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THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 755) Freddy Lindquist — “Woman Running Around” Norway? No way! Yes way! Savage Saint says that “[b]ack in the 60’s, Freddy Lindquist was known as one out of two super lead guitarist[s] in Norway. . . . hailed as the Hendrix of Norway.”Continue reading “Freddy Lindquist — “Woman Running Around”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 7, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 754) Jimmy Gordon — “Buzzzzzz” ‘63 A-side is an “instro-surf-psycho-trash-garage” classic (Marco Casas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb6cNcFXooU) and “one of the more sought-after records of its genre, having an absolute overload of fuzz guitar and riff-ridden drama.” (23 Daves, http://left-and-to-the-back.blogspot.com/2015/11/jimmy-gordon-test-pattern-1980.html). In fact, it “rips so muchContinue reading “Jimmy Gordon — “Buzzzzzz”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 6, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 753) The Kinks — “Too Much on My Mind” Take a journey to the center of Ray Davies’ mind (see #100, 381, 417, 450, 508, 529, 606, 623) Alex Hopper calls “Too Much” an “underrated standout” (https://americansongwriter.com/5-deep-cuts-from-the-kinks-that-you-should-be-listening-to/) and the always spot-on Rob SheffieldContinue reading “The Kinks — “Too Much on My Mind”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 5, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 752) The Intruders — “It Must Be Love” This “upbeat, happy jam” (Funk My Soul, https://www.funkmysoul.gr/albums-no-review/the-intruders-1967-are-together/) is so good it was a ‘66 B-side and a track on two albums! Would there even be Philly soul without the Intruders?! Steve Huey: As theContinue reading “The Intruders — “It Must Be Love”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 4, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 751) The Stone Poneys — “The Train and the River” As Paul McCartney might say, “La la la la la the lovely Linda”. Here is a remarkable and remarkably gentle folk song off the Stone Poney’s first album. Nik says that “[Kenny] EdwardsContinue reading “The Stone Poneys — “The Train and the River”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 3, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 750) Fenner, Leland & O’Brien — “Where’s My Life Going” One of the great ’60’s counterculture protest songs — yet, virtually unknown at the time. OK, its dated, but who can resist lyrics like “in this world there are too many fools whoContinue reading “Fenner, Leland & O’Brien — “Where’s My Life Going”: the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 2, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 749) The Paupers — “Oh That She Might” Nik says of this gorgeous pop psych ballad from Ellis Island, the great Canadian band’s (see #192) second and final album, that “[f]ew 1960s bands ever succeeded at doing atmospheric balladry like the Paupers doContinue reading “The Paupers — “Oh That She Might”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 1, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 748) The Stained Glass — “My Buddy Sin” The Stained Glass was, per Alec Palao, “[a]mong the most underrated entries in the Bay Area 1960s pantheon”, with “My Buddy Sin” being “baroque-tinged” and “catchy and innovative”, a song that “should have sent theContinue reading “The Stained Glass — “My Buddy Sin”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 28, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 747) Focal Point — “Girl on the Corner” Focal Point is one of the greatest coulda/shoulda-beens in the annals of British pop psych (see #4, 43, 198, 538). “Girl”, one of the first four songs they recorded, knocked out John Lennon and BrianContinue reading “Focal Point — “Girl on the Corner”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 27, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 746) Los Saicos — “El Entierro De Los Gatos”/“The Burial of Cats” Raucous ‘65 B-side by Peru’s Los Saicos — yes, pronounced “psychos” — who very well may have been the world’s first punk band!Martin Schneider say that today’s song “is a terseContinue reading “Los Saicos — “El Entierro De Los Gatos”/“The Burial of Cats”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 26, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 745) Nooney Rickett and the Nooney Rickett Four — “Bye Bye Baby” Man, this ’65 45 must be an unreleased number by the Searchers, or maybe the Hollies. It’s not? It’s not. It is, as Acid Revolver says “Fab Searchers/Beau Brummels styled folkContinue reading “Nooney Rickett and the Nooney Rickett Four — “Bye Bye Baby”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 25, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 743) Wizz Jones — “Dazzling Stranger” This dazzling folk song is “stunningly poignant” and “encapsulate[s] the combination of fragility and profundity that defined the best of the 1960’s singer-songwriters.” (Colin Harper, Dazzling Stranger: Bert Jansch and the British Folk and Blues Revival) WizzContinue reading “Wizz Jones — “Dazzling Stranger”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 23, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 744) Living Children — “Now It’s Over” Thomassmith8721 calls the song a “masterpiece of mellowness” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3joTl1xhoLg), Gilesi says that it “is a moody ballad with an air of The Byrds about it, with hushed, melancholic vocals and a simple guitar break that fitsContinue reading “Living Children — “Now It’s Over”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 24, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 742) Fingletoad, Strange & Siho — “Marshlands” From the Chicago suburbs comes a magical, haunting, Lennonesque rock song from an album that saw fewer than 100 souvenir LP’s stamped in ‘70. The Eternal Now says the album is “westcoast-influenced 1970 rock and psychedeliaContinue reading “I Shall Be Released #2: Fingletoad, Strange & Siho — “Marshlands”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 22, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 741) Sharon Tandy — “One Way Street” Today, I’m rebranding my unreleased (in the ’60’s) “greatest songs” as I Shall Be Released. I’m sure I have Bob’s full backing! Ah, Sharon Tandy (see #371, 441, 442) — that “[m]od goddess, psychedelic priestess, blue-eyedContinue reading “I Shall Be Released #1: Sharon Tandy — “One Way Street”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 21, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 740) Reparata and the Delrons — “Weather Forecast” I love Reparata and the Delrons (see #258, 389, 578) — and not just because they got together in ‘62 (the year I was born!) at St. Brendan’s Catholic School in Brooklyn (where I was livingContinue reading “Reparata and the Delrons — “Weather Forecast”: A Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 20, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 739) The Chords Five — “Some People” This cool ‘69 UK A-side was a “quirky slice of observational pop” (liner notes to the CD comp Keep Lookin’: 80 More Mod, Soul & Freakbeat Nuggets) written by the great Graham Gouldman (see #226), butContinue reading “The Chords Five — “Some People”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 19, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD This blog o’ mine gives me great joy, as when I played as my 22nd song “Michel Angelo”, by Jimmy Campbell and his band at the time the 23rd Turnoff. I called the song “[o]ne of the most gorgeous songs I have everContinue reading “Jimmy Campbell Special Edition: Jimmy Campbell — “Michel Angelo”, Jimmy Campbell — “Mother’s Boy”, Rockin’ Horse — “Biggest Gossip in Town”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 18, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 735) Freddie Scott — “I’ll Be Gone” ’67 A-side from the only deep soul belter from . . . Rhode Island (!) is “as close to a stomper as Freddie can get”. Heikki Suosalo, https://www.soulexpress.net/freddiescott.htm). It’s a stomper, all right! Jason Ankeny: BestContinue reading “Freddie Scott — “I’ll Be Gone”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 17, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 733) Musick Express — “Jackie’s Thing” The Musick Express’ wonderful one and only A-side reached the top 100 in Australia in ’70 and sounds soooooo Bowie-esque! It’s a Jackie thing, you wouldn’t understand! Kimbo tells us that: Forming in Adelaide in the lateContinue reading “The Musick Express — “Jackie’s Thing”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 16, 2023”