Yes its May Day and a whole 40 years since the summer of 1968 where so many of our parents (probably) generation thought something might happen, and perhaps something nearly did. Anyway, here’s some music from that year.

It sounds almost ironic now, doesn’t it.

Amazing even now, The Beatles White Album was released in November, sending special messages to Charles Manson. John Lennon and John Hoyland exchanged letters in the media about the summers protests.

And more and more and on and on. The Yardbirds disbanded and Led Zeppellin rose from their ashes. Hendrix recorded Electric Ladyland. Small Faces released their first album. Et cetera…

And then after all, after the tear gas and petrol bombs of Paris had cleared, Elvis had his come back special…

Andrew Booth is an intercontinental dandy. He is co-writing his first novel Jackdaw Fool.
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