Monthly Archives: March 2023

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD Someone once quipped that many bands could have made their careers off of Lennon and McCartney throwaways. Well, in some cases, they actually did . . . . 779) Paul McCartney — “From a Window” Besides “Bad to Me” (see #520), written byContinue reading “Do You Want to Know a Secret? — These Songs Were Written by Lennon and/or McCartney #2: Paul McCartney — “From a Window”, Paul McCartney — “I Don’t Want to See You Again”, John Lennon & Paul McCartney — “That Means a Lot”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 31, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 778) Dave Berry — “You Made a Fool of Me” Slinky ’66 number by Dave Berry (see #554) about a woman who made a fool out of him. Hope it doesn’t get him into that crying game! Nostalgia Central gives us a grounding:Continue reading “Dave Berry — “You Made a Fool of Me”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 30, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 777) Maryrené — “Je T’appelais Monsieur“ Bouncy, infectious ’66 yé-yé by a quite obscure artist. What is yé-yé? Matt Collar explains: Yé-yé pop showcased young, cherubic-voiced female singers framed against dance-ready beats and rock & roll hooks in songs often riddled with thinlyContinue reading “Maryrené — “Je T’appelais Monsieur”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 29, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 776) Emergency Exit — “Maybe Too Late” Cool ’66/’67 garage B-side from Seattle. Glendoras//DJ Mean Mojo Mathias says: [The song is an] absolutely fabulous garage jangle rocker on Dunhill!! I got knocked by the great guitar playing when I first heard this, greatContinue reading “Emergency Exit — “Maybe Too Late”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 28, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 775) Thomas and Richard Frost — “Where Did Yesterday Go” Thomas and Richard Frost (actually Thomas and Richard Martin) recorded one of the greatest “lost” album of the ’60’s, the psychedelic classic Visualize (see #209, 211, 247, 385, 595). Here is another stellarContinue reading “Thomas and Richard Frost — “Where Did Yesterday Go”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 27, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD ’67 B-side by the great Bill Fay (who has had quite a second act!) “is fantastic . . . . like some long lost Bob Dylan “Blonde On Blonde” out-take, Fay sounds just like Zimmy and his lyrics are far out to theContinue reading “Bill Fay — “Screams in the Ears”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 26, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 773) O.V. Wright — “A Nickel and a Nail” Now that I let myself feature songs from ’71 once in a while, I am so excited to play “A Nickel and a Nail”. This ’71 A-side by O.V. Wright (see #71, 274) reachedContinue reading “O.V. Wright — “A Nickel and a Nail”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 25, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 772) The JuJus — “You Treat Me Bad” Steve Leggett calls “You Treat Me Bad” a “ragged and raw garage cult classic” (https://www.allmusic.com/album/you-treat-me-bad-1965-1967-mw0002022479). Who knew that “West Michigan was a minor hotspot of garage records, thanks to the Fenton label of Grand Rapids[?].Continue reading “The JuJus — “You Treat Me Bad”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 24, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 771) Fate — “Sergeant Death” “Hey boy, do you know who I am? Hey boy, wanna see Vietnam? . . . My friends call me Sergeant Death.” The greatest Doors’ song from Apocalypse Now that wasn’t by the Doors and wasn’t in ApocalypseContinue reading “Fate — “Sergeant Death”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 23, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 770) Andwella — “The World of Angelique” A gorgeous, ethereal and diaphanous ballad off of People’s People, the third and final album from Belfast’s David Lewis and his band Andwella (see #714). Did I mention gossamer? Andwella’s — then Andwella’s Dream — firstContinue reading “Andwella — “The World of Angelique”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 22, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 769) “Free Creek” Super Session (Earl Dowd, Eric Clapton, Dr. John, Moogy Klingman) — “Getting Back to Molly” When I first heard this Bayou funk slow burner, I could swear that Dr. John (see #177) was growling out the vocals. Well, the goodContinue reading ““Free Creek” Super Session (Earl Dowd, Eric Clapton, Dr. John, Moogy Klingman) — “Getting Back to Molly”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 21, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 768) The Orange Seaweed — “Stay a While” I’ve played the B-side (“Pictures in the Sky” (see #180)). Here is the pleasing pop-psych A-side of the only single from this “[p]sychedelic band from Hastings, England . . . formed out of cult FreakbeatContinue reading “The Orange Seaweed — “Stay a While”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 20, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 767) Genesis — “Am I Very Wrong” A quite beautiful song from Genesis’ ’69 schoolboy debut. TGM: Orb says it is “one of the highlights of the album: the excellent pensive acoustics-trombone-and-vocals of the verses, with great piano parts between them, unfortunately, itContinue reading “Genesis — “Am I Very Wrong”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 19, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 766) Omega — “H., Az Elektromos Fűrész”/”H. , The Electric Saw” Mind-blowing instrumental from Hungary’s greatest rock band’s (see #195, 644) third album — Éjszakai Országút (On the Highway at Night). The album (and song) are “full of energetic heavy prog rock withContinue reading “Omega — “H., Az Elektromos Fűrész”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 18, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 765) Blood, Sweat & Tears — “The Modern Adventures of Plato, Diogenes and Freud” OK, BST’s first album — Child Is Father to the Man — is really by Al Kooper’s (see #642, 705) Blood, Sweat & Tears, literally and figuratively. It isContinue reading “Blood, Sweat & Tears — “The Modern Adventures of Plato, Diogenes and Freud”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 17, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 764) Honeybus — “She Sold Blackpool Rock” Honeybus is one of my favorite 60’s bands (see #6, 52, 207, 434, 562, 605), with the honey being especially bittersweet with what should have been, what could have been. The beautiful ballad “She Sold BlackpoolContinue reading “The Honeybus — “She Sold Blackpool Rock”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 16, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 763) Los Vidrios Quebrados — “Ficciones”/”Fictions” You wanna be a paperback writer? Well, the Beatles-inspired Los Vidrios Quebrados (The Broken Glass) “wanna make fictions”! The Chilean garage classic “Ficciones”/”Fictions” is “included in compilations of the all-time best tracks of South American rock history.”Continue reading “Los Vidrios Quebrados — “Ficciones”/”Fictions”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 15, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 762) The Supremes — “Come Together” The Supremes — without the recently departed Diana Ross — do the Beatles’ “Come Together”, as does Diana as a solo artist in the same year. What were they thinking?! Well, both versions work remarkably well —Continue reading “The Supremes — “Come Together”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 14, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 761) The Factory — “Red Chalk Hill” The fifth song I ever featured was the Factory’s “Path Through the Forest”, one of the most titantic slabs of ’60’s British psych to be found. Later on, I featured the A-side of the band’s secondContinue reading “The Factory — “Red Chalk Hill”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 13, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 760) The Savage Resurrection — “Thing in E” This ’68 A-side and album track is “a total stormer” (Lee Dorrian, https://www.loudersound.com/features/deep-cuts-the-savage-resurrection-the-forgotten-west-coast-freaks-from-1968) that sounds so punky it seems a decade ahead of its time. I can almost hear the Talking Heads’ version. Retpaarticles saysContinue reading “The Savage Resurrection — “Thing in E”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 12, 2023″