Monthly Archives: September 2025

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,736) Bryan & The Brunelles  — “Jacqueline” I love this “tasty slice of British beat”. (EdwinJack64, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yU41o2svmxM) How was this slow burn classic of betrayal not a hit, both in the UK and the U.S.? It’s almost like it came straight from ThatContinue reading “Bryan & The Brunelles  — “Jacqueline”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 30, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,735) John and Beverley Martyn — “Stormbringer!” From John Martyn (see #1,400), “[t]he Glasgow raised Scottish/Belgian folk legend” (Graeme Thomson, https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jul/15/nick-drake-john-martyn-complex-friendship-small-hours-extract), here is a song “[v]ery much in the mold of the electric Fairport Convention of this period . . . sizzl[ing] with acoustic interplayContinue reading “John and Beverley Martyn — “Stormbringer!”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 29, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,734) The Mamas & the Papas — “Got a Feelin’” This “ethereal” (Bruce Eder, https://www.allmusic.com/album/if-you-can-believe-your-eyes-and-ears-mw0000650447), Mamas & Papas song is “one of the[ir] most treasured . . . album tracks”, with a “bittersweet melody . . . coupled with some positively beguiling vocalContinue reading “The Mamas & the Papas — “Got a Feelin’”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 28, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,733) Thomas and Richard Frost — “Gotta Find a New Place to Stay” From another contender for the greatest lost album of the 1960’s — Thomas and Richard Frost’s (actually Thomas and Richard Martin) psych pop classic Visualize  (see #209, 211, 247, 385, 595, 775,Continue reading “Thomas and Richard Frost — “Gotta Find a New Place to Stay”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 27, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,732) Focal Point — “Tales from the GPO Files” This ethereal delight by Focal Point is not about Mulder and Scully! “GPO used to be the only telephone company in the UK during the ’60s and this song reflects it.” (Stefan Granados, linerContinue reading “I Shall Be Released: Focal Point — “Tales from the GPO Files”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 26, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,731) Shag — “Stop & Listen” From Milwaukee, the greatest garage anti-drug song (written after a bad trip). A “totally awesome freak out” (eoj2495, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow_e3i6zgSM), “[f]uzzadelic!” (resistor27, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSDdKfgTRwI) Mike Tiefenbacher writes: One of my favorite . . . Milwaukee-area records, this song wasContinue reading “Shag — “Stop & Listen”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 25, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,730) Queen Anne’s Lace — “The Happiest Day of My Life” This “groovy” (liner notes to the CD comp Soft Sounds for Gentle People 2) and stunning sunshine pop number is “[s]oft-rock magic. . . . breathy, light, and perversely sad-sounding” (gregcaz, https://musicaltaste.com/showsong.php?song_id=1081&performer=Queen%20Anne%26%238217%3Bs%20Lace&songtitle=The%20Happiest%20Day%20Of%20My%20Life),Continue reading “Queen Anne’s Lace — “The Happiest Day of My Life”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 24, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD Future superstar Stax songwriter Homer Banks sings an Isaac Hayes/David Porter classic. Incredibly, it wasn’t a hit in the U.S., but became a Northern Soul classic (reaching #55 in the UK) and received superb horn-driven cover treatment by Simon Dupree and the BigContinue reading “60 Minutes of Your Love Special Edition: Homer Banks/Simon Dupree and the Big Sound/Sir Douglas Quintet: Homer Banks — “60 Minutes of Your Love”, Simon Dupree and the Big Sound — “60 Minutes of Your Love”/“A Lot of Love”, Sir Douglas Quintet — “Sixty Minutes of Your Love”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 23, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,726) Rick Price — “Top Ten Record” Birmingham’s Rick Price (see #1,299, 1,606) dropped this hilarious and rocking take on the pursuit of a chart hit, which did not become a top ten record but should have! “Of course, I can always joinContinue reading “Rick Price — “Top Ten Record”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 22, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,725) Pasha/The Searchers — “Pussy Willow Dream”/”Pussy Willow Dragon” This dreamy, ethereal B-side written by Kenny Young (who wrote “Under the Boardwalk” with Art Resnick) is one of the Searchers’ (see #352, 394, 636, 1,278) great songs from the latter half of the 60’s.Continue reading “Pasha/The Searchers — “Pussy Willow Dream”/”Pussy Willow Dragon”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 21, 2025″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,724) The Montanas — “A Step in the Right Direction” This fantastic propulsive beat number, written by Jackie Trent and Tony Hatch, “easily had the potential to be a hit”. (Vernon Joynson, The Tapestry of Delights Revisited) Alas, “[t]here was a big buildupContinue reading “The Montanas — “A Step in the Right Direction”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 20, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,723) Sandy Salisbury — “Spell on Me” Infectious, brass-infused sunshine/bubblegum pop “[f]rom one of the best sunshine pop partnerships of all time”, Sandy and Curt Boettcher. (Scott Homewood, https://therockasteria.blogspot.com/2017/07/sandy-salisbury-do-unto-others-1969-us.html) “When they sing in harmony, it’s a sound that no other act of theContinue reading “I Shall Be Released: Sandy Salisbury — “Spell on Me”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 19, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,722) Maitreya Kali — “Music Box” An “[a]chingly beautiful, haunting acoustic folk song[]” (Forced Exposure, https://b2b.forcedexposure.com/onesheets/MAM202CD_ST.pdf) displaying “a gentle yet spooky mysticism” (Richie Unterberger, https://www.allmusic.com/album/apache-mw0001148319), “delicately rendered psych-folk” (Midnight to Six, https://midnighttosix.wordpress.com/2020/06/03/craig-smith-maitreya-kali-apache-inca-maitreya-apache-music/) from “budding pop wunderkind [Craig Smith, who] travelled down the hippieContinue reading “Maitreya Kali — “Music Box”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 18, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,721) Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band — “Barefootin’” From “quite simply the biggest character on the British rhythm and blues scene since the early 1960s” (see #726, 727, 1,106, 1,269) (http://zootmoney.org/bio/), “a romping cover” (Bournemouthbeatboom, https://bournemouthbeatboom.wordpress.com/zoot-money/) of Robert Parker’s #7 hit (#2 RE&B)Continue reading “Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band — “Barefootin’”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 17, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,720) The Dimensions — “Mary Lou” Here’s a cool garage version of the ’55 R&B blazer co-written and recorded by Young Jessie. Bill Dahl writes that “its unusual minor-key arrangement must have appealed to rockabilly wildman Ronnie Hawkins who hit the pop listsContinue reading “The Dimensions — “Mary Lou”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 16, 2025″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,719) The Bold — “Gotta Get Some” This “[k]iller garage rock mover” (Glendoras//DJ Mean Mojo Mathias, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODtFxtzVgns) is a”[n]oisy, gritty good old mid-60s garage-punk little gem!” (drrayman1435, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAhHhwnPId4), “VERY MUCH like Paul Revere & the Raiders at their toughest, yet lewder than MarkContinue reading “The Bold — “Gotta Get Some”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 15, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,718) The Monkees — “Shades of Gray” This is “one of [the Monkees’] finest album tracks, ever” (Matthew Greenwald, https://www.allmusic.com/song/shades-of-gray-mt0008175824), written by Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann, with “a singalong chorus that’s as poignant as it is contagious”. (Ed Masley, https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/01/07/the-monkees-greatest-hits-of-all-time/72079810007/) Off ofContinue reading “The Monkees — “Shades of Gray”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 14, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,716) Jesse Colin Young — “Four in the Morning” This devastating “haunting, all acoustic solo masterwork, [is] so stark and so blue you can almost hear the water dripping in his apartment.” (Mark Rosen, https://www.facebook.com/groups/240098362684435/posts/23878830535051219/) It lead off JCY’s first LP, ’64’s TheContinue reading “Four in the Morning Special Edition: Jesse Colin Young/The Sunshine Company: Jesse Colin Young — “Four in the Morning”, The Sunshine Company — “Four in the Mornin’”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 13, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,715) The Honeybus — “She Said Yes” This “exquisite” (45rpy, https://45rpy.wordpress.com/2018/09/30/honeybus-story-1970/) song is “one of the ultimate ‘Hurrah, I’ve got a girlfriend’ songs” (Rob Morgan, https://agoldfishcalledregret.wordpress.com/tag/honeybus/)! Honeybus is one of my favorite bands (see #6, 52, 207, 434, 562, 605, 764, 1,100, 1,439, 1,582),Continue reading “The Honeybus — “She Said Yes”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 12, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD (song first featured as #113) John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band — “Love” As I do each year on September 11, and also in light of Charlie Kirk’s murder yesterday, I will play John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band‘s “Love” from 1970, oneContinue reading “John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band — “Love”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 11, 2025”