Cool British Singles Released in May 1968

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[@paulg2733]

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[@pencilpauli9442]

tut tut Whare HAVE you been?! 😜😜 Better late than never, Dick. There's a great back catalogue to binge watch!

[@Dlck.C.Normous]

@@pencilpauli9442 Yeah seriously lol. It takes me over an hour to watch a 20 min video because I end up going down a rabbit hole of obscure 60's numbers.

[@nexttime960]

I've probably watched (with my ears) several episodes 10 times over, it's an incredible channel

[@danstone8783]

That just means you have a lot of good video to catch up on

[@nathalieplum2137]

Lucky you, you have all his videos to watch now, this is really a fantastic channel

[@Transterra55]

May 1968 may have been one of the grooviest times around… Lots of great music!

[@calvinguile1315]

I was so excited when I woke up from a nap, and a new YP episode was up! I remember my mom telling me what a big deal Jumpin Jack Flash was when it came out, everyone was talking about it, love Hurdy Gurdy Man too! What an amazing time for music…65-69, the best era hands down

[@thegreenbird795]

1966 was arguably the peak of top 40 radio...

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Jumpin Jack Flash was a game changer.

[@radiomindchatter7994]

This is the reason you are my favorite channel! I was in The States in 1968 I heard mostly American bands like Steppenwolf, The Doors and Jefferson Airplane on the radio. That and Judy in Disguise and Green Tambourine. And the best Monkees best tune ever..The Door Into Summer. These tunes here finally filtered in years later. Keep up the great work👍

[@YesterdaysPapers]

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[@baruchpinnick811]

After discovering your channel a few months ago I started to watch the lot. Recently caught up, and every one is brilliant. Excellent research, great presentation and superb production. Well done YP.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

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[@Ogma3bandcamp]

An absolute pleasure and a privilege, as always. Thank you!

[@YesterdaysPapers]

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[@jogischulz2576]

Your channel is one of the best on YTube, outstanding ! I enjoy every video with great music and footage, thanks for your great work ❤✌☮

[@YesterdaysPapers]

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[@EdwinJack64]

As a Dutchman, I love the british word 'flabbergasted' because that's how I was left after watching your latest brainchild 🤩! What a collection of excellent singles and bands! And yes, "Jumping Jack Flash" remains a mind-boggling single that is also appreciated by many youngsters, including my own son! Finally, a word about The Fleur De Lys, personally I find that one of the most intriguing Freakbeat bands partly because of the ultimate guitar work of Bryn Haworth and Phil Sawyer. Many thanks Yesterday's Papers!

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Cheers Edwin! Jumpin Jack Flash sounds timeless. It still sounds fresh and cool.

[@mysterbear]

No wonder I was so damned happy in the spring of ‘68!

[@Psychedelic-Peter]

Some classic Brit-psych 45s that still fill underground psych clubs to this present day. Bravo YP.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Cheers, Peter!

[@Psychedelic-Peter]

@@YesterdaysPapers My pleasure. For a large part of my adult life; I was fully immersed in the whole 1960's counter culture. I collected the music that you so wonderfully expose within your channel. Keep up your wonderful work. From the comments that I read, your channel is very much appreciated. Your latest episode holds a special meaning. I entered this crazy world in May 1968!

[@CollaroRC54]

Your videos are excellent! This is by far my favourite KZbin channel and a visual delight for record collectors. Please don’t ever stop making these, even if we get to May 1978, I will still be watching 👍🏻👍🏻

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thank you very much!

[@AlbertoVizcarra-i5h]

Always cool to watch your posts! Hope it will last for long... Cheers from Mexico City

[@Goomer]

Amazing how much "Jumping Jack Flash" still stands head and shoulders over the rest. Still sounds fresh.

[@nathalieplum2137]

True

[@cgjunglemusic]

Exactly my thought at the end. Like Keith Richards recently said, pop music has always been rubbish - for the most part.

[@kgarrett1404]

Always entertaining and informative. A total blast man!

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Glad you liked it, thanks!

[@mikecook7334]

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[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thanks!

[@bak-unin]

Finally!! I was born in May 68 and have been waiting for this episode for months. Thank you.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Cheers!

[@haga2519]

Thanks for another journey back to my youth 🙂 Excellent channel this.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thanks!

[@neilfriedman]

I'm amazed that Eric Burdons Monterey, didn't do well in the UK. I've never heard a bad song from Eric. A real pity that such a great record didn't sell. Anything is also a wonderful song

[@michaelrochester48]

@@neilfriedman probably because the song was about an American concert in California. If the song was about the Isle of Wight concert, it might’ve done better in the UK.

[@jazzhonk21]

@@michaelrochester48 Maybe so, but Matthews Southern Comfort hit the top of the British charts on 31 October 1970 with "Woodstock". In my view, "Monterey" was the best single Burdon ever released under his own name, and the bass line alone is amazing.

[@michaelcapewell4811]

@@neilfriedman ‘Wonderful’ Radio One didn’t play it so it never stood a chance in the UK.

[@russshaber8071]

This is the month and year I got kicked out of my parents house. After a few months of homelessness, I got I gig as a roadie for a rock band.

[@harrygrosomanidis9699]

Les Fleur De Lys, so underrated and finally getting recognition

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Great band, criminally underrated.

[@shaunxthexmod777]

The Aquarian Age.. 10.000 words in a cardboard box, what a tune. first heard it on the,, nightmare in wonderland. LP. tune!

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Same here. Great comp.

[@dreammachine2013]

Simply wonderful❤ many thanks for a great installment of obscure but great psych Singles! And for solving the riddle which Songs Roy Carr wrote😅. Roy Carr was one of the first legendary writers at the New Musical Express along with Mick Farren and Nick Kent!

[@thomasrednour8857]

Another outstanding video -- and more tunes to check out!

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Cheers!

[@kubajurczyk3146]

Found here a couple of good songs, especially freak beat, early psychedelia, beat and similiar but your effort on sharing 60 and 70s music is more than needed nowadays.

[@pteeng1]

Great work once again and, as always, both the music and accompanying images are very evocative of a unique period of time, when innocence and the belief that everything was possible were in everyone's mind. Please keep up the eccellent work.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Cheers!

[@Freakaboogie]

another excellent round-up! haven't heard "which dreamed it" in a long time, love that one.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Cheers! Love the sitar on that track.

[@crisprtalk6963]

I love Child of the Moon. The intro to Jumpin Jack flash is just perfect!

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Agreed, epic intro.

[@chuckdee66]

Top shelf as ever! Always learn something new. Great episode!

[@boomtownrat5106]

Awww, my beloved Genesis makes another appearance. With A Winter’s Tale we are seeing Peter finding his own voice. Even though he was very young, around 17 years old, we see a development of what would become his vocal style, a bit on the husky side, but was able to hit those high notes effortlessly. A style that would serve him well leading to his vocal tour d’force on Supper’s Ready. (1972 Foxtrot).

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Yeah, I like "Winter's Tale" better than their debut single.

[@charlesachurch7265]

Another great presentation Thanks xxx.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Cheers!

[@R_Jackson]

Another brilliant selection, I don't know how you're so consistent. 🎸

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thanks!

[@sashamoghilla2919]

Another amazing compilation from YP. Thank you!

[@Psychedlia98]

I can see Cream doing that single, only because it has worldly elements that Baker would later pursue in his career after the trio split.

[@buzzawuzza3743]

Once again you show how it's done. The high pitched vocals that follow the lines "Tracey Took A Trip" are amazing. A long time ago I could hit those notes! Hahaha! My current psychedelic band is called Cisco Budge and we are having our first album pressed as I write this. Would love to send you a copy to see what you think. Penny Valentine might have to come out of retirement to write her review also!! Our music is red and purple flashes!!!

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Cool! I'd love to hear that!

[@buzzawuzza3743]

@@YesterdaysPapers Will let you know when we get it back from the company that's pressing it. Would be happy to mail you a copy if you like.

[@rare_medium]

Quality editing, as always.

[@HansRickheit]

Again, another marvelous video featuring some of my favorite music!

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Cheers!

[@liminal-m3g]

Excellent channel, great research, storytelling, visuals and audio production, and you always introduce me to great (but relatively obscure) tracks! 👍

[@SmartCookie2022]

The Casuals No. 2 UK hit "Jesamine" is one of those catchy songs I can definitely recall from that exact year. I was only aged about 5 back then but I still have fond memories of that song.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Great tune, gorgeous melody.

[@rob-v1y]

"The worst hair cut in rock...." until..... John Paul Jones sometime in the mid 70's.

[@acooper8910]

Yay! There we go, Jumpin Jack Flash... arguably one of the coolest British singles ever released.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

My all-time favourite single.

[@acooper8910]

@@YesterdaysPapers Mine too. I'm having it at my funeral as I'm consigned to the flames. On a side note - it was the 1st time the Stones properly broke away from their yoke as Beatles copyists; they'd tried before but never really hit. But JJF... what a way to blossom. And the vids too, even the one without makeup is brilliantly sinister. Bill Wyman sure knew how to write a riff, must've been galling to come up with it & then be consigned to keyboards😄

[@elspencer6334]

​@@acooper8910Keef'll still be around to send you off in person.

[@Fuzzbrain61]

Some real forgotten gems here! Once again stirling job in unearthing them!

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Cheers!

[@pablocaira8240]

Como siempre, felicitaciones! Imagenes e información excelentes. Saludos desde Argentina! 🇦🇷🎸🎹🎤🥁❤

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Saludos!

[@dantean]

I never figured out Giles, Giles and Fripp. That album sits on my shelf to this day, never insisting I play it again enough to where I start to care, though I HAVE tried. Maybe one day...

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Yeah, it's one of those "you have to be in the mood" albums. I myself don't listen to it very often.

[@dantean]

@@YesterdaysPapers I guess. Its just, the mood has yet to strike me and its been nearly half a century.

[@elmolewis9123]

McDonald and Giles released a self-titled album in 1971 which is well worth a listen.

[@spiritof6663]

Yes, great album! Definitely worth a listen for those who like that first lineup of Crimson.

[@stueyday]

Love these videos. Thank you so much. Bloody hell, I was nine months old!😂

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Cheers!

[@MarinxxxEagle]

Another cool video. "Jumping Jack Flash" and "Hurdy-gurdy Man" are some of the greatest singles ever released. Ps. There's a typo in the title.

[@tattyshoesshigure5731]

What an interesting batch of singles this month. I never knew the NME’s Roy Carr was once in a band, read his reviews on many occasions during the paper’s heyday. The Executives sound pretty good judging by their featured single… both A & B sides are excellent!

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Yeah, that's a good single. Both sides are excellent.

[@petejones879]

I have always loved the voice of Peter Gabriel

[@aminahmed2220]

What a fantastic video have a great weekend Yesterday's Papers ❤😊

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Cheers!

[@kso808]

Very cool episode! Love the Stones and Donovan.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Cheers!

[@olivierlusseyran]

Thanks again YP ! Great choice of singles for this month ! Cheers !

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Cheers!

[@jorgeabrahamguzman4290]

Siempre al pendiente y expectante por cada single de su programa. Excelente, saludos a estos grandes investigadores desde el ciudad de México.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Muchas gracias!

[@jerrywatt6813]

How Cream Survived that bizarre single Release is Beyond Me considering the Powerhouse they went on to Be ! Extraordinary indeed ! CHEERS YP !!

[@barbarakirk3064]

I first saw that promo for Anyone For Tennis on a Cream documentary on Sky Arts. I never did find out if the film The Savage Seven came to be.

[@michaelcapewell4811]

@@jerrywatt6813 well they actually only lasted another 6 months. By May ‘68 they were well established as an albums/live concert act, so it’s doubtful that many Cream fans were even aware of this single.

[@spiritof6663]

@@barbarakirk3064 "The Savage Seven" did indeed see release in the same month as the single, May 1968. Iron Butterfly were also on the soundtrack. I'm not sure how a song as musically gentle as "Anyone For Tennis" got to be the theme song for a biker film, but if you listen to the lyrics they're much much darker and very cynical.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Cheers Jerry!

[@jean-marcknight8816]

Double A++ sides for the Stones. 'Nuff said

[@pongnose]

This is such a nice series, it'll be a shame when it reaches the end. You could do one for Aussie releases and also Euro ones, particularly Holland and Belgium, since it's quite a rich seam.

[@johnnypoker46]

'A Winter's Tale' wins it for me. Never heard it until I bought a CD copy of FGTR, with it as an extra track. 'Morning Sunshine' is right up there; I grabbed that Idle Race LP in the '70s. 'Jesamine' is very good; first heard it a year or two ago. I always liked 'Muffin Man' too, which got some airplay here in '68. Can't argue with 'Jumpin' Jack Flash' or a couple of the other hits. Focal Point sounds like the best of the 'unknowns' to me -- both sides!

[@georgebennett3197]

I was eighteen in May 1968...great times and great music. Went to the Ricky Tic in Windsor most weekends.

[@jozefbelien7555]

Yes indeed, another great selection of cool singles from May 1968! I found 3 more keen singles from that period in my own record collection : Utterly Simple (The Smoke), The words of Bartholomew (Wayne Fontana), Everybody's gotta change sometimes (Taj Mahal).

[@tomrobinson5776]

Another stellar video!

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thanks!

[@davidlincolnbrooks]

"Jesamine" by The Casuals was and is such a great, great record... I can't believe it didn't catch on Stateside. I first discovered it as an "Oldie" in South Africa, 1980.

[@thevisorsusa]

My favorite Stones single. A friend had it when we were kids. Child of the Moon is one of my all time favorites.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Same here. Truly excellent single, both sides are superb.

[@xdef1ne]

Coming out of the folky psych scene and hearing JJF must’ve been mind blowing

[@spiritof6663]

Well, there had been some big heavy "acid rock" records coming from the likes of The Who, Cream, Hendrix, The Nice, The Pretty Things etc., all exciting, so it's not like the UK rock scene was exclusively twee or folky at that point. But there's no denying that "Flash" sent a shockwave through the scene at that time, away from an overtly psychedelic sound (although if you listen closely to JJF, the jam at the end with the treble-y guitars and swirling organ still carries a lingering psych feel).

[@julianwalch3567]

Great video, as always. Thanks.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Cheers!

[@spatrick8035]

You keep outdoing yourself! What a crackin’ channel! Wonderful!

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thank you!

[@SH-ud8wd]

What a treat

[@dwaynewladyka577]

Keith Richards was foretelling what would happen with music later on. Jumping Jack Flash has a very grunge like quality to it. A lot of great music here. Cheers! ✌️

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Cheers!

[@wyliesmith4244]

I love your monthly reports, and starting with 'Jumping Jack Flash' is too addictive for words. As always, I am fascinated by the footage that you include. One slight quibble though, the pictures of Les Fleur de Lys include Phil Sawyer in the photos, but he left in '67 to replace Stevie Winwood in the Spencer Davis Group, and I thought that Bryn Haworth was his replacement. Of course, living in the States, I have no clue whether Sawyer rejoined. I am constantly amazed by the photos that you display, but I would not be surprised if pictures of the Bryn Haworth version of Les Fleur de Lys are hard to find.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Cheers Wylie!

[@Felonious_Punk]

yes, the b-side for idle race, morning sunshine bangs. thanks!

[@gerardop9633]

Bueno,friend,ta te dejo,gracias por hacerme pasar estos buenos ratos con la excelente musica que pones.Yo envio martes,miercoles mi proximo libro sobre el pop sixties español,con mucha atencion s los grupos de garage y beat espaloles,sudamericsnos,francese e italianos( estos dos paises ultimos tuvieron mas cantantes jerk o shake-el beat-,que grupos) Si sale,te lo hare llegar,y veras que en el continente se hacia tambien una excelente musica beat pop

[@flamencoprof]

02:52 Donovan's pop song that lacked its own subject. The song, although about a Hurdy Gurdy man, does not actually feature a hurdy gurdy in the instrumental accompaniment. (Strangely, it does feature the then-trendy sitar, go figure!) Very psychedelic; now you have auto-tune, then we had tremolo and phasing on the vocals. A pretty heavy sound for a guy who started as a folky singer/songwriter. I would bet most people have never actually heard a hurdy gurdy.

[@peterwooldridge7285]

Smashing... Thanks as always

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thanks!

[@SonofMrPeanut]

> Giles, Giles & Fripp comes up. Let's GOOO!!!

[@TrudyTrew]

Sixty eight was my favourite year for music. This video helps to explain why.

[@Psychedlia98]

As always, good video, hopefully, there will still be some more psychedelic nuggets through the rest of 68, but I am also stoked when we eventually get to Prog and proto-metal tracks.

[@spiritof6663]

There was still quite a bit of psych through the latter half of '68 and into '69, so no worries there, it's just that from mid-68 on it was no longer the dominant genre. As you say, proto-prog and proto-metal kind of took its place so there's still plenty of great music to be had. You really can't go wrong with any year between 1965-73.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

​@@spiritof6663Agreed, I'd say 1964-74 is the golden age IMO.

[@maurice8607]

Excellent singles here. Apart from the Stones, Gong with the Luminous Nose, Tracy takes a Trip and Jesamine shine very brightly. Great stuff. Oh, take me back. Please. And of course,Hurdy Gurdy Man.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

@@maurice8607 Indeed, Maurice! Where's my time machine?

[@hhpoa]

"And now here's the current British number 1". And the DJ plays Jumpin Jack Flash! Fascinating! I would appreciate to have more of these radio voices as they announce different "current British ou US number 1" songs!

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Sadly, not that many radio shows from that era have been preserved.

[@hhpoa]

@@YesterdaysPapers Yes, I understand, radio shows were supposed to be more "liquid" than TV (in Zygmunt Bauman's words🙂)

[@davidellis5141]

Love Hurdy Gurdy Man , Never knew John Bonham & Jimmy Page ( supposedly ) played on it !

[@crimsonking70]

Definitely not John Bonham. It is Clem Cattini. Whether or not Jimmy Page is on the track is also circumspect, although stylistically it is closer to Jimmy Page 1968 style and guitar tone with superfuzz and Telecaster.

[@mrstratau6513]

John Paul Jones, who arranged and played bass on the track and also booked the session musicians, said that Clem Cattini played the drums and Alan Parker played the electric guitar. This line-up was confirmed by Cattini

[@MrCherryJuice]

@@mrstratau6513 True. I have posted above something from Cattini and Jones on the matter.

[@deadlyoneable]

Jumping Jack flash WAS the turning point of the stones where they became straight up rock n roll. It may be my favorite rock song of all time. When Keith hits those open chords in the intro live, as a guitarist, I see the smile on his face. I think I know exactly that feeling of how it feels when you’re in open tuning.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Jumpin Jack Flash/Child of the Moon is my all-time favourite single.

[@JFS3]

That what made it interesting - Jumpin' Jack Flash pointed to the future, while Child of The Moon looked back (one last time) to the Stones pastoral phase.

[@grokeffer6226]

Fascinating history!! ❤🎩🫖

[@spiritof6663]

May was one of the greatest months of 1968--"Jumpin' Jack Flash" and "Hurdy Gurdy Man" simply tower at the top of these picks, but almost every other single highlighted here is excellent. Most of what's here is still psychedelic--and excellent psych to boot, from "Monterey" to "Gong With A Luminous Nose" to "10,000 Words", and even "Muffin Man" which is twee but somehow still appealing--although as you say, The Stones and The Band would swiftly make their back-to-roots influences felt. That cover of "First Cut Is The Deepest" is underrated, and should have been a hit. I don't like the A-side to the Idle Race single but the flip is charming, so I agree with you there; Cream's single took a while to grow on me--it's just so different for them, almost like "Wrapping Paper" was--but I like it now. "Tracy Took A Trip" is the only track I wasn't familiar with--it sounds OK. There isn't much I see you missed here, perhaps The Montanas "A Step In The Right Direction", Tinkerbells Fairydust "Twenty Ten", and The Orange Bicycle's "Jenskadajka". Looking forward to June, which was equally as good with contributions from The Kinks, The Who, The Moody Blues, Arthur Brown, The Nice, The Small Faces, Spooky Tooth, Manfred Mann, July, The Hush, and that great live EP by The Move. Once again, excellent job.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Cheers Spirit! May 68 was definitely a great music month. Lots of great music in June 68 as well, as you said.

[@spyderlogan4992]

Speaking of 'Hurdy Gurdy Man'. Consensus is that Clem Cattini played drums, John Paul Jones on Bass and both Jimmy Page and Allan Holdsworth on guitars. Eddie Kramer says Page yes and Bonham no. Another great video with the wonderful pictures and archival videos Mr. YP. You're the best. Cheers~!

[@michaelcapewell4811]

@@spyderlogan4992 Not Allan Holdsworth. He was still an unknown up in Yorkshire. That was Donovan ‘mis-remembering’ (again) and confusing him with session maestro Alan Parker (also of Blue Mink). Page was on tour in the USA with the Yardbirds when HGM was recorded, so ‘selective memory’ seems prevalent here 🙄

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Cheers Spyder!

[@Lola-AreaCode212]

All I want is a time machine...

[@davidellis5141]

Paul Weller liking The Casuals makes me inclined to check them out.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Great pop tune, gorgeous melody.

[@Krzyszczynski]

The photo of Penny Valentine at 9:58 shows her riding with one of the "ton-up boys" she interviewed for a feature about rockers, prompted by the short lived rock 'n' roll revival that was going on at the time. Note the absence of helmets.

[@bigantplowright5711]

I still remember every word to Presser Rat and Warthog..... burned into my soul.

[@michaelrochester48]

The cool thing about the song Monterey was that Eric Burdon copied the style of each artist he mentioned in the song. It probably was one of the first singles to name drop so many other artists. I think the only one before that was arthur Conly’s sweet soul music.

[@boomtownrat5106]

The 1967, Peter, Paul and Mary, released I Dig Rock and Roll Music. They named dropped the Mamas and the Papas, Donovan, and The Beatles. Plus, for each act, they mentioned, they vocally sang in the style of that act and inserted references about them. I guess the song can be viewed as a satire or a parody, but I’d like to think of it as a celebration of the pop music of the 60s.

[@michaelrochester48]

@@boomtownrat5106 oh yeah, that was another one. Peter Yarrow said that he imitated the voice of Donovan.

[@michaelcapewell4811]

@@michaelrochester48 How about Call Up the Groups by The Barron Knights! 🤣

[@michaelrochester48]

@@michaelcapewell4811 they were parody artists so they are in a different realm

[@michaelcapewell4811]

@@michaelrochester48 i was joking 🙄

[@davidlincolnbrooks]

"Hurdy-Gurdy Man" sounds as incredible today as on the day it was released.

[@CarlDraper]

Street Fighting Man may have been demo'd on cassette but not the released recording, but yes it was stripped down. The guitar solo was done using an acoustic and pickup DI'd into the desk at high volume, over driving it. Anyway, plenty of great releases again, 1968 was clearly a great year. I quite like Anyone For Tennis despite it being not Cream's usual bag. Pressed Rat and Warthog is great. Also worth a listen is T.U.S.A by Masters of Reality, with Ginger Baker. Monterey is a brilliant Eric burdon track, great driving bass line.

[@neilforbes416]

16:20 The 1967 Cat Stevens original version of "First Cut...." is *BY FAR THE BEST* and even puts the 1973 Keith Hampshire cover in the shade!

[@vikingbeard]

Every song in this video is more interesting than anything I've heard from the last 25 years.

[@spiritof6663]

I think there has been some good music in the past 25 years but I must say, seeing all the great songs coming out of just one *month* in the late 60s (and that's not even counting album releases) definitely couldn't be done now.

[@fshoaps]

Brian Jones looks so much like Liam Gallagher in the thumbnail

[@davidroberts7282]

It's just unfortunate that by mid-1968, due to his drug/alcohol use and his losing battle with Richards and Jagger over the creative, musical direction and future of the band, he was slowly then gradually being phased out of the group. He didnt exactly help himself by often showing up late for group rehearsals, band meetings, recording sessions often drunk or hung over. He barely participated in the Beggars Banquet sessions and if you watch the long-unreleased Rock and Roll Circus, he's barely noticeable, just chugging along seemingly just there, playing his guitar and not standing out with any stage presence whatsoever.

[@spiritof6663]

@@davidroberts7282 Considering how out of it he was at the time, the few contributions Jones does make to "Beggars Banquet"--the slide guitar on "No Expectations", the tambura on 'Street Fighting Man", the harmonica on "Prodigal Son", the mellotron on "Stray Cat Blues"--are utterly essential, lending much color and atmosphere to those tracks. He replicates his slide guitar performance on "No Expectations" in the R'n'R Circus film as well, so he's at least noticeable on that one. It's a supremely sad story, but Jones was a creative force right to the end of his life--even all the drugs couldn't totally obscure his genius talent.

[@noelsalisbury7448]

"Jessamine" by the Casuals - was music to Fall in Love to ...

[@Zagneek]

Cosmic! 😎✌️🎸🥁🎹

[@collapsiblechair9112]

his haircut was 'borrowed' by dave hill a few years later

[@YesterdaysPapers]

True!

[@hansdemos6510]

Is that the ever lovely Joanna Lumley on the cover of the single Tracy Took a Trip by The Executive (17:34)?

[@YesterdaysPapers]

No idea, it does look a bit like her.

[@JasonTryp]

"Gong With The Luminous Nose" is fab and so unique I had forgotten it was by Fleur Dr Lys. Early Genesis doesn't get enough credit, their first two albums are my favorite. Elmer Gantrys Velvet Opera's debut is a classic and the follow up is not too shabby. either.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

My favourite Fleur de Lys track, brilliant.

[@lakrids-pibe]

I love this channel. What are we going to do when we've done all the months of the 60s and early 70s?

[@YesterdaysPapers]

I've wondered that myself, hahaha! Cheers!

[@spiritof6663]

@@YesterdaysPapers Move into reviewing the albums for each month!!!!!

[@jansimmelman267]

John Paul Jones,who hired the musicians and played on the record says it's Clem Cattini on drums and Alan Parker on guitar.