Monthly Archives: November 2022

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 634) Georgie Fame – “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag” I love Georgie (see #103, 169), and not just because my mother used to call me Georgie! He has always been, per Max Bell, “the coolest of the cool” (https://www.udiscovermusic.com/artist/georgie-fame/) and it’s beenContinue reading “Georgie Fame — “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 8, 2022”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 633) The Basement Wall — “Never Existed” The band’s lone A-side (‘67) was “a keyboard-driven regional smash similar in spirit to Texas punk” (Jason Ankeny, https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-basement-wall-mn0000030994/biography). Gilesi enthuses: “Never Existed” is a melodic garage psycher that contrasts a relatively understated verse with aContinue reading “The Basement Wall — “Never Existed”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 7, 2022”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD I present three extraordinary and unheralded covers of the Beatles’ classic ballad “I’ll Be Back” — by Cliff Richard, Roger Nichols and the Small Circle of Friends, and The Buckinghams. They each bring out the horns, and each bring out something unique andContinue reading ““I’ll Be Back”: The Beatles, not Arhhnold, Special Edition: Cliff Richard/Roger Nichols and the Small Circle of Friends/The Buckinghams: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 6, 2022”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 629) Buddy Miles — “The Segment” Ah, Buddy Miles (see #112, 221, 366). As Jamie Ludwig says, he was a “force of nature as a drummer, vocalist, and bandleader. ” He moves my soul. Ludwig goes on: “The Segment” is a piece ofContinue reading “Buddy Miles — “The Segment”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 5, 2022”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 628) Richie Havens — “For Haven’s Sake” A haunting, meditative and unforgettable song, released shortly before Havens made history at Woodstock. Carl Bookstein says it is “a melancholy blues, and beautiful.” (https://pennyblackmusic.co.uk/Home/Details?id=24934) and Hope Silverman calls it: Sad, desperate and determined . .Continue reading “Richie Havens — “For Haven’s Sake”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 4, 2022”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 627) Love Sculpture — “In the Land of the Few” This single “flopped” (Vernon Joynson, The Tapestry of Delights Revisited), but it is a “superb” (http://www.makingtime.co.uk/lovesculp.html#.Y2M0hHbMK3A) psychedelic “mini-epic” with a “blistering [guitar] solo” (Mike Stax, liner notes to the Nuggets II comp) byContinue reading “Love Sculpture — “In the Land of the Few”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 3, 2022”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 626) Paper Bubble — “Being Human Being” How could such a “bouncy, singalong” and “happy-go-lucky” song (Richie Unterberger — who did not meant it as a compliment!, https://www.allmusic.com/album/scenery-mw0000786501) not have been a ’69 UK hit? Well, it wasn’t released as a single! DavidContinue reading “Paper Bubble — “Being Human Being”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 2, 2022”