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THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,648) The Smoke — “My Friend Jack” My friends, here is all-time classic UK pop psych, with “almost facetiously excessive reverb and shameless lyrical celebration of the underground community’s predilection for using sugar cubes to ingest [LSD]” (David Wells, Record Collector 100 GreatestContinue reading “The Smoke — “My Friend Jack”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — July 10, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,647) The Orange Bicycle — “Competition“ This “gorgeous” (David Wells, liner notes to the CD comp Come Join My Orchestra: The British Baroque Pop Sound 1967-73) “Pop-Sike gem” (Bam-Caruso, https://www.45cat.com/record/imp200013) made its only appearance on the B-side of a French EP. Written byContinue reading “The Orange Bicycle — “Competition”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — July 9, 2025″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,646) Mighty Baby — “Egyptian Tomb” Here is an “immortal” (Vernon Joynson, The Tapestry of Delights Revisited) “great piece of [UK] psych with early prog leanings”. (ProgFan97402, https://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=5961) Psychedelic Paul muses: We’re in Raiders of the Lost Ark territory for the glorious openingContinue reading “Mighty Baby — “Egyptian Tomb”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — July 8, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,645) Little Milton — “Twenty-Three Hours” The legendary bluesman Little Milton (see #1,470) turns soulward on a “decidedly funky note with th[is] splendid stomper”. (soulmakossa, https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/little-milton/grits-aint-groceries/) He “would develop a rawer, funkier sound as the ’60s progressed. This fusion of blues and funkyContinue reading “Little Milton — “Twenty-Three Hours”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — July 7, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,644) The Other Four — “Once and for All Girl” If the Byrds were a garage rock band . . . a “top notch Byrds-inspired track bordering on psychedelia” (Tony Sanchez with the help of Mike Stax, liner notes to the CD compContinue reading “The Other Four — “Once and for All Girl”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — July 6, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD A glorious, delirious, hallucinatory walk down a circus midway, through the sideshows. What could be more 60’s than that?! I don’t know which is better, the writer’s version, or the Creation’s heavier cover. 1,642) John Wonderling — “Midway Down” John Wonderling and LouContinue reading “Midway Down Special Edition: John Wonderling/The Creation: “Midway Down”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — July 5, 2025″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,641) The American Revolution — “Opus 1” Following the British Invasion comes an American Revolution . . . apparently for the benefit of Mr. Kite . . . “a real mindblower” (Psychedelic Guy, https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the-american-revolution/the-american-revolution/reviews/2/) Electric Sound Shoe tells us: Starting out as theContinue reading “The American Revolution — “Opus 1”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — July 4, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,640) Maurice Gibb — “Silly Little Girl” Another lovely buried treasure from Maurice Gibb’s (see #353, 354, 466, 861, 1,336, 1,584) lost solo album recorded during the Bee Gees’ split. With a “topflight vocal and melody” (Brian Doherty, https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/with-the-sun-in-my-eyes-brothers-gibb-bee-gees-andy-gibb-song-by-song-thread.1188605/page-337) very reminiscent of John Lennon,Continue reading “I Shall Be Released: Maurice Gibb — “Silly Little Girl”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — July 3, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,639) The Saxons – “Things Have Been Bad” The singer’s girlfriend has abandoned him, and man is he bummed. From West Palm Beach, Florida, this A-side to the band’s second and last single has a riff to die for — “[g]reat garage sound-Continue reading “The Saxons – “Things Have Been Bad”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — July 2, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,638) Roberto Carlos — “Você Não Serve Pra Mim”/“You’re No Good For Me” Brazilian legend Roberto Carlos (see #1,506), the King of Jovem Guarda, rocks out on the “first song recorded in Brazil with guitar distortion (fuzz)” (josenivaldosousa7044 (courtesy of Google Translate), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni-C8iAbEL4),Continue reading “Roberto Carlos — “Você Não Serve Pra Mim”/”You’re No Good for Me”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — July 1, 2025″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,637) The Secrets — “I Think I Need the Cash” Cliff Ward (see #1,418), 70s singer-songwriter extraordinaire and writer of the defining UK pop-psych masterwork “Path Through the Forest” (see #5), together with the Secrets (see #1,417) give us pop rock perfections, a “droll”Continue reading “The Secrets — “I Think I Need the Cash”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 30, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,636) Richard Henry — “Oh Girl” An American in London’s killer baroque/mod stunner (how often do you hear those two words together?!). How was this not a hit? “Seems to be a one record wonder full of promise of a hit but neverContinue reading “Richard Henry — “Oh Girl”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 29, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,635) Nick Garrie — “Evening” Yet another gorgeous and contemplative gem from Nick Garrie’s (see #3, 19, 41, 65, 104, 137, 245, 362, 493, 871, 965, 1,088, 1,120) The Nightmare of J.B. Stanislas, a top contender for the greatest lost album of the 60’s. If Nick’sContinue reading “Nick Garrie — “Evening”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 28, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,634) The Oracle — Don’t Say No” This “[w]onderful slice of pop-sike” was “[p]roduced by Curt Boettcher [see #397, 506, 586, 662, 707, 810, 1,002] and Keith Olsen” — “one of the best Curt Boettcher recordings . . . ever!” (liner notes toContinue reading “The Oracle — “Don’t Say No”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 27, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,633) The Burlington Express — “Memories” B-side of the only single by the Burlington Express is garage gold, from an “excellent double-sider”. (Chris Bishop, https://garagehangover.com/burlingtonexpress/#:~:text=The%20Burlington%20Express%20from%20Topeka,Eric%20Larson%20and%20Mike%20West.) The Express was “one of Topeka[, Kansas]’s top bands in the mid to late sixties” (Kansas Music HallContinue reading “The Burlington Express — “Memories”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 26, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,632)  John Carter — “Mr. Light” Ivy Leaguer and UK songwriter extraordinaire John Carter (see #1,201, 1,304) visits Toytown and sings this exquisite demo written by Mickey Keen “featur[ing] a chuckling squirrel”. (Daz Lawrence, https://weirdbones.co.uk/climb-aboard-my-roundabout-the-british-toytown-sounds-1967-1974/) Tim Sendra takes us on a tour of Toytown:Continue reading ” I Shall Be Released: John Carter — “Mr. Light”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 25, 2025″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,631) Harmony Grass — “I’ve Seen to Dream” Here is an “excellent example of blissed-out UK soft pop”. (anthonykimball7463, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEgRa0F74vo) I bliss out whenever I hear it. Richie Unterberger opines that “at their best, which was usually on [Tony] Rivers’ original tunes, theyContinue reading “Harmony Grass — “I’ve Seen to Dream”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 24, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,630) Shere Khan/The Truth — “Little Louise” As John Lennon once said, all I want is the Truth! (see #877, 1,552) Here, the Truth in disguise, or maybe Francis Aiello post-Truth, give us “[f]antastic . . . funky prog psych” (happening45, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt-b3HlDUGQ), withContinue reading “Shere Khan/The Truth — “Little Louise”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 23, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,629) Zakary Thaks — “Bad Girl“ I have featured garage rock classics by Corpus Christi, Texas’ Liberty Bell (see #505, 1,090, 1,390). Today, I travel back in time to LB singer Chris Gerniottis’ earlier band, Corpus Christi’s Zakary Thaks (see #1,391), which heContinue reading “Zakary Thaks — “Bad Girl”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 22, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,628) The Plastic Cloud — “Epistle to Paradise” This Canadian pop psych/folk rock gem is a glimpse of the Plastic Cloud’s (see #172) “dreamy, softer folk-rock side … a nice trippy production and attractive ringing guitars” (Jason, https://therisingstorm.net/the-plastic-cloud-the-plastic-cloud/), with “Byrds-like harmonies . .Continue reading “The Plastic Cloud — “Epistle to Paradise”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — June 21, 2025”