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THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,374) Petticoat and Vine — “Riding a Carousel” ’70 UK A-side is a delightful, “wonderful sunshine pop gem!” (David Arrigotti, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY_14r2XOOU) Spice Girls style . . . or at least Mel C’s mother’s style! The band’s website tells us: At the end ofContinue reading “Petticoat and Vine — “Riding a Carousel”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 21, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,373) Marisol — “Corazón Contento”/“Happy Heart” I’ve already featured what I called “surely the greatest of all pre-MTV videos” — all by Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & the Trinity (see #1,031-33). Well, here is a challenger worthy of the title. At the veryContinue reading “Marisol — “Corazón Contento”/ “Happy Heart”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 20, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,372) Carla Thomas — “He’s Beating Your Time” Carla’s (see #432) ‘69 A-side is a soulful warning to wayward men from her ‘69 album Memphis Queen: “If you want to keep me, you better learn how to treat me”, “You’re making a big mistake,Continue reading “Carla Thomas — “He’s Beating Your Time”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 19, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,371) The Ones — “Lady Greengrass” Before he had a tangerine dream, Edgar Froese and the Ones gave us a “psych-pop delight” (Stephen Troussé, https://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/film-reviews/nostalgia-2-141731/), “[a] splendid slice of German psyche”, (Baronrhubarbpostoffice, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jHKKjjn5FDw&pp=ygUYVGhlIG9uZXMgbGFkeSBncmVlbmdyYXNz), “an excellent slice of the Psychedelic Rock movement . .Continue reading “The Ones — “Lady Greengrass”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 18, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,370) The Rokes — “When the Wind Arises” This ’68 B-side, by a British group that made it big in Italy, is a dramatic, brooding and “splendid example of early psychedelic pop” (Mark Deming, https://www.allmusic.com/album/lets-live-for-today-the-rokes-in-english-1966-1968-mw0000800756), and the group’s “most impressive recording”. (David Wells,Continue reading “The Rokes — “When the Wind Arises”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 17, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,369) George & Beathovens — “Víc než nic”/”More than Nothing” From the ’70 LP Kolotoč Svět/Carousel World, a grand Czech pop rock pocket symphony that would have made Brian Wilson proud — by a band persecuted by the secret police for expressing sympathyContinue reading “George & Beathovens — “Víc než nic”/“More Than Nothing”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 15, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,368) St. Davids Road — “Strange Loves Of Gwyneth” A delightful ’70 UK pop psych B-side — I guess about a prostitute. As Dr. Doom says, “A fun bit of Welshsploitation Pop-Sike. How on earth this ended up with a US only releaseContinue reading “St. Davids Road — “Strange Loves Of Gwyneth”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 15, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,367) The Guess Who — “Silver Bird” One of the last songs recorded by the Guess Who (see #758, 1,140, 1,335) before Randy Bachman left, this “beautiful folk-rock ballad that has ‘hit’ written all over it” wasn’t released until ‘76. (Riron63, https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the-guess-who/the-way-they-were/) BeautifulContinue reading “The Guess Who — “Silver Bird”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 14, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,366) Serge Gainsbourg/Brigitte Bardot — “Ford Mustang” ‘68 B-side and track from the Initials B.B. (that’s Brigette Bardot) LP, this classic Serge Gainsbourg/Brigitte Bardot duet is a sly, sultry and sexy paean to the Ford Mustang . . . well, that and otherContinue reading “Serge Gainsbourg/Brigitte Bardot — “Ford Mustang”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 13, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,365) Elli — “Never Mind” This ‘67 A-side is “a wonderful commercial effort marrying jazz time changes with Summer of Love harmonies. Why it was not properly promoted is criminal.” (Jon “Mojo” Mills, https://www.allmusic.com/album/elli-mw0001005297) One of the many crimes against Swinging London. JonContinue reading “Elli — “Never Mind”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 12, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,364) Affinity — “You Met Your Match” From a UK jazz rock group (see #1,055) that released one legendary album, here is a Stevie Wonder song transformed into a mod barn burner — unreleased at the time — with very much of aContinue reading “I Shall Be Released: Affinity — “You Met Your Match”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 11, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,363) “Loving, Sacred Loving” I’ve played the A-side (see #131), here’s the glorious ‘68 B-side, “an immaculately crafted slice of English psychedelic whimsy that boasted an opening harpsichord salvo from Nicky Hopkins”, oh and with “blissed-out lyric[s]”. (David Wells, Record Collector 100 GreatestContinue reading “The End — “Loving, Sacred Loving”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 10, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,362) The Barrier — “Dawn Breaks Through” This ’68 “[B]-side of The Barrier’s debut single on the independent Eyemark label is . . . essential to check out . . . a[] high octane pop psych gem, unfortunately buried on the flip ofContinue reading “The Barrier — “Dawn Breaks Through”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 9, 2024″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,361) France Gall — “Faut il que je t’aime”/“Do I Have to Love You” This sublime and “groovy Farfissa driven” (Third Man Records, https://thirdmanrecords.com/blogs/news/third-man-records-releases-reissues-of-three-classic-france-gall-albums?srsltid=AfmBOoqJMpvgzBZbIMU_mJn-ahtYd_-j1Wr62HkVe9Spbufb71G4vpxs) song shared the A-side of a ‘66 EP with “Baby Pop” and was on the Baby Pop LP. WrittenContinue reading “France Gall — “Faut il que je t’aime”/”Do I Have to Love You”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 8, 2024″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,360) Maxine Brown — “You Do Something to Me” This ‘65 B-side is a stunning ballad by Maxine Brown (see #1,047) about how she just can’t get an unworthy man out of her mind. Michael Jack Kirby tells the story of Maxine Brown:Continue reading “Maxine Brown — “You Do Something to Me”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 7, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,359) The Easybeats — “Happy Is the Man” ’67 LP track and ’68 EP A-side by Australia’s Easybeats (see #201, 1,310) is a magnificent and defiant pop rock anthem. “They say I’ve been sinning ’cause I like good looking women. They don’t knowContinue reading “The Easybeats — “Happy Is the Man”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 6, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD Get into my life, “Get Out of My Life Woman”! Here are three killer versions of Allen Toussaint’s R&B classic (made famous by Lee Dorsey in ‘66 (#44, #5 R&B, #22 UK)) — garage classics by the Netherlands’ Q’65 and the U.S.’s MourningContinue reading ““Get Out of My Life Woman” Special Edition: Q’65/The Mourning Reign/Tages –Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 5, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,355) Timebox — “A Woman That’s Waiting” This ’68 B-side by Timebox (see #1,285) is the sweetest UK pop psych confection that I know. That woman that’s waiting? “She doesn’t have to worry I’ll soon be coming by”. Aww! The song is “wonderful”Continue reading “Timebox — “A Woman That’s Waiting”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 4, 2024″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,354) The Crusade — “Psychedelic Woman” This ’67 A-side is an extra-heavy Alaskan “[c]rude garage-stomper” (Popsike, https://www.popsike.com/THE-CRUSADE-psychedelic-woman-7-Garage-Fuzz-Alaska/270699719673.html), “kinda dirty and nasty dripping fuzz and attitude” (A.J., https://garagehangover.com/crusade-psychedelic-woman-fade-away-golden-north/), “one of those singles that makes every fan of psychedelia smile. . . . [with t]woContinue reading “The Crusade — “Psychedelic Woman”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 3, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,353) Tages — “Like a Woman” I’ve played the A-side (see #1,282), here’s the B-side — from the best Swedish band of the 60’s (see also #286). It’s a Beatlesque pop-psych wonder from an album — Studio — called “nothing short of aContinue reading “Tages — “Like a Woman”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — October 2, 2024”