Monthly Archives: October 2026

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,141) The Spectrum — “It Doesn’t Seem to Matter” Here is unreleased at the time “prime late 60s psych complete with odd time changes, meandering melodies and a stunner of an arrangement” (PopJunkie, https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESowEB6zswFQQ4ZD0hEm60REbDq-hYBBUpevRBOJ94OSqVxda8wxz5Ibi9zZJAXQmkEeR6mDDPWU_0cPcnZDTdiikZZV5Ab0q2Ui7aMty4eX4_b2o67dRx56rUbixe5gmRqbEYawcTG_56Xfl6e_UQjsF8YObb5wqtKAOtiHd4_Z1yi7ZrgfXwT2E28zRbSu4YMxGP33b-Xr_h3c3NmxTDJ5ygncCa) that is full of pomp and circumstance by theContinue reading “I Shall Be Released: The Spectrum — “It Doesn’t Seem to Matter”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 25, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,140) The Action — “Really Doesn’t Matter” Here is the blueprint for a soaring anthem that never was, extolling the virtues of procrastination. It’s another unreleased demo from the Action’s (see #393, 429, 966, 1,773, 1,913, 2,020) top contender for the greatest lostContinue reading “I Shall Be Released: The Action — “Really Doesn’t Matter”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 24, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,139) The Dramatics — “Bingo” “Whew”! Detroit’s Dramatics’ first A-side is a clear winner. “So glad I’ve got a winner Every day she loves me more and more”! Richard writes of “Bingo”: The song “Bingo” (b/w “Somewhere”) was issued twice on Wingate asContinue reading “The Dramatics — “Bingo”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 23, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,138) Raja Ahmad & Dendang Irama — “Oh Ya Ya” Yé-yé is so yesterday — hop over to Pop Yeh Yeh from Malaysia and Singapore (which also got its name from the Beatles’ refrain “She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah”) — like thisContinue reading “Raja Ahmad & Dendang Irama — “Oh Ya Ya”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 22, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,137) Lazy Smoke — “There Was a Time” From Lazy Smoke’s (see #377) album of “surprisingly good”, “Beatles-tinged psyche rock, aided largely by a lead singer whose vocals conjure John Lennon” (Jittery White Guy, https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2020/06/lazy-smoke-corridor-of-faces-1968.html), here is a song whose “lyrics referred toContinue reading “Lazy Smoke — “There Was a Time”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 21, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,136) Lloyds World — “Brass Bird” “World class Aussie psych, with phasing and amazing guitar, very Brit influenced”. (happening45, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxgMa5RYQy8) All he has to remember this bird by is the brass bird she had given him . . . . Kimbo tells usContinue reading “Lloyds World — “Brass Bird”Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 20, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,135) Harry Nilsson — “Together From Harry Nilsson’s (see #1,168, 1,298, 1,854, 1,941) second LP — ’68’s Aerial Ballet — here is an “exquisite” (aaronwofford6282, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vhLiNHtw5vs&list=RDvhLiNHtw5vs&start_radio=1&pp=ygUWaGFycnkgbmlsc3NvbiB0b2dldGhlcqAHAQ%3D%3D&ra=m), “wonderfully, breezy pop tune”. (lonely_panda, https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/nilsson/aerial-ballet/). Matthew Greenwald writes: This breezy ballad was one of the highlightsContinue reading “Harry Nilsson — “Together”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 19, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,134) France Gall — “Made in France” France Gall (see #36, 1,361) “satirizing Swinging London”? https://www.roughtrade.com/en-us/product/france-gall/made-in-france-france-gall-s-baby-pop) I love it yé-yé-yé! Gall’s “60s output . . . is pluperfect music of its kind: so very French and so very pop that it’s sometimes scarcelyContinue reading “France Gall — “Made in France”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 18, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,133) Fairfield Parlour/Kaleidoscope — “Aries” From Fairfield Parlour (formerly Kaleidoscope (see #154, 336, 552)), one of the great unsung UK pop psych/prog bands, here is a “soaring” “richly detailed world seen through the eyes of British youth” (Benjamin Wheelock, https://www.salon.com/2015/04/21you_must_hear_this_fairfield_parlours_aries/), from an LPContinue reading “Fairfield Parlour/Kaleidoscope — “Aries”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 17, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,132) The Fredric — “Red Pier” Here is a “[r]eally sweet, gentle pop psych tune” (grimson, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKG6BAVww40), a “moody melodic garage ballad charmer B side” (happening45, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSEmtQESrEg) from a band of Grand Rapids, Michigan, teens that soon after dissolved because Capitol Records wasContinue reading “The Fredric — “Red Pier”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 16, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,131) Ihre Kinder/Their Children — “Straße Ohne Ziel”/”Highway with No End” From Ihre Kinder (see #553, 1,523), the first German rock band to sing exclusively in German, here is a “beautiful song” from their second album, with a dreamy, “deeper and more proggy feeling”.Continue reading “Ihre Kinder/Their Children — “Straße Ohne Ziel”/”Highway with No End”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 15, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,130) Price and Sheridan — “Beautiful Sally” Two Brumbeat Move-rs and shakers come up with a gorgeous, sunshiny, bubblegummy “popsike delight” (Garwood Pickjon, https://popdiggers.com/rick-price-mike-sheridan-this-is-to-certify/) from an album — This Is to Certify [see #1,299] — that is “an astonishingly good collection of the post-MoveContinue reading “Price and Sheridan — “Beautiful Sally”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 14, 2026”

Cleo Randle is performing on “It’s The Beat”, a Texas Soul/ R&B TV Show hosted by Hoss Allen. THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,129) Cleo Randle — “Big City Lights” Searching for her baby under the big city lights — a “gorgeous funky and soulful blues screamer” (earlySounds45s,Continue reading “Cleo Randle — “Big City Lights” Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 13, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,128) The Mods – “I Give You An Inch (And You Take a Mile)” This “BOSS” (liner notes to the CD comp Teenage Shutdown: The World Ain’t Round, It’s Square!: 17 Paint-Peeling Garage-Punk Monsters!!!) ’66 garage rock “local smash” was “[h]ighlighted by TerryContinue reading “The Mods – “I Give You An Inch (And You Take a Mile)”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 12, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,127) Clouds — “Make No Bones About It” This early non-album A-side by the Scottish band that essentially created UK prog rock is “one of the behemoths of UK folky pop-sike dancers in my world” (oscarowski, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHaMzp87w1w), “melancholy, winsome but fast beat, groove”.Continue reading “Clouds — “Make No Bones About It”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 11, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,116) The Source — “It’s Me I’m Running From” Some great songs ended up on the soundtracks of exploitation movies — such as this “great-sounding country [rock] tune . . . with some pretty solid picking at least partially performed by the short-livedContinue reading “The Source — “It’s Me I’m Running From”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 10, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,125) The Idle Race — “Hurry Up John” “Then she rolled me up and said I look very strange without a head” From the Idle Race’s (see #30, 343, 491, 1,246) second LP — The Idle Race — “a brilliant ‘tour de force‘” thatContinue reading “The Idle Race — “Hurry Up John”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 9, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD Warning: If you are from continental Europe, read no further — this song by American Navajo J.J. Light was a big hit — twice, the second time by the German band Jeronimo! If you are from America, keep reading. The song wasn’t evenContinue reading ““Heya” Special Edition: J.J. Light/Jeronimo: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 8, 2026″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,122) Ice — “So Many Times” I’ve played the A-side (see #2,006) of Ice’s (see #322) first single, here’s the B-side — a beguiling “hidden psych gem” (GStraitKISS1, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2NoZCxj9dU), a “delightful short two minute[s of] romantic mellowness”, a “dreamy tune[]” with an “exquisiteContinue reading “Ice — “So Many Times”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 7, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,121) Tages — “It’s My Life” “One of [the] grooviest tunes” (Dylan Cameron, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pAMeDA_o90) by Sweden’s greatest band of the ’60’s (see #286, 1,282, 1,353, 1,358), “a bit of stomping mod rock” (Richie Unterberger, https://www.allmusic.com/album/studio-mw0001278543) that “growls out dark guitar distortions straight fromContinue reading “Tages — “It’s My Life”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 6, 2026″