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1967: Vacations in the Past Image
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  • Summary: The latest full-length release from British singer-songwriter is a companion album to his memoir, "1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left" and features covers of songs from that year as well as one new original track.
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  • Record Label: Orchard
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Neo-Psychedelia, Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Jangle Pop, College Rock
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  1. Mojo
    Oct 21, 2024
    80
    Here, he notes the dying of the light show with autumnal retreads of key songs from his annus mirabilis, including A Whiter Shade Of Pale, See Emily Play, A Day In The Life and – maybe toughest of all – Traffic’s No Face, No Name, No Number. [Oct 2024, p.82]
  2. Uncut
    Oct 21, 2024
    80
    Presented largely stripped of 1967 production values – acoustic folk with a bit of reverb – but still sound innately lysergic. [Sep 2024, p.33]
  3. Classic Rock Magazine
    Oct 21, 2024
    60
    Hitchcock strips away all the production embellishments of its musical highlights and presents them as they would have been written. The resulting album is a decidedly mixed bag. [Nov 2024, p.73]
  4. The Wire
    Nov 6, 2024
    60
    It’s off to a shaky start – for this writer at least – with the lugubrious dirge of Procol Harum's “A Whiter Shade Of Pale” – and I wouldn’t mind never hearing The Small Faces’ “Itchycoo Park”, which follows, again – but The Kinks’ “Waterloo Sunset", Pink Floyd’s “See Emily Play” and Tomorrow’s “My White Bicycle” all receive tasteful, stripped back renditions. [Dec 2024, p.54]
  5. Oct 21, 2024
    60
    The more you add of yourself, the more of the classic song you risk losing, and this is emphatically homage, not reinvention. Diehard Hitchcock fans – are there any other kind? – will nevertheless devour. [Nov 2024, p.100]