1971 was a killer year for music. Interesting to hear Ritchies take on these tracks. His taste was more eclectic than I thought. Never heard of Mike Harrison but after hearing Ritchie stating he wanted him for Deep Purple will have me searching him out. Another great vid YP 👍
I'm surprised Ritchie Blackmore was so diplomatic considering his reputation. I liked how he would say something wasn't his preference instead of putting it down.
He's blatantly honest. He's awkward in public. He's very honest, and it offends people. He speaks his mind without thinking. What I love about Ritchie, he admits where he borrowed tunes from. I never heard Zeppelin do that. They hide it, and they borrow the most out of everybody.😂 Don't get me wrong. I love both bands, but it's the truth.
@@Fuxerzat this stage who cares. All bands and artists 'borrow' as you put it. Unless someone comes up with something completely avant-garde and barely musical, everyone is influenced by and inspired by something.
As Deep Purple and Mott the Hoople are my fave bands from that era, with Spooky Tooth not far behind, Purple with Mike Harrison would've definitely made it. Blackmore has a dark reputation, but he's often affable. Surprises many!😀
So much so that he offered Agnetha Fältskog the lead vocalist spot for Rainbow after Graham Bonnet left the band. That would've been a very interesting combination. Much like if Patty Smyth would've joined Van Halen after David Lee Roth was gone.
Ritchie had a bit of a mixed-bag but was fair - even pleasant, in his critique. It’s always nice to hear Lindisfarne and I remember Mike Harrison from his time with Spooky Tooth. The band released a fantastic cover of “I Am The Walrus” (with Mike on vocals), it’s one of the few Beatles covers I like. And I never tire of hearing Jimi play. Thanks YP, your videos are the perfect start to my day.
@@YesterdaysPapers ……I thought Spooky Tooth was a great band and always fancied Mike Harrison might reach loftier heights than he did. I once owned “The Last Puff” but my (vinyl) collection was stolen once too often and I eventually changed to CDs.
It's funny that every time I hear an interview with Ritchie Blackmore, and as is evidenced here, he always seems to come across as both well thought out and even-handed in his answers. And yet, all you ever hear about him is what a shit he is. This matters not to me. I saw him play with both Rainbow and Deep Purple and he was an absolute monster player both times. Jaw droppingly awesome!!!
It's a shame we couldn't live long enough to really listen and take on board all of our favourite music especially from the 60s to the 70's damn there was an abundance and never ending ocean of music we truthfully could have drowned ourselves in and be resurrected and continue our quest, but hey in the meantime let's adore and be forever grateful for what we've had and listened to and that's enough ( well kind of 😮)
The song that Richie Blackmore was referring to that was on the charts by the four Tops was “a simple game” which was a cover of a song by The Moody Blues. Supposedly John Lodge, Justin Hayward and Mike Pinder are backing the Four Tops
Couldn't place the song at first, mainly because it was the flip side to the single release of Ride My See-saw. Thanks to google I remember it from a compilation album but I can't remember which one...and once again thanks to the wonders of modern life it was "This is the Moody Blues" which I eventually owned thanks to Santa sometime in the early 80s.
Fun episode! Glad Ritchie was in a good mood and that he didn’t slag Slade! Haha! The singles charts were pretty abysmal this month! Thank god for T Rex and Slade just around the corner! Cheers Yesterday!!
Fun to see the charts for the week I was born! Ritchie is quite positive about most of these records, but sadly most are forgettable… other than the Lennon and Slade tracks (and the Hendrix, of course).
I wish I could remember what I might have been listening to at this time. I would have been 7 in October of '71. Rock was way off my radar and it was mostly Top 40 hits I heard on the radio. Being the eldest sibling I had no musical sherpa to guide me to those peaks. I wouldn't discover Hendrix for a couple decades. Better late than never. 😊😊😊😊
Very nice episode! I was just surprised for not seeing Led Zeppelin's Untitled or any of its singles on the charts (I recognized "Thank You" in the end).
Yeah usually the song or group is on the charts at the end. I look forward to those pieces. Though I found it odd with no Zeppelin in the charts whatsoever.
Heh - for someone of my age, Gimme Some Truth = Generation X, Foxy Lady = The Cure. I was expecting Blackmore to be more of a grumpy old sod, but I suppose that's just his reputation - his reviews are fair and well informed. Really interesting.
The music was done in producton line fashion: the house band would record the tracks, then Motown owner Berry Gordy would try different vocalists over the tracks until he found one that clicked. Though the music was often great in a sing-a-long pop-style manner, it wasn't exactly soulful music. Stax was closer to the latter, though with either label it had much to do with the singer.
A good mix in the charts here: singer/songwriters (Carole King, Baez, Joni, Buffy) new groups (Slade, T Rex) and remnants of old (Lennon, McCartney). Can understand his appraisal of Motown UP TO THAT POINT, but a closer look will see producers Frank Wilson and Norman Whitfield working magic on the mixing desk - listen to The Supremes' Nathan Jones for example. Also Stevie Wonder's 1971 album Where I'm Coming From was released some months earlier, which was the embryo for his new sound which came to fruition on his next album just a few months later (Music Of My Mind).
Nothing comes close to 71 possibly 72 but when you have albums like who’s next aqualung Led Zeppelin stairway LA woman just to name a few very few can meet those standards oh I forgot sticky fingers
Ritchie is - and - was - foremost a musician - but he’s always been aware that you have to be able to “put bread on the table” - playing as a session musician and then with such oddities as Screamin’ Lord Sutch, he probably gained a “rounded view” of the music industry - that comes through in these reviews which seem quite fair and balanced - I agree Blackmore has come out with some statements over his career that would rankle with others but when you have the talent that that man has, I’d be inclined to forgive him !
One of those diplomatic guys who doesn't want to say rude things about other groups records. He'd get rolled over in two seconds by the people who piss post on anything and everything today and hide behind a cutesy username doing it.
1971 was such a watershed year for music, and definitely a peak year for the singer-songwriters, of course, as seen in those charts. Blackmore was really a fantastic, innovative lead guitarist, yet doesn’t get the popular recognition that his peers get, I suppose because he was somewhat unpleasant, &/or, just difficult to get along with and to understand. Thanks, YP, these videos are always very well put together, so interesting and fun to watch, and I love learning of some of the artists/bands that I had never had heard of, and probably never would have if not for this awesome and unique channel. 🦋Bittersweet Nostalgia🩵🥹
The song at the top of the chart had the sides reversed. "Maggie May" was actually on Side 2 of the disc, while "Reason To Believe" was on Side 1. I know because I have a copy, a British import as it happens, the label is black with silver print and has the punch-out optional centre spindle hole, and is in Stereo where the Australian issue was only in mono.
You better take good care of that record, it's rare and probably quite valuable if it's in good condition! I'm not sure but I think only the very first batch of the single had "Reason To Believe" as side 1 and "Maggie May" as side 2. It was released that way in July 1971 but it only took a month or two before the record company noticed "Maggie May" was the most popular track and decided to switch the sides.
The Mungo Jerry single on the Dawn label is a bit unusual in that most of the Pye-owned labels(including Dawn) have a 7N- prefix with a 5-digit number. I collect records from Britain and other countries so I pick up on details like this. I'm in Australia where 45rpm labels were *woefully badly laid out.*
Ya see Ritchie isn't so bad but always gets a bad rap ! As a guitarist he was my idol when I was in my 20's and saw Deep Purple Every time they played LA an Absolute Ripping Band and I wouldn't de able to hear fo a week ha ha ! Thanks YP You Rock CHEERS !!
@@YesterdaysPapers Great version, you've nailed that 'dredged up from the 70s' sound so well, I could quiz you about it at length but I've taken up enough of your time as is, thankyou for indulging my persistence and long live your fascinating channel
@@YesterdaysPapers The reason I ask is, Bay City Rollers are at #19, I didn't think they were around in 1971, that's what threw me, thought they were around '74. That was the original BCR in '71, with Dave Paton of Pilot fame. Everyday's a school day 👍
Yes, They always provide great instrumental covers over the lists at the end of these videos. I don't know who it is playing them, but they sound pretty cool.
Blackmore didn't get as popular as he should have maybe, but at least he got out there. Rainbow could have been popular, but the lyrics to their tunes were sadly quite awful.
Meet Me on the Corner from Lindisfarne did make it as a single going top 5 and the album made number one and was the biggest selling album in the UK in 72, they were pretty big for a few years.
Lead vocalist Ray Jackson also played the mandolin on Rod Stewart's "Maggie May" and "Mandolin Wind", Maggie May number 1 both sides of the Atlantic that week
@@wallacecollect It is very possible he was thinking of the single version when he commented. It is also possible he didn't listen to the whole track, just enough to comment before it being taken off.
Crikey! He just said, with a straight face and for all the world to hear "I don't like Tamla Motown". And he isn't the first rock musician in these reviews to have that antipathy. Why? Was everybody in their own musical tribe back in 1971?
No. But today everyone publically reflexively praises just about everything done by every black artist, and people were more honest then in those ancient pre-politically correct/"woke" times.
Motown was often 'production line' music. The house band recorded the tracks, then Motown owner Berry Gordy tried different singers before choosing what he considered the best. It was also very much 'pop' music versus 'soul' or 'r & b'. That's not to say there weren't some great soul singers - listen to 'Bernadette' by the the Four Tops, whose Levi Stubbs was often cited as one of the best. Also, there was something of a Motown versus Stax thing at the time. Most musicians seemed to prefer Stax, whose house band was Booker T & the MGs, a quartet who had a profound impact on the 60s British music scene.
Tamla was essentially a production line label, with the house band recording tracks and then owner Berry Gordy trying different singers until he found the best. With some exceptions, like the Four Tops 'Bernadette', Motown records were sing-a-long pop. I mean, Diana Ross is hardly what one would call a 'soul' singer, is she? Levi Stubbs with the Four Tops was. Ditto Brenda Holloway and some others. Also, in the 60s, there was a preference divide between Motown and Stax, with musicians tending to favour the latter, possibly because the house band, Booker T & the MGs, had such a profound influence on the British scene. Listen to the Stones' '2120 South Michigan Avenue', the Small Faces' cover of 'Plum Nellie' and how they made like the MGs on 'You Need Lovin'', the track that would inspire Robert Plants vocal for Zep's 'A Whole Lotta Love'.
Proof that Ritchie liked pop music all along. .very cool. As critical as he can be he was pretty complimentary here Must have caught him on a good day!
Ritchie is right to the point here. Like his contemporaries, he was heavily influenced by the Beatles. Deep Purple early in their career was on Parlophone. I recognize all the US singles. I saw Joan Baez twice. FYI earlier today Robbie Robertson of the Band died after a long illness and the song she charted was by the Band. He hit it right on the nose with Motown.
Gimmie Some Truth has an excellent guitar solo by George Harrison. Not sure what Ritchie meant by poor musicianship. Otherwise he was very generous in his appraisals. Except for Tamla/Mowtown.
He is possibly referring to the loose and organic nature of Lennon's recordings. And by his standards some of those players were not stellar. That's not to say they didn't play well or play the 'right' notes - they, George Harrison included, just weren't up to the calibre of Ritchie and Deep Purple.
Richard was quite the diplomat but he seems to realize that some people can be talented but not necessarily to his liking hence his comments on Diana Ross being the most talented girl in the world. Recently rediscovered Diana"s SURRENDER album and feel it stands the time of time rather well.
It was! But shouldn‘t really matter, as YP again perfectly manages to capture the spirit of the time, be it „Thank You“ or „Golf Girl“. It‘s certainly 1971, and it‘s a take on smth. rather than a cover. 😊
@@MrCherryJuice Thanks for the addition, I didn't know that. Interesting figure by the way that Terry Reid. Honestly don't know much about him but just read that he also accompanied The Stones on several tours. And that he gave Jimmy Page advice for his newly formed band.
@@EdwinJack64 Reid came up via Pete Jay & the Jaywalkers, joining them on guitar and vocal when only 16 (most Brit musos got early starts because if they weren't going to university, they were out of school by 15 or 16 and typically took apprenticeships or joined the army). The myth has it that Reid turned down Page's invite to join what would become Led Zep. That isn't quite true. Apparently, he and Page had commenced collaboration but then Reid's new solo career took over. He recommended Robert Plant after having played some club dates that also included Plant's band...for whom on at least one occasion Reid ran the soundboard. Reid's first two album had strong performances but lacked production-wise as they were produced by Mickie Most, someone who admitted he was only interested in making hit singles and had no interest in albums. Still, both albums, 'Bang, Bang You're Terry Reid' and 'Terry Reid' (aka 'Silver White Light') are definitely worth owning. Reid made his way into America as the opener on Cream's farewell tour. During that he needed a new guitar and picked up a Telecaster with a humbrbucker. He later sold that to Graham Nash, who produced one of Reid's albums, and is now owned by Joe Bonamassa. Though highly regarded, Reid never cracked the scene in any major way, seemingly content to just do his thing. Here is 90s track penned by Louise Goffin that I quite like. He was on good form though as with everything he ever did, this didn't go anywhere. ruclips.net/video/O_jLqebCINU/видео.html
And Reid back around the time of his debut album. There is/was footage of him on YT with a lineup including pre-Yes Alan White and David Lindley (I think the audio from Glastonbury Fayre is still up). A great version of 'Dean' on the Old Grey Whistle Test also seems to have disappeared, though there is another clip from the same session. Reid was very much into jamming. This tune is a Donovan composition. ruclips.net/video/IZtFiMa0n2Q/видео.html
Yes, he would also say the same about Jeff Beck, noting that there were - aside from himself - two other guitarists in Britain: session ace 'Big' Jim Sullivan and Jeff Beck. Brian May's tune 'The Guv'nor' is for Beck.
I thought it was interesting that the Bay City Rollers were on the charts in 1971. Didn’t know they went back far. But then again, I am sure they were already established in the UK before they got played on American radio, and as an American, my experience with them came later in the 70s.
That’s prob the most compliments I’ve ever heard Blackmore say in one interview.
It's most compliments he made in a lifetime!
When he said "Take it off it's a waste of time." I said there's our Richie!
@@JackF99 But he was spot on right, haha.
This is a great series.
Ritchie was rather diplomatic and equable for a often abrasive character.
Was thinking the same
@@pencilpauli9442 Same
Very well put.
If you’re reading this I just want to say how weirdly addicting and informative these videos have been and thanks for making them
Thanks! Glad you enjoy them.
1971 was a killer year for music. Interesting to hear Ritchies take on these tracks. His taste was more eclectic than I thought. Never heard of Mike Harrison but after hearing Ritchie stating he wanted him for Deep Purple will have me searching him out. Another great vid YP 👍
The first two Spooky Tooth albums are fantastic (Mike Harrison was the lead singer). Their second album "Spooky Two" is a masterpiece, in my opinion.
Start with Art (1967) then move on to Spooky Tooth. 90s group Ocean Colour Scene is basically a tribute band to them!
Vanilla Fudge spooky tooth the Ides of March Mungo jerry etc endless list of kooky names back then
Just had a listen Spooky Tooth Two. What a great album. Thanks mate@@YesterdaysPapers
@@australianchartentries60sa35: If you like Spooky 2, Mott the Hoople's Mad Shadows might appeal too.
I'm surprised Ritchie Blackmore was so diplomatic considering his reputation. I liked how he would say something wasn't his preference instead of putting it down.
He's blatantly honest. He's awkward in public. He's very honest, and it offends people. He speaks his mind without thinking. What I love about Ritchie, he admits where he borrowed tunes from. I never heard Zeppelin do that. They hide it, and they borrow the most out of everybody.😂 Don't get me wrong. I love both bands, but it's the truth.
@@Fuxerzat this stage who cares. All bands and artists 'borrow' as you put it. Unless someone comes up with something completely avant-garde and barely musical, everyone is influenced by and inspired by something.
@jimmycampbell78 Great point rock on 🤘
1971 is my favorite classic rock year.
There was some excellent music on the charts that week. Tapestry in particular is one of my favorite albums.
As Deep Purple and Mott the Hoople are my fave bands from that era, with Spooky Tooth not far behind, Purple with Mike Harrison would've definitely made it. Blackmore has a dark reputation, but he's often affable. Surprises many!😀
Very frustrating that I stopped getting notifications of your new videos. It’s one of my favorite channels 😢
He seems far less arrogant than many who do these reviews
Ritchie’s Taste were very eclectic and represented many kinds of music. Back in the 1970s he made no shyness about his admiration for the band ABBA
So much so that he offered Agnetha Fältskog the lead vocalist spot for Rainbow after Graham Bonnet left the band. That would've been a very interesting combination. Much like if Patty Smyth would've joined Van Halen after David Lee Roth was gone.
I don't think any of us made any shyness about their admiration for Abba, did we?
@@theearl9963 many damp tissues were thrown in the nearest receptacles my favourite was the brunnete saucy mare 🐎🐎🐎🔞🔞🔞🔞🔞🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮😎
I love ABBA
The song Blackmore is referring to about Paul McCartney is the infamous “How Do You Sleep.”
The weird thing is I remember him complaining about McCartney doing music for children and then think of what he did after Stranger in us All.
Ritchie was surprisingly civilized and charitable. I agreed with him on most of his opinions.
Nice job on your instrumental version of Thank You.
Ritchie had a bit of a mixed-bag but was fair - even pleasant, in his critique. It’s always nice to hear Lindisfarne and I remember Mike Harrison from his time with Spooky Tooth. The band released a fantastic cover of “I Am The Walrus” (with Mike on vocals), it’s one of the few Beatles covers I like. And I never tire of hearing Jimi play. Thanks YP, your videos are the perfect start to my day.
Thanks Linda! The first two albums by Spooky Tooth are big favourites of mine. Their cover of Walrus was indeed brilliant.
@@YesterdaysPapers ……I thought Spooky Tooth was a great band and always fancied Mike Harrison might reach loftier heights than he did. I once owned “The Last Puff” but my (vinyl) collection was stolen once too often and I eventually changed to CDs.
First heard "Rising" when I was a toddler. My older brother brought it home not long after it was released. Still one of my favourite LPs of all time.
I remember these charts. And who didn't have _Big War Movie Themes_ by Geoff Love & His Orchestra at No. 19 in the album charts back in the early 70s?
We love you, Ritchie! 😁👍🏻
It's funny that every time I hear an interview with Ritchie Blackmore, and as is evidenced here, he always seems to come across as both well thought out and even-handed in his answers. And yet, all you ever hear about him is what a shit he is. This matters not to me. I saw him play with both Rainbow and Deep Purple and he was an absolute monster player both times. Jaw droppingly awesome!!!
Yes, just because the guy apparently has a bit of a temper, people expect him to be raging all the time!
It's a shame we couldn't live long enough to really listen and take on board all of our favourite music especially from the 60s to the 70's damn there was an abundance and never ending ocean of music we truthfully could have drowned ourselves in and be resurrected and continue our quest, but hey in the meantime let's adore and be forever grateful for what we've had and listened to and that's enough ( well kind of 😮)
That comment about SLADE “ don’t care about the notes “ was actually printed on the inside sleeve of the following years magnificent SLADE ALIVE!
Masters, Masterpieces. Thank you for posting. Good time for you
"All the tracks are pretty good, _especially_ the one about Paul McCartney" 😯 Nice save afterwards!
Thanks again Yesterday's Papers!
Cheers!
Deep Purple and Buffy Sainte-Marie is definitely my kind of music. I'm a fan of both artists.
The song that Richie Blackmore was referring to that was on the charts by the four Tops was “a simple game” which was a cover of a song by The Moody Blues. Supposedly John Lodge, Justin Hayward and Mike Pinder are backing the Four Tops
Couldn't place the song at first, mainly because it was the flip side to the single release of Ride My See-saw.
Thanks to google I remember it from a compilation album but I can't remember which one...and once again thanks to the wonders of modern life it was "This is the Moody Blues" which I eventually owned thanks to Santa sometime in the early 80s.
Very on point. Especially the summary of Motown.
Ritchie was surprisingly polite
Fun episode! Glad Ritchie was in a good mood and that he didn’t slag Slade! Haha!
The singles charts were pretty abysmal this month! Thank god for T Rex and Slade just around the corner! Cheers Yesterday!!
Cheers Jon! Yeah, the singles chart was quite disappointing. All those great glam rock singles must have been a breath of fresh air.
That quote of Ritchie’s is reproduced on the inside cover of Slade Alive
Never rated Diana Ross as a singer, I'm sure she hasn't let it bother her 😂
Slade, absolutely bangin' 👍
Yeah Slade..such an underrated band.Slade Alive awesome!!
They're great cuz they don't care about the notes!
I saw him on the Burn tour with that band ugh...Deep something! 😂 Cool video.
Saw Richie in Rainbow 🌈 ( With Dio as Singer ) opening for ... Reo Speedwagon. Long Live Rock & Roll Tour
I saw that tour when they played at The Shrine Auditorium, in Los Angeles. Both Blackmore and REO's Gary Richrath were on fire all night long!
@obbor4 Yep ! That was one of my first concerts & what a great bill ..one of the last shows with Dio.
Most excellent and interesting collection of songs.
I always gasp a little when the charts roll up. A lot of memories connected to all that music around the time when it was charting.
Fun to see the charts for the week I was born! Ritchie is quite positive about most of these records, but sadly most are forgettable… other than the Lennon and Slade tracks (and the Hendrix, of course).
The British singles chart was dreadful.
I wish I could remember what I might have been listening to at this time. I would have been 7 in October of '71. Rock was way off my radar and it was mostly Top 40 hits I heard on the radio. Being the eldest sibling I had no musical sherpa to guide me to those peaks. I wouldn't discover Hendrix for a couple decades. Better late than never. 😊😊😊😊
Very nice episode! I was just surprised for not seeing Led Zeppelin's Untitled or any of its singles on the charts (I recognized "Thank You" in the end).
Led Zeppelin never released singles in the U.K.
Yeah usually the song or group is on the charts at the end. I look forward to those pieces. Though I found it odd with no Zeppelin in the charts whatsoever.
Heh - for someone of my age, Gimme Some Truth = Generation X, Foxy Lady = The Cure. I was expecting Blackmore to be more of a grumpy old sod, but I suppose that's just his reputation - his reviews are fair and well informed. Really interesting.
Have to admit the GenX version rocks.
Look at that album chart, The Who, Curved Air, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Sabbath, fabulous stuff and once again i love your playout music Papers❤
Cheers!
71…greatest year in rock music….
The first two titles are so HUGE ! Compared to the rest "scuses me while I kiss the sky" is relevant.
My guitar hero.
Irony that Blackmore calls Mowtown " soulless" 😉
One has to admit that the songwriting and production/arrangmeents did become quite formulaic, and thus, "soulless," after awhile.
no doubt on purpose.
The music was done in producton line fashion: the house band would record the tracks, then Motown owner Berry Gordy would try different vocalists over the tracks until he found one that clicked. Though the music was often great in a sing-a-long pop-style manner, it wasn't exactly soulful music. Stax was closer to the latter, though with either label it had much to do with the singer.
Oh, Ritchie! Such a nice little boy!
The Thank you "Muzak-version" at the end isn't that bad.
A good mix in the charts here: singer/songwriters (Carole King, Baez, Joni, Buffy) new groups (Slade, T Rex) and remnants of old (Lennon, McCartney).
Can understand his appraisal of Motown UP TO THAT POINT, but a closer look will see producers Frank Wilson and Norman Whitfield working magic on the mixing desk - listen to The Supremes' Nathan Jones for example. Also Stevie Wonder's 1971 album Where I'm Coming From was released some months earlier, which was the embryo for his new sound which came to fruition on his next album just a few months later (Music Of My Mind).
So many classic albums that came out in '71, John Lennon's Imagine included. It is regarded as one of the best years ever for rock n'roll.
Nothing comes close to 71 possibly 72 but when you have albums like who’s next aqualung Led Zeppelin stairway LA woman just to name a few very few can meet those standards oh I forgot sticky fingers
Anyone notice on the British chart there was 4 folk songs in a row?
Gee, hadn't heard Lindisfarne for many decades, thanks YP, i'll go listen to the whole song after I watch this😂
Their first two records are great!
Thank You!
Peregrine Lumberjack and The Toadstool. Blackmore did quality snark.
Ritchie is - and - was - foremost a musician - but he’s always been aware that you have to be able to “put bread on the table” - playing as a session musician and then with such oddities as Screamin’ Lord Sutch, he probably gained a “rounded view” of the music industry - that comes through in these reviews which seem quite fair and balanced - I agree Blackmore has come out with some statements over his career that would rankle with others but when you have the talent that that man has, I’d be inclined to forgive him !
One of those diplomatic guys who doesn't want to say rude things about other groups records. He'd get rolled over in two seconds by the people who piss post on anything and everything today and hide behind a cutesy username doing it.
1971 was such a watershed year for music, and definitely a peak year for the singer-songwriters, of course, as seen in those charts.
Blackmore was really a fantastic, innovative lead guitarist, yet doesn’t get the popular recognition that his peers get, I suppose because he was somewhat unpleasant, &/or, just difficult to get along with and to understand.
Thanks, YP, these videos are always very well put together, so interesting and fun to watch, and I love learning of some of the artists/bands that I had never had heard of, and probably never would have if not for this awesome and unique channel.
🦋Bittersweet Nostalgia🩵🥹
Cheers!
The song at the top of the chart had the sides reversed. "Maggie May" was actually on Side 2 of the disc, while "Reason To Believe" was on Side 1. I know because I have a copy, a British import as it happens, the label is black with silver print and has the punch-out optional centre spindle hole, and is in Stereo where the Australian issue was only in mono.
You better take good care of that record, it's rare and probably quite valuable if it's in good condition!
I'm not sure but I think only the very first batch of the single had "Reason To Believe" as side 1 and "Maggie May" as side 2. It was released that way in July 1971 but it only took a month or two before the record company noticed "Maggie May" was the most popular track and decided to switch the sides.
@@tessjuel It was issued in Australia with "Reason To Believe" as the A-side as well, but in Australia it was only in mono.
The Mungo Jerry single on the Dawn label is a bit unusual in that most of the Pye-owned labels(including Dawn) have a 7N- prefix with a 5-digit number. I collect records from Britain and other countries so I pick up on details like this. I'm in Australia where 45rpm labels were *woefully badly laid out.*
"They're a good group because they don't care about the notes." LOL
I like the way you treat Led Zeppelin's "Thank you" at the end of the video. (Am I wrong? Tried to sing along)
Nice job again.
Thanks! Glad you liked it. Yep, you are correct, it's "Thank You" by Zeppelin.
Ya see Ritchie isn't so bad but always gets a bad rap ! As a guitarist he was my idol when I was in my 20's and saw Deep Purple Every time they played LA an Absolute Ripping Band and I wouldn't de able to hear fo a week ha ha ! Thanks YP You Rock CHEERS !!
Cheers, Jerry!
I figured out that the instrumental accompanying the charts in second half is a cover of Thank You by Led Zeppelin. Who is performing it here?
Joni's Blue is going down the list. Says everything.
I knew him as rich, I'm one of those guys
DEEP Purple Made in Japa is nice 👍
"[Slade is] a good group because they don't care about the notes" is a really perceptive comment and not a put-down at all.
Long Live Rock 'n' Roll. Blackmore at his most generous and less cynical here. Fame really is a an ego trip.
What was the intro bit YP? Deep Purple obvously but what track? thanks in advance
"Black Night".
@@YesterdaysPapers I know BN but don't recognise that part, live version presumably? any chance you could tell me year/venue?
@@npc3po301 That's an instrumental version of the song that I recorded myself. You can hear it in full at the end of my 'Jon Lord Blind Date' video.
@@YesterdaysPapers Great version, you've nailed that 'dredged up from the 70s' sound so well, I could quiz you about it at length but I've taken up enough of your time as is, thankyou for indulging my persistence and long live your fascinating channel
@@npc3po301 Cheers!
I don't think the singles chart is 1971...?
Yes it is.
@@YesterdaysPapers The reason I ask is, Bay City Rollers are at #19, I didn't think they were around in 1971, that's what threw me, thought they were around '74.
That was the original BCR in '71, with Dave Paton of Pilot fame.
Everyday's a school day 👍
Ritchie's very tolerant of some very mediocre records.
He has more than a few under his belt
the music that play on the list of top 30 singles is ''thank you'' from led zeppelin...right?
Yes, They always provide great instrumental covers over the lists at the end of these videos. I don't know who it is playing them, but they sound pretty cool.
Yes, it's an instrumental cover of "Thank You" that I recorded.
Pretty fair opinions. Diana Ross dig lol
I’m surprised Ritchie Blackmore was able to sit down and listen to music that is not by Ritchie Blackmore.
why? If you have read interviews with Blackmore you'd know that he usually claims that he seldom listen to his own music.
@@michaelkarlsson5966 Yeah I know, it was more a joke about his monstrous ego.
Lindisfarne!
There's a market for it, but it's not my kinda stuff, is a polite way of saying 'this sucks'
what's wrong with Blackmore here?? never known him to be so positive
Blackmore didn't get as popular as he should have maybe, but at least he got out there. Rainbow could have been popular, but the lyrics to their tunes were sadly quite awful.
Meet Me on the Corner from Lindisfarne did make it as a single going top 5 and the album made number one and was the biggest selling album in the UK in 72, they were pretty big for a few years.
Lead vocalist Ray Jackson also played the mandolin on Rod Stewart's "Maggie May" and "Mandolin Wind", Maggie May number 1 both sides of the Atlantic that week
@@pjmck5987 On the TOTP performance they had John Peel playing the Mandolin!
Uses the wrong version of Foxey Lady - should have been the single version.
The version he was asked to review wasn't the single version, it was a live version from the "Isle of Wight" album.
@@YesterdaysPapers I thought the harmonic he referred to was on the single version.
@@wallacecollect It is very possible he was thinking of the single version when he commented. It is also possible he didn't listen to the whole track, just enough to comment before it being taken off.
Crikey! He just said, with a straight face and for all the world to hear "I don't like Tamla Motown". And he isn't the first rock musician in these reviews to have that antipathy. Why? Was everybody in their own musical tribe back in 1971?
No. But today everyone publically reflexively praises just about everything done by every black artist, and people were more honest then in those ancient pre-politically correct/"woke" times.
It's just not his cup of tea. He hated the funky/soulful direction Deep Purple were going on Stormbringer preferring rock/blues, and quit soon after.
I was surprised as well. I think it was more like the sameness of it got tiresome. And I like Tamla/Mowtown.
@@christopher9152 best comment here
Motown was often 'production line' music. The house band recorded the tracks, then Motown owner Berry Gordy tried different singers before choosing what he considered the best. It was also very much 'pop' music versus 'soul' or 'r & b'. That's not to say there weren't some great soul singers - listen to 'Bernadette' by the the Four Tops, whose Levi Stubbs was often cited as one of the best.
Also, there was something of a Motown versus Stax thing at the time. Most musicians seemed to prefer Stax, whose house band was Booker T & the MGs, a quartet who had a profound impact on the 60s British music scene.
I have an American issue of Paul & Linda McCartney's "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" and its layout is as bad as Australia's label layouts.
Play draughts? Was that what he did in his spare time? Haha!
Ritchie Blackmore. is in a nursing home now.
in Australia. in Huntervally town of Cessnock nsw
Huh? Put down the pot pipe
Ha! He's set to do dates in America with his missus, the delightful Candace Night.
That’s surely not Blackmore ! It’s some bloke reading very badly
Tamala Motown soulless lol
Tamla was essentially a production line label, with the house band recording tracks and then owner Berry Gordy trying different singers until he found the best. With some exceptions, like the Four Tops 'Bernadette', Motown records were sing-a-long pop. I mean, Diana Ross is hardly what one would call a 'soul' singer, is she? Levi Stubbs with the Four Tops was. Ditto Brenda Holloway and some others.
Also, in the 60s, there was a preference divide between Motown and Stax, with musicians tending to favour the latter, possibly because the house band, Booker T & the MGs, had such a profound influence on the British scene. Listen to the Stones' '2120 South Michigan Avenue', the Small Faces' cover of 'Plum Nellie' and how they made like the MGs on 'You Need Lovin'', the track that would inspire Robert Plants vocal for Zep's 'A Whole Lotta Love'.
Proof that Ritchie liked pop music all along. .very cool.
As critical as he can be he was pretty complimentary here
Must have caught him on a good day!
His favorite band is Abba after all :)
But he hated soul and R&B. At least he is consistent. That's why he left Purple. He thought they were getting a bit too soulful. Then we got Rainbow.
@@IronManx70 I think JETHRO TULL
@@TheEWFX29 According to him, Motown HAS no soul!
Lindisfarne!
Blackmore was a session musician for a while, which I think helps explain his broad understanding of music styles.
Ritchie is right to the point here. Like his contemporaries, he was heavily influenced by the Beatles. Deep Purple early in their career was on Parlophone. I recognize all the US singles. I saw Joan Baez twice. FYI earlier today Robbie Robertson of the Band died after a long illness and the song she charted was by the Band. He hit it right on the nose with Motown.
Noticed The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down charted in the UK and US October ‘71. It’s songwriter, Robbie Robertson, fell asleep in death today. RIP.
R.I.P. 😑
Well that certainly is shitty news.
Yep, very sad news.
RIP Robbie Robertson
Seriously?
@@jeffclement2468 Sadly, yes.
Sad news.
Gimmie Some Truth has an excellent guitar solo by George Harrison. Not sure what Ritchie meant by poor musicianship. Otherwise he was very generous in his appraisals. Except for Tamla/Mowtown.
He is possibly referring to the loose and organic nature of Lennon's recordings. And by his standards some of those players were not stellar. That's not to say they didn't play well or play the 'right' notes - they, George Harrison included, just weren't up to the calibre of Ritchie and Deep Purple.
Richard was quite the diplomat but he seems to realize that some people can be talented but not necessarily to his liking hence his comments on Diana Ross being the most talented girl in the world. Recently rediscovered Diana"s SURRENDER album and feel it stands the time of time rather well.
Love this channel. Thanks for your work.
Lovely outro, like a contemporary, dreamy take on Caravan's "Golf Girl", just right for 1971. Well done, again! 🎯👍😃
Thought it was "Thank You" by Led Zepp.
It was! But shouldn‘t really matter, as YP again perfectly manages to capture the spirit of the time, be it „Thank You“ or „Golf Girl“. It‘s certainly 1971, and it‘s a take on smth. rather than a cover. 😊
@@oleplanthafer7034 👍
Digging that organ version of Thank You by Zep
Never knew Mike Harrison had been asked to join Deep Purple. Nor that he didn't want to 🤨. Fine episode and another wonderful outro!
Cheers, Edwin!
Terry Reid also declined an invite from Deep Purple.
@@MrCherryJuice
Thanks for the addition, I didn't know that. Interesting figure by the way that Terry Reid. Honestly don't know much about him but just read that he also accompanied The Stones on several tours. And that he gave Jimmy Page advice for his newly formed band.
@@EdwinJack64 Reid came up via Pete Jay & the Jaywalkers, joining them on guitar and vocal when only 16 (most Brit musos got early starts because if they weren't going to university, they were out of school by 15 or 16 and typically took apprenticeships or joined the army).
The myth has it that Reid turned down Page's invite to join what would become Led Zep. That isn't quite true. Apparently, he and Page had commenced collaboration but then Reid's new solo career took over. He recommended Robert Plant after having played some club dates that also included Plant's band...for whom on at least one occasion Reid ran the soundboard.
Reid's first two album had strong performances but lacked production-wise as they were produced by Mickie Most, someone who admitted he was only interested in making hit singles and had no interest in albums. Still, both albums, 'Bang, Bang You're Terry Reid' and 'Terry Reid' (aka 'Silver White Light') are definitely worth owning.
Reid made his way into America as the opener on Cream's farewell tour. During that he needed a new guitar and picked up a Telecaster with a humbrbucker. He later sold that to Graham Nash, who produced one of Reid's albums, and is now owned by Joe Bonamassa.
Though highly regarded, Reid never cracked the scene in any major way, seemingly content to just do his thing.
Here is 90s track penned by Louise Goffin that I quite like. He was on good form though as with everything he ever did, this didn't go anywhere.
ruclips.net/video/O_jLqebCINU/видео.html
And Reid back around the time of his debut album.
There is/was footage of him on YT with a lineup including pre-Yes Alan White and David Lindley (I think the audio from Glastonbury Fayre is still up). A great version of 'Dean' on the Old Grey Whistle Test also seems to have disappeared, though there is another clip from the same session. Reid was very much into jamming.
This tune is a Donovan composition.
ruclips.net/video/IZtFiMa0n2Q/видео.html
Love that 'Thank You' outro...very cool vid!! :)
Cheers!
Ritchie gets a bad rap for being rude but he's being very complimentary here to all these artists (aside from one) even if it's not his thing.
was this before ritchie blackmore turned evil?
I really expected this to be a trash fire. But he was really positive about most artists.
I like his description of Jimi: "He was the governor, and that's it."
Yes, he would also say the same about Jeff Beck, noting that there were - aside from himself - two other guitarists in Britain: session ace 'Big' Jim Sullivan and Jeff Beck.
Brian May's tune 'The Guv'nor' is for Beck.
Diana Ross...comedienne?!
Didn't you catch her stand-up special?
She had a light entertainment TV show at the time.. a bit like Cilla Black.
He just likes music of all types, no surprises he's very astute, no one makes it to the very top of their field without being extremely smart
I thought it was interesting that the Bay City Rollers were on the charts in 1971. Didn’t know they went back far. But then again, I am sure they were already established in the UK before they got played on American radio, and as an American, my experience with them came later in the 70s.
Something like Thank You on last minutes? Very good joke! Thanks a lot for your videos!