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THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,429) The Four Tops — “Something’s Tearing at the Edges of Time” The Four Tops “go psychedelic”. (Radiognome322, https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/four-tops/changing-times/) Fabulous! “Something’s tearing at the edges of time (Bits and pieces of my soul and my mind)” I have added a Facebook page forContinue reading “The Four Tops — “Something’s Tearing at the Edges of Time”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — December 14, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,428) Hate — “Corridors” There may be a thin line between love and hate, but I definitely love this prog/hard rock delight from Scotland. Why has no one covered it?! The band has a small but devoted following: Israbox: How is it possibleContinue reading “Hate — “Corridors”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — December 13, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,427) The Spencer Davis Group — “Time Seller” This was the band’s first A-side post-Steve Winwood, and reached #30 in the UK and #100 in the U.S. It is a “stunningly beautiful song” (783nata, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_zgi91D5Ow) and “was quite innovative and progressive sounding forContinue reading “The Spencer Davis Group — “Time Seller”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — December 12, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,426) Os Vips — “A Volta”/”The Return” WARNING: If you are from Brazil, read no further! This song was “the second most-requested song for two weeks in the national hit parade, ahead of the Rolling Stones’ ‘Satisfaction’ and the Beatles’ ‘Day Tripper’ .Continue reading “Os Vips — “A Volta”/”The Return”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — December 11, 2024″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,425) One in a Million* — “Double Sight” I’ve featured the A-side, “Fredereek Hernando” (see #1,171), here is the Scottish band’s ’67 Christmastime B-side, “simply one of the greatest Who-circa-1966-1967 soundalike songs ever . . . killer” (Richie Unterberger, https://www.allmusic.com/album/double-sight-mw0001743746), with the 45 beingContinue reading “One in a Million — “Double Sight”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — December 9, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,424) Barry Goldberg Reunion — “Hole in My Pocket” This ’68 A-side and track on the BGR’s only LP reached #103 on Billboard’ Hot 100 chart (for the week ending October 12, 1968 (Joel Whitburn, Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts:Continue reading “Barry Goldberg Reunion — “Hole in My Pocket”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — December 8, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,423) Focus — “Black Beauty” Gorgeous Dutch B-side and track from the band’s debut LP — In and Out of Focus — very reminiscent of Boudewijn de Groot (see #107, 161, 305, 989, 1,216). “Before giving shape to the peculiar fusion of rock,Continue reading “Focus — “Black Beauty”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — December 7, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,422) Los Shain’s– “Ella No Está Allí”/“She’s Not There” Straight outta Lima and as cool as the Peruvian Andes, here is a hypnotic surfy instrumental version of the Zombies’ (see #1,138) big hit “She’s Not There” (which had reached #2 in the U.S.Continue reading “Los Shain’s — “Ella No Está Allí”/“She’s Not There”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — December 6, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,421) Damon — “Oh What a Good Boy Am I” “Good Boy” is “great”, a “45-only [B-side] from the time of” (Patrick Lundborg, The Acid Archives, 2nd ed.), and really a part of, Damon’s (see #1,166) legendary privately-pressed LP Song of a Gypsy.Continue reading “Damon — “Oh What a Good Boy Am I”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — December 5, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,420) The Montage — “I Shall Call Her Mary” This “wistful” baroque pop wonder is a “highlight” (Richie Unterberger, liner notes to the CD reissue of Montage) of a “damn fine album, the real Left Banke follow up album”. (BrooklynAvenue, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzY73l1I7MY) Like Walk AwayContinue reading “The Montage — “I Shall Call Her Mary”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — December 4, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,419) Barbara Acklin — “Seven Days of Night” A soulful Chicago strut with a “fingersnappin’, infectious groove . . . perfectly suited to [the] soft, whispering vocal”. (Soulmakossa, https://www.funkmysoul.gr/barbara-acklin-seven-days-of-night/) Jason Ankeny tells us about the album: Brunswick rarely did right by Barbara Acklin.Continue reading “Barbara Acklin — “Seven Days of Night”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — December 3, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,418) Clifford T. Ward — “Path Through the Forest” The fifth song I ever featured in this thing I do was the Factory’s [see #5, 460, 761] “pulverising cover version”, for which “Path Through the Forest” is now “revered in psych circles”. (MarcoContinue reading “I Shall Be Released: Clifford T. Ward — “Path Through the Forest”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — December 2, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,417) The Secrets — “She’s Dangerous” Cliff Ward, 70s singer-songwriter extraordinaire and writer of the defining UK pop-psych masterwork “Path Through the Forest” (see #5), wrote this ‘67 B-side for the Ward-led Secrets. It’s a dangerously good song, “Tamla influenced pop” with anContinue reading “The Secrets — “She’s Dangerous”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — December 1, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,416) Michel Polnareff — “Ballade Pour Toi”/“Ballad for You” From French icon Michel Polnareff’s (see #120, 157, 722) first LP comes “a folk ballad par excellence”. (DoubleZ, https://www.albumoftheyear.org/user/doublez/album/28354-love-me-please-love-me/) Lauren Fay Levy writes: Nudge your Serge Gainsbourg record over a smidge to make roomContinue reading “Michel Polnareff — “Ballade Pour Toi”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 30, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,415) The Easybeats — “A Very Special Man” This ’66 EP track by Australia’s Easybeats (see #201, 1,310, 1,359) is a “minor-key, Kinks-esqe” (paulisdead, https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/the-easybeats-album-by-album-thread.314263/page-6) masterpiece. Eric Kamau writes: [V]ocalist Stevie Wright and guitarist George Young teamed up in penning the lyrics . .Continue reading “The Easybeats — “A Very Special Man”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 29, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,414) The Alan Bown! — “Technicolour Dream” For those who don’t have time for a 14 hour technicolor dream, this ‘67 B-side by the Alan Bown! (see #1,213) gives you “superior psych pop” (Jon Harrington, liner notes to the CD comp Halcyon Days:Continue reading “The Alan Bown! — “Technicolour Dream”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 28, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,413) Roy Junior — “Victim of Circumstances” “One of the great snarling garage/punk songs of the 60s” (Last.fm, https://www.last.fm/music/Roy+Junior/+wiki), a “hard-nosed punk flavored gem” (Dale Duncan, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBgW6cW_HEg), an “[e]xcellent uptempo . . . garage howler . . . You with fantastic vocals, way-coolContinue reading “Roy Junior — “Victim of Circumstances”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 27, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,412) The Road Runners — “Goodbye” Garage rock perfection out of Fresno, California, this is no shriveled California raisin, but a ’66 A-side that is “Absolutely Fierce garage rock” (ThomasSmith-hq7in, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv2xZKxFuDs), “a traditional pounding approach strengthened even further by exquisite harmonies, prominent FarfisaContinue reading “The Road Runners — “Goodbye”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 26, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,411) The Blues Project — “Fly Away” This lovely Al Kooper (see #642, 705, 765, 804)-penned “radio friendly [folk-rock song, which] . . . could easily be mistaken as a tune from The Beatles’s middle years (Rubber Soul-Revolver). . . . [is] spectacular [and]Continue reading “The Blues Project — “Fly Away”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 25, 2024″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,410) Affinity — “I Am the Walrus” Eric Burdon was the eggman, but Linda Hoyle was the walrus! From a UK jazz rock group (see #1,055, 1,364) that released one legendary album, here is a — unreleased at the time — more prog than jazzContinue reading “I Shall Be Released: Affinity — “I Am the Walrus”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 24, 2024”