Posted May 13, 200520 yr This thread may have run before, but what's your single favourite pop record from the 60's? I know, it's hard to narrow down to one (or two!) but makes for better reading than endless lists (IMHO) Here's your starter from the Day household.... Alone Again Or - Love My fave. Bloody beautiful melody, stunning arrangement, a perfect record from first note to the last. Edited May 13, 200520 yr by Dayo
May 13, 200520 yr right off the top of my head I'll pick: The Beau Brummels- Don't talk to strangers (UK Pye Int or US Autumn) in five minutes time I'd have picked a different one... oh... runner up The Escorts- Come on home baby (UK or US Fontana) better stop now before I get carried away....
May 13, 200520 yr This thread may have run before, but what's your single favourite pop record from the 60's? I know, it's hard to narrow down to one (or two!) but makes for better reading than endless lists (IMHO) Here's your starter from the Day household.... Alone Again Or - Love My fave. Bloody beautiful melody, stunning arrangement, a perfect record from first note to the last. link Difficult so many Tracks to choose from but I think (well today anyway) Dusty Springfield - I only wanna be with you, 1963
May 13, 200520 yr And I love her - The Beatles. Esther Phillips has a good stab at it too. link If you fancy a UK Atlantic issue (of Esther) Andy, let me know. Good 60's tune - Creedence Clearwater - Fortunate Son.
May 13, 200520 yr Author Not like I'm self appointed judge of this thread, but every one mentioned so far reflects immaculate good taste (IMHO)
May 13, 200520 yr Not like I'm self appointed judge of this thread, but every one mentioned so far reflects immaculate good taste (IMHO) link Why thank you - think it's the first time i have had a compliment about my musical prefrences on the forum (errrrr I think it was a compliment). QOF XX
May 13, 200520 yr Author Why thank you - think it's the first time i have had a compliment about my musical prefrences on the forum (errrrr I think it was a compliment). QOF XX link Of course it was a compliment.
May 13, 200519 yr If you fancy a UK Atlantic issue (of Esther) Andy, let me know. Cheers Ian - got one. Not allowed to play it out though, tried once at valatone and Johnny told me to 'stop bloody depressing everyone". pah! In Town Mikey is runner up so far. Good call!
May 13, 200519 yr Honeycombs - Have I the right somebody told me the singer is Denis O'Dell i.e. Denis Dell of Better Use Your Head Fame. (Pete S. to confirm?)
May 13, 200519 yr Honeycombs - Have I the right somebody told me the singer is Denis O'Dell i.e. Denis Dell of Better Use Your Head Fame. (Pete S. to confirm?) link Sure is Simon! Dennis D'ell (or Dennis Dalziel) was indeed the lead singer with the Honeycombs, and is the same person known for "Better Use Your Head" on CBS.
May 13, 200519 yr Honeycombs - Have I the right somebody told me the singer is Denis O'Dell i.e. Denis Dell of Better Use Your Head Fame. (Pete S. to confirm?) link No your dead right Simon. He's also the landlord of the Queen Vic in Gt Dunmow. So I rang him and asked him if he had fifty copies of better use your head in the loft ... he didn't
May 13, 200519 yr Sure is Simon! Dennis D'ell (or Dennis Dalziel) was indeed the lead singer with the Honeycombs, and is the same person known for "Better Use Your Head" on CBS. link Also told, they also had a girl on the drums called Honey who they got (part) of their name from!
May 13, 200519 yr Honey lantree (and she was) Did they tell you anything else that you'd like me to look up on Google so I can appear moderately intelligent?
May 13, 200519 yr I've always been under the impression it was Honey the drummer who sang on Have I The Right. As for a favourite 60s pop record, that is almost as hard as picking your favourite soul record, entirely depends on your mood. I'll go for Roy Orbison's Crying, majestic piece of pop music, but may change my mind in the next half hour.
May 13, 200519 yr I'll go for Roy Orbison's Crying, majestic piece of pop music, but may change my mind in the next half hour. link Forever ruined by that classic only fools and horses xmas special. KA WYYYYING over you
May 13, 200519 yr Fire - my fathers name was dad -decca. anybody who hasn't heard this should try and find it on the net too listen to. Bloody great. If i knew how to i put up a sound file
May 13, 200519 yr And I love her - The Beatles. Esther Phillips has a good stab at it too. link And another good version,by the chap who did to the end of the earth thats the good one on Polydor/MGM not all the other versions....
May 13, 200519 yr beach boys - i just wasn't made for these times link Dave...you never cease to amaze me. Your taste is impeccable, probably because it coincides with mine. I never knew you were a Pet Sounds fan. This is one of the most stunning pieces of music ever made, surpassed only perhaps by another track from that album, "God Only Knows".
May 13, 200519 yr And another good version,by the chap who did to the end of the earth thats the good one on Polydor/MGM not all the other versions.... link Tony Middleton? OK Kenny, you've got me, how much do you want for it?
May 13, 200519 yr This thread may have run before, but what's your single favourite pop record from the 60's? I know, it's hard to narrow down to one (or two!) but makes for better reading than endless lists (IMHO) Here's your starter from the Day household.... Alone Again Or - Love My fave. Bloody beautiful melody, stunning arrangement, a perfect record from first note to the last. link As an elder member the 60s threw up some great records, if I put all of them on this reply you'd be asleep well before the end of it!, so here are a few~ MINDBENDERS~GROOVY KIND OF LOVE BEATLES~I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER THE ACTION~BABY YOU GOT IT THE CREATION~MAKIN TIME THE WHO~SHOUT AND SHIMMY BEACH BOYS~GOD ONLY KNOWS TROGGS~I CAN'T CONTROL MYSELF RUPERTS PEOPLE~REFLECTIONS OF CHARLES BROWN LOCOMOTION~RUDY'S IN LOVE KINKS~I NEED YOU SMALL FACES~TIN SOLDIER
May 13, 200519 yr got a thing for the hollies ---i'm alive ....at the moment Davie link Flip it over Dave (I Think) it should be "You Know He Did", was a big mod fave in Edinburgh in the mid 60s Lenny
May 13, 200519 yr Tony Middleton? OK Kenny, you've got me, how much do you want for it? link Out of interest has anyone heard the Nat King Cole original version of " to the ends of the earth" lovely record Edited May 13, 200519 yr by Richard Bergman
May 13, 200519 yr As an elder member the 60s threw up some great records, if I put all of them on this reply you'd be asleep well before the end of it!, so here are a few~ MINDBENDERS~GROOVY KIND OF LOVE BEATLES~I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER THE ACTION~BABY YOU GOT IT THE CREATION~MAKIN TIME THE WHO~SHOUT AND SHIMMY BEACH BOYS~GOD ONLY KNOWS TROGGS~I CAN'T CONTROL MYSELF RUPERTS PEOPLE~REFLECTIONS OF CHARLES BROWN LOCOMOTION~RUDY'S IN LOVE KINKS~I NEED YOU SMALL FACES~TIN SOLDIER link "RUPERTS PEOPLE~REFLECTIONS OF CHARLES BROWN" this record sounds like Procol Harum's "whiter shade of pale"
May 13, 200519 yr Tony Middleton? OK Kenny, you've got me, how much do you want for it? link Got RCA for nowt,bit scratched though!or mint English black RCA £30 Andy hows that?.
May 13, 200519 yr "RUPERTS PEOPLE~REFLECTIONS OF CHARLES BROWN" this record sounds like Procol Harum's "whiter shade of pale" link Yes you are quite right, it was taken from some Bach tune and it really is a heartbreaking story or mushy lyrics depending on you're taste
May 13, 200519 yr "RUPERTS PEOPLE~REFLECTIONS OF CHARLES BROWN" this record sounds like Procol Harum's "whiter shade of pale" link Other sides best,but like charlie brown very much!got green English demo,i think Ruperts people are the band flur de lyes some kindly mod might correct spellin` for me.
May 13, 200519 yr Other sides best,but like charlie brown very much!got green English demo,i think Ruperts people are the band flur de lyes some kindly mod might correct spellin` for me. link Nearly right Ken, Reflections is the B side to Hold On which was written by the band, it was then covered by Sharon Tandy on Atlantic with Fleur de Lys on backing track with an unconfirmed Jimmy Page on the geetar solo, but Ruperts People are a different band, top mod sound! Edited May 13, 200519 yr by BIGSOULMAN
May 13, 200519 yr This is one of the most stunning pieces of music ever made, surpassed only perhaps by another track from that album, "God Only Knows". link Hear hear, lead vocal by Carl Wilson R.I.P.
May 13, 200519 yr Nearly right Ken, Reflections is the B side to Hold On which was written by the band, it was then covered by Sharon Tandy on Atlantic with Fleur de Lys on backing track with an unconfirmed Jimmy Page on the geetar solo, but Ruperts People are a different band, top mod sound! link Sorry Bigsoulman,but Sharon Tandy told me herself when recently doing the 100club,she did hold on which did sound brill!!well to my ears
May 13, 200519 yr Sorry Bigsoulman,but Sharon Tandy told me herself when recently doing the 100club,she did hold on which did sound brill!!well to my ears link As i've said Ken, she covered it after Ruperts People and is by far the better version by her, i've had both versions in my collection since dem old days and when i've listened to her singing I can't help thinking why she just dissapeared, I know she had a pop hit with Tony And Tandy~Two Can Make It Together...then she vanished, would loved to have heard her sing that live
May 13, 200519 yr As i've said Ken, she covered it after Ruperts People and is by far the better version by her, i've had both versions in my collection since dem old days and when i've listened to her singing I can't help thinking why she just dissapeared, I know she had a pop hit with Tony And Tandy~Two Can Make It Together...then she vanished, would loved to have heard her sing that live link Shes done! a CD on Kent,as everything on by this sth African lots of info as well! knowing Kent,i thought she was very good
May 13, 200519 yr The One in The Middle by Manfred Mann. Or pretty much any early Manfred Mann blues/jazz influenced stuff.
May 13, 200519 yr Elvis Presley ~ Suspicious Minds ~ RCA Victor 9764 "We're caught in a trap...." What an opening line... sets the tone for the rest of the lyrics.....
May 13, 200519 yr Elvis Presley ~ Suspicious Minds ~ RCA Victor 9764 "We're caught in a trap...." What an opening line... sets the tone for the rest of the lyrics..... link Errr...that was from the 70s fido
May 13, 200519 yr Elvis Presley ~ Suspicious Minds ~ RCA Victor 9764 "We're caught in a trap...." What an opening line... sets the tone for the rest of the lyrics..... link Certainly does. It rhymes perfectly with 'a load of old of crap'.
May 13, 200519 yr Errr...that was from the 70s fido link Released 1969..... now unless i'm mistaken that slots it into the decade known as the 1960s.....
May 13, 200519 yr Certainly does. It rhymes perfectly with 'a load of old of crap'. link Hollies-Bus stop
May 13, 200519 yr Fire - my fathers name was dad -decca. anybody who hasn't heard this should try and find it on the net too listen to. Bloody great. If i knew how to i put up a sound file link That is a fantastic record. Think they only did 2 singles then disappeared.
May 13, 200519 yr Nearly right Ken, Reflections is the B side to Hold On which was written by the band, it was then covered by Sharon Tandy on Atlantic with Fleur de Lys on backing track with an unconfirmed Jimmy Page on the geetar solo, but Ruperts People are a different band, top mod sound! link I met this guy about 5 years ago, when I used to go pick the post up from the p.o. box in Hastings...anyway he saw I was picking up records and we got chatting, he says he's a member of the band Ruperts People, so I said what, this new incarnation, and he says no, the original band. Anyway I got his name and number, went home and looked them up, no way was he in the original band. Then he came round my house and gave me a poster for Ruperts People playing live in Israel in 1968! Said I could have it. I said which one are you, and he points at one member who looks nothing like him. Anyway I gave him a lovely US Bell issue of Reflections for it, stuck it on Ebay, got £80. I still don't know if he really was in the band or not but if not, how did he get the poster??
May 13, 200519 yr Released 1969..... now unless i'm mistaken that slots it into the decade known as the 1960s..... link getting mixed up with Candi Staton...meow
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This thread may have run before, but what's your single favourite pop record from the 60's?
I know, it's hard to narrow down to one (or two!) but makes for better reading than endless lists (IMHO)
Here's your starter from the Day household....
Alone Again Or - Love
My fave. Bloody beautiful melody, stunning arrangement, a perfect record from first note to the last.
Edited by Dayo