Brilliant B-Sides From 1967

[mickeylonchar]

Fantastic list, Tom! Love "The Crystal Ship." A couple more that come to mind: The Association - "Requiem For The Masses" (B-side to "Never My Love), and the obvious one: The Beatles - "Strawberry Fields Forever" (B-side to "Penny Lane"). And speaking of The Monkees, how about "Words" (B-side to "Pleasant Valley Sunday"). From the days where EVERYONE who purchased singles eagerly listened to both sides.

[pauldaniels]

I really like your list. My addition would be Ruby Tuesday, the B side of Let's Spend the Night Together.

[Rosyglowofchristmas]

Two Sisters/ side Waterloo Sunset (U.S) an absolute gem and yet another Ray Davies masterpiece.

[lastrada]

I agree with you on every song. Great assessment & choices.

In 1967 -- Lulu's "To Sir, With Love" had a Neil Diamond b-side with "The Boat That I Row" & here Lulu rocked out more. The Association hit "Never My Love" had a flip side that was heavy as hell -- "Requiem For the Masses" & sounded nothing like the pop music that the band was associated with (no pun intended). Janis Ian's hit "Society's Child" had a rocker on the b-side called "Letter To Jon." The Easybeats' "Friday On My Mind" had a heavy rock song on the b-side "Made My Bed Now I Gotta Lie In It." The Monkees' "Daydream Believer" had a jazzy monster of a track on their b-side "Goin' Down, " with drummer Fast Eddie Hoh laying down his best Buddy Rich. Lots of great songs were lost to time.

[DanSPsych]

Good Job Tom!! Another One Being.. Dandelion/ We Love You... Stones....Great 2 Sided Hit!!

[EugeneNichols-bf]

Beautifully done! "Everybody's Been Burned" is one of the best songs of that or any era.

[moorlock]

The Monkees made many great records and I do agree “The Girl I Knew Somewhere” is one of their very best tracks.

[Cap]

She Has Funny Cars really has the 1967 San Francisco Summer of Love feel to it with a of the Airplane members sharing their parts. It sounds like a totally group song.

[jeff]

BABY YOU'RE A RICH MAN is my third favorite fab-four song of all time. My older sister had the single and I rarely listened to the other side.

[martinriches]

Great choices. I always loved "I'm Only Dreaming". Smashing tempo changes and impeccable vocals from Stevie, as always.
From my own singles collection (long gone now) I would suggest "51st Anniversary" the b-side of "Purple Haze" (at least, here in Blighty) and "The Scarecrow" by Pink Floyd on the other side of "See Emily Play".

[Isa-myu]

The Vanilla Fudge.."Take Me for a Little While"..B side of " You Keep me Hangin'

[alansmith]

My nomination is "The Intro, and the Outro" the `B` to "The Equestrian Statue" single by `The Bonzo Dog Doo-Da Band`. Incidentally, the Who`s "I Can See For Miles" Its UK version (On `Track` records) the `B` is "Someone's Coming" which I just love!

[TheGamecock]

They actually recorded a version of The Girl I Knew Somewhere sung by Michael Nesmith. Always loved Peter Tork's harpsichord solo.

[Wayner]

You're absolutely right about the Beatles Remixes. Some tracks depart too much from accepted canon. We don't want a "reimagining". We want the original magic intact. Cheers.

[roygoad]

Moonlight Drive would be my favourite Doors b side from Love Me Two Times and Mr Pleasant b side to The Kinks Autumn Almanac. Another great vlog 👍. Oh you missed out Jimi Hendrix b sides, everyone a winner in 1967 especially Highway Chile b side to The Wind Cries Mary 😊. Mamas & Papas Straight Shooter b side to Twelve Thirty! Beach Boys Here Today b side to Darlin’. Cream Tales of Brave Ulysses b side to Strang Brew 👍

[dancranford]

On the subject of the Monkees, one of my favorites of theirs was Take A Giant Step, the B side of Last Train to Clarksville

[deadfdr]

Tom, 4 of these i totally agree. Everything else? Forgetful.

[GeraldM_inNC]

Let me make a separate point about 1967 in general, that sheds light on the unprecedented number of outstanding flip sides. Pet Sounds and Sergeant Pepper changed everything -- they set the bar so high that everybody had to up their game to compete. Before that, B-sides and deep album cuts were throwaways. Few people put any care into the choice of material or the quality of the arrangement. Just as PS and SP forced the music world to start taking album cuts seriously, they also led to a more diligent attempt to have worthy flip sides. True, there had always been double sided hits (Elvis for one), but from '67 on music fans avidly brought home a new single that they'd already heard on the radio hoping to discover a little gem on the other side.

[wk]

To name only a few, but my very important ones:
Burning of the midnight lamp( Hendrix)
The lemon tree ( The Move)
I can't see nobody ( Bee Gees) ❤
Ruby Tuesday( Rolling Stones ❤
Maybe the madman ( The Troggs) ❤
She's a rainbow ( Stones) ❤
David Watts( The Kinks)
Good times( The Animals)❤
greetings
Walter ( Nuremberg/ Germany)

[davidrauh]

Wow are you kidding me! No mention of The Kinks.