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THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,158) Boudewijn de Groot — “Naast Jou”/”Next to You” The Dutch Master Boudewijn de Groot (see #107, 161, 305, 989, 1,216, 1,446) — and I’m not talking cigars — is a “[t]roubadour with a Dylan-esque impact, who shoots to fame in [the NetherlandsContinue reading “Boudewijn de Groot — “Naast Jou”/”Next to You”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 9, 2026″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,157) Jim Sullivan — “Johnny” Before he vanished in New Mexico while driving to a new life in Nashville, L.A.’s Jim Sullivan (see #1,306) left us a stunning ‘69 LP with this “[a]wesome, haunting song”. (kplunk3050, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RWH2hY3eGk) Sullivan “with his rich voice, tellsContinue reading “Jim Sullivan — “Johnny”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 8, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,156) Damon — “Don’t You Feel Me” This ’68 A-side by L.A.’s Damon (see #1,166, 1,421) is “a [g]reat psych brooder” (charonbadmann8904, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vnfEqr36aU), a “slow/mid-tempo psychedelic rock/acid rock song with vicious guitar fuzz, hypnotic vocals, some reverbs and a mysterious feeling”. (roquecolor, https://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/damon/dont-you-feel-me-poor-poor-genie/)Continue reading “Damon — “Don’t You Feel Me”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 7, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,155) The Humblebums — “Keep It to Yourself” I’m not keeping this exquisite song to myself! Off the Humblebums’ (see #556, 847, 1,548) second LP with Gerry Rafferty, it was written by Rafferty and “ranks alongside any of his best-known compositions”. (Dave Thompson,Continue reading “The Humblebums — “Keep It to Yourself”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 6, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,154) The Seeds — “No Escape” “Sky [Saxon] breathlessly cries for freedom, audaciously slipping frequently into something like a stoned, sandy southern drawl” (tasos epit, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_WQYBkbpa4) in the Seeds’ (see #116, 446, 1,441, 1,491) “raucous and sniveling statement of intent . . .Continue reading “The Seeds — “No Escape”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 5, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,153) Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & Trinity — “Tramp” The high priestess of Swinging London takes on “Tramp” and makes it her own; no easy feat following in the footsteps of Lowell Fulsom, Carla Thomas and Otis Redding! Fulsom trotted out “Tramp” inContinue reading “Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & Trinity — “Tramp”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 4, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,152) Wilson Pickett — “It’s Still Good” Look within one of Wilson Pickett’s (see #1,397, 1,903) most underrated and poorly selling LP’s — ‘70’s Right On (only reaching #197)— and you will find this funky nugget. It was also put out on aContinue reading “Wilson Pickett — “It’s Still Good”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 3, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,151) Gordon Lightfoot — “Bitter Green” Warning: If you are from Vancouver, Canada, read no further, as this song reached #5 there! Many of Gordon Lightfoot’s (see #92, 167, 392) best songs went down well before the Edmund Fitzgerald, including this lovely andContinue reading “Gordon Lightfoot — “Bitter Green”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 2, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,150) Lulu and the Luvvers — “Chocolate Ice” Lulu’s (see #960, 1,984) zany and over the top paean to sweets (in)famously accompanied the main title credits to the “[b]rilliantly awful, and awfully brilliant” (imdb-13900, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059237/review/rw5654075/?ref_=tturv) ’64 UK flick Gonks Go Beat, a “[b]izarreContinue reading “Lulu and the Luvvers — “Chocolate Ice”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 1, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD This Halloween, Creedence Clearwater Revival and Icarus let the devil ride out! 2,148) Creedence Clearwater Revival — “Sinister Purpose” Written, of course, by John Fogerty and appearing on CCR’s Green River LP, this song has a “sinister riff” (Thesp88, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wyWTol4wk4) and “some ofContinue reading “Halloween Special Edition: Creedence Clearwater Revival — “Sinister Purpose”, Icarus — “The Devil Rides Out”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 31, 2026″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD Cut the Monkee business! The greatest version of this “fabulous statement of lost love and melancholy” (Matthew Greenwald, https://www.allmusic.com/song/i-wont-be-the-same-without-her-mt0011528006) by Carole King and Gerry Goffin was released by a garage band out of Peoria, Illinois, as a “reverb-equipped . . . folk-punker”. (JeffContinue reading ““I Won’t Be the Same Without Her” Special Edition: The Warner Brothers/Carole King — “I Won’t Be the Same Without Her”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 30, 2026″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,145) Philamore Lincoln — “When You Were Looking My Way” Ethereal Donovan-like pop psych/folk from an “intermittently” (Vernon Joynson, The Tapestry of Delights Revisited), no, “absolutely superb”, U.S.-only LP of “lush, orchestrated psychedelic folk that washes over you when you hear it” (Gabriel_II,Continue reading “Philamore Lincoln — “When You Were Looking My Way”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 29, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,144) John Pantry — “Smokey Wood Air” Here is one of John Pantry’s “finest songs” (David Wells, liner notes to the CD comp The Upside Down World of John Pantry), an unreleased gem from ’68, a reverie about being alone in the forestContinue reading “I Shall Be Released: John Pantry — “Smokey Wood Air”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 28, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,142) Sugar Cube Blues Band — “We’ve Got to Get Away” Haunting, desperate, chilling, unreleased Southern Gothic folk rock out of Grenada, Mississippi, courtesy of the Sugar Cube Blues Band (see #1,806). This is not your father’s “We Gotta Get Out of ThisContinue reading “I Shall Be Released”: Sugar Cube Blues Band — “We’ve Got to Get Away”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 26, 2026″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,142) Sandra Barry and the Boys (The Action)— “Really Gonna Shake” Before the Action [see #393, 429, 966, 1,773, 1,913, 2,020, 2040] became the greatest mod band of them all, they were Sandra Barry’s backup band, and she and the boys released thisContinue reading “Sandra Barry and the Boys (The Action)— “Really Gonna Shake”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 26, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,141) The Spectrum — “It Doesn’t Seem to Matter” Here is unreleased at the time “prime late 60s psych complete with odd time changes, meandering melodies and a stunner of an arrangement” (PopJunkie, https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESowEB6zswFQQ4ZD0hEm60REbDq-hYBBUpevRBOJ94OSqVxda8wxz5Ibi9zZJAXQmkEeR6mDDPWU_0cPcnZDTdiikZZV5Ab0q2Ui7aMty4eX4_b2o67dRx56rUbixe5gmRqbEYawcTG_56Xfl6e_UQjsF8YObb5wqtKAOtiHd4_Z1yi7ZrgfXwT2E28zRbSu4YMxGP33b-Xr_h3c3NmxTDJ5ygncCa) that is full of pomp and circumstance by theContinue reading “I Shall Be Released: The Spectrum — “It Doesn’t Seem to Matter”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 25, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,140) The Action — “Really Doesn’t Matter” Here is the blueprint for a soaring anthem that never was, extolling the virtues of procrastination. It’s another unreleased demo from the Action’s (see #393, 429, 966, 1,773, 1,913, 2,020) top contender for the greatest lostContinue reading “I Shall Be Released: The Action — “Really Doesn’t Matter”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 24, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,139) The Dramatics — “Bingo” “Whew”! Detroit’s Dramatics’ first A-side is a clear winner. “So glad I’ve got a winner Every day she loves me more and more”! Richard writes of “Bingo”: The song “Bingo” (b/w “Somewhere”) was issued twice on Wingate asContinue reading “The Dramatics — “Bingo”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 23, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,138) Raja Ahmad & Dendang Irama — “Oh Ya Ya” Yé-yé is so yesterday — hop over to Pop Yeh Yeh from Malaysia and Singapore (which also got its name from the Beatles’ refrain “She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah”) — like thisContinue reading “Raja Ahmad & Dendang Irama — “Oh Ya Ya”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 22, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 2,137) Lazy Smoke — “There Was a Time” From Lazy Smoke’s (see #377) album of “surprisingly good”, “Beatles-tinged psyche rock, aided largely by a lead singer whose vocals conjure John Lennon” (Jittery White Guy, https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2020/06/lazy-smoke-corridor-of-faces-1968.html), here is a song whose “lyrics referred toContinue reading “Lazy Smoke — “There Was a Time”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 21, 2026”