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THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,469) Mario Molino – “Shake Psyco”/”Shake Psycho” The good, the bad, and the groovy! From an “[a]bsolute killer [Italian movie] score based on groovy beat and psychedelic cuts”, here is a number with “obsessive drumming & freaked out sound.” (https://www.popsike.com/Mario-Molino-Gli-Angeli-Del-2000-RARE-PSYCH-BEAT-OST-CAM-LIBRARY-LP-/280926957249.html) It is “[m]adContinue reading “Mario Molino – “Shake Psyco”/Shake Psycho”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 23, 2025″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,468) My Indole Ring — “Love People Everywhere” My Indole Ring* was “[a] local legend in Vancouver, Canada, back in 1967-1969” (François Couture, https://www.allmusic.com/album/my-indole-ring-mw0000662280), “one of the leading names” in Vancouver’s “remarkable head scene in the late ’60s, complete with poster artists, undergroundContinue reading “My Indole Ring — “Love People Everywhere”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 22, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,467) Jack Bedient & the Chessmen – “Glimmer Sunshine” Reno and Vegas lounge/showband “recorded some killer garage rock singles along the way” (Holly Thorpe, https://thecometmagazine.wordpress.com/2017/11/05/b-sides-issue2/), especially this A-side, “outstanding, fast-paced garage rock with . . . fine guitar . . . featuring throughoutContinue reading “Jack Bedient & the Chessmen – “Glimmer Sunshine”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 21, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,466) Gee Bros — “Let Me Find the Sun” I’ve just featured Barry Gibb, so let me turn to the Gee Bros — no, not the Bee Gees, the Dutch Gee Bros, with “[o]ne of the trippiest 45’s to come from the NederbeatContinue reading “Gee Bros — “Let Me Find the Sun”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 20, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,465) Barry Gibb — “What’s It All About” Barry’s yearning anti-war song from his solo album that was never to be — “very true bluesy and laidback folk rock”. (Jostein Hansen, https://www.roxboroghreport.com/2020/11/why-barry-gibb-recording-a-superstar-country-duets-album-makes-perfect-sense.html) Man, Barry even starts out the song sounding like Dylan! MattContinue reading “Barry Gibb — “What’s It All About”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 19, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,464) Roger Bunn – “Fantasy and Fiction” Here is a fleeting glimpse into Piece of Mind, an “[e]pic in scope” and “[f]ascinating LP of eccentric whimsy and symphonic psychedelia” (Bradx, https://www.discogs.com/master/235435-Roger-Bunn-Piece-Of-Mind?srsltid=AfmBOoo3mDfkXmzDyg2auqpDuiYa2qSaPvq9NF6x10G0tX5HzN-yRMhy), “an enjoyably bizarre mixture of funky pop, freedom poetry and orchestrated ballads”Continue reading “Roger Bunn – “Fantasy and Fiction”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 18, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,463) A. M. Gately — “Battle in the City” A back to nature call to arms with a to die for melody by a cherished friend of Al Kooper who left us too soon. “I’ve loved [“Battle”’s] sunlit melancholy tone, built around acousticContinue reading “A. M. Gately — “Battle in the City”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 17, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,462) Grapefruit — “Dear Delilah” Here is the greatest 60’s song about a gal named Delilah that wasn’t sung by Tom Jones. Rather, it is a glorious A-side, the first by the Beatles-backed band Grapefruit. Grapefruit was led by George Alexander (birth nameContinue reading “Grapefruit — “Dear Delilah”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 16, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,461) The Riot Squad —  “I Take It that We’re Through” “Great stomping Mod freakbeat” (Galactic-Ramble, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXOs9YA50Wk), with a “proto-Psychedelic” feel and a “proto-Raga groove”. (David Wells, liner notes to the CD comp Joe Meek Freakbeat: You’re Holding Me Down) Biffbampow writes: AbsolutelyContinue reading “The Riot Squad — “I Take It that We’re Through”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 15, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,460) Tony Ritchie — “Could You Really Live Without Her” This “superb” (MushroomMachineClub, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raXGDOtr8_k) ’68 B-side is a horn infused “fuzzy blue-eyed soul stomper” (The Sound of Vinyl, https://thesoundofvinyl.us/products/la-discoteque-psychedelique-various) sung by British songwriter Tony Ritchie, written by him and Miki Dallon and DerekContinue reading “Tony Ritchie — “Could You Really Live Without Her”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 14, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,459) Ben E. King — “If You’ve Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody”/“Come Together” Ben E. King’s (see #85, 254, 597) spectacular out of left field ’70 LP Rough Edges is “a curious work with a laid-back feel notable for its extended playContinue reading “Ben E. King — “If You’ve Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody”/“Come Together”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 13, 2025″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,458) Cat Stevens — “Bring Another Bottle Baby” Swinging London “bossa nova . . . my favourite track”, says Mike Hurst, producer of Cat Stevens’ first album Matthew & Son (original sleeve notes, https://majicat.com/recordings/MatthewLP.htm), a “smooth Latin shuffle” (Andy Neill, liner notes toContinue reading “Cat Stevens — “Bring Another Bottle Baby”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 12, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,457) Jigsaw — “Tumblin’” Years before they blew it all sky high, Jigsaw dropped this bomb on the English public, well, I mean “the bomb”, a “psych monster”, “[o]ff the rails” (thomassmilth8721, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eyld5on1Ll4), “a phased up stomping, psychedelic beast with a Brian Auger style hammond and eastern guitar licks”.Continue reading “Jigsaw — “Tumblin’”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 11, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,456) The Act — “Cobbled Streets” Watch out, today there is an Invasion of the Easybeat Snatchers! This “[b]loody brilliant” song (notmarkatall, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No_nOJwZ2wQ), a “triumph . . . a psych-infused pop nugget” (liner notes to the CD comps Piccadilly Sunshine: Volumes 1-10: AContinue reading “The Act — “Cobbled Streets”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 10, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,455) Frank Sinatra — “The Train” Frank Sinatra gave us a haunting song, but with “a ‘Mrs. Robinson’ jaunt” to it (Sam Sodomsky, https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/frank-sinatra-watertown/), written by the guys responsible for the Four Seasons’ psychedelic LP The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette (see yesterday’s song!),Continue reading “Frank Sinatra — “The Train”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 9, 2025″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,454) The Four Seasons — “Wall Street Village Day” The Four Seasons’ “foray into sgt pepperland is a real beaut” (checklissteric, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOqO5d9j1PA), “a personal favorite of [Frankie] Valli’s, [who] call[ed] it ‘an incredible song’”, “a buoyant slice-of-life, highlighting the cultural differences between NewContinue reading “The Four Seasons — “Wall Street Village Day”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 8, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,453) Del Shannon — “Gemini” Del Shannon runs away to psychedelia, gracing us with this “real treat . . . [a b]rilliant song” (Baggingarea, https://baggingarea.wordpress.com/2010/01/18/del-shannon-gemini/) that“sounds like that imaginary chart hit in a parallel universe” (Brushbox, https://itstartswithabirthstone.blogspot.com/2016/02/album-reviews-55-del-shannon-further.html, “[a] fantastic 45 from a fantastically giftedContinue reading “Del Shannon — “Gemini”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 7, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,452) The Staple Singers — “I See It” “I see it . . . America can be . . . a land where man is equal and free” This inspiring ‘69 A-side by the Staple Singers (see #680) is “intense” and “non-chalantly struttin’”,Continue reading “The Staple Singers — “I See It”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 6, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,451) The Kinks — “Big Black Smoke” Kinks Kronikles The B-side to the Kinks’ (see #100, 381, 417, 450, 508, 529, 606, 623, 753, 865, 978, 1,043, 1,108, 1,302, 1,330) #5 UK hit “Dead End Street” is “[a] two-minute study in character, DickensContinue reading “The Kinks — “Big Black Smoke”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 5, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,450) The Sound Magics — “Don’t You Remember” Nuggets-worthy British Invasion gold . . . from the Netherlands! Mike Stax writes that: The Sound Magics show superb melodic instincts on this haunting minor-key lament to lost love. Their vibrant three-part harmonies soar overContinue reading “The Sound Magics — “Don’t You Remember”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 4, 2025”