Batstuff # 49

Soft Drink Ads

I was a Coke and Pepsi kid (with the occasional Royal Crown or Orange Crush). Never tried any of these three at all.

The Man Called Flintstone

I was a huge fan of THE FLINTSTONES as a kid but somehow it never occurred to my parents to take me to see this feature film version that premiered in '66. I never even knew it existed at the time. THE MAN CALLED FLINTSTONE opened up the series and made it a James Bond-style spy spoof with some genuine action and adventure! I didn't catch it until a 1970 re-release double-featured with another Hanna-Barbera production, HEY THERE, IT'S YOGI BEAR.

Caterina Valente

Italian singer Caterina Valente, seen here in a '66 pic, was a frequent guest on American television during the decade and her music was big with the easy listening crowd.

Aftermath-The Rolling Stones

Like the Beatles, the US Stones releases continued to be different from the UK ones as well, in this case, cutting 4 songs completely, changing the cover and shoehorning in a more current single, "Paint It Black."

Beatles-Yesterday and Today

In the US, The Beatles had more LPs out than they did in the UK. How is this possible? Well, it seems that Capitol, the Fabs' US record label, would shave off a few songs here and there and simply release whole new compilation of them. Reportedly, the group was less than happy with this, especially as they were getting closer to their "concept album" phase. so hey decided to send the company a "butcher" cover for the latest compilation. Or maybe they were just stoned and thought the baby-killing pics were funny. Who knows? Capitol actually DID release the album with that cover but quickly pulled it after complaints. The offending image was stripped and replaced with a bored, boring, innocuous one. Well...it was supposed to be stripped, In quite a few cases,  the butcher cover was simply pasted over, thereby creating an instant collectible! In my case, the only version I ever had was on 8 Track...and that wasn't until 1976, a full decade past the debut of YESTERDAY AND TODAY.

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