Back in November of 1968, LILY The PINK by The SCAFFOLD was released, becoming the number one record in Britain for four weeks over the Christmas period. My brother bought the single, which I enjoyed, but I found myself irresistibly drawn to the haunting B side, BUTTONS Of YOUR MIND, with 'vocals' by ROGER McGOUGH, who also wrote the lyrics.
It was a romantic spoken ballad, and I remember 'singing' it to myself many years later as I saw a young lady off on her coach trip to Edinburgh, realizing the time we'd shared together was now over. However, my main recollection with which I associate the track is sitting on the floor in front of the record player in the living-room of one of the houses I'd lived in when I was a lad.
The original record disappeared sometime around 1976 or '77, but I acquired a replacement in a second-hand music shop in Buckland (or Fratton) in Portsmouth in 1978, which I still have, over 35 years later. However, whenever I hear it, I'm once again a ten-year-old boy, sitting on the floor of the house that I lived in over 41 years ago. Give it a listen - I reckon you'll enjoy it.
And it goes without saying that if you have any memories associated with the single yourself (including the A side), feel free to share them with the rest of us in the comments section.