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THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,400) John Martyn — “Sandy Grey” The Glasgow raised Scottish/Belgian folk legend’s ‘67 debut LP London Conversation includes a quite “beautiful” (Graeme Thomson, https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jul/15/nick-drake-john-martyn-complex-friendship-small-hours-extract) song by his friend the singer-songwriter Robin Frederick — about her getting stood up by Nick Drake! It is “aboutContinue reading “John Martyn — “Sandy Grey”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 14, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,399) Jeremy Dormouse — “Just to Hear the Bells” Why hasn’t this gorgeous folk song from Canada been covered a million times? “Don Tapscott’s sublime” song is “a highpoint” of an “[o]bscure folk LP with a transition sound from 1960s coffee house intoContinue reading “Jeremy Dormouse — “Just to Hear the Bells”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 13, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,398) Fourmyula — “Nature” WARNING — If you are a New Zealander, read no further regarding this “now-iconic” (New Zealand Music Hall of Fame, https://www.musichall.co.nz/portfolio/the-fourmyula/) song which “can’t be topped for sheer atmosphere, and harmonious amalgamation of lyric and melody” (Graham Reid, https://timberjackdonoghue.com/157435146/157435161), asContinue reading “Fourmyula — “Nature”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 12, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,397) Wilson Pickett — “This Old Town” Look within one of Wilson Pickett’s most underrated and poorly selling LP’s — ‘70’s Right On (only reaching #197)— and you will find one of the era’s great unappreciated songs of racial reconciliation. Pickett wrote itContinue reading “Wilson Pickett — “This Old Town”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 11, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,396) Billy Nicholls — “Feeling Easy” Another installment of gorgeous UK pop psych from Billy Nicholls, who gifted us with one of, if not the, greatest “lost” albums of the ’60’s — Would You Believe (see #2, 64, 144, 428, 757, 964, 1,085, 1,205). As David WellsContinue reading “Billy Nicholls — “Feeling Easy”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 10, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,395) Nuevos Horizontes — “Tio Vivo”/”Live Uncle” From Spain’s Mamas and the Papas (but funkier), “one of the best Spanish vocal groups of all time” (Angelo C Turetromusic (courtesy of Google Translate), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxatHUP2Zew) comes the B-side of their second single, “a fantastical storyContinue reading “Nuevos Horizontes — “Tio Vivo”/”Live Uncle”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 9, 2024″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,394) The Ugly’s — “Mary Cilento” Birmingham’s Ugly’s give us a gorgeous B-side not to be, “late ’60s UK Pysche at it’s very best” (https://www.heavysoul45s.co.uk/product-page/the-uglys-i-ve-seen-the-light-mary-colinto), “David Watts meets David Bowie”. (Paul Cross, liner notes to the CD comp Sweet Floral Albion: 23 Pop &Continue reading “I Shall Be Released: The Ugly’s — “Mary Cilento”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 8, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,393) Argosy — “Mr. Boyd” Blind Faith may have been the Supergroup of ’69, but Argosy was the BeforeTheyWereSuperandBeforeTheyWereSupertramp-Supergroup of ’69. Blind Faith had Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Rick Grech and Steve Winwood. Well, Argosy had Roger Hodgson, Elton John (then Reginald Dwight)Continue reading “Argosy — “Mr. Boyd”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 7, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,392) Peter and the Wolves — “Lantern Light” Oh man, does John Pantry (see #494, 1,242) kick ass. OK, since he followed his calling and embarked on a notable career in Christian music and broadcasting after the 60’s came to a close, let meContinue reading “Peter and the Wolves — “Lantern Light”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 6, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,391) Zakary Thaks* — “Face to Face” Yesterday, I featured an unreleased garage rock classic by Corpus Christi, Texas’s Liberty Bell, written by singer Chris Gerniottis. Today, I travel back in time to Gerniottis’s earlier band, the Corpus Christi garage rock legends ZakaryContinue reading “Zakary Thaks — “Face to Face”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 5, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,390) The Liberty Bell — “Reality Is the Only Answer” “There was West Coast psych. There was East Coast psych. This is Gulf Coast psych, the forgotten psychedelic coast.” (thomassmith8721, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQjeIa7ex1U) Out of Corpus Christi, Texas, here is intergalactic garage gold from the Liberty BellContinue reading “I Shall Be Released: The Liberty Bell — “Reality Is the Only Answer”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 4, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,389) Rockin’ Horse — “Julian the Hooligan” I dedicate this endearingly rowdy ’71 album track (from Rockin’ Horse’s Yes It Is) and A-side to all the parents out there with mischievous sons named Julian. It is a “slightlydelic, hard rocking John [Lennonish]” number”.Continue reading “Rockin’ Horse — “Julian the Hooligan”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 3, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,388) Titanic — “Love Is Love” From Norway with “Love Is Love”! This “uptempo gem” from Titanic’s debut LP has an irresistible propulsive groove and “has also blessed a few b-boy events in its time”. (SoulStrut, https://www.soulstrut.com/Archive/titanic-titanic) The album’s “heavy and psychedelic moodContinue reading “Titanic — “Love Is Love”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 2, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,387) The Nerve — “Piece By Piece” The Nerve’s (see #418) euphoric mod anthem is “a suitably abrupt slice of mod-like grunge”. (liner notes to the CD comp Piccadilly Sunshine: Volumes 1-10: A Compendium of Rare Pop Curios from the British Psychedelic Era)Continue reading “The Nerve — “Piece By Piece”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — November 1, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,384) Otis Redding — “Trick or Treat” The girl, maybe she’s offering a trick or maybe a treat, but this unreleased ‘66 song is a pure treat from Otis Redding (see #1,333), a “stomper” that is “as good as almost anything that everContinue reading “Halloween R.I.P. (I Shall Be Released in Peace) Special Edition: Otis Redding/Anthony Dares Progress — Otis Redding — “Trick or Treat”, Anthony Dares Progress — “Devil”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 31, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,384) The Redwoods — “Tell Me” “Tell me do you want my love?” This ‘66 A-side, a heartfelt and tender plea for a lover not to leave, is a haunting garage ballad that displays emotions not normally associated with “snotty” and “juvenile” garageContinue reading “The Redwoods — “Tell Me”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 30, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,383) Jon Gunn — “I Just Made Up My Mind”  ’67 UK A-side has a “thundering beat” and “startling arrangement comprising beefy brass, dancing strings and fugal [not fungal!] influences”. (Derek Johnson, New Music Express, https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/New-Musical-Express/1967/NME-1967-07-01.pdf) It’s almost anthemic, has a hint ofContinue reading “Jon Gunn — “I Just Made Up My Mind”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 29, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,382) Christie Laume — “Rouge Rouge”/“Red Red” Chryssanti Lambroukas, I mean Christie Laume, gave us “fabulous fuzz-guitar-heavy” (Gordon Skeen, https://pastdaily.com/2018/05/13/4-by-christie-laume-past-daily-nights-at-the-round-table-rock-without-borders/#google_vignette) yé-yé about a girl who blushes when boys come to talk to her. “Music will never again convey this spirit, this carefreeness, thisContinue reading “Christie Laume — “Rouge Rouge”/“Red Red”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 28, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD Bobby Jameson’s (see #219, 1,255, 1,303) story is tragic and enthralling, one of bad luck, bad people, bad decisions, and mental illness — see the end of this blog for some history. But the story for today is Jameson flying to London toContinue reading “Mick, Keith, ALO & Bobby Special Edition: Bobby Jameson — “All I Want Is My Baby”, “Each and Every Day”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 27, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,379) The Humane Society — “Knock, Knock” This sleazy, sinister garage über-classic by Simi Valley, California’s Humane Society (see #958) is “a savage, disarmingly visceral slab of proto-punk genius” (Jason Ankeny, https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-humane-society-mn0000766521/biography), a creation of “BONE CHILLING BRILLIANCE” (shelleyganz9095, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcoyH_iOMJo). Mike Stax givesContinue reading “The Humane Society — “Knock, Knock”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 26, 2024”