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THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,355) Timebox — “A Woman That’s Waiting” This ’68 B-side by Timebox (see #1,285) is the sweetest UK pop psych confection that I know. That woman that’s waiting? “She doesn’t have to worry I’ll soon be coming by”. Aww! The song is “wonderful”Continue reading “Timebox — “A Woman That’s Waiting”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 4, 2024″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,354) The Crusade — “Psychedelic Woman” This ’67 A-side is an extra-heavy Alaskan “[c]rude garage-stomper” (Popsike, https://www.popsike.com/THE-CRUSADE-psychedelic-woman-7-Garage-Fuzz-Alaska/270699719673.html), “kinda dirty and nasty dripping fuzz and attitude” (A.J., https://garagehangover.com/crusade-psychedelic-woman-fade-away-golden-north/), “one of those singles that makes every fan of psychedelia smile. . . . [with t]woContinue reading “The Crusade — “Psychedelic Woman”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 3, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,353) Tages — “Like a Woman” I’ve played the A-side (see #1,282), here’s the B-side — from the best Swedish band of the 60’s (see also #286). It’s a Beatlesque pop-psych wonder from an album — Studio — called “nothing short of aContinue reading “Tages — “Like a Woman”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 2, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,352) The Perth County Conspiracy — “Woman for All Seasons” From the Perth County Conspiracy* (see #406), “[a] true legend of . . . psych-folk rock” (CitizenFreak, http://www.citizenfreak.com/titles/295575?fbclid=IwAR1i6ppj2qI_l68lfBp0bqNSFUFwxlN3qmVROJO_bf0J0OaKd36s55xzi_k), here is a haunting folk song for all seasons. Where did the PCC come from?Continue reading “The Perth County Conspiracy — “Woman for All Seasons”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 1, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,351) John Dummer’s Famous Music Band — “Fine Looking Woman” John Dummer’s [maybe not so] Famous Music Band gives us some fine British blues rock. No relation to Norman Greenbaum’s “Good Lookin’ Woman” (see #46)! Michael Limnios: tells us: John Dummer is oneContinue reading “John Dummer’s Famous Music Band — “Fine Looking Woman”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 30, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,350) Longbranch/Pennywhistle — “Bring Back Funky Women” Glenn Frey and J.D. Souther (before the Eagles took flight) with a plea to bring back funky women. “And bring back fuzz guitar too! This is a cool song.” (daisyjane1070, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xyb2c0JiyLk) Longbranch/ Pennywhistle? What kind ofContinue reading “Longbranch/Pennywhistle — “Bring Back Funky Women”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 29, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,349) Tim Dawe — “Scarlet Woman” Future nuclear physicist Tim Dawe (see #875) gives us a “[b]eautiful!” (annc8281, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC8tRFETd70), grand and sweeping pop psych/folk rock epic. It is from his ’69 album Penrod, “an enigmatic mixture of psychedelia, early singer-songwriter moves, almost crooningContinue reading “Tim Dawe — “Scarlet Woman”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 28, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,348) Moon’s Train — “Gotta Go Catch Me a Woman” Bill Wyman gets his (Georgie) Fame on, co-writing and and producing this hip R&B modster! “[Moon’s Train] firmly straddled the mod loves of jazz/r&b with the later psychedelic headsounds. Most of the tracksContinue reading “Moon’s Train — “Gotta Go Catch Me a Woman”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 27, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,347) The Impressions — “A Woman Who Loves Me” Altrockchick has opined that “Only self-centered *ssholes would depersonalize someone of the superior gender, as in ‘That’s enough, woman!’ or ‘Gimme a beer, woman!’ I can’t think of a single instance when a popContinue reading “The Impressions — “A Woman Who Loves Me”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 26, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,346) John Williams — “She’s That Kind of Woman” This ’67 A-side is “a gentle hippy-ish track” with wry Dylanesque lyrics — “which didn’t get UK airplay because of the phrase ‘[she looks like she’s] easy to lay’”. (Juke Jules, https://www.45cat.com/record/db8128) John WilliamsContinue reading “John Williams — “She’s That Kind of Woman”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 25, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,345) Them — “Young Woman” Belfast’s Them post-Him (see #1,275) had “mastered West Coast psychedelia like no other Irish band”. (Jon “Mojo” Mills, liner notes to the CD reissue of Time Out! Time in For Them) From their second album — Time Out! TimeContinue reading “Them — “Young Woman”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 24, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,344) Manfred Mann Chapter Three — “Devil Woman” This is not your teenyboppers’s Manfred Mann! This is Manfred Mann Chapter III, and Mann, oh Mann, do I love my Manfred Mann Chapter III (see #79, 146, 698). “[T]he brilliant Devil Woman fall[s] in betweenContinue reading “Manfred Mann Chapter Three — “Devil Woman”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 23, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,343) The Bee Gees — “One Minute Woman” From the Bee Gees’s “1st” album (outside of Australia) — Bee Gees 1st — comes “Barry’s bleeding-heart romantic ode to the object of his affection”. (Grant Walters, https://albumism.com/features/tribute-celebrating-50-years-of-bee-gees-bee-gees-1st) Grant Walters goes on: [“Woman” is] theContinue reading “The Bee Gees — “One Minute Woman”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 21, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,342) Jack Grunsky — “Sweeper Woman” I’ve played the A-side (see #728), here’s the wonderful folk rock B-side by future children’s music superstar Jack Grunsky (see also #566). Jack Grunsky was famous at the time — well, he was famous in Austria. Austria’sContinue reading “Jack Grunsky — “Sweeper Woman”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 21, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,341) The 49th Parallel — “Twilight Woman” Calgary’s 49th Parallel (see #367, 481, 697) give us “[a] Canadian gem. . . . two and a half minutes of blissful late-sixties psych pop” (SimonTheSignGuy, https://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/49th-parallel/twilight-woman-close-the-barn-door.p/), “[a] perfect 2 1/2 minutes of garage pop bliss”.Continue reading “The 49th Parallel — “Twilight Woman”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 20, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,340) Chuck Berry — “Ain’t That Just Like a Woman” Here is Chuck Berry’s (see #361, 886) fantastic take (off his ’65 Chess LP Fresh Berry’s) on Louis Jordan’s ’46 #1 R&B (#17 pop) jump blues hit. It is so good that byContinue reading “Chuck Berry — “Ain’t That Just Like a Woman”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 19, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,339) Peter Sully — “Evil Woman” A power ballad Swinging London style, this “fuzz-driven” (liner notes to the CD comp Piccadilly Sunshine Volumes 11-20: A Compendium of Rare Pop Curios from the British Psychedelic Era) ’68 B-side is “[g]reat slow-burning psych introspection withContinue reading “Peter Sully — “Evil Woman”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 18, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,338) John Bromley — “What a Woman Does” This ’68 A-side, a truly “[b]eautiful tune” (Eddie the Amateur, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnAozY6AcJs) by English singer/songwriter John Bromley (see #337, 350, 703, 1,026) is where his solo career began. He “never thought of himself as a singer.Continue reading “John Bromley — “What a Woman Does”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 17, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,337) The Motives — “Ice Woman” This ’67 EP B-side about an ice woman whose spurned lover urges her to “come and look at the sun before it’s too late” is by a band composed of “British servicemen stationed in Germany . .Continue reading “The Motives — “Ice Woman”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 16, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,336) Maurice Gibb — “I’ve Come Back” I’ve featured the A-side (see #861), here is the B-side, “in many ways . . . equally as good and even more rare”. (Tim Roxborogh, https://www.roxboroghreport.com/2020/04/samantha-gibb-covers-her-dads-greatest-song-my-flashbacks-to-being-backstage-with-the-bee-gees-in-1999.html)) From the first of Maurice Gibb’s (see #353, 354, 466, 861) twoContinue reading “Maurice Gibb — “I’ve Come Back”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — September 15, 2024″