Again, the magical year of 1966. I was born decades later but I would’ve loved to be in my prime in the period. It was simply the best for music. So much changing within a few years. We go from chuck berry to this 10 years later. What was the music like 10 years ago from today? Nobody can really say anything. Almost everything in the last 25 years will never stand the test of time. And In 25 more years, it will still be this music that is remembered and celebrated most.

My Mind's Eye is a classic single & my favorite Small Faces song. Never knew it was still in " demo " form. That makes it even better !

I've been buying records since I was at school, and I'm now 67. I've around 8,000 singles (the majority from the 60s). And listen to music EVERYDAY. There's not a day go's by without me hearing something new.

Robert Plant, Lemmy and Jeff Lynne as wannabe mod kids. Brilliant

1966 drenched in Mod -Love it.

I am from the U.S. During the 1966-1967 school year, I heard two different new songs on the radio called "Deadend Street", the one by the Kinks featured here and one by Lou Rawls. It was the last new Kinks song I heard on the radio until they started a comeback with "Lola" in 1970. I didn't know it wasn't a big hit like their earlier Reprise label releases in the U.S. I was surprised when it did not appear on a Kinks anthology CD put out by Rhino in the late 1980s or early 1990s. "Deadend Street" by the Kinks is the only single featured in this video that I heard on the radio in the U.S. I heard a cover of their song "Dandy", but it was by Herman's Hermits, not the artist mentioned in this video.

The sounds of Britain in '66... a dichotomy of worldliness and naivety. What a scene!

Thanks as always. This channel never fails to deliver.

What a great year for music 1966 was. Amazing!

If the BBC thought the Dead End Street video was in "bad taste", their attitudes must have undergone a marvellously comprehensive change a few years later, when they aired a short-lived sitcom called That's Your Funeral, set in an undertaking business.

BTW The Young Rascals guitarist Gene Cornish just celebrated his 80th birthday. He is from Rochester New York that song was covered by Pat Benatar and became the second song ever played on MTV in 1981.

Just another fantastic video, brings the sixties back to life 👍👏

1966 was a great year for music..full stop. But my favorite of these has got to be Dead End Street by the Kinks. It's one of the best Kinks singles ever. But better still is Big Black Smoke...it's very underrated still. The bells you hear on Big Black Smoke are the very same bells used on Fat Old Sun by Pink Floyd. Superb work as usual. Keeps me an Anglophile forever 👍

Fantastic as always - Mud In Your Eye is a belter!

Ray Davies ruled the 1960s…a tip of the hat to the Kinks… Also loved seeing young Robert Plant.

“I don’t exploit anyone that doesn’t want to be exploited.“ Say WHAT?!

The Small Faces 'You need Lovin' was basically ripped off by Led Zep, but Steve loved it. Steve Marriott, for me, was the best Blues/Rock singer this country ever produced.

Beautiful vid from the autumn I was 11 and in sixth grade in Dallas. The only sad note for me is that, after one more vid, we'll leave the magical year of 1966 behind. Thank you again.

I use some of these singles in a Obscure 45s group. I also give a shout out to Yesterday's Papers.

Seeing Lemmy without his signature stash is Surreal.

Never heard of the Gnomes of Zurich. What a great band name! Also loved the production credit to "The National Elf Service." Also loved that "tasteless" Kinks video. Auntie Beeb was so stodgy.

Always a pleasure watching your YP videos. I totally appreciate a-l-l the work that goes into making them. Bravo!

Small Faces one of my all time fave bands. Interesting to see old Planty emulating Marriott. I always thought Zeps Kashmir nicked the strings from the Small Faces instrumental - Ogdens Nut Gone Flake 🤔

Another great video. A few points here; That single you played by The Nightriders was originally recorded in the States by The Kingsmen. It was The Nightriders' second of two UK singles, both with the same B side. As for that single by The Score, who the hell knew it was a Beatles' cover. But the B side that you also played was originally recorded in the States over two years earlier by Merry Clayton, who years later became a successful background singer, and sung on The Rolling Stones' Gimme Shelter. It was covered soon after her by Chuck Jackson, who had the U.S. hit with it. The Small Faces single you stated was originally recorded as a demo. But it exists in two different takes. The first take which I have posted here has less vocals, and it sounds a million times clearer, so you can actually hear the lyrics. It has a lot less reverb, so you can hear the vibes much better, and I prefer this version. This was apparently the version that was issued in the States, out there on RCA Victor. But the single flopped there. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/od9hfNKWmt_Sm5s.html For next month, I look forward to a mention of The 'N' Betweens' version of You Better Run. The Robert Plant led version here, I thought got let down by the female backing vocals. But it stated off sounding good with that pseudo-Steve Marriott on lead. But contrary to your comment, it had a great B side, a great song, like Motown goes Rock.

Groovy music that came out during the month and the year I was born and grew up listening to.

This is one of my favorite series on KZfaq. I'm wondering in which direction we're going with next as we're ending the year off soon.

Listening to your channel brings back a lot of memories of growing up in the sixties. It also surprises me just how bad some of the recordings were back then. It is no surprise that the only two songs to do well chart wise were by the Kinks and the Small Faces, I love both of those bands, In My Minds Eye being my favourite record during December 66 when it was high in the charts. The Fleur De Lys were one of those bands that seemed to be going to break into the big time but for some reason never did. Most of the other songs on this months list sounded like bad demo tapes though I do remember that Equals single getting some airplay on one of the pirate radio stations. Give the record companies their due back then, at least they gave artists a chance to do something different and did stick with them for a while if the first few singles failed. I quite liked that earli incarnation of Eobert Plant though. I just missed seeing him earlier this year when he did an unannounced performance at the Blackpool.Winter Gardens Were going to go to the event but went to the one held a week later as we prefered the bands that were advertised to be on that one. Really enjoying your channel anyway.

I love these monthly breakdowns of 1966. It's my favourite year, a great atmosphere and so much excellent experimentation in the recording studios. Totally agree with your comment regarding the Small Faces eclipsing most other mod bands due to the awesome songwriting skills of Steve & Plonk. Bands like The Action were still covering American soul songs and banging then out as singles which was pretty lazy. Eventually The Action did some songwriting and found out they were really quite great at it (Those 'Rolled Gold' demos are fkn amazing and it's one of my 'all time' albums, a desert island disc for sure) but unfortunately it didn't bring them any more success but they deserved to be hyowge!

As always, wonderful work.

Fascinating & informative video as always! Never heard Percy’s pre-Zeppelin vocal style before, and I must say I prefer it to the later one he hit paydirt with!

Just when I thought I knew which Small Faces number was my absolute favorite, “I Can’t Dance With You” clobbered my eardrums and changed that.

Any month with new Kinks and Small Faces in it, has to be a good month. Pity so much great music went un noticed

Another great video and some classic singles.

3:09 “be the man who sets the trend”, those shoes are too sharp!, also I love your graphics, especially the one behind the Katch 22 single

I'm always amazed at all the great music in your vids that I've never heard of before 😀

Fleur-De-Lys could really rock

Excellent as always!!

Wow. Had never heard that exact direct comparison between Plant and Marriott before. So obvious with that Small Faces number. Plant became Marriott.....with undertones of...Elvis.

Thanx a lot YP for another cool selection of rare British singles!

Une (autre) brillante vidéo sur une brillante année musicale. Thank you so much!

This is the stuff! FREAK BEAT! Your videos give a man hope that some day the Wimple Winch will get back together! ROCK ON!

Always surprised and happy to learn about new hidden gems on this channel.

I know I say the same thing every time but... what a month!!!! I love learning new stuff and revisiting old favorites here. Thank you again for this channel. 😊

Thank you Yesterday's papers. As a 70s teenager and too young and unaware of many 60s bands. After many months of watching your channel now have a healthy collection of 45s from 66 and 67 it's costing me a fortune, but a much wiser person.

The equals I believe they had Eddie Grant that became famous in the 80s for the song electric Avenue? In the US they had one hit, “baby come back” that was actually covered by Bonnie Raitt.

Another great video👍 I didn't know The Equals put out their first single "I won't be there" already back in November 1966. They were a great band🎉

My favourite channel! You are great.

Great stuff as always 👏 That Johnny Kidd record is terrific, wonder if he'd have ridden the coat tails of punk with the Pirates had he been around? Gone too soon ❤

Great as always! I missed hearing what Penny Valentine thought in her own words though...

Mud in your eye is fabulous. Thanks YP - The recently ordered Fleurs de Lys CD now playing every day. And the Small Faces too, of course. ;-)

in my minds eye borrows heavily from "Gloria in Excelsis Deo" which is why the tune is so familiar and popular

Some great sounding records, although I think The Kinks with Shel Talmy was genius. Ray's observational style, his lyrical gift elevates Big Black Smoke above the rest for me. That vibe and feel on vinyl, on a Dansette or radiogram is quite a thing...I always enjoy your films.

It's insane how crammed the mid 60s were with quality listening material

The melody of that Small Faces' track, I suddenly remembered came from the chorus of a Christmas Carol, which I think was called Ding Dong Merrily On High We used to have to sing this at school. But if the tune was already over 50 years old, it would have been out of copyright. So Marriott & Lane could then claim it as their tune, as they at least slowed it down, and the last few notes were different. It was ironically their Christmas hit of 1966, yet the lyrics had nothing to do with Christmas.

YP, Another superlative job. I love the shots of London streets, but the Music! Living in the States, we/I did not get hear of the Small Faces, let alone hearing one of my (now) favorite tracks by them. But I never heard thos Kinks songs until Kinks Kronikles which gobsmacked me (as did The Great lost kinks Album). I went see the Spencer davis Group at a car show in a armory (?!?), and was disappointed/surprised to see the Winwoods gone and Phil Sawyer the new guitarist. I mention this as I missed Les Fleur de Lys until the songs showed up on compilations. Based on your featured pictures, I presume that Hardin was still in the group, although it seems that the personnel kept going around like a revolving door. A lot of interesting, appealing music in November '66, but living in the States, I seem to have been in another world and missed all this great stuff. At least I didn' miss a great video.

What a fantastic video have a wonderful day ❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊

Never cease to amaze!, again a classic double a side by the Kinks, my FAVORITE. Geez, did Led Zeppelin ever do something original 😂?… also love the Equals!

Always Entertaining

Interesting stuff!! I didn't recognize Robert Plant's voice at all!!!

I thought by this point, Jeff Lynn was in a group called the idle race

YP, I did enjoy this trip back to November ‘66. If you want to blow the minds of your friends, play the Willie Dixon composition, You Need Love by Muddy Waters. They will say, that sounds a lot like Whole Lotta Love? Next play, The Small Faces, ‘You Need Loving’ (which you provided a clip). Have them pay attention to Steve Marriott’s phrasing. All they know is that there’s something distinctly familiar about that vocal. Now, play ‘Whole Lotta Love’ by Led Zeppelin. Peoples mouths drop… Is Plant mimicking Marriott? I tell them, well, you tell me? You just confirmed in your video that Robert Plant was influenced vocally by Steve Marriott. Robert Plant would go on to find his own distinct voice and we’re all glad for it.

Simply FAB Thanks YP CHEERS!!

Great channel

Send For That Girl is definitely my favorite Johnny Kidd track. Wonderful vocal.

There are a number of November singles missing here--by The Who (the EP with the psychedelic "Disguises" on it), Episode Six, Thane Russal, Twice As Much, The Attraction, Magic Lanterns, Young Idea, The Pandamonium (a cover of "Season Of The Witch"), Eyes Of Blue and especially Allen Pound's Get Rich with the fuzz monster "Searchin'" In The Wilderness"--but there's still plenty left to enjoy from the rest. "Dead End Street" is one of the best Kinks 45's, and the flip is equally as good; both songs could have fit perfectly on the class-conscious "Face To Face" LP, with Ray already reaching an early peak of his powers at this time. I, too, prefer "Misfit" to "Hippy Gumbo", and "Major Catastrophe" is a gem of a find. December should bring awesome singles from The Who, Cream (a real relief after "Wrapping Paper" LOL), The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Move, The Flies, Herbal Mixture, Mick Softley & The Summer Suns, The Mirage, and more! I'm starting to get a little sad we're reaching the end of the line, however!

Strong selection this month

Fluer De Lys were Les Fluer De Lys. Lol Mud in Your Eye borrows " Circles" which they redid( well Pagey played on that.. ) thanx man! Fun Fact- Clem Cattini plays drums on You Better Run and Kiki Dee sings on.

Como siempre, sensacional. Gracias!!! Saludos desde Argentina 🇦🇷❤🎸🎼🎤🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

Top gear! Love the Score 45!!!

i love all these songs. golden oldies, garage rockers, comp classics. it never gets old. but that ai footage at 10:53..PURE NIGHTMARE FUEL!

It's amazing how good these recordings sound given how primitive the technology. A huge round of applause to the unsung heroes: Recording Engineers.

Some of these records I am unfamiliar with. However, the ones I am familiar with are some of the best stuff of the sixties in my opinion especially The Kinks single.

So Lenny of Motorhead was once in a Mod band singing Ray Davies' "Dandy". This is Totally surprising given his later sound but not surprising at all considering his age then.

More great memories, definitely the happiest years of my life.

Lemmy's famous warts were a lot smaller then ...

Fleurs De Lys has always been a diamond in the rough

Dead End Street is an amazing track

Yes I enjoyed this trip back to November 1966... Can't wait till December 1966 !

That Fleur De Lys song is a banger, I've always loved it, for some reason, I thought it was Jimmy Page playing that solo. Love the bit you did with future stars of the 70's, shows that perseverance pays off!

Mud in your eye and I can't dance with you steal this. Real quality. How about a RnB video. There's bound to be some absolute gems. Bound to be. 66, what a year for music.

Honestly the sixities produced some great singles and I appreciate this channel

2.28 Could be John Squire's Seahorses

I was 12 yrs young, and felt like a real rebel just listening to pop-rock music of the day! Thanx for the memories.

Love this Channel.How do sourse all this stuff and the obscure clips.Amazing research✌️

The excellent Major Catastrophe was so different to much of what Katch-22 did afterwards. They're still going and released an album and some other bits and pieces just a few years ago. Pumpkin Mini was a great little song, but out of place in November 1969 really. And if onlyThe Fleur De Lys could have kept a stable line-up, they could have been really great.

10:58 The "pretty boring pop number" was a hit in the USA for Tommy Edwards in 1958. From the short clip here, I kind of like what they did with it.

Thanks! 🙂✌️🎻😎

Another great month is music, plenty of great tracks!

Another great month.Thanks so much! I moved to Canada on Wednesday 23rd. BTW The second band featured is pronounced 'Lay Fleur da Lee.'

5:39 I met Robert Plant once, in Floral Street, London. He's a really nice bloke! :0)

Gosh. Robert Plant, Marc Bolan, Lemmy, and Jeff Lynne all look so cute and innocent. Since I was a teenager in the 70s I can honestly say the transformation from the 60s to the 70s will do that to you. Of course, you know I loved this episode.

1:20 Lou Rawls had a minor U.S. hit with his "Dead End Street", a totally different song, the following year. I've always noticed how these things tend to run in waves, sometimes from ideas spreading among song writers, but sometimes, as was the case with "Superstar" a few years later, from consumers just buying the wrong record after seeing the common title.

Man, if you were a British pop music pioneer in the 1960-62 silver age before the Beatles, it feels like you're always cursed with an inglorious end. Sutch, Meek, Shannon all died by suicide, Taylor became a brain-fried weirdo, and Kidd perishes in an accident. Just what the hell was in the water?

Great vid as always. Cheers.

Wow! What an education this Yank is getting here. I think I've heard only one of these songs. It is so fascinating to hear all this good music and realizing what was bubbling up across the pond in mid 60's. Now I've got my work cut out for me chasing down these tunes on KZfaq. YP your videos seem to be getting better and better, if that's possible. The graphics and editing are superb. Do you put all of them together yourself or do you have an editor who helps?

brilliant! Great songs, great info,great videos

I hear The Score's "Please Please Me" more as blue-eyed soul than freakbeat.

Katch 22 LP cover very like Stone Roses. I had a copy of it once. More great fuzz freakbeat here!

5:08 Robert Plant singing like Chris Farlowe!! Who would have guessed that he could sing so low?

Best for last; the Equals really had a grabbing beat. Stunning.