Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of 1969 – featuring FEBRUARY

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FEBRUARY 1969

EXPERIENCE the HISTORICAL HEIGHT of POP and ROCK and PSYCHEDELIC CULTURE!

1969 was a very heavy year; on February 21 00individual turned 18, and in the same month as a mid-term student he graduated high school – two major lifetime accomplishments beginning a truly historic year.

Upon graduation, 00individual went to West L.A. college on the past site of M.G.M’s Backlot 3.
He only lasted one session when he was able to snag a job in a real art department – this is what he was going to college for – to get a job in an art department – and eventually become Master of Space and Time – after conquering the Art World!

While the job didn’t happen until late Spring there was a definite vibe of freedom in the air and by early Summer 00individual was out on his own renting a beach pad with two friends.

To be 18 in ’69 was a wondrous thing, while every day offered thrills, 1969, the last year of an incredible decade, held excitement and anticipation of the unknown ’70s, for 00individual, and as the year progressed, for the world. (7 legitimate commas in one sentence!)

Happenings:
Feb 4 Beatles appoint Eastman & Eastman, as general counsel to Apple

Feb 5 “Turn-On,” TV show debuts on TV at 8:30 pm in New York, by the time it aired mid-country it was cut-off after 15 minutes, and by the time of its 8:30 premier airing in Los Angeles it was cancelled by ABC – making it the shortest-lived TV series in history. Unfortunately, it was way ahead of its time with quick editing, computer assisted development, and with very risque skits and bits – it was too much too soon – Laugh-In on acid.

Feb 5 US population reaches 200 million – as of Feb. 2019: 328 million
Feb 7 “This Is Tom Jones” debuts on ABC TV
Feb 8 Last edition of Saturday Evening Post
Feb 8 Meteorite weighing over 1 ton falls in Chihuahua, Mexico
Feb 9 1st flight of the Boeing 747 jumbo jet
Feb 17 Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash record an album; it was never released.
Feb 17 “Cloud Nine” 9th studio album by The Temptations is released (Grammy Award Best Rhythm & Blues Performance by a Duo or Group 1969, Billboard Album of the Year 1969)
Feb 23 Daytona 500: LeeRoy Yarbrough driving for Junior Johnson, catches Charlie Glotzbach on final lap to win; first Daytona 500 won on a last lap pass
Feb 23 Art historian Kenneth Clark’s groundbreaking TV documentary series “Civilisation” premieres on the UK’s BBC2
Feb 24 Mariner 6 launched for Mars flyby to study planet’s atmosphere
Feb 25 Beatles begin recording Abbey Road album

Album Releases:
5 Goodbye – Cream 
10 20/20 – The Beach Boys
15 Instant Replay – The Monkees
17 Cloud Nine – The Temptations
21 Postcard – Mary Hopkin
22 Stonedhenge – Ten Years After
Bless Its Pointed Little Head – Jefferson Airplane Live
The Gilded Palace of Sin – The Flying Burrito Brothers
O.K. Ken? – Chicken Shack
Kick Out the Jams – MC5 Live
Mutantes – Os Mutantes
Near the Beginning – Vanilla Fudge
Sound of Sexy Soul – The Delfonics

US Top 20 Singles for the Week Ending February 22, 1969:
1 1 EVERYDAY PEOPLE – Sly and the Family Stone (Epic)-13 (2 weeks at #1) (1)
2 2 CRIMSON AND CLOVER – Tommy James and the Shondells (Roulette)-11 (1)
3 4 BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP – The Foundations (Uni)-8 (3)
4 3 TOUCH ME – The Doors (Elektra)-9 (3)
5 6 CAN I CHANGE MY MIND – Tyrone Davis (Dakar)-10 (5)
6 5 WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN – Brooklyn Bridge (Buddah)-10 (3)
7 7 YOU SHOWED ME – The Turtles (White Whale)-8 (7)
8 12 THIS MAGIC MOMENT – Jay and the Americans (United Artists)-9 (8)
9 21 PROUD MARY – Creedence Clearwater Revival (Fantasy)-5 (9)
10 11 I’M LIVIN’ IN SHAME – Diana Ross and the Supremes (Motown)-5 (10)
11 14 BABY, BABY DON’T CRY – Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (Tamla)-8 (11)
12 9 HANG ‘EM HIGH – Booker T. and the MG’s (Stax)-16 (9)
13 15 GAMES PEOPLE PLAY – Joe South (Capitol)-7 (13)
14 10 I’M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME – Diana Ross and the Supremes and the Temptations (Motown)-12 (2)
15 8 I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE – Marvin Gaye (Tamla)-14 (1)
16 13 I STARTED A JOKE – The Bee Gees (Atco)-10 (6)
17 17 RAMBLIN’ GAMBLIN’ MAN – Bob Seger System (Capitol)-10 (17)
18 19 I’VE GOTTA BE ME – Sammy Davis, Jr. (Reprise)-11 (18)
19 20 GIVE IT UP OR TURNIT A LOOSE – James Brown (King)-5 (19)
20 23 TAKE CARE OF YOUR HOMEWORK – Johnnie Taylor (Stax)-6 (20)

No February 1969 Movies to speak of,
but . . .
00INDIVIDUAL AND FRIENDS WERE HAULED IN AND QUESTIONED FOR
ATTEMPTED MURDER:

Strangely the only movie of note released in February was “The Night of the Following Day” with Marlon Brando, Richard Boone, Rita Moreno and up and coming young British actress Pamela Franklin. Pamela Franklin lived a few streets away from 00individual back in the late ’60s. There were several well-known name actors and a couple L.A. Dodger baseball team members who lived in the neighborhood also.

One weekend 00individual and a car full of fools rode around the neighborhood in a convertible raisin’ Hell like boys will do.

The following Monday they were all individually called into the Vice Principal’s office to be questioned by Sgt. Nip of the Venice Police Department on suspicion of attempted murder as there were shots fired into Pamela Franklin’s house the day they were out joy-riding and someone in the neighborhood was able to identify the fools in the convertible as possible suspects.

00individual and friends were cleared of all suspicions and insinuating accusations.

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The Psychedelic Train “welds-up” into rat rod mode and chugs onward through 1969.

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“Bohemian Rhapsody” Brings Attention To The Cult Of Classic Rock

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The Cult Of Classic Rock

For those who had any doubt that Queen would become one of the top representatives of Classic Rock need only to hear the first tack from their first album, “Keep Yourself Alive” – WHEW!

With all of the current attention, acclaim, awards, and nearly $200 million box office over the Freddie Mercury / Queen film “Bohemian Rhapsody” it has now become the gateway drug to the appreciation of Queen’s entire catalog – and that in turn has created interest in other Classic Rock bands and Classic Rock in general.

This growing discovery and rediscovery however is not new, just revealed by this movie.

For many years now, nearly all internet videos of an Oldies, Pop, Rock, or Soul song from the ’60s and ’70s are accompanied by kids, teenagers, and young adults’ comments of the love for these songs to the point of truly yearning to have been living then, when it was happening.

They also realized that the music reflected life, a time when there was joy in the music, which meant that there just had to be joy in life, and there was.

(“In The Future The 1960s And The 1970s Will Be Seen As A Mythic Paradise.” – 00individual)

This gives 00individual great satisfaction to see each generation at some point to not only appreciate its greatness, but to rock out to Classic Rock.

It was a blessed era when Classic Rock didn’t need time to pass in order to earn that rank, no, it was a phenomenon that was felt immediately – those reverberations from the electric guitars struck a Rock DNA chord that was too good to be true, but it was true.

These bands and songs were born Classic, and is the reason why the Cult Of Classic Rock is on the rise; through the realization of what is truly great.

Once you’ve explored all genres of music there’s only one that empowers and lifts the spirit –
Classic Rock.

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Classic Rock is timeless; and while encompassing the entire ’60s and ’70s decades, for historic reasons 1965 through 1975 were the core years of Classic Rock.
And of those ten years of Surf Rock, the British Invasion, Psychedelic Rock, birth of Hard Rock and Progressive Rock, height of Folk Rock, Southern Rock, Shock Rock, Arena Rock, the emergence of Glam and Electronica, and the beginnings of New Wave and Punk there were three years that were statistically outstanding on many levels; the era of “Album Rock” contributed greatly to record companies’ growing catalogs and the high-volume of releases by insanely talented and prolific individuals and bands during this classic three year era – those three are:

1969

1970

1971

WE WILL, WE WILL,

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Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of 1969 – featuring JANUARY

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JANUARY 1969

EXPERIENCE the HISTORICAL HEIGHT of POP and ROCK and PSYCHEDELIC CULTURE!

1969 was a heavy year; while the tensions and horrors of the War, Manson Family Murders, Altamont, My Lai, and the Stonewall Riots darkened the overall vibe, there were still strong relentless positive forces at work.  Among the positives were; civil rights and anti-war demonstrations and protests, the preview of what the next decade would provide shown in the overwhelming emergence of musical talent, bands, composers, musicians, and singers, and the three day peace and love concert that made history and defined 1969: Woodstock.

1969 marked the beginning of the last year of the most historic decade in history, and there was anticipation in the air celebrating all of the triumphs, turmoil, and experiences of the past nine years while moving into the new decade.

While the end of any decade held the history of the ten years before, and are forever referenced individually, such as; the ’20s, ’30s, ’40s, and the ’50s – there is an exception with the ’60s and ’70s – as they are the only decades joined naturally in conversation. There is a very unique reason for that; no two decades had the natural blend that they did – and while each was distinctly different, there was enough commonality to be forever linked.

Fifty years ago on January 1, 1969, 00individual was seven weeks away from turning eighteen and also graduating high school as a mid-term student. For those who chose to go on to colleges and universities the classroom and homework continued, but for those who chose to experience institutions of higher learning in the real world found themselves with the responsibilities of a full time job, and payments due for rent, utilities, car insurance, groceries – all for the opportunity to live an independent life.

00individual was one of the latter, and thanks to a high school classroom doodle he was able to land an art department job and rent a beach pad that he split with two good buddies.

And when your life and job are so much fun that you forget you’re even working, well, does it really ever get any better than that?

That was 1969 – a time when the thrill of living was felt everyday.

And while this could describe any young soul getting out in the world, there was a big difference – ‘cuz out there we wuz stoned – immaculate.

So, as we explore this last year of the 1960 decade, from a half-century ago, let’s celebrate a time when Rock music was a force that empowered and informed, when Pop music put a smile on one’s face and uplifted spirits, when songs were destined to resonate through the decades as timeless classics, and when Sex, Drugs, and Rock ‘n’ Roll Ruled!

Happenings:
Jan 1 Jack Kent Cooke, owner of NHL’s LA Kings, (and owner of the Fabulous Forum) fines each player $100 for “NOT” arguing with the referee. One year later 00individual got in free and saw Hendrix at the Forum courtesy of his ex-girlfriend’s father’s association with JKC.
Jan 2 Lorraine Hansberry’s “To be Young, Gifted & Black,” premieres in NYC
Jan 2 Australian Rupert Murdoch gains control of the ‘News of the World’
Jan 3 John Lennon’s “2 Virgins” album declared pornographic in NJ
Jan 4 Jimi Hendrix is accused of arrogance by British television producers after playing an impromptu version of “Sunshine of Your Love” past his allotted time slot on the BBC1 show “Happening for Lulu”.
Jan 9 First trial flight of Concorde supersonic jetliner, Bristol, England
Jan 12 – Led Zeppelin’s eponymous debut album released
Jan 16 Soviet Soyuz 4 & Soyuz 5 perform 1st transfer of crew in space
Jan 18 Pete Best wins his defamation lawsuit against The Beatles. Best had originally sought $8 million, but ended up being awarded much less.
Jan 20 Richard M Nixon inaugurated as US president
Jan 25 US-North Vietnamese peace talks begin in Paris
Jan 30 The Beatles perform for the last time in public, on the roof of the Apple building at 3 Savile Row, London. The 42 minute performance, which was filmed for the Let It Be movie, is stopped early by police after neighbors complain about the noise. However, as one Beatles fan explains, it is “The only Beatles concert where you can actually hear the band.”

1969 the Second (or First?) BEST YEAR for ROCK ALBUM RELEASES!
Starting this month with:
5 Bayou Country – Creedence Clearwater Revival
11 This Was – Jethro Tull
12 Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin
13 Yellow Submarine Soundtrack – The Beatles
17 Babylon – Dr. John
17 Ball – Iron Butterfly
17 Soul ’69 –  Aretha Franklin
22 Neil Young – Neil Young (re-released November 1969)
23 Goodbye – Cream
30 Moby Grape ’69 – Moby Grape
30 Birthday Blues – Bert Jansch
Crimson & Clover – Tommy James and the Shondells
Donovan’s Greatest Hits – Donovan
English Rose – Fleetwood Mac Compilation
First Edition ’69 – The First Edition
The Holy Land – Johnny Cash
Till – The Vogues
What We Did on Our Holidays – Fairport Convention
Caravan – Caravan

US Top 20 Singles for the Week Ending January 18, 1969:
1 1 I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE – Marvin Gaye (Tamla)-9 (6 weeks at #1) (1)
2 2 I’M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME – Diana Ross and the Supremes & the Temptations (Motown)-7 (2)
3 4 SOULFUL STRUT – Young-Holt Unlimited (Brunswick)-8 (3)
4 8 CRIMSON AND CLOVER – Tommy James and the Shondells (Roulette)-6 (4)
5 5 HOOKED ON A FEELING – B.J. Thomas (Scepter)-10 (5)
6 3 WICHITA LINEMAN – Glen Campbell (Capitol)-12 (3)
7 7 FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE – Stevie Wonder (Tamla)-12 (2)
8 18 TOUCH ME – The Doors (Elektra)-4 (8)
9 23 WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN – Brooklyn Bridge (Buddah)-5 (9)
10 13 SON-OF-A PREACHER MAN – Dusty Springfield (Atlantic)-8 (10)
11 11 CINNAMON – Derek (Bang)-13 (11)
12 12 GOING UP THE COUNTRY – Canned Heat (Liberty)-7 (12)
13 6 CLOUD NINE – The Temptations (Gordy)-10 (6)
14 14 LO MUCHO QUE TE QUIERO (The More I Love You) – Rene and Rene (White Whale)-9 (14)
15 26 EVERYDAY PEOPLE – Sly and the Family Stone (Epic)-8 (15)
16 19 I STARTED A JOKE – The Bee Gees (Atco)-5 (16)
17 17 IF I CAN DREAM – Elvis Presley (RCA)-8 (17)
18 9 LOVE CHILD – Diana Ross and the Supremes (Motown)-14 (1)
19 10 I LOVE HOW YOU LOVE ME – Bobby Vinton (Epic)-12 (9)
20 15 STORMY – The Classics IV Featuring Dennis Yost (Imperial)-13 (5)

January 1969 Movies
Cream’s Farewell Concert
Recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall.

A Quiet Week in the House
Sepia Psychedelia!

Bambi Meets Godzilla
A classic in its time that still holds up.

Free Grass!
An “Easy Rider” style plot with “West Side Story” and future “Twin Peaks” stars.
Richard Beymer (Twin Peak’s Benjamin Horne) falls in love with Lana Wood (Natalie’s sister). Needing cash they agree to help Russ Tamblyn (Twin Peak’s Dr. Jacobi) and his gang smuggle grass from Mexico to L.A. on motorcycles. When Beymer objects to narcotics agents being killed, his long-haired pal from the Jets puts LSD in his drink, tries to burn him alive, and has Lana kidnapped. No musical numbers.

Invocation of My Demon Brother
Anton LaVey as His Satanic Majesty
Bobby Beausoleil as Lucifer (and in a few months a Manson Family member, and convicted murderer)
Mick Jagger (supposedly provided the Moog soundtrack) as Himself

Popcorn: An Audio Visual Thing
Psychedelic 60s video music collage! Highlights include: The Rolling Stones promotional films for “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” and “2000 Light Years From Home.” Also vintage performance footage of Jimi Hendrix and the Band of Gypsies, Joe Cocker & Mad Dogs and Englishmen, the Animals, Traffic, the Vanilla Fudge, Otis Redding, the Bee Gees and many others. There’s a Twiggy fashion show, lots of hippies, surfing, flower power, and rock concert and festival footage. Groovy!

Alice’s Restaurant
You can get anything you want at Alice’s Restaurant.

33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee
(The Monkees’ TV Movie)

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The Psychedelic Train wishes all a Happy New Year as it roars into 1969.

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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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Celebrate the Most Historic Year in Modern American History with the 50th Anniversary of 1968 – featuring OCTOBER – A Record Classic Movie Month! ——– and Trip On The “Ice Station Zebra” Mind Blower!

“U.F.O. : Unlicensed Female Operatives – Agent S.E.X.: Special Espionage X Division”
copyright 2018 00individual  TLL

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,
then back on through 1968 toward November.

“The Psychedelic Train Cruises Helloween Town!” Copyright 2017 00individual TLL

Next stop November 1968!
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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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