Editing The Lovin' Spoonful (section)

==== ''What's Up, Tiger Lily?'' soundtrack; European tour ====

Though the Spoonful had achieved quick success in North America, they remained generally unknown in the U.K.{{sfn|Boone|Moss|2014|p=112}}<ref name="Alan Jones" /> None of their singles had charted in the country.<ref name="UK charts" />{{refn|group=nb|"Do You Believe in Magic" was issued in the U.K. on October{{nbsp}}1, 1965,<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Valentine|first=Penny|author-link=Penny Valentine|title=Penny Picks Your Pops: Searchers' sound gets tiresome|magazine=[[Disc (magazine)|Disc and Music Echo]]|date=October 2, 1965|page=11|quote=Do You Believe in Magic (Pye Int.){{nbsp}}... Out tomorrow [Friday, October{{nbsp}}1, 1965].}}</ref> but its performance was hindered by the release of a similar-sounding cover by an English band, the Pack.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Anon. |title=Record Review: This Group Won't Need Magic |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/whitstable-times-record-review-this-gro/137684146/ |work=Whitstable Times |date=October 30, 1965 |page=3 |quote=Sales [of 'Do You Believe in Magic'] are being affected by a near-copy turned out by another group{{nbsp}}... |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Disker |title=Off the Record: Still More New Names |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/liverpool-echo-off-the-record-still-mor/137684007/ |work=[[Liverpool Echo]] |date=September 25, 1965 |page=4 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Anon. |title=Paul Still No. 1 in America |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/liverpool-echo-paul-still-no-1-in-ameri/137685499/ |work=[[Liverpool Echo]] |date=October 19, 1965 |page=13 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> Another English band, the Boston Crabs, covered "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice" around the time the original was issued in the U.K. in January{{nbsp}}1966.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Farmer |first1=Bob |title=In the Groove: Mark Leeman May Yet Be 'A Name' |url=https://newspapers.com/article/lincolnshire-echo-in-the-groove-mark-le/137686266/ |work=Lincolnshire Echo |date=January 31, 1966 |page=4 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>}} To expand the band's popularity to an international audience, their management organized several live- and TV-dates in England and Sweden for April{{nbsp}}1966.{{sfn|Boone|Moss|2014|p=112}} Only days before the Spoonful was set to depart to Europe, they were approached to provide a soundtrack for ''[[What's Up, Tiger Lily?]]'', the directorial debut of the comedian [[Woody Allen]],{{sfn|Boone|Moss|2014|p=113}} who knew the band from his work at clubs in Greenwich Village.{{sfn|Colby|Fitzpatrick|2002|p=80}} The band recorded the soundtrack in two days, April 11 and 12, at [[National Video Center|National Recording Studios]] in New York City,<ref>{{harvnb|Boone|Moss|2014|p=113}}; {{harvnb|Moriarty|1966}}.</ref><ref name="Runcorn Guardian" /> and they made a brief appearance in the film.{{sfn|Lee|2015|pp=18–19}} The film was a commercial disappointment and received mixed reviews.{{sfn|Barone|2022|p=251}} Issued in August{{nbsp}}1966,{{sfn|Anon.|1990}} the soundtrack album reached number 126 on the Billboard LPs chart.<ref name="Billboard chart history" /> Jacobsen later criticized the project as a "goofball album" which distracted the band and stalled their progress.{{sfn|Barone|2022|p=251}}

[[File:The Lovin' Spoonful, KRLA Beat 6-18-66.png|thumb|left|The Lovin' Spoonful in a 1966 promotional photograph]]

On April{{nbsp}}12,<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Anon.|title=Spoonful here|magazine=[[Melody Maker]]|date=April 16, 1966|page=4|quote=The Lovin' Spoonful arrived in Britain on Tuesday – one day earlier than expected{{nbsp}}...}}</ref> the Spoonful arrived at [[Heathrow Airport]] to begin their ten-day tour of England and Sweden.<ref name="Runcorn Guardian">{{cite news|author=Anon.|title=News of the Pops: For 'Ready, Steady Go'|newspaper=The Runcorn Guardian|date=April 7, 1966|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121230444/news-of-the-pops-for-ready-steady-go/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref name="Alan Jones">{{cite news|last=Jones|first=Alan|title=Sweet Music from the Lovin' Spoonful|newspaper=[[Lincolnshire Echo]]|date=May 2, 1966|page=4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121235459/sweet-music-from-the-lovin-spoonful/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> Problems which arose during negotiations with the [[Musicians' Union (United Kingdom)|British Musicians' Union]] forced the band to limit the number of appearances they made in Britain.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Anon.|title='Daydream' boys back in August|magazine=[[Disc (magazine)|Disc and Music Echo]]|date=May 14, 1966|page=5}}</ref><ref name="Disc 5/14/66">{{cite magazine|author=Anon.|title='Daydream' boys back in August|magazine=[[Disc and Music Echo]]|date=May 14, 1966|page=5}}</ref> In the tour's first week, the band played concerts in [[Birmingham]] and [[Manchester]], appeared on the television programs ''[[Top of the Pops]]'', ''[[Ready Steady Go!]]'' and ''[[Thank Your Lucky Stars (TV series)|Thank Your Lucky Stars]]'', played on [[BBC Radio]] and attended a party at the London home of the Irish socialite [[Tara Browne]].{{sfn|Boone|Moss|2014|pp=116–117}} The band's time in England allowed them to interact with many of Britain's top musicians.{{sfn|Boone|Moss|2014|pp=116–118}} On April{{nbsp}}18, they performed an invite-only show at the [[Marquee Club]] on Wardour Street, Soho, central London.{{sfn|Boone|Moss|2014|p=117}}{{sfn|Hinman|2004|p=82}} Several of Britain's top performers were in attendance,{{sfn|Boone|Moss|2014|p=117}} including [[John Lennon]], [[George Harrison]],{{sfn|Miles|2001|p=229}} [[Ray Davies]],<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Welch|first=Chris|author-link=Chris Welch|title=Knocking Down a Myth|date=April 30, 1966|magazine=[[Melody Maker]]|page=9|url=https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/knocking-down-a-myth|url-access=subscription|via=[[Rock's Backpages]]|quote=I saw the Lovin' Spoonful and they were nice and easy.}}</ref> [[Brian Jones]], [[Steve Winwood]], [[Spencer Davis]] and [[Eric Clapton]].{{sfn|Boone|Moss|2014|p=117}} The band were warmly received,{{sfn|Boone|Moss|2014|p=118}}{{sfn|Turner|2016|p=204}} and Lennon and Harrison joined them afterwards into the morning at [[The May Fair Hotel]] in [[Piccadilly]].{{sfn|Boone|Moss|2014|p=118}} The next night, following their performance at the Blaises Club in [[Kensington]], the band befriended Jones as well.{{sfn|Boone|Moss|2014|p=118}}

After flying to [[Stockholm]] to perform on Swedish television, the Spoonful proceeded to Ireland to attend the 21st-birthday celebration of Browne on April{{nbsp}}23.{{sfn|Boone|Moss|2014|pp=116, 118–119}} Browne, who then regarded the Spoonful as his favorite band,{{sfn|Tinniswood|2021|loc=chap. 14}} delayed his party by seven weeks in order to coincide with the band's touring and recording schedule.{{sfn|Howard|2017|pp=248–249}} Browne flew the band to Ireland at his own expense to perform a private show,{{sfn|Shea|Rodriguez|2007|p=446}}{{sfn|Savage|2015|p=135}} paying them US$10,000 for the performance ({{Inflation|US|10000|1966|fmt=eq|cursign=US$|r=-3}}).{{sfn|Howard|2017|p=249}}{{Inflation/fn|US}} Held at the [[Luggala]] Estate, a [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic Revival]] house in the [[Wicklow Mountains]], the party was attended by many prominent [[Swinging London]] figures, including members of [[the Rolling Stones]], [[Peter Bardens]], [[Anita Pallenberg]],{{sfn|Savage|2015|p=135}} [[Chrissie Shrimpton]], [[John Paul Getty Jr.]], [[Rupert Lycett Green]]{{sfn|Tinniswood|2021|loc=chap. 14}} and [[Mike McCartney]].{{sfn|Howard|2017|p=249}} Butler recalled that the band's performance was likely substandard, since they were all drunk and high on marijuana.{{sfn|Howard|2017|p=249}} Several guests also partook in the drug [[LSD]],{{sfn|Savage|2015|pp=135–136}} including Butler,{{sfn|Tinniswood|2021|loc=chap. 14}} and the Spoonful stayed overnight.{{sfn|Boone|Moss|2014|p=119}}

The Spoonful flew back to the U.S. on April{{nbsp}}24,<ref name="Disc 4/23/66">{{cite magazine|author=Anon.|title=Spoonful film on 'Top Pops'|magazine=[[Disc and Music Echo]]|date=April 23, 1966|page=6}}</ref> and reports soon followed that they planned to return later in the year for more British shows.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Anon.|title=Pop-Liners|magazine=[[New Musical Express]]|date=May 6, 1966|page=6|quote=The Lovin' Spoonful will return to Britain in September for concerts, Tito Burns annonuced this week.}}</ref><ref name="Disc 5/14/66" /> The band's morale was high following the April tour, particularly after they had been treated as equals by contemporary performers whom they held in high regard.{{sfn|Boone|Moss|2014|pp=119–120}} "Daydream" became a major international hit;{{sfn|Rogan|2015|p=274}} by mid-May, it had reached number two on all of the major British singles charts and number one on the Swedish [[Kvällstoppen]] chart.<ref name="UK charts">{{cite web |title=Lovin' Spoonful |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/12420/lovin-spoonful/ |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=19 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816014342/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/12420/lovin-spoonful/ |archive-date=16 August 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{multiref2|{{cite magazine|title=NME Top Thirty|date=May 13, 1966|page=5|magazine=[[New Musical Express]]|ref=none}}|{{cite magazine|title=Melody Maker Pop 50|magazine=[[Melody Maker]]|date=May 14, 1966|page=2|ref=none}}|{{cite magazine|title=Top 50|date=May 14, 1966|magazine=[[Disc and Music Echo]]|page=3|ref=none}}}}</ref>{{sfn|Hallberg|1993|p=271}}
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