More Yesterday's papers

This is a continuation of the article HERE.

The NME in an article dated October 1967 asks, - Who Killed Flower Power?

"Last Christmas, illuminated by the gentle shining of Christmas trees all over London, came a UFO. It landed and opened up its doors and lo the air was good."

The article then goes onto explain that UFO was a club - more than that, it was a coming together of the youth, the underground coming up for air. However ten months later this hippy paradise had closed down. The NME blames the commercialisation of the hippy movement. In the same issue the paper is mourning the loss of Otis Redding in a plane crash.

Jumping back an issue of Melody Maker from 1966 informs us that Elvis had bought Pricilla a horse for Christmas and then proposed to her. They would of course be married in May 1967. However the same year it was reported that Elvis was in financial trouble and that tractors, TV's and fittings from Presley's ranch had been sold off at auction.

In September 1969 the NME were reporting - Beatles; wealth is a myth. The following article went onto inform us that John Lennon hadn't had a royalty cheque in three months and was feeling the pinch. The reason for this was that the Beatles' company, Apple was a monster that was out of control.

"The problem is that two years ago our accountents made us sign over 80 per cent of our royalties over to Apple." John Lennon told reporter, Richard Williams. When asked of the future for the Beatles Lennon said - "After Get Back (the album became Let it Be) is released we'll probably go back into the studio and record another one. It's a shame that we can't get more albums out faster."

There is much in Melody Maker dated August 13th 1966, about John Lennon and his remarks that the Beatles were bigger than Jesus Christ. The Beatles management NEMS said that neither they nor the band would be making any statement prior to the group setting off for another US tour.

The Small Faces Ogdens Nut Gone Flake is called by the NME - 'a magnificent attempt at a musical space-age fairy tale.'

And in 1969 the NME were calling Led Zeppelin - "a gas new band."


The future awaited