In late 1967, the BBC launched Radio 1 as an attempt to fill the void created by the banning of the pirate radio stations that had been beaming pop music into homes around the nation. Leaving the more experimental sounds to John Peel at night, the DJs played a bright and sunny mix of pop music, something that the minds behind Grapefruit’s 2025 collection All Things Bright and Beautiful: The UK Pop Explosion 1967-1969 have sought to recapture. Over the course of three CDs, a parade of hooks so sharp they could cut glass do battle with melodies so sweet they would scare a diabetic and harmonies so rich they might need to move to the Isle of Man.
Big names like the Hollies drop in occasionally with big hits like “Carrie Anne,” but for…
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