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THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 776) Emergency Exit — “Maybe Too Late” Cool ’66/’67 garage B-side from Seattle. Glendoras//DJ Mean Mojo Mathias says: [The song is an] absolutely fabulous garage jangle rocker on Dunhill!! I got knocked by the great guitar playing when I first heard this, greatContinue reading “Emergency Exit — “Maybe Too Late”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 28, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 775) Thomas and Richard Frost — “Where Did Yesterday Go” Thomas and Richard Frost (actually Thomas and Richard Martin) recorded one of the greatest “lost” album of the ’60’s, the psychedelic classic Visualize (see #209, 211, 247, 385, 595). Here is another stellarContinue reading “Thomas and Richard Frost — “Where Did Yesterday Go”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 27, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD ’67 B-side by the great Bill Fay (who has had quite a second act!) “is fantastic . . . . like some long lost Bob Dylan “Blonde On Blonde” out-take, Fay sounds just like Zimmy and his lyrics are far out to theContinue reading “Bill Fay — “Screams in the Ears”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 26, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 773) O.V. Wright — “A Nickel and a Nail” Now that I let myself feature songs from ’71 once in a while, I am so excited to play “A Nickel and a Nail”. This ’71 A-side by O.V. Wright (see #71, 274) reachedContinue reading “O.V. Wright — “A Nickel and a Nail”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 25, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 772) The JuJus — “You Treat Me Bad” Steve Leggett calls “You Treat Me Bad” a “ragged and raw garage cult classic” (https://www.allmusic.com/album/you-treat-me-bad-1965-1967-mw0002022479). Who knew that “West Michigan was a minor hotspot of garage records, thanks to the Fenton label of Grand Rapids[?].Continue reading “The JuJus — “You Treat Me Bad”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 24, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 771) Fate — “Sergeant Death” “Hey boy, do you know who I am? Hey boy, wanna see Vietnam? . . . My friends call me Sergeant Death.” The greatest Doors’ song from Apocalypse Now that wasn’t by the Doors and wasn’t in ApocalypseContinue reading “Fate — “Sergeant Death”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 23, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 770) Andwella — “The World of Angelique” A gorgeous, ethereal and diaphanous ballad off of People’s People, the third and final album from Belfast’s David Lewis and his band Andwella (see #714). Did I mention gossamer? Andwella’s — then Andwella’s Dream — firstContinue reading “Andwella — “The World of Angelique”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 22, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 769) “Free Creek” Super Session (Earl Dowd, Eric Clapton, Dr. John, Moogy Klingman) — “Getting Back to Molly” When I first heard this Bayou funk slow burner, I could swear that Dr. John (see #177) was growling out the vocals. Well, the goodContinue reading ““Free Creek” Super Session (Earl Dowd, Eric Clapton, Dr. John, Moogy Klingman) — “Getting Back to Molly”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 21, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 768) The Orange Seaweed — “Stay a While” I’ve played the B-side (“Pictures in the Sky” (see #180)). Here is the pleasing pop-psych A-side of the only single from this “[p]sychedelic band from Hastings, England . . . formed out of cult FreakbeatContinue reading “The Orange Seaweed — “Stay a While”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 20, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 767) Genesis — “Am I Very Wrong” A quite beautiful song from Genesis’ ’69 schoolboy debut. TGM: Orb says it is “one of the highlights of the album: the excellent pensive acoustics-trombone-and-vocals of the verses, with great piano parts between them, unfortunately, itContinue reading “Genesis — “Am I Very Wrong”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 19, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 766) Omega — “H., Az Elektromos Fűrész”/”H. , The Electric Saw” Mind-blowing instrumental from Hungary’s greatest rock band’s (see #195, 644) third album — Éjszakai Országút (On the Highway at Night). The album (and song) are “full of energetic heavy prog rock withContinue reading “Omega — “H., Az Elektromos Fűrész”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 18, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 765) Blood, Sweat & Tears — “The Modern Adventures of Plato, Diogenes and Freud” OK, BST’s first album — Child Is Father to the Man — is really by Al Kooper’s (see #642, 705) Blood, Sweat & Tears, literally and figuratively. It isContinue reading “Blood, Sweat & Tears — “The Modern Adventures of Plato, Diogenes and Freud”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 17, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 764) Honeybus — “She Sold Blackpool Rock” Honeybus is one of my favorite 60’s bands (see #6, 52, 207, 434, 562, 605), with the honey being especially bittersweet with what should have been, what could have been. The beautiful ballad “She Sold BlackpoolContinue reading “The Honeybus — “She Sold Blackpool Rock”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 16, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 763) Los Vidrios Quebrados — “Ficciones”/”Fictions” You wanna be a paperback writer? Well, the Beatles-inspired Los Vidrios Quebrados (The Broken Glass) “wanna make fictions”! The Chilean garage classic “Ficciones”/”Fictions” is “included in compilations of the all-time best tracks of South American rock history.”Continue reading “Los Vidrios Quebrados — “Ficciones”/”Fictions”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 15, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 762) The Supremes — “Come Together” The Supremes — without the recently departed Diana Ross — do the Beatles’ “Come Together”, as does Diana as a solo artist in the same year. What were they thinking?! Well, both versions work remarkably well —Continue reading “The Supremes — “Come Together”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 14, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 761) The Factory — “Red Chalk Hill” The fifth song I ever featured was the Factory’s “Path Through the Forest”, one of the most titantic slabs of ’60’s British psych to be found. Later on, I featured the A-side of the band’s secondContinue reading “The Factory — “Red Chalk Hill”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 13, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 760) The Savage Resurrection — “Thing in E” This ’68 A-side and album track is “a total stormer” (Lee Dorrian, https://www.loudersound.com/features/deep-cuts-the-savage-resurrection-the-forgotten-west-coast-freaks-from-1968) that sounds so punky it seems a decade ahead of its time. I can almost hear the Talking Heads’ version. Retpaarticles saysContinue reading “The Savage Resurrection — “Thing in E”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 12, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 759) Octopus — “I Say” A fleeting McCartneyesque gem that I would wager Paul would be proud to call his own. Garwood Pickjon calls it “Macca-by-way-of-Emitt-Rhodes sounding”. (https://popdiggers.com/octopus-restless-night/) Loser boy ponders the band and the album: Fantastic UK psychedelic pop progressive act whoContinue reading “Octopus — “I Say”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 11, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 758) The Guess Who — “Believe Me” Guess who released a slab of garage perfection before going on to fame for making fun of American women? The Guess Who, for sure! This ’66 A-side and album cut (from It’s Time) reached #10 onContinue reading “The Guess Who — “Believe Me”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 10, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 757) Billy Nicholls — “Feeling Easy” It has been too long since I’ve featured a cut from one of, if not the, greatest“lost” albums of the ’60’s — Billy Nicholls’ Would You Believe (see #2, 64, 144, 428). The second song I everContinue reading “Billy Nicholls — “Feeling Easy”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 9, 2023″