 Flowerman - Syn
Deram
single, 1967 The
Syn went from the garage sound of their first single to pop on their
second single and the result comes off a little bit like Tom Jones with
a slightly edgier backing band. But that’s not a bad thing in Toytown
because Tom Jones would be quite welcome here if he had made a great
Toytown pop song. The Syn however, did make a great Toytown record when
they decided to create a pop opera about a gardener. The opera never got
made but the public got the amazingly catchy Flowerman... with its horns
and la la’s you’re quite simply wilted if you don’t automatically
start singing a long.
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 I Like My Toys - The
Idle Race
LP
track from Birthday Party, 1968 This
neat little song gives you the image of Jeff Lynne’s mother asking him
to pack up the recording equipment and to get a proper job. Fortunately
for pop fans Jeff didn’t do that and his wild imagination produced one
of the most creative and fun debut albums in pop musicdome. Certainly
Mr. Lynne couldn’t go on writing songs this catchy, fun and inventive
his whole life and years later he’d emerge as the serious creator of
such classics as Evil Woman. It’s a long way from the Idle Race to the
Traveling Wilburys.
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 The Bitter Thoughts Of
Little Jane - Timon
Pye
single, 1968 Much
of the charm of this record is down to Timon’s delivery of the lyrics
and his singing. He is very much a story teller and the whole thing
comes off so naturally that you don’t really suspect little Jane has a
major problem until things get a violent. A
brief history lesson on Timon: he was born Stephen Murray in Formby and
was discovered by Spencer Leigh. He signed with Pye after Leigh
convinced him to write his own songs. After the Pye deal fell through he
tried out for Apple before moving on to the Moody Blues’ Threshold
label. Later he became Tymon Dogg continuing to release records and play
with other artists.
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 Sir Geoffrey Saved the World -
Bee Gees
Polydor
single, 1967
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