Robyn Hitchcock just released his memoir, “1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left”, last week, and now he’s announced a companion album, titled “1967: Vacations In The Past”, which will be out September 13th via Tiny Ghost. In the memoir, Robyn explains why 1967 (when he was 14) was such a formative year for music,
For me, 1967 was the portal between childhood and the adult world, where these songs flickered in the air to greet me like hummingbirds. They’re full of saturated colour and melancholy, just as I was charged with hormones and regret as one part of me said goodbye to the other.
The album features covers of songs from the era, including ones by Pink Floyd, The Move, The Kinks, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Small Faces, Traffic, and more. This cover of the Small Faces’ classic features Robyn’s former Soft Boys bandmate Kimberly Rew.
Forever after, I’ve wandered beneath the dayglo Waterloo Sunset and burned the Midnight Lamp, yearning for that time. A Whiter Shade of Pale, she’s the wan ghost that haunts me in summer twilight, all the way down to the river where the spectre of Emily plays, Ophelia-like, with strands of green waterweed. Look – they’re full of dead minnows! See, now she’s draping wet strips of it over her hair!
I hope enjoy listening to these tracks as much as I enjoyed recording them. Love on ya, Robyn H.
Tiny Ghost Records Released on: 2024-07-08
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