My dad was Dave Brown The Ends bassist. He unfortunately passed away earlier this year and I’ve been scouring through all your videos for some mention of his band. Only for you to release a mini documentary! Thank you X
I like the point you made about the music scene having changed so much by the time this album finally saw the light of day. In the late 60s seismic shifts in the UK's musical zeitgeist were happening every few months. The two albums the Moody Blues released in 1969 are a perfect example of this.
It was the last time the UK trailed the US. The Haight Ashbury psych epicenter in San Francisco covered 1966 (the real Summer of Love, and the year LSD became a controlled substance) and only half of '67. By the time tour buses went to hippie-watch, it was over.
I agree, as it was during the second half of the sixties that musical trends were shifting fast and furious. Nobody knew what or who was coming next. From 1965-1966 alone, it seemed that music was changing every month with more British Invasion bands exploding all the time, and those that already exploded seemed to be getting more and more advanced, EG, The Yardbirds. There was also new sounds coming from the States every month. So much happened all at once. But with only limited radio stations, the DJs couldn't keep up, so a lot of great new music got ignored, which I think was the reason there wa so much great music then that did not get discovered until years later. But from the late eighties onward, there was only one type of stuff, but about 600 different radio stations all playing it. I also agree The M,oody Blues were a great band.
I’ve loved this album for many decades. I got into it when I got into The Move, Idle Race, Skip Bifferty, and the first album by the Blossom Toes. Beautiful stuff!
I'm embarrassed to admit that I've had this album in my collection for ages and have not listened to it yet. Thank you for the needed kick-in-the-ass to finally sit down and absorb it!
A great feature on a great album. Thanks for introducing me to even more great 60s bands and songs. My TH-cam playlist grows every time I watch one of your videos.
I’m aware of them primarily through Shades of Orange popping up on various Psych comps. Never heard the full lp until now, and agree it’s fab! They have a touch of the Pretty Things in their psych pomp with an element of The Small Faces (not surprising given their Soul background). One again Yesterday’s Papers 🗞️ delivers the goods - Cosmic! 😎✌️🎸
I spun this record (re-issue on Tapestry) last weekend and have had the songs buzzing round my head ever since. Then this mini-doc appears, amazing! Really well researched and put together, this was excellent viewing. The album is indeed a masterpiece. File alongside SF Sorrow, Pussy Plays and July - the very best in UK pysch from the golden era. Keep up the good work 🙂
I luv this channel and our illustrious host for introducing so much incredible old tunes! I just snagged the last Japan CD The End on ebay for twenty bucks! How can i he almost 60 and never have heard of? What a shame, what a mofo JAM❤ Thanks Yesterday's Papers Dude, my own gift to myself this season
..Just about every Saturday I shake up the oldies at our local social club with a blast of Zoot Money and his Big Roll Band’s ‘Big Time Operator!. Still brilliant to listen to all these years later!
I never heard of any of these songs, what a find, so much cool music. Thanks for such a well put together history of this album. I have to find the album and listen to from start to end. Thank you friend.
Another wonderful little doc for a truly wonderful psych lp. Great work as always. US original copy here but living in hope of getting a UK original one day. Regards Nigel
Bought this CD back in the late 1990s after being introduced to The End by psych anthologies. So glad that Cliftons alumnus Bill Wyman (né William Perks) was able to take time off from his duties holding down the bottom end for The Stones (and, according to his own memoir "Stone Alone," scoring more sexually with the band's groupies than any of the other members, not excluding Jones and Jagger, and notwithstanding his own marital status) to produce this excellent band, which should have had more commercial success and wider fame. Thank you again for another excellent vid, YP.
I've never heard any of this before...and it sounds great! I think the genius production of the tracks really sets it apart from a lot of other albums that were toe-dipping in the psychedelic waters at the time.
Well, you made me throw on my Introspection CD just to wallow in the tunes and well engineered sound. In the sixties quite a few bands morphed in style(s). The Paramounts were another soul influenced group that the Stones loved before they regrouped in a different style as Procol Harum. I had never heard of the End although I did buy Tucky Buzzartd's first three albums on Capitol here in the US. And, yes, Bill Wyman's name was what caught my eye. 'Time may Be Your Doctor' is still a favorite guilty pleasure of mine. While Tucky Buzzard is from removed from psychedelia, I started searching for "Introspection" when I discovered that the End had been a previous incarnation. I finally found a Japanese CD of it around 2006 (all things come to he who waits), and Tucky Buzzard has moved to the back row. Thanks for another informative look at an obscure band
Fascinating...like a number of folks here, never heard of it or them...a good sound a great production. Yet another great insight, thanks so much for sharing your time and efforts...onwards and upwards 😂
That was a stunning video… Yesterday‘s Papers, like a musical detective, unearths lost treasures and shares the wealth with music lovers around the world. I was unfamiliar with the band The End, and was floored by their talent, creativity, and originality… many thanks for this sensational presentation.
Quintessential psychedelia. I was lucky to find original US pressing several years ago. Also have their three archival LP's on Tenth Planet. Incredible band!
Had this album in my collection for quite a few years and love this video. One point, though: I am pretty sure drummer Hugh Attwool sings lead on Shades Of Orange, not Colin Giffin. Great album cover as well.
Another lp realized a bit too late. Makes me think about SF Sorrow by the Pretty Things. (Musically too, here and there, I'd say). I have the Rolling Stones Ilustrated record (Roy Carr) for years and I'd never paid attention to their discography appearing on it (and Tucky Buzzard appears too with some pictures). Great, great, great job, once again ! 👍
Charlie Watts was a huge jazz and free jazz fan. His interest in that music led to major labels releasing free improv albums by Spontaneous Music Ensemble and AMM. Mick Jagger was supposed to produce the Nice's first album, but backed out because he didn't understand the music. This was Keith Emerson's first group to gain national and international recognition. Andrew Loog Oldham produced the album instead. (Oldham was successfully sued for royalties years later.) The English community was pretty small compared to the United States. There are a lot of stories of big groups taking interest in up and coming bands, like Paul McCartney helping out the Bonzo Dog Band and bassist Lee Jackson of the Nice and Refugee.
Este grupo estuvo en España(cuando pasean por la calle con las melenas al viento es la Gran Vía de Madrid, aparece en el film del mejor y único director psicoledico de España, Iván Zulueta), eran muy buenos, tuve ese LP Introspection, aquí en Spain derivaron al mod soul
My favorite psych album of all time. 10 out of 10. I have the End box set (4 LPs) made by Demon records (splatter vinyl, sounds incredible) and a test pressing made by Tapestry(?) or Akarma Records(?). The original record on Decca or London is my #1 grail. I’ve been getting into Tucky Buzzard lately too (and Fuzzy Duck, the drummer moved to them for their LP).
I always feel tempted to edit the two parts of "Introspection" into one piece and even extend it by repeating sections. Love the album and the singles.
Just bought the introspective/retrospective RSD coloured vinyl and the from beginning to end splatter vinyl boxset. I like it, and I’m a metalhead, lol👌
Excellent overview as always. The RSD double LP from 2018 is worth picking up : OG LP plus LP of outtakes from Introspection sessions, called "Retrospection." Cheers, Paul
Yep, totally agree. I've got that reissue and it's excellent. Great sound and the extra LP is good too. I love the psych cover of "Black Is Black" from the Retrospection LP.
Thanks for this video. This is an amazing album and it would have had an impact on music if it got released earlier. The same happened to a band a friend of mine was in 1989 '90. Was the pet project of newly formed Interscope Records owner Jimmy Iovine, the band was built around a very talented guitar player and auditions for all the other members came out with a stellar group of musicians and the label spared no expenses in recording and promoting and touring with big name acts, there single was on the soundtrack and in the movie Bill And Teds excellent adventure. They had released the album right as the Seattle bands hit and rap went mainstream and interscope became the rap label and Neverland was basically shelved and they broke up. A couple of the guys went on to play with well known acts and a couple just went on with their lives with a nice amount of money even after repaying for the touring etc... that the label screws new acts on among other debts they end up with as so many musicians know. But this Introspection album is excellent
The End might have done well in the USA during that time if they had been promoted here, but they would probably have been pigeon-holed in with "sunshine pop" groups like Harper's Bizzarre and The Association, which might not have been where they were hoping to be. It's amazing how much faster musical trends came and went from '65 to '70 than they had before or have since.
I wonder did The Small Faces get word of what The End had done on their album, using the spoken tales from Bill’s gardener in between tracks? ‘Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake ‘ was also recorded the same year ( 1968) with Stanley Unwin speaking gobbledygook in between tracks.
Yeah, I had to think of that too in my reply. 'Ogden Nut Gone Flake' was released in May 1968, earlier than the late 1968 recording of 'Introspection'. The Small Faces' album must have been familiar to members of the End I suspect 😉
If 'Introspection' had been released in late 1968, it would most probably have been a success. What a great album! It reminds me of 'Ogden Nut Gone Flake' by the Small Faces which, although released 12 months after Summer of Love in May 1968, was nevertheless an essential part of British psychedelic music and reached the top at the time! 'Introspection' also actually belongs to this category. I also see similarities such as the talking parts by comedian Stan Unwin and the spoken interludes by humorous gardener George Kenset. Fantastic!
I knew the single "You'd Better Believe It Baby" by Tee Set from Delft (NL) who released it on their LP 'Emoticon' in 1966. I was surprised to hear the song pass by in the video. The original is by Joe Tex, something I did not know. Thanks for all the work you put into it again Yesterday's Papers! Bill Wyman was definitely more than the silent bass-playing Stone!
Cheers Edwin! Yeah, I'm sure this album would have been way more popular if it had been released in 1968 when that kind of psych sound was still seen as relevant and new.
Takes me back best to the type of sound and lyrics I reveled in during my misspent youth in the late 60's. Great source material for experimenting with alternate realities without drugs. Thanks for this jewel of the times. I was feeling, really feeling, what I miss today.
Te voy a contar una anécdota que me contó el director de cine, autor del film pop Los Chicos con Las Chicas, Javier Aguirre. CUANDO Se estreno el film de Los Bravos, aparecieron en el estreno Bill Wyman y los The End(quizá también el magnífico Glynn Johns, venía mucho a España y tuve el single Sonoplay de Lady Jane), que estaban promocionando el 1 disco de The End en España, eso sería a principios de 1967,en Msdrid
He terminado de releer las pruebas de mi próximo libro, dentro de un mes y medio estará en las librerías españolas. VEO que cito a The End, en dos ocasiones/2 portadas y una a The Mode ( en mi anterior libro pop music, Only for Fans, Spain 1997, hablo mucho más de ambos)
El disco de Tucky Buzzard el 1,el español, creo que los arreglos eran del genial compositor hispano-argentino, Waldo de Los Ríos, es una de las joyas de la sicodelia Spanish, tuve el disco y lo vendí, me arrepiento, ahora es inencontrsble. CREO salió también un single en España, creo ya he escuchado tantos discos y tantos años que ya no me acuerdo bien. EN Mis libros hablo de todo eso. AHORA estoy corrigiendo las pruebas del que saldrá en Febrero, creo que ahí también hablo de The End, o por lo menos enseño algunas de sus portadas españolas
Thank you YP for a brilliant (and visually stunning) documentary on a very groovy LP. 'Cardboard Watch' gives me goosebumps every time! Hopefully this video will bring it to a new legion of fans. Also worth checking out the companion LP 'Retrospection' which was released on the Tenth Planet label a few years ago, rounding up some of their other recordings from this period including a fantastic version of the Los Bravos hit 'Black is Black'.
I first heard about The End because of "Shades Of Orange". A bootlegger included it on an album of collaborations involving members of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, however there were only really maybe 4 or 5 songs that actually involved members of both groups and so the rest of the album was taken up by unreleased material by each group and some "outfakes", one of which was "Shades Of Orange" played slightly fast and in poor quality. According to the bootleg album, it was George Harrison, Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts, recorded during the Satanic Majesty sessions. I was dubious, but it sounded almost believable due to the poor audio quality. Thankfully, this was after the internet was a thing and I was able to look it up and found out the truth as well as a much better quality recording of the song. We covered it on an episode of Murfer's Music Reviews a while ago. They were an interesting band and I hope to get a copy of the album one day. Thanks for doing this video and giving us some more details. However, I think the singer's surname is actually Giffin and not Griffin, otherwise, great work. EDIT: sources appear to vary on Griffin/Giffin, Discogs says Griffin, Wikipedia and others say Giffin. He did release solo recordings as Colin Giffin, but that could have been a stage name...it's up for debate I suppose.
I'm afraid they where two years too late with this album. Music was changing so fast in latter part of the sixties that bands couldn't afford to sound out of date by even a year. By sixty nine many of the bands that would dominate a large part of the next decade had left the hippy trippy sounds of sixty seven behind and were returning to their rock blues roots or where becoming more experimental and delving into classical, folk and jaz for inspiration which would ultimately become what is now termed as prog rock ( it was called underground back then ). There was a song in the seventies titled "Rock and Roll I Gave You The Best Years of My Life" wich tells the story of a musician who joints good bands that are just a bit too far behind the curve to make it big. He could have appeared on a record such as this.
Quite good indeed, and all new to me. By the time the album was released, I'm sure it did seem old hat, with some people wanting a heavier rocking sound and others (the radio) wanting a pop-ier, or even jazzy sound, layered with horns. In those days bands had to reinvent themselves with every album.
According to TOTP Xmas edition dec. 67 .'67 was the year,quote Pete Murray, that 'flower power came and went'.Boy things moved fast then.Now sadly,its not even snails pace✌️
Lead singer Colin Griffin recalled: "... we had got on well with them, especially with Bill and Charlie". I had to chuckle when I heard this and thought "Gosh, why would that be?" 😜
Well: people say they love psychedelia . But really they don’t . Psychedelia is intended to change your perception of life, take your awareness to a higher level but who needs stuff like that when you got a mortgage to pay, mouths to feed and instalments on the car and the widescreen TV?
The End and Introspection reminds me of Blonde on blonde and Contrasts, two albums that could have been bigger if released 1.5 years before. BTW, another good video clip from Zulueta's "Uno, dos tres, al escondite inglés": th-cam.com/video/sjFcFEv3RfY/w-d-xo.htmlsi=G88Lq55sFh-qhHYe
Another great interesting video. The best way to get their complete collection of tracks is on their CD from Beginning To End, as it contains a few previously unreleased tracks from various parts of their career, mostly mid sixties pre-Psychedelia. They started off as a mid sixties British Invasion sounding band, but the quality of their early songs from that era was variable. It was not until they shifted to Psychedelia in 1967 that they got to their musical peak. But you are right. Although I was unaware of it's release delay, by late 1969 when it finally came out, that brand of Psychedelia had been out-fashioned, but by the onslaught of Progressive Rock. Pink Floyd survived, but many didn't. But I often thought it was difficult to tell whether Psychedelia evolved into Progressive Rock, or whether it got out-fashioned by it. I now think the latter, as later Progressive bands like Deep Purple and Black Sabbath had virtually no connection to Psychedelia. But Peter Gosing was the lead singer on that early single you mentioned by The Preachers. Peter Frampton was only their lead guitarist, but played little on it. Albeit, it was a really awful single. He then became lead singer of that Wyman produced single you mentioned by Moon's Train, which wasn't a lot better.
Advances in technology would have been a factor. But I think the main reason is that so many more people were making music in 1969, and they were drawing from an increasingly wide range of influences. One thing I've noticed from this channel's videos is how eager bands in the mid 60s were to explore new territory while at the same time they appeared reluctant to discard the Merseybeat template that had provided the foundation for their sound. The End seem to have suffered from the same dilemma.
@@richardfurness7556 I think I understand. Maybe to help kick-start their career in 1965, they had to abide to that then-trendy sound, even if they already had other musical ideas.
There's a 2-LP reissue of the album called "Retrospection/Introspection" thar you can find for about 40 dollars on Discogs. This reissue features the album and an extra LP with unreleased songs from the album's sessions plus a few B-sides.
My dad was Dave Brown The Ends bassist. He unfortunately passed away earlier this year and I’ve been scouring through all your videos for some mention of his band. Only for you to release a mini documentary! Thank you X
Cheers Sam! Sorry to hear that your dad passed away earlier this year, my condolences. RIP Dave Brown, a great talent.
Sorry to hear that as well. But we are now losing them all, I'm afraid.
You’ll be shocked at just how much love there is for this album, Sam, and it’s all very well deserved! Enjoy discovering your family history!
Thanks for posting that!
Sorry for your loss RIP
I like the point you made about the music scene having changed so much by the time this album finally saw the light of day. In the late 60s seismic shifts in the UK's musical zeitgeist were happening every few months. The two albums the Moody Blues released in 1969 are a perfect example of this.
Yeah, music and trends changed at lightning speed in the 60s.
It was the last time the UK trailed the US. The Haight Ashbury psych epicenter in San Francisco covered 1966 (the real Summer of Love, and the year LSD became a controlled substance) and only half of '67. By the time tour buses went to hippie-watch, it was over.
I agree, as it was during the second half of the sixties that musical trends were shifting fast and furious. Nobody knew what or who was coming next. From 1965-1966 alone, it seemed that music was changing every month with more British Invasion bands exploding all the time, and those that already exploded seemed to be getting more and more advanced, EG, The Yardbirds. There was also new sounds coming from the States every month. So much happened all at once. But with only limited radio stations, the DJs couldn't keep up, so a lot of great new music got ignored, which I think was the reason there wa so much great music then that did not get discovered until years later. But from the late eighties onward, there was only one type of stuff, but about 600 different radio stations all playing it. I also agree The M,oody Blues were a great band.
@@danmayberry1185 I agree there was a summer of '65 and '66.
I’ve loved this album for many decades. I got into it when I got into The Move, Idle Race, Skip Bifferty, and the first album by the Blossom Toes. Beautiful stuff!
That first album by the Blossom Toes is another very underrated psychedelic gem, I love that record.
I'm embarrassed to admit that I've had this album in my collection for ages and have not listened to it yet. Thank you for the needed kick-in-the-ass to finally sit down and absorb it!
The op issue? Worth a bit 🙂
Wow! I never knew Bill Wyman had such extracurricular projects! Such an exquisitely interesting period in music history.
Bill Wyman had lots of extracurricular activities involving a large percentage of single, attractive, younger women in London during this period.
Tucky buzzard .another group bill discovered
The best YT channel smashed it again! Thanks YP!
Thanks!
A great feature on a great album. Thanks for introducing me to even more great 60s bands and songs. My TH-cam playlist grows every time I watch one of your videos.
Very cool, that's what it's all about, sharing the love for the music. Cheers!
In love with the production and soundscape of this album. Thanks for this killer min-doc YP!
Cheers! Yep, brilliant record and outstanding sound and production.
I’m aware of them primarily through Shades of Orange popping up on various Psych comps. Never heard the full lp until now, and agree it’s fab!
They have a touch of the Pretty Things in their psych pomp with an element of The Small Faces (not surprising given their Soul background).
One again Yesterday’s Papers 🗞️ delivers the goods - Cosmic! 😎✌️🎸
Cheers!
I thought exactly the same thing , S.F. Sorrow.
This stuff is brilliant. I'll have to get a copy.
Cool, you won't be dissapointed!
I spun this record (re-issue on Tapestry) last weekend and have had the songs buzzing round my head ever since. Then this mini-doc appears, amazing!
Really well researched and put together, this was excellent viewing. The album is indeed a masterpiece. File alongside SF Sorrow, Pussy Plays and July - the very best in UK pysch from the golden era. Keep up the good work 🙂
I luv this channel and our illustrious host for introducing so much incredible old tunes!
I just snagged the last Japan CD The End on ebay for twenty bucks! How can i he almost 60 and never have heard of? What a shame, what a mofo JAM❤
Thanks Yesterday's Papers Dude, my own gift to myself this season
Very cool, I hope you enjoy the record. Cheers!
@@YesterdaysPapers I want to buy your merch, but site is in Spanish. Do you have ability to ship to U S D.?
You are the PERFECT video artist to detail another classic but sadly forgotten psychedelic album, Welcome To My Head by Zoot Money!
..Just about every Saturday I shake up the oldies at our local social club with a blast of Zoot Money and his Big Roll Band’s ‘Big Time Operator!. Still brilliant to listen to all these years later!
Love this LP, every track is a gem! Thanks for the info.
Cheers!
I never heard of any of these songs, what a find, so much cool music. Thanks for such a well put together history of this album. I have to find the album and listen to from start to end.
Thank you friend.
Cheers!
Another wonderful little doc for a truly wonderful psych lp. Great work as always. US original copy here but living in hope of getting a UK original one day. Regards Nigel
Cheers!
Bought this CD back in the late 1990s after being introduced to The End by psych anthologies. So glad that Cliftons alumnus Bill Wyman (né William Perks) was able to take time off from his duties holding down the bottom end for The Stones (and, according to his own memoir "Stone Alone," scoring more sexually with the band's groupies than any of the other members, not excluding Jones and Jagger, and notwithstanding his own marital status) to produce this excellent band, which should have had more commercial success and wider fame. Thank you again for another excellent vid, YP.
Cheers Mac!
Terry Taylor was Bill's longtime collaborator in the Rhythm Kings...
I've never heard any of this before...and it sounds great! I think the genius production of the tracks really sets it apart from a lot of other albums that were toe-dipping in the psychedelic waters at the time.
Top notch, as usual! 😊🎯
Thanks Ole!
I heard when he decided to leave the Stones, Keith looked at him, stunned, and asked, “Bill, why man?”
@@wyrmwoodstudios Satisfaction.
Funny thing is thats exactly what Keith said when he first heard about Bills departure
Thanks for this review and history of a great album. I love it ! Sure is a "cult favorite"... Cheers !
Just to say this is a very fine documentary and very enjoyable
Thanks!
Well, you made me throw on my Introspection CD just to wallow in the tunes and well engineered sound. In the sixties quite a few bands morphed in style(s). The Paramounts were another soul influenced group that the Stones loved before they regrouped in a different style as Procol Harum. I had never heard of the End although I did buy Tucky Buzzartd's first three albums on Capitol here in the US. And, yes, Bill Wyman's name was what caught my eye. 'Time may Be Your Doctor' is still a favorite guilty pleasure of mine. While Tucky Buzzard is from removed from psychedelia, I started searching for "Introspection" when I discovered that the End had been a previous incarnation. I finally found a Japanese CD of it around 2006 (all things come to he who waits), and Tucky Buzzard has moved to the back row.
Thanks for another informative look at an obscure band
Cheers Wylie! "Time Will Be Your Doctor" is great, love that track.
Loving , Sacred Loving is a magnificent track & should have lit up the charts !
Yeah, brilliant track. Reminds me of "Dandelion" by the Stones, another great tune from that same time period.
Fascinating...like a number of folks here, never heard of it or them...a good sound a great production.
Yet another great insight, thanks so much for sharing your time and efforts...onwards and upwards 😂
Cheers!
I like hearing about bands like this. This kind of music is awesome. Cheers! ✌️
Cheers!
I never knew of The End. Thanks for schooling us ol'dogs !!!!
Cheers Vance!
That was a stunning video… Yesterday‘s Papers, like a musical detective, unearths lost treasures and shares the wealth with music lovers around the world.
I was unfamiliar with the band The End, and was floored by their talent, creativity, and originality… many thanks for this sensational presentation.
Still the best yt channel of all times
Thanks!
Love your channel mate ❤
Thanks!
"A slightly more lysergic type of sound " that's gold mate 😉👍
Quintessential psychedelia. I was lucky to find original US pressing several years ago. Also have their three archival LP's on Tenth Planet. Incredible band!
Fantastic LP! Mandatory "trip" music in the late 80's.....
Another superb video, and what a great band
Cheers!
6:04 'Laughs' Another excellent video.
What a great set of music 🎵🎶😮+1.
Superb LP, I've had an unofficial CD copy in my collection for some 20 years now.
Had this album in my collection for quite a few years and love this video. One point, though: I am pretty sure drummer Hugh Attwool sings lead on Shades Of Orange, not Colin Giffin. Great album cover as well.
I have this gem in my little fine collection, yipeee! 😊 It's a originial DECCA, but mine LP has a a dark yellow cover background!? 🤔🤑 💣💣💣
Excellent! Thank you for sharing.
Cheers!
Another lp realized a bit too late. Makes me think about SF Sorrow by the Pretty Things. (Musically too, here and there, I'd say).
I have the Rolling Stones Ilustrated record (Roy Carr) for years and I'd never paid attention to their discography appearing on it (and Tucky Buzzard appears too with some pictures).
Great, great, great job, once again ! 👍
Cheers François!
I am intrigued by the act "Charles Dickens and the Habit" on the bill at around 2:00. Google has absolutely nothing.
This was one of your best posts. The End sometimes sound like late Artwoods. Lp was also released in the States. As you say, tragically overlooked.
Cheers!
Charlie Watts was a huge jazz and free jazz fan. His interest in that music led to major labels releasing free improv albums by Spontaneous Music Ensemble and AMM.
Mick Jagger was supposed to produce the Nice's first album, but backed out because he didn't understand the music. This was Keith Emerson's first group to gain national and international recognition. Andrew Loog Oldham produced the album instead. (Oldham was successfully sued for royalties years later.)
The English community was pretty small compared to the United States. There are a lot of stories of big groups taking interest in up and coming bands, like Paul McCartney helping out the Bonzo Dog Band and bassist Lee Jackson of the Nice and Refugee.
IF the drummer was the same Tony Newman who played for Sounds, Inc. and later Jeff Beck, they had one of the best drummers out of England.
Este grupo estuvo en España(cuando pasean por la calle con las melenas al viento es la Gran Vía de Madrid, aparece en el film del mejor y único director psicoledico de España, Iván Zulueta), eran muy buenos, tuve ese LP Introspection, aquí en Spain derivaron al mod soul
My favorite psych album of all time. 10 out of 10. I have the End box set (4 LPs) made by Demon records (splatter vinyl, sounds incredible) and a test pressing made by Tapestry(?) or Akarma Records(?). The original record on Decca or London is my #1 grail.
I’ve been getting into Tucky Buzzard lately too (and Fuzzy Duck, the drummer moved to them for their LP).
One of my all-time favourite psych albums, too. Cheers!
Great video about a classic album
This band was one of the best of that era
I always feel tempted to edit the two parts of "Introspection" into one piece and even extend it by repeating sections. Love the album and the singles.
Yeah, that would be cool to hear. That "Introspection" jam is killer
Just bought the introspective/retrospective RSD coloured vinyl and the from beginning to end splatter vinyl boxset. I like it, and I’m a metalhead, lol👌
Excellent overview as always. The RSD double LP from 2018 is worth picking up : OG LP plus LP of outtakes from Introspection sessions, called "Retrospection." Cheers, Paul
Yep, totally agree. I've got that reissue and it's excellent. Great sound and the extra LP is good too. I love the psych cover of "Black Is Black" from the Retrospection LP.
Damn i never ever knew this thanks for sharing this
I just got back into that album when this was posted. First discovered it when my dad introduced it to me 3 years ago
As usual...a subscription to this channel is a subscription to a gold mine!
@@grandrapids57 Cheers!
Thanks for this video.
This is an amazing album and it would have had an impact on music if it got released earlier.
The same happened to a band a friend of mine was in 1989 '90. Was the pet project of newly formed Interscope Records owner Jimmy Iovine, the band was built around a very talented guitar player and auditions for all the other members came out with a stellar group of musicians and the label spared no expenses in recording and promoting and touring with big name acts, there single was on the soundtrack and in the movie Bill And Teds excellent adventure. They had released the album right as the Seattle bands hit and rap went mainstream and interscope became the rap label and Neverland was basically shelved and they broke up. A couple of the guys went on to play with well known acts and a couple just went on with their lives with a nice amount of money even after repaying for the touring etc... that the label screws new acts on among other debts they end up with as so many musicians know.
But this Introspection album is excellent
The End might have done well in the USA during that time if they had been promoted here, but they would probably have been pigeon-holed in with "sunshine pop" groups like Harper's Bizzarre and The Association, which might not have been where they were hoping to be. It's amazing how much faster musical trends came and went from '65 to '70 than they had before or have since.
I wonder did The Small Faces get word of what The End had done on their album, using the spoken tales from Bill’s gardener in between tracks? ‘Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake ‘ was also recorded the same year ( 1968) with Stanley Unwin speaking gobbledygook in between tracks.
Maybe. The Small Faces also worked with Glyn Johns.
Yeah, I had to think of that too in my reply. 'Ogden Nut Gone Flake' was released in May 1968, earlier than the late 1968 recording of 'Introspection'. The Small Faces' album must have been familiar to members of the End I suspect 😉
Thanks, I hadn’t heard of them before, that i can remember.
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I have suddenly much more respect for Bill Wyman.
If 'Introspection' had been released in late 1968, it would most probably have been a success. What a great album! It reminds me of 'Ogden Nut Gone Flake' by the Small Faces which, although released 12 months after Summer of Love in May 1968, was nevertheless an essential part of British psychedelic music and reached the top at the time! 'Introspection' also actually belongs to this category. I also see similarities such as the talking parts by comedian Stan Unwin and the spoken interludes by humorous gardener George Kenset. Fantastic!
I knew the single "You'd Better Believe It Baby" by Tee Set from Delft (NL) who released it on their LP 'Emoticon' in 1966. I was surprised to hear the song pass by in the video. The original is by Joe Tex, something I did not know. Thanks for all the work you put into it again Yesterday's Papers! Bill Wyman was definitely more than the silent bass-playing Stone!
Cheers Edwin! Yeah, I'm sure this album would have been way more popular if it had been released in 1968 when that kind of psych sound was still seen as relevant and new.
Grammatical correction: Tee Set with "You Better Believe It Baby" on their 1966 LP Emotion.
Takes me back best to the type of sound and lyrics I reveled in during my misspent youth in the late 60's. Great source material for experimenting with alternate realities without drugs. Thanks for this jewel of the times. I was feeling, really feeling, what I miss today.
Cheers!
Te voy a contar una anécdota que me contó el director de cine, autor del film pop Los Chicos con Las Chicas, Javier Aguirre. CUANDO Se estreno el film de Los Bravos, aparecieron en el estreno Bill Wyman y los The End(quizá también el magnífico Glynn Johns, venía mucho a España y tuve el single Sonoplay de Lady Jane), que estaban promocionando el 1 disco de The End en España, eso sería a principios de 1967,en Msdrid
It's a great record - if you see it - GRAB IT.
Interesting stuff!!
Thanks For This Documentry I've loved this Album for Years,how Bout a Documentry on U.K. psyche Band Kaildoscope
Definitely be looking to order a reissue of Introspection by The End.
Cool! You won't be dissapointed.
If you can find one for a decent price let me know
El disco de The Mode, era fantástico!!!!!! Muy mod-psych
He terminado de releer las pruebas de mi próximo libro, dentro de un mes y medio estará en las librerías españolas. VEO que cito a The End, en dos ocasiones/2 portadas y una a The Mode ( en mi anterior libro pop music, Only for Fans, Spain 1997, hablo mucho más de ambos)
El disco de Tucky Buzzard el 1,el español, creo que los arreglos eran del genial compositor hispano-argentino, Waldo de Los Ríos, es una de las joyas de la sicodelia Spanish, tuve el disco y lo vendí, me arrepiento, ahora es inencontrsble. CREO salió también un single en España, creo ya he escuchado tantos discos y tantos años que ya no me acuerdo bien. EN Mis libros hablo de todo eso. AHORA estoy corrigiendo las pruebas del que saldrá en Febrero, creo que ahí también hablo de The End, o por lo menos enseño algunas de sus portadas españolas
Cool 😎 record
Thank you YP for a brilliant (and visually stunning) documentary on a very groovy LP. 'Cardboard Watch' gives me goosebumps every time! Hopefully this video will bring it to a new legion of fans. Also worth checking out the companion LP 'Retrospection' which was released on the Tenth Planet label a few years ago, rounding up some of their other recordings from this period including a fantastic version of the Los Bravos hit 'Black is Black'.
Cheers! Yes, that version of "Black Is Black" is brilliant, very unusual. Love it!
This was interesting. A little humor. I never realized Franco was a rock & roll dude
I first heard about The End because of "Shades Of Orange". A bootlegger included it on an album of collaborations involving members of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, however there were only really maybe 4 or 5 songs that actually involved members of both groups and so the rest of the album was taken up by unreleased material by each group and some "outfakes", one of which was "Shades Of Orange" played slightly fast and in poor quality. According to the bootleg album, it was George Harrison, Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts, recorded during the Satanic Majesty sessions. I was dubious, but it sounded almost believable due to the poor audio quality. Thankfully, this was after the internet was a thing and I was able to look it up and found out the truth as well as a much better quality recording of the song. We covered it on an episode of Murfer's Music Reviews a while ago. They were an interesting band and I hope to get a copy of the album one day. Thanks for doing this video and giving us some more details. However, I think the singer's surname is actually Giffin and not Griffin, otherwise, great work. EDIT: sources appear to vary on Griffin/Giffin, Discogs says Griffin, Wikipedia and others say Giffin. He did release solo recordings as Colin Giffin, but that could have been a stage name...it's up for debate I suppose.
Cheers!
I'm afraid they where two years too late with this album. Music was changing so fast in latter part of the sixties that bands couldn't afford to sound out of date by even a year. By sixty nine many of the bands that would dominate a large part of the next decade had left the hippy trippy sounds of sixty seven behind and were returning to their rock blues roots or where becoming more experimental and delving into classical, folk and jaz for inspiration which would ultimately become what is now termed as prog rock ( it was called underground back then ). There was a song in the seventies titled "Rock and Roll I Gave You The Best Years of My Life" wich tells the story of a musician who joints good bands that are just a bit too far behind the curve to make it big. He could have appeared on a record such as this.
The End are the spiritual fathers of the Manchester Sound
17:19 "Whilst the band keeps groovin' like someone's mother?" That is what you said, isn't it? I like that! :0)
Quite good indeed, and all new to me. By the time the album was released, I'm sure it did seem old hat, with some people wanting a heavier rocking sound and others (the radio) wanting a pop-ier, or even jazzy sound, layered with horns. In those days bands had to reinvent themselves with every album.
Very true, Simon. By late 1969, the psychedelic sound of 1967-68 was already a memory from the past.
According to TOTP Xmas edition dec. 67 .'67 was the year,quote Pete Murray, that 'flower power came and went'.Boy things moved fast then.Now sadly,its not even snails pace✌️
The title track is very much like SF era Pretty Things....
"A soundtrack for somnabulism", as David Wells memorably called it.
reminds me of S.F. Sorrow by The Pretty Things.
Lead singer Colin Griffin recalled: "... we had got on well with them, especially with Bill and Charlie". I had to chuckle when I heard this and thought "Gosh, why would that be?" 😜
Original pressings of this album currently going for over £300 😲
Always found it interesting that Bill and Charlie were much more interesting blokes than Mick or Keith.
Will we ever hear about Van Der Graaf Generator?
Well: people say they love psychedelia . But really they don’t . Psychedelia is intended to change your perception of life, take your awareness to a higher level but who needs stuff like that when you got a mortgage to pay, mouths to feed and instalments on the car and the widescreen TV?
"Introspection" unplugged, performed by original member Colin Giffin:
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Wow the Charlatans owe a great debt to the End!
16:00 sounds a bit Salt Of The Earth like
what is playing at @6:37?
"I Can't Get Any Joy" by The End.
@@YesterdaysPapers Thank you very much!
What year is this video about?
Hahaha!
Really great film clips.
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The Babe At The STarT WiTh The Band LooKS LiKe Hammer Babe Madeline SmiTh.......
Great! Thank you!
Thanks!
It's mine! 1st!!
The End and Introspection reminds me of Blonde on blonde and Contrasts, two albums that could have been bigger if released 1.5 years before.
BTW, another good video clip from Zulueta's "Uno, dos tres, al escondite inglés":
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Cheers!
Another great interesting video. The best way to get their complete collection of tracks is on their CD from Beginning To End, as it contains a few previously unreleased tracks from various parts of their career, mostly mid sixties pre-Psychedelia.
They started off as a mid sixties British Invasion sounding band, but the quality of their early songs from that era was variable. It was not until they shifted to Psychedelia in 1967 that they got to their musical peak.
But you are right. Although I was unaware of it's release delay, by late 1969 when it finally came out, that brand of Psychedelia had been out-fashioned, but by the onslaught of Progressive Rock. Pink Floyd survived, but many didn't. But I often thought it was difficult to tell whether Psychedelia evolved into Progressive Rock, or whether it got out-fashioned by it. I now think the latter, as later Progressive bands like Deep Purple and Black Sabbath had virtually no connection to Psychedelia.
But Peter Gosing was the lead singer on that early single you mentioned by The Preachers. Peter Frampton was only their lead guitarist, but played little on it. Albeit, it was a really awful single. He then became lead singer of that Wyman produced single you mentioned by Moon's Train, which wasn't a lot better.
Cheers Paul! I agree, that's an excellent comp. Great comment.
Advances in technology would have been a factor. But I think the main reason is that so many more people were making music in 1969, and they were drawing from an increasingly wide range of influences. One thing I've noticed from this channel's videos is how eager bands in the mid 60s were to explore new territory while at the same time they appeared reluctant to discard the Merseybeat template that had provided the foundation for their sound. The End seem to have suffered from the same dilemma.
@@richardfurness7556 I think I understand. Maybe to help kick-start their career in 1965, they had to abide to that then-trendy sound, even if they already had other musical ideas.
Fascinating, as always! 😀 'Morning Dew' is credited entirely to Bonnie Dobson these days.
What a cheek Tim Rose had in taking a cowriting credit! Mind you, producers and DJs were pretty good at doing that sort of thing as well back then.
Now if someone could just find me a vinyl reissue shipped to my door for under $100 aud that would be great 👍
There's a 2-LP reissue of the album called "Retrospection/Introspection" thar you can find for about 40 dollars on Discogs. This reissue features the album and an extra LP with unreleased songs from the album's sessions plus a few B-sides.