Monthly Archives: October 2024

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,364) Affinity — “You Met Your Match” From a UK jazz rock group (see #1,055) that released one legendary album, here is a Stevie Wonder song transformed into a mod barn burner — unreleased at the time — with very much of aContinue reading “I Shall Be Released: Affinity — “You Met Your Match”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 11, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,363) “Loving, Sacred Loving” I’ve played the A-side (see #131), here’s the glorious ‘68 B-side, “an immaculately crafted slice of English psychedelic whimsy that boasted an opening harpsichord salvo from Nicky Hopkins”, oh and with “blissed-out lyric[s]”. (David Wells, Record Collector 100 GreatestContinue reading “The End — “Loving, Sacred Loving”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 10, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,362) The Barrier — “Dawn Breaks Through” This ’68 “[B]-side of The Barrier’s debut single on the independent Eyemark label is . . . essential to check out . . . a[] high octane pop psych gem, unfortunately buried on the flip ofContinue reading “The Barrier — “Dawn Breaks Through”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 9, 2024″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,361) France Gall — “Faut il que je t’aime”/“Do I Have to Love You” This sublime and “groovy Farfissa driven” (Third Man Records, https://thirdmanrecords.com/blogs/news/third-man-records-releases-reissues-of-three-classic-france-gall-albums?srsltid=AfmBOoqJMpvgzBZbIMU_mJn-ahtYd_-j1Wr62HkVe9Spbufb71G4vpxs) song shared the A-side of a ‘66 EP with “Baby Pop” and was on the Baby Pop LP. WrittenContinue reading “France Gall — “Faut il que je t’aime”/”Do I Have to Love You”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 8, 2024″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,360) Maxine Brown — “You Do Something to Me” This ‘65 B-side is a stunning ballad by Maxine Brown (see #1,047) about how she just can’t get an unworthy man out of her mind. Michael Jack Kirby tells the story of Maxine Brown:Continue reading “Maxine Brown — “You Do Something to Me”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 7, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,359) The Easybeats — “Happy Is the Man” ’67 LP track and ’68 EP A-side by Australia’s Easybeats (see #201, 1,310) is a magnificent and defiant pop rock anthem. “They say I’ve been sinning ’cause I like good looking women. They don’t knowContinue reading “The Easybeats — “Happy Is the Man”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 6, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD Get into my life, “Get Out of My Life Woman”! Here are three killer versions of Allen Toussaint’s R&B classic (made famous by Lee Dorsey in ‘66 (#44, #5 R&B, #22 UK)) — garage classics by the Netherlands’ Q’65 and the U.S.’s MourningContinue reading ““Get Out of My Life Woman” Special Edition: Q’65/The Mourning Reign/Tages –Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 5, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,355) Timebox — “A Woman That’s Waiting” This ’68 B-side by Timebox (see #1,285) is the sweetest UK pop psych confection that I know. That woman that’s waiting? “She doesn’t have to worry I’ll soon be coming by”. Aww! The song is “wonderful”Continue reading “Timebox — “A Woman That’s Waiting”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 4, 2024″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,354) The Crusade — “Psychedelic Woman” This ’67 A-side is an extra-heavy Alaskan “[c]rude garage-stomper” (Popsike, https://www.popsike.com/THE-CRUSADE-psychedelic-woman-7-Garage-Fuzz-Alaska/270699719673.html), “kinda dirty and nasty dripping fuzz and attitude” (A.J., https://garagehangover.com/crusade-psychedelic-woman-fade-away-golden-north/), “one of those singles that makes every fan of psychedelia smile. . . . [with t]woContinue reading “The Crusade — “Psychedelic Woman”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 3, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,353) Tages — “Like a Woman” I’ve played the A-side (see #1,282), here’s the B-side — from the best Swedish band of the 60’s (see also #286). It’s a Beatlesque pop-psych wonder from an album — Studio — called “nothing short of aContinue reading “Tages — “Like a Woman”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 2, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,352) The Perth County Conspiracy — “Woman for All Seasons” From the Perth County Conspiracy* (see #406), “[a] true legend of . . . psych-folk rock” (CitizenFreak, http://www.citizenfreak.com/titles/295575?fbclid=IwAR1i6ppj2qI_l68lfBp0bqNSFUFwxlN3qmVROJO_bf0J0OaKd36s55xzi_k), here is a haunting folk song for all seasons. Where did the PCC come from?Continue reading “The Perth County Conspiracy — “Woman for All Seasons”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 1, 2024”