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THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,751) Nick Garrie — “Ink Pot Eyes” Yet another gorgeous and contemplative gem “(about a ‘beautiful Russian actress’ of Garrie’s acquaintance)” (Marco Rossi, https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/album/the-nightmare-of-jbstanislas-40thanniversary-deluxeedition) from Nick Garrie’s (see #3, 19, 41, 65, 104, 137, 245, 362, 493, 871, 965, 1,088, 1,120, 1,635) The Nightmare of J.B.Continue reading “Nick Garrie — “Ink Pot Eyes”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 15, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD This Northern soul fave was written by Philly soul master Leon Huff and performed by his compatriot Bunny Sigler and the UK’s Timebox. 1,749) Bunny Sigler — “Girl, Don’t Make Me Wait” Bunny Sigler’s original ’66 A-side “received both R&B and pop airplayContinue reading “Girl, Don’t Make Me Wait Special Edition: Bunny Sigler/Timebox: “Girl, Don’t Make Me Wait”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 14, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,748) The Creation — “Biff Bang Pow” The Creation’s (see #129, 165, 1,502, 1,643) “glorious pop-art B side” (happening45, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJCPK8ztCSE) to their only top 40 hit in the UK, the #36 “Painterman”, is “an anthemic touchstone of sorts for the entire swinging mod scene”.Continue reading “The Creation — “Biff Bang Pow”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 13, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,747) 3’s a Crowd — “Coat of Colors” This delightful Canadian sunshine pop B-side lit up Hamilton, Ontario, reaching #9 there. (https://vancouversignaturesounds.com/hits/bound-fly-3s-crowd/) The A-side, written by Bruce Cockburn, reached #61 in Canada-wide (schijnsmusic, https://www.45cat.com/record/d4120ca) Canadian Bands tells us of the in-Crowd: Vocalist BrentContinue reading “3’s a Crowd — “Coat of Colors”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 12, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,746) Dickens — “Sho’ Need Love” This “tripped out magic” (Expo67, https://purepop1uk.blogspot.com/2011/02/dickens-dont-talk-about-my-music.html?m=1), “trippy ethereal” (happening45, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh_KpNCN7Hk) almost A-side “reaches haunting heights of psych Pop glory”. (Robin Wills, https://purepop1uk.blogspot.com/2011/02/dickens-dont-talk-about-my-music.html) And it was all a joke! While the B-side “features inane bashing on a basic,Continue reading “I Shall Be Released: Dickens — “Sho’ Need Love”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 11, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,745) Wallace Collection — “Daydream” Warning: If you are from Belgium (or the rest of the continent, for that matter), read no further! For this was a #1 hit in Belgium, #3 in France, and #14 in the Netherlands. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daydream_(Wallace_Collection_song) It “became aContinue reading “Wallace Collection — “Daydream”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 10, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,744) The Natty Bumpo — “Ballad to Jake” Sunshine out of Washington D.C.?! Well, yes, unreleased sunshine pop from the legendary folkies turned psychsters to brighten your day. Sunrise.music tells us of the Natty Bumpo’s unreleased songs: A mighty fine collection of AmericanContinue reading “I Shall Be Released: The Natty Bumpo — “Ballad to Jake”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 8, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,743) חלונות הגבוהים (The High Windows) — “ אינך יכולה”/”You Can’t Go” Dreamy folk rock from “the most perfect pop [rock] album in the history of Israeli music”. (Yair Etziony, https://www.textura.org/archives/articles/etziony_top10.htm) Yair Etziony writes about the LP: Shmulik Kraus was already recognized as aContinue reading “חלונות הגבוהים (The High Windows) — “ אינך יכולה”/”You Can’t Go”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 7, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,742) Consortium — “The Day the Train Never Came” “Psychedelic pop doesn’t get much better than [the UK’s] West Coast Consortium[/Consortium] . . . . [who] were responsible for some of the finest light psychedelic pop of the late ’60s.” (Tim Sendra, https://www.allmusic.com/album/all-the-love-in-the-world-collected-recordings-1964-1972-mw0004138712)Continue reading “Consortium — “The Day the Train Never Came”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 6, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,741) Georgie Fame — “Pass It Around” Here Georgie transforms a horrible ‘70 A-side by the Troggs (written by Valerie Avon and Harold “Little Games” Spiro) into a mellow masterpiece that goes down sooooo easy. I like to think I was named in honorContinue reading “Georgie Fame — “Easy Lovin’, Easy Livin’”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 5, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,740) The Cleves — “You and Me” This ’70 A-side is stunning and playful pop rock with more musical nods to the Beatles than you can shake a silver hammer at — by the brilliant Kiwi band the Cleves (see #1,532-34). The ClevesContinue reading “The Cleves — “You and Me”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 4, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,739) The Young Ideas — “Barney Buss” This “ rollicking” (Bad Cat Records, http://badcatrecords.com/YOUNGideas.htm) garage pop “gem” (Craig Stichtenoth https://www.facebook.com/groups/240098362684435/posts/3253665991327642/) is a “cool ‘Secret Agent Man’ mocker was probably written about Barnabus Collins from the Dark Shadows serial that debuted around the same time.”Continue reading “The Young Ideas — “Barney Buss”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 3, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,738) Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell — “When Love Comes Knocking at My Heart” Everybody knows of the classic duets between Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell [see #940], both of whose lives were cut tragically short. But many have not heard this gem,Continue reading “Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell — “When Love Comes Knocking at My Heart”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 2, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,737) Ennio Morricone: “Adonai” All good, no bad, no ugly by Ennio Morricone, just the sacred and the profane. Jonathan Broxton tells us: [“Adonai” is] a driving piece of orchestral rock music led by a heavy electric guitar riff, modern percussion, a screamingContinue reading “Ennio Morricone: “Adonai”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 1, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,736) Bryan & The Brunelles  — “Jacqueline” I love this “tasty slice of British beat”. (EdwinJack64, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yU41o2svmxM) How was this slow burn classic of betrayal not a hit, both in the UK and the U.S.? It’s almost like it came straight from ThatContinue reading “Bryan & The Brunelles  — “Jacqueline”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 30, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,735) John and Beverley Martyn — “Stormbringer!” From John Martyn (see #1,400), “[t]he Glasgow raised Scottish/Belgian folk legend” (Graeme Thomson, https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jul/15/nick-drake-john-martyn-complex-friendship-small-hours-extract), here is a song “[v]ery much in the mold of the electric Fairport Convention of this period . . . sizzl[ing] with acoustic interplayContinue reading “John and Beverley Martyn — “Stormbringer!”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 29, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,734) The Mamas & the Papas — “Got a Feelin’” This “ethereal” (Bruce Eder, https://www.allmusic.com/album/if-you-can-believe-your-eyes-and-ears-mw0000650447), Mamas & Papas song is “one of the[ir] most treasured . . . album tracks”, with a “bittersweet melody . . . coupled with some positively beguiling vocalContinue reading “The Mamas & the Papas — “Got a Feelin’”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 28, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,733) Thomas and Richard Frost — “Gotta Find a New Place to Stay” From another contender for the greatest lost album of the 1960’s — Thomas and Richard Frost’s (actually Thomas and Richard Martin) psych pop classic Visualize  (see #209, 211, 247, 385, 595, 775,Continue reading “Thomas and Richard Frost — “Gotta Find a New Place to Stay”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 27, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,732) Focal Point — “Tales from the GPO Files” This ethereal delight by Focal Point is not about Mulder and Scully! “GPO used to be the only telephone company in the UK during the ’60s and this song reflects it.” (Stefan Granados, linerContinue reading “I Shall Be Released: Focal Point — “Tales from the GPO Files”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 26, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,731) Shag — “Stop & Listen” From Milwaukee, the greatest garage anti-drug song (written after a bad trip). A “totally awesome freak out” (eoj2495, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow_e3i6zgSM), “[f]uzzadelic!” (resistor27, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSDdKfgTRwI) Mike Tiefenbacher writes: One of my favorite . . . Milwaukee-area records, this song wasContinue reading “Shag — “Stop & Listen”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 25, 2025”