In April 1965, Campbell’s own career success pulled him from touring with the group. Columbia Records staff producer Bruce Johnston was asked to locate a replacement for Campbell; having failed to find one, Johnston himself became a full-time member of the band. The June 4 vocal sessions for ” California…
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Released in March 1965, The Beach Boys Today! marked the first time the group experimented with the “album-as-art” form. Music writer Scott Schinder referenced its ” suite-like structure ” as an early example of the rock album format being used to make a cohesive artistic statement. Brian also established his…
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In December, while on a flight from Los Angeles to Houston, Brian suffered a panic attack brought on by the stress of continuous road travel, writing, and producing. In January 1965, he announced his withdrawal from touring to concentrate entirely on songwriting and record production. For the last few days…
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To appease Capitol’s demands for a Beach Boys LP for the 1965 Christmas season, Brian conceived Beach Boys’ Party! , a live-in-the-studio album consisting mostly of acoustic covers of 1950s rock and R&B songs, in addition to covers of three Beatles songs, Bob Dylan ‘s ” The Times They Are…
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In early 1965, following a dinner with Lennon, Harrison and their wives, Harrison’s dentist, John Riley, secretly added LSD to their coffee. Lennon described the experience: “It was just terrifying, but it was fantastic. I was pretty stunned for a month or two.” He and Harrison subsequently became regular users…
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After pressure from his parents and advice from his college tutors, Klose quit in mid-1965 and Barrett took over lead guitar.
Later that year, they became the resident band at the Countdown Club near Kensington High Street in London, where from late night until early morning they played three sets of 90 minutes each.
When the RAF assigned Dennis a post in Bahrain in early 1965, Barrett became the frontman.
The group, comprising Mason, Wright, Waters and Barrett, rebranded as the Pink Floyd Sound in late 1965. Barrett purportedly created the name on the spur of the moment when he discovered that another band, also called the Tea Set, were to perform at one of their gigs. The name was…
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In 1965, while a member of Joker’s Wild , Gilmour had watched the Tea Set.