Monthly Archives: April 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”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,937) Larry’s Rebels — “Fantasy” New Zealand’s hard-rocking Rebels take an exquisite excursion into psychedelia. “Taking their lead from the English childlike take on the genre, the strings back this Snow White tale splendidly.” (Jason Barnard, https://thestrangebrew.co.uk/i-feel-good-the-essential-purple-flashes-of-larrys-rebels-1965-1969/) Grant Gillanders writes: Their new singleContinue reading “Larry’s Rebels — “Fantasy”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 9, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,936) The Gremlins — “The Only Thing on My Mind” Off a ’66 EP, this affecting and “sublime” beat ballad written by the Gremlins’ Glyn Conway has a “meditative, almost hallucinogenic quality”, “encompass[ing] the idea of going off to war with the army,Continue reading “The Gremlins — “The Only Thing on My Mind”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 8, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,935) The Human Instinct — “Renaissance Fair” New Zealand’s Human Instinct (see #271) recorded a “brilliant” (happening45, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww31Q3NO_AY) and “spectacular”(thomassmith8721, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4eaTvYUrds) cover of the Byrds’  [see #1,430, 1,605] “Renaissance Fair” that “actually eclipses the original, the strings being an amazing addition”, “[s]imply stunning.”Continue reading “The Human Instinct — “Renaissance Fair”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 7, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,932-34) The Cleves — “Today/Don’t Turn Your Back/Today/Thirties/Today” From New Zealand’s Abbey Road, here is part of a suite of perfect pop rock songs (see #1,532-34) by the Cleves (see #1,532-34, 1,740) written for a short film by the to-be-famous Australian director Peter Weir. IContinue reading “The Cleves — “Today/Don’t Turn Your Back/Today/Thirties/Today”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 6, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,931) The Fourmyula — “Turn Your Back on the Wind” From New Zealand’s greatest lost album, here is the Fourmyula’s (see #977, 1,398) “gloriously uplifting, string-elevated” (Graham Reid, https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/music/2944/the-fourmyula-the-complete-fourmyula-emi/), “moving epic that should have become a stadium singalong”. (Chris Bourke, https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/local-papers/upper-hutt-leader/3495519/Stunning-comeback-from-natures-best) “Turn YourContinue reading “The Fourmyula — “Turn Your Back on the Wind”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 5, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,930) The La De Da’s* — “Tales of the Nile” New Zealand’s La De Da’s (see #216, 846, 946) take a walk on the Wilde side with this wistful proto-prog number from The Happy Prince, which would have been the world’s first rockContinue reading “The La De Da’s — “Tales of the Nile”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 4, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,929) Tony Summers and the Echoes — “I’m on the Right Side” This infectious ‘66 beat number by New Zealand’s Tony Summers/Hayden Wood (see #1,018) was first released in ‘65 by the UK’s Blue Chips (“the debut record for the Blue Chips’ sixteenContinue reading “Tony Summers and the Echoes — “I’m on the Right Side”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 3, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,928) The Montanas — “That’s When Happiness Began” The Montanas (see #1,245, 1,724), Wolverhampton’s harmony pop heroes, give us a “fuzz-laden . . . frantic, emphatic piece of harmony-based freakbeat/garage rock” (Bruce Eder, https://www.allmusic.com/album/youve-got-to-be-loved-mw0000229331) for their second A-side, “their best 45, hard fuzz ‘freakbeat’Continue reading “The Montanas — “That’s When Happiness Began”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 2, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,927) The Kinks a.k.a. “The Tol-Puddle Martyrs” — “Nellie Bligh” In ’68, the Kinks [see #100, 381, 417, 450, 508, 529, 606, 623, 753, 865, 978, 1,043, 1,108, 1,330, 1,451, 1,591, 1,697, 1,784, 1,907] released this single in Australia in the guise ofContinue reading “The Kinks a.k.a. “The Tol-Puddle Martyrs” — “Nellie Bligh”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 1, 2026″