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THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,308) John Sebastian — “She’s a Lady” John Sebastian’s first solo A-side, featuring Stephen Stills and David Crosby on guitars (Richie Unterberger, http://www.richieunterberger.com/sebastian1.html), is a “string filled” “delicate ballad[]” (William Ruhlmann, https://www.allmusic.com/album/john-b-sebastian-mw0000743465), a “British Invasion-style fey love song . . . that echoesContinue reading “John Sebastian — “She’s a Lady”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 19, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,307) Peter, Paul & Mary — “The House Song” This lovely, wistful, song was written by Noel Paul Stookey, “Paul” from Peter, Paul & Mary, and was a ‘67 A-side for the trio + the B-side of their ‘69 #1 hit “Leaving onContinue reading “Peter, Paul & Mary — “The House Song”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 18, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,306) Jim Sullivan — “Highways” An eerie, prophetic and “beautiful . . . song . . . . What a voice, what a talent sadly lost to the desert forever. . . . Sublime genius.” (drumgold23) Of “Highways”, James Allen tells us: TheContinue reading “Jim Sullivan — “Highways”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 17, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,305) Jacqueline Taïeb — “Le Cœur Au Bout Des Doigts”/”The Heart at Your Fingertips” Tunisian-born yé-yé great Jacqueline Taïeb (see #39) took Paris by storm with “7h du matin”/“7 in the morning”, about a schoolgirl waking up and wishing that Paul McCartney couldContinue reading “Jacqueline Taïeb — “Le Cœur Au Bout Des Doigts”/”The Heart at Your Fingertips”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 16, 2024″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,304) John Carter — “Conversations (In a Station Light Refreshment Bar)” An unreleased joyous gem of a demo by Ivy Leaguer and UK songwriter extraordinaire John Carter (see #1,201). Forget San Francisco, let’s go to a station light refreshment bar! Tim Sendra writes:Continue reading “I Shall Be Released: John Carter — “Conversations (In a Station Light Refreshment Bar)”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 15, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,303) Bobby Jameson — “Metropolitan Man” Who else but Bobby Jameson (see #219, 1,255) would give us an ultra-rare anti-Vietnam War single (“Vietnam”/“Metropolitan Man”), both sides searing indictments seething with anger . . . in early ‘66?! “Jameson’s howl of rage was releasedContinue reading “Bobby Jameson — Metropolitan Man”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 14, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,302) Barry Fantoni — “Little Man in a Little Box” Here is an “evocative” Ray Davies song (liner notes to the CD comp Piccadilly Sunshine: Volumes 1-10: A Compendium of Rare Pop Curios from the British Psychedelic Era), that “he wrote and producedContinue reading “Barry Fantoni — “Little Man in a Little Box”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 13, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,301) We the People — “My Brother the Man” “Whoop Whoop Whoop Whoop”: We the People (see #495, 850) give us “a smoking, almost-crazed, hard garage-punk number” (Richie Unterberger, https://www.allmusic.com/artist/we-the-people-mn0000816941) with a “rip-roaring psych guitar” (The Listening Post Blog, https://thelisteningpostblog.wordpress.com/2017/05/25/song-of-the-day-we-the-people-my-brother-the-man/), a “great pieceContinue reading “We the People — “My Brother the Man”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 12, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,300) Paul Williams — “Someday Man” Paul Williams was only just beginning when he and collaborator Roger Nichols [see #631, 828, 1,054] came up with this wonderful ode to just abiding. And the Monkees (sans Peter Tork) were only just ending when theyContinue reading “Paul Williams — “Someday Man”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 11, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,299) Price and Sheridan — “Lamp Lighter Man” Two Brumbeat Move-rs and shakers come up with a wonderful song that “sound[s] like [an] excellent 68/69 era Move outtake[]”. (Jason, https://therisingstorm.net/sheridan-price-this-is-to-certify-that/), or, to my ears, like a lost Neil Diamond almost-anthem. The song isContinue reading “Price and Sheridan — “Lamp Lighter Man”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 10, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,298) Harry Nilsson — “Yellow Man” Randy Newman [see #174] as interpreted by Ella Fitzgerald, Harry Nilsson [see #1,168], Randy Newman and Georgie Fame [see #103, 169, 634, 695, 721, 1,044] with Alan Price. As irony has been outlawed, the song might notContinue reading “Harry Nilsson — “Yellow Man”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 9, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD Famed Australian TV/film music composer Ron Grainer’s greatest creation (OK, other than the Dr. Who and The Prisoner themes!) was the theme to the ’67-68 British action/espionage TV series Man in a Suitcase. “Possibly the coolest theme tune ever!” (thefrecklepuny, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L8YTd0rfK0), “[t]he mostContinue reading “Man in a Suitcase Special Edition: Ron Grainer/Alexander Stone: Ron Grainer — “Man in a Suitcase Theme”, Alexander Stone — “Man in a Suitcase”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 8, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,295) New Dawn — “Proudman” A riveting song by New Dawn (see #986) about a proud man who “started life, just like many, in a run down shack, didn’t have a penny”, who quit working for a rich man who just pitied him,Continue reading “New Dawn — “Proudman”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 7, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,294) Jammë — “Strawberry Jam Man” Here is a Beatlesque and Mamas & Papasesque ode to, yes, strawberry jam, with “a great melody [and] lyrics that make me smile” (RDTEN1, https://de.rateyourmusic.com/release/album/jamme/jamme/), a “[s]tandout track[] . . . fun . . . [and] endowed withContinue reading “Jammë — “Strawberry Jam Man”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 6, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,293) Wizz Jones — “Beggar Man” Gee wizz, Wizz Jones , “[o]ne of the founding fathers of folk in the UK, cutting a dishevelled figure with a beatup acoustic guitar, and influential to many who have followed in his footsteps . . .Continue reading “Wizz Jones — “Beggar Man”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 5, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,292) Shocking Blue — “Never Marry a Railroad Man” Sorry Venus, this is Shocking Blue’s (see # 1,214) best song. “What a gorgeous melody for such a melancholy song” (vincenzowolfen45833, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ja4Fo7OJws&pp=ygUoc2hvY2tpbmcgYmx1ZSBuZXZlciBtYXJyeSBhIHJhaWxyb2FkIG1hbg%3D%3D) Brian Green writes that: [It] may be their best song altogether. AContinue reading “Shocking Blue — “Never Marry a Railroad Man”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 4, 2024”

As the album cover features nudity*, here is a YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gR-tEpkpVw THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,291) Freddy Lindquist — “The Green and Pink Little Man” Norway? No way! Yes way! “Back in the 60’s, Freddy Lindquist [see #755] was known as one out of two superContinue reading “Freddy Lindquist — “The Green and Pink Little Man”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 3, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,290) Mandrake Paddle Steamer — “Strange Walking Man” This UK pop psych classic with “superb trippy lyrics” (Vernon Joynson, The Tapestry of Delights Revisited) “[f]eatur[ed] mournful guitar and great harmonies [and] was lent its extraordinary coda by producer Robert Finnis, who spliced onContinue reading “Mandrake Paddle Steamer — “Strange Walking Man”Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 2, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,289) Cartoone — “Knick Knack Man”  This Scottish band’s “hook driven” (Joe Reagoso, http://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2013/10/cartoone-cartoone-1969-uk-wonderful.html) and “Beatlesque” (Richie Unterberger, https://www.allmusic.com/album/cartoone-mw0000819917) number is, per rockingscots (“a website dedicated to Scottish beat groups and rock bands from the ’60s and ’70s”), a “wonderfully miserable” song withContinue reading “Cartoone — “Knick Knack Man”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 1, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,288) Public Nuisance — “Strawberry Man” This anti-Vietnam War song “stand[s] out as quite imaginative”. (Richie Unterberger, https://www.allmusic.com/album/gotta-survive-mw0001893156) “I love this track it starts off in fine pop/punk style then cuts . . . into a completely new song!” (sf scene, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FrpXNz2HkWI&pp=ygUoUHVibGljIE51aXNhbmNlIOKAlCDigJxTdHJhd2JlcnJ5IE1hbuKAnQ%3D%3D) ItContinue reading “I Shall Be Released: Public Nuisance — “Strawberry Man”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — July 31, 2024”