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MONDAY MATINEE MUSIC VIDEO “Josephine” by Tim Andrews a.k.a Chris Andrews, who wrote and sang this psych-pop anthem to a woman of the late 1960s Swingin’ London times. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms4IHSSkeVw ...The arrangement comes laden with echoplexed harpsichords and strings—right out of the 60s “chamber pop” playbook, when classical music forms and instrumentation are integrated with psychedelic rock, a style championed by The Beach Boys, Beatles, Bee Gees, Left Banke, etc. Recorded at Abbey Road, this track was produced by Tony Hall and David Mackay (Gene Pitney, Cliff Richard, Bonnie Tyler) and arranged by Paul Buckmaster—the great composer and orchestrator who’d soon go on to work with Elton John. On a cosmic jukebox this song would play between early Bee Gees, Edison Lighthouse, “See Emily Play” (Pink Floyd), and “Sugar On Sunday” (The Clique). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms4IHSSkeVw

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MONDAY MATINEE MUSIC VIDEO “The Tyrant King” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwSBcMltsSI&t=8s  THE TYRANT KING was a six-part children's serial drama directed by Mike Hodges and screened in the UK on Thames Television in 1968 (reissued on DVD in 2013). The program was remarkable for its soundtrack of progressive rock music, featuring Cream, The Moody Blues, Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, The Nice (whose “Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack” was the TV theme song), and Chris/Tim Andrews, whose “Something About Suburbia” appears at 38:44 into this clip. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwSBcMltsSI&t=8s

The TV series was dramatised from the book of the same name by Aylmer Hall, who’d written it as a promotion to get young people to ride London Transport. The series starred famed actor Murray Melvin and future "scream queen" horror film actress Candace Glendenning. Young actor Eddie McMurray (who had played Edmund in the 10-part 1967 TV-version of THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE) was intentionally groomed to look like Peter Tork of The Monkees, and the overall visuals of “Tyrant King” makes for a fascinating time capsule of late 60s Mod-era London. For more back story go to: https://www.shockcinemamagazine.com/tyrantking.html

#tyrantking #moodyblues #thenice #cream #pinkfloyd #rollingstones #timandrews #candaceglendenning #mod #petertork #monkees

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MONDAY MATINEE MUSIC VIDEO—“Tiny Goddess” by Tim Andrews a.k.a Chris Andrews. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNK7BWJmuLs

This fantasy piece about a petite woman was created in 1967 by the British psychedelic pop band Nirvana (not to be confused with the American band of the 90s). It folded in with the subgenre “baroque pop”—when classical music forms and instrumentation are integrated with psychedelic rock, championed by The Beach Boys, Beatles, Bee Gees, Left Banke, Moody Blues, Procol Harum, etc. Tim picked up the thread in 1970 with harpsichord, dense orchestration, and vocals soaring high in the mix. It was produced by Tony Hall and David Mackay (Gene Pitney, Cliff Richard, Bonnie Tyler) and arranged by Paul Buckmaster—the great composer and orchestrator who’d soon go on to work with Elton John. This was recorded at Abbey Road. Chris recalls, “It was a memorable session because we did everything in one take. That doesn’t happen too often.” (Download the remastered “Tiny Goddess” here: https://timchrisandrews.bandcamp.com/track/tiny-goddess)...

#tinygoddess #nirvana #baroquepop #psychedelicrock #britpop #beachboys #britishrock #beatles #beegees #leftbanke #moodyblues #procolharum #harpsichord #orchestra #paulbuckmaster #timandrews #chrisandrews #abbeyroad

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Chris Andrews SONG OF THE WEEK “Blown Away” https://timchrisandrews.bandcamp.com/track/blown-away —A synthpop love letter from the weather station of British singer-songwriter Chris Andrews, a British recording artist and singer-songwriter whose songs have been covered by Roger Daltrey, David Essex, and Davy Jones (Monkees). Chris was part of the seminal “freakbeat” band Fleur de Lys and, under the name Tim Andrews, he was a champion of late 60s psychedelic pop. In the 80s, under the name Kris Ryder, he released New Wave synthpop sides, continuing in that style in the Millennium with tracks like “Blown Away.” On a cosmic jukebox this would play between The Buggles, Thelma Houston, Naked Eyes, and OMD. Check it out: https://timchrisandrews.bandcamp.com/track/blown-away

#synthpop #funk #britpop #heart #love #belief #buggles #nakedeyes #thelmahouston #OMD #chrisandrews #singersongwriter #HoveUK #rogerdaltrey #davidessex #davyjones #monkees #timandrews #krisryder #blownaway

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SONG OF THE WEEK “Josephine” by Tim Andrews a.k.a Chris Andrews, who wrote and sang this tribute to a special woman. The arrangement comes laden with echoplexed harpsichords and strings—right out of the late 60s “baroque pop” playbook, when classical music forms and instrumentation are integrated with psychedelic rock, a style championed by The Beach Boys, Beatles, Bee Gees, Left Banke, Moody Blues, Procol Harum, etc. Recorded at Abbey Road, this track (released 1970 as a B-side) was produced by Tony Hall and David Mackay (Gene Pitney, Cliff Richard, Bonnie Tyler) and arranged by Paul Buckmaster—the great composer and orchestrator who’d soon go on to work with Elton John. Download the remastered “Josephine” here: https://timchrisandrews.bandcamp.com/track/josephine

#josephine #timandrews #chrisandrews #baroquepop #britpop #psychedelicrock #echoplex #harpsichord #beachboys #beatles #beegees #leftbanke #moodyblues #procolharum #parlophone #abbeyroad #tonyhall #davidmackay #paulbuckmaster #eltonjohn

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MONDAY MATINEE MUSIC VIDEO—“Something About Suburbia” by Tim Andrews. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxKx_t04rgM Suburban life gets a happy, upbeat makeover in this song, released as the B-side of a single in May 1968. However, the disc jockeys favored it over the A-side—perhaps because so many of them wanted to live in the ‘burbs. The song merges British music hall with flower power-era pop. On a cosmic jukebox it would play next to Herman’s Hermits, The Kinks, and The Monkees. The recording session also put Tim together with the talented Paul Korda, who’d become Tim’s musical partner for the next couple years. Paul produced this track with orchestration by Cy Payne (whose eclectic resume included the anthemic hit “United We Stand” by Brotherhood of Man).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxKx_t04rgM

#chrisandrews #timandrews #suburbia #britpop #musichall #flowerpower #hermanshermits #thekinks #raydavies #themonkees #davyjones #paulkorda #cypayne

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MONDAY MATINEE MUSIC VIDEO—“Tiny Goddess” by Tim Andrews. This fantasy piece about a petite woman was created in 1967 by the British psychedelic pop band Nirvana (not to be confused with the American band of the 90s). It folded in with the subgenre “baroque pop”—when classical music forms and instrumentation are integrated with psychedelic rock, championed by The Beach Boys, Beatles, Bee Gees, Left Banke, Moody Blues, Procol Harum, etc. Tim picked up the thread in 1970 with harpsichord, dense orchestration, and soaring vocals high in the mix. It was produced by Tony Hall and David Mackay (Gene Pitney, Cliff Richard, Bonnie Tyler) and arranged by Paul Buckmaster—the great composer and orchestrator who’d soon go on to work with Elton John.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNK7BWJmuLs

#tinygoddess #nirvana #baroquepop #psychedelicrock #britpop #beachboys #britishrock #beatles #beegees #leftbanke #moodyblues #procolharum #harpsichord #orchestra #paulbuckmaster #timandrews #chrisandrews