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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”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,045) Circus Maximus — “Lost Sea Shanty” Yesterday, we had a sailor lost at sea, today a lost sea shanty. From Jerry Jeff Walker’s (see #485) early band Circus Maximus (see #348) — “[a] precursor to the cosmic cowboy movement, [a] folk rock/outfitContinue reading “Circus Maximus — “Lost Sea Shanty”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — July 23, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,044) Fickle Pickle — “Sam & Sadie” The best I can make out, this ’70 Fickle Pickle (see #568) B-side is about a sailor’s illegitimate son learning that his dad has been lost at sea. Nevertheless, it’s glorious and anthemic late UK popContinue reading “Fickle Pickle — “Sam & Sadie”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — July 22, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,043) First Friday — “Ballad of John Doe Jr.” New Orleans? No, Notre Dame. Rootsy jazz rock with such a great vibe by some Notre Dame students on an LP with a more bluesy rock feel. Patrick Lundborg writes of First Friday’s firstContinue reading “First Friday — “Ballad of John Doe Jr.”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — July 21, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,042) Edwards Hand — “If I Thought You’d Ever Change Your Mind” This classic song written by John Cameron was a #20 UK hit for Cilla Black in ’69 and a #11 UK hit in ’04 for Agnetha Fältskog (yes, ABBA’s Agnetha Fältskog),Continue reading “Edwards Hand — “If I Thought You’d Ever Change Your Mind”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — July 20, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,041) Tony Rivers and the Castaways — “Pantomime” The band-written B-side of Tony Rivers and the Castaways’ (see #905) last single is “one of the closest approximations of the late-1960s Easybeats [see #201, 1,310, 1,359, 1,415, 1,683, 1,777, 1,877] that you’re likely toContinue reading “Tony Rivers and the Castaways — “Pantomime”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — July 19, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,040) The Red Squares — “You Can Be My Baby” The British are coming . . . to Denmark — via “K-KILLERRRR” (stOOpid68, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEBbxWwPGas) “[d]ynamite pounding mod freakbeat” (happening45, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17KcOjo1g18), “a single worthy of the Who [see #119, 548, 833, 976, 1,912] .Continue reading “The Red Squares — “You Can Be My Baby”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — July 18, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,03X) Emergency Exit — “Why Girl” Here’s a “[k]iller beat pounder [B-side] from Seattle, Washington!! First released on Ru-Ro in late ’66, and then for national release on Dunhill in early ’67” (Glendoras // DJ Mean Mojo Mathias, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SOYxLHhrPo), it’s “[g]reat pounding fuzzedContinue reading “Emergency Exit — “Why Girl”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — July 17, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,038) John Martyn — “Fairy Tale Lullaby” The Glasgow raised Scottish/Belgian folk legend John Martyn’s (see #1,400, 1,735) ‘67 debut LP London Conversation includes “the sweetest, most beautiful little song I’ve ever heard” (stevedorchester, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lV3s6_tDTWE&list=RDlV3s6_tDTWE&start_radio=1&pp=ygUeam9obiBtYXJ0eW4gZmFpcnkgdGFsZSBsdWxsYWJ5oAcB&ra=m), “[w]onderful beyond words” (quaich14, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lV3s6_tDTWE&list=RDlV3s6_tDTWE&start_radio=1&pp=ygUeam9obiBtYXJ0eW4gZmFpcnkgdGFsZSBsdWxsYWJ5oAcB&ra=m, with “a gorgeous acoustic refrain”.Continue reading “John Martyn — “Fairy Tale Lullaby”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — July 16, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,037) Isaac Hayes: “Something” Something in the way Isaac Hayes reinvented George Harrison’s [see #423, 545, 872, 942, 1,437] acclaimed triumph attracts me like no other cover. Hayes gives us “a masterpiece! As soulful and brilliant a cover of a classic song thatContinue reading “Isaac Hayes: “Something”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — July 15, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,036) Smokey Robinson & the Miracles — “And I Love Her” “It’s as if Macca [see #28, 132, 374, 521, 669, 779-81, 840] wrote the [Beatles’ ‘And I Love Her’] to be sung by the GOAT Smokey Robinson [see #1,313].” (theoloniouscoltrane3778, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L_Qyd-kSKPQ&list=RDL_Qyd-kSKPQ&start_radio=1&pp=ygU64oCcU21va2V5IFJvYmluc29uICYgdGhlIE1pcmFjbGVzIOKAlCDigJxBbmQgSSBMb3ZlIEhlcuKAnaAHAQ%3D%3D&ra=m) ItContinue reading “Smokey Robinson & the Miracles — “And I Love Her”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — July 14, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,035) Milt Matthews Inc. — “Hard Day’s Night” A most excellent cover of the Beatles’ [see #28-29, 113, 132, 374, 422-23, 520-22, 545, 669, 779-81, 840, 872, 942, 1,087, 1,256, 1,437, 1,473, 1,910] “A Hard Day’s Night” by the “interracial soul-rock band ledContinue reading “Milt Matthews Inc. — “Hard Day’s Night”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — July 13, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,034) The Four Tops — “Eleanor Rigby” A soul-stirring cover of the Beatles’ [see #28-29, 113, 132, 374, 422-23, 520-22, 545, 669, 779-81, 840, 872, 942, 1,087, 1,256, 1,437, 1,473, 1,910] “Eleanor Rigby”. Very possibly the greatest ever cover of the song. “LeviContinue reading “The Four Tops — “Eleanor Rigby”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — July 12, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,033) The Motions — “Everything (that’s Mine)” The Netherlands’ Motions (see #1,224, 1,260) give us a “[s]uperb song, [a] real garagekiller” (Nederbeat, https://rateyourmusic.com/music-review/Nederbeat/the-motions/everything-thats-mine-theres-no-place-to-hide/49130142). It is “scorching . . . a mod masterpiece . . . just as exciting as the early Who [see #119, 548,Continue reading “The Motions — “Everything (that’s Mine)”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — July 11, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,032) Powder — “Turn Another Page” Before Thomas and Richard Frost had a minor hit and created Visualize, one of the great lost albums of the 1960s (see #209, 211, 247, 385, 595, 775, 967, 1,733, 1,865), these Who-bsessed brothers ignited Powder (see #789,Continue reading “I Shall Be Released: Powder — “Turn Another Page”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — July 10, 2026”

“McKinley Morgan the Deep Sea Diver” is available here: https://s-the-deep-sea-diver.mp3.pm/. THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,031) Focal Point — “McKinley Morgan the Deep Sea Diver” From one of the greatest coulda/shoulda-beens in the annals of British pop psych (see #4, 43, 198, 538, 747, 991, 1,094, 1,549, 1,732) here isContinue reading “I Shall Be Released: Focal Point — “McKinley Morgan the Deep Sea Diver”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — July 9, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,030) Val McKenna and Lesley Duncan — “Something’s Coming Along” This joyful “funky soulful sweet tune” (Patrick, https://www.gullbuy.com/buy/2005/8_16/dreambabe6sassy.php) by Val McKenna (see #988, 1,181, 1,258) and Leslie Duncan just sweeps me away. Whenever you need a little push in life, just remember “YouContinue reading “I Shall Be Released: Val McKenna and Lesley Duncan — “Something’s Coming Along”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — July 8, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,029) The Eighth Day — “Building with a Steeple” Sugar, this is a sweet sunshine pop B-side written by the Archies’ Ron Dante (and Gene Allan). Yes, the building is a church. Buckeyebeat tells us about the Eighth Day: The story of theContinue reading “The Eighth Day — “Building with a Steeple”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — July 7, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,028) Chuck Jackson & Maxine Brown — “We Find Him Guilty” Chuck Jackson (see #405, 1,174) and Maxine Brown (see #1,047, 1,360) team up for one of soul’s great “jury of love” songs, up there with O.V. Wright’s “Eight Men, Four Women” (seeContinue reading “Chuck Jackson & Maxine Brown — “We Find Him Guilty”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — July 6, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,027) Spirit — “Nature’s Way” Here’s a Spirit (see #1,092) song that wasn’t nicked by Zeppelin, but probably should have been — “lilting”, a “most endearing FM standard” (Richie Unterberger, https://www.allmusic.com/album/twelve-dreams-of-dr-sardonicus-mw0000651040), “driven by a positively gorgeous folk-jazz melody; its bittersweet beauty is easilyContinue reading “Spirit — “Nature’s Way”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — July 5, 2026”