The Beatles were not the only ones to release a hit psychedelic record in the late 60s (Yellow Submarine; I.E. Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band). The Stones were at it as well. Perhaps spurred by the popularity of rebellion, the love era or drugs, or even a combination of all three, the group churned out ‘Their Satanic Majesties Request.’ The hit tune, “In Another Land,” was actually released about a week before the vinyl record hit store shelves, and would be one of the very few Rolling Stones songs to actually feature then bassist, Bill Wyman on the lead vocals; weird. According to accounts by Wyman, he had arrived at the recording studio to cut tracks only to be informed the session had been canceled. Feeling bad, engineer Glyn Johns asked him if he still felt like recording. Wyman decided that he was already there and had this song in his head. So he decided to offer his great contribution to the forthcoming record, and the song could not have fit any better into the mixture of the mantra of the record than it did and it does. As Wyman recalls, the song was about a guy who was trapped in a dream while asleep. When he finally wakes up, he finds that he just awoken to be caught in another dream. Odd and fitting if you think about it. The lyrics play that role eloquently.

“We walked across the sand And the sea and the sky and the castles were blue I stood and held your hand And the spray flew high and the feathers floated by I stood and held your hand”

The song marked its high point as #87 on the US charts, and is actually credited to Wyman and not the Stones. Awesome Compilation of the Rolling Stones ‘Their Satanic Majesties Request’ This album was a mixture of rebellion against the Queen of England and her many rules on passports, and was also an expression of the time’s by Bill Wyman and the Rolling Stones. While I tried, I was unable to find specific footage on that song, “In Another Land.” However, what I did find was this awesome compilation video that will give you ten amazing minutes of tunes from this great late 60s record by the Stones called, “‘Their Satanic Majesties Request.”