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THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,772) Phillip Goodhand-Tait & the Stormsville Shakers — “Gonna Put Some Hurt on You” Here is a scorching, exuberant version of Raymond Lewis’ 1962 R&B song that the never-quite-made-it Shakers were “convinced . . . could be a hit . . . .Continue reading “Phillip Goodhand-Tait & the Stormsville Shakers — “Gonna Put Some Hurt on You”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 4, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,771) The Scene — “Scenes (from Another World)” From Canada (sorry about that World Series thing!), here is “a delightfully dreamy slab of popsike” that is “criminally overlooked” (Michael Panontin, https://canuckistanmusic.com/index.php?maid=736), “a catchy slice of psychedelia with soaring harmonies and brass [that] soundsContinue reading “The Scene — “Scenes (from Another World)”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 3, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,770) Vashti Bunyan — “Rose Hip November” From the now and justly legendary Vashti (see #204), “one of the most unique and soothing voices in folk” (David Hopper, https://360degreesound.com/10-great-november-songs/), here is “a gentle nature meditation” (Kitty Empire, https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/12/vashti-bunyan-review-st-pancras-old-church-london) that “[o]f all her veryContinue reading “Vashti Bunyan — “Rose Hip November”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 2, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,769) The Anteeeks — “I Don’t Want You” The only A-side by this band from Kilmarnock, Scotland, is an “R&B masterpiece” (Rockingscots, https://www.rockingscots.co.uk/Anteeeks.htm), “[s]uperb garage/freakbeat” (oscarowski, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LhaCDQIMzg), a “tough Garage R&B Beat dancer with hard guitar riffs” (teabiscuit, https://www.45cat.com/record/bf1471), an “organ-heavy groover” (linerContinue reading “The Anteeeks — “I Don’t Want You”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 1, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,768) Stella — “Si Vous Connaissez Quelque Chose De Pire Que Qu’un Vampire Parlez M’en Toujours, Ça Pourra Peut-Être Me Faire Sourire”/”If You Know Something Worse than a Vampire, Always Tell Me About It, Maybe It Will Make Me Smile” The greatest HalloweenContinue reading “Stella — “Si Vous Connaissez Quelque Chose De Pire Que Qu’un Vampire Parlez M’en Toujours, Ça Pourra Peut-Être Me Faire Sourire”/”If You Know Something Worse than a Vampire, Always Tell Me About It, Maybe It Will Make Me Smile”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 31, 2025″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,767) Joe Tex and the Vibrators — “I’ll Never Break Your Heart” (Parts I & II) I love my Joe Tex (see #42, 455, 609, 732, 1,196) — and not only the raucous, riotous and raunchy Joe Tex. Here is a beautiful and heartfeltContinue reading “Joe Tex and the Vibrators — “I’ll Never Break Your Heart” (I & II): Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 30, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,766) Timothy — “That Is All” An impossibly gorgeous folk rock B-side on Pittsburgh’s Segué label. Thank you yet again, Fading Yellow! Fading Yellow tells us that “[i]n the early 80s [Timothy Wahler] relocated to New York City and formed Racer X withContinue reading “Timothy — “That Is All”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 29, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,765) Neil Christian and the Crusaders — “I Like It” This ’66 France-only B-side is a “wild mod wonder” (happening45, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3uOn5hAaeZo&list=RD3uOn5hAaeZo&start_radio=1&pp=ygUYTmVpbCBjaHJpc3RpYW4gaSBsaWtlIGl0oAcB), “uncommonly tough R&B-rock” with “some storming . . . British R&B guitar” (Richie Unterberger, https://www.allmusic.com/artist/neil-christian-mn0000390547#biography, https://www.allmusic.com/album/1962-1973-mw0000239620) courtesy of Jimmy Page. I likeContinue reading “Neil Christian and the Crusaders — “I Like It”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 28, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,764) The Bunch — “Spare a Shilling” Oh man, does John Pantry (see #494, 1,242) kick ass. OK, since he followed his calling and embarked on a notable career in Christian music and broadcasting after the 60’s came to a close, let me justContinue reading “The Bunch — “Spare a Shilling”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 27, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,763) Apple — “Buffalo Billy Can” This B-side from the Welsh band from Cardiff (see #883) is “a strange psychedelic pop song” (Vernon Joynson, The Tapestry of Delights Revisited), “a marvelous slice of lysergic psychedelic pop” (David Wells, Record Collector: 100 Greatest PsychedelicContinue reading “Apple — “Buffalo Billy Can”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 26, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,762) 寺内タケシとバニーズ/Takeshi Terauchi & the Bunnys — “レッツ・ゴー・ブガルー”/“Let’s Go Boogaloo” Don’t back off, just boogaloo! Takeshi Terauchi’s (see #999) — “Japan’s premier guitar hero” (AV+ML, http://www.fancymag.com/bunnys.html) — “hard-hitting, devastating guitar solo during the interlude is absolutely stunning!” (t.yeverythingisgoodreturn5893, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xLbIQMC_qI (Courtesy of Google Translate)) Popsike.comContinue reading “寺内タケシとバニーズ/Takeshi Terauchi & the Bunnys — “レッツ・ゴー・ブガルー”/“Let’s Go Boogaloo”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 25, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,760) Mimi & Richard Fariña — “Hard Loving Loser” Richard Fariña wrote this “sexy/goofy” (Bill Sherman, https://blogcritics.org/music-review-ian-sylvia-and-mimi/) “anti-conformity [folk/folk-rock] anthem[]” (Ed Whitelock, https://www.popmatters.com/richard-farina-plainsong-review) “about a very unlikely lady’s man” (Brendan Foreman, https://agreenmanreview.com/music-2/mimi-richard-farinas-pack-up-your-sorrows-best-of-the-vanguard-years/). “The free-living character in the song is quite similar to theContinue reading “Hard Loving Loser Special Edition: Mimi & Richard Fariña/Gwynn Owen: Mimi & Richard Fariña — “Hard Loving Loser”, Gwynn Owen — “Hard Lovin’ Loser”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 24, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,759) Rufus Thomas — “Sixty Minute Man” Rufus Thomas takes “a Billy Ward doo-wop classic . . . [and] transforms [it] into a mesmerizing tour de force of voodoo funk, complete with a Tarzan movie-inspired chant and some wondrous Dizzy Gillespie-like scat singing”Continue reading “Rufus Thomas — “Sixty Minute Man”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 23, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,758) Terry McManus — “Gimme a Hand” Another song that sends me into paroxysms of delight is this gorgeous B-side ballad from Terry McManus’ first single, “which did well on the Canadian charts”, well, #81, and “went to No. 1 in the CanadianContinue reading “Terry McManus — “Gimme a Hand”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 22, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,757) Pop Workshop — “Fairyland” How was this UK “orchestrated Pop dancer” (teabiscuit, https://www.45cat.com/record/pof091) not a hit? Teabiscuit think “maybe [it was] a little late for this sort of song by Sep 68”. I say it was never too late, ’cause “Fairyland” sendsContinue reading “Pop Workshop — “Fairyland”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 21, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,756) State of Mind — “Move” From Wilmington, Delaware, a “[t]op flight punk rave up driven by a delicious back beat”. (danbartko164, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3tgX2TvrSY), “This has to be one of the best garage punkers ever”. (revup67, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3tgX2TvrSY) “[T]hat riff ,,,grunge all over it”! (mckshrmptn,Continue reading “State of Mind — “Move”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 20, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,755) The Bobby Fuller Four — “Let Her Dance” Bobby Fuller (see #995) gave us an “ear-wormy, hook-rich masterpiece . . . . contain[ing] a brilliant juxtaposition of musical tensions that pull between the beat, lead guitar line, vocal melody, and some inspiredContinue reading “The Bobby Fuller Four — “Let Her Dance”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 19, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,754) Pete Atkin — “Laughing Boy” Ah, the team of Pete Atkin and Clive James. (see #263, 859-60) It’s as if Gilbert and Sullivan woke up in Swinging London. And I’m not talkin’ Gilbert O’Sullivan! Christopher Evans writes that “Laughing Boy” “laments the factContinue reading “Pete Atkin — “Laughing Boy”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 18, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,753) Ronnie Bird — “Sad Soul” French rock star Ronnie Bird gives us a compelling performance in English of this “sublime” and “moody” A-side (Flipped Out Phil, https://flippedoutphil.substack.com/p/ronnie-bird-the-frenchman-with-the), co-written by two of his band members including future Foreigner star Mick Jones. “Sad soulContinue reading “Ronnie Bird — “Sad Soul”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 17, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,752) Sandy Posey — “The Last Day of Love” Countrypolitan icon Sandy Posey (see #1,154) sings of the day she is left by her lover — so somber, so sad, so spellbinding, so Sandy. Stephen Thomas Erlewine writes: Walking the line separating girlContinue reading “Sandy Posey — “The Last Day of Love”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 16, 2025”