The Stones are here! Bond is back! Jeannie marries Major Nelson! Tiny Tim marries Miss Vicki! And that's only a small part of the fourth quarter of 1969!
An interesting fact about Elvis' last movie, "Change of Habit," was that the movie marked the first time that Mary Tyler Moore and Ed Asner worked together on the same project; though they did not have a scene together in the movie.
I was 10 in 1969 and Iron Butterfly's "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" was the first album I ever owned. I got my dad to buy it for me at the PX when he was on his Naval Reserve Training Duty. I don't remember playing that LP very much as that was one long song! My sister had the Gary Puckett and The Union Gap album and a lot of 45s including "Wedding Bell Blues" by The Fifth Dimension. I have always liked Tracy by The Cufflinks. I used to play disc jockey with my sister's record player, stack the 45s and announce each record into my Dad's tape recorder. My "pretend" radio stations were WHAT and WHO - as in - "What's happening at WHAT! I tell you what's happening - Herb Alpert and "This Guy's in Love with You" - In a WHAT six-pack, song five." A friend and I also made our own radio station. He had a transmitter, so we ran a 60 foot long piece of copper wire through his house and recorded records onto my two speed tape recorder. Outside his house we could pick up our radio station on our transistor radios. We were always worried, however, the FCC was going to triangulate our location, find our pirate radio station and shut us down! Thanks for all the memories Steve! It is always a joy to watch your wonderful installments.
Thanks for sharing those memories, Currin! Looking at how amazingly successful the "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" album was, I'm kind of surprised there weren't more albums with side-long tracks in it's wake. I've got to imagine that a lot of the album's long run near the top of the charts was because the song was too long for a single...and I'm sure the "price point" had to be higher for singles than albums, so it must have made a lot of money that way. (Actually, I guess there were quite a few side-long, or nearly side-long songs on albums after that and a few "song-cycles," like "Thick As A Brick" that claimed to be all one big song over an entire album, so maybe Iron Butterfly's album did have that effect.) Thanks, too, for letting us know about your adventures playing DJ! Now that you've motioned it, I remember doing the same with my tape recorder in the early 70s, though I only had about three singles at the time, so my playlist was pretty limited! Thanks, too, for the kind feedback on the episode! Always great to hear from you, Currin!
1969 - Full of station wagon memories at the drive-in; The Secret of Santa Vittoria (heck, I never would have remembered that title!,) Paint Your Wagon and other westerns you've already mentioned like True Grit, Butch Cassidy..., etc. No wonder I have such a fondness for land yachts! Looking forward to the BBs content next week.
I must have seen "The Secret of Santa Vittoria" on TV sometime in the 70s. I didn't remember it either, but, when I came across it and read the description, it sure was familiar. I think this might be the first time I've done two back-to-back episodes with zero Beach Boys content. We'll start getting back on track a little next week. Thanks for the feedback, Chris!
By the last quarter of 1969 we were settling down in our new home after being flooded out from our previous one the previous year and there was obviously a lot of alterations and decorating going on, so there wasnt much time for me to listen to my beloved radio as there had been previously, which meant i would have to catch up with the music later on and as for you mentioning Hello Dolly , this reminds me of my first date which was a complete disaster ..... I had a friend at school who had a very nice sister and whilst i was at his house i asked her out and i remember how excited i was when she agreed and as she wanted to see Hello Dolly , i was happy to take her.......BIG MISTAKE. Upon arriving at her house in my best at the time tucker, looking rather like a distressed waiter and after nervously knocking on the door i was greeted by her and her friend who i was told would be joining us......and to add insult to injury, we were to be driven there and back by Dad So, there was i, sitting with two giggling 11 year old girls who never spoke to me all night , in front of the most boring film i have ever seen in my life , now broke having paid our admission fee and i remember the relief when the film ended and as we left the cinema, there was Dad waiting in the car and as the door was opened, he enquired with a grin " Did you have a nice time _ ? Oh yes Steve, my first date was as good as any school detention , but all was not lost as another school friend, knowing how much i enjoyed Marty Feldman informed me of a great new comedy show that was being aired for the very first time, late at night on BBC2 which he said was very similar to Martys shows and he urged me to watch it...... And this was my introduction to Monty Pythons Flying Circus, which set the scene for me in the 70s as this is what now inspired me and Christmas 1969 i received my first ever LP and the top line claimed it was a BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY with a nice white cover with a pic of ancient times which had been Crossed Through with Thick Black Crayon with the words ANOTHER MONTY PYTHON RECORD scrawled across the credits and i was hooked.
Thanks for sharing that great, hilarious, and VERY relatable story, Chris! I love your summation that the date was "as good as any school detention." My first date was bad, but less memorable. I remember during high school, a friend asked a girl to the movies then, finding he didn't have the family car available, asked another friend to drive him to the movies and back. I rode along in the front seat with my friend and his date in the back seat. I don't think either of us spoke to her all the way there or all the way back, which was about half an hour each way. We just listened to them talk and, occasionally, rolled our eyes at their insane conversation. I'm sure she noticed, and the date must have been an absolute misery for her. (I've always felt bad about that but was too immature to handle it any better.) Thanks for sharing your introduction to Monty Python! Of course, we didn't start getting the show in the States until 1974, though I first saw excerpts on a show called "Marty Feldman's Comedy Machine" which ran on US TV in the spring of 1972. Each week, Marty Feldman would introduce a clip from "Monty Python's Flying Circus." I remember seeing "Mouse Men," "Flying Sheep," and "The Funniest Joke In The World." I thought it was some of the most hilarious stuff ever. Though we didn't get the series for a another two and a half years, because of what I'd seen, I was ready and waiting when it finally premiered here. BTW, I love the cover of "Another Monty Python Record." Coincidentally, I got “Monty Python’s Big Red Book” for Christmas, 1974 and the "Matching Tie and Handkerchief" album for Christmas, 1975. Thanks again, Chris, for sharing the great memories and perspective! Have a great week!
Researching this, I was really made aware of how many different trends in music were happening at the same time in 1969. Thanks, as always, for the comments, Don!
Looks like Three dog night and Credence Clearwater Revival were really big in the states in 1969. Most of the albums singles and movies mentioned made it big over here. I did and still do own nine of the top ten albums in you charts with "Hair" being the one I didn't bother with. Elvis came up with some great music at this time with some meaningful lyrics like "If I can dream", "Clean up your own back yard", "In the ghetto" No 2, and "Suspicious Minds" No 2, This was a chart run he hadn't experienced in the UK since May1965. Another great episode Steve.
I see that Creedence Clearwater Revival had a few big hits in the UK, but it looks like they did better here: Fifteen top twenty hits between late '68 and mid '71. One of the things that impressed me when researching was how quickly they were turning out hits...and how quickly it ended with their acrimonious break-up. I don't think you're missing much without the "Hair" soundtrack. I love the various cover versions of the songs, but the music on the cast album, to me anyway, sounds a bit grating. It was definitely an exciting time to be a Elvis fan. (The first time that could be said in many years!) As you point out, he was finally making some great records again! Thanks for the comments and feedback, John!
Led Zeppelin II is what introduced me to Led Zeppelin in Middle School and remains my favorite Zeppelin album. Also love the TMBG Lincoln album in the background. Such a fantastic, underrated album! Great video as always!
Thanks for the comments, Scott! As you might have guessed by how quickly I mentioned it here, there's more to come on "Led Zeppelin II" next time. (It's a great album and certainly a "landmark release.") Glad you noticed the "Lincoln" album! It's an album I love and was part of my "Presidents" background theme this week.
1. I brought this up years ago on the Steve Hoffman music forum. The Temptations' single says I Can't Get Next To You is "in album Puzzle People." Aside from another case of grammatical mangling, I had asked years ago, is a song "in an album" or "on an album." I had always assumed the latter, but I saw many references on singles from the 1950s and 1960s to a song being "in an album." That really sounds weird to me. The Stevie Wonder single also says "in". 2. It's so strange that the 1969-70 singles Sly and the Family Stone singles Hot Fun In The Summertime, Everybody Is A Star and Thank You Falletin Me By Myself Agin were not mixed into stereo for the group's Greatest Hits album and were instead in very bad fake stereo. I first heard the stereo mixes when I luckily found a copy of the quadraphonic Greatest Hits album. Also strange is that later reissues of the stereo Greatest Hits album still had the fake stereo mixes until at least the 1990s - the first CD issue of that album also had fake stereo!. 3. Regarding the Dells' single, when stereo singles re-emerged in the late 1960s, some companies gave different names to what amounted to regular stereo mixes. Cadet had Concept 12, and MGM had "Saturation Sound" for its Eric Burdon and the Animals Sky Pilot single. Wouldn't just "stereo" suffice? 4. Lou Christie's I'm Gonna Make You Mine, though released in 1969, has never been released in true stereo, with the possible exception of Digitally Extracted Stereo mixes on TH-cam. Also, the minute I heard Brian Wilson's Your Imagination, I knew that part of it sounded a lot like I'm Gonna Make You Mine, kind of like how the Beach Boys' That's Why God Made the Radio sounds somewhat like the theme to the movie Midnight Cowboy.5. Every time I saw that Elvis In Person album in used record stores, it had a lot of ringwear. 6. In terms of singing actors, I'm still scarred by the vocal stylings of Oliver Reed and Jack Nicholson in the Who movie Tommy, and of Pierce Brosnan in Mamma Mia 7. In terms of George Lazenby as James Bond, I thought he did well in the fight scenes, and in his reaction to Bond's wife's murder. 8. I love that T-shirt!
Hey, Joel! Really interesting points on "in the album" versus "on the album"! It got me thinking that, although, I agree that "on the album" sounds right and "in the album" doesn't, "in the album," maybe, makes more sense. I believe the earliest "record albums" were, literally, bound "albums" of 78s, gathered together in sleeves and bound "booklet style, so in that kind of format, I'd think "in the album" would make sense; like a photo in a photo album. If you think of an album like an overall package, cover and all, it seems like "in" would still make sense. (If you think of the record itself, I think "on" makes more sense.) Your comments now have me wondering why we generally say "on" not "in." (I also realize that the slightly punning titles of John and Yoko, Cheech and Chong, and Leon and Mary Russell's "Wedding Album(s)" and "The Partridge Family Album" are actually harkening back to the original meaning of record album.) Of course, "in album" just doesn't work grammatically. Anyway...for myself, I'm sticking with "on" the album! Thanks for the info on the stereo, or lack thereof, mixes on the Sly Stone and Lou Christie releases, and the different names record companies gave to their stereo releases. (I'd love to know what the thinking was. Did they think buyers would consider it something special if it had a proprietary name? Or, maybe, were they angling to develop something they could patent?) Thanks for bringing up ring-wear on that Elvis album! I've noticed it too. There are certain albums that ALWAYS seem to have terrible ring wear, usually ones with predominantly black covers, of course. Though it's not predominantly black, an example that comes to mind for me is "Share The Land" by the Guess Who. It took me years to find a used copy that wasn't destroyed by ring wear. Charles Lloyd's "Warm Waters," which I wanted for the Beach Boys connection, is another one is another one it took forever to find without extensive ring wear. Back in high school, a friend told me that I should always pull the shrink wrap off my albums or they'd get "full of moisture and warp." I'm so glad I didn't listen to him and left the shrink wrap on (except for gatefolds) until I started keeping them all in PVC covers in the 80s. I avoided a lot of ring wear that way...and never had a problem with warping. Excellent, and hilarious, observations on Oliver Reed and Jack Nicholson in "Tommy." I haven't heard Pierce Brosnan in “Mamma Mia,” but I think I can imagine! I agree that Lazenby was good in the scenes you mentioned. I’ve always had a lot of sympathy for George Lazenby. It seems like he couldn’t win, following Sean Connery. I think they gave him some additional challenges by making Bond “more human” by having him marry and then lose his wife. Maybe part of the problem for Lazenby was that the writers changed the character, making him seem “more human, less Bond” at the same time they introduced a new actor. I think it added to the general awareness that “this isn’t the Bond we’re used to.” Glad you noticed the t-shirt! Thanks, once again, Joel, for the fantastic info and perspective! It’s always greatly enjoyed and greatly appreciated!
You're absolutely right, of course, Rich. I really missed it on Grand Funk. (Hate it when that happens!) Thanks for letting me know! Great that you've been a Beach Boys fan since '64! I didn't get seriously interested in the group until 1980. I envy you getting to experience all that great music when it was new! Glad you're enjoying the channel and thanks again for the feedback and for the correction, Rich!
I've only ever had a digital "best of" of Laura Nyro. After putting these episodes together, I'm thinking I should track down some of her original albums. Glad to know you enjoyed the episode! Always great to hear from you, Raymond!
Great stuff as usual Steve! Love the shirt. I just realized, within the last six months, I have some singles with that logo. I always thought it was cool that Ron Dante had two big hits with two different groups in one year. I was surprised you didn't cover up that Stones concert poster after that whole Blind Faith cover up. So scandalous. Lol. I never saw Paint Your Wagon. But if it's a musical comedy, I might have to pick up the 4k of it. I have to start watching some of those old westerns. I also didn't realize that there was another guy back then playing Bond. Anyway, thanks as always.
I didn't realize Ron Dante was the lead singer on both the Archies and the Cuff Links records. Thanks for pointing that out! I actually thought about whether I needed to edit that poster. (You can never be sure with TH-cam.) Since I didn't find the poster edited or blurred anywhere else on the internet (which I did find with the Blind Faith cover), I figured I was okay. Now that you mention it, I've watched excerpts of Eastwood and Marvin singing but never watched "Paint Your Wagon" in full. Maybe it all works in the context of the film. I need to check it out! Thanks, as always, for the great feedback, Micheal, and, especially, for pointing out the Ron Dante connection on those records! (Glad you liked the shirt too!)
Elvis as you know is my idol . He is number one for me. That double album Live/Back In Memphis was always too high priced for mom to buy me 😢. I do have the albums individually though. That live album then On Stage 1970 and then a few years later Live at MSG is all you need for the King live although Aloha From Hawaii is great !! Great stuff as usual. Change of Habit is actually watchable lol!
Since recording this, I've started looking for a copy of the double "Las Vegas/Memphis" album. It seems like one I should have that I'm missing. I was hoping to find one last weekend at a record show in Toledo...There was plenty of Elvis, but not a single copy of that one. The search continues! It's been a long time since I've seen "Change of Habit." One of my recollections about it was that I thought Mary Tyler Moore, though fine in the part, was too recognizable a name. Every time she expressed emotion, I kept imagining her saying, "Ooooh, Rob!" like on "The Dick Van Dyke Show." I should give it another viewing and see if it still strikes me that way. (At the same time, I always enjoy an Elvis movie; good, bad or indifferent, on one level or another!) Always great to hear from you, Mike, and thanks for the thoughts and feedback!
Steve, Wow...... seeing this is like being in a time machine..... I'm 16 once again. Many of these albums I still have from 1969.....Zepplin II, Willie and the Poor Boys, Grand Funk, 3DN Live at the Forum, and others. They were some of the first records I purchased(after all my Beach Boy music of course). Thanks for a great trip through the past. Looking forward to next Thursday. Thanks.... Lamont
Talk about being “born at the right time!” Experiencing all that great new music at 16 must have been phenomenal! Glad you enjoyed the episode and your kind comments are very, very much appreciated, Lamont!
@@thebeachboysbasementwithst6444 Yea..... It really was a magical time to grow up. Three Dog Night came to Salt Lake in 1972 at the peak of their popularity. I had 3rd row seats and I brought a cassette tape recorder with me. No one blinked an eye when I came through security with it. I still have the tape. We were so close to the stage, the recording was very distorted...but it still brings back great memories. Get this..... the opening act was a band no one had ever heard before. They had a strange song about Jesus... Yep.... it was The Doobie Brothers before they were famous. Recorded that too! If you ever get to Salt Lake....I'd love to grab lunch and talk music. Thanks!
@@lamontsouth5301 Wow! How cool that you not only got to tape Three Dog Night and just-slightly-pre-fame Doobie Brothers, but that you even still have the tape! Your "strange song about Jesus" line gave me a real laugh too! I'll definitely let you know if I ever get to Salt Lake. (I've always wanted to visit because, among other things, the Beach Boys have, of course, sung so many good things about it.) If you ever find yourself around Ann Arbor, Michigan, be sure that you look me up too! Thanks again for sharing the memories, and for the invite, Lamont!
It's a shame that CCR never had a #1 single; they certainly earned it. "Suspicious Minds" is one of my favorite Elvis songs; Waylon Jennings' cover is very good as well. The concert film "Gimme Shelter" showing extensive footage from the ill-fated Altamont show is a very uncomfortable watch but a fascinating historical document. I like Clint Eastwood's singing- I think he's done an album if I'm not mistaken. They cast him in "Honkytonk Man" so someone must have liked his singing lol I hated "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" as a kid getting into 007 but I really enjoy it now. Lazenby's acting is uneven but it is so well made. However, I always have always will hate "Topaz." It ranked 3rd from the bottom when I ranked Hitchcock's many films. Great video as always!
Good point about CCR never having a #1 single. As discussed in next week's episode, I think "Willy and The Poor Boys" would have been a #1 album (in addition to their #1 albums "Green River" and "Cosmo's Factory"), had it not come out when "Abbey Road" and "Led Zeppelin II" were absolutely dominating the top of the chart. Of course, CCR topped out at #3. Nobody could get past those two in late '69/early '70. As I've mentioned in other comments here, I've really started wondering how much the perception of both Woodstock and Altamont have been shaped over the years by the fact feature films made from each of them. I know they'd be considered important events anyway, but I imagine the legend of each was, to some degree, enhanced and shaped by so many people having seen the films. (At the very least, by NOT appearing in the Woodstock movie, the performances by CCR, the Band and others are often forgotten.) I looked up Clint Eastwood records after reading your comments. He did do an album of "Cowboy Favorites" in 1962 when he was starring in "Rawhide." He's also credited with contributing to soundtracks of some of his later films. I think "uneven" is a great description for George Lazenby's portrayal of Bond. I agree about "Topaz." I think I've watched it all the way through once. I've tried a couple of other times at home, but have always found myself losing interest and starting to do something else...probably a testament to how poor it is that it can't hold my attention, even when I've made a point to put it on. Thanks, as always, for the great feedback and looking forward to talking soon!
Hate to nitpick because your research is usually very thorough, but "Grand Funk" is really the band's second album, released in December '69. "On Time" was the debut, released in August '69. They were a fast-working band; their third LP, "Closer to Home" would appear in June '70.
Ouch! I can't believe I missed that one and completely forgot about "On Time"! (As you might have noticed, I missed the "Child Is The Father To The Man" album and said the self-titled "Blood Sweat & Tears" album was their first a few episodes ago.) I'd better pay special attention to research on "first albums." Thanks very much for catching it and for letting me know!
5:28 Bobby Sherman had an enviable head of hair... 10:57 Worthless Academy Awards trivia: They Shoot Horses was nominated for 9 Oscars but wasn't nommed for Best Picture--a record which stands to this day... 12:44 I am NOT musically trained, so I barely know what I'm talking about here: is it worth mentioning the similarity between (parts of) Good Vibrations and the Sesame Street theme? I know I've corrected at least one YT comment where someone assumed that the TV theme came first...
That head of hair sold millions of records! Interesting trivia on "They Shoot Horses...," I had no idea! I had never noticed the similarity between "Good Vibrations" and the Sesame Street theme. Of course, "Good Vibrations" had about three years on "Sesame Street" though, I would guess, the resemblance is coincidental. Thanks for the interesting info, rangergrrrl!
Have known about some of the songs and movies mentioned. My favorite CCR song is "Cross-Tie Walker , which I think was on their Green River album. Think the Stones having the Hell's Angels for security at the Altamont concert ranks up their as one of their biggest mistakes. For me, the biggest song from this period was the Archies' "Sugar Sugar". Remember watching their show on Saturday mornings. Will have to check out some of Bobby Sherman's songs. Don't really see why he was so popular.
I think you're definitely right about the mistake in hiring the Hells Angels. From what I read, a English chapter of the Hells Angels had been hired to do security at the Hyde Park Concert in July which had worked out. According to sources, the Stones didn't realize that California Hells Angels were a LOT different from English Hells Angels. I used to watch "Archie" on Saturday morning too, and was pleased that "they" had a hit with "Sugar, Sugar," which, in my memory, at least, was playing all the time on radio in late '69 and early '70. Let me know if you check out any of Bobby Sherman's songs. My feeling is that the selling point of those records was his picture on the sleeve. He's not much of a vocalist but he was "cute" and on "Here Come The Brides" every week. I saw an interview with him years ago and liked the fact that he seemed to have no illusions that he had been a great musical talent and looked back on being a "teen idol" with a healthy attitude. On good advice from his manager, Ward Sylvester, he apparently understood his popularity wouldn't last and saved and invested his money (including buying, with his manager, the jet that became "The Starship" used by so many touring rock groups in the 70s.) I understand he later became a paramedic and, then, a deputy sheriff. Not a great musical talent, maybe, but he did strike me as a decent, down-to-earth guy. Thanks, as always, for the great feedback, Robert!
@@thebeachboysbasementwithst6444 Have read that also, that the Stones were expecting the California H.A.s to act like the British H.A.s, who were a lot more docile in their behavior. Have also read that the California H.A.s were recommended to the Stones by none other than the Grateful Dead/Jerry Garcia. If that was the case, don't know if either the Dead or Garcia ever received any media criticism, or public backlash, for doing that. Have seen the film Gimme Shelter, and the Stones reaction to when the H.A.s start beating Meredith Hunter. Mick at first seems slightly confused as to what is happening, then (in my opinion) half heartedly asks whoever is fighting to stop. Keith seems more forceful, saying something like "Hey you! Over there, Stop it, Stop it, now!" Have read that the H.A.s still carry a grudge against the Stones, and have a "Death Warrant" out on Mick. You didn't mention this, but a song,you mentioned, "Tracy" by the Cuff Links, was basically the Archies going by another name. The lead singer in both groups was Ron Dante, who I think is still going. Did listen to one of Bobby Sherman's songs. Didn't think his singing voice was bad, nor the song. Think he was probably more popular with young girls (because of his looks). One of the first 45s I got (Thanks to my Mom for buying it for me) was the Archies' "Jingle Jangle". Also had a chance to get their metal lunch box, but I also liked the Dr. Seuss lunch box. So I had to choose, and I went with Dr. Seuss. See the Archies lunch box (which I'd still like to get, as a collectable) is being sold occasionally on ebay, but one in very good condition is not cheap. Picked up the Beatles Shea Stadium 1965 concert on DVD. Enjoy it!
@@thebeachboysbasementwithst6444 Steve, did you see my longer reply back to you, which I posted yesterday, talking about Altamont, the Cuff Links, etc.?
@@robertzastrow4648 Sorry, Robert! I got the original comment, of course, but the follow-up you mentioned doesn't seem to have posted. (I'm chalking it up to the annoying vagaries of TH-cam.) Sorry to have missed it and thanks for following up on the follow-up!
Altamont definitely presented the decline of the Aquarian age , but the true end of the era occurred on May 4th , 1970 in Northeastern Ohio . Most of our college classes and exams were cancelled in deference to the tragedy at Kent State . When we returned the next fall , things were not the same . On a happier note , …. Was there ever a finer album by The Jefferson Airplane than “ Volunteers “ ? …. Nope !
Thanks VERY much for the comments and perspective, Beanie! Since recording these episodes, I've been wondering how much the "legend" of both Woodstock and Altamont may have been shaped by the feature films made for each one ("Woodstock" and "Gimme Shelter.") Of course, both were important events, but I've wondered if they've loomed larger and, maybe, differently, in memory because so many people have experienced them through the films since then. (Impossible to know the impact for sure, I guess.) It's very interesting to hear that classes and exams were cancelled in observation of the tragedy at Kent State. Again, I knew the event was significant. Being not-quite ten at the time, it was something I was only vaguely aware of then, and learned more about later, but it can't be the same as having been a college student at the time. Thanks SO much for sharing your first-hand recollections! (BTW, I've made note of your comments to return to when we get to Kent State in discussing "1970," hopefully, sometime early in 2025.) Also...I agree about "Volunteers!" Excellent album! Thanks, once again, for the excellent comments, Beanie!
One further observation…. Some professors were , indeed , in sympathy with the anti-war movement . The college administrators agreed to cancel everything in order to send us home lest the same confrontations could happen on THEIR campus !
@@beanie226 Yes. I've got the gatefold. It looks like it also originally came with some kind of newspaper-style insert which, unfortunately, I don't have.
@@beanie226 Thanks for the additional observation! I think that's an important point...that the move could have been both in sympathy and to avoid anything similar happening on their campus. It makes sense that the old adage "CYA" would have been on the minds of college administrators, whatever their position on the war. (I've added this comment to my notes on Kent State for eventual "1970" episodes.) Thanks again for the great insights, beanie!
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An interesting fact about Elvis' last movie, "Change of Habit," was that the movie marked the first time that Mary Tyler Moore and Ed Asner worked together on the same project; though they did not have a scene together in the movie.
I didn't realize that. Thanks for passing along the interesting info, L.W.!
I was 10 in 1969 and Iron Butterfly's "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" was the first album I ever owned. I got my dad to buy it for me at the PX when he was on his Naval Reserve Training Duty. I don't remember playing that LP very much as that was one long song! My sister had the Gary Puckett and The Union Gap album and a lot of 45s including "Wedding Bell Blues" by The Fifth Dimension. I have always liked Tracy by The Cufflinks. I used to play disc jockey with my sister's record player, stack the 45s and announce each record into my Dad's tape recorder. My "pretend" radio stations were WHAT and WHO - as in - "What's happening at WHAT! I tell you what's happening - Herb Alpert and "This Guy's in Love with You" - In a WHAT six-pack, song five." A friend and I also made our own radio station. He had a transmitter, so we ran a 60 foot long piece of copper wire through his house and recorded records onto my two speed tape recorder. Outside his house we could pick up our radio station on our transistor radios. We were always worried, however, the FCC was going to triangulate our location, find our pirate radio station and shut us down! Thanks for all the memories Steve! It is always a joy to watch your wonderful installments.
Thanks for sharing those memories, Currin! Looking at how amazingly successful the "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" album was, I'm kind of surprised there weren't more albums with side-long tracks in it's wake. I've got to imagine that a lot of the album's long run near the top of the charts was because the song was too long for a single...and I'm sure the "price point" had to be higher for singles than albums, so it must have made a lot of money that way. (Actually, I guess there were quite a few side-long, or nearly side-long songs on albums after that and a few "song-cycles," like "Thick As A Brick" that claimed to be all one big song over an entire album, so maybe Iron Butterfly's album did have that effect.)
Thanks, too, for letting us know about your adventures playing DJ! Now that you've motioned it, I remember doing the same with my tape recorder in the early 70s, though I only had about three singles at the time, so my playlist was pretty limited!
Thanks, too, for the kind feedback on the episode! Always great to hear from you, Currin!
1969 - Full of station wagon memories at the drive-in; The Secret of Santa Vittoria (heck, I never would have remembered that title!,) Paint Your Wagon and other westerns you've already mentioned like True Grit, Butch Cassidy..., etc. No wonder I have such a fondness for land yachts! Looking forward to the BBs content next week.
I must have seen "The Secret of Santa Vittoria" on TV sometime in the 70s. I didn't remember it either, but, when I came across it and read the description, it sure was familiar. I think this might be the first time I've done two back-to-back episodes with zero Beach Boys content. We'll start getting back on track a little next week. Thanks for the feedback, Chris!
By the last quarter of 1969 we were settling down in our new home after being flooded out from our previous one the previous year and there was obviously a lot of alterations and decorating going on, so there wasnt much time for me to listen to my beloved radio as there had been previously, which meant i would have to catch up with the music later on and as for you mentioning Hello Dolly , this reminds me of my first date which was a complete disaster .....
I had a friend at school who had a very nice sister and whilst i was at his house i asked her out and i remember how excited i was when she agreed and as she wanted to see Hello Dolly , i was happy to take her.......BIG MISTAKE.
Upon arriving at her house in my best at the time tucker, looking rather like a distressed waiter and after nervously knocking on the door i was greeted by her and her friend who i was told would be joining us......and to add insult to injury, we were to be driven there and back by Dad
So, there was i, sitting with two giggling 11 year old girls who never spoke to me all night , in front of the most boring film i have ever seen in my life , now broke having paid our admission fee and i remember the relief when the film ended and as we left the cinema, there was Dad waiting in the car and as the door was opened, he enquired with a grin " Did you have a nice time _ ?
Oh yes Steve, my first date was as good as any school detention , but all was not lost as another school friend, knowing how much i enjoyed Marty Feldman informed me of a great new comedy show that was being aired for the very first time, late at night on BBC2 which he said was very similar to Martys shows and he urged me to watch it......
And this was my introduction to Monty Pythons Flying Circus, which set the scene for me in the 70s as this is what now inspired me and Christmas 1969 i received my first ever LP and the top line claimed it was a BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY with a nice white cover with a pic of ancient times which had been Crossed Through with Thick Black Crayon with the words ANOTHER MONTY PYTHON RECORD scrawled across the credits and i was hooked.
Thanks for sharing that great, hilarious, and VERY relatable story, Chris! I love your summation that the date was "as good as any school detention."
My first date was bad, but less memorable. I remember during high school, a friend asked a girl to the movies then, finding he didn't have the family car available, asked another friend to drive him to the movies and back. I rode along in the front seat with my friend and his date in the back seat. I don't think either of us spoke to her all the way there or all the way back, which was about half an hour each way. We just listened to them talk and, occasionally, rolled our eyes at their insane conversation. I'm sure she noticed, and the date must have been an absolute misery for her. (I've always felt bad about that but was too immature to handle it any better.)
Thanks for sharing your introduction to Monty Python! Of course, we didn't start getting the show in the States until 1974, though I first saw excerpts on a show called "Marty Feldman's Comedy Machine" which ran on US TV in the spring of 1972. Each week, Marty Feldman would introduce a clip from "Monty Python's Flying Circus." I remember seeing "Mouse Men," "Flying Sheep," and "The Funniest Joke In The World." I thought it was some of the most hilarious stuff ever. Though we didn't get the series for a another two and a half years, because of what I'd seen, I was ready and waiting when it finally premiered here.
BTW, I love the cover of "Another Monty Python Record." Coincidentally, I got “Monty Python’s Big Red Book” for Christmas, 1974 and the "Matching Tie and Handkerchief" album for Christmas, 1975.
Thanks again, Chris, for sharing the great memories and perspective! Have a great week!
1969 no doubt had a great variety of music to choose from. Always enjoy your research on your videos.
Researching this, I was really made aware of how many different trends in music were happening at the same time in 1969. Thanks, as always, for the comments, Don!
Looks like Three dog night and Credence Clearwater Revival were really big in the states in 1969. Most of the albums singles and movies mentioned made it big over here. I did and still do own nine of the top ten albums in you charts with "Hair" being the one I didn't bother with. Elvis came up with some great music at this time with some meaningful lyrics like "If I can dream", "Clean up your own back yard", "In the ghetto" No 2, and "Suspicious Minds" No 2, This was a chart run he hadn't experienced in the UK since May1965. Another great episode Steve.
I see that Creedence Clearwater Revival had a few big hits in the UK, but it looks like they did better here: Fifteen top twenty hits between late '68 and mid '71. One of the things that impressed me when researching was how quickly they were turning out hits...and how quickly it ended with their acrimonious break-up. I don't think you're missing much without the "Hair" soundtrack. I love the various cover versions of the songs, but the music on the cast album, to me anyway, sounds a bit grating. It was definitely an exciting time to be a Elvis fan. (The first time that could be said in many years!) As you point out, he was finally making some great records again! Thanks for the comments and feedback, John!
Led Zeppelin II is what introduced me to Led Zeppelin in Middle School and remains my favorite Zeppelin album.
Also love the TMBG Lincoln album in the background. Such a fantastic, underrated album! Great video as always!
Thanks for the comments, Scott! As you might have guessed by how quickly I mentioned it here, there's more to come on "Led Zeppelin II" next time. (It's a great album and certainly a "landmark release.")
Glad you noticed the "Lincoln" album! It's an album I love and was part of my "Presidents" background theme this week.
1. I brought this up years ago on the Steve Hoffman music forum. The Temptations' single says I Can't Get Next To You is "in album Puzzle People." Aside from another case of grammatical mangling, I had asked years ago, is a song "in an album" or "on an album." I had always assumed the latter, but I saw many references on singles from the 1950s and 1960s to a song being "in an album." That really sounds weird to me. The Stevie Wonder single also says "in". 2. It's so strange that the 1969-70 singles Sly and the Family Stone singles Hot Fun In The Summertime, Everybody Is A Star and Thank You Falletin Me By Myself Agin were not mixed into stereo for the group's Greatest Hits album and were instead in very bad fake stereo. I first heard the stereo mixes when I luckily found a copy of the quadraphonic Greatest Hits album. Also strange is that later reissues of the stereo Greatest Hits album still had the fake stereo mixes until at least the 1990s - the first CD issue of that album also had fake stereo!. 3. Regarding the Dells' single, when stereo singles re-emerged in the late 1960s, some companies gave different names to what amounted to regular stereo mixes. Cadet had Concept 12, and MGM had "Saturation Sound" for its Eric Burdon and the Animals Sky Pilot single. Wouldn't just "stereo" suffice? 4. Lou Christie's I'm Gonna Make You Mine, though released in 1969, has never been released in true stereo, with the possible exception of Digitally Extracted Stereo mixes on TH-cam. Also, the minute I heard Brian Wilson's Your Imagination, I knew that part of it sounded a lot like I'm Gonna Make You Mine, kind of like how the Beach Boys' That's Why God Made the Radio sounds somewhat like the theme to the movie Midnight Cowboy.5. Every time I saw that Elvis In Person album in used record stores, it had a lot of ringwear. 6. In terms of singing actors, I'm still scarred by the vocal stylings of Oliver Reed and Jack Nicholson in the Who movie Tommy, and of Pierce Brosnan in Mamma Mia 7. In terms of George Lazenby as James Bond, I thought he did well in the fight scenes, and in his reaction to Bond's wife's murder. 8. I love that T-shirt!
Hey, Joel! Really interesting points on "in the album" versus "on the album"! It got me thinking that, although, I agree that "on the album" sounds right and "in the album" doesn't, "in the album," maybe, makes more sense. I believe the earliest "record albums" were, literally, bound "albums" of 78s, gathered together in sleeves and bound "booklet style, so in that kind of format, I'd think "in the album" would make sense; like a photo in a photo album. If you think of an album like an overall package, cover and all, it seems like "in" would still make sense. (If you think of the record itself, I think "on" makes more sense.) Your comments now have me wondering why we generally say "on" not "in." (I also realize that the slightly punning titles of John and Yoko, Cheech and Chong, and Leon and Mary Russell's "Wedding Album(s)" and "The Partridge Family Album" are actually harkening back to the original meaning of record album.) Of course, "in album" just doesn't work grammatically. Anyway...for myself, I'm sticking with "on" the album!
Thanks for the info on the stereo, or lack thereof, mixes on the Sly Stone and Lou Christie releases, and the different names record companies gave to their stereo releases. (I'd love to know what the thinking was. Did they think buyers would consider it something special if it had a proprietary name? Or, maybe, were they angling to develop something they could patent?)
Thanks for bringing up ring-wear on that Elvis album! I've noticed it too. There are certain albums that ALWAYS seem to have terrible ring wear, usually ones with predominantly black covers, of course. Though it's not predominantly black, an example that comes to mind for me is "Share The Land" by the Guess Who. It took me years to find a used copy that wasn't destroyed by ring wear. Charles Lloyd's "Warm Waters," which I wanted for the Beach Boys connection, is another one is another one it took forever to find without extensive ring wear.
Back in high school, a friend told me that I should always pull the shrink wrap off my albums or they'd get "full of moisture and warp." I'm so glad I didn't listen to him and left the shrink wrap on (except for gatefolds) until I started keeping them all in PVC covers in the 80s. I avoided a lot of ring wear that way...and never had a problem with warping.
Excellent, and hilarious, observations on Oliver Reed and Jack Nicholson in "Tommy." I haven't heard Pierce Brosnan in “Mamma Mia,” but I think I can imagine!
I agree that Lazenby was good in the scenes you mentioned. I’ve always had a lot of sympathy for George Lazenby. It seems like he couldn’t win, following Sean Connery. I think they gave him some additional challenges by making Bond “more human” by having him marry and then lose his wife. Maybe part of the problem for Lazenby was that the writers changed the character, making him seem “more human, less Bond” at the same time they introduced a new actor. I think it added to the general awareness that “this isn’t the Bond we’re used to.”
Glad you noticed the t-shirt!
Thanks, once again, Joel, for the fantastic info and perspective! It’s always greatly enjoyed and greatly appreciated!
Always enjoy your videos. Been a Beach Boys since 1964! Just a note, that red Grand Funk was their 2nd LP. On Time was the debut earlier in 1969.
You're absolutely right, of course, Rich. I really missed it on Grand Funk. (Hate it when that happens!) Thanks for letting me know! Great that you've been a Beach Boys fan since '64! I didn't get seriously interested in the group until 1980. I envy you getting to experience all that great music when it was new! Glad you're enjoying the channel and thanks again for the feedback and for the correction, Rich!
Fascinating video with so much going on. I need to find out more about Laura Nyro and Iron Butterfly and perhaps get the Blood Sweat and Tears Album.
I've only ever had a digital "best of" of Laura Nyro. After putting these episodes together, I'm thinking I should track down some of her original albums. Glad to know you enjoyed the episode! Always great to hear from you, Raymond!
I'll never understand why Best of Cream has vegetables on the cover.
Me either! Seems like a photo of the band would have worked just fine. Good to hear from you, James!
Great stuff as usual Steve! Love the shirt. I just realized, within the last six months, I have some singles with that logo. I always thought it was cool that Ron Dante had two big hits with two different groups in one year. I was surprised you didn't cover up that Stones concert poster after that whole Blind Faith cover up. So scandalous. Lol.
I never saw Paint Your Wagon. But if it's a musical comedy, I might have to pick up the 4k of it. I have to start watching some of those old westerns. I also didn't realize that there was another guy back then playing Bond. Anyway, thanks as always.
I didn't realize Ron Dante was the lead singer on both the Archies and the Cuff Links records. Thanks for pointing that out! I actually thought about whether I needed to edit that poster. (You can never be sure with TH-cam.) Since I didn't find the poster edited or blurred anywhere else on the internet (which I did find with the Blind Faith cover), I figured I was okay. Now that you mention it, I've watched excerpts of Eastwood and Marvin singing but never watched "Paint Your Wagon" in full. Maybe it all works in the context of the film. I need to check it out! Thanks, as always, for the great feedback, Micheal, and, especially, for pointing out the Ron Dante connection on those records! (Glad you liked the shirt too!)
Elvis as you know is my idol . He is number one for me. That double album Live/Back In Memphis was always too high priced for mom to buy me 😢. I do have the albums individually though. That live album then On Stage 1970 and then a few years later Live at MSG is all you need for the King live although Aloha From Hawaii is great !! Great stuff as usual. Change of Habit is actually watchable lol!
Since recording this, I've started looking for a copy of the double "Las Vegas/Memphis" album. It seems like one I should have that I'm missing. I was hoping to find one last weekend at a record show in Toledo...There was plenty of Elvis, but not a single copy of that one. The search continues! It's been a long time since I've seen "Change of Habit." One of my recollections about it was that I thought Mary Tyler Moore, though fine in the part, was too recognizable a name. Every time she expressed emotion, I kept imagining her saying, "Ooooh, Rob!" like on "The Dick Van Dyke Show." I should give it another viewing and see if it still strikes me that way. (At the same time, I always enjoy an Elvis movie; good, bad or indifferent, on one level or another!) Always great to hear from you, Mike, and thanks for the thoughts and feedback!
@@thebeachboysbasementwithst6444 Steve that double album if you can find is very pricey! Good Luck!
Steve, Wow...... seeing this is like being in a time machine..... I'm 16 once again. Many of these albums I still have from 1969.....Zepplin II, Willie and the Poor Boys, Grand Funk, 3DN Live at the Forum, and others. They were some of the first records I purchased(after all my Beach Boy music of course). Thanks for a great trip through the past. Looking forward to next Thursday. Thanks.... Lamont
Talk about being “born at the right time!” Experiencing all that great new music at 16 must have been phenomenal! Glad you enjoyed the episode and your kind comments are very, very much appreciated, Lamont!
@@thebeachboysbasementwithst6444 Yea..... It really was a magical time to grow up. Three Dog Night came to Salt Lake in 1972 at the peak of their popularity. I had 3rd row seats and I brought a cassette tape recorder with me. No one blinked an eye when I came through security with it. I still have the tape. We were so close to the stage, the recording was very distorted...but it still brings back great memories. Get this..... the opening act was a band no one had ever heard before. They had a strange song about Jesus... Yep.... it was The Doobie Brothers before they were famous. Recorded that too! If you ever get to Salt Lake....I'd love to grab lunch and talk music. Thanks!
@@lamontsouth5301 Wow! How cool that you not only got to tape Three Dog Night and just-slightly-pre-fame Doobie Brothers, but that you even still have the tape! Your "strange song about Jesus" line gave me a real laugh too! I'll definitely let you know if I ever get to Salt Lake. (I've always wanted to visit because, among other things, the Beach Boys have, of course, sung so many good things about it.) If you ever find yourself around Ann Arbor, Michigan, be sure that you look me up too! Thanks again for sharing the memories, and for the invite, Lamont!
Will do! Thks
Interesting Steve especially Led Zep 2
Thanks, Jamie!
It's a shame that CCR never had a #1 single; they certainly earned it. "Suspicious Minds" is one of my favorite Elvis songs; Waylon Jennings' cover is very good as well. The concert film "Gimme Shelter" showing extensive footage from the ill-fated Altamont show is a very uncomfortable watch but a fascinating historical document. I like Clint Eastwood's singing- I think he's done an album if I'm not mistaken. They cast him in "Honkytonk Man" so someone must have liked his singing lol I hated "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" as a kid getting into 007 but I really enjoy it now. Lazenby's acting is uneven but it is so well made. However, I always have always will hate "Topaz." It ranked 3rd from the bottom when I ranked Hitchcock's many films. Great video as always!
Good point about CCR never having a #1 single. As discussed in next week's episode, I think "Willy and The Poor Boys" would have been a #1 album (in addition to their #1 albums "Green River" and "Cosmo's Factory"), had it not come out when "Abbey Road" and "Led Zeppelin II" were absolutely dominating the top of the chart. Of course, CCR topped out at #3. Nobody could get past those two in late '69/early '70.
As I've mentioned in other comments here, I've really started wondering how much the perception of both Woodstock and Altamont have been shaped over the years by the fact feature films made from each of them. I know they'd be considered important events anyway, but I imagine the legend of each was, to some degree, enhanced and shaped by so many people having seen the films. (At the very least, by NOT appearing in the Woodstock movie, the performances by CCR, the Band and others are often forgotten.)
I looked up Clint Eastwood records after reading your comments. He did do an album of "Cowboy Favorites" in 1962 when he was starring in "Rawhide." He's also credited with contributing to soundtracks of some of his later films.
I think "uneven" is a great description for George Lazenby's portrayal of Bond.
I agree about "Topaz." I think I've watched it all the way through once. I've tried a couple of other times at home, but have always found myself losing interest and starting to do something else...probably a testament to how poor it is that it can't hold my attention, even when I've made a point to put it on.
Thanks, as always, for the great feedback and looking forward to talking soon!
Great Video Steve!
Thanks, Ted!
Hate to nitpick because your research is usually very thorough, but "Grand Funk" is really the band's second album, released in December '69. "On Time" was the debut, released in August '69. They were a fast-working band; their third LP, "Closer to Home" would appear in June '70.
Ouch! I can't believe I missed that one and completely forgot about "On Time"! (As you might have noticed, I missed the "Child Is The Father To The Man" album and said the self-titled "Blood Sweat & Tears" album was their first a few episodes ago.) I'd better pay special attention to research on "first albums." Thanks very much for catching it and for letting me know!
I'm Your Captain (Closer To Home) is a wonderful song.
5:28 Bobby Sherman had an enviable head of hair...
10:57 Worthless Academy Awards trivia: They Shoot Horses was nominated for 9 Oscars but wasn't nommed for Best Picture--a record which stands to this day...
12:44 I am NOT musically trained, so I barely know what I'm talking about here: is it worth mentioning the similarity between (parts of) Good Vibrations and the Sesame Street theme? I know I've corrected at least one YT comment where someone assumed that the TV theme came first...
That head of hair sold millions of records! Interesting trivia on "They Shoot Horses...," I had no idea! I had never noticed the similarity between "Good Vibrations" and the Sesame Street theme. Of course, "Good Vibrations" had about three years on "Sesame Street" though, I would guess, the resemblance is coincidental. Thanks for the interesting info, rangergrrrl!
Have known about some of the songs and movies mentioned. My favorite CCR song is "Cross-Tie Walker , which I think was on their Green River album. Think the Stones having the Hell's Angels for security at the Altamont concert ranks up their as one of their biggest mistakes. For me, the biggest song from this period was the Archies' "Sugar Sugar". Remember watching their show on Saturday mornings. Will have to check out some of Bobby Sherman's songs. Don't really see why he was so popular.
I think you're definitely right about the mistake in hiring the Hells Angels. From what I read, a English chapter of the Hells Angels had been hired to do security at the Hyde Park Concert in July which had worked out. According to sources, the Stones didn't realize that California Hells Angels were a LOT different from English Hells Angels.
I used to watch "Archie" on Saturday morning too, and was pleased that "they" had a hit with "Sugar, Sugar," which, in my memory, at least, was playing all the time on radio in late '69 and early '70. Let me know if you check out any of Bobby Sherman's songs. My feeling is that the selling point of those records was his picture on the sleeve. He's not much of a vocalist but he was "cute" and on "Here Come The Brides" every week. I saw an interview with him years ago and liked the fact that he seemed to have no illusions that he had been a great musical talent and looked back on being a "teen idol" with a healthy attitude. On good advice from his manager, Ward Sylvester, he apparently understood his popularity wouldn't last and saved and invested his money (including buying, with his manager, the jet that became "The Starship" used by so many touring rock groups in the 70s.) I understand he later became a paramedic and, then, a deputy sheriff. Not a great musical talent, maybe, but he did strike me as a decent, down-to-earth guy. Thanks, as always, for the great feedback, Robert!
@@thebeachboysbasementwithst6444 Have read that also, that the Stones were expecting the California H.A.s to act like the British H.A.s, who were a lot more docile in their behavior. Have also read that the California H.A.s were recommended to the Stones by none other than the Grateful Dead/Jerry Garcia. If that was the case, don't know if either the Dead or Garcia ever received any media criticism, or public backlash, for doing that. Have seen the film Gimme Shelter, and the Stones reaction to when the H.A.s start beating Meredith Hunter. Mick at first seems slightly confused as to what is happening, then (in my opinion) half heartedly asks whoever is fighting to stop. Keith seems more forceful, saying something like "Hey you! Over there, Stop it, Stop it, now!" Have read that the H.A.s still carry a grudge against the Stones, and have a "Death Warrant" out on Mick. You didn't mention this, but a song,you mentioned, "Tracy" by the Cuff Links, was basically the Archies going by another name. The lead singer in both groups was Ron Dante, who I think is still going. Did listen to one of Bobby Sherman's songs. Didn't think his singing voice was bad, nor the song. Think he was probably more popular with young girls (because of his looks). One of the first 45s I got (Thanks to my Mom for buying it for me) was the Archies' "Jingle Jangle". Also had a chance to get their metal lunch box, but I also liked the Dr. Seuss lunch box. So I had to choose, and I went with Dr. Seuss. See the Archies lunch box (which I'd still like to get, as a collectable) is being sold occasionally on ebay, but one in very good condition is not cheap. Picked up the Beatles Shea Stadium 1965 concert on DVD. Enjoy it!
@@thebeachboysbasementwithst6444 Steve, did you see my longer reply back to you, which I posted yesterday, talking about Altamont, the Cuff Links, etc.?
@@robertzastrow4648 Sorry, Robert! I got the original comment, of course, but the follow-up you mentioned doesn't seem to have posted. (I'm chalking it up to the annoying vagaries of TH-cam.) Sorry to have missed it and thanks for following up on the follow-up!
Altamont definitely presented the decline of the Aquarian age , but the true end of the era occurred on May 4th , 1970 in Northeastern Ohio . Most of our college classes and exams were cancelled in deference to the tragedy at Kent State . When we returned the next fall , things were not the same .
On a happier note , …. Was there ever a finer album by The Jefferson Airplane than “ Volunteers “ ? …. Nope !
Thanks VERY much for the comments and perspective, Beanie! Since recording these episodes, I've been wondering how much the "legend" of both Woodstock and Altamont may have been shaped by the feature films made for each one ("Woodstock" and "Gimme Shelter.") Of course, both were important events, but I've wondered if they've loomed larger and, maybe, differently, in memory because so many people have experienced them through the films since then. (Impossible to know the impact for sure, I guess.)
It's very interesting to hear that classes and exams were cancelled in observation of the tragedy at Kent State. Again, I knew the event was significant. Being not-quite ten at the time, it was something I was only vaguely aware of then, and learned more about later, but it can't be the same as having been a college student at the time. Thanks SO much for sharing your first-hand recollections!
(BTW, I've made note of your comments to return to when we get to Kent State in discussing "1970," hopefully, sometime early in 2025.)
Also...I agree about "Volunteers!" Excellent album!
Thanks, once again, for the excellent comments, Beanie!
@@thebeachboysbasementwithst6444 most important about ,” Volunteers “ Do you have an early recording with the gatefold pbj sandwich inside ?
One further observation…. Some professors were , indeed , in sympathy with the anti-war movement . The college administrators agreed to cancel everything in order to send us home lest the same confrontations could happen on THEIR campus !
@@beanie226 Yes. I've got the gatefold. It looks like it also originally came with some kind of newspaper-style insert which, unfortunately, I don't have.
@@beanie226 Thanks for the additional observation! I think that's an important point...that the move could have been both in sympathy and to avoid anything similar happening on their campus. It makes sense that the old adage "CYA" would have been on the minds of college administrators, whatever their position on the war. (I've added this comment to my notes on Kent State for eventual "1970" episodes.) Thanks again for the great insights, beanie!