Monthly Archives: May 2023

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 822) Taos — “20,000 Miles in the Air Again” A Taos, NM commune gives us this “phased psychedelic boogie” (Nik, http://therisingstorm.net/taos-taos/) from an LP of “mellow, unpretentious, good-natured rural rock. . . . catchy, with sweet vocal harmonies. . . . [b]lending acousticContinue reading “Taos — “20,000 Miles in the Air Again”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — May 11, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 820) Almond Lettuce — “Twenty Weary Miles” A delightful, rollicking music hall-y number by a totally obscure British band that gets no respect. Vernon Joynson says that the band released “two awful singles [that] are often described as psychedelic but seem far fromContinue reading “Almond Lettuce — “Twenty Weary Miles”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — May 10, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 810) Soul Inc. — “60 Miles High” On this ’67 B-side, the Louisville sluggers go “a full 52 miles higher than The Byrds”! — (happening45, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fJPzmqrjg0) with this “jangly mid-tempo dose of hip psych” (Tony Sanchez (with the help of Mike Stax), linerContinue reading “Soul Inc. — “60 Miles High”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — May 9, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 818) Mitch Ryder — “I Believe (There Must Be Someone)“ Truly great blue eyed soul from the Motor City’s Mitch Ryder. Ryder has been inducted into the Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame (https://rbhalloffamemarksms.com/inductees/) and not the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame,Continue reading “Mitch Ryder — “I Believe (There Must Be Someone)”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — May 8, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 817) Big Jim Sullivan — “Translove Airways (Fat Angel)” Jimmy Page and Big Jim Sullivan were the two towering session guitarists of Swinging London. Big Jim also mastered the sitar and recorded two albums of sitar-ploitation headswirlers (see #217). On this ‘67 albumContinue reading “Big Jim Sullivan — “Translove Airways (Fat Angel)”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — May 7, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 816) Syd Dale — “The Hell Raisers” The great British music library composer Syd Dale (see #395), an NFL films go-to, gives us a tune hell-raisin’ enough to be the theme of a 60’s sexploitation flick, Doris Wishman’s 1966 film Another Day. AnotherContinue reading “Syd Dale — “The Hell Raisers”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — May 6, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 815) Alessandro Alessandroni — “Bandidos” Spaghetti western ecstasy from a friend and collaborator of Ennio Morricone — from the 1967 movie Bandidos directed by Massimo Dallamano as Max Dillmann. (https://www.discogs.com/release/2578148-Egisto-Macchi-Bandidos-Colonna-Sonora-Originale) As Tom Seldon tells us, in the movie: Renowned gunman Richard Martin isContinue reading “Alessandro Alessandroni — “Bandidos”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — May 5, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 814) The Fallen Angels “I’ll Drive You From My Mind” I can’t drive this “haunting” (https://psychedelic-rocknroll.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-fallen-angels-its-long-way-down.html?m=1) slab of psych from my mind. It is the album’s “creepiest number . . . [with] dark shadows, whispered vocals, and splashes of sitar”. (Dave Furgess, https://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/review/1714/)Continue reading “The Fallen Angels — “I’ll Drive You From My Mind”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — May 4, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 813) Edwards Hand* — “Hello America” The melody and arrangement of this amazing song by the UK psychsters (see #151, 663) is a total rip-off of Neil Diamond’s “Coming to America”! Wait a second, this song came in ‘70 and “Coming” came inContinue reading “Edwards Hand — “Hello America”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — May 3, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 812) Milton Kelley — “Small Town Boy” Timeless and touching ’70 folk-rock straight outta the legendary Two:Dot studios in Ojai [California]. The song sounds like it could have been written yesterday. Worth Point calls Kelley’s album Home Brew “a blend of folk/psych &Continue reading “Milton Kelley — “Small Town Boy”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — May 2, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 811) Neo Maya/Episode Six — “I Won’t Hurt You” If great songs deserve convoluted tales, this pop psych gem, spooky and unforgettable, has got one. The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band (see #197, 488) recorded two great versions of the song, andContinue reading “Neo Maya/Episode Six — “I Won’t Hurt You”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — May 1, 2023”