Monthly Archives: November 2023

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,011) Renato E Seus Blue Caps — “Sem Suzana”/“Without Suzana” This Brazilian “Young Guard” group specializing in Portuguese versions of Beatles songs gives us an utterly gorgeous and magical original ballad that John and Paul could have proudly called their own. Yet, “RenatoContinue reading “Renato E Seus Blue Caps — “Sem Suzana”/”Without Suzana”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 10, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,010) The Dave Miller Set — “Mr. Guy Fawkes” This New Zealand-moved to Australia band’s “psychedelic masterpiece”, a “tour de force” that “continued the great tradition of Aussie bands covering obscure overseas tracks and coming up with versions that far surpassed the originals”, isContinue reading “The Dave Miller Set — “Mr. Guy Fawkes”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 9, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,009) Scorpion — “Hey la, la, la” Good time rock n’ roll, straight outta Sweden? Yeah, and this “freakbeat rumbler”(SwedishProggBlog, http://swedishprogg.blogspot.com/2013/07/scorpion-i-am-scorpion-mnw-1970.html) really hits the spot. I’m not saying that it inspired Outkast’s “Hey Ya!”, but I’m not saying it didn’t! Of the albumContinue reading “Scorpion — “Hey la, la, la”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 8, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,009) The Koobas — “Gypsy Fred” “Great [whimsical] UK 1967 Psych [that] should be mentioned with Pink Floyd[‘s] “Arnold Layne’”& the two Pretty Things Psych 45s”. (Vintage Vinyl Via Valves, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6l2SNjmYVc) “[T]he Koobas [see #178] gr[ew] their hair out, donn[ed] hippy garb andContinue reading “The Koobas — “Gypsy Fred”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 7, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,007) Les Problèmes — “Je Ne Vois Rien”/”I See Nothing” An “[a]bsolutely incredible . . . fuzz garage song[]. . . . one of the best sixties french [45’s]”. (vinylomania, https://www.discogs.com/release/7215663-Les-Probl%C3%A8mes-Je-Ne-Vois-Rien-Passe-Ton-Chemin) France? Absolument! “The Fuzz guitar intro is awesome!! [T]he good times whereContinue reading “Les Problèmes — “Je Ne Vois Rien”/”I See Nothing”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 6, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,006) Tony Colton — “I’ve Laid Some Down in My Time” This self-penned (along with Ray Smith) ’66 A-side dishes some “[e]pic monster freakbeat Modness!” (Narindude, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QU6ggR9Stg) “Amazing how this disc managed to slip past the censorship of the day”. (liner notes toContinue reading “Tony Colton — “I’ve Laid Some Down in My Time”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 5, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,005) The Vejtables — “I Still Love You” Wait, is it a Byrd (song)? Is it a Beatle (song)? No, it’s the first A-side by the San Francisco Bay area band (reaching # 84), “a jangly synthesis of the Beatles and the Byrds”Continue reading “The Vejtables — “I Still Love You”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 4, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,004) Bettye Swann — Don’t You Ever Get Tired (of Hurting Me)?” The real Queen of Country Soul reached #102 in ’69 with this killer soulified version of the Hank Cochran song first recorded by George Jones (’65) (and also done country styleContinue reading “Bettye Swann — “Don’t You Ever Get Tired (of Hurting Me)?”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 3, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,003) Fortes Mentum* — “Green Mello Hill” A delicious UK pop psych confection by Danny Beckerman, a “mercurial producer/arranger/writer/musician . . . an archetypically precocious studio whizzkid who was one of [the] Morgan [Blue Town label] owner Monty Babson’s favoured lieutenants”. (David Wells,Continue reading “I Shall Be Released; Fortes Mentum — “Green Mello Hill”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 2, 2023”