Monthly Archives: October 2025

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,746) Dickens — “Sho’ Need Love” This “tripped out magic” (Expo67, https://purepop1uk.blogspot.com/2011/02/dickens-dont-talk-about-my-music.html?m=1), “trippy ethereal” (happening45, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh_KpNCN7Hk) almost A-side “reaches haunting heights of psych Pop glory”. (Robin Wills, https://purepop1uk.blogspot.com/2011/02/dickens-dont-talk-about-my-music.html) And it was all a joke! While the B-side “features inane bashing on a basic,Continue reading “I Shall Be Released: Dickens — “Sho’ Need Love”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 11, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,745) Wallace Collection — “Daydream” Warning: If you are from Belgium (or the rest of the continent, for that matter), read no further! For this was a #1 hit in Belgium, #3 in France, and #14 in the Netherlands. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daydream_(Wallace_Collection_song) It “became aContinue reading “Wallace Collection — “Daydream”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 10, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,744) The Natty Bumpo — “Ballad to Jake” Sunshine out of Washington D.C.?! Well, yes, unreleased sunshine pop from the legendary folkies turned psychsters to brighten your day. Sunrise.music tells us of the Natty Bumpo’s unreleased songs: A mighty fine collection of AmericanContinue reading “I Shall Be Released: The Natty Bumpo — “Ballad to Jake”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 8, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,743) חלונות הגבוהים (The High Windows) — “ אינך יכולה”/”You Can’t Go” Dreamy folk rock from “the most perfect pop [rock] album in the history of Israeli music”. (Yair Etziony, https://www.textura.org/archives/articles/etziony_top10.htm) Yair Etziony writes about the LP: Shmulik Kraus was already recognized as aContinue reading “חלונות הגבוהים (The High Windows) — “ אינך יכולה”/”You Can’t Go”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 7, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,742) Consortium — “The Day the Train Never Came” “Psychedelic pop doesn’t get much better than [the UK’s] West Coast Consortium[/Consortium] . . . . [who] were responsible for some of the finest light psychedelic pop of the late ’60s.” (Tim Sendra, https://www.allmusic.com/album/all-the-love-in-the-world-collected-recordings-1964-1972-mw0004138712)Continue reading “Consortium — “The Day the Train Never Came”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 6, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,741) Georgie Fame — “Pass It Around” Here Georgie transforms a horrible ‘70 A-side by the Troggs (written by Valerie Avon and Harold “Little Games” Spiro) into a mellow masterpiece that goes down sooooo easy. I like to think I was named in honorContinue reading “Georgie Fame — “Easy Lovin’, Easy Livin’”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 5, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,740) The Cleves — “You and Me” This ’70 A-side is stunning and playful pop rock with more musical nods to the Beatles than you can shake a silver hammer at — by the brilliant Kiwi band the Cleves (see #1,532-34). The ClevesContinue reading “The Cleves — “You and Me”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 4, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,739) The Young Ideas — “Barney Buss” This “ rollicking” (Bad Cat Records, http://badcatrecords.com/YOUNGideas.htm) garage pop “gem” (Craig Stichtenoth https://www.facebook.com/groups/240098362684435/posts/3253665991327642/) is a “cool ‘Secret Agent Man’ mocker was probably written about Barnabus Collins from the Dark Shadows serial that debuted around the same time.”Continue reading “The Young Ideas — “Barney Buss”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 3, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,738) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell — “When Love Comes Knocking at My Heart” Everybody knows of the classic duets between Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell [see #940], both of whose lives were cut tragically short. But many have not heard this gem,Continue reading “Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell — “When Love Comes Knocking at My Heart”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 2, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,737) Ennio Morricone: “Adonai” All good, no bad, no ugly by Ennio Morricone, just the sacred and the profane. Jonathan Broxton tells us: [“Adonai” is] a driving piece of orchestral rock music led by a heavy electric guitar riff, modern percussion, a screamingContinue reading “Ennio Morricone: “Adonai”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 1, 2025”