In the UK, Music Echo described the song as "wild and oriental but still beaty".

By 1971, he was the official photographer for the British music magazine Disc & Music Echo.

Phil Symes, "Ronnie Tries it Solo", Disc and Music Echo, 8 May 1971; available at Rock's Back Pages (subscription required; retrieved 15 April 2013).

When the Disc & Music Echo reported "widespread rumours" that this song had been written by Lennon and McCartney, Robin countered with "Rubbish!

On 13 September 1964, Epstein approached Harry to create a national music paper, so Harry coined the name Music Echo, and gradually merged Mersey Beat into it.

The paper subsequently ran into financial problems, and Epstein had to merge it with another paper, becoming the Disc & Music Echo.

Quoted in 1966 in the British music magazine Disc and Music Echo, Whitaker said:

Andrew Tyler, "Nicky Hopkins", Disc and Music Echo, 4 December 1971; available at Rock's Back Pages (subscription required.

Disc and Music Echo said "there is some splendid music on this very good first album".

The new magazine was known as Disc and Music Echo (with the name "Disc" shown more prominently on the masthead), from 23 April 1966.