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THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,512) Los Shakers — “Nunca Nunca”/”Never Never” From the Uruguayan Beatles (see #906) — no joke — this infectious ’66 number is a “[w]onderful song, a mix of bossa nova, British invasion rock & roll and Latin rhythms”. (dnlllm (courtesy of Google Translate),Continue reading “Los Shakers — “Nunca Nunca”/”Never Never”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 5, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,511) Arlette Zola  — “Lula Lula” This ’67 yé-yé* A-side by Swiss singer Arlette Zola, released on the French label Disc’ AZ, is a lulu! The Swiss Disco blog page (“your ultimate source for the latest and most exciting news from the worldContinue reading “Arlette Zola — “Lula Lula”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 4, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,510) Lucio Battisti — “Anna” Avvertimento! Warning! If you are from Italy, read no further! For this was a #1 hit and the sixth best selling single of the year! (https://www.hitparadeitalia.it/hp_yends/hpe1970.htm) A monumental, emotionally gripping song, it is Italy’s “Eloise” (see #264). BarryContinue reading “Lucio Battisti — “Anna”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 3, 2025″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,509) The Haunted — “1-2-5” Warning: If you are from Canada, read no further! This is the Canada’s greatest garage rock song, and it was a #23 Canadian hit and #2 in Montreal. The song’s a “tough Stonesy number” (Mike Stax, liner notesContinue reading “The Haunted — “1-2-5”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 2, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,508) Emy Jackson – “涙のゴーゴー”/”You Don’t Know Baby” From Japan . . . in English, by England born Emy Jackson. This ‘66 A-side is a barn burner: “Don’t know what I was expecting, but it wasn’t that, a hidden gem. Those surf guitars,Continue reading “Emy Jackson – “涙のゴーゴー”/”You Don’t Know Baby”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 1, 2025”

The song’s promo-video, made for and broadcast on the Australian ABC-TV program Be Our Guest. THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,507) The Black Diamonds — “I Want, Need, Love You” From “one of the most ferocious garage punk outfits Australia ever produced in the 1960s”(Ian McFarlane, Encyclopedia ofContinue reading “The Black Diamonds — “I Want, Need, Love You”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 28, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,506) Roberto Carlos – “Eu Te Darei O Ceu”/”I’ll Give You Heaven” A joyful, exuberant ’66 song by Brazilian legend Roberto Carlos, the King of Jovem Guarda, which he wrote with Erasmo Carlos. John Armstrong tells us: By 1994, with over 120 millionContinue reading “Roberto Carlos – “Eu Te Darei O Ceu”/”I’ll Give You Heaven”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 27, 2025″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,505) The Matadors — “Get Down from the Tree” (’67 single version): Wild freakbeat from Czechoslovakia that is “truly impressive”, “[p]ropelled by a great twisted fuzz riff”, and “ducks and dips through some dynamic changes, highlighted by Radim Hladik’s fluid guitar playing andContinue reading “The Matadors — “Get Down from the Tree” (’67 single version): Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 26, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,504) The Golden Earrings — “You Break My Heart” Here is a lovely “spare but sophisticated” (Mark Deming, https://www.allmusic.com/album/winter-harvest-mw0000850313) “fragile harpsichord-powered ballad”* (RDTEN1, https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/golden-earrings/winter-harvest-1/) from Winter Harvest, the Golden Earrings’ (see #63, 163, 319, 1,215) second LP. The Earrings are my favorite BritishContinue reading “The Golden Earrings — “You Break My Heart”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 25, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,503) Los Mitos/The Myths — “Es Muy Facil”/”It’s Very Easy” Warning — if you are from Spain, read no further, as this song was a huge hit for Los Mitos (see #1,244). For everyone else, the song is so bouncy, it beat ApolloContinue reading “Los Mitos/The Myths — “Es Muy Facil”/”It’s Very Easy”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 24, 2025″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,502) The Mark Four/The Creation — “I’m Leaving” Before the Creation (see #129, 165), there was the Mark Four, who gave us this “sublime, understated” ‘65 mod B-side with a “dark, unsettling mood” (John Reed, liner notes to the CD comp Decca Originals:Continue reading “The Mark Four/The Creation — “I’m Leaving”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 23, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,501) Bohemian Vendetta — “Enough” Who were the Bohemian Vendetta (see #313)? They were a “quintet . . . from New York’s Long Island, who backed Faine Jade [see #314, 686] on his Introspection album in 1968. That same year, they recorded and released aContinue reading “Bohemian Vendetta — “Enough”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 22, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,500) The Hellions — “Daydreaming of You” What do you get when you combine a Jackie DeShannon/Sharon Sheeley-written song, production by wildman Kim Fowley and a pre-supergroup with future members of Traffic, Spooky Tooth and Family? You get a classic “radio friendly” withContinue reading “The Hellions — “Daydreaming of You”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 21, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,499) The Smoke — “Utterly Simple” Here is “a fabulous reworking of [a] Traffic song . . . produced by writer Dave Mason” (David Wells, liner notes to the CD comp Psychedelic Pstones III: House of Many Windows), a “superb cover . .Continue reading “I Shall Be Released: The Smoke — “Utterly Simple”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 20, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,498) Thundertree — “Summertime Children” Minneapolis/St. Paul Christian rock band’s “bouncy [secular] pop-psych ditty . . . was the[ir] album’s most atypical song and also the standout performance”. (RDTEN1, https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/thundertree/thundertree/) I love it, like manna from heaven! RDTEN1 tells us: [S]inger Bob Blank,Continue reading “Thundertree — “Summertime Children”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 19, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,497) Spencer Mac – “Ka-Ka Kabya Mow-Mow (Sing A Little Love Song)” Fabulous UK blue eyed funk — no way was I expecting this. “Funkin’ groovy man, this tune is really doing it to me”. (bodhiapurva3887, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Bn_KltWlZo) Yeah, me too. Gazfunk tells us:Continue reading “Spencer Mac – “Ka-Ka Kabya Mow-Mow (Sing A Little Love Song)”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 18, 2025”

“Liza” starts at 8:05 THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,496) Steve & Stevie — “Liza” A perfect pop song from downunder, “dancefloor friendly, funky piano pop . . . which would have made a killer single”. (Peter Gough, https://biteitdeep.blogspot.com/2014/06/steve-stevie-steve-stevie-1968.html?m=1) Peter Gough tells us: Steve & Stevie aka Steve Kipner and Steve Groves were an AustralianContinue reading “Steve & Stevie — “Liza”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 17, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,495) Bob Dylan and the Band — “I’m Your Teenage Prayer” Well, we go from a great Dylan parody/rip-off to a glorious doo-woo parody by Dylan himself with the Band from what else but The Basement Tapes. I kept trying to find theContinue reading “Bob Dylan and the Band— “I’m Your Teenage Prayer”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 16, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,494) Dick Campbell — “Where Were You” A great and haunting song from a polarizing LP — Dick Campbell Sings Where It’s At — EITHER “the sole masterpiece of the fake-Dylan field” (Gene Sculatti, https://paul-pearson.blogspot.com/2015/08/song-20150801-dick-campbell.html), “ar­guably the most amaz­ing ‘elec­tric Dylan’ sounda­like ever,Continue reading “Dick Campbell — “Where Were You”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 15, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,493) Jimmy Campbell — “In My Room” A door into his room, a door into his soul. A wonderful, “insightful”, and “plaintive” song with orchestration to match from Campbell’s Half Baked LP that “name checks the great master painters and authors that sparkedContinue reading “Jimmy Campbell — “In My Room”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 14, 2025”