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THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,150) Lulu and the Luvvers — “Chocolate Ice” Lulu’s (see #960, 1,984) zany and over the top paean to sweets (in)famously accompanied the main title credits to the “[b]rilliantly awful, and awfully brilliant” (imdb-13900, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059237/review/rw5654075/?ref_=tturv) ’64 UK flick Gonks Go Beat, a “[b]izarreContinue reading “Lulu and the Luvvers — “Chocolate Ice”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 1, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD This Halloween, Creedence Clearwater Revival and Icarus let the devil ride out! 2,148) Creedence Clearwater Revival — “Sinister Purpose” Written, of course, by John Fogerty and appearing on CCR’s Green River LP, this song has a “sinister riff” (Thesp88, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wyWTol4wk4) and “some ofContinue reading “Halloween Special Edition: Creedence Clearwater Revival — “Sinister Purpose”, Icarus — “The Devil Rides Out”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 31, 2026″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD Cut the Monkee business! The greatest version of this “fabulous statement of lost love and melancholy” (Matthew Greenwald, https://www.allmusic.com/song/i-wont-be-the-same-without-her-mt0011528006) by Carole King and Gerry Goffin was released by a garage band out of Peoria, Illinois, as a “reverb-equipped . . . folk-punker”. (JeffContinue reading ““I Won’t Be the Same Without Her” Special Edition: The Warner Brothers/Carole King — “I Won’t Be the Same Without Her”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 30, 2026″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,145) Philamore Lincoln — “When You Were Looking My Way” Ethereal Donovan-like pop psych/folk from an “intermittently” (Vernon Joynson, The Tapestry of Delights Revisited), no, “absolutely superb”, U.S.-only LP of “lush, orchestrated psychedelic folk that washes over you when you hear it” (Gabriel_II,Continue reading “Philamore Lincoln — “When You Were Looking My Way”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 29, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,144) John Pantry — “Smokey Wood Air” Here is one of John Pantry’s “finest songs” (David Wells, liner notes to the CD comp The Upside Down World of John Pantry), an unreleased gem from ’68, a reverie about being alone in the forestContinue reading “I Shall Be Released: John Pantry — “Smokey Wood Air”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 28, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,142) Sugar Cube Blues Band — “We’ve Got to Get Away” Haunting, desperate, chilling, unreleased Southern Gothic folk rock out of Grenada, Mississippi, courtesy of the Sugar Cube Blues Band (see #1,806). This is not your father’s “We Gotta Get Out of ThisContinue reading “I Shall Be Released”: Sugar Cube Blues Band — “We’ve Got to Get Away”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 26, 2026″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,142) Sandra Barry and the Boys (The Action)— “Really Gonna Shake” Before the Action [see #393, 429, 966, 1,773, 1,913, 2,020, 2040] became the greatest mod band of them all, they were Sandra Barry’s backup band, and she and the boys released thisContinue reading “Sandra Barry and the Boys (The Action)— “Really Gonna Shake”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 26, 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”