The Listening Club - 2nd June 2024

Greetings,

Hope you're all doing good. Tapping this out early as I'm taking a week away from Amsterdam to visit my mum and help her out with some home diy stuff inbetween the rainstorms. So let's get on...

Last Sunday, as was end-of-the-month time, we agreed on a #CarStereoBangerVortex, which brought forth a wide range of vehicular soundtrack options, not all as gung ho as some would imagine. Many thanks to everyone for chipping in tunes and to @akx for gathering and assembling the results. Looking back we see @vinomadic holding the frisb with this to say by way of introduction to tonight's pick...

"Welcome back to your Summer Rock History course, my dearest all!

This selection had been prepped-- & waiting for the stars to align-- since the last time I caught that glittering frisbaton-- or even sometime before that.

I fear the act is all too easily recognisable. I hesitated to inflict it on the assembled club at least partly for that reason...there's also something of a loaded emotional connection, as this was my late brother's favorite rock artist.

Like other November 1967 releases (--this one actually released December 1st!) I've shared, it's a sophomore swerve-- using newfound credibility with record label & industry suits after commercial success of the inaugural foray into the charts to explore, experiment, test the creative waters whilst still putting together a saleable pop music  product...there *does*, however, seem to be just a bit of filler, some slightly weaker tracks?  Working the tightrope between rootsier R&B-flavoured numbers & out-n-out psychedelic rave-ups with varying degrees of integration & success...

I'm actually quite interested in the Club's opinions on this! 

Without further ado...we could play a game: What's an appropriate drinking club match?

A pint, not to overthink it? Or something a bit more recherché & dare one say, psychedelic?

Right then, download's here, stream's below:

See you 20:00 BST (GMT+1) tonight.