Strawberry Alarm Clock - Tomorrow (Live)

[@kyleciarrocchi]

this band is insanely underrated. people see them as a joke and like fake psychedelic rock but to me this is so groovy man, not mimed either, totally killin.

[@trysometruth]

seriously. these guys were TOP musicians... so creative; their stuff's gonna last forever

[@kyleciarrocchi]

@Larry Williams psychedelic trapping? what do you mean?

[@kyleciarrocchi]

@Larry Williams I play in a modern psych rock group called The Riko and Whaler Collective, we do alot of imrovisational stuff, check us out sometime, we are on youtube if you look us up

[@Gump-tion]

Shit, just listen to the drum play on Sitting on a Star! These guys were great!

[@ronaldleardi1416]

Totally!!!

[@MrGoldenthroat]

Randy Seol was easily one of the premier drummers in the history of rock music - top 5 easy!! Check out some of his drum solos posted on you tube -enjoy!!!!

[@community1949]

Wow - nearly identical to the record!!!!!

[@tuskedbeast]

Excerpt from a comment from the bassist on this page, re: live: "LOL! Sorry I'm so late to the party! HA! So yes, this was the Steve Allen Show which was filmed across the street from Capital Records in Hollywood. We definitely played live. They painstakingly hid the amps and chords for the most part. If you know they're there you can catch a glimpse of them or their shadows. I'm playing bass and I have an elephants memory...which is uncharacteristic if you were part of the 60's culture, There was an overhead stage mic. We thought the whole thing was pretty chintzy. It was done in one take. No overdubbing or anything of the sort, we were a pretty good band for being 18 year olds. We had also just finished touring with the Beach Boys and Buffalo Springfield which made us rise to new heights musically and vocally."

[@magneto7930]

You can hear his drumsticks click after the keyboard solo so yes it's obviously live. I think it's a great live version, sound quality being what it was for television. Always loved the song! I do remember the 45 laying around at my house somewhere, courtesy of my older sister.

[@Mr.CoachBeaulieu]

That drummer got some nasty jazz chops. Those rolls and ghost notes are nasty.

[@randymordhorst4512]

Saw them at Eastern NMU in 1968....Far ahead of their time in so many ways! Spent many happy hours with their albums! Unforgetable! A real treat to find this!!

[@theSword-]

Ed King in the black shirt on red Gibon SG guitar. Future guitarist of Lynyrd Skynyrd.

[@johnnycool106]

Wow did not know thanks

[@rodmcdonough6111]

One of my all-time favorite songs. Great to see them do it live. The drummer blows me away, and he sings!

[@Harmonious-jm3sy]

Rip Ed King the guitar genius!!

[@chreynest]

not lip-synching the record. Very good

[@orangesharpy]

I was really happy to see that as well. Sounds awesome!

[@kelly806]

The guitarist dressed in black is Ed King. Some may remember him from his days with Lynard Skynard...he co-wrote "Sweet Home Alabama".

[@inkyguy]

Thanks. He and the drummer both stuck out to me. Both were really attractive young guys.

[@donesomeage]

He was a tremendous player. R.I.P.

[@kelly806]

@@donesomeage Yes he was.

[@MikeBlitzMag]

Love this with a passion. Huge hit in Detroit at the end of 1967. I actually heard this 45 far, far more at the time than I did their more obvious single. Saw them live in 2009, with most of their original line up intact (on a double bill with the Electric Prunes). The mind still boggles.

[@DaGhostToastRoast]

How did I go so long without knowing about this band?!?! 😭

[@Dave-ol7cc]

If you blinked you would’ve missed ‘em.

[@kirkharrington2821]

Rare live of The strawberry Alarm Clock really amazing sounds of an underrated band love the organ sounds more amazing

[@unathityabashe71]

One of my favorite bands ❤️

[@cheriamour2429]

Randy Seoul was gorgeous and so was the keyboardist! I loved them and their music!

[@nycsp]

Both so gorgeous 😍 💕 💖 💗 ❤

[@pennya.5892]

They had that magic!

[@shable1436]

The one with the porn star mustache?😂

[@ntinosmarkos813]

Veeeerrrryyyyy chromatic sound for that era ....i worship this band!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@MrGoldenthroat]

Even though this live version is somewhat distorted, it is superior to the recorded version - especially Randy's drumming!!!

[@60s70sVintageRock]

@MrGoldenthroat You said years earlier that you worked behind the scenes... was this the Steve Allen Show?

[@Harmonicosscillation]

rad footage; love this band!

[@stevekneeland2371]

I wish they had more material. Love their music!

[@alskalsk11]

Fantastic live performance! Good shuffle-beat 1960's style song. Thanks for posting.

[@alskalsk11]

I still feel the same, but some of the lead vocal singing pitches are clearly flat.

[@JohnnyNation]

This drummer was great/he was definitely influenced by contemporary jazzers !!!###

[@corygoodman1155]

Rosanne Cash wrote that her Dad, Johnny Cash, took her to see these guys in Henderson Tennessee. Coolest Dad ever!

[@lastnamefirst4035]

Maybe the same kinda drugs then

[@vampyros1]

Love love LOVE this band! Thanks for posting.

[@joecostantino6257]

What a great song!!

[@MrGoldenthroat]

This is definitely live as you see it unfold - I know because I was there!!!!

[@MrGoldenthroat]

As I've stated earlier this WAS performed live - It is possible it was performed live during the sound check a short while before the show but, even that being the case, that would still be considered performing the tune live as it was done in only one take right before show - that is still considered live in my book and all my music associates!

[@arnoldlayne7942]

Bassist George Bunnell was awesome, especially this song.

[@johannarenfro2568]

Excellent band! Great vocals harmonies writing, featured band in the movie ‘Psych-Out’ Guitarist Ed king left the group to join Lynyrd Skynyrd This is the best psychedelic band from that era thats accessible !

[@cforssi]

Great video and yes they are playing live. Some video is out of sync but they are playing live. You can see a Super Beatle in the background left of the drumset. Great drumming from Randy Seol......one of the best drummers ever.

[@hotgoalie11565]

Charles Forssi Agreed. Randy Seol is one of the more underappreciated drummers in rock and roll.

[@serbia-ll1io]

Ed King on lead guitar. Also in Lynyrd Skynyrd

[@1962drob]

Never knew that. Lynyrd Skynard is one of my favorite Southern Rock bands. Right up there with ZZ Top and Molly Hatchet.

[@theqgarage]

This is absolutely live. The video quality isn't great, but you can vaguely see guitar cables hanging. The tempo is slightly slower than the record, and the vocals as well as the organ solo are much different. Most variety shows of the era were mimed, but a few did have the budget for truly live performances, most notably Ed Sullivan and American Bandstand. The drums were most likely miked with a single overhead, maybe a snare mic but it's too hard to see. The guitar amps are off stage for aesthetic purposes and miked. Who wants to see amps when you have that groovy backdrop? The Strawberry Alarm Clock were thought to be a mysterious studio group until the mid eighties or so when the original members surfaced. It's nice to see that they could actually perform their music close to the recording, like the Electric Prunes, who were at one time also thought to be a studio group.

[@60s70sVintageRock]

I'm not certain, but this clip might have been from the Mike Douglas show. That one also featured great 'live' performances. American Bandstand always used studio recordings, never live performances from guest artists... because the show was used to promote the latest single/45 releases. The teen dancers and audience would rate the records and if you could "dance to it". But there were other 'live' 60's music shows, including Hullabaloo and Shindig! :)

[@karmices]

60s70sVintageRock This clip is from the Steve Allen show circa 1968.

[@HemiVic]

Wow! This is a fantastic live version!!!

[@dicerasongs]

Too bad you can't hear the great harmony more, because it's a masterpiece. Actually, "Sit With The Guru" always was my favorite.

[@archieboy7858]

I sense the thumping Sounds in my ears My mind's exploding with every sound Beating percussion Vibrations increasing Bringing on tears Randy just was on fire.

[@60s70sVintageRock]

RIP, ED KING 8-22-18

[@vampyros1]

Killer song, and who'd have thought there'd be an actual live performance preserved for 'posterity' ... ? Fantastic stuff from a group who were truly underrated. They were consistently brilliant thru their first 2 long players.

[@chriscampbell9191]

Ed King! A short solo on his SG.

[@drewsturgeon9511]

Wish they had more material....

[@MikeBlitzMag]

They released several albums in the late '60s - early '70s, and an all new album in the mid-2010s. No shortage out there. Unless you already have heard all of those, of course!

[@joecostantino6257]

Love these guys

[@salvarriale161]

A short lived groovy time in history.. should have been born 1950 instead of 1970

[@GoldandAppel]

Short lived is right!

[@CS-sf1rz]

Me too instead 79

[@bobrashkow9510]

What a relic! I may have actually seen this performance on TV back then.

[@richardmumolo]

My Dad told me that he worked with the father of one of these guys. I thought that was so cool. Never met the band or even the father though. LOL

[@70sMod]

I saw these guy's on a revival tour a couple of years ago with all original members. They sounded tight and crystal clear as hell. Funny, much better than the bad sound quality of this old television video. But, thanks for posting. I love the set design and the clothes.

[@60s70sVintageRock]

+Donald Jackson Thanks for watching. They still tour, but not all originals from this video are in the band. Ed King is retired and Lee Freeman passed away in 2010.

[@LRogersPhoto]

Pat Boone in Hollywood (TV Series) 1967The Joey Bishop Show (TV Series) 1967The Groovy Show (TV Series) 1967The Woody Woodbury Show (TV Series)

[@analogsynthplayer]

@1:18 Ed was warming up for free Bird

[@johnnycool106]

Love this clip wow thanks very much

[@MrGoldenthroat]

Rick Seoul was a virtuoso musician - easily one of the top 5 drummers of the decade of the sixties!

[@bonzorip6162]

Randy Seol

[@MrGoldenthroat]

@@bonzorip6162 I stand corrected - thanks!

[@bonzorip6162]

@@MrGoldenthroat and like you said, he is a great drummer!

[@1962drob]

I have not heard this song in 30 some-odd years! Great song! If memory serves me correct, This song (Tomorrow) was the flip-side to the single "Birds in my Tree". If I'm correct, then for a B-Side this song gets an "A-Plus"!!!

[@greg1030]

Your memory serves. Love both the mono single and stereo album versions of both songs. And love the intro of BIMT, right from the start when he practically BANGS on that lead guitar. Very unique sounding band!

[@yourtubesteak]

Way cool. Still got this single. Love that Super Continental!

[@dre4011]

Jeez...Ed was a baby! Playing an SG instead of an EB-3

[@CS-sf1rz]

Great tune 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@cheriamour2429]

Always loved them!

[@Thunderd73]

Saw them play in Portland 2007. So underrated. Everyone on point.

[@tomkeeler4243]

They could have evolved into a " Doors " sound, but stayed original.

[@adamcarrey9115]

The drummer looks and sounds like a surfer dude.

[@sauquoit13456]

On this day in 1967 {November 18th} the Strawberry Alarm Clock performed "Tomorrow"* on the Dick Clark ABC-TV Saturday-afternoon program 'American Bandstand'... Five weeks later on December 24th it entered Billboard's Top 100 chart at position #80, and on February 4th, 1968 it would peak at #23 {for 2 weeks}, it spent ten weeks on the Top 100... Besides "Tomorrow", the Los Angeles-based group had four other Top 100 records, "Incense and Peppermints" {#1 for 1 week in 1957}, "Sit With the Curu" {#65 in 1968}, "Barefoot in Baltimore" {#67 in 1968}, and "Good Morning Starshine" {#87 in 1968}... * The week "Tomorrow" entered the Top 100 at position #80 their debut charted record, "Incense and Peppermints" was at #13...

[@magneto7930]

Oh well, I like them anyway.

[@rickdesarle9875]

Great song Tomorrow. Dare to Know? I Know.

[@NeilCrouse99]

I still can't believe that the blond guitar player played in Lenard Skinner afterwards and came up with the opening riff for "Sweet Home Alabama"... 🤔

[@60s70sVintageRock]

@@NeilCrouse99 Yes, that's Ed King who went on to join Lynyrd Skynyrd. RIP.

[@RobertAshton-z5z]

Not the blonde, the short chubby fellow, Ed King.

[@nosny3570]

that short chunky kid appears to have talent.....

[@pgh45rpms]

Ed King went on to join Lynyrd Skynyrd in the Seventies.

[@thomasdudley4558]

sweet home peppermint fuzz ed king not much 60s live clock out there folks but here you go! live.

[@GoldandAppel]

Cooler live!

[@softteu]

Um dos meus sons preferidos deles, a essência 60s é linda. Minha banda preferida dessa década.

[@jg6698]

Magic

[@AlexO110]

BOOM!

[@BasementShopGuy]

Ed King, yeah!!!

[@chrischoir3594]

Ed is the King

[@poleeed]

strange but true!

[@johnchirico1381]

Ed King from Skynyrd

[@paulklee]

Really good drummer - who was it?

[@60s70sVintageRock]

@Michael E Everly That's Randy Seol. There's an interview with him here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJvKgYt8d9F0aLc

[@GBS1043]

Nobody can do a drum roll like that now...

[@jwinthepro]

Wrong. King Gizzard and Lizard Wizard.

[@lifeworksndhenterprisesllc6597]

I really got to have that song to remake on my gospel album. Too funhouse tripped out with s slight bossa nova jazz.

[@nate7393]

I think this was one of the few only bands that used a Vox Super Continental organ. Most bands at the time would us the single manual Continental. Still very cool though

[@QueenFan12]

the doors also used one, I think that the single manual organ were more common and less expensive.

[@nate7393]

@@QueenFan12 Yeah i definitely agree though im sure it was the single manual one The Doors had but either way, a Vox was used haha. Hell those still go for a shit ton of cash these days

[@johannarenfro2568]

The Buckinghams did , the Animals , county Joe & the Fish, the Seeds, love, Dave Clark Five all used it and paul revere & the raiders

[@nate7393]

@@johannarenfro2568 Ah just i never really saw many bands use the Super Continental though now that you mention it, I do remember seeing a photo of Paul Revere and the Raiders in the early days with a single manual Vox organ. Thanks for clarifying that though!

[@mrmott44]

skynyrd opened for SAC and he played bass for them until they heard his guitar playing, rest is history. To me, Ed King is THE sound of Skynyrd...the rest could have been studio fill ins

[@richardgregory3644]

mrmott44 I really like Ed and all he did in Skynyrd but to me Rossington' s Les Paul is the distinctive Skynyrd sound

[@sampost4548]

Okay he went to guitar for skynyrd because Leon came back and the really distinct sound from Gary is an SG

[@yourtubesteak]

I have a lip synched version of this song but never saw this live version. Way cool.

[@connorbliss8669]

Not sure if that is from the Dinah shore show or the Andy Williams show. So I’m not to sure of the source on this.

[@MrGoldenthroat]

Don't listen to showlogicprod - he's wrong. I was behind the scenes on this show and this was performed live!!!

[@connorbliss8669]

Or possibly don kershiner’s new rock concert.

[@connorbliss8669]

This is Either from the Jonathan winters show or the Dinah shore show.

[@andyrock6481]

Tomorrow he will write Sweet Home Alabama

[@madbassist5676]

Drummer lead vocalist??????)

[@LDSFunnyBoy12]

Randy Seol , my friend

[@madbassist5676]

@@LDSFunnyBoy12 cool!)

[@billguill1859]

Sure thing. Karen Carpenter was drummer of The Carpenters, at least at first, as well.

[@stephenmacgarrigle2008]

They're like the Doors without Jim Morrison.

[@lordmaynard5237]

Could be pre-recorded, but just not the same recording that went on the album...the BBC was like that. You'd hear two guitars in bands with only one guitarist, for example. Back then the drums not being miked is not unusual (even for clubs, sometimes only the vocals went through a p.a. Hense the huge stacks of amplifiers in the late 60's that are unnecessary nowadays) but there were no wireless guitar/amp set-ups, which leads me to believe they pre-recorded it earlier before the shoot.

[@msoileau83]

Possibly, they played live but replaced the audio.

[@Gwoof-l4p]

Not shy, ever, but yet a caution to teens who walk and talk, wait for fm multiplex and quad chan vinyl.

[@wanderingmirage]

anyone know which show this is from?

[@60s70sVintageRock]

@Wandering Mirage It was probably the Steve Allen Show (a '68-'69 brief run of that show), trying to confirm. Show is listed on the SAC website and performance was detailed on a site that unfortunately no longer exists. (tv dot com)

[@wanderingmirage]

@@60s70sVintageRock groovy, would have been a cool show wonder who they played with that day and a track listing

[@stuguy]

Upbeat

[@connorbliss8669]

I know it’s not the Jonathan winters show.

[@28if]

How on earth did Ed King go from this band to Lynyrd Skynyrd?

[@dunemetal67]

Skynyrd opened for the Alarm Clock. Ronnie saw what Ed could do on guitar. Actually, I think Ed was hired to play bass first as a replacement for Leon, who had taken a leave of absence. Ronnie was less than impressed by Ed's bass playing. Then he started on guitar and the rest is history. Ed King is one of rock's most under appreciated guitar players ever. Guy could rip like few others.

[@dunemetal67]

@Mike Zielinski Nope, they met each other on tour. Ed got to know Ronnie and the boys then.

[@dunemetal67]

@Mike Zielinski I would never figure them on the same venue... Strange mix, but Ed had chops for sure.

[@davideckler9195]

Looks live to me...sometimes out-of-sync and (more than likely) overdubbed.

[@jackjdolan]

Maybe I'm blind but I cast this video to my big screen and I don't see any guitar cords plugged into the guitars. I do see cords plugged into the mic though. Weird.

[@60s70sVintageRock]

@Jack Dolan Not weird actually. This was very common practice for 60's tv performances. Live vocals over studio backtrack.

[@jackjdolan]

@@60s70sVintageRock well I see so many people commenting about how it was a live performance and the amps are hidden behind the backdrop and if you look closely you can see a Vox Super Beatle off to the side of the drums it looked like the instruments weren't plugged in so I didn't think it was live. I just wondered how so many people think it was. Vocals could be.

[@60s70sVintageRock]

@@jackjdolan Randy Seol is definitely live here... phrasing and tone completely different from the studio version. A decade ago when I was posting tv clips, I marked them 'Live' even if it was just the vocals. Wasn't trying to fool anyone, honest! Some (not all) descriptions I changed if it was obviously pre-recorded studio instrumentation. I think many who are familiar with 60's tv musical performances realize that a lot were synced in some form, if not totally. (Even on Ed Sullivan!) Thanks for watching!

[@jackjdolan]

@@60s70sVintageRock Thanks for sharing. Wether it was totally live or not still a great song ! It should have been a huge hit. Randy's drumming is excellent by the way.

[@MikeBlitzMag]

It's a live performance. Play this back to back with the studio 45 on Uni. They are far more raw here, both the instruments and the vocals. And it works.

[@jimhardy743]

no way can this be lip synched

[@john111257]

great, but less catchy than the biggy

[@bartbucklin7433]

Thank God the music Gods. Got Ed King out of that trip, to real music, Just saying.

[@mfnpjparty]

Ed said before he died that his favorite memories from his entire career were playing with Strawberry Alarm Clock in 1967, before he got in that second rate hillbilly outfit

[@BOBBOTO]

How old are you? 18 or so? What an inane comment.

[@kentduryea1741]

I think this is a clip from the Upbeat show.