The Yardbirds' cover of the Nilsson song had some very good studio trickery going on as well as Jimmy Page nailing it with some killer guitar work at the end. One of the highlights of the Page/Little Games era.
A little too out-there for AM radio, this reached #96 on Nov. 15, 1967 in the US, but also reached a few surveys in the Top 20. A regional hit on WSAI in Cincinnati and even big on CKLG in Vancouver. The Pop Singles racket was like that back then, and all the more interesting for that.
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