Record of the Year Revisited: 1967

Original Record of the Year: Keith West - Excerpt From A Teenage Opera

I said at the time that for 1967 there was only ever going to be one winner for the record of the year. A bold statement to make but then I do love this record. It makes me somewhat nostalgic about an era I wasn't even around to witness.

Thinking about my own childhood though we used to have our milk delivered by a milkman and newspaper delivered by the paper boy. That world doesn't really exist anymore, I can't remember the last time I saw a milk float or someone delivering newspapers.

The village I grew up in had a butchers, a post office, a florists, a freezer shop and a newsagents. All that remains now is a co-op. That's progress for you. Even in London 10 years ago I may have just about still been getting my meat from my local butchers before it closed down and turned into an estate agents.

Anyway aside from reminiscing on how the world used to be a much better place, have I found a better song?

New Record of the Year: Small Faces - Tin Soldier

Yes I have. I don't know when I first heard this or when I really got into it, but what a tune. By 1967 standards this is a pretty heavy record. The history books tell me that the Small Faces were one of the poppier acts of the 60s and for one or two of their records I can see why.

A lot of their records though seem to have a harder edge to them than the other music of the time. I listen to this record a lot and is one of my go to records for 60s nostalgia.