Old music: The Purple Gang – Granny Takes a Trip

The Purple Gang were singing about an old lady's holiday. But using the word 'trip' got them banned When Pink Floyd recorded Arnold Layne in a converted Chelsea abattoir in 1967, their producer Joe Boyd was also working in an adjoining studio with another band. The former Young Contemporaries Jugband, renamed the Purple Gang (for "the whole rhythm section" in Jailhouse Rock) seemed to have a gem in Granny Takes a Trip. The Floyd's Syd Barrett thought it would be a hit and John Peel called it "on...

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