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THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,536) Grupa Skifflowa No To Co I Piotr Janczerski (Skiffle Group No To Co and Piotr Janczerski) — “Z Soboty Na Niedzielę”/“Saturday to Sunday” From the ‘69 album W Murowanej Piwnicy/ In the Brick Cellar, here is classic Polish melodic hard rock, along with anContinue reading “Grupa Skifflowa No To Co I Piotr Janczerski (Skiffle Group No To Co and Piotr Janczerski) – “Z Soboty Na Niedzielę”/“Saturday to Sunday”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 25, 2025″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,535) The Sea-Ders — “I Don’t Know Why” ’68 British Invasion gold from the land of the Cedars. Lebanon’s mixed Christian/Muslim Sea-Ders (see #951) made it as far as Swinging London. Anything was possible in the 60’s! Linda Abi Assi and Bernard BatrouniContinue reading “The Sea-Ders — “I Don’t Know Why”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 24, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,532-34) The Cleves — “Nowhere”/”Down on the Farm”/”Don’t Turn Your Back” From New Zealand’s Abbey Road, here is part of a suite of perfect pop rock songs written for a short film by the to-be-famous Australian director Peter Weir. I thought I wasContinue reading “The Cleves — “Nowhere”/”Down on the Farm”/”Don’t Turn Your Back”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 23, 2025″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,531) Barış Manço — “Bebek” This ’68 A-side by the legendary and beloved Turkish singer-songwriter Barış Manço takes a Turkish folk song and turns it into a haunting and riveting classic, “combining psychedelic elements with the mysticism of Anatolia”. (Wikipedia (courtesy of GoogleContinue reading “Barış Manço — “Bebek”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 22, 2025″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,530) Los York’s* — “La Punta De Mi Lengua”/”The Tip of My Tongue” Wonderfully moody garage rock by “one of the most successful and groundbreaking [bands] in Peruvian rock”. (Fidel Gutierrez Mendoza (courtesy of Google Translate), https://rockperuanorollos.blogspot.com/search/label/Yorks). “”Much of Los York’s 68 isContinue reading “Los York’s — “La Punta De Mi Lengua”/”The Tip of My Tongue”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 21, 2025″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD This ’65 self-written A-side by “Denmark’s – some would say the world’s – first teenage boy band” (Jan Eriksen (courtesy of Google Translate), https://www.bt.dk/underholdning/en-poppioner-er-doed)) was a hit there and is pure pop perfection. An obscure group from London then gave it a brilliantContinue reading ““I’ll Stay By Your Side” Special Edition: The Lollipops/The Shiralee: “I’ll Stay By Your Side”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 20, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,527) Kissing Spell — “Sueno o Realidad”/”Dream or Reality” A beautiful and haunting song from the Chilean band’s (see #360, 453) classic ‘70 psych LP Los Pajaros [The Birds]. The LP “is one of the best and most sought after South American psychContinue reading “Kissing Spell — “Sueno o Realidad”/”Dream or Reality”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 19, 2025″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,526) Jack Grunsky — “Ain’t You Got a Thing to Say to Me” A lovely folk-rock tune from future children’s music superstar Jack Grunsky (see #566, 728, 1,342), who was famous at the time — well, he was famous in Austria. Rolling Stone MickContinue reading “Jack Grunsky — “Ain’t You Got a Thing to Say to Me”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 18, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,525) Nirvana — “The Touchables (All of Us)” Pure Nirvana (see #287, 391, 475, 1,238) from Swinging London’s Irish/Greek duo of Patrick Campbell-Lyons (Cork born) and Alex Spyropoulos (Athens born) — “a perfect encapsulation of the[ir] floating, blissful, softly lysergic . . .Continue reading “Nirvana — “The Touchables (All of Us)”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 17, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,524) The Lee Kings — “On My Way” Who’s dat band? No, not the Who! It’s primo Swedish freakbeat, a “Who-ish mod pop-art feedback frenzy”. (happening45, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkynB3RzJ8w) Vild! Tim Sendra says of the Lee Kings that: So many beat groups were able toContinue reading “The Lee Kings — “On My Way”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 16, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,523)  Ihre Kinder/Their Children — “Leere Hande”/”Empty Hands” Here is “[t]he best song” from Ihre Kinder’s (see #553) second LP, “a little proggy but [a] very nice pop song with clever keys and great singing. . . . a track you want toContinue reading “Ihre Kinder/Their Children — “Leere Hande”/”Empty Hands”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 15, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,522) Trúbrot — “Relax” If Crosby, Stills and Nash had gone to Iceland to record a progressive LP, it would have sounded like Trúbrot’s second album — Undir Áhrifum/Under the Influence — which gets a 4.05/5 rating from reviewers at Prog Archives (https://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7822).Continue reading “Trúbrot — “Relax”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 14, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,521) The Charms — “I’m Coming Back (to Stay)” Here is my big fat Greek ’66 garage gold! Nikos Sarros tells us: The “Charms” . . . were one of the most successful bands of the Greek sixties. The original members of theContinue reading “The Charms — “I’m Coming Back (to Stay)”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 13, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,520) Illés/Elijah — “Reklám Úr”/“Mr. Advertising” I’ve featured songs written and performed by “Mad Men” (see #525, 526, 527, 528, 954), but this is the first I’ve featured about “Mr. Advertising”. The song “depicts human stupidity and gullibility. . . . Unfortunately, theContinue reading “Illés/Elijah — “Reklám Úr”/”Mr. Advertising”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 12, 2025″

“Refleksjoner” starts at 0:56. THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,519) Inge Christofersen — “Refleksjoner”/”Reflections” Such an indescribably gorgeous pop rock song from Inge Christofersen’s solo LP — but it is in Norwegian (and I can’t find the Norwegian lyrics) so I have no idea what it is about.Continue reading “Inge Christofersen — “Refleksjoner”/”Reflections”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 11, 2025″

“En Mi Ciudad” starts at 23:35 THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,518) Johnny Allon — “En Mi Ciudad”/”In My City” The trailblazing and flamboyant Argentine rocker, TV personality and entrepreneur gave us this effervescent horn-accented number from his ’68 solo LP. Wikipedia tells us (courtesy of Google Translate):Continue reading “Johnny Allon — “En Mi Ciudad”/”In My City”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 10, 2025″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,517) Messe Blanche/White Mass — “Messe Blanche”/”White Mass” I’m not waffling over this Belgian number — it is a “soulish freakbeat go-go psych dancer” (Edu Lazaro, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EP82419KJOg), “a groovy, church organ dominated, go-go freakbeat cut, with a doomy atmosphere all over!” (Up toContinue reading “Messe Blanche/White Mass — “Messe Blanche”/”White Mass”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 9, 2025″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,516) McCully Workshop — “The Circus” One of South Africa’s greatest rock bands (see #399, 544) gives us “an up-tempo psychedelic pop-rocker with strong vocal harmonies, distorted guitar sounds . . . .and great flute playing” (Brian Currin, liner notes to the CDContinue reading “McCully Workshop — “The Circus”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 8, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,515) Los Ovnis/The UFOs — “Infinito”/“Infinite” From “the greatest punk band that Mexico has ever produced” (wirtis, http://garagelatino.blogspot.com/2013/09/los-ovnis-hippies-1968.html?m=1) (see #654), from an LP of “arguably the most filthy and authentic sounding garage rock ever sung in Spanish” (Spanish Pop Lyrics, https://spanishpoplyrics.wordpress.com/2015/02/01/cuando-era-nino-by-los-ovnis/) that was “aContinue reading “Los Ovnis/The UFOs — “Infinito”/”Infinite”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 7, 2025″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD A deliriously good pop soul kiss-off song written and sung by girl group genius Ellie Greenwich on her ’68 solo album Ellie Greenwich Composes, Produces and Sings is transformed into a funky Finnish number by singer Ann-Christine Nyström. 1,513) Ellie Greenwich — “LongContinue reading ““Long Time Comin’” Special Edition: Ellie Greenwich/Ann-Christine Nyström and Ulla Ja Tiin: Ellie Greenwich — “Long Time Comin’”, Ann-Christine Nyström and Ulla Ja Tiina — “Liian Monta Päivää”/”Long Time Comin’”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 6, 2025″