But this was recorded back in May 1966 when Jeff was a Yardbird, but before Jimmy became one, before that band were to record the remaining 10 tracks for their next album. This A side was recorded after Jeff left the band.

You are right, even pop music was good very good and a lot h a d a psychedelic touch best year in musical history.

possible right

Yeah, Ace Kefford was great.

And his vocal. That's him singing "Get a hold of yourself now baby/You know I need you to help now baby/Get a hold of yourself now baby" in the bridge, all while holding down that incredible bass line.

They lost all their soul once Ace was gone. Big mistake letting him go. They never recovered, instead they raked in Jeff Lynne and then did all that Beatles sounding dreck.

I look forward to exploring more of the songs of The Move. They sound cool.

@@zabadakxanadu I wouldn't hang it all on JL. He didn't join the band until 1970- at the invitation of Roy Wood, BTW, The Move's erstwhile principal songwriter- and the transition from the "old" Move was well under way by then- two years after Ace had quit. Ace wasn't really fired; his psychiatric breakdown resulted in his leaving, ironically around the same time that another psychedelic-era touchstone, Syd Barrett, was forced to leave Pink Floyd, resulting in THAT band's inevitable transformation. Lynne had previously been a mainstay of another Brummie band, friends/rivals of The Move, The Idle Race, which, like The Move, was quirky and interesting and never had any hit in the States until later anthologies and renewed American curiosity about more-obscure British psych-era (circa '65--69) led to more exposure (e.g., "Nuggets II"). I was not a big fan of the music of the post-Ace Move and have only mild interest in ELO's very popular output as an art rock band under JL's leadership in the '70s and '80s- I don't hate it but I don't love it (I do like one song of ELO a lot, the more-or-less straight rocker "Don't Bring Me Down"). However, I can see that JL, an accomplished multi-instrumentalist with a good voice and a good sense of melody and rhythm as a composer and songwriter, is one heavily talented guy. It's just that ELO never grabbed me. Many people love Taylor Swift and I can see that she is very talented and accomplished as well, but her music never grabbed me. This is a matter of personal taste and not lack of talent or substance- I believe JL has lots of both. I am forever grateful to JL for assembling one of the best rock supergroups ever, the roots-rockin' Traveling Wilburys, composed of himself, Bob Dylan (whose status is simply beyond legendary), and three other now departed legends, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison, and George Harrison (how can they all be dead? God help us). In any case, I don't think it's entirely fair to lay the blame on JL for the changes in The Move starting in '68 with Ace Kefford's departure.

Cheers!

Well c’mon most artists from all decades get forgotten with only those that can manage to still market themselves being remembered. I was a teenager in the 1990s and I can think of plenty of good bands from that decade that didn’t get _that_ big and are now very forgotten and difficult to find any information about. Example: Supergrass.

@@danieleyre8913 Supergrass, The Coral etc are still well known. Maybe not on mainstream radio anymore, but a ton of folks know about them. Try The Easybeats, Tomorrow, The Action, The Creation, Electric Prunes, Ultimate Spinach, etc. Such crazy, kick-ass bands, but only a '60's music deep-diver would know who they are, sadly.

@@SylentEcho I don’t think many people know about Supergrass anymore at all. Most other Gen X’ers I’ve asked don’t remember them or clearly didn’t notice them when they were contemporary.

@@SylentEcho Ultimate Spinach's line-up included Jeff"Skunk" Baxter, later to join Steely Dan (and later still become an expert on weapons systems, regularly consulted by the US government).

Thanks, Louie! Cheers.

Cheers, John!

It was THE greatest year.

Thanks, Sophie! Bowie was 100% correct in his description of Syd. I love his whimsical lyrics. March 1967 was definitely a great month for singles, wasn't it?

It was a trippy year, very experimental & creative. I was born in late September of 1967 at end of Summer of Love!😮

@@YesterdaysPapers Yes definitely a great month for singles, YP 💖

@@tomgebarowski8156 Very cool year to have as your birth year. The Summer of Love 🌺🌸💮

Sophie Loves Sunsets the kinky lines in Arnold Layne could get banned in the United States in 2023 as some States are banning public drag shows and those Arnold Layne lyrics in a book would cause bans in High Schools or even in some Public Libraries .Silly censorship was bad in 1967 it is even worst in 2023 and those who did not get to hear Arnold Layne missed a great song.

Still is.

Thanks, Kat!

Thanks, Linda. Yeah, the sheer amounts of bands from that era putting out great material is astounding.

@@YesterdaysPapers …….it certainly is and of course, many bands didn’t get that “big break”. Thanks to the hard work you put into making these videos, all these decades on, we’re able to learn of artists and bands previously unknown to us.

Absolutely Linda, I couldn't agree more. Your words perfectly encapsulate how I feel. YP is an absolute gift to those of us who love 60s (especially British) music.

@@annaforehan7784 ……nicely said Anna. Thanks to YP, I’ve learned of countless acts I missed at the time and would very probably have never heard of otherwise. In fact, it’s fascinating to know such a glut of bands were around then. And that’s just in Britain! I should have added that although the song was a comparative flop, it’s always a treat to see the magnificent Steve Marriott, even fleetingly. 🎶 It certainly was a very good year!

@@lindadote Indeed. Those were the days! 🎵🎶As for the magnificent Marriott, a few seconds of him is worth hours of lesser artists. He even stood out in that great pic of the Small Faces with the Move! "A wizard, a true star" to quote an American for a change! 😹

Everyone of there 10 hits in the uk were different .

I never heard of them until I watched these videos. Wonder if that's an American thing?

@@loosilu Roy wood wrote all the moves hits and with wizzard and solo hits it came to 21 from 1966 till 1975 , cheap trick big admirers of Roy wood move Jeff Lynne elo stuff .

Cheers!

Arnold Layne and (early) Pink Floyd were very much Syd Barrett. The rest of the band (which I don’t think even featured Gilmore) were as good as a backing band.

​@@danieleyre8913 for real. Even tough Nick Mason was outstanding.

I think you probably have to be American to get the Sam B reference…🧳👜💄😂

Marvin Gaye: “Is Ain’t No Mountain High Enough a joke to everybody including Pink Floyd!?”

Heart on a comment with a typo, forever immortalized.

When I was just 11 years, I bought my first Zombies album on Parrot Records. I couldn't get enough of it. They had their own sound and style indicative of the times. Cheers!

All 58 of The Zombies songs are fantastic. Even their covers are all better than the original versions

Cheers!

I was 18 in 1967. Yes, I'm ancient now.

@@golden.lights.twinkle2329 I was 14😂, not quite as ancient as you😁😂

March 1967 is very close to the center of the universe...I'm convinced the greatest month ever for the rock/pop single is May 1967...can't wait for that one.

Yeah, the Flies version is really great. The slower tempo gives the song a cool menacing tone.

@@YesterdaysPapers I’d love to hear someone arrange that song in the minor key. Well, YP…. We’re waiting 😆

Cheers, Dan! The Open Mind were great, that record of theirs is really good.

Thanks!

They didn't tour until the original lineup had fallen apart and they all grew mustaches. Listen to their live recording from the Fillmore West. Really bad. Doing Byrds, Love and Nazz covers but not playing their own singles. They butchered I Can Hear The Grass Grow on that live recording.

Good lord! You are late to the party.

Evolved into elo ,

What's your source that The Yardbirds " hated the film"? I can understand not enjoying working on the film; Antonioni originally wanted The Who and made the Yardbirds imitate their smashing the guitar bit

I think Jeff Beck said the film was a "load of bollocks".

Whether they liked the film or not (it's one of my all-time favorites), The Yardbirds still put in one of the greatest rock movie performances ever for that one!

@spiritof6663 that's the weird thing. There are plenty of people like you and me who love the Yardbirds, the film "Blow Up," and the Yardbirds scene in the film, but somehow the guys didn't like it.

Always tickles me that Jimi supported the Monkees😂

"Hold On" was originally on this video but I had edit out the part about the Mirage due to a copyright claim. It was a good single.

Thanks.

Thanks, Truckngirl!

They are remembered by those in the know.

True!

To be fair, I first heard the Action on Mike Read's show on Radio One in the 80s and assumed them to be a new mod revival band in the wake of The Jam!

Cheers!

Love that song.

Me too!

Very true, soulfoodie. On many occasions, the B-side was the side that reflected the true sound and style of the band.

My all time favorite B side is "The Inner Light" on the Lady Madonna 45

@@earthlingjohn Good pick. I'd say my all-time favourite B-side is "Child of the Moon", B-side of Jumpin Jack Flash".

@@YesterdaysPapers Those really were the days my friend !! Thank for your fabulous channel 👍 ✌

Thanks, Willie! Hendrix was huge in the US after the Monterrey festival in June 1967. Prior to that, he wasn't properly promoted in the States. That's probably the reason why Purple Haze wasn't a succesful sungle there.

@@YesterdaysPapers yes, that sounds right. Thanks, mate.

I've heard they wanted to make Disturbance the A-side of that release, but someone got cold feet and put it on the flip instead. All four vocalists were featured on it (five if you count Tony Secunda doing some of the agonised screams at the end).

@@Krzyszczynski Really, I didn't know that. It's an incredible record and I've always wondered why no one's covered it? Maybe they have but I can imagine it done by a cool stoner rock band.

I love "Disturbance", great B-side. The Move were also from Birmingham so that's another thing they had in common with Black Sabbath.

@@YesterdaysPapers and drummer bev bevan joined sabbath for one album.

Big surprise.

Even weirder was the journalist who said that "Purple Haze" was *almost* psychedelic. Almost?!?!

Yeah, the Attack were brilliant.

Thanks a lot for your donation, Gary. Really appreciate it.

Cheers, Spirit of 66! That cover by the Flies is brilliant. My favourite version of the song.

I like the Small Faces single. It seems like a not so subtle tribute to the Temps "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" but with Marriott's own mark. Like a shot of scotch amongst all that 67 Psychedelia! Just for fun.

@@WattisWatts Oh, it's not terrible! Not by any means--just by their standards a little bit nondescript. I like that description "like a shot of scotch" LOL

@@spiritof6663 I agree. It's no Tin Soldier, Lazy Sunday etc . Gives a humourous feel that they were trying to cover the Temptations and just added some stuff on the spot. Those guys always sounds like they were always having a good time. Even in their more "serious" reflective songs like Red Balloon.

I like that song _When the Eagle Flies_ by the Exceptions. Never heard of them before. It’s on YT, too. 🤗