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THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,065) King Fox — “Unforgotten Dreams” It seems almost miraculous that “a group of [15 and 16 year old] Sydney high school students” could write and perform such an “[i]ncredible [five minute] psych-pop [verging on prog] track . . . [r]eminiscent of theContinue reading “King Fox — “Unforgotten Dreams”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 12, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,064) The Attack — “Colour of My Mind” The British Invasion should have launched this Attack (see #926, 1,609) B-side — “freakbeat garage psych of the highest caliber” (Purple_Daze, https://rateyourmusic.com/release/comp/the-attack/complete-recordings-1967-68/), a “[d]ynamite . . . mod psych collision” (happening45, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvdrXqe0Y6k), “a fine sliceContinue reading “The Attack — “Colour of My Mind”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 11, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,063) MC Squared* — “Tantalizing Colours” Get caught in the gossamer web of this “haunting” (Joe Marchese, https://theseconddisc.com/2012/07/26/mc-squared-a-lost-sixties-treasure-unearthed-by-now-sounds/) LA pop-psych production — “an acid trip in sound” (https://theseconddisc.com/2012/07/26/mc-squared-a-lost-sixties-treasure-unearthed-by-now-sounds/) according to band member Michael Clough — from an unreleased “spellbinding lost classic” LP. (JoeContinue reading “I Shall Be Released: MC Squared — “Tantalizing Colours”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 10, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,062) Neil Diamond — “The Long Way Home” Early in his career, Neil Diamond released this classic ’67 B-side (OK, later to become a ’73 A-side that reached #91), produced by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich (see #1,513). Let’s just say he wentContinue reading “Neil Diamond — “The Long Way Home”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 9, 2026″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,061) The Blues Magoos — “Gotta Get Away” The B-side to their #5 hit “(We Ain’t Got) Nothing Yet” is as “[c]ool as it gets. Punk, garage, psych all beautifully rolled up together. Best B-side ever?” (hdew77, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewco-kNBPaw) Joseph Taylor enthuses: [I]f DJsContinue reading “The Blues Magoos — “Gotta Get Away”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 8, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,060) Mark Erickson & The Point Dume Boys — “Hey, in the Water” Brian Wilson’s greatest lost album is actually . . . Mark Eric Malmborg’s A Midsummer’s Day Dream (see #326, 948, 1,626)! It is “one of the lost slices of pop perfection from late 60’s Southern California” (BillContinue reading “Mark Erickson & The Point Dume Boys — “Hey, in the Water”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 7, 2026″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,059) Etta James — “Nobody Loves Me” Forget King James, here is Queen James, the original Queen of Soul (see #316, 498, 1,585), and the Queen of Pain, who, as Derek Anderson writes, “had one of the most recognizable, charismatic and soulful voices you’ll everContinue reading “Etta James — “Nobody Loves Me”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 6, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,058) Ralph McTell — “Terminus” This ’70 B-side and ’69 track off Ralph McTell’s (see #907, 1,030) second LP Spiral Staircase is “a wonderful and much underrated classic”. (No Badger Required, https://nobadgerrequired.wordpress.com/2022/12/17/nearly-perfect-album-44-spiral-staircase-ralph-mctell/), “What a gift, to capture so much, so beautifully, in soContinue reading “Ralph McTell — “Terminus”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 5, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,057) The Lemon Fog — “Girl from the Wrong Side of Town” Emerging from the Lemon Fog (see #26, 896) is one of the great garage dirges — a tale of redemption followed by betrayal. “Remember how I picked you up when youContinue reading “The Lemon Fog — “Girl from the Wrong Side of Town”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 4, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,056) Shocking Blue — “Send Me a Postcard” Warning, if you are from Norway or the Netherlands, read no further (for this song reached #4 and #10, respectively). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Send_Me_a_Postcard) “Postcard” was Shocking Blue’s (see #1,214, 1,292) first A-side with Mariska Veres, “[a] garageContinue reading “Shocking Blue — “Send Me a Postcard”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 3, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,055) The Who — “Postcard” The Who (see #119, 548, 833, 976, 1,912) gives us another hilarious John Entwistle song — recorded for release in ’70 but not released (except maybe in Japan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postcard_(The_Who_song)) until Odds & Sods came out in ’74 (andContinue reading “The Who — “Postcard”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 2, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,054) The Rattles — “Mr . . . Keep Your Hands Off My Sister” Well before “Bohemian Rhapsody” and two months after Barry Ryan’s “Eloise” [see #264] came one of the GOAT operatic, bombastic, kitchen sink epic rock songs . . . outContinue reading “The Rattles — “Mr . . . Keep Your Hands Off My Sister”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 1, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,053) Georgie Fame — “Parchman Farm” I like to think I was named in honor of Georgie Fame (see #103, 169, 634, 695, 721, 1,044, 1,741) Hey, my mother used to call me Georgie, and we share the same initials (along with gluten-free items!).Continue reading “Georgie Fame — “Parchman Farm”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — July 31, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,052) The Nazz — “Forget All About It” The Nazz were power pop’s ground zero and “Forget All About It”, fuhgeddaboudit, it was like an H-bomb going off. “[It] makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up” (Aidenbro-s2k, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQDbhp0Qwkc), “aContinue reading “The Nazz — “Forget All About It”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — July 30, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,051) The Onyx — “You’ve Gotta Be with Me” The first A-side by Cornwall’s Onyx is “immensely catchy” (http://www.the-onyx.co.uk/history3.html), “combin[ing] British beat group energy with Beach Boys harmony on a decidedly countercultural call for a perception adjustment”. (Rob Jones, https://thedeletebin.com/2025/10/06/20-great-sixties-psychedelic-pop-gems-you-should-hear-right-now/) I don’t knowContinue reading “The Onyx — “You’ve Gotta Be with Me”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — July 29, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,050) Jimmy Campbell — “Another Vincent Van Gogh” This blog o’ mine gives me great joy, as when I played as my 22nd song “Michel Angelo”, by Jimmy Campbell’s (see #22, 648, 736-38, 996, 1,096, 1,389, 1,493) 23rd Turnoff. I called the song “[o]neContinue reading “Jimmy Campbell — “Another Vincent Van Gogh”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — July 28, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,049) The Legends — “I’ll Come Again” “Michigan garage rock gold” (thomassmith8721, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbaVKxkjwMg), an “[i]nsanely good tune” (Baronvonrhubarbpostoffice, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWe9Z5BbYH8), “ingenious garage pop” (liner notes to the CD comp Back from the Grave: Volume One: Raw ‘n’ Crude Mid-60s Garage Punk!), “[a] wild andContinue reading “The Legends — “I’ll Come Again”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — July 27, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,048) Stevie Wonder — “Everytime I See You I Go Wild” Stevie gave us a wondrous ’67 B-side expressing unbridled joy, which he composed with Henry Cosby and Sylvia Moy. “Unbelievable no matter how old this song it will still make the heavensContinue reading “Stevie Wonder — “Everytime I See You I Go Wild”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — July 26, 2026”

beginning at 2:31 THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,047) Ray Ellis and His Orchestra — “I Feel Fine” I’m gonna lounge today with Ray Ellis and his Orchestra’s ultra-fine rendition of the Beatles’ [see #28-29, 113, 132, 374, 422-23, 520-22, 545, 669, 779-81, 840, 872, 942, 1,087, 1,256,Continue reading “Ray Ellis and His Orchestra — “I Feel Fine”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — July 25, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,046) Tee and Cara — “I Don’t Think I Know Her” I sometimes say that a song is impossibly gorgeous. Well, here is another impossibility, “a melancholic standout” (recorddigger, https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/tee_and_cara/as_they_are/) by “a boy/girl duo whose light flickered brilliantly for this album before fadingContinue reading “Tee and Cara — “I Don’t Think I Know Her”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — July 24, 2026”