YP, this series on Cool British Singles has brought me wonderful memories of where I was and what I was doing at the time. I was a wee lass of 11 in ‘66, but the memories are vivid and warm. To partially quote the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, “…music is how we decorate time.” Oh, how mine has been decorated with such great music!
Wow, some tremendous Mod sounds from early Bowie, The Small Faces and The Eyes! Great story of the song "Think" by Farlowe and The Stones! I've always loved that Stones' song with fuzz guitar! And some cool R&B by The Downliners Sect! January 1966, an exciting month! Btw amazing footage!
Wonderful stuff. I'm happy to say that I have all the Zombies and Small Faces singles on CD, but it's all worth having. Throw in the Easybeats and the Yardbirds and the Pretty Things and you have a golden age.
... the Who, the Action, the Cream, the Move and plenty of others. 'Bliss was it to be alive, and to be young was very heaven, in the last few months of 1966 and the first few weeks of 1967'.😀
@@grahampaulkendrick7845 I agree, but I couldn't buy much as I did not have the money. It's better to have their albums on CD because of better sound quality, stereo mixes, and bonus tracks, some previously unreleased but from the album timeline.
I was living in the States in 1966 but I remember it being a great year for music just the same...just non stop great music on the radio.. The tunes you showcased here I got into later on. Keep up the great work👍
Amazing to see a young David Bowie turn up in January 1966 . I've always considered him a 70s and beyond artist. Clearly he was schlepping around the music biz for quite a few years before breaking through.
Great ending with “I’m rowed out” by the Eyes. Many great groups didn’t get the acclaim they deserved. Another bandj floating around at that time was Sons of Fred. Lead guitarist Mike Hutchinson was out of this world.
Some excellent bands here and despite their respective releases not charting as well as hoped at the time, the music was quality. Zombies, Traffic and Small Faces are but a few timeless groups and as for Steve Marriott, the man was a force of nature! I always thought Bowie’s music was pretty ordinary until the fabulous Mick Ronson came on board. As always Yesterday’s Papers, you’ve afforded we music-lovers a fascinating glimpse into the music of my youth, thank you kindly.
@@YesterdaysPapers …….Mick Ronson was phenomenal and the earlier Bowie albums are unquestionably my favourites. To be perfectly honest, after Mick left, I lost interest. Bowie was always innovative and inventive but I don’t think there’s much disputing, Ronno elevated the music. I didn’t see Bowie until the Glass Spider tour (mid-‘80’s) and even with Peter Frampton on lead-guitar, I found the concert underwhelming. It all felt unnecessarily “theatrical”. Apart from his solo output, Mick worked tirelessly behind the scenes collaborating with so many better-known artists but he never really received the kudos he deserved imo. To this day, Mick’s outro on Moonage Daydream gives me chills!
Another superb audio-visual doc back to that magical time. "Bunny Lake Is Missing," directed by veteran cinematic auteur Otto Preminger, is one of my favorite films from the '60s. Who knew that you could fold the venerable Laurence Olivier, not to mention a collection of extraordinary British character actors (Noël Coward, Martita Hunt, Finlay Currie, Lucie Mannheim) into an edge-of-the-seat missing-child mystery, all set in "Swinging London" at its peak in the mid-'60s, with songs specifically commissioned, written, and performed by one of London's most magnetically eccentric bands? And with two attractive young American actors (Carol Lynley and Keir Dullea, the latter soon to become most famous as Dave "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that" Bowman in "2001: A Space Odyssey") rounding out the cast? The Zombies (who perform to this day in a latter-day lineup, with Blunstone and Argent gigging with a varying crew of supporting musicians) have always been one of the most underrated bands of the British invasion, and "Odessey [sic] and Oracle" has only in recent decades been recognized as the masterpiece it is. BTW, I assume your journey back to the next month, February 1966, will soon be in the works. I hope you mention the opening that month of the legendary King's Road shop Granny Takes A Trip. As much as the original Psychedelic Shop (which opened just after New Year's 1966) on Haight Street, San Francisco, GTAT was a harbinger of its time and of the promise that adult consciousness could be something other than humdrum workaday ambition punctuated by anxiety, fear, and hate. Thank you again for everything.
Keir Dullea's performance in Bunny Lake Is Missing is strangely compelling. He manages to underact and overact at the same time which is good for the character he's portraying and makes the big reveal more unsettling.
I was born in 1967, and have liked a lot of songs from the mid-60s with the Mod sound since the early 70s. One of my uncles would often play his 45s of a lot of these songs. I appreciate these music history lessons. Learning is lifelong.
Love The Eyes 👀 & My Degeneration ! Very cool. Nice job by The Zombies 🧟♂️ getting hooked up with Otto Preminger .. Haven't seen Bunny Lake Is Missing in years. Looks fab 👌
1966 was a precious year for the Uk. The music, fashion, football team winning the World Cup, and swinging London in full throttle. London was the envy of the world around this time.
What an absolutely terrific month for singles. My fav Dusty 45, Farlowe, The Eyes(though their 1st single is unbeatable), Bowie and the Downliners Sect. Incredible. And of course, a superb Zombies A and B side.
So interesting to see early Dave Mason and David Bowie. I wonder if you'd consider doing some segments on the "Hamburg" scene in the early/mid-sixties. So many bands played in Germany then--it'd be fascinating to see and hear more about that!
@@YesterdaysPapers A good idea, but it is finding the live material, if it still exists. A lot of Ready Steady Go UK footage no longer exists. But there was a huge market in Holland for mid sixties British bands, including ones that didn't make it here, like The Pretty Things, THEM and The Downliners Section.
I enjoy these very thorough examinations of releases by the month. They are a nice change from the ones where musical celebrities judge new releases. They are often given the oddest bunch of songs, some of which were surely put in as a joke. Those are fun, but these give a truer picture of the pop scene.
Another great month from my favourite feature on one of my favourite YuTube channels. Every disc a winner (even the two cash-in Beatles covers.) I'm happy to say that in the last month I've seen both Chris Farlowe and the Zombies playing live. The former with Colosseum, the latter as a duo with just Colin and Rod. It's also clear that there had been plenty of 'way out' British singles released in 1965 (which really should merit a review at some point in the not-toop distant future.) Many thanks (again )to Yesterday's Papers.😀
Holy shit we have come full circle, albeit I wish you did 68 as there were some nice singles out there. Pictures of matchstikmen, care of cell 44. But blessed be none the less, that we look at the birth of psychedelia
Always nice to see St. Louis Union get a mention. They're one of my favourite Mod groups from the mid sixties. They were house band at the Twisted Wheel before the venue switched to strictly vinyl
It’s a shame that a lot of Bowie fans hate his earliest recorded material from 1966-67. It really was mostly pretty decent, especially given that he was only 19 going on 20 at the time. Yes it’s very of it’s time and can be a bit corny but it was also no less avant-garde than anything he did in the periods they love.
I came across it once. It is all because those who say that are only familiar with early seventies onward, and therefore will only go for the later more familiar Bowie. Anything from as far back as the mid sixties sounds dated to them.
@@paulgoldstein2569 That could be true. I was born in 1978 so almost all of Bowie’s catalogue is dated to me. Doesn’t stop me loving most of it. But I suppose not everyone is like me.
@@danieleyre8913 Bowie did have some good stuff in his earliest days. "Can't Help Thinking About Me" is one of the best along with "The London Boys" and especially "The Gospel According To Tony Day"
Enjoying these obscure record compilations alot! All my life ive been obsessed by music & facts! I spent all my pocket money in the record shop on anything i liked & most of the singles never were hits but i had an amazing singles collection Wish i still had it, there were some brilliant records I was off to gigs & festivals back in the day, not to oggle the band but dig the music! Im still the same today & adore hearing these obscure recordings I used to have this LP by a band called Group Therapy which i loved & have no idea where my album went but i did hear it became a rare collectors item Loved Chris Farlowe, Steve Marriot, Long John Baldray, Ive recently been listening to some of the old Smokie albums ( which i hated at the time, hated boppy pop) However ive really enjoyed some album tracks from Smokie. Chris Norman was a really good singer! I used to write pieces from music reviews and gigs way back & got to see some brilliant bands The music festivals were classics Thank you for these VERY informative & thoroughly enjoyable vids Peace & Good Cheer 🇬🇧👧
I really liked this. The David Bowie song is one of my all-time favorites by him. The only other song I recognized here was the Zombies song. What crossed my mind with the Eyes is they seemed to be better known for their mod fashion sense than their music. I would like to have one or two of those shirts.
Fascinating - I was UK born but the family moved to America in 1953, when I was 5! Interesting as to what I would have been listening to through my youth! I recognize none of your picks! Peace
Fascinating glimpse, near the end, of the old Club Noreik at the junction of Tottenham High Road and Seven Sisters Road. Used to be a cinema which closed down in 1960. I never went there (not really my sort of scene) but must have passed it dozens of times when travelling by bus to and from Stamford Hill.
1966 was the Year! Best year for Music IMHO I still can't believe "Just Out of Reach" didn't chart? It's an absolute banger of a Classic. Another great video by YP. Keep up the great work!
It’s fascinating to see the usual mix of bands that I knew at the time, bands that I’ve never heard of before and the early days of musicians that I came to know much better later on. In this case, Chris Farlowe who I first heard on the Colosseum Live album.
@@randybackgammon890Iggy Pop kinda rubbished UK punk, doom gloom, were really exposed those poor kids to, for them, a meaningless world, where then, as now the rest of the world's orchestrated hate towards the 'Little Shaytan", has mashed so many minds, hence woke, same "Large Shaytan", those in the US!
Looking in forward to this! Apparently Doris Troy and Madeline Bell provided backing vocals on Dusty Springfield,'s 'Litlle by Little '-trenendous record
Thank you, Yesterday's Paper crews who give the memory tracks from that era especially in the year 1966 my favourite year in the 60's music especially Swinging London era. cheers from Thai fan in Thailand.
A lot of artists and groups your featuring would never be known to most young people at the time. There was so much music being made! One great record that you missed that was a hit single, Inside Looking Out by the Animals, there’s a great live version on You Tube made in 1966 on a U.S. tv show!
Thank you, Y.P.! interesting singles... David Bowie's single was surprisingly good, as he was very hit or miss in the day. The rampant graft and payola in the industry, as you can see from the story of his manager placing the single, was appalling. The Eyes "When the night comes" is nearly as strong a Mod record as The Who might be doing then. Very respectable presence. God, those drums! The Zombies, one of my favorite bands, great song "Just out of reach" should have been the "A" side, nothing against "Remember you", which is a terrific song. Just would have been more commercial. Their promo for "Bunny Lake is missing" is a funny snort and a half! Same with the Small Faces record. "Sha-la-lee" is a great sounding record, from a superb band, but a formula-ridden, crappy song. Much better flip side! Downliner's Sect? Great sounding band. But a sound on its way out, unfortunately. The Hellions were like like a lot of bands, then. They sounded professional enough, but nothing to distinguish them. Once Jim Capaldi and Dave Mason got up with Steve Winwood, however.. We all know that was magic in the making!
Wow, I didn't realize you had already gone back to January '66! Excellent work, as usual--it's fun moving the clock back a year and revisiting the heights of mod!! David Bowie, Small Faces, Eyes, Downliner's Sect are all great and I'd never heard that Revolution single before. As you can probably guess what the "66" in my screen name stands for, I'm *terribly* excited to run through the year and watch mod transform itself into psych, with awesome sounds all along the way. February should bring masterpieces by The Rolling Stones, The Animals, The Yardbirds, The Kinks, The Dave Clark Five, The Hollies, Peter & Gordon, Dave Dee, The Action, The Troggs, The Craig, and more!! It was an utter bonanza of rock goodness--I can't wait!! I can think of no-one better suited to taking us on this journey than you.
Does anyone else remembers the poster ads on the front of London Transport red double decker buses which appeared in July '65 upon the release of the Eyes' debut single? On the left of the front destination board one poster said 'The Eyes' and on the right a matching poster said: 'Have It'. I'm wondering if that is mentioned in the article featured at 5:33 under the heading 'London Transport'. I only guessed the meaning of the ad about forty years later as I was a thirteen year old schoolboy and I didn't hear about them until the mid-seventies.
Good look at the mid 60s UK music scene,some of these are unfamiliar to me but as a young boy at the time I clearly remember Dusty's Little by little,Sandie Shaw's Tomorrow,long live...and Message...good examples of just how productive and inventive the UK music scene was and also how the feeling of optimism and goodwill about things in general was felt at the time thanks for the doc Auckland New Zealand 2023
Mi total admiración por su serie sixties.Me encantan los comentarios de esos críticos musicales,desconocidos,muy agudos,yo fui un comentarista musical del pop español de los años 60s
If Bowie was already known as David Bowie in January 1966 that dispels the rumor that he changed his name to avoid confusion with Davy Jones of the Monkees
Davy Jones was already reasonably well known by that point through stage and tv, including a Tony nomination, and was getting a big push from Columbia, Bowie would have been aware of him.
Bowie was very prescient indeed, and he knew before anyone else that months later, there was to be a group called The Monkees who were then to release their debut single, and they were to have a Davy Jones. So this Davy Jones quickly changed his name to avoid this forthcoming confusion. The lord up above sent him down this message.
Small Faces - Sha La La La Lee 1966 I hear this loud at a birthday do at my Second Cousins' place. Become more interested in Rock & Pop. By September I am listing the Top 20 on paper off the radio every week.
I'm so glad that you have gone right back to January 1966, as hopefully we will hear more pre-1967 Psychedelia as this year progresses month at a time. Great to hear The Eyes and Downliners. The Downliners released a single later this year written by Graham Gouldman I noticed you did not stick entirely to early Psychedelia here with then-new releases by Dusty Springfield who I adore, and Sandie Shaw who I'm afraid I was no fan of, although I did like three of her previous singles, Girl Don't Come, Long Live Love, and Message Understood, but hated Puppet On A String. The single you included by The Revolution was their soulless UK version of a song originally recorded in the States by The Invitations, who also recorded the original of Skiing In The Snow. But the B side of this Revolution single Shades Of Blue, they originally released on the B side of one of their earlier singles as The Hellion. Virtually all of these were obvious to me. But it was good to hear snippets of them. Another of your great videos, thanks.
Cheers, Paul! Glad you enjoyed the video. I too am a big fan of Dusty Springfield and "Little By Little" is one of my favourites by her, great soul sound. The problem with Sandie Shaw is that she recorded lots of mediocre tunes but I think the good stuff is really good. I recently picked up a compilation featuring most of her singles from 1964-67 and most of those songs were really strong. Great 60s pop. I hate "Puppet on a String", though.
@@YesterdaysPapers If you are that interested in Sandie Shaw, she has three download releases, Sings In French, Sings In Italian, and Sings In German, all containing songs she also sang in English I think, but re-recording the vocals over the same pre-recorded backing tracks. Dusty recorded many songs back in the sixties in various languages. This was common during the sixties.
David Bowie came to Margate to see a band called Oliver Twist and the Lower Third and ended up replacing the singer. The name was also shortened. I’ve got a photo of them from those days. He was brilliant.
"When The Night Falls" (The Eyes) has remained with me for decades. Talk about "raw" and "edgy" sound! Likewise, for "I'm Rowed Out" (again The Eyes). It's great to know that The Who and The Kinks had an influence on other artists at the time. It was great to see The Small Faces and The Zombies in this video, as well. The mention of Sandy Shaw and Dusty Springfield was a nice touch. Many thanks, Yesterday's Papers.
People under 30, do you listen to classic rock from 1955-1980? That was 60 years ago! For an experiment, ask people that grew up then, if they were listening to music from the 1890s, and watch the looks they give you.
I assume February will feature then-new singles by The Yardbirds, The Mark 1V, The Rolling Stones, and maybe Petula Clark who had by then re-invented herself as a mid sixties Pop Star. But we musn't forget that Graham Gouldman single that The Hollies almost plagiarized.
YP, this series on Cool British Singles has brought me wonderful memories of where I was and what I was doing at the time. I was a wee lass of 11 in ‘66, but the memories are vivid and warm. To partially quote the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, “…music is how we decorate time.” Oh, how mine has been decorated with such great music!
Definitely!
'Music is the glue that holds our memories together.'
I was a mere 14
"Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable" - Leonard Bernstein
@@davidsmall-oc1ff I was 13.
Wow, some tremendous Mod sounds from early Bowie, The Small Faces and The Eyes! Great story of the song "Think" by Farlowe and The Stones! I've always loved that Stones' song with fuzz guitar! And some cool R&B by The Downliners Sect! January 1966, an exciting month! Btw amazing footage!
Cheers! Yeah, "Think" is a very underrated Stones song. Great tune.
@@YesterdaysPapers
For sure! "It's Not Easy" to "Think" about that 🤔!
Wonderful stuff. I'm happy to say that I have all the Zombies and Small Faces singles on CD, but it's all worth having. Throw in the Easybeats and the Yardbirds and the Pretty Things and you have a golden age.
Great bands.
... the Who, the Action, the Cream, the Move and plenty of others. 'Bliss was it to be alive, and to be young was very heaven, in the last few months of 1966 and the first few weeks of 1967'.😀
@@grahampaulkendrick7845 I agree, but I couldn't buy much as I did not have the money. It's better to have their albums on CD because of better sound quality, stereo mixes, and bonus tracks, some previously unreleased but from the album timeline.
1967 was the golden age!
I was living in the States in 1966 but I remember it being a great year for music just the same...just non stop great music on the radio..
The tunes you showcased here I got into later on.
Keep up the great work👍
Great music and background to these great tracks. Love the Eyes!
Amazing to see a young David Bowie turn up in January 1966 . I've always considered him a 70s and beyond artist. Clearly he was schlepping around the music biz for quite a few years before breaking through.
Great ending with “I’m rowed out” by the Eyes. Many great groups didn’t get the acclaim they deserved. Another bandj floating around at that time was Sons of Fred. Lead guitarist Mike Hutchinson was out of this world.
Baby What You Want Me To Do, great track!
Fabulous. Thanks for posting them. Fabulous comments. Good time for you
Some excellent bands here and despite their respective releases not charting as well as hoped at the time, the music was quality. Zombies, Traffic and Small Faces are but a few timeless groups and as for Steve Marriott, the man was a force of nature! I always thought Bowie’s music was pretty ordinary until the fabulous Mick Ronson came on board. As always Yesterday’s Papers, you’ve afforded we music-lovers a fascinating glimpse into the music of my youth, thank you kindly.
Thanks, Linda. I love the Bowie era with Ronson. Those were Bowie's best years, in my opinion.
@@YesterdaysPapers …….Mick Ronson was phenomenal and the earlier Bowie albums are unquestionably my favourites. To be perfectly honest, after Mick left, I lost interest. Bowie was always innovative and inventive but I don’t think there’s much disputing, Ronno elevated the music. I didn’t see Bowie until the Glass Spider tour (mid-‘80’s) and even with Peter Frampton on lead-guitar, I found the concert underwhelming. It all felt unnecessarily “theatrical”. Apart from his solo output, Mick worked tirelessly behind the scenes collaborating with so many better-known artists but he never really received the kudos he deserved imo. To this day, Mick’s outro on Moonage Daydream gives me chills!
@@lindadote Agreed.
Thanks again, YP! The Eyes and Downliners Sect, as well as some other greats!
Cheers, David!
YES!!! I'm happy this exciting series carries on 😃 Thank you so much!!!
Another superb audio-visual doc back to that magical time. "Bunny Lake Is Missing," directed by veteran cinematic auteur Otto Preminger, is one of my favorite films from the '60s. Who knew that you could fold the venerable Laurence Olivier, not to mention a collection of extraordinary British character actors (Noël Coward, Martita Hunt, Finlay Currie, Lucie Mannheim) into an edge-of-the-seat missing-child mystery, all set in "Swinging London" at its peak in the mid-'60s, with songs specifically commissioned, written, and performed by one of London's most magnetically eccentric bands? And with two attractive young American actors (Carol Lynley and Keir Dullea, the latter soon to become most famous as Dave "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that" Bowman in "2001: A Space Odyssey") rounding out the cast? The Zombies (who perform to this day in a latter-day lineup, with Blunstone and Argent gigging with a varying crew of supporting musicians) have always been one of the most underrated bands of the British invasion, and "Odessey [sic] and Oracle" has only in recent decades been recognized as the masterpiece it is.
BTW, I assume your journey back to the next month, February 1966, will soon be in the works. I hope you mention the opening that month of the legendary King's Road shop Granny Takes A Trip. As much as the original Psychedelic Shop (which opened just after New Year's 1966) on Haight Street, San Francisco, GTAT was a harbinger of its time and of the promise that adult consciousness could be something other than humdrum workaday ambition punctuated by anxiety, fear, and hate. Thank you again for everything.
I love "Bunny Lake Is Missing" as well. Great film.
Keir Dullea's performance in Bunny Lake Is Missing is strangely compelling. He manages to underact and overact at the same time which is good for the character he's portraying and makes the big reveal more unsettling.
I was born in 1967, and have liked a lot of songs from the mid-60s with the Mod sound since the early 70s. One of my uncles would often play his 45s of a lot of these songs. I appreciate these music history lessons. Learning is lifelong.
I am really enjoying these looks at 1960s releases. Thanks a lot for your work.
Love The Eyes 👀 & My Degeneration ! Very cool. Nice job by The Zombies 🧟♂️ getting hooked up with Otto Preminger .. Haven't seen Bunny Lake Is Missing in years. Looks fab 👌
I was born in Jan 1966!!!
As good as always or even better, as this issue featured two of my favourite Nugget bands, the Eyes and the Downliners Sect.
Keep up the good work!
Great bands.
This was most enjoyable. I will come back and rewatch this again.
WOW,!ANOTHER TREAT .THANKS SO MUCH. XXX
This is a great channel.
1966 was a precious year for the Uk. The music, fashion, football team winning the World Cup, and swinging London in full throttle. London was the envy of the world around this time.
The Eyes, when the night falls Wow
... And I love that song, "I'm rowed out" by the Eyes at the very end.
Great job, one more time!
Cheers! I love that song.
What an absolutely terrific month for singles. My fav Dusty 45, Farlowe, The Eyes(though their 1st single is unbeatable), Bowie and the Downliners Sect. Incredible. And of course, a superb Zombies A and B side.
Definitely a brilliant month for singles, Maurice! And February 1966 was even better so stay tuned for next month's episode, amazing month.
So interesting to see early Dave Mason and David Bowie. I wonder if you'd consider doing some segments on the "Hamburg" scene in the early/mid-sixties. So many bands played in Germany then--it'd be fascinating to see and hear more about that!
That's an interesting topic for a video. Maybe I'll do a vid about that in the future.
@@YesterdaysPapers A good idea, but it is finding the live material, if it still exists. A lot of Ready Steady Go UK footage no longer exists. But there was a huge market in Holland for mid sixties British bands, including ones that didn't make it here, like The Pretty Things, THEM and The Downliners Section.
@@paulgoldstein2569 Yeah, the Pretty Things were huge in Holland in the mid-60s.
I always said 1966 was the best year for music and this proves it.
Great! More cool singles to track down. Thanks for expanding my British 45 knowledge.
Absolutely fantastic have a wonderful day yesterday's papers ❤😊
I enjoy these very thorough examinations of releases by the month. They are a nice change from the ones where musical celebrities judge new releases. They are often given the oddest bunch of songs, some of which were surely put in as a joke. Those are fun, but these give a truer picture of the pop scene.
This is excellent.
Another great month from my favourite feature on one of my favourite YuTube channels. Every disc a winner (even the two cash-in Beatles covers.) I'm happy to say that in the last month I've seen both Chris Farlowe and the Zombies playing live. The former with Colosseum, the latter as a duo with just Colin and Rod. It's also clear that there had been plenty of 'way out' British singles released in 1965 (which really should merit a review at some point in the not-toop distant future.) Many thanks (again )to Yesterday's Papers.😀
Thanks, Graham!
Holy shit we have come full circle, albeit I wish you did 68 as there were some nice singles out there. Pictures of matchstikmen, care of cell 44. But blessed be none the less, that we look at the birth of psychedelia
Great video, wonderful songs.
Love that Dusty track.
I am constantly impressed by the "deep" thought given by the critics.
Steve Marriott and David Bowie were good mates at the time, they discussed forming
a duo, pre Small Faces, and calling themselves 'David and Goliath.'
The Downliners Sect were extremely popular here in Sweden. Their version of Little Egypt was a big hit here.
Always nice to see St. Louis Union get a mention. They're one of my favourite Mod groups from the mid sixties. They were house band at the Twisted Wheel before the venue switched to strictly vinyl
It’s a shame that a lot of Bowie fans hate his earliest recorded material from 1966-67.
It really was mostly pretty decent, especially given that he was only 19 going on 20 at the time. Yes it’s very of it’s time and can be a bit corny but it was also no less avant-garde than anything he did in the periods they love.
I came across it once. It is all because those who say that are only familiar with early seventies onward, and therefore will only go for the later more familiar Bowie. Anything from as far back as the mid sixties sounds dated to them.
@@paulgoldstein2569 That could be true.
I was born in 1978 so almost all of Bowie’s catalogue is dated to me. Doesn’t stop me loving most of it. But I suppose not everyone is like me.
@@danieleyre8913 Bowie did have some good stuff in his earliest days. "Can't Help Thinking About Me" is one of the best along with "The London Boys" and especially "The Gospel According To Tony Day"
No idea Bowie was such a mod. BTW, Scout the Husky loves your show.
Enjoying these obscure record compilations alot!
All my life ive been obsessed by music & facts!
I spent all my pocket money in the record shop on anything i liked & most of the singles never were hits but i had an amazing singles collection
Wish i still had it, there were some brilliant records
I was off to gigs & festivals back in the day, not to oggle the band but dig the music!
Im still the same today & adore hearing these obscure recordings
I used to have this LP by a band called Group Therapy which i loved & have no idea where my album went but i did hear it became a rare collectors item
Loved Chris Farlowe, Steve Marriot, Long John Baldray,
Ive recently been listening to some of the old Smokie albums
( which i hated at the time, hated boppy pop)
However ive really enjoyed some album tracks from Smokie.
Chris Norman was a really good singer!
I used to write pieces from music reviews and gigs way back & got to see some brilliant bands
The music festivals were classics
Thank you for these VERY informative & thoroughly enjoyable vids
Peace & Good Cheer
🇬🇧👧
Always enjoy your work. Real fun stuff!!!
I really liked this. The David Bowie song is one of my all-time favorites by him. The only other song I recognized here was the Zombies song. What crossed my mind with the Eyes is they seemed to be better known for their mod fashion sense than their music. I would like to have one or two of those shirts.
Please keep making these videos! Very fun!
FAB YP love the cool singles series it looks like you have a hit THANKS Cheers !!!
Cheers, Jerry!
Fascinating - I was UK born but the family moved to America in 1953, when I was 5! Interesting as to what I would have been listening to through my youth! I recognize none of your picks! Peace
Totally fab as always, thanks.
Fascinating glimpse, near the end, of the old Club Noreik at the junction of Tottenham High Road and Seven Sisters Road. Used to be a cinema which closed down in 1960. I never went there (not really my sort of scene) but must have passed it dozens of times when travelling by bus to and from Stamford Hill.
1966 was the Year! Best year for Music IMHO
I still can't believe "Just Out of Reach" didn't chart? It's an absolute banger of a Classic.
Another great video by YP. Keep up the great work!
Thanks!
AND....
WE WON THE WORLD CUP...
It’s fascinating to see the usual mix of bands that I knew at the time, bands that I’ve never heard of before and the early days of musicians that I came to know much better later on. In this case, Chris Farlowe who I first heard on the Colosseum Live album.
The Mods made good music, very much like Punk 12 years later.
So did the Hards the Surfers and the Continentals✌️
10 Times more musical than punk IMO✌️
@@randybackgammon890Iggy Pop kinda rubbished UK punk, doom gloom, were really exposed those poor kids to, for them, a meaningless world, where then, as now the rest of the world's orchestrated hate towards the 'Little Shaytan", has mashed so many minds, hence woke, same "Large Shaytan", those in the US!
Bowie was revolutionary 🎶🎶💫🎶💫🎶
Looking in forward to this! Apparently Doris Troy and Madeline Bell provided backing vocals on Dusty Springfield,'s 'Litlle by Little '-trenendous record
brilliant song from Dusty
Dusty looks beautiful in the clip
I'm guessing "World Cup Willie" isn't going to make an appearance. lol
It was a mod month for sure!
Thank you, Yesterday's Paper crews who give the memory tracks from that era especially in the year 1966 my favourite year in the 60's music especially Swinging London era. cheers from Thai fan in Thailand.
Love Aftermath. So good that album.
I love that record, brilliant.
Rugby shirts with giant eyes and classic mod sounds - loved the Eyes since I picked up the original EP way back in 1980.
Criminally underrated band.
Only up to the Zombies and it's a helluva month so far. So many emergent legends.
I missed out on a lot of these songs. I'll have to check them out. 🎶🎸🎹
A lot of artists and groups your featuring would never be known to most young people at the time. There was so much music being made! One great record that you missed that was a hit single, Inside Looking Out by the Animals, there’s a great live version on You Tube made in 1966 on a U.S. tv show!
The Animals' single was released in the UK in February 66 so it will be featured in next month's episode.
THIS IS FANTASTIC!
Thank you, Y.P.! interesting singles... David Bowie's single was surprisingly good, as he was very hit or miss in the day. The rampant graft and payola in the industry, as you can see from the story of his manager placing the single, was appalling. The Eyes "When the night comes" is nearly as strong a Mod record as The Who might be doing then. Very respectable presence. God, those drums! The Zombies, one of my favorite bands, great song "Just out of reach" should have been the "A" side, nothing against "Remember you", which is a terrific song. Just would have been more commercial. Their promo for "Bunny Lake is missing" is a funny snort and a half! Same with the Small Faces record. "Sha-la-lee" is a great sounding record, from a superb band, but a formula-ridden, crappy song. Much better flip side! Downliner's Sect? Great sounding band. But a sound on its way out, unfortunately. The Hellions were like like a lot of bands, then. They sounded professional enough, but nothing to distinguish them. Once Jim Capaldi and Dave Mason got up with Steve Winwood, however.. We all know that was magic in the making!
Cheers, Darda.
Wow, I didn't realize you had already gone back to January '66! Excellent work, as usual--it's fun moving the clock back a year and revisiting the heights of mod!! David Bowie, Small Faces, Eyes, Downliner's Sect are all great and I'd never heard that Revolution single before. As you can probably guess what the "66" in my screen name stands for, I'm *terribly* excited to run through the year and watch mod transform itself into psych, with awesome sounds all along the way. February should bring masterpieces by The Rolling Stones, The Animals, The Yardbirds, The Kinks, The Dave Clark Five, The Hollies, Peter & Gordon, Dave Dee, The Action, The Troggs, The Craig, and more!! It was an utter bonanza of rock goodness--I can't wait!! I can think of no-one better suited to taking us on this journey than you.
Certainly did thanks.
Does anyone else remembers the poster ads on the front of London Transport red double decker buses which appeared in July '65 upon the release of the Eyes' debut single? On the left of the front destination board one poster said 'The Eyes' and on the right a matching poster said: 'Have It'. I'm wondering if that is mentioned in the article featured at 5:33 under the heading 'London Transport'. I only guessed the meaning of the ad about forty years later as I was a thirteen year old schoolboy and I didn't hear about them until the mid-seventies.
Yes, they mention that in the article. Pretty cool promotional idea.
Good look at the mid 60s UK music scene,some of these are unfamiliar to me but as a young boy at the time I clearly remember Dusty's Little by little,Sandie Shaw's Tomorrow,long live...and Message...good examples of just how productive and inventive the UK music scene was and also how the feeling of optimism and goodwill about things in general was felt at the time thanks for the doc Auckland New Zealand 2023
Never understood how The Downliners Sect's "Glendora" managed to slip through the cracks.
Mi total admiración por su serie sixties.Me encantan los comentarios de esos críticos musicales,desconocidos,muy agudos,yo fui un comentarista musical del pop español de los años 60s
l turned 10 years old in Jan 1966. l was listening, but these songs didn't make it to WPRO, the AM station out of Providence, Rl.
If Bowie was already known as David Bowie in January 1966 that dispels the rumor that he changed his name to avoid confusion with Davy Jones of the Monkees
Davy Jones was already reasonably well known by that point through stage and tv, including a Tony nomination, and was getting a big push from Columbia, Bowie would have been aware of him.
Bowie was very prescient indeed, and he knew before anyone else that months later, there was to be a group called The Monkees who were then to release their debut single, and they were to have a Davy Jones. So this Davy Jones quickly changed his name to avoid this forthcoming confusion. The lord up above sent him down this message.
Who wants Yesterdays Papers? Chris Farlowe for one
66!!!! This is going to be amazing! Brilliant stuff (as usual).
Thanks I learned something
The birth of Freakbeat 🙌🏼
I never realized that Bowie started that early.
Love this series!!!!
Small Faces - Sha La La La Lee
1966 I hear this loud at a birthday do at my Second Cousins' place. Become more interested in Rock & Pop. By September I am listing the Top 20 on paper off the radio every week.
Best ever year for music
My favourite Dusty choon!
Thanks YP ^^
Heaven. What else?
Never heard any of these in the States, then or ever.
I'm so glad that you have gone right back to January 1966, as hopefully we will hear more pre-1967 Psychedelia as this year progresses month at a time. Great to hear The Eyes and Downliners. The Downliners released a single later this year written by Graham Gouldman
I noticed you did not stick entirely to early Psychedelia here with then-new releases by Dusty Springfield who I adore, and Sandie Shaw who I'm afraid I was no fan of, although I did like three of her previous singles, Girl Don't Come, Long Live Love, and Message Understood, but hated Puppet On A String.
The single you included by The Revolution was their soulless UK version of a song originally recorded in the States by The Invitations, who also recorded the original of Skiing In The Snow. But the B side of this Revolution single Shades Of Blue, they originally released on the B side of one of their earlier singles as The Hellion.
Virtually all of these were obvious to me. But it was good to hear snippets of them. Another of your great videos, thanks.
Cheers, Paul! Glad you enjoyed the video. I too am a big fan of Dusty Springfield and "Little By Little" is one of my favourites by her, great soul sound. The problem with Sandie Shaw is that she recorded lots of mediocre tunes but I think the good stuff is really good. I recently picked up a compilation featuring most of her singles from 1964-67 and most of those songs were really strong. Great 60s pop. I hate "Puppet on a String", though.
@@YesterdaysPapers If you are that interested in Sandie Shaw, she has three download releases, Sings In French, Sings In Italian, and Sings In German, all containing songs she also sang in English I think, but re-recording the vocals over the same pre-recorded backing tracks. Dusty recorded many songs back in the sixties in various languages. This was common during the sixties.
He was a square by Downliners Sect that would go well on the soundtrack of a Tarantino film.
Such joy to see this - great research and presentation. Does it get any better than early '66?
David Bowie came to Margate to see a band called Oliver Twist and the Lower Third and ended up replacing the singer.
The name was also shortened. I’ve got a photo of them from those days. He was brilliant.
"When The Night Falls" (The Eyes) has remained with me for decades. Talk about "raw" and "edgy" sound! Likewise, for "I'm Rowed Out" (again The Eyes). It's great to know that The Who and The Kinks had an influence on other artists at the time. It was great to see The Small Faces and The Zombies in this video, as well. The mention of Sandy Shaw and Dusty Springfield was a nice touch. Many thanks, Yesterday's Papers.
Cheers, Walter!
@@YesterdaysPapers -- Likewise, mate!
In that still of Bowie on Top Of The Pops, that guitarist on the right resembles Jagger, I had to double take😂, even though I knew it wasn’t him
I'd write a pithy reply to this excellent video but "I'm Rowed Out With You"!!!
Some great singles there, thanks.
What ever happened to Great music? Today's music is rubbish.
Little by little peaked a number 5 according to chart you showed
Great to hear another Farlowe track, rather than the usual two. And how didn't the SF's I've Got Mine chart? Great song!
I haven’t heard that Sandie Shaw song for about … 60 years 😳
Unusual to see Philips Records using a PYE-style layout with artist or group name on the left side of the label(at 9 o'clock position). (9:58)
The Eyes had it. Shame.
They had a gong too. SOLD !
@@paulnolan4971 Who to? The Moody Blues (for use on Days Of Future Passed)?
Those songs by The Eyes sure sound like punk to me!
People under 30, do you listen to classic rock from 1955-1980? That was 60 years ago!
For an experiment, ask people that grew up then, if they were listening to music from the 1890s, and watch the looks they give you.
I assume February will feature then-new singles by The Yardbirds, The Mark 1V, The Rolling Stones, and maybe Petula Clark who had by then re-invented herself as a mid sixties Pop Star. But we musn't forget that Graham Gouldman single that The Hollies almost plagiarized.