Psychedelic Times | Cool British Singles from August 1967

[@YesterdaysPapers]

PLAYLIST | Cool British Singles from August 1967: kzbin.info/aero/PLZiczFvWkHKExSJ9Kbqq5Y8-_syCUVzig

[@thecaveofthedead]

I really love these segments.

[@PeterByker]

A playlist that features THIS episode?? You spoil us, thank you!

[@psychomoonrider8700]

This has to be the greatest channel on KZbin.

[@domkelly667]

GOAT level escapism!

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thank you!

[@bobwoolerOriGinal]

maybe it is..

[@hughjaynis4876]

Agreed!

[@psychomoonrider8700]

@@Psychedelicxylophone Same here (born in 1973). I grew up listening to my parents' old 45s in my bedroom and it just escalated from there. I was practically obsessed with the 60s during my teenage years.

[@kso808]

One of the first 45s I ever bought was the Stones’ Dandelion/We Love You, back in the day. Impeccable musicianship on We Love You.

[@rickmartin5132]

Was there, London '67, 16 years old, stoned, and loving every minute of the new releases.

[@jthunders]

Stoned and dethroned

[@Merseysiderful]

I was born in August 1967. Looking at archive film from the late 1960s, the women were beautiful.

[@MrMjp58]

Another superb video. Thanks for all your work on them. I really liked all the records mentioned here. The absolute stand-out for me, quality wise, was Flowers in the Rain.

[@patriciamillin-j3s]

There were a lot of songs I was hoping would be on this list, this being one of them. Also loved FromThe Underworld, See Emily Play and anything by the Small Faces

[@centralparkjoe1290]

By far the coolest music channel!🤙

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thank you!

[@zabadakxanadu]

I check almost daily for your posts. The absolute best destination on the entire world wide web.

[@timothygibbs8037]

I want a time machine and go back to the 60's after watching all of these. Well done!!

[@kevhead1525]

Another comment here. This channel is so great because it highlights the beginning of Rock being the great hybrid that it became. Any previous musical style could be used to make a viable rock song. The seed of rock may be American but man did it flower in England.

[@HTJB60]

Well said & thank you, being a Brit.... Excellent example... Quote, The Small Faces ONLY US Hit. LOL Oh, and of course Jimi had to come to the UK to be recognised.

[@calvinguile1315]

You mean Gary Lewis and the Playboys, the Four Seasons, Spanky and Our Gang, the Lettermen, etc…weren’t groundbreakers 😂

[@timetraveler8777]

this is really a great channel , i love it, I love 60's and 70's music , greetings from Italy

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thank you! Cheers.

Steve Marriot had one of the most interesting voices in those days.

[@likklej8]

Thanks for Stanley Unwin clip, can hear him on Small Faces Ogdens Nut Flake album.

[@cosmicHalArizona]

Was 17, a senior in high school. Later came Itchycoo Park, Incense & Peppermints & 8 Miles High. For people alive & teen aged at this time it's just in our memories. Special memories.

[@phatato]

As someone that completely fell in love with the Beatles at a young age and has loved 60s British music ever since, your channel is really wonderful in that it's helped me discover a lot of lesser-known bands that I might not of otherwise learned about. Thank you!

[@soulfoodie1]

This has been such an excellent series which illustrates why the summer of 1967 was such an astonishing one for popular music here in UK. Thank you for championing artists and tracks that deserved more success alongside artists like the Beatles and Stones.

[@HTJB60]

Ditto.

[@76-UVB]

Really enjoying the obscure psychedelia you are uncovering, you have genuinely inspired me to explore many of these bands further. Thank you.

[@HTJB60]

Fantastic ..... Load's of great British Band's then and shortly after..... SHAB, Babe Ruth, Pretty Thing's all excellent too.

[@Psychedlia98]

That one pic of Frank Zappa, lol. It fits so perfectly with the story of "aint this some bull"

[@calvinguile1315]

I always loved that photo of him! So iconic, the pig tails and velvet mini dress 😂

[@anthonycrumb5753]

I was 13 yrs old in the summer of '67 these songs bring back a few memories. Nothing like it today or tomorrow for that matter.

[@andykrykant5378]

Love this channel. For me, this one really hits my memory. Age 14. Psychedelia, Hendrix, John Peel, Pirate Stations etc. That was on my transistor radio. On my portable record deck was Zappa, Jethro Tull, John Mayall, Floyd etc. Radio chart stuff was regarded as commercial crappyness mostly! Although of course it was glued to my ears! Great work here and a significant cultural record of popular music.. Tons of music I now realise I didn't hear at the time, but of course with no internet the average person had to make considerable effort to find stuff other than what was presented via limited TV/radio/press sources. No simply tapping a button on a phone. You had to actually physically go out and search for pieces of vinyl!

[@derekgreenwood9672]

Many thanks for the best 14 1/2 minutes of my day. Subbed with gratitude!

[@davidrogers2085]

Been my favorite RnR channel since it came to KZbin. Top shelf productions guaranteed everytime they post. GOD BLESS YESTERDAY'S PAPERS. Thanks guv👍

[@mikemorris5074]

Another amazing video from the best Channel. I honestly thought i knew a little bit about 60s music but your channel is a real lesson in what was really happening in the greatest music decade ever.

[@radiomindchatter7994]

Another stunner! Really look forward to your channel..

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thank you very much! Glad you enjoy the channel.

[@weebolddavy]

My favourite year for music ever, thanks for posting

[@delbertstringbreaker7686]

What a brilliant collection of songs! Fascinated to hear about the trials and tribulations of The Move. An excellent production from start to finish!

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thanks!

[@Krzyszczynski]

YP, in replying to you, modestly omitted to add that he's put up a whole 9-minute clip on this subject, which you can find here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q366koRvg9pkq9U

[@markthompson7727]

Late 1960s British rock was the most experimental music before or since. It is truly mind blowing the number of great songs released at that time.

[@starcloud4959]

Its a mixture of British and American.

[@dampergoldenrod4156]

so sick of hearing about the beetles and hendrix when most of the good 1960s psychedelic songs are unknown flower power songs.

[@MsAppassionata]

@@dampergoldenrod4156 You don’t even know how to spell Beatles. And no one with any sense would ever tire of either them or Hendrix

[@reddove108]

Hey, these are fabulous videos. Thank you for the trip.

[@mr.milehi9883]

You're singles by month collection is phenomenal. I often have to enjoy them like this one several times because there's just so much damn good music here. I am one of the five people that still buys physical media. CDs. It really stifles me that so few people do that anymore. I'd like to buy more vinyl. But, it's hard for me to justify 40 USD for a mediocre vinyl pressing of something when it's reissued. So this really makes my night. I spend more time watching your channel than any other one and it's going to stay that way keep that rolling. Light one up for me. And I'll light one up for me and two other people as well

[@deirdre108]

05:50 The comment about the music always changing in those years and not being stuck in the past was so true--1967 seemed like a decade away from 1965. Interesting enough, in the fall of that year (1967) Bob Dylan was going into the studio to record his roots Americana album "John Wesley Harding". And soon, psychedelicae would also be "the past". Thank you so much for these videos. I'm hearing so much of the music that never made it across the pond.

[@Fuzzbrain61]

What great music that month. Dantalians Chariot great single.

[@JohnBarrattBarratt]

The summer of love simply the best

[@neilfriedman]

When I was 15, it was a very good year, sung to the tune of It Was a Very Good Year😂😂. Thanks for the memories and the great channel

[@GedMaybury23]

Those were my teenage years - glued to my little bedroom radio in the 'burbs of Dunedin, NZ. The music came from another planet, the sound only, as if created by faceless Gods, but none of these background stories of struggle or politics ever trickled through with the music. There was no taint. Just perfection. Gods they weren't, but geniuses, yes! I was entrance by the little girl's voice on "Hole in my Shoe", She was six and I was hitting 13. Nothing weird. Just, enchanted. So 50 years later I tracked her down ('slewthed' would be a better word) and 'spoke' with her, via Facebook, for a few minutes. Cannot tell you who she is, but I can say that it shattered my illusions. They were actually very dark days for that little girl. But perhaps it is safe to say that her best memory was in meeting Steve Winwood. He was, by her account, a total sweetie!

[@majorbuzz]

Nicky Hopkins, we love you! 🎹

[@murrayscott3513]

Super interesting. Your channel always delivers. Thanks You .Cheers!

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!

[@classiclife7204]

Great video again. In the USA, "We Love You" was never played on the radio. Maybe in the 60s, before I can remember, but not in the 70s. I suppose the psychedelic sound dated it. It's a KILLER track which I never would've heard had I not purchased "Singles Collection: The London Years" around 1990.

[@mrnastey9]

Probably the peak of Brian Jones's brilliance, along with the TSMR album. His mellotron work is astounding.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

In the States, DJs preferred to play "Dandelion" so it became the A-side there. "Dandelion" reached number 14 on the Billboard chart.

[@classiclife7204]

@@YesterdaysPapers Interesting, thanks!

[@classiclife7204]

@@mrnastey9 Agreed!

[@soarornor]

It was played on the radio in the states. I bought the 45 way back in the day.

[@victorhawkins3461]

In the U.S., Hendrix's "The Burning of the Midnight Lamp" was the B-side to the single of "All Along the Watchtower." My copy got mysteriously cracked through (thanks, Little Bro!) but I continued to play it...it...it...until I could scrounge the ca$h for ELECTRIC LADYLAND...

[@alanreber1027]

My buddy and l had an amazing LSD trip in July '77. We were all of 16 years old and walked up to the record store to buy Electric Ladyland and came back to the house and played it. Those were golden days, and we had a blast! Blessed memories. Life was so much simpler then🤔😏

[@crankychris2]

Have you ever been...Well, I HAVE!

[@jozefserf2024]

Good old Michael Foot, a politician for the people.

[@angelaleishman1570]

A Communist!!! Who wants Soviet-style living?

[@Sp33gan]

Loved this one, YP! I was introduced to most of these bands by an online friend who is a DeeJay in Kent (I'm Canadian) when I was researching for the 60's music voting group I run on Facebook. Some great music here that deserves to be remembered!

[@justinspivey8728]

I love Skip Bifferty! Their album is incredible! 🎶🙌🏼

[@richsackett3423]

This is your most impressive production to date.

[@dantean]

Zoot Money becoming ur-psychedelic Dantalian's Chariot is a gem of pop music history from the period I managed somehow to have missed. I knew Money were Andy Summers' first taste of fame, and it was funny hearing his praise for Soft Machine whom he later would briefly join after Kevin Ayers' departure. This is by far the best series on the greatest year in pop music history imaginable. Thank you.

[@23Daves]

Astonishing to realise that a lot of my favourite singles of that era all came out in the same month. I've still got a copy of the CD compilation "Midsummer Night's Dream" which does a brilliant job of pulling together the heat-haze sound of the late sixties in one place. Fond memories of sitting by the sash window in my flat, letting the breeze go through the flat and listening to that one, which featured The Herd's "From The Underworld" prominently.

[@mariam5991]

The Small Faces and Itchycoo Park...makes my heart glad every time I hear it ❤️

[@rossgregor4817]

Another great episode. So many gems.

[@moorlock2003]

“Tin Soldier” made No. 73 on the US Billboard chart.

[@johnmanning5193]

Drums kicking in at the intro. Magic.

[@TheTaconator69er]

Nice... More Jimi, please!!!! You guys had him for nearly a year before we ever heard about him. We finally started hearing him about July/August of '67. Yes, the H. estate is notorious for not letting anybody play "their" material. It should belong to ALL OF US. I would still like to hear any news you guys have from that magical time.

[@DawnSuttonfabfour]

My mum met Jimi in a night club in London. 68 I think? He was wearing an orange satin suit. They shook hands. IKR?? Insane. Soft Machine's roadie, one Dave Goodman, lived in the same house as we did. We lived in the front flat and he lived out back.

[@TheTaconator69er]

@@DawnSuttonfabfour If my memory is still working, I believe Jimi Toured with Soft Machine all over the U.S. in early 1968. I was barely getting into Jimi, as I had to wait until Christmas 1967, before I got the 'Are You Experienced' album and really hear what he had to offer. My sister saw Jimi and possibly Soft Machine in Anaheim, California in January 1968, but I'm not 100% sure if they were on that bill. Hard to verify that info, but I know they were on many shows right after that touring together. seems like they would've been there too. I don't think she remembers, as they were not well known here. Yes, I can believe your mum shook hands with him, I've heard he was very congenial if met under good circumstances, especially in the first couple of years after arriving in England. She's very lucky. Jimi will be remembered in the future, longer than most. Thank you for writing !!!

[@seanparry3161]

Fabulous ! Very well put together, most enjoyable. Better than many big screen documentaries on music.

[@Nebulous0_o]

Another fantastic production by yesterday’s papers. Hilarious story about Harold Wilson. First time I’ve heard that one Lol.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thank you very much!

[@mackb909]

You should have mentioned Nicky Hopkins's terrific, ominous piano on "We Love You."

[@mackb909]

Also, Side B, "Dandelion," was pretty damned good too.

[@shemanic1]

The Herd & The Move, ah the memories they bring back. I still play the 45's

[@flamencoprof]

I greatly appreciate this channel. I was in my mid-teens during this period, and it is so interesting to hear the lower-tier bands we never heard of in NZ. I just created a saying: "Just because you like a steak, it doesn't mean you can't like a hamburger". I have dived into obscure old girl groups & 50s to early 60s R&B, this is a similar excursion. Thanks!

[@barrymurphy1337]

Another fantastic video YP, in fact they just get better & better. A couple of stories you raised led me down the internet rabbit hole for further info: 1.The Guardian reported at the time of The Moves libel case: 'The royalties on the record and sheet music of Flowers in the Rain and the coupled song Lemon Tree, and the damages to be paid by the last two defendants, will go into trust and the money be shared equally between the two charities named by Mr Wilson: the Spastics Society and the amenity funds of Stoke Mandeville Hospital, to aid paraplegic patients' - so I was glad to read that the royalties continue to help those 2 worthy charities. 2. The full story of The Fortunes manager Reginald Calvert's tragic death is covered on his wiki page and is a grim little piece of British pop music history that I'd not been aware of before. A fascinating, macabre story.

[@stevendimmock4791]

Sir, I don't know where you get this film, these record reviews, these bits of film, but please keep doing what you do. I am a fan and I await whatever you put out next. Thank you.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Cheers!

[@EricNielsen85]

Ditto.

[@stevecharman8420]

I remember someone taking a transistor radio to the school swimming sports at that time. My friends and I hung around outside listening to the latest hits on Melbourne radio which included Hole in My Shoe and Itchycoo Park. It was downright orgiastic!

[@user-kd4tz5xo9b]

Well done & always like a trip back to ‘67.. Thanks, peace❤️😊❤️

[@yippeeyokai5750]

This channel is doing the lords work!

[@jeffneptune2922]

Your channel is a gem for people like me into the history of pop music. The US Billboard charts often are quite different than the UK charts .I think "Dandelion" , the flip side, by the Stones got more airplay than "We Love You" in America. The latter is a perfect example of a great psychedelic pop song.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thank you, glad you enjoy the channel. You're right, "Dandelion" got more airplay than "We Love You" in the States. "Dandelion" actually reached number 14 on the Billboard chart. "We Love You" never charted in the US.

[@wyliesmith4244]

Two countries divided by a common language. As a Yank, I never understood the appeal of Stanley Unwin. In fact I loathed his bits on Ogden's Nut Gone Flake. I played side two twice, and I can't bear listening to it again. But then that's culture - or what passes for it here in the US. But the rest of this return to August 1967 had me grinning, and looking for hashish. I love the Dantalions Chariot single, and yet again, Rhino's Nuggets II box introduced me to the cultural deprivations of living stateside. YP videos are great, but this period is the creme de la creme.

[@noelsalisbury7448]

I still think it was rubbishy, his nonsense. I believe Steve & the boys FIRST asked Spike Milligan to do something suitably 'far out' - but he declined. A shame,imo. Still, others love it, so what the heck ?

[@Dave-bu6bc]

What people were listening to when I was being born. Great music, better than anything in the charts today.

[@moebetta4224]

I remember all of these songs from my youth. What a time to be a kid who loved British pop.

[@BobbyGass5]

Ah yes the summer of love and yes it truly was. The late 60s were the best years of my life. It's a different world now. They should have listened to us....

[@YesterdaysPapers]

It was definitely a great era, Bobby. So much creativity and freedom in music. The music industry is so lame these days that's it's almost hard to believe that there was a time when major labels were willing to release music that was challenging and original.

[@Wygruce]

Really excellent stuff. One of your very best.

[@danielfournier735]

Brought back some walking down memory lane times !;;¡!!;! Thanks.

[@noelsalisbury7448]

I climbed on the back of a Giant Albatross... Which flew through a crack in the Clouds... To a place where happiness ruled And music played ever so loudly

[@alihart]

I really like almost all of the songs here, except for Hole In My Shoe. I imagine The Young Ones version has a lot to do with hat. Such a shame about The Move's problems with royalties on Flowers In The Rain, I hope Wizzard's Christmas royalties were some consolation ☺ This such a great feature for discovering hidden gems (Skip Bifferty), nice work once again

[@Alderak1]

“Many great psychedelic singles released in 1967 failed to chart when they originally released, but later became cult favorites.” That statement and The Orange Bicycle reminds me of “My White Bicycle” by Tomorrow, released in May that year.

[@HTJB60]

“My White Bicycle” by Tomorrow. Possible one of the ALL TIME best Psychedelic song's of all time. Especially because of it's content.... White Bicycles were Free to Use in Holland as part of the Hippy experiment (If memory is correct.)

[@noelsalisbury7448]

In 1975 the Blues-Rock Group Nazareth released an excellent version of ''My White Bicycle", featuring that fine slide guitarist Manny Charlton. Recommended listening.

[@paulbadoo9326]

Sting was 15 when Andy Summers was releasing music and talking to the music papers. The guy played beat music, psychedelia, probably glam, punk, new wave...

[@boomtownrat5106]

“ I think the Soft Machine has much more to offer.” I guess so, because after Andy Summers left Dantalian’s Chariot in ‘67 he played briefly with the Soft Machine. What a varied musical career he had prior to the Police. He is around a decade older than Sting and Stewart Copeland.

[@tamjacobite4758]

This channel is amazing! Great research

[@bobsoldrecords1503]

This is effin' brilliant. Exactly why I watch Yesterday's Papers videos

[@stephen3511]

Thankfully, the KZbin algorithm brought me here. Obviously subscribed.

[@1944GPW]

5:31 Dantalian's Chariot 'Madman running through the Fields' with Andy Summers is such a catchy tune, I can't believe it hasn't been covered by others since then.

[@mkhnly]

I believe Eric Burden & the Animals did a version on one of their psychedelic albums

[@ExplodingPsyche]

@@mkhnly I had the album Love Is years ago. Andy Summers and Zoot Money were both on the double album, which had the song.

[@kelvynification]

This is probably the greatest month in the history of music…

[@juls092]

I learn so much with this Chanel, sooo cool, love you guys ✌️😍😎

[@HTJB60]

Not only an interesting video BUT an enjoyable read of the 'comment's'...... It's so refreshing to have nearly 100% POSITIVE & INTERESTING comment's (100% with this post.) Opening people's eye's to the fantastic music they missed is an extremely worth while job. I lived through it and it's "opening my eye's" to missed music. (Thank you). I was thinking while listening to this month's review's, that it's no wonder some great music & artist's never made it BECAUSE there was just SO MUCH / TOO MUCH & this is just the UK.. There was some fantastic music being released over the other side of the pond, too.

[@protozaba]

That Orange Bicycle tune is just something else, truly one of the best psychedelic songs of the 60's.

[@fatbelly27]

What a time that was. Stones went psychedelic. Small Faces at their height (pun not intended), Hendrix doing his thing, Traffic being brilliant.

[@kevhead1525]

Dandelion should have been the a side. Love that song. It's rumored a Beatle or 2 was singing backup. Eh. Posted this too soon. They did have Beatle backup. Anyway, love the channel.

[@luiszuluaga6575]

So cool to hear that 70s legends Andy Summer and Peter Frampton got their start on the London scene like so many other great guitarists of the time.

[@johnnypoker46]

Favourites: 'Flowers in the Rain', 'Dandelion' (flip of 'We Love You'), 'Hole in My Shoe', 'From the Underworld', and 'Itchycoo Park' in descending order, although they're all fairly close

[@GaryAa56]

Some real good music out of 1967.

[@radomirratkovic9014]

The greatest channel by far👍

[@mauricebate5069]

The 60s will always be the best for music !!!!!👍😎

[@GeraldM_inNC]

So much variety of styles. It formed my lifetime trait of esteeming many contrasting styles. Unfortunately, the '70s saw most fans adopt a single style and stick to it exclusively. They preferred hearing a 4th rate song in their favorite style to a 1st rate one in an unfamiliar style. We call it the era of the fragmentation of musical tastes.

[@plophlegm]

Thanks for the info re the 45s ~ I've now got a new "record collection" via YT, amazing tracks; who knew? So many great records came out that magical year, something in the air... never happened quite like that again!

[@alexandervaneijken7741]

What a first class channel this is.

[@paulnolan4971]

Hyacinth Threads sounds cool. Never heard of them. Sounds like a wild mix. I love psychedelia.

[@LIE11Bldg7]

I believe this is the best yesterday's page segment

[@MrUndersolo]

Would anyone know where I could get that postcard? Ah, Mr. Wilson... Thanks for this...and the mention of Dantalion's Chariot!

[@smkh2890]

John Peel on Radio London was a fixture in the music scene. He played all the American bands, and always knew what was going on! Gilles Peterson on Radio6 is like that, nowadays.

[@Syd4510]

Excellent stuff! I never heard of The Fortune before, but I'm familiar with all the others. August '67 was yet another wonderful month for Psychedelic Pop in the British 'Summer of Love'. Maybe sometime in the future you could give us a month-by-month guide to the USA's singles scene through the 67 summer?

[@HTJB60]

The Fortune's were basically "Mersy Beat" & pop.

[@Krzyszczynski]

@@HTJB60 They had something of a resurgence in 1971, via a catchy little number called "Freedom Come, Freedom Go", followed by "Storm In A Teacup" which was almost as good.

[@HTJB60]

@@Krzyszczynski Sorry BUT yuck. That's awful & dated..... LOL

[@davidwhitehead7369]

Was this the greatest month ever in the history of British pop ?

[@anfrankogezamartincic1161]

Exciting times, there were so many sounds and styles to be inovated

[@SPINNINGMYWHEELS777]

@0:40 - We Love You / Dandelion did very well on the Charts in Canada to my surprise ! (always thought Primal Scream took much of this period of the Stones sound) . Unique Canadian pressing exists.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Primal Scream are definitely very influenced by this Stones period.

[@buzzawuzza3743]

Excellent series on UK freak beat psych! You could make dozens of videos looking at the 45s from this era and I would love them all.

[@craigfazekas3923]

George Chkiantz later recorded much of the work by the Fripp/Cross/Wetton/Bruford iteration of King Crimson. A truly powerful band, and what was asked of George was no easy task.... 🚬😎

[@patricklemire9278]

It’s stunning the sheer volume of decent singles by bands that essentially got nowhere. It was a crowded field.

[@xdef1ne]

Love this channel

[@fabulantok4240]

thank you. i've been looking for the title for over 50 years, just remembering the melody, which now turns out to be skip bifferty's on love.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Cool!