July 2021 – Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! / Off the Charts: 60s Rock Revelations😊

Pink Floyd — “Paintbox”, The Carrie Nations (Lynn Carey) — “In the Long Run”, Chris Britton — “Fly with Me”: Brace for the Obscure (60’s rock)! — July 31, 2021

13) Pink Floyd, “Paintbox” This was the glorious B-side of the November ’67 “Apples and Oranges” single, written not by Syd Barrett but by Richard Wright. 14) The Carrie Nations (Lynn Carey), “In the Long Run” Surprisingly great song from Roger Ebert and Russ Meyer’s camp classic Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, “performed” onContinue reading “Pink Floyd — “Paintbox”, The Carrie Nations (Lynn Carey) — “In the Long Run”, Chris Britton — “Fly with Me”: Brace for the Obscure (60’s rock)! — July 31, 2021”

10) Merrell Fankhauser and H.M.S. Bounty “Girl (I’m Waiting for You)” Of the West Coast pop-psych album from which I drew this song, Fankhauser himself says that it is “one of the rare lost psychedelic gems of the late 60’s.” Presumptuous, but I agree! 11) Dana Gillespie, “You Just Gotta Know My Mind” Dana Gillespie,Continue reading “Merrell Fankhauser and H.M.S. Bounty — “Girl (I’m Waiting for You)”, Dana Gillespie — “You Just Gotta Know My Mind”, Los Mad’s — “I’ve Got that Feeling”: Brace for the Obscure (60;s rock)! — July 30, 2021”

7) Richard Barnes, “Take to the Mountains” It did hit #35 in the UK in May ’70. 8) Jackson Frank, “Blues Run the Game” Bruce Eder calls Frank’s 1965 folk-rock album, from which I picked this song, “a lost classic, daringly complex and honest”. (https://www.allmusic.com/album/jackson-c-frank-mw0000084294) Yup. 9) Davy Jones, “You’ve Got a Habit of Leaving”Continue reading “Richard Barnes — “Take to the Mountains”, Jackson Frank — “Blues Run the Game”, Davy Jones — “You’ve Got a Habit of Leaving”: Brace for the Obscure (60;s rock)! — July 29, 2021″

4) Focal Point, “Miss Sinclair” Brian Epstein picked their name . . . John Lennon loved them . . . but they only released one single (and this song wasn’t on it). Apple lost interest . . . what a shame. 5) Factory, “Path Through the Forest” The Nuggets liner notes proclaim this October ’68Continue reading “Focal Point — “Miss Sinclair”, Factory — “Path Through the Forest”, The Honeybus — “I Can’t Let Maggie Go”: Brace for the Obscure (60’s rock)! — July 28, 2021″

1) Jan Panter, “Stella in Lights” Bruce Eder says that Jan “was part of the ubiquitous legions of girl singers who poured into London, and whose recorded work streamed out of the British record industry across the early to mid-’60s.” (https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jan-panter-mn0000177791/biography) This was the B-side of an April 1969 single. As Marlon Brando once said,Continue reading “Jan Panter — “Stella in Lights”, Billy Nicholls — “Would You Believe”, Nick Garrie — “Wheel of Fortune”: Brace for the Obscure (60’s rock)! — July 26, 2021”