1967

It Was 40 Years Ago Today Sgt. Pepper Taught The Band To Play

Well actually he taught them 60 years ago but the Beatles album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" was released 40 years ago today on June 1st 1967 in the UK and on June 2, 1967 in the USA. This set things up nicely for the Summer of Love. The year of my birth, 1967, was a fruitful time for exploding rock music. We saw debut albums from a lot of bands that would later become staples of classic rock. Now, if the whole album concept was still too much for one's attention span, then 1967 also offered a world of pop song hit singles that carried messages of social consciousness or even non-religious spiritual guidance. This summer, because the world is yet again a fucked up with a horrible war and a mess of people who hate each other, (much like in 1967) I've decided to smile on you brother in the hopes that everyone will get together and try to love one another right now. Here's all you need to listen to so that you too can start loving and stop hating. You may also want to drop a purple microdot in the coffee pot for extra enhancement.



Groovy Albums Full Of Hearts & Flowers

The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced ? (Debut)
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis Bold As Love (UK only)
The Rolling Stones - Flowers
The Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request
Pink Floyd - Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (Debut)
Cream - Disraeli Gears
The Doors - The Doors (Debut)
The Who - Who Sell Out
Grateful Dead - Grateful Dead (Debut)
The Velvet Underground with Nico - The Velvet Underground with Nico (Debut)
Love - Forever Changes
The Moody Blues - Days Of Future Passed (Debut)
Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow

Psychedelic Singles With Mystic Magic Powers

I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night - The Electric Prunes
(This is really from 1966, but if you take enough acid you'll never know the difference.)
Incense & Peppermints - Strawberry Alarm Clock
(To hide the pot smoke in the air and on your breath.)
Reach Out Of The Darkness - Friend And Lover
(Because it is very dark right now.)
Get Together - The Youngbloods
(Yeah, I know it seems corny.)
Windy - The Association
(One of Bubala's & my favorites.)
The Rain, The Park, & Other Things - The Cowsills
(Light, poppy and I love it.)
Lazy Day - Spanky & Our Gang
(This song just makes you feel like skipping on a sunny day.)
Let's Live For Today - The Grass Roots
(Because you never know when those religious nuts are going to end it for all of us.)
The Shape Of Things To Come - Max Frost
(Max Frost for president because he doses congress with trips.)
My Friend Jack - The Smoke
(This one goes out to all those who like one sugar lump or two.)
I Can Hear The Grass Grow - The Move
(Yep, after all those sugar lumps you really can.)
Optical Sound - The Human Express
(Oh, all my senses are getting mixed up.)
Voices Green & Purple - The Bees
(ah man, ah man, ah man)
Real Crazy Apartment - Winston's Fumbs
(Things are really getting out of hand now.)
The Mad Man Running Through The Fields - Dantalion's Chariot
(I'm peaking ! I'm peaking!)

Peace,
Love,

And may all your magic mushroom dreams
come true and may you live happily ever after.