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THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,024) The Six Deep — “Girl, It’s Over” Boy does boy tell girl it’s over — a classic snarling garage kiss off song. “I like how he tells her off! Teen love at its best!” (HemiVic, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=d9-jPRjM8kc&list=RDd9-jPRjM8kc&start_radio=1&pp=ygUcVGhlIHNpeCBkZWVwIGdpcmwsIGl0J3Mgb3ZlcqAHAQ%3D%3D&ra=m) Indeed. From Beaumont, here is “oneContinue reading “The Six Deep — “Girl, It’s Over”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — July 2, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,023) Aphrodite’s Child — “It’s Five O’Clock” Warning: If you are from France, Italy or Belgium, read no further — for this psych/proto-prog epic reached #1. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_Five_O%27Clock_(song)) Richie Unterberger writes that it is a “grandiose keyboard-based sub-British psychedelic track[ ] . . .Continue reading “Aphrodite’s Child — “It’s Five O’Clock”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — July 1, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,022) Sounds Incorporated — “Dead as a Go-Go” Only in ’67 — a renowned British instrumental band lends its sax appeal to the Beatles’ “Good Morning, Good Morning” and then releases an inscrutable, lysergically infused self-written spoken/sung B-side “original[ly] title[d] ‘Dead As AContinue reading “Sounds Incorporated — “Dead as a Go-Go”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 29, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,021) Brian Auger & Trinity — “Tiger” From Brian Auger (see #1,031-33, 1,312), “one of the world’s funkiest organists” (Jon Harrington, liner notes to the CD comp Halcyon Days: 60s Mod, R&B, Brit Soul & Freakbeat Nuggets), “this is wickedly purrfect…fake tiger skinContinue reading “Brian Auger & Trinity — “Tiger”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 29, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,020) The Action — “Strange Roads” With a “compelling riff and anthemic vibe, as much a Summer of Love declaration of independence as any Forrest Gump soundtrack fodder hit of the day” (Jittery White Guy, https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2024/02/my-top-1000-songs-552-strange-roads.html), here is another unreleased demo from the Action’s (seeContinue reading “I Shall Be Released: The Action — “Strange Roads”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 28, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,019)  Tintern Abbey — “Beeside” I’ve played the B-side (see #35) of the greatest double A-side of underground London, a single that is “little short of a masterpiece” (liner notes to the CD comp Acid Drops, Spacedust & Flying Saucers: Psychedelic Confectionery fromContinue reading ” Tintern Abbey — “Beeside”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 27, 2026″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,018) Jim and Dale — “The Time It Takes” It’s always sunny in Philadelphia? It is when the sunshine pop comes from Jim and Dale, natives (but not brothers) from the City of Brotherly Love. “Splendid soft and beautiful warm and wonderful music”Continue reading “Jim and Dale — “The Time It Takes”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 26, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,017) Great Speckled Bird — “Long Long Time to Get Old” Classic Canadian “country stomp” (Richard Parkinson, https://americana-uk.com/classic-americana-albums-great-speckled-bird-great-speckled-bird) by Ian & Sylvia’s great country band (see #306). What an irresistible groove — often covered by country singer Tyler Childers. “[I]t’s a wonder thatContinue reading “Great Speckled Bird — “Long Long Time to Get Old”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 25, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,016) The Living Daylights — “I’m Real”/”It’s Real” Did you know that the B-side to “Let’s Live for Today” was “a stomping post-mod rocker with an insistent hook and some great falsetto vocal work”? (Tim Sendra, https://www.allmusic.com/album/lets-live-for-today-the-complete-recordings-mw0003736890#review) Well, it was when the A-sideContinue reading “The Living Daylights — “I’m Real”/”It’s Real”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 24, 2026″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,015) Jo Anne Garrett — “We Can Learn Together” Jo Ann Garrett (see #950) gives us a “jaunty” (Steve Krakow, https://chicagoreader.com/music/local-soul-sensation-jo-ann-garrett-disappeared-from-the-biz-in-her-20s/) and “ridiculously funky!” (AIsearchpros, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftdkar_9ihU) dose of Chicago soul. “I like the lazy strut and horn heavy funk . . . one ofContinue reading ” Jo Anne Garrett — “We Can Learn Together”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 23, 2026″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,014) Scott Harris — “Morning Sun” Scott Harris sends us some beautiful baroque pop from . . . The Netherlands? This is a B-side from Scott, ahem, John Vis, released in the Netherlands and the UK. Vis was also a member of DisillusionContinue reading “Scott Harris — “Morning Sun”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 22, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,013) The Act — “Just a Little Bit” I can see this propulsive and exhilarating “mod-influenced 45” being a big hit a few years earlier — it indeed “sounded rather dated by 1968.” (Vernon Joynson, The Tapestry of Delights Revisited) But as anachronismsContinue reading “The Act — “Just a Little Bit”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 21, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,012) The Bad Seeds — “A Taste of the Same” The Bad Seeds sing of bad karma — “Broke their hearts and made ’em cry But now I’m getting a taste of the same”! “Taste” is “[a]n unabashed classic[] of blues-based garage-punk” (BruceContinue reading “The Bad Seeds — “A Taste of the Same”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 20, 2026″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,011) The High Windows — “אהבה ראשונה”/”First Love” An ethereal folk rock reminiscence of first love, from the High Windows (see #1,537, 1,734) only LP, “the most perfect pop [rock] album in the history of Israeli music”. (Yair Etziony, https://www.textura.org/archives/articles/etziony_top10.htm) “The dreamy guitar linesContinue reading “The High Windows — “אהבה ראשונה”/”First Love”: (Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 19, 2026″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,010) Pearls Before Swine — “Rocket Man” Written, as Pearls Before Swine’s (see #1,408) Tom Rapp recalled, “while watching the men landing on the moon” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NbvEyzEi6o) and cited by Bernie Taupin “as his inspiration for the lyrics” to Elton John’s [see #175, 1,598]Continue reading “Pearls Before Swine — “Rocket Man”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 18, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,009) Jacques Dutronc — “Proverbes” A gorgeous baroque ’67 love song by French provocateur Jacques Dutronc, with music by Dutronc and lyrics by Jacques Lanzmann (which can be found here in French and English: https://genius.com/Jacques-dutronc-proverbes-lyrics). I guess it helps when your girlfriend isContinue reading “Jacques Dutronc — “Proverbes”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 17, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,008) Liz Brady — “Partie de Dames”/”Checkers Game” In Liz Brady’s soaring yé-yé extravaganza, love is like a game of checkers. Wikipedia tells us of Liz Brady: Liz Brady . . . . Is the stage name of Raymonde Zaghikian, born in Cairo to aContinue reading “Liz Brady — “Partie de Dames”/”Checkers Game”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 16, 2026″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,007) Steampacket II/The Longboatmen — “Take Her Anytime” Sweden’s Steampacket let off some “extra good” “heavily echoed Fuzz Mod Psych Beat” (teabiscuit, https://www.45cat.com/record/56115), an “early psych punker monster killer” (thomasbaumgartner3032, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yU4bNdM0aEM), “the raunchiest that came out in Sweden in the 60’s”! (kristerlund8845, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urMemHbQiDk)Continue reading “Steampacket II/The Longboatmen — “Take Her Anytime”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 15, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,006) Ice — “Anniversary (of Love)” Here is UK “pop perfection” (Think Like a Key Music, https://www.thinklikeakey.com/artist/424488-ice?lang=nl), “a perfect slice of gentle Baroque Psychedelic Pop” (oldrock, https://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/ice/anniversary-of-love-so-many-times/), a “[f[antastic 60’s gem from one of the many undeservingly unsuccessful bands of the decade”. (3greenskies,Continue reading “Ice — “Anniversary (of Love)”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 14, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,005) The Liverpool Scene — “Baby” These Liverpool poet/hipsters’ “raucous pastiche” (Marco Rossi, https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/album/the-amazing-adventures-of) about a girl who “make[s] me feel like last week’s knickers!”, “like two already legalized consenting vicars” is “a strange uptempo jazzy beat R&B track with a talking halfContinue reading “The Liverpool Scene — “Baby”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 13, 2026”