In previous videos, we revisited some cool British singles released in January and February 1966. Now, it's time to revisit some cool British releases from March 1966. And March was definitely a pretty cool month for singles. Enjoy!
1966 is one of the more underrated years in rock history. To me this year is the pinnacle of creativity and Circles is fabulous. The foundations of so much of what was to come came out in 66.
Just think if a band could combine the creativity possible of 1966 with the technology of today where record labels could be bypassed and creative control remain in the hands of creators. I think about it a lot.@@smcgmail8238
'66 alone had who's a quick one, kinks face to face, yardbirds roger the engineer, stones aftermath, mothers freak out!, beach boys pet sounds, creams fresh cream and of course beatles revolver. for me it's a watershed year and widely heralded as the quintessential year in recording arts. the creativity that sprang forth in 1967 in it's wake is equally ground-breaking with hendrix, procol harum, janis joplin and velvet waiting in the wings. oh and did i mention dylans blonde on blonde? 😂
You are hands down my favorite channel and I'm dead chuffed that you covered 1966 because that was one of the best years in music. I love Circles..both versions 👍
I'm American and I love "chuffed". I never heard "dead chuffed" and I love that too. But chuffed never made it across the pond, unfortunately, so I can't use it. Shame.
It's a tragedy this channel hasn't exploded yet. Every upload is outstanding. To the point, always pertinent, funny, witty, educational, stunning visuals, masterful sound editing.. I sincerely hope you finally get the amount of views and subs you deserve.
Shel Talmy is in a category of its own. As is well known, he produced the early hits of the Who, Kinks, Creation, Easybeats, Manfred Mann, Manish Boys (David Bowie) and so on. The Sons of Fred recorded only three singles. All six songs are superb and really worth a listen. I have them all. Mick Hutchinson is an exceptional guitarist.
Debí nacer en 1940, en Londres y ser músico. Disfrutaría cada single, álbum y ver a todos esos grupos en vivo. Magnífica década y el sonido mod a todo lo que da. Excelente programa. Saludos desde México.
Wow!! There were not one but THREE great songs here I'd never heard of--The Answers, The Sons Of Fred, and Simon Raven. As someone who fancies themselves a 60s psych expert, I'm embarrassed now to see that I missed a prime early raga-rock track like "Just A Fear", which is *fantabulous* ! And the other two are picture-perfect freakbeat with elements of garage and early guitar distortion in perfect alignment. When you add in the other stone-cold great rockers of this month ("Substitute", "Somebody Help Me", "Circles", "Try Too Hard"), March 1966 appears to be nearly as superb as February was (honestly, if there's any year that's going to rival 1967 as the greatest in Western pop/rock music, it's going to be 1966!). However, I have to ask--where did Roy Harper (debut single "Take Me Into Your Eyes"), The Alan Price Set ("I Put A Spell On You", a UK #9), and Nicky Hopkins (debut single "Mr. Big") go?! In any case, I look forward to April and releases by The Pretty Things, The Troggs, Wimple Winch, The Searchers, The Mindbenders, Manfred Mann (both "Pretty Flamingo" *and* the experimental "Machines"!!), Bo Street Runners, The Artwoods, The Sorrows, The Truth, The Koobas, David Bowie, and Episode Six!!! The good times never ended in those days.
Honestly, I think the Nicky Hopkins, Alan Price and Roy Harper singles were OK but not really good enough to be considered highlights of March 1966. Just my opinion. I'm glad you discovered three great tunes through this video. Aprill 1966 was definitely a very exciting month for singles. I can't wait to make that video. Cheers,, Spirit!
@@YesterdaysPapers Oh none of them were classics, true, it's just that they're from big names (and two of them are debuts). But no matter--it's an awesome clip and I can't wait for April!
I've got to catch up with January & February... This one for March is very interesting. I'm always keen to hear what we nowadays label 'freak-beat', as it's a kind of pre-psychedelia(!), and a great hint of things to come in the following year.
If you were a recording act in the UK in 1966 and you made lousy records then you really were lost. There's so many interesting if not to say great 45s from then that it continues to amaze me. You can't find love like ours in a supermarket full of cans.
The interesting thing about the Dave Clark five, like Herman’s Hermits, is that when their popularity started to wane in the USA around 1968, then they started becoming popular in the UK again! I remember the DC5 having a huge hit with a cover of “get together” by The Youngbloods in 1970 and a cover of Cat mother’s US chart hit “ good old rock ‘n’ roll.”
best genre ever in my very humble opinion, the drumming particularly stands out to me. Also finding new niche psyche-freakbeat singles is just the best
Thank you for this. So much here that I can't even comment coherently on it. The Answers certainly must have been influenced by the Beck-era Yardbirds. There should be an entire feature-length documentary about freakbeat as a bridge between R & B-based London rock of the '63-'65 period and the full-fledged psychedelic London underground that was burgeoning by the latter half of '66. So many bands that should have more visibility here in the States (and perhaps in the U.K. as well).
Hahaha, I was about to comment about the cruelty of "... the single failed to chart" and then,this "Say it ! Say it !" and this "Aaaahhh..." came up and I literally cried ! Great job with the video,as always :-)
This was quite a history lesson. Lemmy looks like the boy next door before growing into his Motorhead persona. I figured the Spencer Davis Group song was influenced by Chris Blackwell. Try Too Hard is my all-time favorite DC5 single.
Good video. Loved hearing "Call My Name" by Them after all these years. "Substitute" will always be my favorite song by The Who. Just my opinion but "Somebody Help Me" by The Spencer Davis Group deserved it's spot on the top of the British charts and should done better than #47 in The States. Finally, I would like to say that "Try Too Hard" by The Dark Clark Five was one of the best tracks they ever did in my humble opinion.
That was another exceptionally engaging episode! Glad you also pay attention to Les Fleur De Lys, a very good Mod band that was also known by other names such as Ruperts People. "Circles" is a smashing song! Thanks for all your excellent research Yesterday's Papers👍! Cheers, Edwin
Love that Answers track, thank heaven its is on a few mod comps... shame they didnt get recognition at the time... Great channel btw.. i imagine you surrouded by all those awesome magazines, and the film footage is super...love the scooterave ad 👌
1966 was also the beginning of the Blues boom in the UK. Later that year the Beano Album - John Mayall with Eric Clapton was released. The Ricky Tic in Windsor had Mayall lots of Blues based bands and Gino Washington and The Ram Jam Band. A great time to be alive!
Finally I own Rocking Vickers Its Alright on a Various Artists Cd . Ive always Heard about the song. Thanks for everything. Didnt realize Pete Sears was with LES FLUER DE LYS ( FLUER means Flower in French....) 14:35
The Shel Talmy story with The Who is very interesting. When they first signed with Decca, they chose to work with Shel because of his massive success with the Kinks the year before. Anyone would have done that. But they also signed a five album producers deal with him. Big mistake. They hadn't worked day one with him. They soon realize while recording the 'My Generation' album that Shel really isn't they guy they want. The guy they want is Shel's recording engineer. A guy they just met named Glyn Johns. They love this guy. They break the contract and never work with Shel again. Shel ,of course wins the lawsuit and the judge awards him 5% royalty for the next five Who albums. The albums: Quick One, 1966 Who Sell Out, 1967 Tommy, 1969 Live At Leeds, 1970 Who's Next, 1971 Yep, Shel made a fortune. 'Who's Next' alone sold 4 million in a year.
Champion. My audiologist blames Lemmy for my tinnitus. Went to the Blizzard of Ozz show in Vancouver, and spent the Motörhead set wedged sideways into Lemmy's floor monitor. All is forgiven.
Les Fleur des Lys made some incredible music. Their version of Circles is fab and as good as the original. Call my name is Them's finest 45. The Answers single is definitely ahead of its time. Really good.
I think their version of "Circles" is a lot better than the original. Don't get me wrong, I do like the original, but the Fleur de Liz is something else. Imcredible!
What can you say about Lemmy? When he was young, when he was old, he was a character. I’ve seen photos of him with the band The Rocking Vickers but never heard any of their music. Enjoyed what I heard. Im an Angeleño and Lemmy loomed large here frequenting his favorite waterhole/restaurant, The Rainbow Bar and Grill. He loved his Jack Daniels and Coke. So cool when you drive past the Rainbow on the Sunset Strip to see the bronze statue of Lemmy. Available on RU-vid is the documentary, The Rainbow, which features him. Worth the watch.
Definitely a unique character and a true rock and roller. It was actually a bit of a shock when he passed away because he always had that sort of immortal vibe like Keith Richards. But as Lemmy would say: "That's the way I like it, baby, I don't want to live forever".
@@YesterdaysPapers He was only 70 years old when he died. His hard living and various ailments over took him. One of my favorite stories about him (not sure if it’s apocryphal or not ), is that he gave Keith Emerson, when Keith was with The Nice, a Third Reich knife. It was that knife that Keith used to stab between the keys of his keyboard so he was able to sustain and distort notes.
You’ve really outdone yourself YP! I’m still watching but since I’m already a day late, I wanted to say a quick “Thanks” for this (much-anticipated) video. The research you’ve put into this, and indeed the compilation video itself, has made for a truly special instalment.
That "Don't Smoke" ad at 4:49 is fantastic! I love so much not only what is said but also what you show in the background. Merci mille fois Monsieur Yesterday's Papers.
9:12 this is a scene from a 1967 greek movie called > ,in which starred the famous greek actress and singer Aliki Vougiouklaki, who was the "greek Sharon Tate " in the mid and late 60s and starred on very many movies of this era.She died in 1996.
Thank you!!! I was so curious who this was! The gal in the Spencer Davis Group bit is Rita Alexander from the film Hot Thrills, Warm Chills (1967) but I didn’t recognize this one! Cheers!
Hearing early British psychedelia and comparing to early American psychedelia (the Byrd’s, Jefferson Airplane, 13th floor elevators, the first band to call their music psychedelic) is interesting. It’s as you said in your October review in the British psychedelic times of 67, American psychedelia tended to be harder sounding and have obvious Americana sounding influence (American folk and country) while the Brits focused on a more whimsy sound that could be considered softer.
Such a great batch of releases that month, talk about being spoilt for choice! ‘Stevie’s Blues’ the B side of Somebody Help Me features an amazing blues guitar workout by 17 year old Steve Winwood!
You know I always enjoy your videos. I ALWAYS learn something...and that's sorta the point, ain't it?! One thing, though -- the singer for The Dave Clark Five was Mike Smith, not "Mick Smith." That's what I get for being old enough to have lived through this period and being old enough to have owned Dave Clark Five albums!
This was rock's best period! Across the pond you had bands like The Standells, Paul Revere & the Raiders, and 13th Floor Elevators with a similar sound.
Even though a lot of those magazines were pitting them against each other, I’m happy that the bands were actually good ladies and into each other’s stuff. I wish though there was a superpower band between them. I know they do it now but imagine all of them (Beatles, Kinks, Who, Stones, Yardbirds, etc.) doing a collaboration album in their prime songwriting era
Oh I like High Tide . I picked up the album Sea Shanties at a used record store just because I like the album cover . To my delight the music is really cool
The Sons Of Fred were a new name to me - named for the Son Of Fred TV series? I couldn't recognise Baby What You Want Me To Do as the same song that Elvis Presley did on the 68 Comeback Special.
1966 was a bridge year between the teeny bop rock of the early ‘60’s and the psychedelic rock of late ‘60’s. Just about everything was being thrown against the wall to see what stuck.
I;ve been waiting fr this very patiently. Surely the Fleur de Lys were pronounced Fleur de Lee and Mike Smith wa the dave Clark vocalist, but apart from that it was great. BTW There;s a song calrre 'Instant Party Mixture' by te who that was going to be the B-side of 'Substitute'. It;s on RU-vid.
7:44 the frantic guitar break is played on a guitar that has similar tonal qualities of a Telecaster. A few seconds earlier there was a picture of Lemmy playing a guitar with a Telecaster style headstock. But that's all speculation on my part.
Been going through all these monthly singles videos for 1966 & 1967, but this one really felt wanting; a mere nine featured songs (and that's counting Shel Tammy's "Legal Matter" cash grab)?
You should do a series on the cool albums released in 1966 (if you have not done so already). Some great albums that year: Pet Sounds, Aftermath, Face to Face, and Revolver to name a few.
Pretty sure that is a photo of Keith Tippett (pianist), not Gordon Haskell. They both played on King Crimson's 'In The Wake Of Poseidon'. I saw the original King Crimson twice in '69, and the Keith Tippett Band once at the Ronnie Scott Club in '69 too. Love your channel.
@0:10 little piece of British pop culture trivia, the young girl in the black top is Jenny Boyd...younger sister to Patti Boyd who had just married Beatle George Harrison 2 months earlier in January 1966 :). Love you Yesterday's Papers!!
