Monthly Archives: November 2024

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,396) Billy Nicholls — “Feeling Easy” Another installment of gorgeous UK pop psych from Billy Nicholls, who gifted us with one of, if not the, greatest “lost” albums of the ’60’s — Would You Believe (see #2, 64, 144, 428, 757, 964, 1,085, 1,205). As David WellsContinue reading “Billy Nicholls — “Feeling Easy”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 10, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,395) Nuevos Horizontes — “Tio Vivo”/”Live Uncle” From Spain’s Mamas and the Papas (but funkier), “one of the best Spanish vocal groups of all time” (Angelo C Turetromusic (courtesy of Google Translate), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxatHUP2Zew) comes the B-side of their second single, “a fantastical storyContinue reading “Nuevos Horizontes — “Tio Vivo”/”Live Uncle”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 9, 2024″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,394) The Ugly’s — “Mary Cilento” Birmingham’s Ugly’s give us a gorgeous B-side not to be, “late ’60s UK Pysche at it’s very best” (https://www.heavysoul45s.co.uk/product-page/the-uglys-i-ve-seen-the-light-mary-colinto), “David Watts meets David Bowie”. (Paul Cross, liner notes to the CD comp Sweet Floral Albion: 23 Pop &Continue reading “I Shall Be Released: The Ugly’s — “Mary Cilento”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 8, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,393) Argosy — “Mr. Boyd” Blind Faith may have been the Supergroup of ’69, but Argosy was the BeforeTheyWereSuperandBeforeTheyWereSupertramp-Supergroup of ’69. Blind Faith had Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Rick Grech and Steve Winwood. Well, Argosy had Roger Hodgson, Elton John (then Reginald Dwight)Continue reading “Argosy — “Mr. Boyd”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 7, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,392) Peter and the Wolves — “Lantern Light” Oh man, does John Pantry (see #494, 1,242) kick ass. OK, since he followed his calling and embarked on a notable career in Christian music and broadcasting after the 60’s came to a close, let meContinue reading “Peter and the Wolves — “Lantern Light”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 6, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,391) Zakary Thaks* — “Face to Face” Yesterday, I featured an unreleased garage rock classic by Corpus Christi, Texas’s Liberty Bell, written by singer Chris Gerniottis. Today, I travel back in time to Gerniottis’s earlier band, the Corpus Christi garage rock legends ZakaryContinue reading “Zakary Thaks — “Face to Face”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 5, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,390) The Liberty Bell — “Reality Is the Only Answer” “There was West Coast psych. There was East Coast psych. This is Gulf Coast psych, the forgotten psychedelic coast.” (thomassmith8721, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQjeIa7ex1U) Out of Corpus Christi, Texas, here is intergalactic garage gold from the Liberty BellContinue reading “I Shall Be Released: The Liberty Bell — “Reality Is the Only Answer”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 4, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,389) Rockin’ Horse — “Julian the Hooligan” I dedicate this endearingly rowdy ’71 album track (from Rockin’ Horse’s Yes It Is) and A-side to all the parents out there with mischievous sons named Julian. It is a “slightlydelic, hard rocking John [Lennonish]” number”.Continue reading “Rockin’ Horse — “Julian the Hooligan”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 3, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,388) Titanic — “Love Is Love” From Norway with “Love Is Love”! This “uptempo gem” from Titanic’s debut LP has an irresistible propulsive groove and “has also blessed a few b-boy events in its time”. (SoulStrut, https://www.soulstrut.com/Archive/titanic-titanic) The album’s “heavy and psychedelic moodContinue reading “Titanic — “Love Is Love”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 2, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,387) The Nerve — “Piece By Piece” The Nerve’s (see #418) euphoric mod anthem is “a suitably abrupt slice of mod-like grunge”. (liner notes to the CD comp Piccadilly Sunshine: Volumes 1-10: A Compendium of Rare Pop Curios from the British Psychedelic Era)Continue reading “The Nerve — “Piece By Piece”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 1, 2024”