Psychedelic Times | Cool British Singles from November 1967

[@YesterdaysPapers]

PLAYLIST | Cool British Singles from November 1967: kzbin.info/aero/PLZiczFvWkHKHGm9A4feTXMENRXJ9ZPVCl

[@calvinguile1315]

Thanks for the link 👍

[@darda2449]

Thank you for the list, mate - Absolufabumazing! Old favorites and now, some new fabs!

[@nathalieplum2137]

I don't know on what planet I was but I just discovered that I can save the playlist you linked to and listen to it on KZbin Music, which I subscribe to. Super Cool!

[@katbela3971]

Great video. Thanks so much for the playlist. Cheers, YP.🤗😀

[@janewhite4486]

For me this may be THE coolest site on the internet ! I am 72 ,and American who never got to hear the UK pirate. radio shows from pirate ships . Rock on !

[@pencilpauli9442]

The channel is totally fab! I'm British, but was only 8 at the time, and while many of the bands are familiar to me now, it's fascinating to see them and discover other acts.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thank you very much, Jane!

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thank you very much, Pencipauli!

[@Ronald-ih9fm]

By any chance did you ever drink the electric Kool-Aid 😀 nonetheless, you are very fortunate to live in that era.

[@janewhite4486]

@@Ronald-ih9fm ; It was not mixed with Kool Aide any time I ever encountered it! Always in/on tablets of various colors and once was a small ,blue blot on an small piece of paper. Guessing each time was near the 250 mg. area. Always an event!

[@spyderlogan4992]

Never creases to amaze me are the pictures of the actual singles(45s) being referenced. Extreme Kudos to Mr. Yesterday's Papers~!

[@mnbv990]

agreed.

[@MarkPMus]

Obviously Hello Goodbye/IATW is a front runner in amongst this lot, many of which I think are trying too hard to follow a trend. But Care of Cell 44 by the Zombies is the only other single in this collection worth pausing the video for and looking up on Apple Music. I’m ashamed to say I have been alive 54 years and only just (via this channel) in the last few weeks found out about the Odyssey and Oracle album. But it’s superb, a great companion to Sgt Pepper and Pet Sounds.

[@DrWrapperband]

Discogs?

[@christianvollheim5372]

Hey yesterdays papers, thanx so much for your marvellous videos!👍👋 The sixties were the best decade in pop music, and `67 was the best year in that decade! So much genius recordings, and so much that failed but shouldn`t have!

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Cheers, Christian!

[@darda2449]

SF Sorrow was the first concept album, period. My totally hip, cool younger sibling introduced me to this band over forty years ago. It's good to know they lived to see themselves acknowledged for their vast influence. (RIP Phil May) I loved the interesting singles and albums, some of which from groups I didn't know, for me to look up and listen to; it's one of the greatest bonuses of your excellent and informative videos! P.S. - Can we all take a moment to appreciate that Yesterday's Papers has some of the best, most professional, straightforward narration on KZbin!

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thank you very much, Darda!

[@shadowstealer2790]

I concur!

[@danieleyre8913]

Yes I agree. I love SF Sorrow and have been saying how underrated and sadly unrecognised it is since I discovered it as a teenager. It predated Mark Wirtz’s stuff and The Who’s Tommy and the Kink’s Victoria and was really something avant garde and of good quality.

[@Truckngirl]

That's the truth!

[@mellowvids9637]

Eden Ahbez did one much earlier than The Pretties

[@raymondroberts8709]

1967: my lifelong favorite year for music! 💖

[@golden.lights.twinkle2329]

The absolute zenith.

[@Michael-bp5im]

1971

[@TexRenner]

I had just turned 14 then. This was all very important to me; fun to look back on.

[@bobair2]

Truly an amazing year was 1967 and my favorite for music overall in the 55 years since,simply magical!

[@francoispedro3694]

Very very good, one more time. Somebody said you're very professional. I completely agree. "Defecting grey". I had the luck to see the Pretty Things in my town, five years ago. They still played this one, in a pretty good way. And I had the luck to talk to Phil (RIP) and Dick too. Fabulous gentlemen. You made my day with that one.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thank you, François! I saw the Pretty Things in 2017 or so and it was a fantastic show.

[@marshlanderdumarais264]

I saw The Pretty Things a few times in the 70s. Excellent band. Some friends of mine were the support act on one tour. They said they only had to take a couple of breaths in their dressing room and they came out buzzing 😂

[@Truckngirl]

I know you must be busy, but these are never long enough or frequent enough for me. Your curation is amazing. I was aware of pop and psychedelic music at that time but was 10 years old and in Lake Tahoe with only two stations, where I got a taste of it, but nothing like what you present. Thank you for your enlightenment! I am a huge Syd Barrett fan and appreciate your acknowledgement of his brilliance.

[@heinrichvon]

I'm in awe! Beatles, Floyd, The Moodies, The Pretty Things, The Nice, Tintern Abbey, Zombies... I bend the knee. We'll never see their like again!

[@multiverser9585]

And quite a lot of cool records failed to chart! Back then, charting a single was everything.

[@jeffneptune2922]

Another fantastic episode for us pop music history buffs. At the time , I thought the British music scene was a little bit cooler than the US and Canada. Thank you.

[@paulnolan4971]

I love them 7 Moodies albums from Days to Sojourn. What a run. What covers ! I'm proud of my collection of them alone.

[@victorhawkins3461]

The poster for the Hendrix/Move/Pink Floyd package tour also showed a band called The Eire Apparent...an Irish band, I believe, produced by Hendrix, who also played on their first elpee. I saw The Eire Apparent open for Eric Burdon and The Animals in the (very) old and (very) long-gone city auditorium in Jackson, Mississippi sometime in Spring '68. Eric Burdon and The Animals were touring in support of either "San Franciscan Nights" or "Sky Pilot." I forget which. But thanks for allowing me to dredge up memory!

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Very cool, that must have been a great show.

[@edwarddriscoll6814]

Brill album..pop psych..j.h.plays on it also...they played here sept 68...J.H.EXP...V.FUDGE.... SOFT MACHINE and EIRE APPARENT...search album

[@deargdoom8743]

Henry McCulloch was the lead guitarist. He once lived in a caravan outside my home town Enniskillen in Northern Ireland. My grandfather used to laugh recalling Henry playing guitar in the morning to the herd of cattle in the neighbouring field. Stoned, no doubt. No idea how the cows reacted to his playing. He went on to join Paul McCartney and Wings a few years later. RIP, Henry!

[@xdef1ne]

Another great video, thank you! The Pretty Things are one of the best bands from Britain. I thought they changed genre better than a lot of bands but their earlier records are some of the best proto-punk r&b you can get. I also really enjoyed Apples & Oranges, I love Syd’s screeching fuzz-wah guitar.

[@darganx]

This group and the Deviants were two groups from this time that got more respect in the Punk/New Wave era a decade later.

[@appledoreman]

What I like about your videos (apart from the superb music & rare video footage) is the obscure information imparted, eg 'Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack' (one of my favourite psychedelic singles) became the theme tune of a British TV series, 'Flames' was part of Led Zeppelin's early repertoire, 'Meditations' was recorded in a church, etc. Great research on your part, well done.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thank you, Tom..

[@marshlanderdumarais264]

Some great singles including one or two I didn’t know, thank you! I’d completely forgotten that The Nice featured in Tyrant King. Thanks for the reminder of a very enjoyable series from my childhood. I connected with the series, because I travelled all over the underground by myself and visited the museums in Exhibition Road. “Follow the tyrant king … “ I count myself as lucky to have seen The Nice at the Fairfield Halls in Croydon. Keith Emerson played the venue’s pipe organ and asked the audience, “Do you think they’d mind if I stuck knives in this one?”

[@kevingilhooley2064]

Fabulous nostalgia yet again....loved the Tickle review.

[@andrewlove9566]

Thanks for don't forget about Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera. One of my loving bands from 60's. Fantastic 1st album. Very interesting video.

[@jessehaskell1397]

I learned something new today. I didn’t know Pink Floyd was originally called THE Pink Floyd.

[@petejones879]

Yeah a lot of bands had The in front of their name The Status Quo for instance

[@steffanhoffmann8937]

By November of this year imo; psychedelia was on the wane. Hello Goodbye, released just before Christmas; paving the way for its dearth. Liked YOUR music, within it yet again....keep it coming please.

[@EdwinJack64]

Great episode! I am amazed at how many brilliant singles failed to chart. How come? 'Nights In White Satin' reached number two in the Netherlands in January and February 1968! I liked to see the image of the single, exact the same is in my father's single collection! And what a fabulous single by Tintern Abbey! Thank you!

[@jimboy419]

The narrator's voice and style is excellent!!

[@nathalieplum2137]

Excellent production Mister YP, thank you again 💯

[@edwardmulholland7912]

The Pretty Things - wow! Lots of stuff I’ve not heard about before. I’ve always loved “Beeside”. Thank you for this, Your channel is great.

[@deirdre108]

I am very much enjoying your videos pertaining to the British psychedelic scene as this is one of my favorite genres of music. With the sonic experimentation that was going on in the music one can hear how these bands were separating rock from the blues that gave birth to it. It is interesting to hear how this later evolved into progressive rock. Also, I never knew Pink Floyd performed on American Bandstand! Now I'll have to find that on YT. Again, thank you and I look forward to part two!

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Cheeers, Michael!

[@lindadote]

Your wonderful videos don’t just help jog my memory, I’m constantly learning of acts I missed at the time. The Pretty Things were a terrific band and as far as timeless songs go, I don’t think (the genius of) I Am The Walrus will ever age. The painstaking research and dedication you obviously put into bringing us these fabulous uploads is genuinely appreciated YP, many thanks.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Cheers, Linda!

[@walterfechter8080]

Many thanks, Yesterday's Papers, for this exacting view on the British Psychedelic sounds from late 1967.

[@evanelliott1213]

Brilliant video, you must put in hard work to make it so good. I love Apples and Oranges and Beeside. Cities is an underrated Moody Blues B-side I think as well. Looking forward to a part 2. Thanks- Evan

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Cheers, Evan.

[@birchward]

I was lucky enough in march 1967 , to visit a local club , The ricky tick houslow / london , the friday night was P.P.ARNOLD and the NICE ,the saturday night was PINK FLOYD ( who had just released Arnold Layne , and I was standing just a few feet from Syd Barrett , watching / stealing ideas from him ) and sunday night was CREAM ( one of our old guitarists John Simms , went on to play in bands , with Ginger / Kofi baker ! and each night was 10 shillings to get in ! Jimi Hendrix and the Experiance , played their first gig there for £ 25 , ironicaly , Jimi , shared a flat in nottinghill gate , with Pat Arnold , and Ronnie Wood . Jimi meet Mitch Mitchel , ( who was taught drums , by Jim Marshall ) while visiting Jims shop in nearby Hanwell , to get get a 100watt stack , mitch was the shop assistant there ! ha , ha great days / video cheers , thankyou guys , from france . ritchie .

[@hopebgood]

You lucky old fart! 😉 *hug*

[@Transterra55]

Another outstanding video...thanks so much! Greetings from Tennessee.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thanks!

[@WarlockHolmes420]

What the pretty things did was 100% Punk. They never get the credit. The Ramones, pistols, Richard Hell or whoever always get the credit for punk.

[@danieleyre8913]

You couldn’t get further from punk than the emotions album.

[@Mojorising1328]

Lol those bands didn't invent shit. The 60's were pure magic. Damn near every genre was covered by the second part of the decade.

[@randybackgammon890]

@@danieleyre8913 Blimey,I've always loved that album.Didnt know any one else had heard of it

[@danieleyre8913]

@@randybackgammon890 I like the songs on emotions. Especially house of ten. But I’m not such a fan of the production, especially the brass section.

[@billkingston4402]

Yes, bloody great band

[@grokeffer6226]

I'd only been familiar with a few of these songs. That was a truly great year.

[@morebenxyz4262]

Happy to see a song from the moody blues!!

[@Annie-cb]

A phenomenal album, which still has a very special place in my heart ♥️

[@WarlockHolmes420]

Something about that song. I could almost imagine a maiden in medieval England singing the song beneath a tree lol.

[@LannieLord]

Some really beautiful songs on the Elmer Gantry album !! Flames did not scratch the surface.

[@spiritof6663]

Outstanding work, as usual!! Very professional presentation, with incredible lost footage and pics that suck one right into the period. November '67 has to be the peak of the UK psychedelic scene. I hope there's a part two--and if so, it would be great to hear "Have Some More Tea" by The Smoke, "Save Me" by Brian Auger & Julie Driscoll, "Man In A Shop" by The Marmalade, "Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush/Coloured Rain" by Traffic, "Reason To Live" by Skip Bifferty, "World" by The Bee Gees, and "Looking Glass Alice" by The Bunch; I can't think of too many more singles that you didn't already cover here, so I really look forward to seeing what else you come up with!!! GREAT JOB!!

[@charlesachurch7265]

Another great presentation xxx. I love this channel.

[@rpc717]

Damn, that review of Pink Floyd was so savage and perfect!

[@danstone8783]

Love this channel. If there was a similar channel dealing with American singles at the same time it would be neat comparing the two.

[@LannieLord]

What was going on in Britain and the Netherlands was much more far out that anything going on in the USA.

[@danstone8783]

Agreed@@LannieLord

[@fastideas1]

Thank you. Another great episode. Was blessed to have first heard many of the tunes you feature via the wonderful 'Chocolate Soup for Diabetics' bootleg compilations as a psychedleicized teenage Jam fan back in the early 80's. Glad that a few musical lifetimes later they still sound great. Never heard the St Valentine's version of 'Brother can you...' which is magnificent wonder whether that's where the inspiration for Ronnie Lane's later version came from

[@samp.8099]

Looking forward to a part two

[@Norshammar72]

A great run through of great songs. Cherry red has just released two comps On Elmer Gentry’s Velvet Opera and Tinter Abbey. Really inspired to check them out now. Really enjoy this channel. Looking forward to every episode!

[@calvinguile1315]

LOVE IT.... please do part 2

[@pcno2832]

11:19 I saw "Caged" for the first time earlier this year on the "Movies!" channel's "Sunday Night Noir" feature. It was a gripping movie which must have been quite shocking in 1950. "Care of Cell 44" sounds quite promising; I'll have to find the whole thing next and listen to the rest of it. Thanks for letting us see these records that would otherwise have escaped our attention.

[@Krzyszczynski]

Must be 55 years or more since I saw Caged on TV, but I'll never forget that forcible head-shave, or the terribly downbeat ending, which as you say must have been a real face-slap for 1950 audiences.

[@delbertstringbreaker7686]

Another excellent production! It is worth noting that Flames by Elmer Gantry also had another airing on the 1968 compilation album, 'The Rock Machine Turns You On', which I believe was the very first of its kind.

[@joshgoldstein3991]

'I Am The Walrus' by The Beatles is a psychedelic masterpiece! Love that acid poetry by John Lennon, and the music is still trippy and weird as ever.

[@WarlockHolmes420]

I'm 43 and I tripped out to the Beatles as a teen. Used to take a LOT of mushrooms lol

[@poempadgett4664]

It is one of my very favorites by the Beatles (and Sir George Martin) and, for me, an astonishing and utterly unique work of aural-art. Mind-blowing…🦭💕

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Agreed, "I Am the Walrus" is one of my all-time favourites by the Beatles. What an amazing song.

[@deirdre108]

"...and here's another clue for you all, the Walrus was Paul."

[@nathalieplum2137]

@@YesterdaysPapers Any chance, with that fab Revolver remixing that just came out, you could look into a Yesterday's Papers around the release of that legendary Beatles album? I wouldn't dare make a request, it's just a thought. I'm so impressed by your curation and editing work. ☺

[@poempadgett4664]

Great year in music! I discovered The Nice in just the past decade, when I bought a “Best of CD” on sale thinking this looks interesting old/psychedelic and fell in love with a few tunes (especially the songs _The Cry of Eugene,_ and, _Diamond Hard Blue Apples of the Moon)_ and thought “Gee, that keyboardist is just fantastic, Keith Emerson-sounding level,” lol. Being a mainly British blues rock & prog-rock-crazy young kid in the seventies, (influenced by older brother’s records) I had ELP’s album _Trilogy,_ which I loved, and later got _Brain Salad Surgery._ Finally, I looked up the band members of The Nice and it WAS Keith Emerson! RIP to him, it breaks my heart how he left us. The Pretty Things, I’d heard of, but also only recently discovered on a compilation their so-cool song, imo, _Baron Saturday,_ which I learned later was apparently written about Jimmy Page, (whom o/c I was wild about as a kid) their friend and eventual record label boss, (Swan Song). That song, which I’m definitely going to look up, featured here did sound proto-punk, a little MC-5ish, a band that didn’t yet exist at the time, iirc. Finally, _Knights in White Satin,_ a US 70’s rock radio standard, has grown on me over the years, not that I didn’t like it at all, but it really was a seminal English progressive art rock masterpiece, I see, now, and just so beautiful. IM🪩 I love this channel, and thanks, btw! 🫀

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thank you very much! "Baron Saturday" is one of my favourite songs by The Pretty Things. Great song.

[@Bizinxis.]

Yknow I remember being pretty confused when I listened to SF sorrow for the first time. But I was absolutely blown away when I heard defecting gray. It’s so trippy, heavy and aggressive, it’s truly great.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

An amazing song, no doubt.

[@rossgregor4817]

Super good episode.

[@stevejames2896]

A great trip indeed! Excellent choices, well researched and once again full marks for the visuals too. Looking forward to part two!

[@JustineLaLoba]

S.F Sorrow is a masterpiece period.

[@marrrtin]

Such a fertile scene that there just wasn't space for it all.

[@maurice8607]

Tintern Abbey. An absolute fantastic a and b side. Wonderful.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

No doubt, a truly excellent single.

[@mellowvids9637]

bee side

[@maurice8607]

@@YesterdaysPapers They certainly are an amazing band.

[@jerrywatt6813]

Never heard oh the abbey YP now I must check this out ! Vacuum cleaner? OK? I love seeing the old Marshall amps in the background I have a few myself always fun ! Great show cheers from L A !

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thank you, Jerry. Cheers!

[@jfrorn]

Love this series!

[@kevhead1525]

Yikes. Four comments this time. Well this one is to thank you for all the work you do on this and the insight you give us.👍

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thank you very much, Kevhead1.

[@chicklets4ever51]

Excellent stuff, man. Can't wait for part two. (And now I'm going to go and listen to the Pretty Things' full album, SF Sorrow.

[@airmark02]

I think "Parachute" from 1970 is much better than SF Sorrow because it doesn't sound as dated ~ check it out 😉

[@chicklets4ever51]

@@airmark02 OK thanks

[@wanderer299a]

Excellent as always. A lot there I've never heard before. Congrats.

[@phatato]

Great songs! Thank you :)

[@pippishortstocking7913]

Weird to think that the girl shown dancing after the Moody Blues part is nearing 80 years old now.

[@Ndlanding]

Ever since hearing "Pivate Sorrow" on John Peel, I've adored the SF Sorrow album. Follow-ups didn't rate too highly with us, but THAT album is in the Top 5 EVER!

[@centralparkjoe1290]

Fantastic episode! Made my weekend! 🤙🔥

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Glad you liked it. Cheers!

[@Syd4510]

Yes, a lot of very impressive psychedelia was issued in this month! Beatles I am the Walrus definitely the best of the crop, but I also love Tintern Abbey and so many more of the songs you included here.

[@tattyshoesshigure5731]

Fascinating edition of YP’s as usual! Georgie Fame’s hit single The Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde is a terrific song & production that has stood the test of time… Georgie is one of those great artists who I feel never gets the full recognition he deserves.

[@iconicshrubbery]

"I Say Yeh Yeh"(!) Like Alan Price, someone who could really sing and play, so melodic that I remember those songs from childhood

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Agreed. Georgie Fame is very underrated nowadays.

[@Krzyszczynski]

Hear, hear. Georgie Fame was at the top of the tree from a ridiculously early age, and deservedly so.

[@marshlanderdumarais264]

And still on top form when I saw him just prior to lockdown.

[@johngleeson6747]

I really love this channel, this was another gem to watch, thank you from the Isle Of Wight.

[@BritInvLvr]

Very interesting video. I never heard of Tintern Abbey. Now I want to check them out.

[@justinspivey8728]

The Pretty Things Defecting Grey and Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera Flames! 🙌🏼 The Tickle turned into Junior’s Eyes!

[@johnwood551]

Nights in White Satin was and INSTANT Success with me. Moody Blues became my favorite group right then and got all their albums after that.

[@justinthyme5382]

Best comment I've read, I too have everything that the Moodies recorded, plus Blue Jays, Justin Hayward,and also have I think every DVD released. Hi from Perth Australia 😎👋🎵🎶🎵

[@pippishortstocking7913]

I read in a music magazine that it was an accidental hit. That DJs put it on to play because it was so long, so they could leave the room for a break lol.

[@RavenThom]

I was a Moody fan from the first time i heard GO NOW!

[@justinthyme5382]

@@RavenThom I hope your still a fan, but who in the world would stop being a moodies fan. 😎👋💕🎶🎵🎶🎵🦘

[@jean-marcknight8816]

Another great piece of work YP ! The Walrus cover by Jim Carrey in George Martin's "In my life" is quite enjoyable (and so is Come Together by Robin Williams and Bobby McFerrin).

[@johnmarshall2722]

Yes, maybe ´quite enjoyable´. But I don´t like the ovet-the-top look-at-me I´m so zany type of performance he gave. Just let the lyrics do the surreal / the funnies. Anything else is like trying to gild the lily.

[@SophieLovesSunsets]

"The group hardly considered my reviews worth the paper they were written on" The shade 🤣😂 That does sound suspiciously like something Roger Waters would say 👀 Maybe I'm in the minority, but I've always loved "Apples and Oranges" I think it's really beautiful and whimsical. Your videos are a lovely way to start the week, YP. Stunning intro Music 💯❤

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thank you, Sophie! I've always really liked "Apples and Oranges" as well. Great song. I guess it was a bad choice for an A-side, though.

[@SophieLovesSunsets]

@@YesterdaysPapers Yep, I agree. It was a strange choice for an A-side 🍏🍊💖

[@Krzyszczynski]

Of the two songs on that record, I have to say I prefer Paintbox, which would have had a lot more commercial appeal. Perhaps Syd and Roger couldn't countenance the idea of a Rick Wright number being on the A-side. I remember that final comment of Penny Valentine's very well - but from that day to this, I've never been able to decide whether she liked the final little flourish itself, or the fact that a record she plainly didn't much care for had finally come to an end.

[@SuperNevile]

@@Krzyszczynski Agree, great song; but Rick's "It Would Be So Nice" backed by Roger's "Julia Dream" had masses of commercial appeal, but bombed too. I think this is when they realised they were an "albums band".........

[@mikesaunders4775]

I don't know why Penny Valentine was so confused about the song's meaning. Syd himself is on record of saying that its about a time he followed a dolly bird from Barnes to Richmond where he was living at the time. It is amazing how unadventurous the journos of the day were when all this fantastic music was flying around.

[@Krzyszczynski]

Defecting Grey was one of the (by then) obscure records to feature in Anne Nightingale's "Daisy Chain" spot on her Sunday afternoon Radio 1 show in the mid-70s. Whoever identified the song (I never could) got to nominate next week's one. Another that came up at one point was Over The Wall We Go from late 1966.

[@Fuzzbrain61]

Once more you’ve unearthed some more forgotten gems and what a month for some truely groovy sounds!

[@martakrupinska674]

Thanks for this great video. 😃

[@terryenglish7132]

Thanks. Another great video w singles I missed first time round. I can hear how they missed, tho, just didn't have the catchy melodies needed. My fav was Flames; unfortunately the Zepplin version isn't here on youtube in bootleg form.

[@JohnCBurzynski]

I was alive in 67, never heard of most of these groups or their songs. It must have been a British thing. Outside of the Moody’s, Beatles, Zombies and Pink Floyd it’s all new to me. Thanks...I think.

[@gemspa73]

What a great selection of singles.

[@shadowstealer2790]

"Mr. Evasion", B Side of "Defecting Grey" is very cool too,.Biting lyrics , great pace, offbeat chorus, a wilder psychedelia than most. "Defecting"must be one of the craziest choices for an A side of that era!

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Agreed, definitely a crazy choice for an A-side.

[@shadowstealer2790]

@@YesterdaysPapers But that's what was great about the Pretties, they were edgy by instinct. When I first looked into them I was surprised how unsuccessful they were compared to their peers.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

@@shadowstealer2790 Very true, they were always very edgy and anarchic. They were never afraid to take everything one step further.

[@shadowstealer2790]

@@YesterdaysPapers Yes, so true! Still find it hard to believe that a rock n roll monster like "Midnight to 6" only got to no.46!!Being the ace researchers you guys are , you've probably seen this gem but just in case you haven't kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5XZqYl7bbGfqqM

[@edyb2097]

I think they wanted "Defecting Grey" to be a single mostly to break ties with the album "Emotions", which the band made unwillingly and only for contractual fulfillment. Anyway, I too agree with you all. Maybe "Mr. Evasion" would have charted better...

[@judyjudy51]

fantastic ~ thankyou. love the visuals

[@kevinmcanulty2593]

fantastic site well done

[@pstandley1able]

Tintern Abbey and The Zombies are just magical!

[@neilfriedman]

I was not too happy with apples and oranges either, gave it a miss and carried on listening to Piper. I am the Walrus is still great, and so are the Pretty Things, a truely great band. RIP Phil and some XPTs

[@394pjo]

Our yearly school disco back in the early 70's was the only time we were allowed to mix with girls from the school next door. The DJ used to play Nights in White Satin for the slow bit when we all had to pluck up the courage and ask the bird we fancied for a dance. The DJ used to call it 'the Erection Section' when he played it.

[@claremaidofthewave251]

I lived in a studio flat in Amen Corner House, Amen Corner, Tooting Broadway……….I also worked in music! Weird coincidence. And Rod Argent lived opposite my parents in Silsoe, Bedfordshire.

[@stevenwetherbee7573]

This is the month/year I was born. I only discovered Tintern Abbey in the last year and have listened to those to songs obsessively. That Zombies song is seriously underrated too,

[@mrheem44]

man I've always loved that [pretty things single

[@t.c.bramblett617]

The Pretty Things were so good, still so underrated

[@WattisWatts]

Having clips of the Noir classic "Caged" during the Zombies single was a great idea!

[@karlsinclair9918]

I think the Artwoods were fantastic...a great band. I did not know about this single! Again, more new stuff to add to my collection! I really appreciate your efforts in sharing the archival reviews and bringing them back for us to hear! :)

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thank you, Karl. Cheers!

[@karlsinclair9918]

@@YesterdaysPapers nah, all the thanks is to you 👍

[@johnahearn7964]

Art Wood, Ronnie’s big brother!

[@willieluncheonette5843]

So many good singles that failed to chart back then. I mean the Zombies' Care of Cell 44 and Maybe After He's Gone is a GREAT two sided platter. How could that not chart? Bad distribution? And I love the clip you chose to go with the song. Caged (1950) is a terrific noir directed by John Cromwell. The lead actress, Eleanor Parker, was nominated for an academy award and won best actress at the Venice International Festival that year. The terrifying prison guard, Hope Emerson, a frequent noir heavy,, was nominated for best supporting actress at the Academy Awards. The film presents fairly both sides of the incarceration question---whether prisons actually rehabilitate anyone. At the end, Parker, having learned all the tricks of criminals during her prison stay, is now more equipped upon her release to become a real criminal. It is just about a perfect film noir. YP your psychedelic journeys to the 60's are better than an acid flashback trip. Thanks so much.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thanks, Willie! I love "Caged". I'm a big fan of the film noir genre.

[@willieluncheonette5843]

@@YesterdaysPapers Film noir is a big influence on my film. My favs in no particular order are Vertigo (a color noir!) Touch of Evil, Kiss Me Deadly, Out of the Past, White Heat and The Lineup.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

@@willieluncheonette5843 Love those films. A big favourite of mine, apart from the ones you mentioned, is "The Big Combo".

[@willieluncheonette5843]

@@YesterdaysPapers You might be interested in my review of the Big Combo but please delete it after you've read it since this is outside the subject of your post. Glad I saw, for the second time, THE BIG COMBO (1955) on CUNY TV last night. .Directed in fine style by Joseph H. Lewis, also responsible for My Name is Julia Ross (1945) and Gun Crazy.(1949). A real testament to a director who in 1938 and early 1940's was turning out six and seven bottom of the barrel quickies a year. Basically the story line is a police lieutenant (Cornel Wilde) goes after a criminal (Richard Conte) whose wife (Jean Wallace) does not love him. Wilde hopes she will assist him in his quest. Conte, full of chirping, venomous confidence, gives the best performance I've ever seen from him. He's psychologically aware, cunning and ruthless. Brian Donlevy, Lee Van Cleef and Earl Hollman are all fine as Conte's minions as is the striking looking Helene Stanton as Wilde's stripper girlfriend. The only weak link, IMO, is Wallace who is a bit one dimensional in her acting. From the dark opening alley chase sequence to the last shot in white fog, this is some kind of film. Cinematographer John Alton is universally praised for his style and The Big Combo might be his finest achievement. A claustrophobic tale filled with shadows, harsh facial lighting and spotlights. The whole film is an amazing exercise in painting with light (the title of his book). David Raksin's jazz influenced score is also perfect for the roller coaster twists and turns on the screen. The Big Combo has everything--guns, killings, violence and torture. Oh, and toss in sexual perversity and homosexuality..There is a brilliant and brutal torture scene that is almost unbearable to watch, a startling and most likely unique for its time machine gun killing, and an inventive last scene that, due to budget limitations, was fashioned out of skeleton sets and the most meager of props. This marvelous little noir was shot in 26 days---give Joseph Lewis full credit here. Like Edgar G. Ulmer, another poverty row director, Lewis had the wonderful ability to create gems out of rubble. Foster Hirsch is rapidly becoming one of my favorite commentators on noir. Last night he said " The Big Combo is a summation of noir themes" He is right; this late in the noir cycle film has everything. He also stated " There's not a normal, well adjusted character in the film." Spot on again.. Hero police lieutenants are supposed to be 100% good guys but here Wilde is anything but. In this respect The Big Combo reminds me of Kiss Me Deadly. Explosive melodramatic plot inhabited by flawed, unsympathetic characters. At one point in the program Hirsch, the author of 16 books related to film and theater, asked the host of the show, Jerry Carlson, a question because Hirsch wasn't sure himself. This is the kind of intelligent, humble man for whom I have the utmost respect and admiration. If you yearn for a noir that touches all bases, look no further than The Big Combo .Very highly recommended

[@YesterdaysPapers]

@@willieluncheonette5843 Great review, Willie. I enjoyed it. I actually wasn't aware that "Gun Crazy" was by the same director. I love that film, too.

[@dogbarbill]

Wow. In November 1967 I had just turned 13 years old, and had two AM radio stations I would listen to in my city (there was no FM here yet). I am here in the south central US, and well remember music coming from across the pond, even had a few of the singles, but up until this video I had NEVER heard of any of these featured in this video except for "Knights in White Satin" or The Moody Blues. The Zombies had a couple of tunes over here, but not the ones in this video.

[@Krzyszczynski]

I saw the Pretties and Pink Floyd on the same bill in Brighton, must have been very late 1968 - definitely after SF Sorrow had come out, anyway. (There was a third band as well, but despite regular brain-cudgelling I just can't remember who.)

[@YesterdaysPapers]

That must have been a great show. Very cool!

[@Stechamppn]

Got to see the pretty things do the s f sorrow album.about 12 years ago..was really good night .very underrated band in the 60s London scene...back in the day they has longer hair than any one ..and had a real edge

[@TheTigersfan20]

The Zombies’ Odessey and Oracle is an amazing album, as is SF Sorrow by Pretty Things.

[@billsmith5166]

It's interesting to look back at a time when there were reviews, and not only that, they were basically just trying to predict commercial success.

[@buzzawuzza3743]

A video that mentions the Tickle doing Smokey Pokey World should be seen by every acid punk out there! I've loved that 45 since the Chocolate Soup days of the middle 1980s! Rock on!

[@ThisBirdHasFlown]

I really like Apples and Oranges, but it's certainly inferior to their other singles. I Am the Walrus is out of this world. I don't care what people say though, I love Hello, Goodbye. The Pretty Things' S.F. Sorrow is one of the best albums I've ever heard.

[@calvinguile1315]

The b-side to "Knights In White Satin" , "Cities"...is a decent psychedelic number

[@simongarrettmusic]

Penny Valentine was pretty spot-on - she deserves to be better remembered.

[@Sp33gan]

So many great songs, YP, I can't recall them all! Not a bad one in the lot, though Pink Floyd's Apples And Oranges is definitely the weaker of the Barrett era singles. That they appeared on US television promoting this one explains why it took them a few more years to crack that market, especially on that Dick Clark teeny bopper dance show. Fantastic Tintern Abbey track and The Artwoods deserved better, though trying to break into the amazing 60s singles charts was so difficult. It's always amazed me the lack of enthusiasm Nights In White Satin garnered upon first release, considering the song's status over the past 50 years. Perhaps just ahead of its time? The Pretty Things never crossed over into Canada, so my exposure to them didn't occur until about 1980, while working with a woman from Manchester. Such a great band, even their foray into Psychedelic was excellent as well as their PF Sorrow concept album. Finally, one of my all-time favourites who also suffered from disappointing sales - The Zombies. While it's always so easy to see vocals and keyboards as the focus of this group, they boasted one of the most creative rhythm sections of the time. One of my many joys in life has been seeing The Zombies during their 2017 tour to celebrate the release of Odessey and Oracle with the original band, less Paul Atkinson, playing the entire album live - something they never got to do in 1967/68. It was a fantastic show, and the band hadn't lost a step. The highlight for me being spending some time with Hugh Grundy and Chris White, discussing music and how critical drums and bass are to every band's sound. Very kind and thoughtful guys. So down to earth, they could have been the neighbours living across the street.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

The Zombies definitely had a great rhythm section. Those bass lines from "Odessey and Oracle" are just as memorable as the vocal melodies.

[@Sp33gan]

@@YesterdaysPapers Absolutely! Few things make a song work better than a great bass line and Chris is a fantastic musician.

[@geldofpunk32]

Gah everyone ignored Paint Box...such a brilliant song

[@deadlyoneable]

The pretty things one was interesting. I did not know about that one. But again, I was born in the 80’s also.