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THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,315) Winston’s Fumbs — “Snow White” I’ve featured the A-side (see #582), here’s the B-side — from ex-Small Faces keyboardist Jimmy Winston’s group’s classic one-off psych 45. “Aside from kicking ass the vibe of both tracks is more like wizards pulling off darkContinue reading “Winston’s Fumbs — “Snow White”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 26, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,314) Sands — “Mrs. Gillespie’s Refrigerator” I’ve featured the B-side (see #1,066), here’s the groovy Barry and Robin Gibb-penned A-side, a “great pop/psych gem” (liner notes to We Can Fly: UK Psychedelic Obscurities: 27 Track Collection of British Psyche Rarities 1967-72) with “someContinue reading “Sands — “Mrs. Gillespie’s Refrigerator”— Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 25, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,313) Brenda Holloway — “You Can Cry on My Shoulder” Underappreciated (by Motown), Brenda Holloway’s angelic voice took my breath away on this Berry Gordy-penned ‘65 A-side. How it only reached #116 is inexplicable, as is how Brenda didn’t become a superstar. “WowContinue reading “Brenda Holloway — “You Can Cry on My Shoulder”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 24, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,312) Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & Trinity — “Light My Fire” The absolutely fabulous Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & Trinity (see #1,031-33) start quite a conflagration with their “absolute killer version” of the Door’s “Light My Fire”. (John Moschella, https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/brian-auger-trinity-w-julie-driscoll-stunning-video-from-69.790897/) This “head-turning version”Continue reading “Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & Trinity — “Light My Fire” — Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 23, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,311) The Poets — “Some Things I Can’t Forget” ’65 B-side by Scotland’s greatest ‘60’s band (see #47, 86, 223, 489) — “spellbinding” (Lenny Helsing, https://ugly-things.com/george-gallacher-1943-2012/), and, as Richie Unterberger writes, “[o]ne of the [Poets’] most glorious efforts . . . . [r]eminiscent ofContinue reading “The Poets — “Some Things I Can’t Forget” — Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 22, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,310) The Easybeats — “Peculiar Hole in the Sky” Here is the UK/Dutch immigrants to Australia Easybeats’ (see #201) “psych masterpiece” (DK, http://www.milesago.com/RecommenEasysAnthology.htm), recorded in ‘67 as a demo for their friends the Valentines (yes, featuring a pre-AC/DC Bon Scott), released as anContinue reading “The Easybeats — “Peculiar Hole in the Sky”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 21, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,309) Mary Wells — “Operator” Mary had a huge hit with “Two Lovers”, written by Smokey Robinson, reaching #7 (#1 R&B) in December ’62, the month I was born. I wonder if my mother heard it. Here is the wonderful B-side, also writtenContinue reading “Mary Wells — “Operator”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 20, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,308) John Sebastian — “She’s a Lady” John Sebastian’s first solo A-side, featuring Stephen Stills and David Crosby on guitars (Richie Unterberger, http://www.richieunterberger.com/sebastian1.html), is a “string filled” “delicate ballad[]” (William Ruhlmann, https://www.allmusic.com/album/john-b-sebastian-mw0000743465), a “British Invasion-style fey love song . . . that echoesContinue reading “John Sebastian — “She’s a Lady”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 19, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,307) Peter, Paul & Mary — “The House Song” This lovely, wistful, song was written by Noel Paul Stookey, “Paul” from Peter, Paul & Mary, and was a ‘67 A-side for the trio + the B-side of their ‘69 #1 hit “Leaving onContinue reading “Peter, Paul & Mary — “The House Song”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 18, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,306) Jim Sullivan — “Highways” An eerie, prophetic and “beautiful . . . song . . . . What a voice, what a talent sadly lost to the desert forever. . . . Sublime genius.” (drumgold23) Of “Highways”, James Allen tells us: TheContinue reading “Jim Sullivan — “Highways”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 17, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,305) Jacqueline Taïeb — “Le Cœur Au Bout Des Doigts”/”The Heart at Your Fingertips” Tunisian-born yé-yé great Jacqueline Taïeb (see #39) took Paris by storm with “7h du matin”/“7 in the morning”, about a schoolgirl waking up and wishing that Paul McCartney couldContinue reading “Jacqueline Taïeb — “Le Cœur Au Bout Des Doigts”/”The Heart at Your Fingertips”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 16, 2024″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,304) John Carter — “Conversations (In a Station Light Refreshment Bar)” An unreleased joyous gem of a demo by Ivy Leaguer and UK songwriter extraordinaire John Carter (see #1,201). Forget San Francisco, let’s go to a station light refreshment bar! Tim Sendra writes:Continue reading “I Shall Be Released: John Carter — “Conversations (In a Station Light Refreshment Bar)”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 15, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,303) Bobby Jameson — “Metropolitan Man” Who else but Bobby Jameson (see #219, 1,255) would give us an ultra-rare anti-Vietnam War single (“Vietnam”/“Metropolitan Man”), both sides searing indictments seething with anger . . . in early ‘66?! “Jameson’s howl of rage was releasedContinue reading “Bobby Jameson — Metropolitan Man”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 14, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,302) Barry Fantoni — “Little Man in a Little Box” Here is an “evocative” Ray Davies song (liner notes to the CD comp Piccadilly Sunshine: Volumes 1-10: A Compendium of Rare Pop Curios from the British Psychedelic Era), that “he wrote and producedContinue reading “Barry Fantoni — “Little Man in a Little Box”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 13, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,301) We the People — “My Brother the Man” “Whoop Whoop Whoop Whoop”: We the People (see #495, 850) give us “a smoking, almost-crazed, hard garage-punk number” (Richie Unterberger, https://www.allmusic.com/artist/we-the-people-mn0000816941) with a “rip-roaring psych guitar” (The Listening Post Blog, https://thelisteningpostblog.wordpress.com/2017/05/25/song-of-the-day-we-the-people-my-brother-the-man/), a “great pieceContinue reading “We the People — “My Brother the Man”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 12, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,300) Paul Williams — “Someday Man” Paul Williams was only just beginning when he and collaborator Roger Nichols [see #631, 828, 1,054] came up with this wonderful ode to just abiding. And the Monkees (sans Peter Tork) were only just ending when theyContinue reading “Paul Williams — “Someday Man”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 11, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,299) Price and Sheridan — “Lamp Lighter Man” Two Brumbeat Move-rs and shakers come up with a wonderful song that “sound[s] like [an] excellent 68/69 era Move outtake[]”. (Jason, https://therisingstorm.net/sheridan-price-this-is-to-certify-that/), or, to my ears, like a lost Neil Diamond almost-anthem. The song isContinue reading “Price and Sheridan — “Lamp Lighter Man”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 10, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,298) Harry Nilsson — “Yellow Man” Randy Newman [see #174] as interpreted by Ella Fitzgerald, Harry Nilsson [see #1,168], Randy Newman and Georgie Fame [see #103, 169, 634, 695, 721, 1,044] with Alan Price. As irony has been outlawed, the song might notContinue reading “Harry Nilsson — “Yellow Man”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 9, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD Famed Australian TV/film music composer Ron Grainer’s greatest creation (OK, other than the Dr. Who and The Prisoner themes!) was the theme to the ’67-68 British action/espionage TV series Man in a Suitcase. “Possibly the coolest theme tune ever!” (thefrecklepuny, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L8YTd0rfK0), “[t]he mostContinue reading “Man in a Suitcase Special Edition: Ron Grainer/Alexander Stone: Ron Grainer — “Man in a Suitcase Theme”, Alexander Stone — “Man in a Suitcase”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 8, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,295) New Dawn — “Proudman” A riveting song by New Dawn (see #986) about a proud man who “started life, just like many, in a run down shack, didn’t have a penny”, who quit working for a rich man who just pitied him,Continue reading “New Dawn — “Proudman”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 7, 2024”