Almost anything by Jefferson Airplane from that year would make my list. In particular The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil from After Bathing at Baxters which I believe came out in late '67. "Concept albums" were a thing then. BYMP was devastating, apocalyptic, lots of feedback which I loved. It wasn't a "big hit" but it got considerable airplay, even where I grew up - in Maine
❤️ ❤️ ❤️ 70s, the kingdom of transforrmation: cream and country joe: to me: the kings and the princes.....perso.,... but hendrix : the dark lonesome eagle.....cruising above earthly matter.......🧚♀️
Hello! I'm from Québec City (french speaker) and I like your work. Could youn please publish the list of your choie in live cose I'm unable to follow exactly the names of the bands and the titles of your choices. I'm a great fan of the Psychedelic period and I appreciate your selection. Merci !
Pretty good list. "Arr-meh-neeya cities in the skies", although it's hard to overlook their masterpiece, I Can See for Miles! I think I might have gone with Murder in My Heart for the Judge, by Moby Grape, Mr Soul, by Buffalo Springfield, and Bass Strings, by Country Joe and the Fish. Also, any list of psychedelic classics has to feature one of Janis Joplin's insane readings of Piece of My Heart (Cheap Thrills), or Ball and Chain (Live at the Winterland '68). Bombay Calling, by It's a Beautiful Day, Silver Metre's version of Jesus Christ, Superstar, and On the Road Again, Canned Heat, all deserve a spot, too.
I did lose sight of that idea. I still like Bass Strings and Mr Soul, as well as I Can See for Miles, but offer as substitutes, Miss Amanda Jones, from Between the Buttons, I Can't See Nobody from BeeGees 1st (or, Every Christian Lion-Hearted Man), and Won't You Try/Saturday Afternoon, from Jefferson Airplane's stunning After Bathing at Baxter's, although it's hard to overlook A Whiter Shade of Pale, and Homberg, for pure psychedelic character. I still dip into the BeeGees 1st LP, cuz it is a surprisingly good album. Critics raved about Odessa, but for my money, 1st is head and shoulders above it. Similarly, Buffalo Springfield Again invented Acid Country Rock, with Mr Soul, Everydays, Expecting to Fly, Bluebird, Hung Upside Down, Rock 'n' Roll Woman, and Broken Arrow. The band put Country "phrasing" through a psychedelic "way back machine", invented a new genre. The Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers, and Poco, quickly followed in their footsteps.
@@TheAnarchitek That Stones' track was not really Psychedelic, but maybe the following track which was the album's great closing track, Something Happened To Me Yesterday, which revived the Psychedelia of the 1920's, also known as The Roaring 20's which we are now back into.
I love the whole album, the UK version, that is! I disagree that Miss Amanda Jones is not "psychedelic". It was clearly mastered as a single, then abandoned, for whatever. It's a bridge between 19th Nervous Breakdown, Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby?, and Jumping Jack Flash. The opening chords are unusual for the times, more psychedelia than guitar histrionics typical at the time (listen to the Blues Magoos, or Incense and Peppermints, featuring Lynyrd Skynyrd's Ed King), and the way the guitar is enhanced is another common feature. I've been listening to this song for 56 years, now. The last song, Something Happened to Me Yesterday, a droll accounting of their experiences under the influence of LSD. However, the song is English Music Hall, not psychedelia, especially the parting coda. I would have to say the album is the Stones' trippiest, the band at its loosest (and tightest, musically) point ever in the recording studio. Please Go Home is full-on psychedelia, if less-appealing, and Connection reveals all. The album seems to me to be the last time the band went into the studio and had fun. Their Satanic Majesties' Request always seemed deadly earnest, as if they'd been chained to their amps in the studio, and Beggar's Banquet offered a glimpse of the Brian Jones-less Stones, a working rock 'n' roll band grinding out tunes. @@paulgoldstein2569
My choices would include "The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)" by the Grateful Dead "Tallyman" by Jeff Beck, "l Can Hear The Grass Grow" by the Move, "Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor" by the Yardbirds and "Slip Inside This House" by the 13th Floor Elevators.
Excellent ! Plus : - Love, from Da Capo (Fetish ?) : She comes in colors - Pink Floyd : See Emily play - Tomorrow : My White bicycle - The Smoke : My friend Jack
Recently on youtube I've come across two bits of info that allege that its a very well kept secret that there were two session guitarists on the Doors debut album.
@@tomrobinson5776 See the comment by phildohogne on episode 253 of Tom Bukovac's Homeschoolin' channel. Tom is Nashville's top session guitarist, currently doing benefit concerts with Joe Walsh for war vets. The commenter claims that back in the day he was a first call session guitarist whose career ended because of a car accident. His comment is in the first third of the comments from a few days ago. Tom gets tons of comments. He is much admired.
Great 1967 playlist ! Some overlapping tastes. 'Lucifer Sam' is the standout on Sgt. Piper for me too. Of course in West Coast black-light head-shops the youth were often tripping to a different beat, more moody, folk influenced like some your picks here. As to pop-psych, have you ever listened to 'Living Dream' by L.A. band Peanut Butter Conspiracy? Admittedly a terrible band name, but the track comes pretty close to capturing that mythical "S.F. sound." That is on an obscure-psych playlist of mine.
@@tomrobinson5776 Sort of early Jefferson Airplane vibes, to my ears anyway. Electric guitar without effects boxes, just sustain from amp settings and a bit of reverb.
Thanks for suggesting Living Dream by Peanut Butter Conspiracy. It's always great finding hidden gems like this. I got the Mamas & Papas meets the Byrds and the `Airplane from it, so what's not to like ? Vocalist Sandi Robison has a great voice albeit not quite as distinctive as Cass Elliott and a shame they met with little success. Then again they didnt have a songwriter of John Phillips' stature to help them.......
@@warwickbunting4749 In that case I'm happy to have drawn your attention to record then. Mamas, Papas, Byrds and Airplane works for me too. Thanks for the note!
I love Whiter Shade Of Pale. I’ve always been a huge Procol fan. Those first 4 records, including Shine On Brightly, A Salty Dog, Home, the debut are some of the greatest albums ever made.
That's a radical LP collection you have there, Mr. Capo. Some time ago I made the huge mistake of selling my copy of The Trip soundtrack to Ameba records because I'd purchased the CD. One of my many regrets in life because "The Other Ed Norton" isn't on the CD version. Did you by any chance pick it up from Ameba?
How Ya doing Capo? Hey have you checked out "The Rascals" "Once Upon A Dream" concert they did about 10 years ago for their reunion? This is By Far one of the best reunions I have EVER Seen!!!! You Have to watch it but....Put on the headset to get the full effects!!! Let me know what you think... Fly Low...................
My Favorite Psychedelic Psongs From 1967: 01 - WHEN THE MUSIC'S OVER (The Doors) 02 - ARE YOU EXPERIENCED (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) 03 - DAILY NIGHTLY (The Monkees) 04 - WHITE RABBIT (Jefferson Airplane) 05 - TIME HAS COME TODAY (The Chambers Brothers) 06 - YOU KEEP ME HANGING ON (Vanilla Fudge) 07 - ELECTRICITY (Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band) 08 - YOU SET THE SCENE (Love) 09 - BROKEN ARROW (Buffalo Springfield) 10 - SLIP INSIDE THIS HOUSE (The Thirteenth Floor Elevators) 11 - THE WORLD'S ON FIRE (The Strawberry Alarm Clock) 12 - VENUS IN FURS (The Velvet Underground) 13 - JUST DROPPED IN (The First Edition) 14 - BROWN SHOES DON'T MAKE IT (The Mothers Of Invention) 15 - PIPE DREAM (The Blues Magoos) 16 - HEROES AND VILLAINS (The Beach Boys) 17 - TURN ME ON (Rotary Connection) 18 - DROP OUT (Pearls Before Swine) 19 - MISTER BLUE (Clear Light) 20 - GRACE (Country Joe And The Fish)
@@tomrobinson5776 21 - LIGHTNING'S GIRL (Nancy Sinatra) 22 - ONLY PRETTY WHAT A PITY (The Lovin' Spoonful) 23 - THE PEOPLE IN ME (The Music Machine) 24 - SHE'S MY GIRL (The Turtles) 25 - INSANITY COMES QUIETLY TO THE STRUCTURED MIND (Janis Ian) 26 - OPTICAL SOUND (The Human Expression) 27 - HURRICANE FIGHTER PLANE (The Red Crayola) 28 - DARK ON YOU NOW (The Peanut Butter Conspiracy) 29 - GET ME TO THE WORLD ON TIME (The Electric Prunes) 30 - ARE YOU GONNA BE THERE (The Chocolate Watch Band) 31 - FIND SOMEBODY (The Young Rascals) 32 - OMAHA (Moby Grape) 33 - SMELL OF INCENSE (The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band) 34 - TRIP ON ME (The Forum) 35 - DESIREE (The Left Banke) 36 - L-O-V-E (Lothar And The Hand People) 37 - TIGHTER (Paul Revere And The Raiders) 38 - CREAM PUFF WAR (Grateful Dead) 39 - EVERYBODY'S BEEN BURNED (The Byrds) 40 - ALL IS LONELINESS (Big Brother And The Holding Company)
Great video, but no Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack, Excerpt From A Teenage Opera, although that was only a UK hit, but number two. No Captain Beefheart, or 1967 Hollies? You stated that that Jefferson Airplane album reeks of 1967, but was recorded October to November 1966, like a lot of early 1967 albums. The Doors album you mention was recorded August 1966, when we were at the tail end of the British Invasion. But Psychedelia was already being felt in the States by then while the British side of the Pop world was still mostly British Invasion based, but with occasional advancements. But here is the 1965 demo version of End Of The Night, from their six track demo session, five of which they eventually re-recorded over the next few years. ua-cam.com/video/gzQhLcj_VtE/v-deo.html That track you mentioned by The Monkees written by Mann/Weil was originally recorded as a demo by Barry Mann himself. The Monkees' version was a virtual copy, but less powerful. ua-cam.com/video/gTJc6ucz9N4/v-deo.html But as for The Rascals, you chose the wrong track. Their single from earlier that year, Groovin' sounded far more Psychedelic, plus tracks from their album of that name.
Totally forgot about Safe As Milk from ‘67. Autumn’s Child would have been a great choice. Groovin always sounded more R&B than psychedelic imo. After Bathing At Baxters might be one of the defining psych albums from 1967.
There seems to be completely different attitudes towards the Monkees depending on which side of the Atlantic one is from. In the US, commentators are generally appreciative of their music but here in the UK the response seems much more derogatory. I guess we both had the TV series but in the States you probably had a lot more 'straight' music performances too, whereas we just had endless repeats of the TV series so the constant buffoonery detracted from the music.
I agree. The show is pretty unwatchable these days, but they did crank out some infectious pop during that 18 month surge of popularity. It helped they had seasoned songwriters lending a hand to their success.
Great choices. I've always loved and collected psychedelic albums and singles. So many excellent psych songs were released in 1967 that a top 100 list would still contain an amazing selection of psychedelic classics.
I agree.
Awesome list! Please do a part 2... There is so much to choose from in '67.
The Chambers Bros. were the first act to do really extended pieces, playing with tempos. They were as big if not bigger than the airplane, but not white.
I totally agree! I saw them live in Houston in 68 and they blew the roof of the coliseum! They played "Time Has Come Today" for a good 40 minutes and the light show was fantastic! Their drummer Brian Keenan, who was white, did a good 20 minute solo on ''Time'' and just blew us away! The Chamber brothers are not a one shot wonder either, they have so many classic songs throughout their LPs from soul to hard rock! I've been a fan since that concert and always will be! By the way check them out in their early years on Shindig!!! ROCK ON!!
My favorite year for albums released and also 1968 the best ❤
I am The Walrus is
Psychedelia 🎉….
Scared me as a kid. Great, great song
No doubt about it. A crowning achievement in pop music.
Magnificent choices from some superb LPs. A great era. Cheers, Chris
My 15 favorites
The Byrds - Why
The Doors - Strange Days
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Castles Made of Sand
The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
The Rolling Stones - She's a Rainbow
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
Love - A House is Not a Motel
Pink Floyd - See Emily Play
The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
The Who - I Can See for Miles
Cream - Sunshine of Your Love
Traffic - Dear Mr. Fantasy
Country Joe & The Fish - Flying High
The Monkees - Pleasant Valley Sunday
The Small Faces - Itchycoo Park
I agree with that Love song. Great guitar solo break with perfect distortion. And Strange Days chord sequence has to be from the classically trained Ray Manzarek.
@@jamesruscio6536 The band Love was amazing.
This is amazing! That was such an incredible year in music. Beatles, Hendrix, Joplin, The Doors, Floyd, Airplane, The Who... I'd have trouble picking my top *100* songs!
25 Favorites of mine from 1967
Country Joe and the Fish - Section 43
Love - Alone Again Or
Moby Grape - Changes
Strawberry Alarm Clock - Incense and Peppermints
The Who - i Can See For Miles
Pink Floyd - See Emily Play
The Yardbirds - Puzzles
The Rolling Stones - The Citadel
The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
Tomorrow - Hallucinations
Small Faces - Tin Soldier
Cream -Tales of Brave Ulysses
Velvet Underground - All Tomorrows Parties
Grateful Dead - Viola Lee Blues
Jefferson Airplane - 3/5ths of a Mile in 10 Seconds
Traffic - Dear Mr. Fantasy
13th Floor Elevators - (I've Got) Levitation
Jimi Hendrix Experience - 3rd Stone From the Sun
Vanilla Fudge - You Keep Me Hanging On
Eric Burdon & The Animals - San Franciscan Nights
Pretty Things - Defecting Gray
The Doors - Moonlight Drive
The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
Chamber Bros - Time Has Come Today.
Jeff Beck Group - Beck's Bolero (released in 1967 as a b-side to Hi Ho Silver Lining)
Great, informative piece. Thank you.
Reminds me what a good year for music 1967 was...very cool.. Peace and Love, Terry and Julia Tutor
Really nice list. Hadn't heard The Rascals song in ages and didn't know that one by The Monkees. Great upload.
Great selections. "When I Was Young" was originally on Eric Burdon and the Animals vol. ii -- a fine compilation that came out in 1967 - named as the follow-up to Best of the Animals, but coming in before The Greatest hits of Eric Burdon and the Animals. Go figure.
New subscriber here. Love love love your list. I’m going to turn it into a Spotify playlist. Please please 🙏 please do 1968!!
Thanks for subscribing. Sounds like a good idea regarding a ‘68 favorite songs list. I did a 1968 favorite “albums” list months back if you’d like to check that out. 😉
Love your choices!
2 of my favorite psychedelic songs by The Monkees are Daily Nightly and Star Collector.
An alternate title for White Rabbit could be "We take psychedelic drugs and advise you to do the same." You could add pretty much anything off of After Bathing At Baxters that came out later in 1967 by JA.
Absolutely, fantastic record.
Colored rain is my favorite off "Mr.fantasy" amazing song!
Awesome song. 😉
Hi, first time viewer here. Good suggestions!
i heart the country joe and was amazed. berkeley playing in a bookstore
I really liked Barry Melton's guitar playing in " Not so Sweet Martha Loraine." He had that beautiful frantic vibrato that was a sign of that era of great guitar players. Country Joe & the Fish......along with The Doors and the Jefferson Airplane were the top Psychedelic bands...along with The Beatles, The Dead, Cream, .....are among my top favorites.
Bees Gees - Every Christian Lion Hearted Man Will show You. The Gregorian chant always reminds me of Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut. Very unsettling.
Never heard this track. Now I must. 😉
@@tomrobinson5776 The Bees Gees 1967 psych album is highly regarded. Artwork by Klaus Voorman.
I'm surprised you never heard that track. That Bee Gees album is a Psychedelic classic, some ten years before they re-exploded, after re-inventing themselves as the kings of Disco..@@tomrobinson5776
I also love 9.50 by The Twilights (Australia), recorded at Abbey Road. The band includes Glenn Shorrock (Little River Band) and guitarist Terry Britten who went on to have a huge career in the UK and USA as a session man and songwriter, winning the Grammy in 1985 for Song of the Year with What's Love Got to Do With It for Tina Turner.
FULL MEASURE by Loving Spoonful seemed to capture an essence of the trip it was to be winter of '66/'67 when you weren't sure which groups had English accents. Just as I Am the Walrus ended the extended of aural mystical magic. The lyrics read 'oompah, oompah, stick up your jumper' but we heard; 'SMOKE POT, LOVE POT, EVERYBODY LOVE/SMOKE POT LOVE POT EVERYBODY'...the parents never knew about it.
Full Measure is a great tune. I’m a huge Spoonful fan. 😉
@@tomrobinson5776 One of the most overlooked sixties bands nowadays.
One of my all-time favorites from The Doors
would be "Light My Fire", along with "We Ain't Got Nothin' Yet",
by The Blues Magoos, "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds", by The Beatles,
"Pushin' Too Hard", by The SEEDS, "Only Pretty, What A Pity",
by The Lovin' Spoonful, "Over Under Sideways Down", by The yARdbiRds,
just to name a few......
Great selections, but Over Under Sideways Down, Pushin Too Hard, We Ain’t Got Nothin’ Yet came out in 1966.
My favourite psychedelic song was Living In A Child's Dream by The Master's Apprentices an Australian group from 1967 ! Yes agree with your #1 too though I'm rather partial to Tomorrow Never Knows , I'm Only Sleeping , I Am The Walrius and Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite ! 🌈👁️🤡
I agree with a number of your pics. 1967 was the best year for music IMHO.
I agree with your statement.
And 1966, the year that Psychedelia was starting to be felt in the States more than the UK.
All good choices and a few that I don’t know but will listen to today. I was so sure that he’d choose my 2 first pics. I’m very surprised because I just figured that everyone would’ve known and readily agreed. The record by the 13th floor Elevators titled Easter Everywhere was released in ‘67. The song’s titled Slip Inside this House (as you pass by). The second off their next record titled Bull of the Woods is Livin’ On. We were lucky to have had a father who knew everything about all genres of music and so we had everything. That’s saying a lot but it’s pretty much true. The songs I mentioned are my favorites in the Psychedelic category and especially the second one. My sister to this day won’t listen to it. She says it’s too disturbing. I almost agree but it’s just too good. It’s sung by Roky Erickson. If you listen carefully you’ll know what he’s saying. There were some people who were like him in that they went a little too far with things and it’s the scariest song I’ve ever heard. The playing is to my ear extraordinary. There were many copies on UA-cam (still are) and some tried to write the lyrics. I was the only one who knew them but it took a thousand listens.
I have the first 13th Floor Elevators album and Easter Everywhere. Never heard Bull Of The Woods. I need to check that out.
I have them except the Monkee's one. Jim
Almost anything by Jefferson Airplane from that year would make my list. In particular The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil from After Bathing at Baxters which I believe came out in late '67. "Concept albums" were a thing then. BYMP was devastating, apocalyptic, lots of feedback which I loved. It wasn't a "big hit" but it got considerable airplay, even where I grew up - in Maine
I almost chose The Ballad Of You And Me And Pooneil instead of White Rabbit. Love the After Bathing At Baxters album.
❤️ ❤️ ❤️ 70s, the kingdom of transforrmation: cream and country joe: to me: the kings and the princes.....perso.,...
but hendrix : the dark lonesome eagle.....cruising above earthly matter.......🧚♀️
Hello! I'm from Québec City (french speaker) and I like your work. Could youn please publish the list of your choie in live cose I'm unable to follow exactly the names of the bands and the titles of your choices. I'm a great fan of the Psychedelic period and I appreciate your selection. Merci !
My World Fell Down- Sagittarius
Pretty good list. "Arr-meh-neeya cities in the skies", although it's hard to overlook their masterpiece, I Can See for Miles! I think I might have gone with Murder in My Heart for the Judge, by Moby Grape, Mr Soul, by Buffalo Springfield, and Bass Strings, by Country Joe and the Fish. Also, any list of psychedelic classics has to feature one of Janis Joplin's insane readings of Piece of My Heart (Cheap Thrills), or Ball and Chain (Live at the Winterland '68). Bombay Calling, by It's a Beautiful Day, Silver Metre's version of Jesus Christ, Superstar, and On the Road Again, Canned Heat, all deserve a spot, too.
All great selections, but the theme was 1967.
I did lose sight of that idea. I still like Bass Strings and Mr Soul, as well as I Can See for Miles, but offer as substitutes, Miss Amanda Jones, from Between the Buttons, I Can't See Nobody from BeeGees 1st (or, Every Christian Lion-Hearted Man), and Won't You Try/Saturday Afternoon, from Jefferson Airplane's stunning After Bathing at Baxter's, although it's hard to overlook A Whiter Shade of Pale, and Homberg, for pure psychedelic character.
I still dip into the BeeGees 1st LP, cuz it is a surprisingly good album. Critics raved about Odessa, but for my money, 1st is head and shoulders above it. Similarly, Buffalo Springfield Again invented Acid Country Rock, with Mr Soul, Everydays, Expecting to Fly, Bluebird, Hung Upside Down, Rock 'n' Roll Woman, and Broken Arrow. The band put Country "phrasing" through a psychedelic "way back machine", invented a new genre. The Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers, and Poco, quickly followed in their footsteps.
@@TheAnarchitek That Stones' track was not really Psychedelic, but maybe the following track which was the album's great closing track, Something Happened To Me Yesterday, which revived the Psychedelia of the 1920's, also known as The Roaring 20's which we are now back into.
I love the whole album, the UK version, that is! I disagree that Miss Amanda Jones is not "psychedelic". It was clearly mastered as a single, then abandoned, for whatever. It's a bridge between 19th Nervous Breakdown, Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby?, and Jumping Jack Flash.
The opening chords are unusual for the times, more psychedelia than guitar histrionics typical at the time (listen to the Blues Magoos, or Incense and Peppermints, featuring Lynyrd Skynyrd's Ed King), and the way the guitar is enhanced is another common feature. I've been listening to this song for 56 years, now.
The last song, Something Happened to Me Yesterday, a droll accounting of their experiences under the influence of LSD. However, the song is English Music Hall, not psychedelia, especially the parting coda. I would have to say the album is the Stones' trippiest, the band at its loosest (and tightest, musically) point ever in the recording studio.
Please Go Home is full-on psychedelia, if less-appealing, and Connection reveals all. The album seems to me to be the last time the band went into the studio and had fun. Their Satanic Majesties' Request always seemed deadly earnest, as if they'd been chained to their amps in the studio, and Beggar's Banquet offered a glimpse of the Brian Jones-less Stones, a working rock 'n' roll band grinding out tunes.
@@paulgoldstein2569
My choices would include "The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion)" by the Grateful Dead
"Tallyman" by Jeff Beck, "l Can Hear The Grass Grow" by the Move, "Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor" by the Yardbirds and "Slip Inside This House" by the 13th Floor Elevators.
I was a huge Yardbirds fan, but did not like that track at all. It was based on a nursery rhyme.
Songs to trip out on
Excellent !
Plus :
- Love, from Da Capo (Fetish ?) : She comes in colors
- Pink Floyd : See Emily play
- Tomorrow : My White bicycle
- The Smoke : My friend Jack
Recently on youtube I've come across two bits of info that allege that its a very well kept secret that there were two session guitarists on the Doors debut album.
Really? Never heard that…
@@tomrobinson5776 See the comment by phildohogne on episode 253 of Tom Bukovac's Homeschoolin' channel. Tom is Nashville's top session guitarist, currently doing benefit concerts with Joe Walsh for war vets. The commenter claims that back in the day he was a first call session guitarist whose career ended because of a car accident. His comment is in the first third of the comments from a few days ago. Tom gets tons of comments. He is much admired.
Great 1967 playlist ! Some overlapping tastes. 'Lucifer Sam' is the standout on Sgt. Piper for me too. Of course in West Coast black-light head-shops the youth were often tripping to a different beat, more moody, folk influenced like some your picks here. As to pop-psych, have you ever listened to 'Living Dream' by L.A. band Peanut Butter Conspiracy? Admittedly a terrible band name, but the track comes pretty close to capturing that mythical "S.F. sound." That is on an obscure-psych playlist of mine.
Never heard of that track. I’ll have to check it out. 😉
@@tomrobinson5776 Sort of early Jefferson Airplane vibes, to my ears anyway. Electric guitar without effects boxes, just sustain from amp settings and a bit of reverb.
Thanks for suggesting Living Dream by Peanut Butter Conspiracy. It's always great finding hidden gems like this. I got the Mamas & Papas meets the Byrds and the `Airplane from it, so what's not to like ?
Vocalist Sandi Robison has a great voice albeit not quite as distinctive as Cass Elliott and a shame they met with little success. Then again they didnt have a songwriter of John Phillips' stature to help them.......
@@warwickbunting4749 In that case I'm happy to have drawn your attention to record then. Mamas, Papas, Byrds and Airplane works for me too. Thanks for the note!
no love for procol harum's 'whiter shade of pale'?
I love Whiter Shade Of Pale. I’ve always been a huge Procol fan. Those first 4 records, including Shine On Brightly, A Salty Dog, Home, the debut are some of the greatest albums ever made.
Check out The Ramones version of The Chambers Brothers "Time has come today" Also The Animals "When I was Young"
I’ve heard the cover of When I Was Young. Pretty cool.
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That's a radical LP collection you have there, Mr. Capo. Some time ago I made the huge mistake of selling my copy of The Trip soundtrack to Ameba records because I'd purchased the CD. One of my many regrets in life because "The Other Ed Norton" isn't on the CD version. Did you by any chance pick it up from Ameba?
I’ve never owned it. Is this the soundtrack to the film from ‘66 or ‘67?
Ameoba
From Beatles the Harrison penned Within You Without You
TRES Cool/Heavy
Nothing by the 13th Floor Elevators, the pioneers of psychedelic rock?
A glaring omission indeed. Anything off Easter Everywhere could have made the list. 😉
How Ya doing Capo? Hey have you checked out "The Rascals" "Once Upon A Dream" concert they did
about 10 years ago for their reunion? This is By Far one of the best reunions I have EVER Seen!!!! You
Have to watch it but....Put on the headset to get the full effects!!! Let me know what you think...
Fly Low...................
I actually did see this show in Southern California at The Greek Theater. It was great!
I bet!!! I'm jealous as HELL!!!!! It looked
Fantastic!!!!@@tomrobinson5776
Love your list of songs except the Monkey's
My Favorite Psychedelic Psongs From 1967:
01 - WHEN THE MUSIC'S OVER (The Doors)
02 - ARE YOU EXPERIENCED (The Jimi Hendrix Experience)
03 - DAILY NIGHTLY (The Monkees)
04 - WHITE RABBIT (Jefferson Airplane)
05 - TIME HAS COME TODAY (The Chambers Brothers)
06 - YOU KEEP ME HANGING ON (Vanilla Fudge)
07 - ELECTRICITY (Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band)
08 - YOU SET THE SCENE (Love)
09 - BROKEN ARROW (Buffalo Springfield)
10 - SLIP INSIDE THIS HOUSE (The Thirteenth Floor Elevators)
11 - THE WORLD'S ON FIRE (The Strawberry Alarm Clock)
12 - VENUS IN FURS (The Velvet Underground)
13 - JUST DROPPED IN (The First Edition)
14 - BROWN SHOES DON'T MAKE IT (The Mothers Of Invention)
15 - PIPE DREAM (The Blues Magoos)
16 - HEROES AND VILLAINS (The Beach Boys)
17 - TURN ME ON (Rotary Connection)
18 - DROP OUT (Pearls Before Swine)
19 - MISTER BLUE (Clear Light)
20 - GRACE (Country Joe And The Fish)
Great list. 😉
@@tomrobinson5776
21 - LIGHTNING'S GIRL (Nancy Sinatra)
22 - ONLY PRETTY WHAT A PITY (The Lovin' Spoonful)
23 - THE PEOPLE IN ME (The Music Machine)
24 - SHE'S MY GIRL (The Turtles)
25 - INSANITY COMES QUIETLY TO THE STRUCTURED MIND (Janis Ian)
26 - OPTICAL SOUND (The Human Expression)
27 - HURRICANE FIGHTER PLANE (The Red Crayola)
28 - DARK ON YOU NOW (The Peanut Butter Conspiracy)
29 - GET ME TO THE WORLD ON TIME (The Electric Prunes)
30 - ARE YOU GONNA BE THERE (The Chocolate Watch Band)
31 - FIND SOMEBODY (The Young Rascals)
32 - OMAHA (Moby Grape)
33 - SMELL OF INCENSE (The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band)
34 - TRIP ON ME (The Forum)
35 - DESIREE (The Left Banke)
36 - L-O-V-E (Lothar And The Hand People)
37 - TIGHTER (Paul Revere And The Raiders)
38 - CREAM PUFF WAR (Grateful Dead)
39 - EVERYBODY'S BEEN BURNED (The Byrds)
40 - ALL IS LONELINESS (Big Brother And The Holding Company)
Stooges , 1969 !
Great video, but no Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack, Excerpt From A Teenage Opera, although that was only a UK hit, but number two. No Captain Beefheart, or 1967 Hollies?
You stated that that Jefferson Airplane album reeks of 1967, but was recorded October to November 1966, like a lot of early 1967 albums. The Doors album you mention was recorded August 1966, when we were at the tail end of the British Invasion. But Psychedelia was already being felt in the States by then while the British side of the Pop world was still mostly British Invasion based, but with occasional advancements. But here is the 1965 demo version of End Of The Night, from their six track demo session, five of which they eventually re-recorded over the next few years.
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That track you mentioned by The Monkees written by Mann/Weil was originally recorded as a demo by Barry Mann himself. The Monkees' version was a virtual copy, but less powerful.
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But as for The Rascals, you chose the wrong track. Their single from earlier that year, Groovin' sounded far more Psychedelic, plus tracks from their album of that name.
Totally forgot about Safe As Milk from ‘67. Autumn’s Child would have been a great choice. Groovin always sounded more R&B than psychedelic imo. After Bathing At Baxters might be one of the defining psych albums from 1967.
There seems to be completely different attitudes towards the Monkees depending on which side of the Atlantic one is from. In the US, commentators are generally appreciative of their music but here in the UK the response seems much more derogatory. I guess we both had the TV series but in the States you probably had a lot more 'straight' music performances too, whereas we just had endless repeats of the TV series so the constant buffoonery detracted from the music.
I agree. The show is pretty unwatchable these days, but they did crank out some infectious pop during that 18 month surge of popularity. It helped they had seasoned songwriters lending a hand to their success.