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THE VELVET REVOLUTION
“Things were wonderful in the 60's, because it was an era of intense experimentation. Everyone was trying to out-hip each other” ~ Paul Rothchild
The Doors producer got that right. 1967 was an explosive year – a potpourri of invention, good and bad. Captain Beefheart, Phil Ochs and The Beatles were the definition of inventiveness, whilst The Velvet Underground (pictured with Nico) delivered a one-band big-bang that was so ‘out there’ the world, caught in a time warp, hardly felt a thing in the actual year of the seismic event.
Aretha Franklin, with not a little help from the Muscle Shoals production team, ascends to the throne as the Queen of Soul, despite Carla Thomas's staking of a titular claim on her collaborative LP with Otis Redding. Alas, the life of her brilliant co-star would be lost in a December plane crash.
Nico, Leonard Cohen, The Dubliners and The Incredible String Band showcase the incredible diversity within the Folk scene; all are bound with unique character in abundance.
There are almost as many Psychedelic albums as there are Pop ones, and The Doors and Love are at the very head of the movement. In September, The Doors appear on The Ed Sullivan Show and perform “Light My Fire”. Ed Sullivan, who had previous by getting Jagger to re-deliver “Let's Spend the Night Together” as “Let's spend some time together” is furious in September when Jim Morrison, singing “Light My Fire”, revolts against the pre-agreed change of “Girl we couldn't get much HIGHER” to “BETTER”, and The Doors are banned from the show. It was fucking worth it. Well done Jim.
In March, Jimi Hendrix sets fire to his guitar on stage in London, and has to be treated for hand burns. Despite this set-back, The Jimi Hendrix Experience deliver a bona-fide album of Rock excellence with “Are You Experienced?” The world has never heard anything like it. Alas, a bleak future is foretold in this new genre by Jefferson Airplane, Clear Light, Cream and Moby Grape, as the jamming age of the crushing-bore virtuoso dawns.
I NEVER LOVED A MAN THE WAY I LOVE YOU Aretha Franklin Atlantic 8139 “A classic”Soul Ballad; Soul
Jukebox picks: “I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)” (10) • “Respect” (10) • “Dr. Feelgood (Love Is A Serious Business)” (9.8) After six years recording with Columbia Records, Aretha Franklin made one of the best decisions of her career when she s...more →
CHELSEA GIRL Nico Verve Records V6-5032 “A classic”Alternative Folk; Songwriter
Jukebox picks: “These Days” (10) • “Little Sister” (10) • “I’ll Keep It With Mine” (10) After some 12 years as a fashion model and actress, Christa Päffgen was, by now, coming around to the idea that she coul...more →
SONGS OF LEONARD COHEN Leonard Cohen Columbia CS-9533 “A classic”Folk
Jukebox picks: “So Long, Marianne” (10) • “Teachers” (10) • “Hey, That’s No Way To Say Goodbye” (10) Some 13 years after his first published poetry, and 4 years after his first novel, the 33 year-old Quebecan finally got ...more →
THE DOORS The Doors Elektra EKS-74007 “A classic”Psychedelia
Jukebox picks: “The End” (10) • “Take It As It Comes” (9.7) • “Break On Through (To The Other Side)” (9.6) 1967 dawned with The Doors debut LP in January. At the time of release they were: Jim Morrison (24, lead vocals); Ray Ma...more →
STAR TIME VOLUME 3 Dark City Sisters His Master's Voice JP-1002 “Excellent”Africana
Jukebox picks: “Hole Thabe” (10) • “Ingwababa” (9.1) • “Malenkhu A Marumo” (9.0) Well, I thought “Star Time” was kinda neat in 1964 but, boy oh boy, Volume 3 blows it out the water. The exquisite 4-par...more →
FOREVER CHANGES Love Elektra EKS-74013 “Excellent”Cerebral Pop; Folk Rock / Americana; Psychedelia
Jukebox picks: “Alone Again Or” (9.8) • “A House Is Not A Motel” (9.5) • “Live And Let Live” (8.9) The third Love LP arrived in November ’67 and was co-produced by the group’s leader, Arthur Lee. Ever the perfectionist,...more →
MORE OF THE HARD STUFF The Dubliners Major Minor MMLP-5 “Excellent”Folk
Jukebox picks: “The Croppy Boy” (10) • “The Auld Triangle” (10) • “A Nation Once Again” (9.8) The band’s second studio album on Major Minor Records, their second of 1967, and the second to allude to the hard liquor...more →
A DROP OF THE HARD STUFF The Dubliners Major Minor MMLP-3 “Excellent”Folk
Jukebox picks: “Black Velvet Band” (10) • “The Old Alarm Clock” (9.8) • “Seven Drunken Nights [album version ’67]” (9.6) The boisterous beardies have now signed with Major Minor Records, and this is their first album on the new label. After ...more →
SAFE AS MILK Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band Buddah Records BDS-5001 “Brilliant”Blues Rock / Soul Rock
Jukebox picks: “Electricity” (10) • “Sure ’Nuff ’n Yes I Do” (9.8) • “Dropout Boogie” (9.7) 1967 was a big year for the good Captain and his band – it saw the release of the debut LP “Safe As Milk” in September, ...more →
STRANGE DAYS The Doors Elektra EKS-74014 “Brilliant”Psychedelia; Blues Rock / Soul Rock
Jukebox picks: “Love Me Two Times” (9.7) • “People Are Strange” (8.7) • “Strange Days” (8.3) As with many creative groups of the mid 60s, the Doors were bursting at the seams with so much high quality material tha...more →
WINDS OF CHANGE Eric Burdon and The Animals MGM Records SE-4484 “Brilliant”Psychedelia
Jukebox picks: “The Black Plague” (10) • “Winds Of Change” (9.4) • “Yes I Am Experienced” (8.3) The unclean anti-pop of “Winds Of Change” was, thankfully, a million miles from the preceding cabaret pop of “Eric Is He...more →
THE FIRST LADY OF IMMEDIATE P.P. Arnold Immediate IMSP-011 “Brilliant”Soul
Jukebox picks: “The First Cut Is The Deepest” (10) • “Everything’s Gonna Be Alright” (9.3) • “Am I Still Dreaming?” (8.8) The stunning lead single, “The First Cut Is The Deepest”, was written by Cat Stevens early in 1967, and he was using...more →
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR The Beatles Capitol Records MAL-2835 “Brilliant”Psychedelia
Jukebox picks: “Strawberry Fields Forever” (9.2) • “Baby You’re A Rich Man” (9.1) • “I Am The Walrus” (8.9) Another truly brilliant album from the ever-consistent Beatles. John Lennon agrees with me, how cool is he? “… Magical...more →
PLEASURES OF THE HARBOR Phil Ochs A&M Records SP-4133 “Brilliant”Jazz
Jukebox picks: “The Crucifixion” (8.8) • “Flower Lady” (8.7) • “Pleasures Of The Harbor” (8.1) Eschewing his one man with acoustic guitar approach evidenced hitherto on his 3 albums for Elektra, the 26-year-old topi...more →
JOHN WESLEY HARDING Bob Dylan Columbia CL-2804 “Brilliant”Folk Rock / Americana
Jukebox picks: “The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest” (10) • “Drifter’s Escape” (8.2) • “I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine” (8.0) As terrific as it is, the come-down LP from the preceding epics had an air of inevitability about it. 12 tunes recorded ...more →
BLOWIN’ YOUR MIND! Van Morrison Bang Records BLP-218 “Brilliant”Blues Rock / Soul Rock
Jukebox picks: “He Ain't Give You None” (9.9) • “T.B. Sheets” (9.4) • “Who Drove The Red Sports Car?” (7.6) It was inevitable that the shining star of Them would branch out as a solo artist, but “Blowin’ Your Mind!” was not how ...more →
FUTURE The Seeds GNP Crescendo GNP-2038 “Really good”Psychedelia
Jukebox picks: “Flower Lady And Her Assistant” (9.1) • “Fallin’” (8.8) • “Now A Man” (8.1) “Travel with your mind” was Sky Saxon’s message here, on an album which was as mad as a hatter bounding between castles,...more →
THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN Pink Floyd Columbia SX-6157 “Really good”Psychedelia
Jukebox picks: “Lucifer Sam” (9.2) • “Astronomy Domine” (8.6) • “Chapter 24” (8.3) Emerging from the London underground scene, Pink Floyd signed to EMI early in 1967, and by summertime had placed two sin...more →
ON THE GALTYMORE MOUNTAINS The Grehan Sisters Transatlantic Records TRA-160 “Really good”Folk
Jukebox picks: “Tommy Mcdonagh” (9.3) • “The Black Velvet Band” (9.2) • “The Lake Of Coolfin” (8.2) I adore The Grehan Sisters, the pride of Boyle in County Roscommon. Pure and true naturals of the folk genre, they were ...more →
007 SHANTY TOWN Desmond Dekker and The Aces Doctor Bird DLM-5007 “Really good”Ska / Rocksteady
Jukebox picks: “Shing A Ling” (9.3) • “007 (Shanty Town)” (8.5) • “Unity” (8.4) Six years had passed since Desmond’s successful audition for Leslie Kong’s Beverley’s record label when he sang “Honour ...more →
JUDGE DREAD ROCK STEADY Prince Buster Blue Beat BBLP-809 “Really good”Ska / Rocksteady
Jukebox picks: “Judge Dread (Judge Four Hundred Years)” (9.7) • “The Barrister (The Appeal)” (8.6) • “A Change Is Gonna Come” (8.0) On the tightly-knit music-loving island of Jamaica, the latest singles can grip the nation like a soap opera – as I have...more →
MELLOW YELLOW Donovan Epic LN-24239 “Really good”Folk
Jukebox picks: “Mellow Yellow” (9.3) • “Sunny South Kensington” (8.5) • “Hampstead Incident” (8.2) Released stateside in March 1967, but not released in Britain due to the continuing contractual dispute that also preven...more →
A FULL SPOON OF SEEDY BLUES Sky Saxon Blues Band GNP Crescendo GNP-2040 “Good”Blues / Rhythm n Blues
Jukebox picks: “Plain Spoken” (8.0) • “Creepin’ About” (7.7) • “Moth And The Flame” (7.5) Essentially, this was the Seeds 4th LP; all group members played and were supplemented by Muddy Waters' band members Geo...more →
WHAT A HARD MAN FE DEAD The Prince Buster All Stars Blue Beat BBLP-807 “Good”Ska / Rocksteady
Jukebox picks: “Hard Man Fe Dead” (8.9) • “Ten Commandments” (8.2) • “Moving Spirit” (7.2) The first “new” Prince Buster LP in quite some time was a bit of a hodge-podge affair. The first half pools single sides...more →
YOU GOT MY MIND MESSED UP James Carr Goldwax Records 3001 “Good”Soul Ballad; Soul
Jukebox picks: “Forgetting You” (8.2) • “Love Attack” (7.5) • “You’ve Got My Mind Messed Up” (7.3) Just like the great Sam Cooke and Solomon Burke before him, James Carr’s gospel roots served him well for his foray into...more →
KING AND QUEEN Otis Redding and Carla Thomas Stax S-716 “Good”Soul; Soul Ballad
Jukebox picks: “Tramp” (9.3) • “Bring It On Home To Me” (8.3) • “Knock On Wood” (7.1) Immodestly titled perhaps, but “King and Queen” was a potent collaboration all the same. Producer Jim Stewart’s idea was...more →
LUDO The Ivor Cutler Trio Parlophone PMC-7040 “Good”Avant-Garde; Storytelling
Jukebox picks: “The Shapely Balloon” (9.7) • “Mary’s Drawer” (8.9) • “Good Morning! How Are You? Shut Up!” (8.5) Fresh from an acting stint playing would-be courier Buster Bloodvessel in The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour film, Ivor t...more →
UNDERGROUND The Electric Prunes Reprise Records RS-6262 “Good”Psychedelia
Jukebox picks: “Wind-Up Toys” (8.7) • “Long Days Flight (Til Tomorrow)” (8.5) • “Doctor Do-Good” (7.5) No big hits on the Electric Prunes second set – but it’s stronger as a whole, with the band who, it seems, were very muc...more →
YOUNGER THAN YESTERDAY The Byrds Columbia CS-9442 “Good”Pop
Jukebox picks: “My Back Pages” (9.2) • “Thoughts And Words” (7.9) • “So You Want To Be A Rock ’n’ Roll Star [abum version]” (6.9) The strength of The Byrds endures onto album # 4, which positively fizzes in comparison to the relatively lacklustre "Fi...more →
WEST SIDE SOUL Magic Sam Blues Band Delmark Records DS-615 “Good”Blues / Rhythm n Blues
Jukebox picks: “That’s All I Need” (7.9) • “I Need You So Bad” (7.6) • “All Your Love” (6.9) “That’s All I Need” is a hot-starter, coming across as an edgier “Backfield In Motion”. It's one of four written by ...more →
SCOTT Scott Walker Philips SBL-7816 “Good”Crooner / Cabaret; Cerebral Pop
Jukebox picks: “Mathilde” (10) • “Amsterdam” (10) • “The Lady Came From Baltimore” (7.2) Occasionally stunning (“Mathilde” and “Amsterdam” are 2 of the most dramatic and powerful pieces of pop you coul...more →
FROM THE BEGINNING Small Faces Decca LK-4879 “Good”Pop; Blues Rock / Soul Rock
Jukebox picks: “All Or Nothing” (9.2) • “What’Cha Gonna Do About It?” (9.1) • “Plum Nellie” (8.2) Broke and feeling exploited by Don Arden and others at Decca Records, the Small Faces switched to the Immediate label he...more →
CANNED HEAT [1967] Canned Heat Liberty LST-7526 “Good”Blues / Rhythm n Blues
Jukebox picks: “Rich Woman” (7.6) • “Dust My Broom” (7.3) • “Rollin’ And Tumblin’” (7.0) Debut album from the Californian quintet formed in 1965 by two blues enthusiasts, Alan Wilson and Bob Hite. Hite and Wil...more →
COME BY HERE Inez and Charlie Foxx Dynamo Records DM-7000 “Decent enough”Soul
Jukebox picks: “Come By Here” (7.7) • “My Special Prayer” (7.0) • “Guilty” (7.0) Second album proper from the sibling duo of 22-year-old Inez on lead vocals, and her big brother Charlie on backing voca...more →
THEM BELFAST GYPSIES Belfast Gypsies Grand Prix GP-9923 “Decent enough”Blues / Rhythm n Blues
Jukebox picks: “Gloria’s Dream” (8.2) • “Suicide Song” (7.3) • “People, Let’s Freak Out” (6.7) A fine splinter group from Them, so much so that many people who bought the record were fooled into thinking that it act...more →
TRIANGLE The Beau Brummels Warner Bros. Records WS-1692 “Decent enough”Folk Rock / Americana; Psychedelia
Jukebox picks: “Painter Of Women” (7.7) • “Magic Hollow” (7.5) • “The Wolf Of Velvet Fortune” (7.4) Their 4th LP “Triangle” gave me my first collection of Beau Brummels songs since “Laugh, Laugh”, their poppy debut singl...more →
SOMETHING ELSE BY THE KINKS The Kinks Pye Records NPL-18193 “Decent enough”Psychedelia
Jukebox picks: “David Watts” (9.2) • “Waterloo Sunset” (8.3) • “Tin Soldier Man” (7.4) A decent Kinks album with some very fine highs, all written by the Davies brothers themselves, including 3 by Dave. Both...more →
TEN YEARS AFTER Ten Years After Deram SML-1015 “Decent enough”Blues / Rhythm n Blues
Jukebox picks: “Losing The Dogs” (8.2) • “Spoonful” (6.6) • “Help Me” (6.6) Debut album from the Nottingham blues rockers who line up: Alvin Lee (guitar, vocals), Chick Churchill (organ), Leo Lyons (...more →
GOODBYE AND HELLO Tim Buckley Elektra EKS-74028 “Decent enough”Folk Rock / Americana
Jukebox picks: “Goodbye And Hello” (8.8) • “I Never Asked To Be Your Mountain” (7.8) • “Hallucinations” (6.8) This was a dark and ambitious folk record for 1966 - that it was delivered by a 20-year-old was all the more remarkable....more →
ELECTRIC COMIC BOOK Blues Magoos Mercury SR-61104 “Decent enough”Psychedelia; Cerebral Pop
Jukebox picks: “Rush Hour” (7.2) • “There’s A Chance We Can Make It” (6.9) • “Life Is Just A Cher O’Bowlies” (6.7) A bright follow up to “Psychedelic Lollipop”, laced with more of that swirling organ, and coated with an endearing sense...more →
AXISː BOLD AS LOVE The Jimi Hendrix Experience Track Record 612 003 “Decent enough”Rock
Jukebox picks: “Spanish Castle Magic” (8.3) • “If 6 Was 9” (7.5) • “Wait Until Tomorrow” (6.7) Good though some of this stuff is, you can’t help but get the feeling that this set is the left overs from the the “Are ...more →
MIXED BAG Richie Havens Verve Forecast FTS-3006 “Decent enough”Songwriter; Jazz
Jukebox picks: “Follow” (7.9) • “Handsome Johnny” (7.7) • “Morning, Morning” (7.2) Arriving in February, 1967, was the debut LP from this soulful Folkie, landing somewhere between Bob Dylan and Tim Buckl...more →
EASTER EVERYWHERE 13th Floor Elevators International Artists IA-LP-5 “Decent enough”Psychedelia
Jukebox picks: “Slip Inside This House” (7.4) • “(I’ve Got) Levitation” (6.5) • “Slide Machine” (6.4) The second album from the Austin, Texas five-piece arrived in November, 1967, and grew to be acclaimed as one of the gre...more →
YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES The Dave Clark Five Epic LN-24312 “Decent enough”Blues Rock / Soul Rock
Jukebox picks: “Doctor Rhythm” (8.5) • “Thinking Of You Baby” (7.8) • “You Got What It Takes” (7.3) All new material on “You Got What It Takes” (Epic LN 24312), released in the USA in July 1967. The opening title track...more →
THE WHO SELL OUT The Who Track Record 612 002 “Decent enough”Pop; Cerebral Pop; Psychedelia
Jukebox picks: “Armenia City In The Sky” (8.4) • “I Can See For Miles” (7.6) • “Odorono” (6.9) Conceptualized as a broadcast by pirate station Radio London, “The Who Sell Out” came complete with in-between jingles, ...more →
THE ELECTRIC PRUNES The Electric Prunes Reprise Records RS-6248 “Decent enough”Blues Rock / Soul Rock; Psychedelia
Jukebox picks: “I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)” (8.4) • “The King Is In The Counting House” (7.0) • “Sold To The Highest Bidder” (6.9) These Garage Rockers out of L.A. were introduced to producer Dave Hassinger who believed they had talent, but lacked abi...more →
NINA SIMONE SINGS THE BLUES Nina Simone RCA Victor LSP-3789 “Decent enough”Blues / Rhythm n Blues
Jukebox picks: “Backlash Blues [1967 album version]” (8.6) • “Do I Move You?” (6.7) • “House of the Rising Sun [1967 album version]” (6.2) Classed as an A-list album since only 1 track had appeared before - “House Of The Rising Sun”, which was played live...more →
SINGS RAW SOUL James Brown King Records 1016 “Decent enough”Soul
Jukebox picks: “Don’t Be A Dropout” (8.2) • “Money Won’t Change You, part 1” (7.6) • “Money Won’t Change You, part 2” (7.5) Released April 1967 (King K1016). This was all-new JB, with 2 tracks recompiled from 1964’s still-born “Out Of Sight” LP...more →
SURREALISTIC PILLOW Jefferson Airplane RCA Victor LSP-3766 “Average”Folk Rock / Americana; Psychedelia
Jukebox picks: “White Rabbit” (9.2) • “Somebody To Love” (7.7) • “Embryonic Journey” (6.2) The procurement of Grace Slick as lead vocalist worked wonders for Jefferson Airplane; her distinctive tremor gave the g...more →
PLAY MAS’ WITH KITCH Lord Kitchener Tropico TMI-2004 “Average”Caribbean
Jukebox picks: “The Wrecker” (6.5) • “Mama Have Papa Have” (6.3) • “No Hurricane In Trinidad” (6.3) Opens up with “Miss Tourist”, the song which would win him the coveted top song award at the Carnival Road March in ...more →
CARRYIN’ ON Johnny Cash and June Carter Columbia CL-2728 “Average”Country
Jukebox picks: “Oh, What A Good Thing We Had” (7.7) • “It Ain’t Me Babe” (6.7) • “Long Legged Guitar Pickin’ Man” (6.5) Bright and shiny without ever being cheesy - boyfriend and girlfriend in perfect harmony. 1 track repeats from the back ...more →
SMILEY SMILE The Beach Boys Brother Records T-9001 “Average”Cerebral Pop
Jukebox picks: “Good Vibrations” (8.4) • “Heroes And Villains” (7.5) • “Gettin’ Hungry” (6.9) Wow. What a bummer after the glory of “Pet Sounds”. Yet rated as perfection by many critics. Do they realise that “Goo...more →
ALICE’S RESTAURANT Arlo Guthrie Reprise Records RS-6267 “Average”Folk
Jukebox picks: “Alice's Restaurant Massacree [live '67]” (8.7) • “Chilling of the Evening” (6.2) • “Highway in the Wind” (6.0) His debut album was released in September, 1967, just a few weeks before his Daddy died. Ol’ Woody got to hear a demo ve...more →
SILK AND SOUL Nina Simone RCA Victor LSP-3837 “Average”Songwriter
Jukebox picks: “Turning Point” (8.5) • “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free” (6.5) • “Cherish” (6.0) After having switched labels recently, Nina Simone wasn't hanging about - already she was onto her second LP for RCA in ...more →
AFTER BATHING AT BAXTER’S Jefferson Airplane RCA Victor LSO-1511 “Average”Psychedelia; Rock
Jukebox picks: “Rejoyce” (8.0) • “Two Heads” (7.8) • “A Small Package Of Value Will Come To You, Shortly” (6.1) As with their preceding LP, the set is dominated by two tracks from the Slick pen, the progressive “Rejoyce” twistin...more →
5 BY 5 The Dave Clark Five Epic LN-24236 “Average”Blues Rock / Soul Rock
Jukebox picks: “Something I’ve Always Wanted” (8.7) • “Nineteen Days” (6.4) • “You Don’t Want My Loving” (6.3) The American LP “5 By 5” (Epic LN 24236) opens with the album’s sole hit single - the rocky “Nineteen Days” (#48 in ...more →
RECKLESS LOVE AFFAIR Wanda Jackson Capitol Records ST-2704 “Average”Country
Jukebox picks: “What Have We Done [duet version]” (7.9) • “The Box It Came In” (7.0) • “This Gun Don’t Care” (6.8) Released in March 1967, “Reckless Love Affair” was a bit of a hit-and-miss affair, with all the best action coming in th...more →
DON’T COME A-DRINKIN’ (WITH LOVIN’ ON YOUR MIND) Loretta Lynn Decca DL-74842 “Average”Country
Jukebox picks: “I'm Living In Two Worlds” (7.7) • “Saint To A Sinner” (7.0) • “I Really Don't Want To Know” (6.5) “Don’t Come Home A-Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ On Your Mind)” had recently given Loretta her first Country #1 and this LP ...more →
GROOVIN’ The Young Rascals Atlantic SD-8148 “Average”Pop
Jukebox picks: “Sueño” (7.2) • “Find Somebody” (7.1) • “Groovin'” (6.8) The third Young Rascals LP delivered good value for album buyers with eight of the eleven cuts featuring single sides fr...more →
MR. FANTASY Traffic Island Records ILPS-9061 “Average”Psychedelia
Jukebox picks: “Utterly Simple” (7.6) • “Giving To You” (6.2) • “Berkshire Poppies” (5.8) My 22 track compile has the UK album (tracks 1-10) then the US version (11-22). The US would’ve scored slightly better (...more →
VANILLA FUDGE Vanilla Fudge ATCO Records SD-33-224 “Below average”Psychedelia
Jukebox picks: “Ticket To Ride” (6.5) • “STRA (Illusions Of My Childhood - Part One) / You Keep Me Hangin’ On” (6.0) • “Eleanor Rigby / ELDS” (5.9) Debut album from the young New York rockers who lined up: Mark Stein (20, lead vocals, keyboards), Vince Martell (21, gu...more →
HIGH PRIESTESS OF SOUL Nina Simone Philips PHM 200-219 “Below average”Soul
Jukebox picks: “He Ain’t Comin’ Home No More” (6.4) • “The Gal From Joe’s [1967 album version]” (6.3) • “I’m Going Back Home” (5.8) 2 of the 12 get a 1967 rework - “Work Song" from “Forbidden Fruit”, 1961 and “Gal From Joes” from “Sings Ellingt...more →
CLEAR LIGHT Clear Light Elektra EKS-74011 “Below average”Rock; Psychedelia
Jukebox picks: “Mr. Blue” (8.4) • “Night Sounds Loud” (6.2) • “Street Singer” (6.0) An interesting, if not essential, psychedelic rock album from the double-drumming ensemble from Los Angeles, managed by ...more →
JUST FOR YOU Neil Diamond Bang Records BLP-217 “Below average”Pop; Cerebral Pop
Jukebox picks: “Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon” (7.2) • “I’m A Believer” (6.3) • “Solitary Man” (6.2) Diamond’s second LP, released in September 1967, once again on Bang recordings (his final for the label) and once again ...more →
REACH OUT Four Tops Motown M-660 “Below average”Soul; Pop
Jukebox picks: “Walk Away Renee” (7.3) • “Reach Out (I’ll Be There)” (6.0) • “Bernadette” (6.0) Issued in July 1967, and the final Four Tops LP to be produced by Motown’s main songwriting and production team, Holland...more →
HEADQUARTERS The Monkees Colgems COS-103 “Below average”Pop; Folk Rock / Americana
Jukebox picks: “You Just May Be The One” (8.0) • “Early Morning Blues And Greens” (7.1) • “Randy Scouse Git” (6.0) What with all that monkeying around, and the doubt as to whether they themselves were playing or not, it was difficult f...more →
EVOLUTION The Hollies Parlophone PMC-7022 “Below average”Cerebral Pop; Pop
Jukebox picks: “Have You Ever Loved Somebody?” (7.4) • “You Need Love” (6.5) • “Heading For A Fall” (5.4) Once again all composed by the egalitarian trio of Allan Clarke, Tony Hicks and Graham Nash, “Evolution” was an attempt ...more →
DISRAELI GEARS Cream Reaction 593003 “Below average”Rock; Blues Rock / Soul Rock
Jukebox picks: “Dance The Night Away” (6.8) • “Blue Condition” (6.6) • “Sunshine Of Your Love” (5.8) A decent first half opens with the two big hits, “Strange Brew” and “Sunshine Of Your Love”, and improves again ...more →
LITTLE GAMES The Yardbirds Epic LN-26313 “Below average”Rock
Jukebox picks: “Little Soldier Boy” (6.6) • “Glimpses” (6.0) • “White Summer” (5.4) The fourth and final Yardbirds long player made the least impact on me; their rock jams often bore. Jeff Beck and Paul S...more →
ERIC IS HERE Eric Burdon and The Animals MGM Records SE-4433 “Below average”Cerebral Pop; Pop
Jukebox picks: “Wait Till Next Year” (6.6) • “Mama Told Me Not To Come” (6.5) • “In The Night” (5.8) I’m Eric Burdon and tonight Matthew, I’m going to be… Tom Jones… "Eric Is Here" featured Burdon and drummer Barry Je...more →
EVERYBODY KNOWS [UK] The Dave Clark Five Columbia 33SX 6207 “Below average”Pop; Pop Ballad
Jukebox picks: “You Got What It Takes” (7.3) • “Inside And Out” (6.9) • “Tabatha Twitchit” (6.8) A typically unsatisfactory DC5 hodge-podge release for the second class citizens of Britain (EMI Columbia – SX 6207), re...more →
BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD AGAIN Buffalo Springfield ATCO Records SD 33-226 “Below average”Folk Rock / Americana
Jukebox picks: “Broken Arrow” (7.3) • “Mr. Soul” (6.9) • “Expecting To Fly” (6.3) Their second album is a much more eclectic set, touching on Soul, Rock, Jazz, Country and Folk within its 34 minutes. Th...more →
DAVID BOWIE [1967] David Bowie Deram SML-1007 “Below average”Pop; Crooner / Cabaret
Jukebox picks: “Rubber Band” (7.0) • “Please Mr. Gravedigger” (6.7) • “Join The Gang” (6.5) Released on 1st June 1967 - the same day as The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Both had an R n B bypass...more →
LISTEN TO THE WARM Rod McKuen RCA Victor LSP-3863 “Below average”Storytelling; Crooner / Cabaret
Jukebox picks: “Midnight Walk” (6.5) • “Round, Round, Round” (6.3) • “It’s Raining” (6.1) An interesting album from the 34-year-old Californian, released in tandem with his book of poetry, also called “Listen T...more →
MOBY GRAPE [1967] Moby Grape Columbia CS-9498 “Poor”Folk Rock / Americana; Rock
Jukebox picks: “Sitting By The Window” (7.0) • “Omaha” (6.7) • “Hey Grandma” (6.2) Patchy debut album from the San Franciscan 5-piece who line up: Peter Lewis (rhythm guitar, vocals), Jerry Miller (lead ...more →
YOU’LL ALWAYS HAVE MY LOVE Wanda Jackson Capitol Records ST-2812 “Poor”Country
Jukebox picks: “My Days Are Darker Than Your Nights” (6.3) • “The Half That’s Mine” (6.1) • “I’m The Queen Of My Lonely Little World” (5.6) Her second A-list album of 1967; with a few exceptions it's suffering from the laws of diminishing returns....more →
WILD HONEY The Beach Boys Capitol Records ST-2859 “Poor”Pop
Jukebox picks: “How She Boogalooed It” (6.1) • “Darlin’” (6.0) • “I’d Love Just Once To See You” (5.8) Beach Boys 1967 is now a whole new ball game. They’re now at the forefront of a new movement. A horrible movement. It wi...more →
FRIDAY ON MY MIND The Easybeats United Artists Records ULP-1167 “Poor”Cerebral Pop
Jukebox picks: “Friday On My Mind” (7.1) • “River Deep, Mountain High” (5.9) • “Happy Is The Man” (5.1) In a break with Easybeats tradition there are two covers on this one. The album opens with some serious ambition – tackl...more →
BUTTERFLY The Hollies Parlophone PMC-7039 “Poor”Pop; Psychedelia
Jukebox picks: “Dear Eloise” (6.7) • “Step Inside” (5.3) • “Maker” (5.0) Regarded by some as more of a Graham Nash-led project, the second Hollies album of 1967 struggles to win my affection, t...more →
I’M A LONESOME FUGITIVE Merle Haggard and The Strangers Capitol Records ST-2702 “Poor”Country
Jukebox picks: “Whatever Happened To Me” (5.6) • “The Fugitive” (5.5) • “House Of Memories” (5.4) Basking in the glory of his recent #1 country hit, “The Fugitive”, the album, titled “I'm A Lonesome Fugitive”, was ...more →
EVERY MOTHER’S SON Every Mother’s Son MGM Records SE-4471 “Lame”Pop
Jukebox picks: “Come On Down To My Boat” (6.3) • “Allison Dozer” (5.9) • “I Believe In You” (5.0) Starts off well with a cover - “Come On Down To My Boat” (originally done as "Come And Take A Ride In My Boat" by Th...more →
I WAS MADE TO LOVE HER Stevie Wonder Tamla TS-279 “Lame”Soul
Jukebox picks: “A Fool For You” (5.6) • “I Was Made To Love Her” (5.0) • “I Pity The Fool” (5.0) The seventh A-list album already for the seventeen-year-old, quite incredible really. As always, I struggle to get much ...more →
IT’S SMOKE TIME The Smoke Metronome MLP 15-279 “Lame”Blues Rock / Soul Rock; Pop; Psychedelia
Jukebox picks: “My Friend Jack” (6.8) • “High In A Room” (6.0) • “We Can Take It” (5.0) “It's smoke time” eh? Wink wink. The one and only album from the York 4-piece housed a couple of decent psychedelic pop ...more →
THE STORY OF SIMON SIMOPATH Nirvana Island Records ILPS-9059 “Lame”Pop; Songwriter
Jukebox picks: “Pentecost Hotel” (5.0) • “1999” (5.0) • “Satellite Jockey” (4.8) The lightly psychedelic, lightly progressive debut from the ambitious Londoners doesn't grip me in the slightest. Wikipe...more →
THE YOUNGBLOODS The Youngbloods RCA Victor LSP-3724 “Lame”Folk Rock / Americana; Blues Rock / Soul Rock
Jukebox picks: “Get Together” (5.7) • “Ain’t That Lovin’ You, Baby” (5.1) • “Tears Are Falling” (4.6) Tasteful but boring debut album from the New York folk-rockers who lined up: Jesse Colin Young (bass, lead vocals, rhyth...more →
MADE IN GERMANY Wanda Jackson Capitol Records SMK-74 383 “Lame”Country; Pop; Crooner / Cabaret
Jukebox picks: “Der Mond Ist Der Freund Der Verliebten” (8.3) • “Santo Domingo [german version]” (5.6) • “Komm Heim, Mein Wandersmann” (5.4) In early 1965, Jackson was invited by the German distribution partner of Capitol Records, Electrola, to record in German...more →
BEACH SAMBA Astrud Gilberto Verve Records V6-8708 “Lame”Crooner / Cabaret; Jazz; Pop
Jukebox picks: “Stay” (6.4) • “Canoeiro” (6.3) • “A Banda (Parade)” (5.6) A generally lightweight offering from the Ipanema girl, but it has it's moments, with the moody groover “Stay” and t...more →
EVERY MOTHER’S SON’S BACK Every Mother’s Son MGM Records SE-4504 “Terrible”Cerebral Pop; Pop
Jukebox picks: “I’d Rather Be Right Than Wrong” (5.3) • “I May Be Right” (4.7) • “Only Child” (4.6) 10 originals and 1 cover on this set, as the group trace their recent roots by tackling “I May Be Right” a folk-rock...more →
DOUBLE TROUBLE Elvis Presley RCA Victor LPM-3787 “Terrible”Blues / Rhythm n Blues; Pop
Jukebox picks: “City By Night” (6.4) • “Blue River” (5.2) • “There Is So Much World To See” (5.0) Released on the same day as Sgt.Peppers - a bit of a mis-match it has to be said. I like “City By Night”, a snazzy j...more →
OUT OF DIFFERENT BAGS Marlena Shaw Cadet Records LPS-803 “Terrible”Jazz
Jukebox picks: “Nothing But Tears” (5.5) • “Ahmad’s Blues” (5.1) • “Matchmaker, Matchmaker” (4.5) Debut album from the 24-year-old New Yorker, recently spotted playing the Chicago Jazz clubs by Chess Records A&R men, t...more →
NEW IMAGE Jackie DeShannon Imperial LP-9344 “Terrible”Pop; Jazz; Pop Ballad
Jukebox picks: “That’s The Name Of The Game” (5.0) • “A Proper Girl” (4.5) • “Where Does The Sun Go?” (4.4) Cheesy set from the Kentucky singer-songstress, although she only sings 2 of her own on this one (which, incidentally, a...more →
THE COWSILLS The Cowsills MGM Records SE-4498 “Terrible”Pop
Jukebox picks: “How Can I Make You See” (4.8) • “The Rain, The Park And Other Things” (4.6) • “(Come Round Here) I’m The One You Need” (4.5) A tame set of proto Partridge Family bubblegum/folk pop from the family band outta Newport, Rhode Island. Some neat harm...more →
SOUL ARTISTRY Jerry Butler Mercury SR-61105 “Terrible”Pop; Pop Ballad
Jukebox picks: “Good Good Lovin’” (4.4) • “You Don’t Know What You Got Until You Lose It” (4.0) • “Some Kind Of Magic” (3.7) Or, as I like to call it, "The Soul Artistry Of Jerry Butler As Designed For The Burgeoning Bourgeoisie". Or how about "...more →