Cool British Singles Released In December 1966

Welcome to the last episode of “Cool British Singles from 1966”.
December 1966 was a truly excellent month for singles so I can't think of a better way to end these series. I hope you've enjoyed these series highlighting some great British releases from 1966 and hope you've discovered some brilliant tunes that you either weren't familiar with or just forgot with the passing of time.
Thank you very much for watching and see you next time.

[@deadlyoneable]

1966 may be the best year for music ever in my opinion.

[@67psych]

and 1967.

[@patgalvez4563]

It gets my vote

[@pablocaira8240]

1965

[@spiritof6663]

@@67psych I used to vacillate between 66 and 67 as my favorite year for music, before I decided to just tie them and now I'm a happy man!

[@ForARide]

Not to forget that The Velvet Underground & Nico was recorded in April and May 1966, and should have been released that year, but due to publishing issues unfortunately it wasn't released until almost a year later in March 1967. Still didn't prevent it becoming one of the most iconic and influential albums in Rock history!

[@boboramoene]

I was five years old in 1966. Love this songs so much. Timeless gems.

[@sirloifior]

I'd watched every f......'n vid of yesterday's papers Never get disappointed!!! The source for 60's music!!! The 60's were the real start of modern music.

[@DeltaJazzUK]

Great excerpt from 'Blow Up' to start, along with 'Georgy Girl' the definitive Swinging London films!

[@heinrichvon]

"I *am* in Paris!" Hilarious!

[@davidpalk5010]

And the ex-Jimmy Saville white RR Silver Cloud, re-sprayed black for the film.

[@louiebee6745]

Cream, The Who, Hendrix, The Move, early Bowie and all those lost treasures! WOW!✌

[@sb2165]

Now that was a month for Brit Pop. The Move's Disturbance is one of the greatest Freak Beat tunes ever. I've been saying for years I felt there was a link between this and Sabbath. Great video! Thanks.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Yep, brilliant song.

[@paulgoldstein2569]

But the undubbed recording on one of their compilations lacked the second layer of fuzz so you could hear the vocals better, and all the weird sound effects at the end. But to compensate for the latter, it had a snippet of glorious studio chatter at the beginning.

[@sb2165]

@@paulgoldstein2569 Don't think I've ever heard that version. I first discovered the song in the mid 70s as my dad had the single. I was always surprised none of the first wave punk bands didn't cover it. I could imagine The Adverts or Damned doing it.

[@paulgoldstein2569]

@@sb2165 It was on a double CD reissue of their first album just called The Move, but not on the triple CD reissue that followed it. It was also on their Anthology 1966-1972 box set, and then most interestingly on a download E.P. release of their first single which also contains an alternate take of it's A side which is similar to the hit version, but there is no phasing effect on the guitar, and the vocal sessions of that song. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qIGmoWOHh6-hg5I The sound effects at the end were added slightly later, and are therefore not here. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6a8e4mNbb-dr8k kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6Kon4OAorSeeLs

[@mikeschmidt8256]

I enjoyed this trip back to 1966.

[@shadowstealer2790]

The Misunderstood - perhaps the greatest psychedelic band of all, and also perhaps the most tragic. I'm with Peel.

[@ForARide]

Absolutely, discovered them mid 80s, when Before The Dream Faded was released. Side A of that lp, the tracks they recorded in England are up there with the finest psychedelic songs, by the likes of The Electric Prunes, Love. The Seeds or The Sonics.

[@shadowstealer2790]

@@ForARide Yes, same for me with Before The Dream Faded. Personally for sheer power and dynamics they top all the psyche bands by a mile, plus they have the incredible Glenn Ross Campbell, who turns the pedal steel into a full on Martian Invasion.I'd say "My Mind", "Hidden Door" and "Children Of The Sun" may even surpass the brilliance of "7 and & is" and "Psycho" and that's saying something.....

[@darrellmayberry7784]

Yesterday's Papers when you said December 1966 would be a dynamite month for record releases you were spot on as one of the best years in pop music history 1966 came to a end. The Move the Who Jimi Hendrix David Bowie the Pretty Things and Cream all gold standard artists released singles that month and the future group Slade did too. 1966 had plenty of problems in the UK and US with the increasing unpopular Vietnam War affecting a very promising group the Misunderstood but what ever problems people had then could just turn on the radio or their turntables to have a moment of escape with great music and thank you for posting all these great 1966 releases.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Chers!

[@EdwinJack64]

This episode is so filled with beautiful music and anecdotes that I can't say anything more. Well one thing then, the account of The Misunderstood left me breathless ... what a story say... this band probably could have become a world-class band! Conscription has killed a lot of bands unfortunately! I'd rather hear good music than the clatter of guns! Thanks again Yesterday's Papers!

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Cheers Edwin! Glad you enjoyed the video.

[@delbertstringbreaker7686]

Absolutely fantastic episode! It was riveting from the Blow Up start to the ULEZ free finish. I distinctly remember being blown away by the Misunderstood one night when Peel played them on his Perfumed Garden programme. It was a brilliant year for music and promised so much.

[@danielhayes7967]

Thank you so much for remembering The Misunderstood.

[@RiisPark99]

Great trip back in time! Thanks!!

[@sunboycold9164]

Thanks for posting, your video's are always great to watch from start to finish.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Cheers!

[@davidellis5141]

I have Cheap Trick to thank for discovering The Move as I loved their cover of California Man on Heaven Tonight & was inspired to buy a Move Compilation.

[@crowhillian58]

Cheap Trick also got their name from another band featured in the brilliant vid, Slade having watched Slade in concert they remarked that Slade used every cheap trick to get the crowd going.

[@musicalSFCat]

The Mirage. Very cool underrated '60s Psychedelic band. They had many original gems, besides cover version of "Tomorrow Never Knows" from The Beatles. Cheers for this cool episode.

[@soulfoodie1]

The story of The Misunderstood is a salutary reminder of the issues young men in the USA were facing in this period, and many of that generation still live with the scars Also love the Move track Disturbance - as you say the ending could very well influenced Black Sabbath

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Yeah, the story of The Misunderstood is truly sad.

[@lthompson7625]

That’s a great point. I remember talking to members of 1960s Liverpool band (and Cavern regulars ) The Hideaways. John Shell, who was one of their members, was born in America but from the age of two was brought up in Liverpool. In 1967 he ended up in Vietnam , not certain if he was called up or volunteered ? The poor guy was killed in Saigon 1968..

[@shadowstealer2790]

It is the saddest "might have been" story in music, no contest.

[@GenialHarryGrout]

Some great music to finish off the year of 1966

[@liminal-m3g]

Great video! Love the opening clip from 'Blow Up' 👍

[@tomrobinson5776]

Another stellar video! 1966 was such a pivotal year for music. So much happening at once.

[@appledoreman]

Excellent summary of this magical era, thank you. Particularly enjoyed the Misunderstood segment - they deserved the extended time given. I believe 'Who do you love' was a minor hit for Glenn Ross Campbell's later band, Juicy Lucy. Finally, your accompanying video footage, including original images of (often rare) singles, is always excellent!

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thanks!

[@GaryJohnWalker1]

Fantastic. The speed music changed over those 3-4 years - 64 to 67 - was amazing. Sounds out of date so quick. Makes a mockery of the so well connected modern day with little advance beyond tweaks in autotune

[@Rochfordessex2]

Wow! This is indeed a fab month. All my top discs covered in the first 5. Cream, Who, Move and The Misunderstood with their incredible debut. Thanks for shedding light on the amazing guitar sound. Well done for the perfect editing YP and many thanks for bringing some really cool groove into life in the 21st (MOR) music century! ❤

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Cheers!

[@bugeanuflorin1531]

Absolutely fabulous performance music for the first time in the world of introspection of music. Thank you for posting them. Good time for you. I was 13 years old.

[@boomtownrat5106]

Having lived in LA in ‘66, The Misunderstood’s performances at Pandora’s Box was quite the buzz. I have a cousin who was nine years older ( I was 11 at the time) than me who frequented that club and she’d regale her music-crazed cousin with stories about performances she saw. It was toward the end of 1966 when there was unrest around the nightclub because of curfews being enforced and the local residents complaining about noise and drug and alcohol use. My dad worked down the street from that nightclub, and I remember him witnessing some of the unrest when he commuted to work. This unrest became fodder for Stephen Stills when he wrote For What It’s Worth, which was a hit for Buffalo Springfield. That song has been associated with anti-war sentiment, but in actuality, because of complaining residents and heavy-handed law enforcement, it fueled the youth unrest and protests.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Yep, the movie "Riot On Sunset Strip" was also about that.

[@boomtownrat5106]

@@YesterdaysPapers Sadly, I’ve never seen Riot On The Sunset Strip. I understand the music in the film was quite good. The LA based band, the Standells, being one of the artists featured.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

@@boomtownrat5106 The Chocolate Watch Band were also featured in the film. Not really a good film but a fun movie. It's on youtube.

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

Fascinating and wonderful to know.

[@SH-ud8wd]

Happy Jack was No. 1 in Germany, too. Pete Townshend said, because of its marching rhythm.

[@randybackgammon890]

Can't hear much two time(that's a march as in Bonnie and Clyde or Rainy day woman #no.9)in H.J. What's Townsend talking about

[@reddove108]

Go glad to see and hear the Misunderstood. I only discovered this one a few years back. I've lost count of the times I've listened to it since. A true masterpiece. Thanks again for your wonderful work.

[@hopebgood]

I think this great series of informative and well researched vids should be on the telly. I love watching all those progs about classic bands and how albums were made. These vids are even better than them

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thanks.

[@hopebgood]

@@YesterdaysPapers No probs mate. I've always loved "alternate music" and thought I was quite well up on 60's music but I'm quite prepared to say I obviously know fuck all really. Your vids have opened my eyes and my ears 😉

[@willminkorea2010]

N.S.U. was such a great song by Cream. One of their best.

[@Joanna-il2ur]

Never really knew what it was about. NSU was a west German car marque at that time, but as a girl I heard it was about a venereal disease with the same initials.

[@steliosposeidon6871]

Wonderful - thank you!

[@radiomindchatter7994]

I was a kid in the 60's and living in The States when I first Happy Jack and fell in love with it immediately. Years later I got the same feeling when I heard Night of Fear. Ace Kedford never got the credit he deserved for his bass playing...it was really good. Also, that cover of Tomorrow Never knows is quite good. Spectacular work👍

[@YesterdaysPapers]

I agree, and Ace Kefford also had a very good singing voice. Quite soulful

[@radiomindchatter7994]

@@YesterdaysPapers Yes suprisingly so..I heard that especially on Beat Club...

[@beezlus_]

​@radiomindchatter7994 if you haven't checked out his solo stuff, give it a listen ! Life of My Child is brilliant

[@richardambler5336]

Another excellent episode 👏👏👏

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thanks!

[@pencilpauli9442]

Great month but was kinda disappointed to find that the Christmas number 1 for 1966 was The Green Green Grass of Home, by Tom Jones. Many years ago I couldn't get the song out of my head for weeks and weeks, so went to see my doctor. When I asked him if this was normal, he said it's not unusual. Thanks as always. YP never disappoints. Unlike my jokes lol

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Hahaha! Cheers.

[@heli-crewhgs5285]

You bollocks’d up the punchline a bit. The doctor actually said: “It’s Not Unusual.” Edit your post. Quickly, while no one’s looking!

[@Krzyszczynski]

Yes, for some reason the Beatles - who usually made sure to nick the Xmas No 1 spot - dropped the ball that year.

[@pencilpauli9442]

@@heli-crewhgs5285 Actually you were wrong, I ballsed up the punchline a lot! lol Thanks for the gentle kiss up the arse! lol 👍👍 I never can remember the words of songs properly. Oh well, as Frank Sinatra sang, "I did it in my own manner!"

[@mackb909]

Superb vid providing insight into the final month of a magical year. The JHE, Cream, The Who, The Move, The Misunderstood- all at the top of their respective games. Was pop music ever more exciting? The musicians listened to one another and worked hard to top one another. The Move started to go down, IMHO, when bassist Chris "Ace" Kefford suffered a nervous breakdown and was forced to retire from the band in spring 1968; eventually Jeff Lynne, late of the Idle Race, joined and morphed the band into ELO. ELO certainly was interesting and popular in its own right, very important on the '70s pop scene, and I won't slam them or Lynne, but I miss the '66-early '68 Move. Thank you again for the memories.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thank you, Mack.

[@Annie-cb]

Wonderfully researched and presented, as always. So evocative of 1966 - I was 13, rebelling big time and into all sorts but mainly music - and informative. Thanks a million for this series; I love this channel! ❤️

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Cheers!

[@tattyshoesshigure5731]

Another absorbing & impeccably researched video! The Misunderstood were such a great band, it was a real pity how circumstances conspired against them. I found this amusing Misunderstood anecdote in John Peel Wiki: when Children of the Sun was played to the Move's Roy Wood in Melody Maker's Blind Date feature, he was unimpressed: “Terrible....I don't know why they bothered. I don't think even John Peel would play this!”

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Hahaha! Cheers, glad you enjoyed the video.

[@Krzyszczynski]

I seem to recall speculation at one time that Davy Jones might end up being drafted (despite being UK-born). Mike Nesmith had already done a hitch with the military, and I think the other two Monkees had failed their medicals or something.

[@VegetabIeMan]

Fantastic entry this time around. I grew up and was born in Riverside, California. Walking the same streets as the pictures you showcased here. Totally more turned on to The Misunderstood even hearing them before many times in my past trips ☮️

[@grokeffer6226]

That really was a great month! Truly groundbreaking. 🎊🎸🎶

[@Tushratta]

Nice to hear about the Misunderstood by Peel, one of my fav all time

[@danieleyre8913]

The move’s contribution to the late 60s music scene has been tragically forgotten and overlooked.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

True.

[@highpath4776]

I think that hitwise Roy W was always behind the curve, bringing pastiches of styles , done well admittedly, only to be the poppy "Fire Bridgade" seemed "original"

[@danieleyre8913]

@@highpath4776 Yes but they were still a big part of the British music scene at the time, enormously influential and lot of media publicity, mainstream interest, and sales & chart success. As silly as it might seem now; some even saw them as possible successors to the Beatles in 1969-70. But unlike other acts of the time such as Procul Harum, Cream, the moody blues, the pink Floyd, traffic, etc: They didn’t get much if a re-spin of their stuff in the 1980s and most people not young in the era aren’t familiar with them. I think it might be because of the member’s later success in the 1970s with Wizzard & Electric light orchestra. A similar thing with how the Fleetwood Mac of Peter Green has become a bit forgotten while the Buckingham-Nicks Fleetwoood Mac is almost a household name.

[@nvm9040]

I love this channel This decade gives us the best music of all time

[@paulgoldstein2569]

A few further points about one of the bands you mentioned, The Misunderstood, they recorded very prolifically from 1965-1966, but had little released. The single you featured was their first UK single, but already had a single released in the States earlier that year on a small label, You Don't Have To Go/Who's Been Talking. After arriving in the UK, they had the one Fontana label single that you played. But as late as 1969, after they disbanded, Fontana released three more singles by them, all recorded in late 1966, including their most famous single altogether, Children Of The Sun. This may have been to cash in on the Progressive Rock boom that these earlier recordings of theirs fitted neatly into. They had three compilation CDs on reissue labels, The Legendary Goldstar album, Before The Dream Faded, containing their complete UK 1966 recordings, plus a few U.S. recorded demos from 1965, and The Lost Acetates 1965-1966. They then had a compilation CD called Children Of The Sun, containing the complete tracks from the latter two compilations, except their version of Bo Diddley's Who Do You Love.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

I've got the "Before the Dream Faded" comp.

[@TuckerSP2011]

Wow, really great records in this episode. The Misunderstood sounded incredible. Excellent, interesting narration and content.

[@Fuzzbrain61]

Love the Blow Up clip! My favorite film. Great month. I'm in Paris !

[@michaelrochester48]

Happy Jack also had one of the first promotional videos that was not a straight performance, but a story to a song

[@WattisWatts]

Buncha great psychedelic stocking stuffers there, and very cool to start it all off with Yardbirds Stroll On!

[@wyliesmith4244]

I love the opening clips from Blow-Up. I bought the soundtrack for 'Stroll On,' But I love Herbie Hancock's movie music. I'm not the only one as Deee-Lite sampled 'Bring Down the Birds' for Groove Is in the Heart.'

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Yeah, the "Blow-Up" soundtrack is excellent.

[@jean-lucjanot7054]

Un grand MERCI pour cette formidable série 1966! I have found and recorded all the songs in your chronological order and it makes just an aweful mix I enjoy in my car.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Cool! Merci Jean-Luc.

[@crowhillian58]

Particularly enjoyed this episode. Thanks! ♥️

[@elmolewis9123]

Another well-researched and presented gem.

[@skeetlegeetles9449]

I recently spent 3-4 hours listening to the pretty things. They didn't get much airplay over here in the US, if at all. I realize they were well respected in the UK. To me they were all over the place musically and your criticism in the british press at the end of '66 would be a spot on description even in their later years. Too bad. They had the talent and progression but I couldn't get into them. Thanks again YP for your research.

[@diegoferreiro9478]

I'm happy to see how many fans have The Misunderstood here!

[@Mezza-ld3bq]

I wasnt born yet but my sister was 1966 me 1967 our brother 1971 these were the greatest years for muic 😊😊😊

[@sashamoghilla2919]

This is another great selection of singles from YP. But of course The Misunderstood is beyond comparison. They just opened up a secret hidden door for a lot of British bands back then. Hats off to them and thanks to John Peel for his amazing discovery.

[@alp-1960]

Marvelous. Love you Yesterday's Papers.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Cheers!

[@aminahmed2220]

Absolutely fantastic have a wonderful day yesterday's papers ❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@amtlpaul]

Thanks for the series. I have been inspired to feature the singles featured in this series on my radio show- for example, this month I played singles featured in the June 1966 and June 1967 videos.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Cheers!

[@francoispedro3694]

Just... WOW !!! 😮 (I had the chance to talk to the late Phil May and Dick Taylor seven years ago, real nice guys, indeed)

[@heinrichvon]

5:16 - Finally, some understanding for The Misunderstood, arguably the most underrated band of the entire 1960s.

[@dantean]

It's always felt to me like December 1966 was both the culmination of an exceptional period in British pop--the first half of the decade with all the blues, soul, and r&b influences washing up on British shores (i.e., through port cities)--and the subsequent explosion into "the psychedelic 60s" for which the summer of love will always be the genre's (and in a way the entire decade and the youth movement along with its) ground zero. Cream hits, Hendrix arrives, and the greatest year in music begins to commence (or is that redundant?). If I could go back in time it'd be to Swingin' 1967 London and the London music scene, period.

[@chuckdee66]

Always a treat to watch your posts. Your work is top shelf completely. In-betweens single was also released in the States.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Cheers!

[@walterfechter8080]

"NSU" was a favourite of mine and my old band. Cream and The Jimi Hedrix Experience were developing their signature sound. The Who brought it to the light with greatest. 1966 was definitely a pivotal year for sound. What a story about The Misunderstood! War destroys lives (and careers) in myriad and terrible ways. And then, there was the VERY heavy version of "I'm Not Your Stepping Stone" by The Flies! Many thanks, Yesterday's Papers, for keeping this great sound alive! Best -- W

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Cheers!

[@walterfechter8080]

@@YesterdaysPapers Cheers!

[@Diogenes1360]

It's Videos like these, that make my Day . . . Cheers !!!

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Cheers!

[@mazzysmusic]

Cool to see and hear the Misunderstood here. Never hear much about them because there is not much to show or say Cheers ✌🏼

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Cheers Mazzy! Glad you enjoyed it. The story of the Misunderstood is truly sad.

[@paulgoldstein2569]

They have a compilation with their U.S. & UK recordings from 1965 to 1967, including loads of previously unreleased tracks.

[@mazzysmusic]

@@paulgoldstein2569 I do have that. Thank you.

[@blackplatypus6755]

I love this channel, it's my favourite, it always makes me happy! Just an idea, how about an episode covering some of the great bands from Australia and New Zealand from the period like The Easybeats, The Master Apprentices, The La De Das, etc. Keep up the good work!

[@peterwooldridge7285]

Thanks...Always enjoyable

[@piggycity]

December 1966 put out some amazing songs

[@thelatepetercook]

Great to hear someone else make those connections between The Move & Black Sabbath. Great episode! Allen Pound's Get Rich! Wow!

[@kso808]

What a fabulous time for music cross-pollination!

[@thegoodthebadandthescribbl7560]

A mini doc about Kim fowley from you would be fantastic

[@sg-yq8pm]

Could title it 'Kim Fowley, the epitome of human garbage'

[@JasonTryp]

Alas, you couldn't go wrong with the year of 1966. Penny Valentine didn't mince words, she was a straight shooter and you have to admire that. I'll have to look up that version "Tomorrow Never Knows" by the Mirage, never heard it before and what you played sounded quite nice. Iggy Pop was fond of the Freaks Of Nature/Belfast Gypsy single from what I understand, singer Jackie Mcauley was trying to sound like his former colleague in Them, Van Morrison and came out sounding more cartoonish and punky lol.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Hahaha! Agreed, it kinda sounds like Sky Saxon impersonating Van Morrison.

[@gogoyubari366]

Great bands and songs!

[@margies735]

The Misundertood, not only their name but their legacy.

[@danmayberry1185]

Sinfully enjoyable, as always.

[@marshlanderdumarais264]

Nice to see The Mirage get a mention. I still have their single, The Wedding Of Ramona Blair.

[@patmcdonagh8939]

Beautiful…

[@jaex9617]

People never shut up about Clapton, but Cream was 80% Jack Bruce.

[@Reginald_Fodstain]

Glenn Campbell of the Misunderstood subsequently formed Juicy Lucy, and had a second stab at Who Do You Love

[@dja69]

Good one. 1966 was one of my best years in music. Any chance you could create a tribute video for French singer Francoise Hardy.

[@pcno2832]

2:17 I didn't know that Love recorded a version of Hey Joe until now. The best-known version in the USA at that point was by the Leaves, who hit #31 on the BB-HOT-100 after being discovered by Pat Boone.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Love's cover of "Hey Joe" is featured on their first album.

[@judyjudy51]

Wonderful 🔥♥🔥

[@johnbarry1965]

I like the way that it still keeps "Poppy" but is also heading into Psychedelia. The clothes are still Mod without going too Flower Power

[@willieluncheonette5843]

The Cream, Jimi and the Who. How's that for a trifecta to open the show? And then two fascinating bands this Yank has never even heard of. Allen Pound's Get Rich Searchin' in the Wilderness---Yow! This punk is loving that one. And The Misunderstood with their amazing track and Peel's reminiscing .So interesting!! Thank you YP. You hit the bullseye again for this viewer.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Cheers Willie! The single by Allen Pound's Get Rich is incredible. 100% punk rock, way ahead of its time.

[@willieluncheonette5843]

@@YesterdaysPapers Top o' the morn to you mate. Ever hear this? 1973 Belgium. (please delete this if you think it's not appropriate) Incredible proto punk/hardcore. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGrVqpZ8fK2br8k

[@westhavengwr4613]

This was a very good month!

[@samp.8099]

I always thought The Flies' slowed-down cover of "I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone" fit the mood of the lyrics much better than either Paul Revere's or Monkees version

[@boomtownrat5106]

I’m waiting for the death metal version of that song. The lyrics lend itself to that.

[@spiritof6663]

I love The Monkees' "Stepping Stone" but The Flies really came out with the best version. Harder and heavier.

[@kandigloss6438]

This is the end My only friend, the end Sad to see the series end, but there are probably still a lot of unwatched episodes for me to sift through still. Look forward to what ever you end up doing from here.

[@FriedAudio]

Kim Fowley is a world unto himself. Truly a bizarre character but always entertaining. A good anthology of his work is the CD, "Impossible But True: The Kim Fowley Story" released in 2003. Also, look for "The Fire Escape - Psychotic Reaction" LP from 1966; Fowley had his dirty little fingers all over it. 😉

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Yeah, defiintely a freak of nature!

[@jonhillman871]

a recurring theme in cool british singles is exploring the origins of punk. i love that.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Cheers Jon!

[@pensador-k5j]

Excellent video as always. Thanks for posting it.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thanks!

[@delmofritz3964]

I actually think The Monkees version of Steppin Stone is the heaviest.

[@spiritof6663]

The only one I see missing here is Mick Softley's psychedelic nugget "Am I The Red One", otherwise everything is here and covered marvelously! With The Who, Cream, Hendrix, The Move, Bowie, Misunderstood and more, how could one miss?! The year went out with a bang, segueing directly into 1967. Thank you to infinity for doing this (and 1967), is there anything you plan next? 1965? 1968? I'd love to see either, especially '68.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

I'll do 1968 next. Cheers Spirit!

[@paulgoldstein2569]

The Pretty Things' single here was originally recorded in the States by co-writer Carl Spencer. The Pretties' undubbed version without the added brass appears among the bonus tracks on the CD reissue of their third album Emotions, as well as tracks from the album itself without overdubbed strings or brass. 1966 was always considered as the last year of the British Invasion before Psychedelia took over the following year. But it was at the beginning of 1966 that Psychedelia was starting to be felt in the States, while the British side of the Pop/Rock world was still mostly British Invasion based but with occasional advancements. but by the end of this year, Psychedelia had spread into the UK, and we had hit a time when these new bands were more than willing to risk these daring new sounds for single releases. This may have been due to Jimi Hendrix moving here, and bringing the American Psychedelic influences into the UK with him, as he was quickly popular live here before he released his first single. But I think the reason so few of these new way out releases failed to chart is that we were still into 1966, and everything still had to have it's principal limits to chart. The Version of Hey Joe was not the single version. Again, many thanks for another great and exciting video.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Cheers Paul, glad you liked it. I couldn't use the single version of "Hey Joe" due to copyrught.

[@spiritof6663]

UK psych could be heard as early as Feb '66 with The Yardbirds and The Answers, and singles/albums by The Rolling Stones, Yardbirds, Beatles, Donovan, The Creation, Lord Sutch and a few others followed in the spring and summer. Indeed, a lot of it ended up influencing American acts, so I must contest the claim that the Americans were first with it. Psych seemed to be developing in both countries at the same time, from the start of 1966 onward with both sides of the Atlantic influencing each other.

[@KevinRudd-w8s]

I remember seeing Cream playing I Feel Free on the TV, think it was on Ready Steady Go, I was eleven at the time and it sounded like something from another planet to me. A week or two later Hendrix was on with Hey Joe. After that my taste in music rapidly shifted towards the new, for the time, experimental sounds. Tony Mcphee had been in the Groundhogs in the early sixties and had backed John Lee Hooker in sixty four. I saw Tony Mcphee play with the reformed Groundhogs in the seventies, one the best guitarists I ever saw play live. I saw the Pretty Things around the same time and they were also very good. S F Sorrow must go down as one of the underrated albums of the late sixties. Like a lot of bands at that time they just didn't seem to be given the right material for single release.

[@Krzyszczynski]

That would have among the last RSG programmes to screen. The show was killed off at the end of '66, the producers probably having recognised that the Mod culture which originally spawned it had begun to pass into history.

[@spiritof6663]

@@Krzyszczynski I'm not sure why the producers of RSG were worried about the demise of Mod. It simply (and rather seamlessly) metamorphosed into hippie and I'm sure the show could have handled the change, just like lots of other shows (American Bandstand, Top Of The Pops) handled changes in musical taste over the years.

[@chrisbacos]

God, I love this time machine. Funny that Bowie was mentioned after the Monkees considering his real name is David Jones. As for Tomorrow Never Knows, I see it as a precursor to goth. Kim Fowley was quite a character and was active in the Los Angeles music scene until his death in 2015

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Agreed Chris. Both "Paint It Black" and "Tomorrow Never Knows" could be described as precursors to goth.

[@chrisbacos]

@@YesterdaysPapers I forgot to mention Blow Up is a "cool movie."

[@Joanna-il2ur]

Davey Jones had been in Coronation Street, the top British soap (still three episodes a week sixty years later) so he was much better known than David Jones.

[@jeffcrowtherjr.7861]

Myself, Ginger Baker and now Penny Valentine has confirmed that "Wrapping Paper" was crap. So "I Feel Free" was a big 180 for The Cream.

[@Krzyszczynski]

Sure was. Incidentally, I suppose everyone knows what "NSU" refers to?? (Nudge, nudge.)

[@cathylindeboo.9598]

Very groovy!!!

[@HektorBandimar]

I remember the Cream single and Jimi Hendrix's single, the Who, and a couple of the others, but in truth I don't remember most of those groups or their singles, very unforgettable.

[@jorgeabrahamguzman4290]

A mi gusto, el mejor año que tuvo el rock en general. Concluyo con este video que 1966 revoluciono a todos los músicos de la época para evolucionar el rock. Yesterday papers gracias por este material tan bien hecho. Descubrí muchas canciones que ahora están en mi repertorio musical. Insisto, 1966 el mejor año del Rock de todos los tiempos.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Estoy de acuerdo. Gracias Jorge.

[@Zagneek]

A cosmic collection of singles. The Move got a panning in that review but were awesome - Roy Wood was an extremely talented songwriter and I was lucky enough to meet him on a couple of occasions back in my home town of Brum - a top geezer. London Boys is my fave pre Space Oddity Bowie track. He was knocking on the 60s door but nobody was letting him in! Although he was familiar with Pete Townsend at the time (I think they shared the same publisher?) and he was also mates with Steve Marriott. Any chance of features on Penny Valentine and Kim Fowley? Keep up the groovy work 😎✌️🎸 PS: I may have mentioned this before but worth another plug. I highly recommend “1966 The Year The Decade Exploded” by Jon Savage - I’ve got the book and the accompanying 2CDs

[@calvinguile1315]

“I thought you were supposed to be in Paris “ ….”I am in Paris “ 🤣🤣