1968 Tag Page
February 2nd, 2008
By Mike
Oh man, this is too funny! I found this video clip from 1968 of Iron Butterfly performing on Playboy After Dark. This is a real flashback with the acid rock, poofy hairstyles, psychedelic clothes and the wild dancing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33k9pRTfo2I
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January 5th, 2008
By Mike
There are a lot of great musical things that came out of 1968.
The 1968 Gibson SG is a real beauty. Here’s a video of Eric Clapton playing his psychedelic SG in ‘68, during his Cream days. You can hear the unique tone he used in that group.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4vxOoSS5RY
1964 Gibson Les Paul SG, first owned by Eric Clapton whilst playing with Cream, and then painted by The Fool, the psychedelic English artist that painted the mural on the outside of the Apple Boutique in London in 1968.
Gibson Guitars online gibson.com
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January 3rd, 2008
By Mike
No that’s not a misprint. We’re flashing back to that classic time, January 1968, to see what was happening 40 years ago in music & pop culture. And baby, it was happening!!
Events in January 1968:
The Beatles launch Apple Corps, Ltd., including their own recording studio, record label and fashion boutique in London. Apple Records was the only division that ever made money, while the clothing shop went bust the next year and eventually gave away remaining stock. Other artists that signed to the label included Badfinger and James Taylor.
Gibson Guitars patents it’s own Flying V electric guitar design. Actually, Gibson’s website shows the original design came about 10 years earlier, in 1958, with the “V Factor” as the standard, from 1967.
Concerts:
Johnny Cash performs at Folsom Prison in California. The “live” album is released later that year. It was chosen by the Library of Congress in 2003 to be added to the National Recording Registry.
Albums:
“We’re Only in It For the Money” is released on Verve Records by Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention. The album poked fun at the flower power generation of hippies, the Summer of Love, …
January 1st, 2008
By Mike
We’ve got lots of great things to look forward to in the new year on MusicRamble.
We have always tried to keep a major part of our blogging on the origins of Classic Rock and Roll. And in keeping with that tradition we will now be covering Rock and Roll 40 Years Ago
Who were the noisemakers and news breakers in 1968?
Those classic rock anniversaries are something we’re going to celebrate, as we revisit these historic albums, concerts and TV shows, during this pivotal year in our pop culture and musical history.
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August 21, 1968 at Tiger Stadium Tigers 3, White Sox 2 (80-45) The Tigers got some timley hitting and some good pitching as they came back to beat the White Sox to ensure at least a split in their four game series. Down 2-1, Mickey Stanley belted a solo homer in the bottom of the eighth to tie the game up and then Jim Price hit a walk off homer in the bottom of the tenth to win it. Daryl Patterson picked up the win and he improved to 2-2 with two shutout innings of relief. A solid start b
August 20, 1968 at Tiger Stadium Tigers 7, White Sox 0 (79-44) John Hiller gave up a leadoff single in the top of the fifth inning and that was the lone hit against him in an incredible one hit shutout. He walked two, struck out seven and improved to 6-3 as the Tigers took the opener in both their series with the White Sox and their doubleheaderr. Gates Brown got a rare start in left field and he made the most of it. He went two for three with a homerun and two RBIs. Mickey Stanley went
August 12, 1968 at Cleveland Stadium Tigers 6, Indians 3 (75-42) Denny McLain improved to 24-3 with his fifth straight complete game. In this one, he gave up three runs on five hits and a walk with five strikeouts although two of the five hits he gave up left the park. Norm Cash homered and drove in a pair in the win. Mickey Stanley went one of three with two RBIs and a run.
August 11, 1968 at Tiger Stadium Tigers 5, Red Sox 4 (73-42) A long day was made even longer as the Tigers and Red Sox kicked off a doubleheader with a 4 1/2 hour, 14 inning contest. The Tigers were down 4-0 after the Red Sox scored four in the first but the pitching staff held the Red Sox scoreless over the final thirteen frames. Mickey Lolich provide the bulk of the relief pitching and he gave up two hits and three walks with four strikeouts in five innings of shutout relief to close out
August 6, 1968 at Tiger Stadium Tigers 2, Indians 1 (68-41) It can be tough enough playing a doubleheader, but when the first game goes seventeen innings, it makes it that much tougher. Down 1-0, Don Wert hit a solo homer in the bottom of the eighth inning to tie the game up. Then neither side scored until the bottom of the seventeenth when Dick Tracewski singled home Bill Freehan for the game winner. John Hiller threw the first eight innings and he held the Indians to just one run. The
Ray Charles - Crying Time [1968] “Crying Time,” was not the only winner of an R&B Grammy award in 1968. The Academy finally got a little more sense and added two more R&B categories — since the one they had was hardly fair with the bevy of talented R&B Vocalists of both genders, groups and instrumentalists. Frankly, three was still not enough categories but it was better than just one. In addition to winning the Best Rhythm and Blues Recording 1968, Ray Charles’ recordin
August 2, 1968 at Metropolitan Stadium Tigers 6, Twins 5 (66-40) Bill Freehan led the Tigers offensive attack as the Tigers edged the Twins in the opener of a road series for Detroit. Freehan went two for four with a double, three RBIs and a run. Mickey Stanley went one for three with a walk and a run. Joe Sparma and Mickey Lolich were both shelled in the early of innings of this game. Don McMahon saved the day though and he threw four innings of shutout relief to improve to 3-1 while Da
July 25, 1968 at D.C. Stadium Tigers 4, Senators 1 (61-37) Joe Sparma had a career day on the mound as he held the Senators to just a single hit. He did give up an unearned and he walked six with five strikeouts and the win pushed his record to 8-9. Jim Northrup provided the bulk of the Tigers offense with a pair of homers. The two blasts brought his season total up to 15 and he drove in three of the Tigers four runs.
Dan Rather Gets Decked at the 1968 DNC August 20, 2008 by nunoftheabove Convention coverage for 1968 was a great, if not new, experience for television. The news anchors of all the three major networks were there: Walter Cronkite for CBS, David Huntley and Chet Brinkley for NBC, and Howard K. Smith for ABC. Dan Rather was a CBS correspondent who was working the floor when his attempt to interview a delegate who appeared to be being removed forcibly from the convention resulted in Rathe
Maureen Dowd’s column on the upcoming Democratic Convention weaves a Shakespearen tale of ambition, betrayal and intrigue. Maybe she has it right. Or maybe she doesn’t. I recently saw a documentary film called 1968 which deftly cobbled together news footage from every month of that year. The parallels were eery. A divided America, an unpopular [...]
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown issued just one album in 1968 off Polydor. But that one album holds up as one of rock’s great one shot wonders. Prior to releasing this lp Brown had been singing in a number of semi pro bands throughout the early 60’s while studying in France. It was during this period that Brown developed his strange stage persona and eccentric nature. In 1967 The Crazy World of Arthur Brown released the Track single Devil’s Grip backed by Give Him A Flower. This disc is a go
The 1968 Mexico City Olympics marked many firsts: first Spanish-speaking host nation, first Latin American host nation, first "Third World" host nation and perhaps the first integrated branding campaign. For their logo, they combined the Op Art currently in vogue with indigenous Huichol paintings. They proceeded to use the design elements to brand everything from bus stops to event schedules to the dresses guides wore. Even today, their work was considered a landmark in design.
July 23, 1968 at D.C. Stadium Tigers 6, Senators 4 (60-36) The Tigers took game one of their series with the Senators with another dramatic comeback. Down 4-3 in the eighth inning, Jim Price singled home Al Kaline to tie the game up and then Gates Brown singled home Bill Freehan for the game winner. Jim Northrup doubled home Al Kaline in the ninth for some insurance that the Tigers didn’t need. Speaking of Kaline, he was a perfect two for two with three walks, two runs and two RBIs. Denn
Liberals and Russians alike seem to basking in the glow of four-decades-old nostalgia. Before they go too far with it, perhaps they should take note of a statement made yesterday by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. She said, in part, “This is not 1968.” ‘This is not 1968.’ Liberals should take note of Secretary Rice’s comment in light of the fact that many of their ilk are involved as organizers of Recreate ‘68, an effort to give “grassroots people who are tired of being sold out by the De
A complex portrait of the people and organizations that all converged in Seattle in 1999, Stuart Townsend’s Battle in Seattle has all the ingredients of a necessary film that could inspire social action. From what I can tell in the trailer, it appears as thought the activists are painted in a positive light and the tiny clip of the cops in Chicago 1968 that appears at the beginning gives me hope that the film will also explore the cops actions in an honest way. Townsend is my one concern -
