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THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,988) The Ray McVay Sound — “Kinda Kinky” This “Kinks kash-in” (23Daves, https://left-and-to-the-back.blogspot.com/2018/11/the-ray-macvay-sound-kinda-kinky.html) is a “[j]azzy R&B, Mod, Instrumental” (Sixty Arrows, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzVgAuG3n-M) that “sounds like a cross between a late night chat show theme and The Kinks, which is no bad thing.” (23DavesContinue reading “The Ray McVay Sound — “Kinda Kinky”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — May 28, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,987) The Motherhood — “Back in the Grass” I’ve played the B-side (see #970), here’s the A-side — brooding jazz-funk from Klaus Doldinger’s Motherhood. It is also a track on the Motherhood’s “space-age bachelor-pad classic” LP I Feel So Free. (https://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/motherhood-the-i-feel-so-free-cd/ZG.9104CD.html) LPCD reissuesContinue reading “The Motherhood — “Back in the Grass: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — May 27, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,986) Shy Limbs — “Reputation” This “baroque-rock monster” (Peter Paphides, https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/apr/14/strangest-record-shops-in-britain) is itself the spawn of quite a monster — “A Whiter Shade of Pale”. “Reputation is “top Procol Harum type psychedelia with a phasey outro, great organ and an epic feel throughout” (ROCKPROF,Continue reading “Shy Limbs — “Reputation”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — May 26, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,985) The Honeybus — “She’s Out There” Another “infectious” (45rpy, https://45rpy.wordpress.com/2018/09/30/honeybus-story-1970/) and impossibly gorgeous song by Honeybus, this one off the Story LP and written by Colin Hare. Honeybus is one of my favorite bands (see #6, 52, 207, 434, 562, 605, 764, 1,100,Continue reading “The Honeybus — “She’s Out There”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — May 25, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,984) Lulu — “Rattler” The wistful “Rattler”, written by the Seekers’ Bruce Woodley, is one of the great railroad songs, deftly combining the themes of endless journeys and finally returning home to one’s love. It was first released by Herman’s Hermits (see #300,Continue reading “Lulu — “Rattler”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — May 24, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,983) The Poets — “I Am So Blue” Scotland’s greatest ‘60’s band (see #47, 86, 223, 489, 1,311) give us a “haunting” (Pierre Perrone, https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/george-gallacher-frontman-with-sixties-band-the-poets-8191324.html) and “subdued but effortlessly magical” (Lenny Helsing, https://psychedelicized.com/playlist/p/the-poets/) “first-rate British Invasion minor key composition[] similar to that of .Continue reading “The Poets — “I Am So Blue”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — May 23, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,982) Kim Weston — “Brothers & Sisters (Get Together)” “Killer funk with a message! Right on!” (atgunchev, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfUG-74lwAQ) “[R]ed hot funk amazing vocals”. (noelwalsh7979, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfUG-74lwAQ) “Woww, the heat coming off this track is intense!” (t_albino, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8NDMeO6beY) Kim laid down this “self-penned [along withContinue reading “Kim Weston — “Brothers & Sisters (Get Together)”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — May 22, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,981) Jon — “Is It Love” A “hypnotic flower-pop offering” (Vernon Joynson, The Tapestry of Delights Revisited), “sublime” (John Reed, liner notes to the CD comp Insane Times: 25 British Psychedelic Artyfacts from the EMI Vaults), a “sublimely lovely little song!” (Jessaka, https://www.45cat.com/record/db8249)Continue reading “Jon — “Is It Love”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — May 21, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,980) The Sunshine Trolley — “Cover Me Babe” Man, I cannot live by Bread alone! Sure, Bread recorded this Randy Newman (see #174 and #1,168, 1,298, and 1,854 (performed by Harry Nilsson)) and Fred Karlin-composed song for the soundtrack to the ’70 filmContinue reading “Sunshine Trolley — “Cover Me Babe”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — May 20, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,979) Jimmy and the Strangers — “Walk On” This hilariously “raw” and “moody” (Buckeyebeat, https://buckeyebeat.com/jimmystr.html) ’67 B-side out of a Dayton garage lopes along, fueled by bitterness and false bravado over a breakup. “You say that you don’t want me any more WellContinue reading “Jimmy and the Strangers — “Walk On”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — May 19, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,978) The Fly-Bi-Nights — “Found Love” Bayard writes that the B-side of the Atlanta band’s only single is “magnificent”, “sublime”, “hard driving garage psych with evocative organ . . . utterly fantastic guitar runs . . . and fine, reflective vocal[s]”. “[T]he intensityContinue reading “The Fly-Bi-Nights — “Found Love”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — May 18, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,977) David Bowie — “In the Heat of the Morning” (’68 BBC (Top Gear) Version) David Bowie intended this song to be “top ten rubbish”. While it was the furthest thing from rubbish, it could have and should have made the top tenContinue reading “David Bowie — “In the Heat of the Morning” (’68 BBC (Top Gear) Version): Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — May 17, 2026″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,976) Turquoise — “Saynia” A bittersweet, heartbreaking, and unforgettable song of unrequited love from one of the UK’s great unrequited double A-sides of the 60’s. Turquoise’s [see #37, 1,480, 1,616, 1,795] B-side to “Woodstock” (see #37) is “every bit as good — aContinue reading “Turquoise — “Saynia”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — May 16, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,975) The Syn — “Grounded” The Syn’s (see #303) “powerful self-penned slice of psychedelic R&B” (Vernon Joynson, The Tapestry of Delights Revisited) “featur[es] some of the finest songwriting of the freakbeat era” (https://dereksdaily45.blogspot.com/2010/08/syn-grounded.html) and is “among the finest obscure ’60s British psychedelic andContinue reading “The Syn — “Grounded”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — May 15, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,974) Micky Jones & Tommy Brown — “If I Could Be Sure” You want to know what Micky and Tommy is? Before Spooky Tooth, before Foreigner, there was the State of Micky and Tommy, and Micky was Mick Jones (see #1,753). Micky andContinue reading “Micky Jones & Tommy Brown — “If I Could Be Sure”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — May 14, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,973) Joe Simon — “Come On and Get It” This “[f]unky Soul dancer” (Galactic-Ramble, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q14rmz1cD0c) is “[v]ery funky and uptempo for [Joe] Simon [see #95]. I can dig it”. (TyroneDavisBiggDay, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaWiszA87rA) So can I! “[I]t’s just about as funky as it gets .Continue reading “Joe Simon — “Come On and Get It”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — May 13, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,972) The Trolls — “I Don’t Recall” “[E]ar splitting garage manic madness!!!” (local_garage_enthusiast, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY7DpbGR9V8) from a Pueblo, Colorado band — “a wild and very catchy song with repetitive tweeting organ notes, great fuzz guitar and bass, wonderful drumming and excellent vocals”. (Chris Bishop,Continue reading “The Trolls — “I Don’t Recall”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — May 12, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,971) Greenfield & Cook — “A Day Begins” Not the Dutch Beatles — the Dutch Simon & Garfunkel! Hey, where’s the Afro?! Anyway, simply ravishing pop rock. “Beautiful! . . . I thought it was beautiful back in 1971, as a teenager, andContinue reading “Greenfield & Cook — “A Day Begins”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — May 11, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,970) Peter Collins — “Girl By the Sea” How many degrees of separation are there between Rush, Bon Jovi, and Alice Cooper and of this “[h]aunting [UK] folk sike” (happening45, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wzhltfEI6l4&list=RDwzhltfEI6l4&start_radio=1&pp=ygUdUGV0ZXIgY29sbGlucyBnaXJsIGJ5IHRoZSBzZWGgBwE%3D&ra=m), this “infectious folk masterpiece” (liner notes to Piccadilly Sunshine: A Compendium ofContinue reading “Peter Collins — “Girl By the Sea”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — May 10, 2026”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,969) The Aquarians — “The Aquarians” The Beatles weren’t the only ones to shout “Yeah, yeah, yeah”! Here is primo hippie Latin jazz, “Californian hippie sunshine zodiac jazz pop-psych” (L0K3, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHLTBUXcIn0), from an LP of “beautiful bossa/latin jazz . . . with psychContinue reading “The Aquarians — “The Aquarians”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — May 9, 2026”