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THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 818) Mitch Ryder — “I Believe (There Must Be Someone)“ Truly great blue eyed soul from the Motor City’s Mitch Ryder. Ryder has been inducted into the Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame (https://rbhalloffamemarksms.com/inductees/) and not the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame,Continue reading “Mitch Ryder — “I Believe (There Must Be Someone)”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — May 8, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 817) Big Jim Sullivan — “Translove Airways (Fat Angel)” Jimmy Page and Big Jim Sullivan were the two towering session guitarists of Swinging London. Big Jim also mastered the sitar and recorded two albums of sitar-ploitation headswirlers (see #217). On this ‘67 albumContinue reading “Big Jim Sullivan — “Translove Airways (Fat Angel)”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — May 7, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 816) Syd Dale — “The Hell Raisers” The great British music library composer Syd Dale (see #395), an NFL films go-to, gives us a tune hell-raisin’ enough to be the theme of a 60’s sexploitation flick, Doris Wishman’s 1966 film Another Day. AnotherContinue reading “Syd Dale — “The Hell Raisers”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — May 6, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 815) Alessandro Alessandroni — “Bandidos” Spaghetti western ecstasy from a friend and collaborator of Ennio Morricone — from the 1967 movie Bandidos directed by Massimo Dallamano as Max Dillmann. (https://www.discogs.com/release/2578148-Egisto-Macchi-Bandidos-Colonna-Sonora-Originale) As Tom Seldon tells us, in the movie: Renowned gunman Richard Martin isContinue reading “Alessandro Alessandroni — “Bandidos”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — May 5, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 814) The Fallen Angels “I’ll Drive You From My Mind” I can’t drive this “haunting” (https://psychedelic-rocknroll.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-fallen-angels-its-long-way-down.html?m=1) slab of psych from my mind. It is the album’s “creepiest number . . . [with] dark shadows, whispered vocals, and splashes of sitar”. (Dave Furgess, https://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/review/1714/)Continue reading “The Fallen Angels — “I’ll Drive You From My Mind”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — May 4, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 813) Edwards Hand* — “Hello America” The melody and arrangement of this amazing song by the UK psychsters (see #151, 663) is a total rip-off of Neil Diamond’s “Coming to America”! Wait a second, this song came in ‘70 and “Coming” came inContinue reading “Edwards Hand — “Hello America”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — May 3, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 812) Milton Kelley — “Small Town Boy” Timeless and touching ’70 folk-rock straight outta the legendary Two:Dot studios in Ojai [California]. The song sounds like it could have been written yesterday. Worth Point calls Kelley’s album Home Brew “a blend of folk/psych &Continue reading “Milton Kelley — “Small Town Boy”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — May 2, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 811) Neo Maya/Episode Six — “I Won’t Hurt You” If great songs deserve convoluted tales, this pop psych gem, spooky and unforgettable, has got one. The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band (see #197, 488) recorded two great versions of the song, andContinue reading “Neo Maya/Episode Six — “I Won’t Hurt You”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — May 1, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 810) The Millennium — “5 A.M.” Sunshine pop* went supernova with the Millennium (see #397, 506, 586, 662), a 60’s sunshine supergroup that created Begin, the greatest sunshine pop album ever recorded. Begin cost more to make than any other album from ’68Continue reading “The Millennium: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 30, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 809) Heinz & The Wild Boys — “I’m Not a Bad Guy” A wild freakbeat version of a Crickets tune — OK, post-Buddy Holly Crickets, but still the Crickets! On the Flip-Side tells us that: “I’m Not a Bad Guy” was written byContinue reading “Heinz & The Wild Boys— “I’m Not a Bad Guy”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 29, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 808) Tyrone Davis — “She’s Looking Good” This song was co-written and released by Rodger Collins in ’67 and reached #101 (#44 R&B). Wilson Pickett then had a #15 hit with it (#7 R&B). But to me, Tyrone Davis made the definitive, mostContinue reading “Tyrone Davis — “She’s Looking Good”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 28, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 807) Caleb Quaye — “Baby Your Phrasing Is Bad” A “magnificent” (liner notes to the Chocolate Soup for Diabetics Volumes 1-5 CD comp) and “very fuzzy guitar driven song” (Vernon Joynson, The Tapestry of Delights Revisited), that is an “over-phased slice of distortedContinue reading “Caleb Quaye — “Baby Your Phrasing Is Bad”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 27, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 806) The Picadilly Line — “Emily Small” (The Huge World Thereof)” This late-Summer of Love A-side is “whimsical toytown pop-psych” (Vernon Joynson, The Tapestry of Delights Revisited), “a gentle baroque-pop arrangement of strings and horns and period-perfect background vocals. . . . definitelyContinue reading “The Picadilly Line — “Emily Small (The Huge World Thereof)”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 26, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 805) Nocturnal Day Dream — “I Had a Dream Last Night” This B-side of the band’s only single (’68) is a “melodic [garage] gem” (Rog Brown, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7mz3EK932w), not so much moody as eerie/otherwordly. Now that’s a sub-genre! The song deserves to be moreContinue reading “Nocturnal Day Dream —“I Had a Dream Last Night”: for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 25, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 804) Al Kooper — “Love Theme from The Landlord“ This ’70 album track and ’71 B-side and soundtrack track is a gorgeous and “haunting” song (Lindsay Planer, https://www.allmusic.com/album/easy-does-it-mw0000740238) by Kooper (see #642, 705) Kooper, the victim of a bloody, sweaty and tearful coupContinue reading “Al Kooper — “Love Theme from The Landlord”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 24, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 803) Dreams — “New York” The dream of nuclear fusion, achieved! This jazz-rock barn burner is hardly a love letter to NYC (where all the lonely, uptight people do come from). The band — filled with a Murderer’s Row of future fusion HallContinue reading “Dreams — “New York”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 23, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 802) Mojo — “New York City” ’68 sunshine pop A-side/’69 album track is a California tourist’s itinerary for New York City. “I want to go down to the Village . . . . take in a coffee shop or two.” NYC should haveContinue reading “Mojo — “New York City”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 21, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 801) Country Weather — “Fly to New York” I’ve never played a jam before, but today I give you a cool one by Country Weather, the great San Francisco band that never quite made it despite being a mainstay at the Filmore, theContinue reading “Country Weather — “Fly to New York”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 20, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 800) New York Public Library — “Got to Get Away” After yesterday visiting “the freaked-out, drugged-up street world of New York’s Lower East Side” circa 1968 (Mister Mark, http://thedirtymindofmistermark.blogspot.com/2010/11/lotti-golden.html?m=1), I thought I’d let us listen to New York Public Library — a British band!Continue reading “New York Public Library — “Got to Get Away”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 19, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 799) Lotti Golden — “Gonna Fay’s” Rock n’ roll, meet cinéma vérité, and let’s visit “the freaked-out, drugged-up street world of New York’s Lower East Side” circa 1968 (Mister Mark, http://thedirtymindofmistermark.blogspot.com/2010/11/lotti-golden.html?m=1) PATH tells us that: [Lottie Golden takes us] to Fay’s, the meet-upContinue reading “Lotti Golden — “Gonna Fay’s”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 18, 2023″