English rockabilly and blues musician, born in Southampton, England, but now lives in southern California / Click on the Link above, to view the original album
* - Incredibly, the _only_ English studio album released while they were active was "The Yardbirds" in July 1966, unofficially known as "Roger The Engineer". This is compared to _FOUR_ US studio LP's - besides this, the other American albums were: 'Having A Rave-Up ... ', 'Over Under Sideaways Down' (abridged version of 'Roger The Engineer'), and 'Little Games' {after Beck left, Jimmy Page remained}.
Although this was on the Beach Boys 'Pet Sounds' album, the single was released before the LP, and credited to Brian - Click on the Link above/left, to view the original single.
* - This album is often not considered a "true" Lovin' Spoonful album, because many tracks are instrumentals used in the film. / John Sebastian performed this at Woodstock // Click on the Link above, left, to view the original single, with a color picture sleeve
David Crosby, a founding member of The Byrds and Crosby, Stills And Nash, died Jan 18th, 2023 at age 81 {SOMEHOW, he made it to freakin' EIGHTY ONE YEARS OLD?!?!? - Whoah, who'd a THUNK??}. / Click on Link above, LEFT, to see the original single with a color picture sleeve
Davies wrote this based on a negative experience with upper class guests, at a luxury resort where he was staying in 1965, to mock what he perceived as their condescension and self-satisfaction. / * - this album has no direct analogue outside of the US market, as it was put together from previous US singles, the "Kwyet Kinks" UK EP, and English album tracks left off US albums. // Click on Link above, LEFT, to see a French EP with a color picture sleeve
The original version of this song was in these films: 1969 - "The Magic Christian", starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr; 1970 "The Strawberry Statement" - also on their soundtracks
Florida punk band founded by brothers Mike and Eddie O'Brien, initially called The Fire Ants. / Click the Link above, left to view the original single, with a picture sleeve
This appeared on the soundtrack of the film "Head On" in 1998. / * - Oddly, two months AFTER the English release // Click on the Link above, left to view the original single
In 1990, she co-founded the Simple Machines record label; she ran it with Kristin Thomson from 1990 to 1998 out of their house in Arlington, Virginia. Along with TeenBeat Records and Dischord Records, Simple Machines helped document the D.C. punk and indie rock scenes.
This was originally the A-side, the B-side was 'Ain't No Sunshine'; then the single was "flipped", 'Ain't No Sunshine' became a big hit and the rest is history.
From Memphis, TN. Through their association with Knox Phillips, son of Sam Phillips, they released two singles in 1965 on the revived Sun label; the second, "My Way of Thinking", became one of the top hits in the area, reaching #1 on charts of radio station WGMN.
Their group name reflected their origins from the town of Lithgow (a prominent coal-mining center), west of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. They started in in 1965, but relocated to Sydney in 1967. / * - Full name of comp: 'Before Birdmen Flew ... Volume Four - Australian Beat, R&B & Punk: 1965 - 1967' / Click on the Link above/ left, to view the original Australian single.
They were active from 1965 - 1967, originally based in Seattle and later in LA. They released two singles. // * - also on their debut album 'The Youngbloods' album / Click on the Link above/ left, to view the CD
He was later a member of The New Seekers in the early 1970s, before resuming a solo career in 1973 / * - the B-side of 'Keep On Running', their 5th UK single {released in the US Jan 1966} // Click on the Link above/ left, to view the original album.
2014 - NME ranked the song number 155 in a list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" // 2020 - The album ranked at #408 on Rolling Stone's 500 "Greatest Albums of All Time" list.
* - Also released on their 'Long Player LP' (Feb 1971) but in a live version, that was recorded at the Fillmore East / Click on the Link above, to view the original single.
