The sessions initially yielded the non-album double A-side single ” Strawberry Fields Forever “/” Penny Lane ” in February 1967;
In January 1967, Between the Buttons was released, and reached No. 3 in the UK and No. 2 in the US. It was Andrew Oldham’s last venture as the Rolling Stones’ producer.
In January 1967, Palmer was deported for possession of marijuana , but returned to the group at the beginning of June, while Young was temporarily absent (guitarist Doug Hastings filled in for Young during this period). The band, with David Crosby sitting in, played the Monterey Pop Festival . Young…
Read More
In early 1967, Jagger, Richards, and Jones began to be hounded by authorities over their recreational drug use , after the News of the World ran a three-part feature entitled “Pop Stars and Drugs: Facts That Will Shock You”. The series described alleged LSD parties hosted by the Moody Blues…
Read More
Blue Öyster Cult was formed in 1967 as Soft White Underbelly (a name the group would occasionally use in the 1970s and 1980s to play small club gigs around the United States and UK) in a communal house at Stony Brook University on Long Island when rock critic Sandy Pearlman…
Read More
Despite these complications, the Rolling Stones toured Europe in March and April 1967. The tour included the band’s first performances in Poland, Greece, and Italy.
Smiley Smile was released on September 18, 1967, and peaked at number 41 in the US, making it their worst-selling album to that date. It was the first album for which production was credited to the entire group instead of Brian alone. Critics and fans were generally underwhelmed by the…
Read More
In January 1967, after both groups had split, Phillips and Rutherford continued to write together and proceeded to make a demo tape at a friend’s home-made studio, inviting Banks, Gabriel and Stewart to record with them in the process. The group recorded six songs: “Don’t Want You Back”, “Try a…
Read More
The Beach Boys immediately recorded a new album, Wild Honey , an excursion into soul music , and a self-conscious attempt to “regroup” themselves as a rock band in opposition to their more orchestral affairs of the past. Released on December 18, 1967, it had a higher chart placing than…
Read More
Disraeli Gears is often considered to be the band’s defining effort, successfully blending psychedelic British rock with American blues. It also included “Sunshine of Your Love”, which became the group’s highest-charting song, peaking at number five on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 . The album was originally slated for release…
Read More