Hey Tom . I'm pushing 70 and I still tell people it's the most beautiful song I've ever heard ( Alone Again Or ) . I recall hearing it early in the morning on WRKO in 8th grade. The song stops me in my tracks to this day !
Hi Tom. I saw a show on that Psychedelic Pill tour here in Chicago in 2012. Los Lobos opened. I can't remember if Mr. Soul was part of the set list. I may have imbibed and partaken in the herb. I wonder if the Kinks played David Watts live in those late 70s/early 80s shows because of the Jam covering it in the same time period. Also, hope you're safe from what's going on in your city. Peace
Great year , great subject and as always great picks Heres 5 ( from 4 albums ) Yesterdays Papers : Between the Buttons ( UK version ) Lets Spend the Night Together : Between the Buttons ( U.S version ) Plastic People : Absolutely Free ; Mothers Sure Nuff and Yes I Do : Safe as Milk ; Captain Beefheart Strange Brew : Disreali Gears ; Cream
Very interesting topic; thanks for sharing your picks; I will have to check out a couple of them. I would have just agreed with your Procol Harum ones, because I don't know the debut date of albums off hand, but you inspired me to do research! So, here are my picks: "I Was Made to Love Her," from Stevie Wonder's album of the same name. "Dear Eloise," The Hollies, from the album "Butterfly." "San Franciscan Nights," Eric Burdon and the Animals, from the album "Winds of Change." Of course, it's only the first track if you play the second side of your cassette first, but I think that should count.
"Pipe Dream" from the Blues Magoo's "Electric Comic Book" "I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night}" from the Electric Prunes' self-titled first album. "Mr Soul" from Buffalo Springfield's "Buffalo Springfield Again"
Ah, I should have remembered "Days of the Future Passed." Great selection! As a kid, we had only a couple albums in the house that weren't classical music - this one and The Tijuana Brass "Taste of Honey"- so I've heard it a zillion times, and still love it, narration and all, and can still play it all in my head. Thanks for the reminder.
Yeah........ I would have picked" Break on Through"but "Strange Days" stands out as well as a opener. Those 2 albums could flip tracks with each other since some of those tunes were written around the same time as there debut. Cheers!
Yep, Alone again & Armenia are fantastic, how about, White Light White Heat by VU, possibly my favourite of theirs. As Mystery Tour, I think it’s a better record than Pepper.
Really too many to name. It's like shooting fish in a barrel. Lead off tracks are where they are because everybody wants to start with a bang. Name me an album that starts with a duff track. Here's an idea for a topic -- records that you wish you had heard when they were first released, instead of years later. In other words, records you love, but first heard with a preceding reputation, and you wish that you had just stumbled on them close to the day of release. Am I making sense here?
Hey Tom . I'm pushing 70 and I still tell people it's the most beautiful song I've ever heard ( Alone Again Or ) . I recall hearing it early in the morning on WRKO in 8th grade. The song stops me in my tracks to this day !
73 in March, and I recall WOR-FM playing "Alone Again" obsessively.
Hi Tom. I saw a show on that Psychedelic Pill tour here in Chicago in 2012. Los Lobos opened. I can't remember if Mr. Soul was part of the set list. I may have imbibed and partaken in the herb. I wonder if the Kinks played David Watts live in those late 70s/early 80s shows because of the Jam covering it in the same time period. Also, hope you're safe from what's going on in your city. Peace
Hey Grandma...Moby Grape! Killer opening track on their debut album!!!
Was going to say that.
Take care and hope you and yours are staying safe.
Another fascinating list!
Great year , great subject and as always great picks
Heres 5 ( from 4 albums )
Yesterdays Papers : Between the Buttons ( UK version )
Lets Spend the Night Together : Between the Buttons ( U.S version )
Plastic People : Absolutely Free ; Mothers
Sure Nuff and Yes I Do : Safe as Milk ; Captain Beefheart
Strange Brew : Disreali Gears ; Cream
One of my favorite opening tracks from 1967, is Salesman from the Monkees Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, and Jones Ltd. album.
Very interesting topic; thanks for sharing your picks; I will have to check out a couple of them. I would have just agreed with your Procol Harum ones, because I don't know the debut date of albums off hand, but you inspired me to do research!
So, here are my picks:
"I Was Made to Love Her," from Stevie Wonder's album of the same name.
"Dear Eloise," The Hollies, from the album "Butterfly."
"San Franciscan Nights," Eric Burdon and the Animals, from the album "Winds of Change." Of course, it's only the first track if you play the second side of your cassette first, but I think that should count.
"Pipe Dream" from the Blues Magoo's "Electric Comic Book"
"I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night}" from the Electric Prunes' self-titled first album.
"Mr Soul" from Buffalo Springfield's "Buffalo Springfield Again"
Great picks, and yes Strange Days is The Doors best album.
Sgt. Peppers opening
Care of the Cell 44 - The Zombies
The Day Begins - The Moody Blues
Ah, I should have remembered "Days of the Future Passed." Great selection! As a kid, we had only a couple albums in the house that weren't classical music - this one and The Tijuana Brass "Taste of Honey"- so I've heard it a zillion times, and still love it, narration and all, and can still play it all in my head. Thanks for the reminder.
All good, CF! 👍
Great list, great thumbnail, great year
I'll add to the mix two openers that could hardly be more different but classics both: Astronomy Domine and Alice's Restaurant
Yeah........ I would have picked" Break on Through"but "Strange Days" stands out as well as a opener. Those 2 albums
could flip tracks with each other since some of those tunes were written around the same time as there debut. Cheers!
The Letter of The Box Tops The Letter/Neon Rainbow album; Itchycoo Park off There Are But Four Small Faces; Strange Brew off Disraeli Gears
Stay safe, Tom
Yep, Alone again & Armenia are fantastic, how about, White Light White Heat by VU, possibly my favourite of theirs. As Mystery Tour, I think it’s a better record than Pepper.
Soul Man 😎
I love Mr Soul. Isn’t Rock And Roll Woman also on that same BS LP?
Neil at the bowl 2012 ugh didn’t care for it and I love Neil
Really too many to name. It's like shooting fish in a barrel. Lead off tracks are where they are because everybody wants to start with a bang. Name me an album that starts with a duff track.
Here's an idea for a topic -- records that you wish you had heard when they were first released, instead of years later. In other words, records you love, but first heard with a preceding reputation, and you wish that you had just stumbled on them close to the day of release. Am I making sense here?
1967 was the year that LPs became an art form.
It is kind of strange to hear you pronouncing "Armenia" differently from the way it's pronounced on the record. 😉
Sing this all together on Their Satanic Majesties Request by the Rolling Stones - what a great filler. 😂😂😂