Monthly Archives: February 2023

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 748) The Stained Glass — “My Buddy Sin” The Stained Glass was, per Alec Palao, “[a]mong the most underrated entries in the Bay Area 1960s pantheon”, with “My Buddy Sin” being “baroque-tinged” and “catchy and innovative”, a song that “should have sent theContinue reading “The Stained Glass — “My Buddy Sin”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 28, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 747) Focal Point — “Girl on the Corner” Focal Point is one of the greatest coulda/shoulda-beens in the annals of British pop psych (see #4, 43, 198, 538). “Girl”, one of the first four songs they recorded, knocked out John Lennon and BrianContinue reading “Focal Point — “Girl on the Corner”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 27, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 746) Los Saicos — “El Entierro De Los Gatos”/“The Burial of Cats” Raucous ‘65 B-side by Peru’s Los Saicos — yes, pronounced “psychos” — who very well may have been the world’s first punk band!Martin Schneider say that today’s song “is a terseContinue reading “Los Saicos — “El Entierro De Los Gatos”/“The Burial of Cats”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 26, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 745) Nooney Rickett and the Nooney Rickett Four — “Bye Bye Baby” Man, this ’65 45 must be an unreleased number by the Searchers, or maybe the Hollies. It’s not? It’s not. It is, as Acid Revolver says “Fab Searchers/Beau Brummels styled folkContinue reading “Nooney Rickett and the Nooney Rickett Four — “Bye Bye Baby”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 25, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 743) Wizz Jones — “Dazzling Stranger” This dazzling folk song is “stunningly poignant” and “encapsulate[s] the combination of fragility and profundity that defined the best of the 1960’s singer-songwriters.” (Colin Harper, Dazzling Stranger: Bert Jansch and the British Folk and Blues Revival) WizzContinue reading “Wizz Jones — “Dazzling Stranger”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 23, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 744) Living Children — “Now It’s Over” Thomassmith8721 calls the song a “masterpiece of mellowness” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3joTl1xhoLg), Gilesi says that it “is a moody ballad with an air of The Byrds about it, with hushed, melancholic vocals and a simple guitar break that fitsContinue reading “Living Children — “Now It’s Over”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 24, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 742) Fingletoad, Strange & Siho — “Marshlands” From the Chicago suburbs comes a magical, haunting, Lennonesque rock song from an album that saw fewer than 100 souvenir LP’s stamped in ‘70. The Eternal Now says the album is “westcoast-influenced 1970 rock and psychedeliaContinue reading “I Shall Be Released #2: Fingletoad, Strange & Siho — “Marshlands”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 22, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 741) Sharon Tandy — “One Way Street” Today, I’m rebranding my unreleased (in the ’60’s) “greatest songs” as I Shall Be Released. I’m sure I have Bob’s full backing! Ah, Sharon Tandy (see #371, 441, 442) — that “[m]od goddess, psychedelic priestess, blue-eyedContinue reading “I Shall Be Released #1: Sharon Tandy — “One Way Street”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 21, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 740) Reparata and the Delrons — “Weather Forecast” I love Reparata and the Delrons (see #258, 389, 578) — and not just because they got together in ‘62 (the year I was born!) at St. Brendan’s Catholic School in Brooklyn (where I was livingContinue reading “Reparata and the Delrons — “Weather Forecast”: A Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 20, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 739) The Chords Five — “Some People” This cool ‘69 UK A-side was a “quirky slice of observational pop” (liner notes to the CD comp Keep Lookin’: 80 More Mod, Soul & Freakbeat Nuggets) written by the great Graham Gouldman (see #226), butContinue reading “The Chords Five — “Some People”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 19, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD This blog o’ mine gives me great joy, as when I played as my 22nd song “Michel Angelo”, by Jimmy Campbell and his band at the time the 23rd Turnoff. I called the song “[o]ne of the most gorgeous songs I have everContinue reading “Jimmy Campbell Special Edition: Jimmy Campbell — “Michel Angelo”, Jimmy Campbell — “Mother’s Boy”, Rockin’ Horse — “Biggest Gossip in Town”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 18, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 735) Freddie Scott — “I’ll Be Gone” ’67 A-side from the only deep soul belter from . . . Rhode Island (!) is “as close to a stomper as Freddie can get”. Heikki Suosalo, https://www.soulexpress.net/freddiescott.htm). It’s a stomper, all right! Jason Ankeny: BestContinue reading “Freddie Scott — “I’ll Be Gone”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 17, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 733) Musick Express — “Jackie’s Thing” The Musick Express’ wonderful one and only A-side reached the top 100 in Australia in ’70 and sounds soooooo Bowie-esque! It’s a Jackie thing, you wouldn’t understand! Kimbo tells us that: Forming in Adelaide in the lateContinue reading “The Musick Express — “Jackie’s Thing”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 16, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 732) Joe Tex — “Looking for My Pig” “Where you at, Rufus?” JT’s ’64 novelty homage to Rufus Thomas’s big novelty hit “Walking the Dog” is a hoot, coming months before “Hold What You’ve Got”, his big pop hit breakthrough single. As RichieContinue reading “I’m Not Walking My Dog, I’m Looking for My Pig! Special Edition: Joe Tex/Ray Hoff and the Offbeats: Joe Tex — “Looking for My Pig”, Ray Hoff and the Off Beats — “Lookin’ for My Pigs”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 15, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 731) The Electric Banana — “Eagle’s Son” This is classic stuff. Don’t take my word for it — Tim Sendra calls “Son” “ferocious post-psych meets hard rock” (https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-complete-de-wolfe-sessions-mw0003305801), David Wells calls it “awesome” and “simply irresistible” (liner notes to The Electric Banana: TheContinue reading “The Electric Banana — “Eagle’s Son”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 14, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 730) The Buckinghams — “It’s a Beautiful Day (For Lovin’)” As we approach Valentine’s Day, let me play one of the Buckinghams’ (see #409, 413, 632) greatest love songs/their last charting single (albeit #126 in Sept. ’69). Jim Newsom calls it a “pleasant,Continue reading “The Buckinghams — “It’s a Beautiful Day (For Lovin’)”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 12, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 729) The Nuchez — “Open Up Your Mind Now” Mike Dugo calls this ’66 Chicago Rembrandt Records A-side a “classic psychedelic opus with a nice organ base and free flowing fuzz”. (liner notes to Garage Beat ’66: Vol. 5: Readin’ Your Will!) DaveContinue reading “The Nuchez — “Open Up Your Mind Now”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 11, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 728) Jack Grunsky — “Catherine” This unforgettable ’68 folk pop A-side (well, in Austria, Germany, Denmark and Spain) is an irresistible portrait of Catherine. Was the enigmatic woman a prostitute, a pin-up girl, a seductress, a siren? Only Jack Grunsky (see #566) knows.Continue reading “Jack Grunsky — “Catherine”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 10, 2023″

https://www.allmusic.com/album/chariot-rising-mw0000378044 THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 727) Dantalian’s Chariot — “Sun Came Bursting Through My Cloud” After featuring Zoot Money (see #726), I had to play his glorious nine-month ’67 psychedelic world detour with Dantalian’s Chariot. Here comes the beautiful “Sun Came Bursting Through My Cloud”! What, youContinue reading “Dantalian’s Chariot — “Sun Came Bursting Through My Cloud”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 9, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 726) Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band — “Big Time Operator” Zoot Money was “quite simply the biggest character on the British rhythm and blues scene since the early 1960s” (http://zootmoney.org/bio/), but this 45 was his only one to hit the money (#25 inContinue reading “Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band — “Big Time Operator”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 8, 2023”