‘ Light Flight’ by Pentangle. What a great piece of music. Some stellar talent in that band!

@Meddled

Жыл бұрын

Interesting that 5/4 was used in 'Living in the Past' and 'The Witch's Promise' is overtly folk rock.

@9999bigb

Жыл бұрын

I could imagine Jethro Tull cover that song in an alternate universe. Interesting how Ian liked it how he did.

@lthompson7625

Жыл бұрын

@@9999bigb l remember seeing Jethro Tull at that massive lsle of Wight Festival 1970. A great band live . Still can’t work out how lan Anderson managed to stand on one leg for so long while playing the flute😀

@daveconleyportfolio5192

Жыл бұрын

@@Meddled When I heard it, I immediately thought of "Living in the Past." Could this Blind Date be its origin?

@tessjuel

2 ай бұрын

@@daveconleyportfolio5192 No, Jethro Tull had already recorded "Living in the Past" when this Blind Date happened.

It's hard to imagine that Space Oddity and Sugar Sugar were on the charts at the same time, they seem decades apart.

@marcio_souza007

Жыл бұрын

Sugar Sugar is a very nice Bubblegum Pop tune, anyway.

@mariuspoppFM

Жыл бұрын

@@marcio_souza007 it's literally the worst in that genre 🤡

@PutItAway101

Жыл бұрын

One of them was looking forwards, the other was looking back

@jamesdrynan

Жыл бұрын

Right you are, Hampton! The charts during the sixties were weird because they had the Beatles and Louis Armstrong, Humperdinck and Sinatra all vying for top spot.

@roberthale2268

Жыл бұрын

You are right. There was a lot more diversity in music back then.

"The guitarist sounds clever, though". Absolutely, Ian. That was Allan Holdsworth.

@karlsinclair9918

Жыл бұрын

Terrible record though. Talent is not enough in itself to make great music. Very talented player but never heard anything by him I really liked. Have you got any recommendations?

@tessjuel

Жыл бұрын

Yes but the singer who should run and hide was Allan Holdsworth too. ;-)

@fredfox3851

Жыл бұрын

Cool factoid! Also shows how astute Ian was.

@3rdmm

Жыл бұрын

@@karlsinclair9918 He was certainly a player's player. EVH admired him above anyone else, and McLaughlin once said that if he could play like him he would. Maybe try this: kzread.info/dash/bejne/dpWlt8lrY8Sxe7A.html

@karlsinclair9918

Жыл бұрын

@@3rdmm some nice bits there, thanks. Im not a fan of some of fusions long hanging notes..its definitely of a style I'm not big on, but I do have a fair few records which are classed as fusion.

Love that Kinks song so much. That entire Arthur album is excellent, and it's one of the greatest 60's records in my opinion- along with Village Green of course.

@YesterdaysPapers

Жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@gunnarkarlgunnarsson2775

Жыл бұрын

I think Arthur might be the greatest pop album of the 60's. There are enough melodic ideas on that album to fill 2 albums

@danielhayes7967

Жыл бұрын

"Arthur" seemed to revive The Kinks rock style. Probably the first rock album since "Kinks Controversy."

@f.w.2054

Жыл бұрын

My favorite Kinks album! Rays vocals are so snide and sarcastic, but as serious as a heart attack. I love how Australia starts out as a playful faux travel ad and morphs into a raga chant! Young and Innocent Days is underrated and beautiful, while the mighty Shangra-la is one of the groups greatest moments. Village Green is equally great and maybe my favorite again tomorrow!

@AndySalinger33

Жыл бұрын

Completely agree!

Early Jethro Tull was just majestic, bluesy but when they had orchestration it gave you the chills. Something like sweet dream, to cry you a song, teacher, are among the greatest songs of the late 60s and early 70s

@steverobinson364

Жыл бұрын

‘Benefit’ has always been my favourite Tull album.

@gilobregon

Жыл бұрын

@@steverobinson364 Same here, my "favorite" also -- I'm on the other side of the Pond, so...... Saw Tull during the Aqualung tour so, alot of Benefit songs included. Favorite lyrics, "Legends were born surROUNDing mysterious lights, seen in the dark -- FLASHING!!" "PIE in the sky and everything's fine." "The overseers OVER you!" 👽 👁

@mklives2

Жыл бұрын

How about “Reasons for waiting”?

@gilobregon

Жыл бұрын

@@mklives2 Another PRIMO choice!! 👌 😺 (And, "Back to the Family", "Look Into the Sun". And others, of course!)

@9999bigb

Жыл бұрын

"Nothing is Easy" and "My God" are fantastic as well.

Ian's in love with the Family isn't he? Also: "I'd probably sing Ding Dang Dooley and get run over" Classic 😆

@garylucas5558

Жыл бұрын

btw, it 's John Weider, not John Welder--probably a misprint by the Melody Maker

@mariuspoppFM

Жыл бұрын

@@garylucas5558he was unlucky to be often misprinted in magazines

@PutItAway101

Жыл бұрын

@@mariuspoppFM It's an easy name to remember if you've ever been in a gym and seen Weider brand fitness equipment, but journalists are not typically known for being into fitness.

“ Thank God for the Nice and Family.” Amen, brother! Ian was my flute playing hero. I was in school orchestras from elementary school through high school. My instrument, the flute. Let’s just say I never saw the full potential of that instrument. Then one day I heard Jethro Tull and I got it.

During that time I played the Arthur album far more than Abbey Road or Led Zeppelin. “Some Mother’s Son” from Arthur should have been released as a single. One of the greatest anti-war anthems ever recorded. Thank you again for this upload!

@toddblanks

Жыл бұрын

And DRI DRI DRI DRIVING!

The kinks, the family, pentangle, great great stuff

By mere coincidence, Victoria is my favorite song by the Kinks. Love Ian's sarcasm here and how he compares the bands in his review.

@toddblanks

Жыл бұрын

That intro on victoria is pretty special.

How great is it to see Ian praising Family back then, one of the most criminally overlooked bands of the era! They were sort of working in the same ballpark as Tull themselves, after all.

I have to give old Ian some props for financing (Captain Beefheart's) The Magic Band 's (Mallard) solo work with his mobile studio. Good one!

That Pentangle song was used for the series Take Three Girls if memory serves.Wonderful song Love that outro music.

@YesterdaysPapers

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!, glad you liked it.

@alihart

Жыл бұрын

@@YesterdaysPapers I spy The Zombies - excellent reworking 👍

@YesterdaysPapers

Жыл бұрын

@@alihart Thanks!

I love PP Arnold. Ian, seriously.

@YesterdaysPapers

Жыл бұрын

Love her, too.

@maurice8607

Жыл бұрын

@@YesterdaysPapers She made some incredible music for sure.

@maurice8607

Жыл бұрын

Folks, buy PPs autobiography. A great read.

@YesterdaysPapers

Жыл бұрын

@@maurice8607 I'll have to check it out, an autobiography by PP Arnold sounds interesting.

@maurice8607

Жыл бұрын

@@YesterdaysPapers Please buy. A excellent read.

The B-side of Victoria, 'She Bought A Hat Like Princess Marina' is also great

@YesterdaysPapers

Жыл бұрын

Love that song.

@mrnastey9

Жыл бұрын

@@YesterdaysPapers the whole "Arthur" album is fantastic.

@YesterdaysPapers

Жыл бұрын

@@mrnastey9 True, brilliant album.

@mrnastey9

Жыл бұрын

@@YesterdaysPapers from '66-71, (Face To Face, Something Else, Village Green Preservation Society, Arthur, Lola and Muswell Hillbillies) they were absolutely incredible.

@YesterdaysPapers

Жыл бұрын

@@mrnastey9 That era of the Kinks is sheer perfection.

Ian Anderson. Always the charmer.

@jakewonuff3502

Жыл бұрын

You’re kidding, right?

@stevekeys262

Жыл бұрын

Clueless regarding PP Arnold.

Quite intelligent reactions to these records by Ian. And "I'll probably go out of here singing Din Dan Dooley and get run over." ...lol Always surprised when I see these old charts and see Elvis at #1 in 1969. As hippies we all thought he was way passe by this time. And love love love your Zombie outro. Great job on such a lovely melody, YP.

@YesterdaysPapers

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Willie!

@loosilu

Жыл бұрын

Gin Gan Goolie is by Mike McCartney's band Scaffold. Elton John played on this record.

I'm not one for covers most of the time, but I have always loved The Fall's version of 'Victoria'. And the video is enjoyable as well.

Very impressive. Ian was spot on in every case.

@Ghostlydustup

Жыл бұрын

He was wrong on P.P. Arnold.

I love your cover of "Changes" by The Zombies, YP. Great work as always ❣

@YesterdaysPapers

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Sophie! Glad you liked it.

@SophieLovesSunsets

Жыл бұрын

@@YesterdaysPapers 💖

@jonhillman871

Жыл бұрын

agreed. that was fun.

@f.w.2054

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like the Zombies produced by Michael 'hash' Brown of the Left Banke, which is a very good thing!

@fueledbylove

3 ай бұрын

@@YesterdaysPapers Yes I noticed that Zombies tune also and thought you found a studio out-take I hadn't heard, charming!

Interesting that the Pentagle was doing songs in 5/4 time and only about two years later Jethro Tull attempted that with the classic song, “living in the past.”

@alexbrands5653

Жыл бұрын

Although the album "Living in the Past" was released in 72, the song was recorded in March '69 to be released as a single.

@kentholmberg1818

Жыл бұрын

@@alexbrands5653 You' re right. And Pentangle and Till toured together in 69 ...

@kentholmberg1818

Жыл бұрын

Not easy to be Swedish and have a Phone who spells Till instead of Tull!

as long as were all raving on about the The Kinks we are all agreed that Waterloo Sunset is the greatest pop song ever written, right?

Wow, Ian Anderson sure had his blind spots, dismissing the stunning and superb P.P. Arnold at the drop of a hat. He was pretty shirty about Reggae too. If I were there I would have said, "Ian, you bloody blinkered sod!"

@mariuspoppFM

Жыл бұрын

He liked that reggae record, stop complaining

@ericmalone3213

Жыл бұрын

@@mariuspoppFM Herr Popp, The earth has been unmoored from its axis since Ian Anderson gave P.P. Arnold the thumbs-down! Humanity will never recover! What a bloody rotter!

@mariuspoppFM

Жыл бұрын

@@ericmalone3213 I love a good axis unmooring every now and then

@ericmalone3213

Жыл бұрын

@@mariuspoppFM There's no excuse for bollocking P.P. Arnold.

Interesting how Ian likes ‘Light Flight’ by Pentangle, as it sounds like Martin Barre took the bassline to create Living In The Past.

@howardjones7370

Жыл бұрын

darganx : I very much doubt one track influenced the other, Living in the Past was recorded in LA in mid March 1969, while Pentangle were recording Light Flight just a little later in the year in London

@samansun

Жыл бұрын

All revert to "Take Five" or Paul Desmond then.

5:56 Look at the amount of classic songs in that top 20 ... all in the same week?!? Fleetwood Mac "Oh Well", David Bowie "Space Oddity", CCR "Bad Moon Rising" Bob Dylan "Lay Lady Lay" The Hollies "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" Johnny Cash "A Boy Named Sue" unbelievable!

Ian, that PP dis is fight’n words.

A few years later Ian would be recording Thick As A Brick in so many time signatures it made your head swell

That was a great week, especially for albums. Jethro Tull has always been one of my favorite bands. I never saw them play live, but I saw Martin Barre play many of the Tull hits with a younger band a few years back. It was very good. 🎸🎶❤

Props for this, because it turned me on to "Light Flight." Pretty much with him on everything else, but PP Arnold, but everyone has their own tastes. I've always like great music that sounds "alive" like the Kinks' best... and Tull's best.

Oh yes, "Victoria!" A stunning song! The Pentangle sounds pretty good too. Ian Anderson has something to criticize but in a humorous way. He is honest and I think he is usually right, except for PP Arnold. A couple of bands I have to check out because I didn't know them. Thanks again!

Y.p. always look forward to your newest show, thanks. Loved seeing Elvis sitting at #1 with Suspicious Minds, love the way you put the latest chart singles & albums at the end of your shows.

@gregwilliams3120

Жыл бұрын

Was that Elvis's last number 1?

@ericcrawford3453

Жыл бұрын

Gregg Williams yes it was his last, he got close with Burning Love in 72 it hit 2.

Thanks YP big tull fan here starting with this was ! SUPER ! Cheers!

Another awesome episode! 🤙

Did anyone else see the wonderful variety and quality of music on the top 20 album list?

@erflingnot

Жыл бұрын

And it’s still like that in these days….. i’m 65 years old and of that era! And I can still run all over the charts and find things that I love. Because I love music ….. but I don’t listen to the radio much anymore lol I use the algorithm it’s excellent KZread algorithm

Looking at the Top 20 albums, hot damn that was a great week in music. Crazy that 2001 soundtrack out ranked Led Zeppelin. What a weird time!

The Pentangle song was the theme tune of Take Three Girls on BBC2 that year

Watching these posts, it's astonishing how many songs and groups are in the all-but-forgotten file.

In the lists at the end there's some fantastic music there and from all genres.

tull was the first prog band that i got into love looking at the charts from 69....musical tastes were all over the place

Ian was really plugged into the scene, back then! In 1969 with STAND UP high in the charts IAN was getting several interviews!

I've watched a few dozen of these reviews and this is one of the few where the artist was somewhat positive. 😀

And there was I thinking I was the only lover of a Nice Family. RIP Keith Rock on Chappo.

Great comments, though being fair, I'd have called them the same way. I love how Ian's generally got something nice to say, even if he's not keen on the song - except for the tracks that seem to deserve some savaging. He also notes that he, like Family, are still learning. A bit of humility in the man whose talent and stage presence would set the tone for hundreds of groups.

Nice MIDI renditon of "Changes"

Nice to hear that he thought the guitarist in "Igginbottom's Wrench" knew what he was doing. That was none other than Allan Holdsworth who is regarded as a god by even the most revered and accomplished jazz/fusion guitarists.

Good reviews, except I’m surprised he doesn’t like P.P. Arnold’s voice. Viva The Pentangle, Kinks, and Ms. Arnold!

There's some good takes here. I definitely agree with his take on "Light Flight". Anyone who can put together two alternating time signatures in a song without it sounding forced definitely has skill.

Great to see Ian understanding time signatures: I saw almost all these bands at the old Marquee, including Tull with Bethnal Green’s Mick Abrahams. I got to Aynsley Dunbar’s great band with the fabulous John Mooreshead on guitar. Unkind about Keef Hartley: I think Miller Anderson is on vocals. I saw John Morgan and Tull on the same bill! Family and Kinks both excellent.

What a great time for popular music! So experimental and varied. Is the ending song a cover of "Changes", by The Zombies?

@YesterdaysPapers

Жыл бұрын

Yep.

What’s wrong with P.P Arnold? Pretty standard female soul vocalist

Look at this top 10, my GOOOD!

Isn't the guitarist in Igginbottom Allan Holdsworth, who indeed was very clever, and for many the GOAT of fusion guitarists. Wedding Bell Blues hit No.1 in the USA in November, and was one of 3 Laura Nyro songs in the top ten that month at 1, 2 and 10.

Nice bit of Oddesay.

I wish I had known about Pentangle much sooner. They flew under my MkIV radar

Thank the Heavens for giving us The Pentangle.

Interestingly, I could always hear some Family influence on Jethro Tull’s early work, especially their “Stand Up” album and in turn, Family were somewhat influenced by Tull, on tracks like, “Drowning in Wine”.

@YesterdaysPapers

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, Family were a huge influence on many bands from that era, late 60s/early 70s.

Ian Anderson tell truth. He likes real artists that still are remembered and dislikes the oddities and the nonsense that now are forgotten.

Great records that week huh

The Kinks the best

Hey where'd that "Brief Changes" Odessey-like mashup come from? Nifty!

@YesterdaysPapers

Жыл бұрын

I recorded that.

Ian bein' himself. What a great songwriter and showman. He didn't like the last selection, which was one I liked, by a woman named Space Ottilie

He should have listened to the end of the Ottilie Patterson song, because that’s when the message strikes home, and it definitely isn’t the sentimental slush that he seemed to think it was 🤔

i love that they gave him that dany livingstone record!

I think it's safe to conclude that Ian Anderson is a Family fan.

Loved his reviews on Pentangle and The Family, but what was that swipe at PP Arnold? OK Ian!

I think he's right about thanking God for the Nice and Family. I believe "Stand Up" was Tull's 1969 album and that was no slouch either. My favorite. I considered the band's records after that a downward turn.

@YesterdaysPapers

Жыл бұрын

The first two Jethro Tull albums are my favourites.

@michaelward9880

Жыл бұрын

I think "Aqualung" was the last good album. After that I really didn't like the stuff they put out. I remember being kind of pissed off at myself for wasting my money on "Thick as a Brick". "Stand Up" is brilliant and their best.

@caryheuchert

Жыл бұрын

“Benefit” was their last great one IMO.

@michaelward9880

Жыл бұрын

@@caryheuchert It's all subjective, isn't it? "Benefit" is great!

@steveneardley7541

Жыл бұрын

Benefit is my favorite, but Stand Up is great too.

Wow! The very month and year I was born into.. 10-4-1969

I was around then, and of course I remember all the songs on the lists at the end. But I don't remember hearing a single one of the songs he reviews, with the possible exception of the Kinks song. I do remember Jethro Tull/Ian Anderson of course.

Me and Ian were born in the same August 10th, I do really enjoy most of his work on Jethro Tull, but... Quite unfair this statement he made on P. P. Arnold! I also disagree on his point of view on the reggae song... The sense of cleaning coming from European ears aren't the same with the cheap, but brave, production of a Jamaican song, I presume. And a pioneering song for the genre. Anyway, that was Ian's mind in 1969, and I can understand.

@EdwinJack64

Жыл бұрын

Agree!

In the official chart, I’ll Never Fall In Love Again replaced Je T’Aime … Moi Non Plus at number 1. Each topped the charts for just one week.

I got the impression he liked the Family.

@tonycook7107

Жыл бұрын

The most under rated band ever. Their first two albums are genuine musical masterpieces, Music in a Dolls House, and Entertainment.

Love The Fall cover of Victoria ! Mark E Smith not quite Ray Davies .. Ansley Dunbar left Journey to join .. Jefferson Starship 😆

@DM-hh7wl

Жыл бұрын

Yes, and left John Mayalls Bluesbreakers to form Retaliation, wrote "Warning" (covered on Sabbaths 1st album), then left Retaliation to join Zappa! 🤩😀🤘

@davidellis5141

Жыл бұрын

@@DM-hh7wl What a true journeymen .. no pun intended. Thanks for the info 👍

Igginbottom are deadringers for Spinal Tap. Had to look real close at that cover to make sure that wasn't Nigel Tufnel middle-right.

I wish they would play bands like John Mayall, and Aynsley Dunbar on the top 30 stations here in the states. I had to listen to alternative fm stations to hear these progressive blues bands.

Random thought. The Fall's version of 'Victoria' sounds just like The Kink's original and should therefore be considered surplus to requirements. But it's just as great. For some reason. Also, picking on The Scaffold is a bit like being mean to puppies.

@markfuller3948

Жыл бұрын

Not their finest moment, this, in fairness.....

Digging’ the bed music instrumental of Changes. You guys build your own stuff or you have a library?

@YesterdaysPapers

Жыл бұрын

I record the instrumentals myself.

@MrQuispx

Жыл бұрын

@@YesterdaysPapers groovy!

The Scaffold was Mike McCartney's group (he's on the right on the cover). Elton John played piano on Gin Gan Goolie.

This is amazing history! He’s such a nice guy most reviewers are just bent on tearing people apart… Ian Anderson! 🫶🏻

Oh to be in the top ten albums alongside Mantovani, that is fame :)

One of the best of this series IMHO -- lots of laughs, and it was interesting that I liked and disliked the exact same ones as Ian. Anyway, glad to have listened to this one as I've been turned on to a couple of items that I'll research a bit more: Pentangle and The Family. Interesting stuff for sure.

Maybe from the PP Arnold comment Ian isn't into Gospel music, me neither, but jeez she has an expressive woman's voice.

@YesterdaysPapers

Жыл бұрын

She definitely had a great voice.

@inregionecaecorum

Жыл бұрын

Yes that was really unfair, listen to Ian Anderson now, and he has lost his voice.

@johnkayak5488

Жыл бұрын

I have a 2019 cd from P..P. ARNOLD The NEW ADVENTURES OF P.P. ARNOLD in her early 70s and sounding Fab!

That Ottilie Patterson one is my favourite song here and best on that record. What an oddity. Doesn't seem like he listened to it for long if he couldn't tell if it was a man or woman.

"It sounds like it's on the wrong speed" LOL

Curious indeed what he said about P.P. Arnold not sounding “like a woman.” It’s also curious that his comment was so brief. I was hoping he would have elaborated.

FAMILY NOT HEARD THAT SONG

What is the outro song?

Incidentally Igginbottoms Wrench are a massively rare and collectable band! Ian Anderson should’ve nicked the single/LP that was being played and ran off with it!!!!

Have many know Mike McGear in Scaffold?

@YesterdaysPapers

Жыл бұрын

Paul McCartney's brother.

@darganx

Жыл бұрын

Faul's brother of course! Interestingly they're still on Parlophone, I thought they would have been signed up by Apple at this time.

That bird in The Pentangle sounds like a woman. I' ve been waiting for this. There is of course a connection between Light Flight and Living In The Past. Jacqui is the best female singer ever in my opinion and Ian understands that. Both Till and Pentangle are great.

@kentholmberg1818

Жыл бұрын

Sorry Till of course

@kentholmberg1818

Жыл бұрын

Tull. I's My Phone who tries to spell Swedish

Yo, where is: In The Court Of The Crimson King? :o

Now, silver and gold Strawberry clothes Money will buy Something to hold See in her eyes Nothing will last Like emerald stones And platinum eyes

Even by '69, the top 20 was mainly junk, the good music was to be found on albums. Ian had some good intelligent words to say. Thanks Yesterdays Papers

The Zombies from Odyssey and oracle?

@YesterdaysPapers

Жыл бұрын

Yep.

Anderson's comments are mostly fair and sometimes quite funny. His enthusiasm for The Kink's Victoria is great! But he was most unfair to P.P. Arnold, of whom I'm a big fan. And his comments about her were really strange, too. She doesn't "sing like a woman"? Over on *this* side of the pond, that's *exactly* how you sing like a woman!

@YesterdaysPapers

Жыл бұрын

His comment about PP Arnold is strange. I'm guessing he thought it was a British woman trying to sing like a black soul singer.

@thereunionparty

Жыл бұрын

He made an unfair comparison with the singer from The Pentangle, who is singing in a folk style. Totally bonkers to compare the two. I always cringe when a soul or Motown artist is up for a review because they always seem to be misunderstood or disrespected.

@heinrichvon

Жыл бұрын

@@thereunionparty Yes, and that is very strange, as the whole Mod movement evolved out of a love for (then unknown) Motown records.

@smythharris2635

Жыл бұрын

In that genre, Grace Slick didn't sing like that, Carol King, Joni Mitchell and scores of others.

@Hannahxx1971

Жыл бұрын

He was only around 20 when he did this review....

Pentangle, oh yes, please don't start me off the never ending love i have for pentangle. Basket of light.

I never knew Ian was so pissy!😂 Great stuff as always. 🖒

Work? Sorry, Yesterday's Papers just posted...

@YesterdaysPapers

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha!

4:04 I wish I could ask him exactly what he meant. In what way is it "naive"? How can production be "naive"?

John Morgan ...i'm interesed

I knew that Ian didn't have much of an affinity for Black American music, he said so himself when explaining that Tull's style changed after This Was (including Mick Abrahams' departure) because he felt odd being an British guy trying to copy a Black American style, i.e. blues. It's also pretty apparent in his vocals in the early recordings of the John Evan Band available on KZread--he didn't have a feel for the style at all. His comments sounded reasonable to me at the time, but then I hear his comment on P.P. Arnold and the stuff about "singing like a woman" and he sounds like a real fogey.

@mick5137

Жыл бұрын

His Europhilia is refreshing.

@ExplodingPsyche

Жыл бұрын

That's funny since he copied his entire flute style from Roland Kirk, a Black American jazz musician.

@FawleyJude

Жыл бұрын

@@ExplodingPsyche Exactly, and he has denied in a number of interviews that he got his style from Roland Kirk.

@ExplodingPsyche

Жыл бұрын

@@FawleyJude All it requires is a simple listen to know that isn't true. Right down to the speaking into the flute, or whatever it is.