1960′s Historic & Classic Rock Albums . . . . . . . . . . The Beatles (White Album) November 22, 1968 50th Anniversary!

THE BEATLES – The White Album
50th Anniversary!

1968: the Most Historic Year in Modern American History was coming to an end; as was the undisputed most influential band ever, The Beatles.

All of the tales told of the Beatles demise were obvious; four talented musicians who stopped touring in ‘66, the death of Manager Brian Epstein in ’67 made them personally involved in legal and financial conflicts, they had artistic differences, and all four worked on solo album projects. And then there was Yoko. The band oath of no wives or girlfriends while recording was broken by John with Yoko’s involvement (again, seriously was that necessary?) 00individual believes this was just a ploy used by John to advance the breakup process, McCartney took the bait and by ‘70 they realized the band would not regroup.

There were so many tracks on this double album that the grooves were so narrow that it took three returned copies to Crane’s Records in Inglewood and a brand new needle before 00individual had two vinyl records that didn’t skip.

Looking at the titles brings 00individual back to the ending days – the end of the 12th grade, and heading into the end of the 1960’s decade, 1969. Trippy.

Side one
1. “Back in the U.S.S.R.” McCartney 2:43
2. “Dear Prudence” Lennon 3:56
3. “Glass Onion” Lennon 2:18
4. “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” McCartney 3:08
5. “Wild Honey Pie” McCartney 0:52
6. “The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill” Lennon, with Yoko Ono 3:14
7. “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” (George Harrison) Harrison 4:45
8. “Happiness Is a Warm Gun” Lennon 2:43
Total length: 23:39
Side two
9. “Martha My Dear” McCartney 2:28
10. “I’m So Tired” Lennon 2:03
11. “Blackbird” McCartney 2:18
12. “Piggies” (George Harrison) Harrison 2:04
13. “Rocky Raccoon” McCartney 3:33
14. “Don’t Pass Me By” (Richard Starkey) Starr 3:51
15. “Why Don’t We Do It in the Road?” McCartney 1:41
16. “I Will” McCartney 1:46
17. “Julia” Lennon 2:54
Total length: 22:38
Side three
1. “Birthday” McCartney with Lennon 2:42
2. “Yer Blues” Lennon 4:01
3. “Mother Nature’s Son” McCartney 2:48
4. “Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey” Lennon 2:24
5. “Sexy Sadie” Lennon 3:15
6. “Helter Skelter” McCartney 4:29
7. “Long, Long, Long” (George Harrison) Harrison 3:04
Total length: 22:43
Side four
8. “Revolution 1” Lennon 4:15
9. “Honey Pie” McCartney 2:41
10. “Savoy Truffle” (George Harrison) Harrison 2:54
11. “Cry Baby Cry” Lennon, with McCartney 3:02
12. “Revolution 9” Speaking from Lennon, Harrison, Ono and George Martin 8:22
13. “Good Night” Starr 3:13
Total length: 24:27

The Rock
!965 – The Beatles – “I’m Down” – the B-side to the single “Help” – it took the Beatles until 1968 to finally return and kick some “I’m Down” ass and blow the roof off with some Hard Rock.

There are the expected amount of ballads, love songs, and ditties, but it was the Rock of the opening track, “Back in the U.S.S.R.” that clearly sent the message that these Lads still had some Rock that needed to be cut loose. “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”, “Happiness Is a Warm Gun”, “Birthday”, “Yer Blues”, “Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey”, “Helter Skelter”, “Revolution 1”, “Savoy Truffle” – this was some much-needed Rock to add to their Pop catalog.

The Album Cover
While the extremely understated choice for the cover was an obvious diametrically opposed reaction to the overwhelming detail and color of their Sgt. Pepper’s album cover – and once the Stones went lenticular with Their Satanic Majesties Request,  what was the World’s Greatest Pop Band to do? Apparently nothing. And it will always be seen as a lost opportunity. A blank white album cover with an embossed “The Beatles” and numbered may have sounded revolutionary chic back then but it wasn’t – it was a disappointment and a lazy uninspired attempt at making a non-statement. Boo!

The Cult of Album Rock
Even with the FM radio stations, only the most favored tracks were played, 00individual remembers all of these songs as strongly as the “hits” – evidence of many repeated listenings – stack those LPs (no more than two, although three if necessary) then flip ’em. The Cult of Album Rock through listening to albums repeatedly by oneself, or in a group, a party, or just hangin’ out was like the air, and the 1968 White Album was a terrific decade-ending precursor to The Beatles’ true Farewell Album – 1969’s Abbey Road.

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Celebrate the Most Historic Year in Modern American History with the 50th Anniversary of 1968 – featuring DECEMBER

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DECEMBER 1968

EXPERIENCE the HISTORICAL HEIGHT of POP and ROCK and PSYCHEDELIC CULTURE!
and the Year that Shattered American and World History

Happenings:
Dec 2 US President Richard Nixon names Henry Kissinger security advisor
Dec 3 Elvis comeback special airs on NBC

Dec 6 Rolling Stones release “Beggar’s Banquet” LP
Dec 7 Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 launched into Earth orbit
Dec 7 Richard Dodd returns a library book his great grandfather took out in 1823 from the University of Cincinnati
Dec 9 NLS (a system for which hypertext and the computer mouse were developed) is publicly demonstrated for the first time in San Francisco.
Dec 10 Joe Frazier beats Oscar Bonavena in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
Dec 10 Japan’s biggest heist, the still-unsolved “300 million yen robbery”, occurs in Tokyo.
Dec 12 Arthur Ashe becomes 1st black to be ranked #1 in tennis
Dec 12 Rolling Stones film TV show “Rock ‘n Roll Circus”- it is never aired
Dec 12 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Dec 20 The Zodiac Killer kills Betty Lou Jenson and David Faraday in Vallejo, California.
Dec 21 Apollo 8: 1st manned Moon voyage launched with Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and William Anders
Dec 21 David Crosby, Stephen Stills & Graham Nash (CSN) premiere together in California
Dec 21 Glen Campbell’s album “Wichita Lineman” goes to No. 1 in the US
Dec 23 1st US case of space motion sickness
Dec 23 82 members of US intelligence ship Pueblo released by North Korea
Dec 23 Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and William Anders become the 1st men to orbit the Moon
Dec 24 Apollo 8 astronauts read passages from Book of Genesis
Dec 25 Frank Borman’s Christmas reading while orbiting the Moon
Dec 26 Led Zeppelin’s concert debut in Denver as opener for Vanilla Fudge
Dec 26 Bruin Ted Green sets NHL penalty record of 3 minors, 2 majors & 2 game misconducts in a game against NY Rangers in NY’s Madison Square Garden
Dec 27 Apollo 8 returns to Earth
Dec 27 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC
Dec 28 -30 Miami Pop Festival – first major rock festival on America’s east coast – 100,000 attend

Dec 28 Beatles’ “White Album” goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks
Dec 30 Frank Sinatra records “My Way” with lyrics written by Paul Anka and based on the French song “Comme d’habitude”
Dec 31 1st supersonic airliner flown (Russian TU-144)
Dec 31 NY Jets win AFL championship

Album Releases:
1 Head – The Monkees Soundtrack
2 Cruising with Ruben & the Jets – The Mothers of Invention
6 Beggars Banquet – The Rolling Stones
6 James Taylor – James Taylor
8 For Once in My Life – Stevie Wonder
11 Blood, Sweat & Tears – Blood, Sweat & Tears
23 The Natch’l Blues – Taj Mahal
23 Any Day Now – Joan Baez
Brooklyn Bridge – Johnny Maestro & the Brooklyn Bridge
The Circle Game – Tom Rush
The Family That Plays Together – Spirit
I Love How You Love Me – Bobby Vinton
Jewels – Waylon Jennings
Live at the Copa The Temptations
Love Is – Eric Burdon & The Animals
The Sinatra Family Wish You a Merry Christmas – Frank Sinatra
The Soft Machine – The Soft Machine
Sweet Child – Pentangle

US Top 20 Singles for the Week Ending December 21, 1968:
1  I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE – Marvin Gaye (Tamla)
2  LOVE CHILD – Diana Ross and the Supremes (Motown)
3  FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE – Stevie Wonder (Tamla)
4  ABRAHAM, MARTIN AND JOHN – Dion (Laurie)
5  WICHITA LINEMAN – Glen Campbell (Capitol)
6  STORMY – The Classics IV Featuring Dennis Yost (Imperial)
7  WHO’S MAKING LOVE – Johnnie Taylor (Stax)
8  BOTH SIDES NOW – Judy Collins (Elektra)
9  I LOVE HOW YOU LOVE ME – Bobby Vinton (Epic)
10  MAGIC CARPET RIDE – Steppenwolf (Dunhill)
11  HEY JUDE – The Beatles (Apple)
12  CLOUD NINE – The Temptations (Gordy)
13  CINNAMON – Derek (Bang)
14  SEE SAW – Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)
15  CHEWY CHEWY – The Ohio Express (Buddah)
16  SCARBOROUGH FAIR – Sergio Mendes and Brasil ’66 (A&M)
17  I’M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME – Diana Ross & the Supremes & the Temptations (Motown)
18  BRING IT ON HOME TO ME – Eddie Floyd (Stax)
19  THOSE WERE THE DAYS – Mary Hopkin (Apple)
20  SOULFUL STRUT – Young-Holt Unlimited (Brunswick)

 DECEMBER 1968 MOVIES
December 12
The Killing of Sister George
December 16
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (UK)
December 18
Hell in the Pacific
December 19
Skidoo
December 20
The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit
Three in the Attic
December 21
Once Upon a Time in the West (Italy)
December 22
The Night They Raided Minsky’s
December 24
The Love Bug
December 25
The Sergeant
The Stalking Moon

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Celebrate the Most Historic Year in Modern American History with the 50th Anniversary of 1968 – featuring NOVEMBER

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NOVEMBER 1968

EXPERIENCE the HISTORICAL HEIGHT of POP and ROCK and PSYCHEDELIC CULTURE!
and the Year that Shattered American and World History

Happenings:
Nov 1 Motion Picture Association of America introduces rating system (G, M, R, X)
Nov 4 “Wichita Lineman” by Glen Campbell, his 12th album and Billboard Album of the Year 1969
Nov 5 Republican candidate Richard “I am not a crook” Nixon is elected President of the United States, defeating Democrat candidate Hubert Humphrey. Clueless Nixon co-opts the peace/victory sign as his signature trademark at the height of the Counter-Culture’s Peace and Love movement – and wondered why people thought he was a Dick.

Nov 11 John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear nude on cover of “2 Virgins” album. Was this absolutely necessary? Nobody wanted to see that.
Image shown hair as a pubic service.
Nov 12 US Supreme Court: Epperson v. Arkansas, court declares unconstitutional Arkansas law banning teaching evolution in public schools
Nov 14 “National Turn in Your Draft Card Day” features draft card burning
Nov 14 First European lung transplant
Nov 14 Yale University announces it is going co-educational
Nov 22 1st interracial TV kiss (Star Trek – Captain Kirk and Uhura) Really?

Nov 22 Beatles release “Beatles” (White Album), their only double album
Nov 26 34th Heisman Trophy Award: O.J. Simpson, Southern Cal (RB)
Nov 28 John Lennon is fined £150 for unauthorized drug possession
Nov 29 John Lennon and Yoko Ono release their 1st album “Two Virgins” in UK

Album Releases:
Nov 1 Living the Blues – Canned Heat double LP; studio + live
Nov 1 Wonderwall Music – George Harrison Soundtrack
Nov 8 Diana Ross & the Supremes & The Temptations Duets
Nov 12 Neil Young – debut album
Nov 13 Love Child – Diana Ross & the Supremes
Nov 20 Eivets Rednow – Stevie Wonder released under pseudonym Eivets Rednow
Nov 22 The Beatles (The White Album) – The Beatles
Nov 22 Dusty… Definitely Dusty Springfield
Nov 22 Elvis – Elvis Presley Soundtrack to 1968 TV special
Nov 22 The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society – The Kinks
Nov 29 Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins – John Lennon and Yoko Ono
Ars Longa Vita Brevis – The Nice
Astral Weeks – Van Morrison
Back Here on Earth – Gordon Lightfoot

Blues from Laurel Canyon – John Mayall
50th anniversary for this great Blues album AND this month also marks John Mayall, Father of the British Blues, 85th Birthday!
00individual has a ticket to see him perform live and celebrate his 85th birthday at the Canyon Club this month! Rock ‘n’ Roll ‘n’ Blues; the Fountain of Youth! Mayall is proof.

Born to Be – Melanie Safka
The Doughnut in Granny’s Greenhouse – Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
Gentle on My Mind – Dean Martin
Help Yourself – Tom Jones
I’ve Gotta Be Me – Sammy Davis Jr.
The Ice Man Cometh – Jerry Butler
The Marble Index – Nico
Promises, Promises – Dionne Warwick
Release of an Oath – The Electric Prunes
This Is My Country – The Impressions with Curtis Mayfield
Time Out! Time In For Them – Them
The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands – The Turtles
Wee Tam and the Big Huge – The Incredible String Band

US Top 20 Singles for the Week Ending November 16, 1968:
1 HEY JUDE – The Beatles (Apple)
2 THOSE WERE THE DAYS – Mary Hopkin (Apple)
3 LOVE CHILD – Diana Ross and the Supremes (Motown)
4 MAGIC CARPET RIDE – Steppenwolf (Dunhill)
5 HOLD ME TIGHT – Johnny Nash (JAD)
6 WHITE ROOM – Cream (Atco)
7 LITTLE GREEN APPLES – O.C. Smith (Columbia)
8 WHO’S MAKING LOVE – Johnnie Taylor (Stax)
9 ABRAHAM, MARTIN AND JOHN – Dion (Laurie)
10 ELENORE – The Turtles (White Whale)
11 FIRE – The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown (Atlantic)
12 OVER YOU – Gary Puckett and the Union Gap (Columbia)
13 SWEET BLINDNESS – The 5th Dimension (Soul City)
14 FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE – Stevie Wonder (Tamla)
15 MIDNIGHT CONFESSIONS – The Grass Roots (Dunhill)
16 HEY, WESTERN UNION MAN – Jerry Butler (Mercury)
17 CHEWY CHEWY – The Ohio Express (Buddah)
18 ALWAYS TOGETHER – The Dells (Cadet)
19 SUZIE Q. (Part 1) – Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy)
20 REVOLUTION – The Beatles (Apple)

NOVEMBER 1968 MOVIES
November 6
Head
November 15
The Shoes of the Fisherman
November 16
The Legend of Lylah Clare
November 20
Lady in Cement
November 24
Faces
November 27
Hellfighters
November 30
The Shakiest Gun in the West.

The Psychedelic Train goes full-on Holographic Psychedelectriglide, and cruises the transition of seasons, then on through 1968 toward December.

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OCTOBER 1968

EXPERIENCE the HISTORICAL HEIGHT of POP and ROCK and PSYCHEDELIC CULTURE!
and the Year that Shattered American and World History

Happenings:
Oct 1 Cult zombie film “Night of the Living Dead” directed by George A. Romero
Oct 2 Mexico City police fire on protesting students, 300-500 killed
Oct 5 Civil rights march in Derry stopped by the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC)and resulting clashes lead to two days of serious rioting, often considered the start of ‘the Troubles’ in Northern Ireland
Oct 7 Motion Picture Association of America adopts film rating system
Oct 7 Rioting continues in Derry, Northern Ireland after Royal Ulster Constabulary put down civil rights march two days earlier
Oct 9 2,000 students from Queen’s University Belfast try to march to Belfast City Hall in protest against ‘police brutality’, but blocked by loyalists led by Ian Paisley; leads for formation of student civil rights group People’s Democracy
Oct 11 Apollo 7 (Schirra, Eisele & Cunningham) made 163 orbits in 260 hours
Oct 14 1st live telecast from a manned US spacecraft (Apollo 7)
Oct 14 Beatles “White Album” completed
Oct 16 Tommie Smith and John Carlos give the black power salute during the Olympics on the podium in Mexico City
Oct 18 Circus Circus hotel opens in Las Vegas, largest permanent big top in the world
Oct 18 John Lennon & Yoko One fined £150 for marijuana possession. Police find 219 grains of cannabis resin in John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s apartment.
Oct 22 Apollo 7 returns to Earth
Oct 24 Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithful busted for pot, released on £50 bail
Oct 31 US President Lyndon B. Johnson orders a halt to all bombing of North Vietnam
Oct 31 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

Album Releases:
3 Mama Tried – Merle Haggard
5 Electric Mud – Muddy Waters
12 Aretha in Paris – Aretha Franklin Live
14 Prophets, Seers & Sages: The Angels of the Ages – Tyrannosaurus Rex

16 Electric Ladyland
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
. . and there they were, witnessing the birth of Electric Ladyland. In late ’68 Rockers were chosen to connect to a higher level of Sophisticated Psychedelic Sounds.
Shit got primal with deep emotion as Hendrix carved arcane history with his supernatural ax. Not-so-strangely, Electric Ladyland served as an actual place, a safe harbor, a place they could call home. The sounds struck spiritually-soothing chords within them – the first true excursions into Psychedelic Soul – Hendrix was the original, Hendrix was the best.

16 Three Dog Night – Three Dog Night
19 Dream a Little Dream – Cass Elliot
25 This Was – Jethro Tull                                                (Customized “American Pop” animation cel.)
1, 2, 3, Red Light – 1910 Fruitgum Company
The Book of Taliesyn – Deep Purple US
Bradley’s Barn – The Beau Brummels
The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark – Dillard & Clark
The Hurdy Gurdy Man – Donovan
In Person at the Whisky a Go Go – Otis Redding Live
Nazz – Nazz
Sailor – Steve Miller Band
The Second – Steppenwolf
Traffic – Traffic
The Tumbler – John Martyn
The Wonderful World of The Osmond Brothers – The Osmonds

US Top 20 Singles for the Week Ending October 26, 1968:
1  HEY JUDE – The Beatles (Apple)
2  LITTLE GREEN APPLES – O.C. Smith (Columbia)
3  FIRE – The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown (Atlantic)
4  THOSE WERE THE DAYS – Mary Hopkin (Apple)
5  GIRL WATCHER – The O’Kaysions (ABC)
6  MIDNIGHT CONFESSIONS – The Grass Roots (Dunhill)
7  OVER YOU – Gary Puckett and the Union Gap (Columbia)
8  HARPER VALLEY P.T.A. – Jeannie C. Riley (Plantation)
9  ELENORE – The Turtles (White Whale)
10  I’VE GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU – The Bee Gees (Atco)
11  HOLD ME TIGHT – Johnny Nash (JAD)
12  SUZIE Q. (Part 1) – Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy)
13  PIECE OF MY HEART – Big Brother and the Holding Company (Columbia)
14  MY SPECIAL ANGEL – The Vogues (Reprise)
15  WHITE ROOM – Cream (Atco)
16  SAY IT LOUD – I’M BLACK AND I’M PROUD (Part 1) – James Brown (King)
17  REVOLUTION – The Beatles (Apple)
18  HEY, WESTERN UNION MAN – Jerry Butler (Mercury)
19  LOVE CHILD – Diana Ross and the Supremes (Motown)
20  ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER – The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Reprise)

 OCTOBER 1968 MOVIES 50th ANNIVERSARY!

October 1
Night of the Living Dead*

No matter when or where you saw this for the first time in ’68 (for 00individual it was at the Drive-In), it was a gore-filled and viscerally-scary introduction of a full-blown genre:
Zombies and the Undead!
Filmed in glorious black and white and shades of gray, the graphic intense build was riveting!

October 2
Coogan’s Bluff*

Eastwood, straight up. A modern-day take on the Western. The first of five films directed by Don Siegel: Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970), The Beguiled and Dirty Harry (1971), and Escape from Alcatraz (1979) – and the second release for Clint’s production company Malpaso.

October 7
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas*

Comic genius Peter Sellers and the luscious Leigh Taylor Young (yum) get stoned on
Alice B. Toklas’ “brownies”.

October 9
Finian’s Rainbow
October 10
Barbarella (US)*

Outer space fantasy with sex kitten Jane Fonda doin’ her thing!

October 13
The Subject Was Roses
October 16
The Boston Strangler
October 17
Bullitt*

Steve McQueen; the Man’s Man.
Car chase history was made throughout the streets of San Francisco.

October 22
Vixen!

Hubba-hubba!

Live a Little, Love a Little
October 30
The Lion in Winter*

Iconic actors in top form recreate the debates between men and women, power, and love,
within a believable cold castle environment.

October 23
ICE STATION ZEBRA*

ICE STATION ZEBRA MIND BLOWER

Viewed repeatedly by Howard Hughes in his later years; Hughes was an American business magnate, investor, record-setting pilot, engineer, film director, and philanthropist, known during his lifetime as one of the most financially successful individuals in the world.

He first became prominent as a film producer, and then as an influential figure in the aviation industry. Later in life, he became known for his eccentric behavior and reclusive lifestyle in Las Vegas – oddities that were caused in part by a worsening obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), chronic pain from a near-fatal plane crash, and increasing deafness.

The straight-forward elements of Ice Station Zebra’s story, acting, and direction left no room for comedy, this was all serious business with a startling revelation at the very end that was the most important “political” behind-the-scenes reveal ever. 

Ice Station Zebra was the first movie that caused 00individual to really understand that much of what was reported in, and on the news was only what was deemed for public consumption, and that the truth was beneath the lies and cover stories.  It was a very profound reveal, one that must have fascinated Hughes. And one that truly opened 00individual’s eyes to the reality of the machinations of the world – 50 years ago this month in 70 mm Cinerama!

Although based on Alistair MacLean’s book, Ice Station Zebra, it was also based on real-life events that took place in 1959 – the year of the “International Geophysical Year” program. 00individual had the I.G.Y. Marx playset and even as a kid wondered why there was a need for rockets and missiles. Maybe Ice Station Zebra the movie was an exact re-enactment of what happened and was covered-up world-wide by the “I.G.Y.” story. 

Now I get it, Hughes knew that he was watching the first movie to replicate the truth delivered as a “story”, a movie disguised as pure fiction based on fact to a public, who, just like 00individual, got the end message, but was fooled by the truth.

00individual is sure that the brilliant Howard Hughes, in any one of his repeated viewings, considered, or knew this to be possible. 

Also, dig this, a once in a lifetime experience: M.G.M. STUDIO BACK-LOT 3 ADVENTURES . . . on moonlit nights, in western towns, on pirate ships, and on the Ice Station Zebra set!

*Movies 00individual saw at the Theater – or Drive In.

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The Psychedelic Train enjoys a stop at Helloween Town Theme Park,
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1960′s Historic & Classic Rock Albums . . . . . . . . . . The BEATLES . . . ABBEY ROAD . . . . . . . . . . . September 26, 1969 – – – 50th Anniversary in 2019! plus 00INDIVIDUAL, DEFENSE FOR THE DEAD

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EXPERIENCE ROCK HISTORY!

The BEATLES – ABBEY ROAD – September 26, 1969

00individual Celebrates Abbey Road’s 50th Anniversary – a Year Early!

00individual for the first time in a long, long time is not living in the moment. With project(ion)s already plotted for 2019 – that’s where his head is at, in the future.
And in 2019 many 50th Anniversaries will be celebrated . . .

So . . . 00individual has decided to be the first one on his block to initiate a preemptive strike of the onslaught of attention that the 50th Anniverary Celebration Of The Historic And Classic Beatles’ Album; Abbey Road will unleash by starting the madness a year early!

“It was nearly 50 years ago today . . ,”
September 26, 1969 would be the last true Beatles album release where all four participated in the recording sessions.

The Beatles were in a perfect place in 1969, maybe not as the classic Phenomenal Pop Combo as they were known, but they were definitely at their creative peak.  And if there is one single album where the Beatles rocked, it was on “Abbey Road” ( . . . and standouts on the White Album).

“Shoot coke. Shoot coke. Shoot coke. Shoot coke.”
“Here come old flattop, He come groovin’ up slowly, He got ju-ju eyeball, He one holy roller, He got hair down to his knees, Got to be a joker – He just do what he please.”
“Shoot coke. Shoot coke. Shoot coke. Shoot coke.”
He wear no shoeshine, He got toe jam football, He got monkey finger, He shoot Coca Cola, He say I know you, you know me, One thing I can tell you is you got to be free Come Together, right now, over me.”
Easily one of the hippest songs ever.

There’s no discussion as to what Lennon really says for just like “I Am The Walrus” “Smoke Pot, smoke pot, everybody smoke pot” that is what was heard and served as a joyful sing-along.
Shoot coke, smoke pot – this kind of fun has been goin’ on since The Kingsmen’s “Louie, Louie” with suggestive alternative lyrics and the well-placed “Fuck” in the background,

Although guilty of using Chuck Berry’s songs (and lyrics, like Come Together) as the basis for their hits like The Beach Boys had successfully done, the Beatles turned Berry-inspired, as well as others’, ’50’s Rock ‘n’ Roll hits as basis for their ’60s hits with new titles and “new” lyrics.

Imagine hearing this album for the first time in 1969 – this was brand new never heard before sounds. 00individual’s mind had been altered by then so to hear the Beatles outdo themselves with this cool and far-out Psychedelic Rocker; it just dovetailed with life.

This album would be more important than anyone knew, as this would be the Beatles’ official unofficial “Farewell Album”.

While writing this post nearly 50 years later, Abbey Road still astounds 00individual. It is the essence, quality, and attitude of Rock. 00individual didn’t cast this off as just another Beatles album – far from it. Not to sound creepy but this album has always had a mystical quality that he cannot separate from the music. It’s all good, pleasurable even, but still, mysterious . . . like the times and the state of minds.

Despite tales of dissent among the band, their genius came forth and Music Lovers benefited with a Time Machine Album that is not only sublime whacked Rock, but a sound that triggers instant memories and ambient vibes of truly trippy times.

Released late September 1969, the Abbey Road album rocked throughout and was on heavy rotation back when 00individual and two best buddies had a righteous beach pad rental that was the center of all of the activity for their Tribe of fifteen to twenty regulars.
That winter he had it all, he was nineteen, had his own place, a bitchen art department job, a car, a motorcycle, two girlfriends, a cool group of fellow stoners, classic concerts to attend and classic Rock album releases to enjoy and all the drugs he wanted – Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll in the best environment – and Abbey Road provided the perfect soundtrack music for the Psychedelic Winter of ’69 – across America, Europe and around the world. Historic! Classic!

50 Years Later This Album Still Oozes Acid-Drenched Beatles Goodness!

The BEATLES – ABBEY ROAD – FULL ALBUM

Side one
1. “Come Together” Lennon 4:20
2. “Something” (George Harrison) Harrison 3:03
3. “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” McCartney 3:27
4. “Oh! Darling” McCartney 3:26
5. “Octopus’s Garden” (Richard Starkey) Starr 2:51
6. “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” Lennon 7:47

Side two
1. “Here Comes the Sun” (George Harrison) Harrison 3:05
2. “Because” Lennon, McCartney, and Harrison 2:45
3. “You Never Give Me Your Money” McCartney 4:02
4. “Sun King” Lennon, with McCartney and Harrison 2:26
5. “Mean Mr. Mustard” Lennon 1:06
6. “Polythene Pam” Lennon 1:12
7. “She Came In Through the Bathroom Window” McCartney 1:57
8. “Golden Slumbers” McCartney 1:31
9. “Carry That Weight” McCartney, Lennon, Harrison, and Starr 1:36
10. “The End” McCartney 2:05
11. “Her Majesty” McCartney 0:23

The Beatles – Black Leather Working Class Street Thugs – the Cavern – circa 1960

00individual is sincerely thrilled to know that the Beatles went out as Rockers –
for if truth be known the Beatles were the thugs portrayed as good boys
and the Stones were the good boys portrayed as thugs,
really.

00INDIVIDUAL, DEFENSE FOR THE DEAD

00individual would be remiss in his duties in regard to the continuing history and tales of Rock ‘n’ Roll to not stand up for the dead.
In this case, John Lennon.
If the stories Paul McCartney has so happily and graphically related recently regarding that he, Paul McCartney, and John Lennon masturbated together, (once or twice) when John is not here to defend or confirm the story is, to use the psychological term, chicken-shit.

00individual has no emotional investment in any Rocker’s sexual preferences; Bowie, Jagger, Bowie and Jagger, Freddie Mercury, Elton John, Elvis – the list is probably endless. None of it matters unless they make it an issue, and then the fun stops.

But for the living to make claims that may tarnish an artist’s talents and publicly-known personality after they are no longer available to respond, is, to use the legal criminal term, slander (interview with GQ magazine) and once printed, libelous. It is defamation of character at the very least; even if John was a willing participant, which will never be known.

Is McCartney that ignorant, does not care, or better yet, still in an everlasting beyond-the-grave feud with John to the point of sacrificing the integrity of half of the Beatles catalog of songs, let alone the humans involved, including himself?

Here is a small example of the mockery now in place, that can’t be undone.
They all take on a whole new underlying meaning:

Come Together
With a Little Help From My Friends
Meet the Beatles (Beat the Meatles)
We Can Work It Out
All Together Now
Boys
Do You Want to Know a Secret
You Really Got a Hold on Me (circle jerk action?)
I’ve Got a Feeling
It Won’t Be Long
Two of Us
Here Comes the Sun
A Hard Day’s Night
and of course;
Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey

Is this what we have to look forward to after nearly every entertainment icon has already revealed their level of intelligence – the new wave of Rock Stars in deteriorating states of mind feeling the need to reveal things no one needs to hear, read, or know? 

Oh well, grab some popcorn, and let the show begin with your emcee:
Sir Paul McCartney.

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Celebrate the most historic year in modern American history with the 50th Anniversary of 1968 – featuring SEPTEMBER

“Born To Be Wild – September 1968” copyright 2018 00individual  TLL

SEPTEMBER 1968

EXPERIENCE the HISTORICAL HEIGHT of POP and ROCK and PSYCHEDELIC CULTURE!
and the Year that Shattered American and World History

Happenings:
Sep 6 Eric Clapton records guitar tracks for George Harrison’s “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”
Sep 8 Saundra Williams wins 1st Miss Black America pageant
Sep 14 Jimmy Ellis beats Floyd Patterson in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
Sep 14 1st broadcast of “60 Minutes” on CBS-TV
Sep 14 USSR’s Zond 5 is launched on 1st circumlunar flight
Sep 15 Barbra Streisand: A Happening in Central Park” Show on CBS TV
Sep 15 Probable Test flight for a manned fly-around (scooped by Apollo 8)
Sep 16 Richard Nixon appears on “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-in”
Sep 17 Zond 5 completes circumnavigation of Moon
Sep 20 Mickey Mantle hits final career homer # 536
Sep 22 Zond 5 completes flight
Sep 26 1st broadcast of “Hawaii Five-O” on CBS-TV
Sep 26 Theatre censorship ends in Britain
Sep 26 “Oliver!”premieres in London (Best Picture 1969)
Sep 27 “Hair” opens in London
Sep 28 Beatles’ “Hey Jude” single goes #1 and stays #1 for 9 weeks, 50th Anniversary for this classic!!
Sep 28 Janis Joplin announces she’s leaving “Big Brother & the Holding Co”
Sep 30 1st Boeing 747 rolls out
Sep 30 Supremes release “Love Child”

Let’s Rock: Album Releases:
Status Quo – Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo
Bobby Darin – Bobby Darin Born Walden Robert Cassotto
Jefferson Airplane – Crown of Creation
Bee Gees – Idea
Sly & the Family Stone – Life
The Who – Magic Bus: The Who on Tour
Procol Harum – Shine On Brightly 

US Top 20 Singles for the Week Ending September 28, 1968:
1 HEY JUDE – The Beatles (Apple)
2 HARPER VALLEY P.T.A. – Jeannie C. Riley (Plantation)
3 PEOPLE GOT TO BE FREE – The Rascals (Atlantic)
4 HUSH – Deep Purple (Tetragrammaton)
5 FIRE – The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown (Atlantic)
6 THE FOOL ON THE HILL – Sergio Mendes and Brasil ’66 (A&M)
7 1, 2, 3, RED LIGHT – 1910 Fruitgum Co. (Buddah)
8  I’VE GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU – The Bee Gees (Atco)
9 GIRL WATCHER – The O’Kaysions (ABC)
10 SLIP AWAY – Clarence Carter (Atlantic)
11 TIME HAS COME TODAY – The Chambers Brothers (Columbia)
12 REVOLUTION – The Beatles (Apple)
13 THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT – Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)
14 I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER – Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)
15 BORN TO BE WILD – Steppenwolf (Dunhill)
16 ON THE ROAD AGAIN – Canned Heat (Liberty)
17 LIGHT MY FIRE – Jose Feliciano (RCA Victor)
18 MIDNIGHT CONFESSIONS – The Grass Roots (Dunhill)
19 MY SPECIAL ANGEL – The Vogues (Reprise)
20 LITTLE GREEN APPLES – O.C. Smith (Columbia)

September Movies
September 18
Funny Girl
Pretty Poison
September 19
Hot Millions
September 22
Psych-Out
September 23
Charly
September 26
Oliver! (UK)

 PREPARE FOR THE COMING OF THE MONSTER OCTOBER MOVIE RELEASES
THE BEST MOVIE MONTH OF ANY YEAR!  

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On The Way Through 1968, The Psychedelic Train Dives Deep
And Cruises The Cities Beneath The Ocean’s Floor!

“The Psychedelic Train Dives Deep!” Copyright 2018 00individual TLL

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1960′s Historic & Classic Rock Albums . . . . . . . . . . CREAM . . . WHEELS OF FIRE . . . August 9, 1968 50th Anniversary Album & Concert Review

00individual was blessed to be in attendance for a truly classic and historic concert:
CREAM with Spirit – March 18, 1968
Anaheim Convention Center Arena, Anaheim, CA (capacity: 9,100)

00individual and a few friends’ seats were mid-way back and mid-way up to the left of stage; back then the music, sound, and performances were great but the band members are these brightly-lit miniature Rock Stars on stage. There were no huge monitor/screens to bring the artists closer to their less-fortunately seated fans back in ’68.
This was 00individual’s first indoor arena concert and it seemed huge even though it was half the size of the Fabulous Forum, so relatively speaking these were good seats!

This concert has always left a definite “flavor” in his mind; it was/is one of those memories that brings him right back to that era of experience – virtually all music can have that effect for one reason or another, but this is sideways from that, more emblematic of a period-shift or state of mind shift.

In August 1968, 00individual was six months away from high school graduation – he was One of the Last of the Los Angeles City School District Mid-Termers and graduated high school in February 1969.
This is important because in 00individual’s world most all of the major bands like Cream were five to ten years older, (The Beatles, Pink Floyd, The Rollng Stones, and Jimi Hendrix were all ten years older) so there was a nice feel that all of these guys were like older brothers that he grew up with that always pulled 00individual forward into their world of experience which made the real world an incredible adventure.

The “Wheels of Fire” album live cuts were featured, and the fans were treated to lengthy jams plus “Sunshine of Your Love”; Groovy!

00individual had listened to “Wheels”, “Gears”, and “Fresh” so many times that to hear the songs live was truly Far Out!

Cream Lineup: Eric Clapton (guitar), Jack Bruce (bass) and Ginger Baker (drums).
Set List: Spoonful, Sunshine of Your Love, Rollin’ & Tumblin’, Stepping Out, Traintime, Toad, I’m So Glad.

EXPERIENCE ROCK HISTORY!

CREAM – WHEELS OF FIRE – August 9, 1968

Here’s what made the ’60s and ’70s sooooo grrrreat; the music!
Those getting high from Marijuana, Uppers, Downers, and Hashish were all wonderful introductions into new worlds where the five senses became heightened, and a sixth became known.  These ventures into mind-altering drugs and plants saw the emergence of a culture that was represented musically by bands that were experiencing the same things that they were.  The revelations and experiences from LSD, Mescaline, Psilocybin, and Peyote were pressed into vinyl and heard by greatful thankful ears, minds, and bodies.

For an example of what Psychonauts, Rockers, and the Counter-Culture were into in ’68 just take a good look at the Cream Wheels of Fire album cover and the music inside – Psychedelic Hard Rock Blues!

Disc one: In the Studio
Side one
1. “White Room  (Jack Bruce, Pete Brown) 4:58
2. “Sitting on Top of the World” (Walter Vinson, Lonnie Chatmon; arr. Chester Burnett) 4:58
3. “Passing the Time” (Ginger Baker, Mike Taylor) 4:37
4. “As You Said” (Bruce, Brown) 4:20
Side two
1. “Pressed Rat and Warthog” (Baker, Taylor) 3:13
2. “Politician” (Bruce, Brown) 4:12
3. “Those Were the Days” (Baker, Taylor) 2:53
4. “Born Under a Bad Sign” (Booker T. Jones, William Bell) 3:09
5. “Deserted Cities of the Heart” (Bruce, Brown) 3:38
Disc two: Live at the Fillmore
Side three
1. “Crossroads” (Robert Johnson, arr. Clapton) 10 March 1968 at Winterland, San Francisco, CA. (1st show) 4:13
2. “Spoonful” (Willie Dixon) 10 March 1968 at Winterland, San Francisco, CA. (1st show) 16:43
Side four
1. “Traintime” (Bruce) 8 March 1968 at Winterland, San Francisco, CA. (1st show) 7:01
2. “Toad” (Baker) 7 March 1968 at The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA. (2nd show) 16:15

“Wheels” was an end of Summer ’68 monster, and possibly the highpoint of the originators of the Super Group Power Trio; those were the days, yes they were, those were the days.

This double album cover was done in a monochromatic metallic gray and the images were a deliberate display of the psychedelic vibe that CREAM led with Disraeli Gears as part of the Top 13 Historic & Classic Psychedelic Albums of 1967.

Martin Sharp designed the Wheels of Fire gatefold sleeve for which he won the New York Art Directors Prize for Best Album Design in 1969.

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