1960s Music and Memories
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1960s music memories. The soundtrack to my teenage youth club years
The sixties was when I grew up. My teenage youth club years were the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Each of these tunes has some significance for me. Little bit of growing up a little bit of history too.
For me this period was a search for identity, it was the twilight of the Mods and Rockers and the emergence of Skin Heads and Glam Rock. I had friends who were Mods and rode Lambretta Scooters and friends who were Rockers or Greasers as they were sometimes known who rode motorbikes. My dress code varied with my search for me. I started out as a smart young mod. Roll neck jumper and fine corduroy trousers, I tried rock, with starry T shirts and wide bell bottomed tousers called Loons
In my early teens I tried the dress code of the skin head although I didn't have the full shaved head, just short so we were called 'seude heads'. I never bought into the ideology thank goodness! This sort of happened by accident when I allowed a friend of mine to cut my hair using a Comet 4 in 1 hair cutter:
It all went wrong when he started too high and so the rest of my hair had to be cut short to match!
To keep in with the image I invested in Ben Sherman and Brutus shirts, mandatory red socks, ankle high Levi 'Sta-Prest' trousers (either single colour or better still two tone!)
Once this fad had passed I then took on the proto grunge look as I got into motorbikes and rock music.
Over this period I enjoyed pop, soul, motown, reggae, and rock, and I still love the all the different music genres and so here are some of my favourites.
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A History of Britain in the Swinging Sixties
Build Me Up Buttercup
The Foundations
I first got into music listening to Radio Luxembourg with its call sign "radio lucky luxembourg" on a transistor radio under the pillow at bedtime.
The first tracks to catch my ear were Build Me Up Buttercup by The Foundations and The Firebrigade by The Move.
The first tracks to catch my ear were Build Me Up Buttercup by The Foundations and The Firebrigade by The Move.
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The Same Old Song
With a different meaning since you've been gone
Now this track really captures my time at youth club. I was at a friends 50th birthday party last night and when this track was played I was transported right back to the table tennis, table football and darts room!
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Call Me Number One
The Tremeloes
We got our first record player when Dad won one for sales performance from the pharmaceutical company he was a salesman for.
The first 45 single I bought was Call Me Number One by the The Tremeloes. The band was created by Brian Poole and fellow band member Len 'Chip' Hawkes was the father of the 'one and only' Chesney Hawkes
The first 45 single I bought was Call Me Number One by the The Tremeloes. The band was created by Brian Poole and fellow band member Len 'Chip' Hawkes was the father of the 'one and only' Chesney Hawkes
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Mony Mony
Now this track is a bit special. In the summer of 1968 I went on a school trip to Czechslovakia. We travelled by train from Nottingham to Prague and also stopped a few days in village called Spinderlv Mlyn. We visited the village destroyed by the Nazis called Lidice too.
The last night we were in the country the Soviet army invaded and we were one of the last trains out over the border with Germany that night. As you might guess our parents were a bit anxious.
On the train we sang Mony Mony alot of the time. Very catchy!
The last night we were in the country the Soviet army invaded and we were one of the last trains out over the border with Germany that night. As you might guess our parents were a bit anxious.
On the train we sang Mony Mony alot of the time. Very catchy!
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Prague Spring 1968
Down The Dustpipe
Status Quo
My first youth club was attached to a local church. The age limit to go was 14. I was caught out by the priest who asked me my age. I was 13. Complementing on my honesty he refused me entry! I only had to wait a couple of months before joining properly though and I've been partying ever since!
The following tracks are evocative of that time.
The following tracks are evocative of that time.
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Lets Work Together
Canned Heat
I just loved this track. At the time I thought the lead singer was huge. In today's post burger society he actually looks quite trim!
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Top of The Pops 1968
Top of the Pops 1969
Reggae Reggae
The next 5 tracks are Reggae tunes. I really liked reggae because of the beat and the catchy melodies.
Reggae was taken up the British 'skin head and suedehead' sub cultures, which were written about by Richard Allen at the time. His book spookily titled 'Skinhead' did the rounds at school where it was seen as rebellious and esoteric because of its violent themes and revelations about the notorious Chelsea football hooligans of the 'Shed'.
The full set of Richard Allens books is till available, so get your 'Cherry Reds' (Doctor Marten boots) or your 'Monkey Boots' (Female standard issue) on!
The Complete Richard Allen:
"Skinhead", "Suedehead", "Skinhead Escapes" v. 1
Jamaican in origin much of this music was published on the Trojan record label.
Top of the Pops 1970
Top of the Pops 1971
Whole Lotta Love
getting into rock
Led Zep' 2 was the first album I bought. This was the begining of my foray into Rock music and I still love this track. It wasn't often that full on rock tracks were played at the disco because they weren't middle of the road enough to dance to.
Now here's a real claim to fame. Black Sabbath played at our youth club in Arnold Nottingham. I lived about about a mile and half away and listened to the set sitting on my door step!
I loved the Stones and still do. Saw them at Bingley Hall in the 70s and 2007 in Don Valley Sheffield. Awesome. I remember in the early 70s being on holiday during my 'suede head' dress code identity crisis in Norfolk. I was in a cafe and about to put some music on the juke box. There I was dressed in a check Brutus shirt, half mast levis red socks and black brogues (I know I know!) when then this rocker came up behind me. In an act of supreme diplomacy I pressed 'b 24' - 'Brown Sugar' which naturally met with approval!
Now here's a real claim to fame. Black Sabbath played at our youth club in Arnold Nottingham. I lived about about a mile and half away and listened to the set sitting on my door step!
I loved the Stones and still do. Saw them at Bingley Hall in the 70s and 2007 in Don Valley Sheffield. Awesome. I remember in the early 70s being on holiday during my 'suede head' dress code identity crisis in Norfolk. I was in a cafe and about to put some music on the juke box. There I was dressed in a check Brutus shirt, half mast levis red socks and black brogues (I know I know!) when then this rocker came up behind me. In an act of supreme diplomacy I pressed 'b 24' - 'Brown Sugar' which naturally met with approval!
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The Start of Glam Rock
Slade - Get Down and Get With It
Slade started out as a favourite of the skin heads before their dramatic turn into glam rockers. This track is a real foot stomper. Another favourite of mine was Coz I Love You coz I could play it on the guitar!
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Top of the Pops 1972
The End Of The Beatles
Let it be
Of course the Beatles were part of my growing up and I can remember playing on a building site with my friends singing Can't Buy Me Love using wooden planks as imaginary guitars.
By the time I was in youth club the Beatles were coming to an end.
This was the second 45 I bought to play on Dad's record player.
By the time I was in youth club the Beatles were coming to an end.
This was the second 45 I bought to play on Dad's record player.
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Tamla Motown
My first long term girlfriend (CAJ) loved Motown especially Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.
We split up and made up more times than I can remember. That's why the Supremes 'You Can't Hurry Love' sticks in my mind amongst so many greats. ABC by the Jacksons brings back lots of memories.
All of the tracks were featured in the Motown Charbuster series of six albums.
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Classic Pop
One of the rites of passage was trying alcohol. Too young to go the pub we went to local liquor store or 'off license'.
Cider was a favourite, and lamposts became useful for opening bottles on the metal panel casings at the bottom! Blame Donny and David for us 'hitting the bottle' how could us young men compete?!
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Glam Rock
ride that white swan you people of the Beltane
Ride a White Swan was a real favourite of mine. Tyrannosaurus Rex became T.Rex and a whole new genre was started.
![[Video] Slade - Coz I Luv You [totp2] (Wiggy St Helens UK 2006)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/a8QpO3yVI2Q/0.jpg "Slade - Coz I Luv You [totp2]")
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Je t'aime
Serge Gainsboro and Jane Birkin
On my fourteenth birthday I was allowed to have house party. We had to borrow a record player from Tony. The'buzz' of the moment was this track because it was deemed to be really 'racy'.
Mum and Dad stayed in the house, but as soon as they left the room this track went on!. I'm sure the amber light bulb concession to create a 'party -disco atmosphere played its part!
Mum and Dad stayed in the house, but as soon as they left the room this track went on!. I'm sure the amber light bulb concession to create a 'party -disco atmosphere played its part!
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Living in the past
...well remembering it anyway
This was bought for me by my school mates for my fourteenth birthday. I had a party at my house and had to borrow a record player from a friend. Just before the party my mother sat me down and said that if I was going to smoke cigarettes I should do it openly in front of her. Guess what...I've never ever smoked in my life!
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Ten Years After
more like 40!
Ten Years After Alvin Lee comes from Mansfield in Nottinghamshire - a stones throw from where Robin Hood lived. Two great legends! Check out Spoonful too. Happy days!
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Fond Memories
gone but not forgotten
We lost some friends during these youth club disco days.
Tony, Graham, Jane, Rachel, Bernard.
These are for you.
Tony, Graham, Jane, Rachel, Bernard.
These are for you.
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Last Dance
do you want to dance?
Youth Club is coming to an end. It's 5 minutes to 10 p.m. I've had my eye on her for weeks. She's beautiful. Have I got the nerve to ask her for a dance?
The times I 'bottled out'!
The times I 'bottled out'!
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Add My 60s Disco Music To Your i-Pod
| Track | Artist | Album | |
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| Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) | Edison Lighthouse | On the Rocks | |
| In the Summertime | Mungo Jerry | The Very Best of Mungo Jerry | |
| Lola | The Kinks | One for the Road | |
| Brown Sugar | The Rolling Stones | Hot Rocks 1964-1971 | |
| Maggie May | Rod Stewart | Every Picture Tells a Story | |
| Build Me Up Buttercup (Re-Recorded) | The Foundations | Back to the 60's, Vol. 1: 18 Flashback Memories (Re-Recorded Versions) | |
| It's the Same Old Song | The Four Tops | Essential Collection: Four Tops | |
| Mony Mony | Tommy James & The Shondells | Mony Mony | |
| I'm Gonna Make You Love Me | Diana Ross, The Supremes & The Temptations | Number 1's: Diana Ross & The Supremes | |
| Je t'aime... moi non plus (Vibrators Remix - Version inédite 2004) | Serge Gainsbourg | Love and the Beat 1 - L'amour à la Gainsbourg | |
| Sugar, Sugar (Re-Recorded Version) | Archies | #1 Pop Hits of the 60s & 70s (Digital Version) [Re-Recorded Versions] | |
| Down the Dustpipe | Status Quo | The Complete Pye Collection | |
| Where Do You Go to (My Lovely) | Peter Sarstedt | The Darjeeling Limited (Original Soundtrack) | |
| Spirit In the Sky | Norman Greenbaum | Spirit In the Sky - The Definitive Anthology | |
| Up Around the Bend | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Chronicle: 20 Greatest Hits | |
| Ride a White Swan | T. Rex | Classic Hits - A Celebration of Marc & Mickey | |
| I Hear You Knocking | Dave Edmunds | From Small Things: The Best of Dave Edmunds | |
| Mama Told Me (Not to Come) | Three Dog Night | 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Three Dog Night | |
| Stoned Love | The Supremes | Number 1's: Diana Ross & The Supremes | |
| Resurrection Shuffle | Ashton, Gardner & Dyke | The Best of Ashton, Gardner & Dyke | |
| Johnny Reggae | The Piglets | Sun Sea Sand and Sex |
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raphaelo
Dec 12, 2011 @ 3:32 pm | delete
- Wow.. very very gorgeous 60s music lens with lots of great videos I've never seen before. Thank you so much for giving my new music knowledge. Tweeted to all my fans. Have wonderful times.. always.. my friend :D
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hughgrissettsr
Dec 1, 2011 @ 3:28 pm | delete
- great lens! great song choices!
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SandyPeaks
Apr 22, 2011 @ 7:46 pm | delete
- I remember most of these - and danced to them!
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TheresaMarkham
Apr 12, 2011 @ 8:46 am | delete
- You had me at "Build Me Up Buttercup"! Love this music!
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Cumberland
Feb 15, 2011 @ 8:56 am | delete
- This is my kinda' music. I grew up with 50s & 60s Rock and Pop. Thanks for the lens.
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bejeezers Jan 26, 2011 @ 1:17 pm | delete
- Love the Lens. Love the sixties. Many thanks for the comments. I have lensrolled your site to My favourite TV shows from the 1960's.
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VickiSims
Jan 10, 2011 @ 7:20 am | delete
- I'm definitely old enough to come to this "youth" club. Although the places to go and some of the names for fashion trends were different, I enjoyed many of the same songs and musicians in Seattle, WA. Your lens was a really fun trip down memory lane. Blessed by a SquidAngel.
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dustytoes
Jan 8, 2011 @ 4:42 pm | delete
- If I had an iPod I'd be adding some songs! What a fun time I've had listening to your music and reading your tales. So many favorites here. I should come back every day and dance around my kitchen to the tunes to keep my baby boomer figure! ;) Congrats on your feature at Squidoo Lens Review.
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KathyMcGraw
Jan 7, 2011 @ 11:17 pm | delete
- Interesting to read what you were doing, and some of the words you use that are strictly British....adds a new dimension to the 60's for me ;)
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Wednesday_Elf
Jan 7, 2011 @ 3:23 pm | delete
- Fun memories of a fun music time -- the 60s! My music favorites began in the late 1950s, but many of the 60s music became favorites too.
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