Monthly Archives: December 2023

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,044) Georgie Fame — “Getaway” WARNING: If you are from the UK, do not read any further as “Getaway” hit #1! However, it only reached #70 in the U.S. It had “[t]he perfect sound for the emerging summer of love with its carefreeContinue reading “Georgie Fame — “Getaway”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — December 11, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,043) The Kinks — “Lavender Hill” Turn on, tune in, and drop out Kinks-style. DJ Stereo Faith tells us: “Lavender Hill” is a gorgeous, yearning music hall meets psych rarity . . . . Initially recorded during the late ’60s, during the WeContinue reading “The Kinks — “Lavender Hill”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — December 10, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,042) Samantha Jones — “Today Without You” No, not from Sex and the City! This slinky “hideously rare and hard to find but brilliant” (doowopmike, https://www.45cat.com/record/pen703) and unforgettable Brit Girl classic inexplicably failed to become a megahit in the UK. Well, it didContinue reading “Samantha Jones — “Today Without You”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — December 9, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,041) The Petards — “Rainbows and Butterflies” Get hoisted by Germany’s own Petards with this ‘68 B-side, a pop psych masterpiece and “psychedelically-propelled opus” (liner notes to the CD comp Electric Sound Show: An Assortment of Antiquities for the Psychedelic Connoisseur). The bandContinue reading “The Petards — “Rainbows and Butterflies”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — December 8, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,040) Iron Butterfly — “So Lo” Heavy metal founding fathers Iron Butterfly’s first LP is appropriately titled Heavy. Yet it contained this lovely ditty — “CLA-HA-HA-HAS-IC!! one of a kind. unique. dark, happy, spooky, in a psychic tongue-in-cheek and merry way…”. (starcloud49595, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-6cGbHKC934&pp=ygUUSXJvbiBodXR0ZXJmbHQgc28gbG8%3D)Continue reading “Iron Butterfly — “So Lo”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — December 7, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,039) Módulos — “Nada Me Importa”/”Nothing Matters” Magical ‘69 B-side from Spain’s giants Módulos (see #947). “Fantastic theme. I ‘ll never forget. It was one of the songs that marked me the most during my youth. Thank you, Modules, for creating it.” (raulvelazquezgordillo5308,Continue reading “Módulos — “Nada Me Importa”/”Nothing Matters”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — December 6, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,038) Washington DCs — “Any Time” A Liverpool band named the Washington DCs? Well, I’m just glad they didn’t burn down the White House as a publicity stunt. If they’d been managed by Andrew Loog Oldham, they probably would have! “Ring me anytime,Continue reading “Washington DCs — “Any Time”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — December 5, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,037) Andwella — “She Taught Me to Love” This number from Northern Ireland’s Andwella (see #714, 770) starts off with a Paul McCartney/Wings sort of vibe and then blossoms into a grand 70’s-sounding power ballad. How it is not on heavy rotation at everyContinue reading “Andwella — “She Taught Me to Love”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — December 4, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,036) Donovan — “Celeste” Donovan (see #908) gives us “[o]ne of the most beautiful, poignant and plaintive love songs ever recorded” (Stephen-kl9wu, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X6VC9zAd6lM&pp=ygUPZG9ub3ZhbiBjZWxlc3Rl), a “majestic” song with “an unforgettable melody” (Stuart Penney, https://andnowitsallthis.blogspot.com/2020/04/donovans-50-greatest-songs-ranked.html?m=1), “one of the most gorgeous Baroque folk-rock tunes by anyone”.Continue reading “Donovan — “Celeste”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — December 3, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,035) Copperpenny — “Castles of Sand” Before they hit it big in Canada, Ontario’s Copperpenny gave us this charming baroque pop number off its first LP. It is not Little Stevie Wonder’s “Castles in the Sand” or Jimi Hendrix’s “Castles Made of Sand”!Continue reading “Copperpenny — “Castles of Sand”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — December 2, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,034) Lea Riders Group — “Dom Kallar Oss Mods”/”They Call Us Mods” From one of “the most powerful rhythm & blues based Swedish 60’s bands” comes this ’68 B-side and title track to the Swedish flick of the same name. It is aContinue reading “Lea Riders Group — “Dom Kallar Oss Mods”/”They Call Us Mods”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — December 1, 2023″