Monthly Archives: April 2026

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,959) Renato E Seus Blue Caps —  “Sim Sou Feliz”/”Yes I Am Happy” This “wonderful” (Renan Simões (courtesy of Google translate), https://www-pressenza-com.translate.goog/pt-pt/2023/08/14-renato-e-seus-blue-caps-um-embalo-com-renato-e-seus-blue-caps-1966-ranking-dos-meus-107-melhores-discos-da-musica-brasileira-ate-2020/?_x_tr_sl=pt&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc) track is by Renato E Seus Blue Caps (see #1,011, 1,815), a much loved Brazilian “Young Guard” group specializing in Portuguese versions ofContinue reading “Renato E Seus Blue Caps —  “Sim Sou Feliz”/”Yes I Am Happy”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 29, 2026″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,958) The Beatniks — “Alligator Hat” Exuberant and sometimes downright crazy garage rock . . . from São Paulo, Brazil! It is indeed heavenly — thanks, Saint Paul! This “gritty, fuzzy [’68] soul-rock with a powerful studly vocal (and weird breaks for bird-call-likeContinue reading “The Beatniks — “Alligator Hat”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 28, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,957) The Baby —  “Michael Blues” Here’s a delightful music hall romp, a “lighthearted blues/pop hybrid, the sort of thing that feels like it wants to be a discarded McCartney song” (jhendrix110, https://rateyourmusic.com/music-review/jhendrix110/the-baby/heartbreaker-michael-blues/224622582) from the Sutherland brothers (Gavin and Ian) and Christopher KempContinue reading “The Baby —  “Michael Blues”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 27, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,956) The Zephyrs — “There’s Something About You” Forget about “That Thing You Do”, cause “There’s Something About You”, a “Killer overlooked Organ Driven” (SAXONWAX, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMz2OBW9vpA) British beat number that “sounds kind of like an excellent lost Mindbenders [see #496, 1,253] track in its straight-ahead,Continue reading “The Zephyrs — “There’s Something About You”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 26, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,955) The Sunshine Company — “Just Beyond Your Smile” Here is “pure sunny SoCal pop” by the aptly named Sunshine Company (see #691, 1,717), written by Roger Nichols and Beach Boys lyricist Tony Asher and later released by Roger Nichols & The SmallContinue reading “The Sunshine Company — “Just Beyond Your Smile”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 25, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,954) The Wailers — “Out of Our Tree” This ’65 garage stomper by the Tacoma, Washington legends the Wailers is “beyond cool . . . KING TONE, baby! All fuzzed-up and everywhere to go-go! Play this loud, kids!” (mickeymousebiker1, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFtUgTn3_KM) Mike Stax writesContinue reading “The Wailers — “Out of Our Tree”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 24, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,953) Bruno Nicolai and Edda dell’Orso — “Sguardi Teneri”/”Tender Gazes” Bruno Nicolai (Ennio Morricone’s go-to conductor) and “the voice” Edda dell’Orso (see #1,871) team up for this ethereal bossa nova from the ’69 Italian flick Femmine Insaziabili/Insatiable Women. “I’m frozen in place byContinue reading “Bruno Nicolai and Edda dell’Orso — “Sguardi Teneri”/”Tender Gazes”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 23, 2026″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,952) The Montage — “Men Are Building Sand” Left Banke mastermind Michael Brown wrote this exquisite polyphonic baroque pop number with an early environmentalist theme, originally an unreleased LB song, with Bert Sommer and Tom Feher. It wouldn’t have sounded out of placeContinue reading “The Montage — “Men Are Building Sand”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 22, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,951) Chris Clark — “I Want to Go Back There Again” Berry Gordy, Jr., wrote and produced this sumptuous ’67 A-side “which unjustly fail[ed] to chart” — reaching #114 — but “remains one of his favorite compositions and displays convincing vulnerability, yet anotherContinue reading “Chris Clark — “I Want to Go Back There Again”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 21, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,950) The Creation — “Making Time” Here is the first A-side of the UK’s singular creation — The Creation [see #129, 165, 1,502, 1,643, 1,748]. “[W]ith its violent power-chord delivery, [it] is their most deafening, defining moment. Eddie Phillips’ bowed guitar and feedbackContinue reading “The Creation — “Making Time”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 20, 2026″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,949) Pink Floyd — “Remember a Day” Pink Floyd (see #13, 38, 260) keyboardist Rick Wright wrote and sung this towering ode to childhood lost, a ‘68 U.S. B-side (to “Let There Be More Light”) and track off of the band’s second LPContinue reading “Pink Floyd — “Remember a Day”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 19, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,948) Del Shannon — “I Think I Love You” Del Shannon, yes that Del Shannon (see #1,453), runs away to psychedelia, giving us a brooding psych juggernaut, an “especially catchy psych rocker” (Jacksondale, https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/del-shannon/the-further-adventures-of-charles-westover/reviews/1/) with “some of the heaviest psychedelic production and instrumentationContinue reading “Del Shannon — “I Think I Love You”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 18, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,947) Johnny Neal & Starliners — “Walk Baby Walk” This stunning, strutting mod number was the B-side from the first of two singles the Starliners released before being grounded. Earlier, they were the band that took over for the Beatles at the StarContinue reading “Johnny Neal & Starliners — “Walk Baby Walk”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 17, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,946) Sandy Posey — “Hey Mister” In this devastating and hearbreaking song, countrypolitan icon Sandy Posey (see #1,154, 1,752) asks “Mister, Mister have you got a dime? I wanna call my mother down in Caroline A ramblin’ man took advantage of me .Continue reading “Sandy Posey — “Hey Mister”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 16, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,945) Mastermind — “Turn of the Head” This gritty, riveting and absolutely brilliant psych exercise in apathy-shaming is “[s]till a full-blown mystery 20 years after it appeared on a U-SPACES disc. No info on location, personnel or date or label.” (U-Spaces Archives, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3m63H8Afds)Continue reading “Mastermind — “Turn of the Head”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 15, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,944) The Cymbaline — “Matrimonial Fears” Here is Swinging London’s anthem for the swinging bachelor: “I’ve been having the time of my life for several years I won’t marry a wife, I’ve got matrimonial fears” Supposedly, this inspired Beyoncé to record “Single Ladies (Put aContinue reading “The Cymbaline — “Matrimonial Fears”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 14, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,943) Kusudo & Worth — “Of Sun and Rain” Here is a gorgeous and melancholy song from a ’68 folk LP self-produced and recorded over a three hour span by two California high schoolers: Ken Kusudo and Jeff Worth (see #1,127). “This isContinue reading “Kusudo & Worth — “Of Sun and Rain”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 13, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,941) Harry Nilsson — “1941” From Harry Nilsson’s (see #1,168, 1,298, 1,854) first LP — Pandemonium Shadow Show — here is one of his greatest songs, “quietly heartbreaking beneath its jaunty cabaret”. (Stephen Thomas Erlewine, https://www.allmusic.com/album/pandemonium-shadow-show-mw0000179116) Matthew Greenwald writes that: “1941” is aContinue reading “1941 Special Edition: Harry Nilsson/TomNorthcott — “1941”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 12, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,939) The Impressions — “I’m the One Who Loves You” Curtis Mayfield wrote this endearing and lovely ’63 Impressions (see #118, 285, 1,347, 1,544, 1,848) A-side that moved on up to #73 (but nowhere on the R&B chart). “It’s impossible to fault .Continue reading “I’m the One Who Loves You Special Edition: The Impressions/The Paramounts — “I’m the One Who Loves You”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 11, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,938) The Dave Miller Set — “Bread and Butter Day” This B-side by New Zealand’s Dave Miller Set (see #1,010) is an “[u]nder-the-radar Beat Bespoke style hard mod psych dancer with killer guitar and funky bass.” (happening45, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZRPUzpydEc&list=RD3ZRPUzpydEc&start_radio=1&pp=ygUkRGF2ZSBtaWxsZXIgc2V0IGJyZWFkIGFuZCBidXR0ZXIgZGF5oAcB&ra=m) I don’t know what theContinue reading “The Dave Miller Set — “Bread and Butter Day”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 10, 2026”