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THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,548) The Humblebums — “Saturday Round About Sunday” Here is a Billy Connolly-written song off the first Gerry Rafferty/Billy Connolly Humblebums (see #556, 847) LP — The New Humblebums— pondering why a relationship went bad. “Instead of all those endless plans we shouldContinue reading “The Humblebums — “Saturday Round About Sunday”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 6, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,547) Rick and Sandy — “Lost My Girl” Who’s dat? Super producer to be Alexander “Sandy” Roberton gives us “driving mid to uptempo [‘65] mod beat with very fine ringing and fuzz guitar, powerful drums and an excellent lead vocal” (Bayard, https://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/rick-and-sandy/lost-my-girl-i-cant-help-it.p/), aContinue reading “Rick and Sandy — “Lost My Girl”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 5, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,546) The Livin’ End — “She’s a Teaser” Texas ‘67 garage bliss. The subject is self-explanatory. “Awesome guitar fuzz. She might have been a teaser but this is a psych pleaser”. “thomassmith8721, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwfB_9EaydA&pp=ygUaTGl2aW4gZW5kIHNoZeKAmXMgYSB0ZWFzZXI%3D) Indeed. Bolt 24 Hot Sounds tells us: Wichita Falls TexasContinue reading “The Livin’ End — “She’s a Teaser”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 4, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,545) The Cherry Slush — “I Cannot Stop You” This “classic [Dick Wagner* written] fuzztastic garage smasher”(narinderdhanjal221, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps7nuiVqr-o) by Saginaw, Michigan’s finest features “angry dismissive lyrics of a formerly rejected boyfriend who just just doesn’t care anymore. Brilliantly introduced by a sweeping FuzzContinue reading “The Cherry Slush — “I Cannot Stop You”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 3, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,544) The Impressions — “Ridin’ High” The title track from the Impressions’ (see #118, 285, 1,347) ‘66 LP Ridin’ High tells truth to power — a man who has everything but not love has nothing. I’d add that the man who has everything butContinue reading “The Impressions — “Ridin’ High”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 2, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,543) Iron Butterfly — “Ban Roll On” Iron Butterfly’s (see #1,040) most important lyrical statement might not have been about the Garden of Eden or even the nuclear test ban, but about Ban Roll On deodorant — “Ban won’t wear off as theContinue reading “Iron Butterfly — “Ban Roll On”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 1, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,542) Kathy and Larry — “Time” Former teen idol and ace songwriter Keith Colley, three of whose compositions I have featured [see #718, 862, 1,128], wrote this “great . . . 1967 b-side [by an obscure group that] veers into some pretty fluteyContinue reading “Kathy and Larry — “Time”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 31, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,541) Ramases & Selket — “(In My) Mind’s Eye” Swinging London was not just a powerful and groovy beacon that reaches all the way to Lebanon [see #951, 1,535] — it even reached back in time to ancient Egypt. For after his reincarnation,Continue reading “Ramases & Selket — “(In My) Mind’s Eye”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 30, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,540) The Ambassadors — “Ain’t Got the Love of One Girl on My Mind” Ladies, don’t hate this Philly soul stunner even though it advocates the “find ‘em, fool ’em, forget ’em” philosophy! Guess who wrote it — Barbara Mason! Pete Rock lovedContinue reading “The Ambassadors — “Ain’t Got the Love of One Girl on My Mind”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 28, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD Once upon a time in Australia, Harry Vanda and George Young of the Easybeats (see #201, 1,310, 1,359, 1,415) wrote this “incredibly catchy” (Matt Singer, https://screencrush.com/what-are-the-songs-in-the-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-trailer/) song for Spain’s Los Bravos. Thank you, Quentin Tarantino, for reminding us of the genius of theContinue reading “Bring a Little Lovin’ Special Edition: Los Bravos/Katty Line: Los Bravos — “Bring a Little Lovin’”, Katty Line — “Un Petit Peu D’Amour”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 27, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,537) החלונות הגבוהים (The High Windows) — “יחזקאל”/”Ezekiel” From “the most perfect pop [rock] album in the history of Israeli music” (Yair Etziony, https://www.textura.org/archives/articles/etziony_top10.htm), comes some pretty perfect pop about “Prophet Ezekiel[, who] knew how to have fun!” Yair Etziony writes about theContinue reading “החלונות הגבוהים — (The High Windows) — “יחזקאל”/”Ezekiel”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 26, 2025″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,536) Grupa Skifflowa No To Co I Piotr Janczerski (Skiffle Group No To Co and Piotr Janczerski) — “Z Soboty Na Niedzielę”/“Saturday to Sunday” From the ‘69 album W Murowanej Piwnicy/ In the Brick Cellar, here is classic Polish melodic hard rock, along with anContinue reading “Grupa Skifflowa No To Co I Piotr Janczerski (Skiffle Group No To Co and Piotr Janczerski) – “Z Soboty Na Niedzielę”/“Saturday to Sunday”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 25, 2025″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,535) The Sea-Ders — “I Don’t Know Why” ’68 British Invasion gold from the land of the Cedars. Lebanon’s mixed Christian/Muslim Sea-Ders (see #951) made it as far as Swinging London. Anything was possible in the 60’s! Linda Abi Assi and Bernard BatrouniContinue reading “The Sea-Ders — “I Don’t Know Why”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 24, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,532-34) The Cleves — “Nowhere”/”Down on the Farm”/”Don’t Turn Your Back” From New Zealand’s Abbey Road, here is part of a suite of perfect pop rock songs written for a short film by the to-be-famous Australian director Peter Weir. I thought I wasContinue reading “The Cleves — “Nowhere”/”Down on the Farm”/”Don’t Turn Your Back”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 23, 2025″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,531) Barış Manço — “Bebek” This ’68 A-side by the legendary and beloved Turkish singer-songwriter Barış Manço takes a Turkish folk song and turns it into a haunting and riveting classic, “combining psychedelic elements with the mysticism of Anatolia”. (Wikipedia (courtesy of GoogleContinue reading “Barış Manço — “Bebek”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 22, 2025″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,530) Los York’s* — “La Punta De Mi Lengua”/”The Tip of My Tongue” Wonderfully moody garage rock by “one of the most successful and groundbreaking [bands] in Peruvian rock”. (Fidel Gutierrez Mendoza (courtesy of Google Translate), https://rockperuanorollos.blogspot.com/search/label/Yorks). “”Much of Los York’s 68 isContinue reading “Los York’s — “La Punta De Mi Lengua”/”The Tip of My Tongue”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 21, 2025″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD This ’65 self-written A-side by “Denmark’s – some would say the world’s – first teenage boy band” (Jan Eriksen (courtesy of Google Translate), https://www.bt.dk/underholdning/en-poppioner-er-doed)) was a hit there and is pure pop perfection. An obscure group from London then gave it a brilliantContinue reading ““I’ll Stay By Your Side” Special Edition: The Lollipops/The Shiralee: “I’ll Stay By Your Side”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 20, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,527) Kissing Spell — “Sueno o Realidad”/”Dream or Reality” A beautiful and haunting song from the Chilean band’s (see #360, 453) classic ‘70 psych LP Los Pajaros [The Birds]. The LP “is one of the best and most sought after South American psychContinue reading “Kissing Spell — “Sueno o Realidad”/”Dream or Reality”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 19, 2025″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,526) Jack Grunsky — “Ain’t You Got a Thing to Say to Me” A lovely folk-rock tune from future children’s music superstar Jack Grunsky (see #566, 728, 1,342), who was famous at the time — well, he was famous in Austria. Rolling Stone MickContinue reading “Jack Grunsky — “Ain’t You Got a Thing to Say to Me”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 18, 2025”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,525) Nirvana — “The Touchables (All of Us)” Pure Nirvana (see #287, 391, 475, 1,238) from Swinging London’s Irish/Greek duo of Patrick Campbell-Lyons (Cork born) and Alex Spyropoulos (Athens born) — “a perfect encapsulation of the[ir] floating, blissful, softly lysergic . . .Continue reading “Nirvana — “The Touchables (All of Us)”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 17, 2025”