Monthly Archives: January 2026

“The City” starts at 20:56. THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,865) Thomas and Richard Frost — “The City” Here is a folk rock gem 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 Continue reading “Thomas and Richard Frost — “The City”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 31, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,864) Hendrickson Road House — “Forget About You” This sounds like a huge Linda Ronstadt hit that never was- – from 19 year old Sue Eakins’ (see #909) “lost classic of the West Coast psychedelic folk genre” (https://www.lpcdreissues.com/item/hendrickson-road-house), “[s]o good [a] slice ofContinue reading “Hendrickson Road House — “Forget About You”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 30, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,863) Ronnie Burns — “Easy Rider” No, this is not the Byrds’ “Ballad of Easy Rider”! It is “Easy Rider”, performed by Ronnie Burns (see #1,657) , “one of [Australia’s] truest pop heroes” (Paul Culnane, http://www.milesago.com/artists/burns.htm), and written by his frequent collaborator Johnny Young.Continue reading “Ronnie Burns — “Easy Rider”: for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 29, 2026″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,862) The Velvet Underground — “Pale Blue Eyes” I hope you weren’t expecting Metal Machine Music! Thís touch of velvet is “possibly one of [Lou] Reed’s finest love songs (that he’d been working on as early as ’65 with [John] Cale), gentle, understated,Continue reading “The Velvet Underground — “Pale Blue Eyes”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 28, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD Baby, baby, am I hooked on “Hello L.A., Bye Bye Birmingham”, which should have an exhibit at the songwriting hall of fame. Written by Mac Davis and Delaney (“Delaney & Bonnie”) Bramlett, many artists have recorded (Chris Richardson, https://www.zeroto180.org/hello-l-a-bye-bye-birmingham-the-other-johnny-marr/) this “terrific song aboutContinue reading “Hello L.A., Bye Bye Birmingham Special Edition: Mac Davis/Alex Harvey/Nancy Sinatra/John Randolph Marr — “Hello L.A., Bye Bye Birmingham”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 27, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s oTHAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,857) Flamengo — “Zavraždil Jsem Lásku”/”I Murdered Love” Here’s a groovy, spooky B-side from Prague, which “marked [Flamengo’s] turn toward fatalistic and psychologically driven lyrics”. (Jazz Rock Soul, https://jazzrocksoul.com/artists/flamengo/) The lyrics are a bit disturbing — if you know Czech (or use GoogleContinue reading “Flamengo — “Zavraždil Jsem Lásku”/”I Murdered Love”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 26, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,856) The Choir — “It’s Cold Outside” Warning: If you are from Cleveland, read no further, ’cause I’d be just singin’ to the choir — it hit number one there! “With its energetic delivery, melodic harmonies, and chiming guitars, the song was anContinue reading “The Choir — “It’s Cold Outside”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 25, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,855) Forever Amber — “On a Night in Winter” This “Kinks dusted” (Obladada, https://obladada.com/2020/10/14/revisio-forever-amber-the-love-cycle/) song is from The Love Cycle, one of the rarest and most sough-after relics of the UK’s psychedelic era (well, only 99 copies of the LP were pressed!). “AContinue reading “Forever Amber — “On a Night in Winter”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 24, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,854) Harry Nilsson — “Snow” Given the positively awful versions of Randy Newman’s (see #174) song released at the time, it is beyond belief that Harry Nilsson’s (see #1,168, 1,298) “achingly beautiful”, “[q]uietly devastating” (acertainshape, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpVNtzdPIWU) version was left off his groundbreaking ’70Continue reading “I Shall Be Released: Harry Nilsson — “Snow”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 23, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,853) George Edwards — “Never Mind, I’m Freezing” Here is “a pretty damned great folk rock 45” (Monocled Alchemist, https://monocledalchemist.com/2025/03/13/george-edwards-never-mind-im-freezing-dunwich-1966/) by the founder-to-be of Chicago psychsters H.P. Lovecraft (see #829, 1,073), “mid tempo folk rock with effective jangly guitars, bass and drums andContinue reading “George Edwards — “Never Mind, I’m Freezing”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 22, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,852) Vashti Bunyan — “Girl’s Song in Winter” I’ve recently featured Vashti’s (see #204, 1,170, 1,821) “Winter Is Blue” (see # 1,821). Today — “Girl’s Song in Winter”. To expand on a beautiful insight of François Gorin (https://www.telerama.fr/musique/vashti-bunyan-3-la-fille-de-l-hiver,157777.php), Vashti’s melancholy songs and soulContinue reading “Vashti Bunyan — “Girl’s Song in Winter”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 21, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,851) Ro-d-Ys– “Winter Woman” Beatlesque pop psych from the Netherlands, this is the band’s (see #1,226) “best song” (Gelkinghe (courtesy of Google Translate), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_kXER46Exg), “[a]bsolutely hypnotic” (archenema6792, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_kXER46Exg), “beautiful and haunting”. (nikink, https://www.discogs.com/release/4169281-Ro-D-Ys-The-Complete-Collection?srsltid=AfmBOoofU9iuEEMh-CTUrex47ZjLKtPCvRnaoq9q-1Wq_ikRIH6T2a7U#:~:text=The%20Ro%2Dd%2Dys%20were%20from%20the,were%20formed%20somewhere%20around%201965.&text=In%201968%20more%20quality%20singles,and%20%22Earnest%20Vocation%22%20in%201968) Richie Unterberger tells us that: Stylistically, the[ Ro-d-Ys] favored, likeContinue reading “Ro-d-Ys– “Winter Woman”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 20, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,850) John Hartford — “Landscape Grown Cold” This stalk, haunting ’67 B-side by the legendary John Hartford (see #1,183) puts the woe in winter. It is one of the “highlights of his RCA period”. (Richie Unterberger, https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-love-album-mw0000860236), coming from The Love Album. Hartford’sContinue reading “John Hartford — “Landscape Grown Cold”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 19, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,849) Zion de Gallier — “Winter Will Be Cold” This Mark Wirtz-produced B-side is a “Swinging 60s dancer . . . [an i]rresistibly bouncy beaty track . . . [with a] Psych Pop edge” (teabiscuit, https://www.45cat.com/record/r5686), “upbeat and jaunty with a whimsical feeling”Continue reading “Zion de Gallier — “Winter Will Be Cold”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 18, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,848) The Impressions — “Long, Long Winter” I hope the Impressions’ (see #118, 285, 1,347, 1,544) meteorological forecast is way off base, or it’s gonna be a long, long, winter. “My girl is gone from me And my hearts in misery And it’sContinue reading “The Impressions — “Long, Long Winter”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 17, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,847) Wendy & Bonnie — “The Winter Is Cold” Baby, it’s cold outside, and Wendy & Bonnie (see #1,774) know that the winter is cold! “Well it might be cold but that ripping ass [guitar] solo [in “The Winter Is Cold”] just warmedContinue reading “Wendy & Bonnie — “The Winter Is Cold”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 16, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,846) The Box Tops — “Trouble with Sam” “Trouble with Sam” “could [be] another song from the 1966-1970 English pop factories . . . . I have no basis for saying this, but I’d bet that Alex [Chilton] hated it. I don’t, becauseContinue reading “The Box Tops — “Trouble with Sam”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 15, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,845) Buddy Miles — “That’s the Way Life Is” Ah, Buddy Miles (see #112, 221, 366, 629, 853, 1,483) As Jamie Ludwig says, he was a “force of nature as a drummer, vocalist, and bandleader. ” (https://chicagoreader.com/music/buddy-miles-wrings-every-drop-of-emotion-from-the-segment/) He moves my soul. This “[s]tone coldContinue reading “Buddy Miles — “That’s the Way Life Is”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 14, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,844) Faine Jade — “Don’t Hassle Me” Here is a stunning number from Faine Jade (see #314, 686) — Long Island’s Syd Barrett (see #87, 315, 922) — that “captures the spirit of rebellious youth”. (Faris Badwan, (https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/oct/27/the-lost-albums-loved-by-the-stars-from-ecstatic-gospel-to-italian-prog) “No! Don’t you hassle me! IContinue reading “Faine Jade — “Don’t Hassle Me”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 13, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,843) Bee Gees — “Turn of the Century” On first listen [the Bee Gees’ (see #291, 484, 594, 717, 962, 1,065, 1,101, 1,125, 1,321, 1,343, 1,685) ’67 LP] Bee Gees 1st plays like a wonderful, lost baroque-pop album, which isn’t far from the truth. The openingContinue reading “The Bee Gees — “Turn of the Century”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 12, 2026”