Monthly Archives: February 2026

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,894) The Living Daylights — “Jane” No, this is not A-ha’s theme song to the James Bond flick! Though it would make a great Bond song. The criminally neglected band “struts like a confident Kinks” (Tim Sendra, https://www.allmusic.com/album/lets-live-for-today-the-complete-recordings-mw0003736890) on this killer UK freakbeat/pop psychContinue reading “The Living Daylights — “Jane”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 28, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,893) The Flame — “See the Light” Here is an A-side from a South African band so Beatlesque that it “had people wondering aloud” as “it certainly sounded like the Beatles from their ‘Daytripper’ period and the vocals were a little McCartney-like. .Continue reading “The Flame — “See the Light”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 27, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,892) Bill Fay — “Goodnight Stan” British cult folk rock singer-songwriter Bill Fay (see #774, 953) passed away almost exactly a year ago. Here is a beautiful and haunting song from his first LP, possibly inspired by an uncle of his who wasContinue reading “Bill Fay — “Goodnight Stan”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 26, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,891) Jacqueline Taïeb — “Ce Soir Je M’en Vais”/”Tonight I’m Leaving” Here is JT’s love letter to Swinging London (where she recorded this and her other early songs), an “[e]xcellent song, delicate, moving, tender… and what a sublime rhythm, not to mention theContinue reading “Jacqueline Taïeb — “Ce Soir Je M’en Vais”/”Tonight I’m Leaving”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 25, 2026″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,890) The Family — “Scene Through the Eye of a Lens” “Someone coined the word groovy after hearing this” (john022560, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ9b3z65VXs) “[t]ranscendent . . . just brilliant” (happening45, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVLbBJ_j_90) “masterpiece” (Focus B, https://www.45cat.com/record/lbf15031), “a thrilling Eastern-tinged epic that introduced [a] unique combination ofContinue reading “The Family — “Scene Through the Eye of a Lens”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 24, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,889) The Chosen Lot — “If You Want To” Not only should this romantic ’66 garage rock B-side be on a thousand lists of the top thousand garage rock songs, it should have been a nationwide hit, it should have been covered aContinue reading “The Chosen Lot — “If You Want To”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 23, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,888) Barbara Lynn — “Sufferin’ City” This “[b]rass laden track[] . . . [is] a soulful blast” (David Bowling, https://www.dailyvault.com/toc.php5?review=8450) It is indeed, but the lyrics are more downbeat. A woman done wrong by her man just wants to return to her homeContinue reading “Barbara Lynn — “Sufferin’ City”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 22, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,887) Sandy Salisbury — “I Just Don’t Know How to Say Goodbye” From another of the great lost albums of the 60’s, here is a gentle, bittersweet, and “breathtaking harmonica-led” (Stanton Swihart, https://www.allmusic.com/album/sandy-mw0000108193) ode to the end of a relationship written by SandyContinue reading “Sandy Salisbury — “I Just Don’t Know How to Say Goodbye”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 21, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,886) Curt Boettcher and Lee Mallory — “You Know I’ve Found a Way” Here is a gorgeous song written by Curt Boettcher [see #1,881] and Lee Mallory [see #18, 1,693, 1,885], “pure baroque pop of the highest caliber, and overall a very pretty loveContinue reading “Curt Boettcher and Lee Mallory — “You Know I’ve Found a Way”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 20, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,885) Lee Mallory — “Come On In (Ode to the Be-In)” This ingratiating love song is a demo written by Lee (see #18, 1,693) and produced by him along with Curt Boettcher. It contains some of the sweetest and most affecting lyrics IContinue reading “I Shall Be Released: Lee Mallory — “Come On In (Ode to the Be-In)”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 19, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,884) Gordon Alexander — “Windy Wednesday” Ethereal pop psych for gentle people from “an L.A. singer songwriter who once got mentioned in the same breath as Harry Nilsson [see #1,168, 1,298, 1,854] and Randy Newman [see #174] . . . [and] now rememberedContinue reading “Gordon Alexander — “Windy Wednesday”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 18, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,883) Song — “Like We Were Before” With apologies to the Talking Heads, the name of this band is Song. And I am featuring a Song song that has a “[s]uperb 1970 power pop Beatle-ish vibe . . . and is produced byContinue reading “Song — “Like We Were Before”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 17, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,882) Bobby Jameson — “Right By My Side” Riveting pop rock by Bobby Jameson (see #219, 1,255, 1,303, 1,380-81) produced by Curt Boettcher, who added insanely catchy and effervescent female background vocals that take the song to another level. “The classic Boettcher drums, andContinue reading “Bobby Jameson — “Right By My Side”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 16, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,881) Curt Boettcher — “Sometimes“ This B-side written by Curt Boettcher and Lee Mallory (see #18, 1,693) “honestly might be the best song Curt ever wrote”, the B-side from the “only single from what would have been Curt[‘s] first solo album, if notContinue reading “Curt Boettcher — “Sometimes”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 15, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,880) The Consortium —  “All the Love in the World” On Valentine’s Day, what could top this over-the-top “glowing piece of sunshine pop” (Bruce Eder, https://www.allmusic.com/artist/west-coast-consortium-mn0000207892#biography), a “highly-strung, vaguely Honeybus [see #6, 52, 207, 434, 562, 605, 764, 1,100, 1,439, 1,582, 1,715, 1,833]-soundingContinue reading “The Consortium —  “All the Love in the World”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 14, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,879) Hot Butter’s Sound — “Pa Pa Pa” “Pa pa pa” is the new “la la la”! This Peruvian B-side is “garagey psychedelic rock . . . with fuzzy lead guitar and an underground feeling” (roquecolor, https://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/hot-butters-sound/renacera-pa-pa-pa.p/), “psychafunkadelia (I just made that wordContinue reading “Hot Butter’s Sound — “Pa Pa Pa”Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 13, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD A psych pop masterpiece by the Easybeats with a version rivaling its brilliance on the only single by an obscure band out of Connecticut. Ah, the 60’s! 1,877) The Easybeats — “Land of Make Believe” This “psychedelic gem” (http://www.milesago.com/artists/easybeats.htm) by the Easybeats (seeContinue reading “Land of Make Believe Special Edition: The Easybeats/Jennifer’s Friends — “Land of Make Believe”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 12, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,876) Os Selvagens/The Savages — “Coração de Pedra”/”Heart of Stone” No, this is not the Stones’ “Heart of Stone”! It is the Brazilian group Os Selvagens’ (the Savages) propulsive ’70 rocker. The band featured a young Michael Sullivan, sorry, Ivanilton de Souza Lima,Continue reading “Os Selvagens/The Savages — “Coração de Pedra”/”Heart of Stone”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 11, 2026″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,875) Appaloosa — “Tulu Rogers” This “[u]nbelievably gorgeous” song (whose “strings make my heart ache”) (knitchywa, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9GbOcHxGAE) is off of Appaloosa’s sole album (see #463, 674). It “employs Dylanesque prose to describe the titular character who reads John Locke and listens to Sebastian Bach”.Continue reading “Appaloosa — “Tulu Rogers”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 10, 2026″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,874) The Monitors — “Bring Back the Love” How was this James Dean/William Weatherspoon/Brian Holland/Jack Goga written “blazing ballad” (RDTEN1, https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the-monitors/greetings-were-the-monitors/) “featuring [future Temptation (see #142) Richard] Street at his best” (Classic Motown, https://classic.motown.com/artist/the-monitors/) not a hit?! RDTEN1 writes: Unless you were toneContinue reading “The Monitors — “Bring Back the Love”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 9, 2026”