Celebrate the Height of Psychedelic Culture with the 50th Anniversary of 1967 – featuring AUGUST!

“00individual Celebrates 1967’s 50th Anniversary!” copyright 2017 00individual  TLL

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

00individual was among those blessed to be born into this existence during the most concentrated Cultural events of the late ’50s, ’60s and ’70s.  To have been able to experience the slow innocent build of the ’50s as a single-digit Rocker, and of the real-time experience in his teens in the ’60s, and twenties in the ’70s, is an exceptional gift, especially for those who appreciated it then, as now.

In August the release of the Psychedelic Summer of Love albums and singles increased.

Let’s Rock:
Aug 3: 45,000 US soldiers sent to Vietnam.
Aug 4: Shortwave group ANARC’s 1st convention (Chicago).
Aug 4: US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
Aug 4: USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR.
Aug 5: Pink Floyd release their first album “The Piper at the Gates of Dawn”.
Aug 5: Bobby Gentry releases her #1 hit “Ode to Billy Joe”.
Aug 7: The Byrds’ release their Greatest Hits album.
Aug 7:  Frank Zappa original release Lumpy Gravy; subsequently reedited and reissued in 1968.
Aug 18: The Rolling Stones release the single “We Love You” with Lennon and McCartney on back-up harmony vocals.  This was a “Thank You” from Mick and Keith to their fans and supporters throughout their arrests – and a timely companion to . . .
Aug 19: The Beatles’ “All You Need is Love” single goes #1.
Aug 25: The Beatles go to Wales to study transcendental meditation with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Aug 27: The Beatles manager Brian Epstein dies of accidental overdose – The Beatles return to London.
Aug 27: Stevie Wonder releases I Was Made to Love Her. 
Aug 29:  Diana Ross & the Supremes release Greatest Hits.

Aug 29: Final TV episode of “The Fugitive” starring David Janssen watched by 78 million.
This was huge back in ’67!  This was the first TV “event” that 00individual can remember.
“The Fugitive, a QM Production…starring David Janssen as Dr. Richard Kimble, an innocent victim of blind justice. Falsely convicted for the murder of his wife… reprieved by fate when a train wreck freed him en route to the death house… freed him to hide in lonely desperation… to change his identity … to toil at many jobs… freed him to search for a one-armed man he saw leave the scene of the crime … freed him to run before the relentless pursuit of the police lieutenant obsessed with his capture.”

The Fugitive was a perfect TV series; great lead actor, David Janssen’s expressions alone told volumes and he was totally convincing in his role, as was Barry Morse as the rellentless Lt. Philip Gerard. The writing, directing, actors, storylines, and plots were all riveting, and the main storyline was pretty heady stuff back then.

The final episode was really exciting for 00indidvual because it took place at POP – Pacific Ocean Park in Santa Monica, an amusement park that he went to in his pre-teens and teens and that closed two months later in October 1967.  This final episode would see Dr. Richard Kimble not only face the One Armed Man, but beat the Hell out of him, something every viewer vicariously enjoyed. However, in the fight atop the park’s “Mahi, Mahi” ride tower the One Armed Man wrestles away the gun given to Kimble by a wounded Gerard and . . .

This classic really great historic TV series was made into a very decent movie with Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones, and David Lynch’s “Twin Peaks” had a one-armed character named Philip Gerard who was really, well, that would be telling.

Many years later in the mid-’80s The Fugitive was in syndication and 00individual watched it with his young son every day – in glorious black and white.

Albums with undetermined August date of release:
Make It Happen – Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
United – Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
Big Brother and the Holding Company – Big Brother and the Holding Company
Born Under a Bad Sign – Albert King
Carryin’ On with Johnny Cash and June Carter – Johnny Cash and June Carter
Chuck Berry in Memphis – Chuck Berry
Cold Sweat – James Brown
Goodbye and Hello – Tim Buckley
Joan – Joan Baez
Love of the Common People – Waylon Jennings
Spanky and Our Gang – Spanky and Our Gang
Underground – The Electric Prunes
Vanilla Fudge – Vanilla Fudge

US Top 20 Singles for the week ending August 26, 1967:
1 ODE TO BILLIE JOE – Bobbie Gentry (Capitol)
2 ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE – The Beatles (Capitol)
3 PLEASANT VALLEY SUNDAY – The Monkees (Colgems)
4 LIGHT MY FIRE – The Doors (Elektra)
5 BABY I LOVE YOU – Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)
6 I WAS MADE TO LOVE HER – Stevie Wonder (Tamla)
7 COLD SWEAT (Part 1) – James Brown and the Famous Flames (King)
8 REFLECTIONS – Diana Ross and the Supremes (Motown)
9 YOU’RE MY EVERYTHING – The Temptations (Gordy)
10 A WHITER SHADE OF PALE – Procol Harum (Deram)
11 A GIRL LIKE YOU – The Young Rascals (Atlantic)
12 HEROES AND VILLAINS – The Beach Boys (Brother)
13 I THANK THE LORD FOR THE NIGHT TIME – Neil Diamond (Bang)
14 COME BACK WHEN YOU GROW UP – Bobby Vee and the Strangers (Liberty)
15 WORDS – The Monkees (Colgems)
16 SILENCE IS GOLDEN – The Tremeloes (Epic)
17 TO LOVE SOMEBODY – The Bee Gees (Atco)
18 CARRIE-ANNE – The Hollies (Epic)
19 APPLES, PEACHES, PUMPKIN PIE – Jay and the Techniques (Smash)
20 MY MAMMY – The Happenings (B.T. Puppy)

AUGUST MOVIES
All right, here’s where it gets real, August 1967 explodes with
Righteous (with a capital R) Genre-Defining Movies:

August 2: In the Heat of the Night
Black Cop White Cop
gritty, sweaty Southern law and order murder case,

August 13: Bonnie and Clyde
Bad Boy Bad Girl Love Story?
classic, historic, operatic, bullet-ridden, notorious 1930’s bank robbers,

August 18: The Born Losers
Tom Laughlin’s, Billy Jack creates a brand and a trilogy
motorcycle gangs, injustice, martial arts, iconic loner heroics.

WHEW!

The Calm Before The Storm
While 1967 celebrated the Summer of Love, there was a curious darkness that was off in the distance in the ethers – an unknown, but serious vibe.  That vibe was attained by the enlightened who were tuned into higher frequencies; for by August of the next year, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Framcis Kennedy would both be asassinated – as the Vietnam war escalated.
1968 was a harrowing time.

But in August 1967 no one could have known – this was an epic summer for anyone anywhere who tapped into the fun, magickal Vibe.  The awareness that Marijuana unveiled also included a distant voice saying “Question Authority” and the true sixth sense of “justified paranoia and self-preservation while flyin’ high” began.

The loss of innocense is the cost of awareness; for while it is possible to maintain a youthful soul, awareness is a maturing process that reveals the truth – and therefore the world is never the same.

At sixteen 00individual stepped through the Veil into a New Reality; enjoying his entry-level indulgence in Marijuana, Hashish, and a Upper or Downer here or there, and the Freedom that came with a Part-Time Job, Drivers License, and a Car that facilatated Sex, Drugs, and Rock ‘n’ Roll.

It was his first real sense of the Counter-Culture’s Lifestyle of Individualism that yet had an undefinable cosmic Tribal  link – a Vibe, The Vibe.

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From sky-surfing to off-rail mode Summer of Love beach parties, The Psychedelic Train morphs into Deep Marine Mode and takes a dip in the Pacific Ocean to cruise the Legendary Deep Sea Cities.

“The Psychedelic Train Cruises The Deep Sea Cities of the Pacific Ocean”
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OK, Cosmic Kids, 1967’s Psychedelic Train continues crossing over psychedelic sixties landscapes and is headed for four more monthly psychedelic stops and psyide-trips on the way through Historic Psychedelic 1967!

Next stop, the Last Month of the Summer of Love:
September!

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1967 Archives

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Celebrate the Height of Psychedelic Culture with the 50th Anniversary of 1967 – featuring JULY!

“00individual Celebrates 1967’s 50th Anniversary!” copyright 2017 00individual  TLL

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

00individual was among those blessed to be born into this existence during the most concentrated Cultural events of the late ’50s, ’60s and ’70s.  To have been able to experience the slow innocent build of the ’50s as a single-digit Rocker, and of the real-time experience in his teens in the ’60s, and twenties in the ’70s is an exceptional gift, especially for those who appreciated it then, as now.

Let’s Rock:

July 1: The Beatles’ “Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” goes #1 for 15 weeks.
July 3: “News at 10” premieres on English TV.
July 7: The Beatles’ “All You Need is Love” is released.
July 7: The Doors’ “Light My Fire” hits #1.
July 10: Bobbie Gentry records “Ode to Billie Joe” – single goes on to win 4 Grammys.
July 12: Race riot in Newark, NJ, 26 killed, 1,500 injured & over 1,000 arrested.
July 14: Surveyor 4 launched to Moon; explodes just before landing.
July 14: The Who begin a US tour opening for Herman’s Hermits.
July 17: Jimi Hendrix is the opening act for
The Monkees at Forest Hills NY.
July 17: Race riots in Cairo Illinois.
July 17: John Coltrane, 40, African-American jazz composer & saxophonist, dies.
July 19: 1st air conditioned NYC subway car (R-38 on the F line).
July 19: Race riots in Durham NC.
July 19: US launches Explorer 35 for lunar orbit. 
July 22: 1st major appearance by Vanilla Fudge (Village Theater NYC).
July 22: Jimi Hendrix quits as opening act for the Monkees’ tour.

July 23 -27: 43 die in race riot in Detroit (2,000 injured, 442 fires).
July 23: Pirate Radio Swinging Scotland closes down for financial reasons.
July 23: First successful liver transplant – Dr Starzl at the University of Colorado.
July 24: The Beatles sign a petition in Times to legalize marijuana.
July 24: Race riots in Cambridge, Maryland.
July 24: The Beach Boys release The Best of The Beach Boys Vol. 2 .
July 24: Race riots in Detroit force postponement of Tigers-Orioles game.
July 27: LBJ sets up commission to study cause of urban violence.
July 31: The Young Rascals release their album, Groovin’.
 July 31: Mick Jagger & Keith Richards end one month jail sentence.

 

 

 

 

US Top 20 Singles for the week ending July 29, 1967:

1  LIGHT MY FIRE – The Doors (Elektra)
2  I WAS MADE TO LOVE HER – Stevie Wonder (Tamla)
3  WINDY – The Association (Warner Brothers)
4  CAN’T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU – Frankie Valli (Philips)
5  A WHITER SHADE OF PALE – Procol Harum (Deram)
6  LITTLE BIT O’ SOUL – The Music Explosion (Laurie)
7  MERCY, MERCY, MERCY – The Buckinghams (Columbia)
8  WHITE RABBIT – Jefferson Airplane (RCA Victor)
9  UP-UP AND AWAY – The 5th Dimension (Soul City)
10  C’MON MARIANNE – The Four Seasons (Philips)
11  SAN FRANCISCO (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair) – Scott McKenzie (Ode)
12  I TAKE IT BACK – Sandy Posey (MGM)
13  COME ON DOWN TO MY BOAT – Every Mothers’ Son (MGM)
14  JACKSON – Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood (Reprise)
15  HERE WE GO AGAIN – Ray Charles (ABC/TRC)
16  CARRIE-ANNE – The Hollies (Epic)
17  SILENCE IS GOLDEN – The Tremeloes (Epic)
18  SOUL FINGER – The Bar-Kays (Volt)
19  A GIRL LIKE YOU – The Young Rascals (Atlantic)
20  THERE GOES MY EVERYTHING – Engelbert Humperdinck (Parrot)

JULY MOVIES

There was far too much fun goin’ on in the real surreal world that movies could not compete with during the Summer of Love.  This was it Folks, the Height of The Love Generation.  It truly was; even though ooindividual was still only sixteen he knew Love; physical, mental, emotional, empathetic, unconditional Love.  He was just one of the many who were part of The Love Generation.

In 1967 the world opened up to those who opened their minds.  The vapors of the positive elements of the Summer of Love of 1967 continued; Brotherly Love was still felt and trust was given.  And having a grin on one’s face all of the time could be caused by so many thoughts, visuals, interactions, and mental/physical stimuli that it would have been hard not to smile.

Any July is regarded as the Height of Summer – in July 1967 Summer made History.
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“Fans Greet The Psychedelic Train At The Summer Of Love Beach Party”
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From sky-surfing to off-rail mode, The Psychedelic Train is greeted by a Summer Of Love Beach Party and sets off a colorful smokeworks response in appreciation to enjoy a Fourth of July concert and trip-out to the “night-time is the right-time” fireworks display.
Celebrate Freedom! 

OK, Cosmic Kids, 1967’s Psychedelic Train continues crossing over psychedelic sixties landscapes and is headed for five more monthly psychedelic stops and psyide-trips on the way through Historic Psychedelic 1967!

Next stop – August 1967!

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1967 Archives

January . . . February . . . March . . . April . . . May . . . June . . .

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Celebrate the Height of Psychedelic Culture with the 50th Anniversary of 1967 – featuring JUNE!

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EXPERIENCE ROCK HISTORY and the COUNTER-CULTURE’S COSMIC UNITY

The MONTEREY INTERNATIONAL POP FESTIVAL June 16-18, 1967

The Monterey International Pop Festival was the brainchild of John Phillips of “The Mamas and The Papas”, and legendary super producer Lou Adler – timed perfectly to kick-start the historic Summer of Love cultural Vibe.

The cosmic level of Rock Pop Counter-Culture History that was produced at Monterey served as a cultural debut of the future, not only for the populace, but more importantly for the Counter-Culture itself.  Monterey Pop was the beginning of what could be, and what was to be.

There was so much happening, evolving, and being quickly assimilated in 1967 that the intricacies of what was really happening – a generational ideological music-oriented liberating socio-political drug-fueled movement that would change society forever – had become a multi-layered lifestyle.

For the Historic Archives here are the performers: Friday, June 16. Evening – 1 The Association 2 The Paupers 3 Lou Rawls 4 Beverley (Kutner) 5 Johnny Rivers 6 Eric Burdon & the Animals 7 Simon and Garfunkel Saturday, June 17. Afternoon – 1 Canned Heat 2 Big Brother and the Holding Company w/Janis Joplin 3 Country Joe and the Fish 4 Al Kooper 5 The Butterfield Blues Band 6 Quicksilver Messenger Service 7 Steve Miller Band 8 The Electric Flag Saturday, June 17. Evening – 1 Moby Grape 2 Hugh Masekela 3 The Byrds 4 Laura Nyro 5 Jefferson Airplane 6 Booker T. & the M.G.s 7 Otis Redding Sunday, June 18. Afternoon – Ravi Shankar Sunday, June 18. Evening – 1 Blues Project 2 Big Brother and the Holding Company 3 The Group With No Name 4 Buffalo Springfield 5 The Who 6 Grateful Dead 7 The Jimi Hendrix Experience 8 The Mamas & the Papas 9 Scott McKenzie 10 Mamas & Papas & Scott McKenzie

The Monterey International Pop Festival’s peaceful sucess introduced the Summer of Love . . .
and while considered trite today, Scott McKenzie’s Top 20 Hit, “San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)”, was heartfelt and was highly representative of the Vibe; the emergence and cosmic feeling of empathy and love and rock ‘n’ roll.

The Vibe is a hard feeling to describe.  Imagine waking up in the morning and going about your daily business only there is a subtle feeling of excitement coming from within.  This feeling was unique and ubiquitous and became part of every level of life.  It had no judgement or appropriation of class, it existed in the knowing recognition of another like-minded Brother or Sister who was also exploring life through an entirely new viewpoint with clarity, priority, vision, truth, reality, and empathetic Brotherly Love.

Arguably the catalyst for all of this stemmed from the enlightened experiences of Marijuana and LSD.  The unique part of the Vibe was that stoned or straight, longhair or shorthair, a symbiotic bond was known and felt among those whose world had opened up to many new ways of thought and to an acquired awareness.  And when a good Vibe is transferred, Cosmic Unity spreads.

This was exemplified by the emerging Counter-Culture’s celebration of music and performers in a peaceful, joyful outdoor environment was communal, tribal, respectful, appreciative, enjoyable, fun-loving, and empowering.  These were emotions that were obviously felt to varying degrees by everyone at Monterey, and the feelings continued at concerts and events thereafter, serving as evidence of the Unity of Music, People, and Rock ‘n’ Roll that re-inforced the Vibe.

THE SUMMER OF LOVE!

The Main Attraction of the Summer of Love was centered in and around the Haight Ashbury district of San Francisco with Psychedelic Rock bands; The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, and Quicksilver Messenger Service creating an allure that was magickal.  The West Coast Sound included a similar scene in Los Angeles centered in and around the Westside and the Canyons; Topanga and Laurel.  The Doors, The Byrds, The Seeds, Love, and Buffalo Springfield pioneered Folk Rock and Psychedelic Rock.

Although the Summer of Love had inadvertent negative repercussions, especially in the Haight, it historically represents the idealized moment in time when individuals joined in peace for alternative lifestyles not burdened by status, materialism, and consumerism; instead they appreciated the simple things in life like Sex, Drugs, and Rock ‘n’ Roll, Equality, Civil Rights, Freedom of Speech, enjoying life, and Love.

00individual’s contribution to the Summer of Love:
On June 16-18, 1967 00individual was not 320 miles up the coast at Monterey.  He was 16, just got his license, and for a total of ninety-nine dollars purchased a spacious ’51 Buick, and contributed to the Summer of Love parked in the backseat having sex with his girlfriend.

Let’s Rock:

June 1: The Beatles release “Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” in the US.
While there were many iconic images, music, performances, and historic events that took place within 1967, The Beatles not only created thee indelible stamp of the Height of Psychedelia, Height of Pop Rock, Height of Music, and Height of an Era, but also served as the unified umbrella of the Counter-Culture – The Beatles owned the Summer of Love with Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album at #1 for 15 weeks.

June 3: Aretha Franklin‘s “Respect” reaches #1.

June 6: Moby Grape release eponymous album “Moby Grape”.

June 7: Moby Grape members arrested for contributing to deliquency of minors.

June 8: Israel attacks USS Liberty in Mediterranean, killing 34 US crewmen.

June 9: The Monkees appear at Hollywood Bowl.

June 10: 15,000 attend Fantasy Faire & Magic Mountain Music Festival, Tamalpais Mountain Theater, CA – This festival should be recognized as the Prelude to Monterey and the Summer of Love, but has been relegated to Rock Obscurity.

June 10: USSR drops diplomatic relations with Israel.

June 11: Race riot in Tampa Florida; National Guard mobilizes.

June 12: Race riot in Cincinnati Ohio (300 arrested).

June 12: US Supreme Court unanimously ends laws against interracial marriages.

June 12: “You Only Live Twice”, 5th James Bond film starring Sean Connery, screenplay by Roald Dahl, premieres in London.

June 13: Thurgood Marshall nominated as 1st black Supreme Court justice.

June 14: “Steve Allen Show” premieres on CBS-TV.

June 15: Governor Reagan signs liberalized California abortion bill.

June 16-18: 50,000-100,000 attend Monterey International Pop Festival.

June 17: Jefferson Airplane‘s “Somebody To Love” peaks at #5.

June 17: Barbra Streisand performed: “A Happening in Central Park”.

June 17: China becomes world’s 4th thermonuclear (H-bomb) power.

June 19: Paul McCartney admits on TV that he took LSD.

June 20: Muhammad Ali convicted of refusing induction into armed services.

June 23: Jim Ryun sets mile record (3:51.1, Bakersfield CA).

June 25: 400 million watch The Beatles “Our World” TV special.

June 25: Mohammed Ali (Cassius Clay) sentenced to 5 years.

June 26:  The Rolling Stones release “Flowers” compilation.

June 27: Race riot in Buffalo NY (200 arrested).

June 27: The world’s first ATM is installed in Enfield, London.

June 28: George Harrison is fined £6 for speeding.

June 29: Keith Richards is sentenced to 1 year in jail on drugs charge.

June 30: Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr.  named 1st black astronaut.

June: Tom Jones releases “Tom Jones Live!”.

June: Leonard Nimoy Presents “Mr. Spock’s Music from Outer Space” album is released.

June: UK band Procol Harum have a #1 UK and #5 US hit with “Whiter Shade of Pale”.

June: Florence Ballard is fired from The Supremes, who would hereafter be known as Diana Ross and the Supremes.

June: Van Morrison, formerly of the Northern Ireland band Them, has a #10 US, #60 UK hit as a solo artist with “Brown Eyed Girl”.

June: UK based Australian band, The Bee Gees score three US Top Twenty hits off their US debut album.

US Top 20 Singles for the week ending June 17, 1967:
1 GROOVIN’ – The Young Rascals (Atlantic)
2 RESPECT – Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)
3 SHE’D RATHER BE WITH ME – The Turtles (White Whale)
4 RELEASE ME (And Let Me Love Again) – Engelbert Humperdinck (Parrot)
5 SOMEBODY TO LOVE – Jefferson Airplane (RCA Victor)
6 LITTLE BIT O’ SOUL – The Music Explosion (Laurie)
7 WINDY – The Association (Warner Brothers)
8 ALL I NEED – The Temptations (Gordy)
9 I GOT RHYTHM – The Happenings (B.T. Puppy)
10 MIRAGE – Tommy James and the Shondells (Roulette)
11 CAN’T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU – Frankie Valli (Philips)
12 SUNDAY WILL NEVER BE THE SAME – Spanky and Our Gang (Mercury)
13 COME ON DOWN TO MY BOAT – Every Mothers’ Son (MGM)
14 7 ROOMS OF GLOOM – The Four Tops (Motown)
15 LET’S LIVE FOR TODAY – The Grass Roots (Dunhill))
16 HIM OR ME – WHAT’S IT GONNA BE – Paul Revere and the Raiders Featuring Mark Lindsay (Columbia)
17 DING DONG! THE WITCH IS DEAD – The Fifth Estate (Jubilee)-5 (17)
18 NEW YORK MINING DISASTER 1941 (Have You Seen My Wife, Mr. Jones) – The Bee Gees (Atco)
19 DO IT AGAIN A LITTLE BIT SLOWER – Jon and Robin and the In Crowd (Abnak)
20 SAN FRANCISCO (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair) – Scott McKenzie (Ode)

JUNE MOVIES

HOW FRESH IS THIS STORY?NOW THAT’S FRESH!

June 7: Caprice
June 7: El Dorado
June 13: You Only Live Twice
June 14: Thoroughly Modern Millie
June 14: To Sir With Love
June 15: The Dirty Dozen

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OK, Cosmic Kids, 1967’s Psychedelic Train is again in Off-Rail Mode soaring over psychedelic sixties landscapes and headed for six more monthly psychedelic stops and psyide-trips on the way through Historic Psychedelic 1967!

“Psychedelic Train shifts into AntiGravAeronaut Mode and Surfs the Skies”
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The Psychedelic Train shifts into AntiGravAeronaut Mode and takes to the skies above the beachtowns of the California Coast headed for the Monterey International Pop Festival and then on to the Summer of Love. 

Next stop – July 1967!

The Summer Of Love Heats Up!

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Celebrate the Height of Psychedelic Culture with the 50th Anniversary of 1967 – featuring MAY!

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

MAY EXPLODES!  

Let’s Rock:

May 1: Elvis marries 21 year old Priscilla Beaulieu in Las Vegas.
He has been dating her since she was fourteen.

May 4: Lunar Orbiter 4 launched by US; begins orbiting Moon May 7.

May 6: Pearls Before Swine begin recording an album called “One Nation Underground”. The LP includes a song called “Miss Morse”, which would be banned in New York when it was discovered that lead singer Tom Rapp was singing F-U-C-K in Morse code. After disc jockey Murray The K played the record on the air, local Boy Scouts
correctly interpreted the chorus and phoned in a complaint.

May 6: The Who’s Keith Moon offers this insightful advice to young
drummers during an interview in Melody Maker Magazine: “To get your playing more forceful, hit the drums harder.”

May 6: Two weeks after being pushed out of the top spot on the Cashbox Best Sellers list by The Monkees’ “A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You”, Nancy and Frank Sinatra return to number one with “Something Stupid”.

May 6: 400 students seize administration building at Cheyney State College, Pennsylvania

May 7: Soviet youths openly defied police and danced The Twist in Moscow’s Red Square during May Day celebrations.

May 8: Muhammad Ali is indicted for refusing induction in US Army.

May 8: Gerry And The Pacemakers announced that they were splitting up, recognizing that they could ‘no longer keep pace with the rapidly changing UK Rock scene.’

May 10: Rolling Stones Keith Richards, Brian Jones & Mick Jagger arrested on drug charges.

May 11: The 100,000,000th U.S. phone connected.

May 11: The Bee Gees made their debut on the UK TV show Top Of The Pops, performing “New York Mining Disaster, 1941” which will enter the UK Pop chart two days later and go on to reach #12. In reality, there was no mining disaster in New York in 1941, although there was one in McIntire, Pennsylvania which killed 6 people.

May 12: The Jimi Hendrix Experience release their debut album, “Are You Experienced”; and with it Hendrix creates an Art Form. This album takes Rock and Psychedelia to its highest eschalon.  Guitarists re-evaluate their career; Rockers, their lives.

May 12: 20th Cannes Film Festival; “Blowup” directed by Michelangelo Antonioni wins the Grand Prix du Festivall International du Film.  The Yardbirds Beck/Page lineup were featured in the genre-spawning London-set psychedelic noire mystery, “Blow Up”, in a club scene performing “Stroll On”; (the “legal” version of “The Train kept A- Rollin’”). Toward the end of the scene Beck destroys his guitar onstage to emulate the soon-to-be legendary
destructo-showmanship of the Who’s Pete Townshend.

May 13: NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits career HR #500 off Stu Miller.

May 15: Paul McCartney meets his future wife Linda Eastman.

May 15: “In re Gault”, US Supreme Court rules juveniles accused of crimes should be given same legal rights as adults.

May 16: The Monkees’ third LP, “Headquarters” was released. It was their first album recorded primarily by the four members of the group and would reach #1 in the US for one week before being relegated to second place for eleven consecutive weeks by “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”.

May 17: Dylan’s filmed 1965 UK Tour is released as “Don’t Look Back”.

May 19: US bombs Hanoi (Vietnam War).

May 19: USSR ratifies treaty with Britain & US banning nuclear weapons in space.

May 20: 10,000 demonstrate against war in Vietnam in Washington, D.C.

May 20: The BBC announces that it will not play The Beatles’ “A Day In The Life”, claiming it contained explicit drug references. On the same day, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr go to the BBC to record interviews for the show Where It’s At.

May 20: The Young Rascals scores the second of their three Billboard #1 records when “Groovin” reaches the top. It made #8 in the UK. Felix Cavalieri and Eddie Brigati wrote this song because their work schedule would only allow them to see their girlfriends on Sunday afternoons.

May 20: Manuel Fernandez, founding member and organist for Los Bravos on their 1966 hit “Black Is Black”, committed suicide at 23.

May 22: “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” debuts on NET (now PBS).

May 25: John Lennon takes delivery of his psychedelically painted Rolls Royce.

May 26: The Mothers of Invention release the classic “Absolutely Free” album.

May 26: The Beatles masterpiece, “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” was released in the UK, one week before its American June 1st debut. The album took over 700 hours to record under the direction of George Martin and cost $75,000 to produce. A then state-of-the-art four track recorder was used to build each song layer by layer. The LP spent 22 weeks at the top of the UK albums chart and 15 weeks at number one in the US. The iconic album cover, depicting the band posing in front of a collage of celebrities and historical figures, was designed by English pop artists Peter Blake and Jann Haworth based on a sketch by Paul McCartney. “Sgt. Pepper” has now sold over 30 million copies worldwide.

May 27: Otis Redding’s backup band, The Bar-Kays, enter the US charts with “Soul Finger”, an instrumental that will peak at #3 R&B and #17 Pop. Six months later, four members of the band died in the plane crash that killed Redding.

May 27: Columbia and RCA Victor, two of America’s biggest record labels, announce that they will raise the list price of L.P.s by one dollar on June 1st. It’s the first increase since 1953.

May 28: 1967: Cream, the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Pink Floyd were among the performers at the Tulip Bulb Auction Hall in Spalding, Lincoln, England.

May 28: A new band from Los Angeles,
The Doors, release their first single, “Light My Fire”. It reached #1 and became one of the Top 20 Songs of the Rock Era. The Doors went on to have 17 hits, including three Top 10 songs.

May 30: World-Class Daredevil, Robert “Evel” Knievel, jumps 16 automobiles on his motorcycle.

US Top 20 Singles for the week ending
May 20, 1967:
1  GROOVIN’ – The Young Rascals (Atlantic)
2 THE HAPPENING – The Supremes (Motown)
3  SWEET SOUL MUSIC – Arthur Conley (Atco)
4  SOMETHIN’ STUPID – Nancy Sinatra and Frank Sinatra (Reprise)
5  RESPECT – Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)
6  I GOT RHYTHM – The Happenings (B.T. Puppy)
7  RELEASE ME (And Let Me Love Again) – Engelbert Humperdinck (Parrot)
8  CLOSE YOUR EYES – Peaches and Herb (Date)
9  DON’T YOU CARE – The Buckinghams (Columbia)
10  YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES – The Dave Clark Five (Epic)
11  GIRL, YOU’LL BE A WOMAN SOON – Neil Diamond (Bang)
12  ON A CAROUSEL – The Hollies (Imperial)
13  CREEQUE ALLEY – The Mamas and the Papas (Dunhill)
14  HIM OR ME – WHAT’S IT GONNA BE – Paul Revere and the Raiders/Mark Lindsay (Columbia)
15  WHEN I WAS YOUNG – Eric Burdon and the Animals (MGM)
16  FRIDAY ON MY MIND – The Easybeats (United Artists)
17  I THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW – Tommy James and the Shondells (Roulette)
18  HERE COMES MY BABY – The Tremeloes (Epic)
19  MIRAGE – Tommy James and the Shondells (Roulette)
20  A LITTLE BIT ME, A LITTLE BIT YOU – The Monkees (Colgems)

MAY MOVIES

May 10: Per qualche dollaro in più  (For A Few Dollars More) – Clint Eastwood
May 17: Don’t Look Back – Bob Dylan concert tour documentary
May 25: Barefoot in the Park – Robert Redford & Jane Fonda
May 27: The War Wagon – John Wayne & Kirk Douglas

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OK, Cosmic Kids, 1967’s Psychedelic Train is headed for seven more monthly psychedelic stops and psyide-trips on the way through Historic Psychedelic 1967!

“Psychedelic Train Takin’ A Trip And Manifestin’ A Reality” copyright 2017 00individual  TLL

After April’s sumptuous breakfast at the Psychedelic Coffee Shop, off Route 67, and back on the rails, the effects of the “Rainbow Plate Special” are coming on –
please enjoy the scenery. 

Next stop – June 1967!
And the Official Beginning of the Summer of Love!

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Celebrate the Height of Psychedelic Culture with the 50th Anniversary of 1967 – featuring APRIL!

“00individual Celebrates 1967’s 50th Anniversary!” copyright 2017 00individual  TLL

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

00individual was among those blessed to be born into this existence during the most concentrated Cultural events of the late ’50s, ’60s and ’70s.  To have been able to experience the slow innocent build of the ’50s as a single-digit Rocker, and of the real-time experience in his teens in the ’60s, and twenties in the ’70s is an exceptional gift, especially for those who appreciated it then, as now.

April was the calm before the Cultural Explosion.  What seemed like (in comparison, thus far) a mundane month, April was merely the respite needed in order to keep pace with what was soon to come.

Let’s Rock:

April 1: Paul McCartney’s supposed death in a fiery auto accident on November 9, 1966, created further rumors that he was replaced by a much more talented look-alike, one William Campbell aka Billy Shears.  By the end of March the truth spread outside The Beatles’ small circle of friends that McCartney did have a double, but not because he died, but because he wanted/demanded time off for writing, composing, reflecting, and family. So for all public appearances, publicity photo-shoots, limited interviews and such, the double took over while Paul was busy creating and enjoying life.  Paul’s successful ruse caused animosity, as John, George and Ringo, felt used and wanted that “double” relief too.  So to make peace, on the first day of April 1967, Paul agreed to resume his role and duties in the band – but the seed to go solo was planted, and as history shows three years later on April 9, 1970, Paul would announce The Beatles breakup – and accompanied with that press release was a copy of his debut solo album “McCartney” – he knew how to max a moment.
Late 1966: Paul (left) William (right) or is it . . . ?

April 7: Tom Donahue, San Francisco DJ begins new radio format – Progressive (KMPX-FM).  Later he was programmer for many other stations including KPPC.

April 7: Canned Heat opened at the Avalon Ballroom.

April 8: Sandie Shaw wins 12th Eurovision Song Contest.

April 9: The Doors appear for two shows at the Cheetah on the Santa Monica Pier, Venice CA. with The Jefferson Airplane.  The Doors, riding high on the success of their debut album are for the first time top billing over the biggest bands from friendly rival San Francisco and playing to their largest crowd to date of over 3,000 – a big night for the band.

April 9: The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) makes its maiden flight.

April 11: Buffalo Springfield, and the Electric Chamber Orkustra appeared at the Rock Garden, 4742 Mission near Ocean.

April 12: Benefit at the Fillmore Auditorium for arrested members of the San Francisco Mime Troupe. The Airplane, the Dead, and Moby Grape appeared.

April 14: Country Joe and the Fish performed in the Panhandle of Golden Gate Park on the eve of the Peace March.

April 15: Antiwar Protests and Peace March held in New York and San Francisco – Draft cards burned.  100,000 people marched from Second and Market to Kezar Stadium at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Vietnam veteran David Duncan gave the keynote speech.

April 17: Surveyor 3 launched; soft lands on Moon, April 20.

April: Blues Magoos release their second album “Electric Comic Book”. Their debut in November 1966, “Psychedelic Lollipop” was one of the first albums to use the word “psychedelic” in the album title.

April 20: Howlin’ Wolf opened at the Matrix.

April 23: Soyuz 1 launched; Vladimir Komarov, Russian
Cosmonaut, becomes first in-flight casualty.

April 25: Abortion legalized in Colorado, U.S.

April 25: Jules Feiffer‘s “Little Murders” premieres in NYC,

April 27: US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.

April 28: Muhammad Ali protests the Vietnam War  and refuses induction into the Army and is stripped of his Championship Boxing Title.

April 29: Aretha Franklin releases “Respect”.

US Top 20 Singles for the week ending April 18, 1967:
1  SOMETHIN’ STUPID – Nancy Sinatra and Frank Sinatra (Reprise)
2  HAPPY TOGETHER – The Turtles (White Whale)
3  THIS IS MY SONG – Petula Clark (Warner Brothers)
4  BERNADETTE – The Four Tops (Motown)
5  A LITTLE BIT ME, A LITTLE BIT YOU – The Monkees (Colgems)
6  WESTERN UNION – The Five Americans (Abnak)
7  I THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW – Tommy James and the Shondells (Roulette)
8  DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE – The Mamas and the Papas (Dunhill)
9  I NEVER LOVED A MAN (The Way I Love You) – Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)
10 JIMMY MACK –Martha and the Vandellas (Gordy)
11 SWEET SOUL MUSIC – Arthur Conley (Atco)
12 PENNY LANE – The Beatles (Capitol)
13 THERE’S A KIND OF HUSH – Herman’s Hermits (MGM)
14 THE 59TH STREET BRIDGE SONG (Feelin’ Groovy) – Harpers Bizarre (Warner Brothers)
15 FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH (Stop, Hey What’s That Sound) – Buffalo Springfield (Atco)
16 BEGGIN’ – The Four Seasons (Philips)
17 AT THE ZOO – Simon and Garfunkel (Columbia)
18 WITH THIS RING – The Platters (Musicor)
19 THE HAPPENING – The Supremes (Motown)
20 DRY YOUR EYES – Brenda and the Tabulations (Dionn)

APRIL MOVIES
April 7: The Karate Killers (The Man From U.N.C.L.E.)April 14: It’s A Bikini World
April 19: Fitzwilly
April 24: Elvira Madigan
April 26: The 25th Hour
April 26: 8 On The Lam
April 27: Two For The Road
April 28: Casino Royale

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OK, Cosmic Kids, 1967’s Psychedelic Train is in Off-Rail Mode crossing over psychedelic sixties landscapes and headed for eight more monthly psychedelic stops and psyide-trips on the way through Historic Psychedelic 1967!

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After concerts ’til dawn in the Jam Car, the Psychedelic Train morphed into Off-Rail Mode, veered off onto the mystical Route 67 in order to stop, let the engines cool-down, and partake in “an orgasm for taste buds” breakfast at the “famous on all levels”,
Psychedelic Coffee Shop. 

Once back on the rails, relax and take in the scenery.
If the landscapes, lakes, and meadows seem to have an opalescent tinge, that’s courtesy of The Psychedelic Coffee Shop’s “special” brand of coffee.
Next stop – May 1967!

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Celebrate the Height of Psychedelic Culture with the 50th Anniversary of 1967 – featuring MARCH!

“00individual Celebrates 1967’s 50th Anniversary!” copyright 2017 00individual  TLL

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

00individual was among those blessed to be born into this incarnation and into this existence at the most concentrated explosion of the Cultural Epoch of the late ’50s, ’60s and ’70s.  To have been able to experience the slow innocent build of the ’50s as a single-digit Rocker, and the real-time experience in his teens and twenties that matched truly historic events of each decade, is an exceptional gift, especially for those who appreciated it then, as now.

The 1960s are acknowledged as the Height of Pop Culture – and 1967 as the Pinnacle!

Let’s Rock:

March 1: Buffalo Springfield re-release their December 1966 self-titled debut album to include Stills’ zeitgeist classic, For What Its Worth.

March  7: CBS Reports aired the first television news documentary in U.S. history to report on gay and lesbian issues.

March  9: The Fillmore West opens six nights a week.

March  11: The first list of endangered species was issued by Stewart Udall, the U.S. Secretary of the Interior with a total of 78 animals in the U.S. that were threatened with extinction.

March 11: Pink Floyd release their 1st single Arnold Layne.

March  12:  The Velvet Underground release their debut album “The Velvet Underground with Nico” with classics Heroin, Venus In Furs, and I’m \Waiting For The Man.

March: Donovan releases his “Mellow Yellow“ album with psychedelic standout title track.

March 16: U.F.O.s! The first of two unexplained incidents happened at Malmstrom Air Force Base, near Great Falls, Montana, where the U.S. Air Force had missile silos for its Minuteman ICBMs.  According to later accounts, crews in the areas had seen unidentified objects hovering near or over the silos of the Echo Flight section, and starting at 8:45, the launch facilities of ten missiles began going offline and inoperable.  Eight days later, at the Oscar Flight section of Malmstrom AFB, another set of missiles went offline after a UFO was seen.

March 17: The Grateful Dead release their debut self-titled album.

March  18: The Beatles hit #1 with Penny Lane.

March  18: The first demonstration of “slow motion instant replay” on television was shown to viewers of ABC Wide World of Sports.

March  20: The Supremes get psychedelic and release The Happening – title single from the movie of the same name.

March  24: University of Michigan holds first “Teach-in” after bombing of North Vietnam.

March  25: The Turtles have a #1 hit and Summer of Love “theme song” with Happy Together. 00individual went to local dances when local Surf Rock band The Crossfires were The Turtles.

March 25 – April 2: The Who & Cream make US debut at Murray the K’s Easter Shows.

March 26: New York’s Central Park “Be-In” (Easter Sunday Love-In) 10,000 attend.

March 27: Bob Dylan releases “Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits“

March 27: The Yardbirds release “The Yardbirds Greatest Hits”.

March 30: The Beatles finish recording their Sergeant Pepper
album and take cover photos.

March 31: Jimi Hendrix sets his guitar on fire for the first time at the Astoria London.

US Top 20 Singles for the
week ending March 18, 1967:
1 PENNY LANE – The Beatles (Capitol)
2 HAPPY TOGETHER – The Turtles (White Whale)
3 BABY I NEED YOUR LOVIN’ – Johnny Rivers (Imperial)
4 LOVE IS HERE AND NOW YOU’RE GONE – The Supremes (Motown)
5 RUBY TUESDAY – The Rolling Stones (London)
6 DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE – The Mamas and the Papas (Dunhill)
7 SOCK IT TO ME-BABY! – Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels (New Voice)
8 THERE’S A KIND OF HUSH – Herman’s Hermits (MGM)
9 MY CUP RUNNETH OVER – Ed Ames (RCA Victor)
10 THEN YOU CAN TELL ME GOODBYE – The Casinos (Fraternity)
11 STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER – The Beatles (Capitol)
12 FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH (Stop, Hey What’s That Sound) – Buffalo Springfield (Atco)
13 THE HUNTER GETS CAPTURED BY THE GAME – The Marvelettes (Tamla)
14 KIND OF A DRAG – The Buckinghams (U.S.A.)
15 DARLING BE HOME SOON – The Lovin’ Spoonful (Kama Sutra)
16 CALIFORNIA NIGHTS – Lesley Gore (Mercury)
17 I’VE BEEN LONELY TOO LONG – The Young Rascals (Atlantic)
18 I THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW – Tommy James and the Shondells (Roulette)
19 EPISTLE TO DIPPY – Donovan (Epic)
20 GIMME SOME LOVIN’ – The Spencer Davis Group (United Artists)

MARCH MOVIES
March 8: Mad Monster Party?
March 8: The Taming of the Shrew (Italy/US)
March 9: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying’
March  12: The Busy Body
March 14: Ulysses
March 15: Frankenstein Created Woman (UK)
March 15: In Like Flint
March 21: Hombre
March 21: Thoroughly Modern Millie
March 22: Easy Come, Easy Go
March: The Happening

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OK, Cosmic Kids, 1967’s Psychedelic Night Train is leaving the city for nine more monthly psychedelic stops and psyide-trips on the way through
Historic Psychedelic 1967!

“Psychedelic Night Train Leaving The City” copyright 2017 00individual  TLL

While on the Psychedelic Night Train be sure to visit the Midnight Munchie Car
before enjoying free concerts ’til dawn in the Jam Car. 

Next stop – April 1967!

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