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THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,103) The Exceptions — “The Eagle Flies on Friday” Primo UK freakbeat, a unique, stunning and “powerful drums and vibes driven track”. (robertplant, https://www.45cat.com/record/202632). The members then tried their luck with British folk, Fairport Convention style. WTF? The title . . . refersContinue reading “The Exceptions — “The Eagle Flies on Friday”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 6, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,102) Matthews Southern Comfort This A-side (in Japan!) by Matthews Southern Comfort (see #173) is wonderful UK folk rock, a “[g]reat great tune” (Lemonade kid, https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/iain-matthews-appreciation-thread-solo-album-by-album-track-by-track-pg-18.684924/page-18), “excellent”. (Stranger, https://therisingstorm.net/matthews-southern-comfort-self-titled/) Stranger: Surprisingly the album does not suffer much from [Iain] Matthews’ minimal writing contributions .Continue reading “Matthews Southern Comfort : Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 5, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,101) The Bee Gees — “How Many Birds” ’66 Bee Gees (see #291, 353, 354, 439, 466, 484, 497, 570, 594, 717, 861, 962, 1,065) gold, a perfect pop single that never was: “[a] really cool uptempo, power pop number” (RelayerNJ, https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/with-the-sun-in-my-eyes-brothers-gibb-bee-gees-andy-gibb-song-by-song-thread.1188605/page-50), “anContinue reading “The Bee Gees — “How Many Birds”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 4, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,100) Honeybus — “Ceilings No. 1/Ceilings No. 2” Two versions (with different tempos) of the same gorgeous, honeyed song from the Story LP. Of this “hypnotic pop” (Jittery White Guy, https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2021/02/honeybus-story-1970.html), Roger Dopson says: The outstanding track is [the] enigmatic “Ceilings No. 1”,Continue reading “Honeybus — “Ceilings No. 1/Ceilings No. 2”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 3, 2024”

One great R&B song that has travelled the globe — written by Leiber and Stoller, first released by Alvin Robinson out of New Orleans, then by the Rolling Stones, and then by Chile’s Stones, Los Jockers. Each version gives me such satisfaction! THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,097) AlvinContinue reading ““Down Home Girl” Special Edition: Alvin Robinson/The Rolling Stones/Los Jockers: Alvin Robinson — “Down Home Girl”, The Rolling Stones — “Down Home Girl”, Los Jockers — “Down Home Girl”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 2, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,096) Jimmy Campbell — “Lyanna” This blog o’ mine gives me great joy, as when I played as my 22nd song “Michel Angelo”, by Jimmy Campbell (see #22, 648, 736-38, 996) and the 23rd Turnoff. I called the song “[o]ne of the most gorgeousContinue reading “Jimmy Campbell — “Lyanna”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 31, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,095) Scorpion — “We Are Through” Beautiful, delicate, wistful folk rock from Sweden. As to Scorpion’s (see #1,009) album — I Am the Scorpion — SwedishProggBlog tells us that: One of the most legendary albums to come out of the Swedish progg scene,Continue reading “Scorpion — “We Are Through”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 30, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,094) Focal Point — “‘Cept Me” Co-band founder Paul Tennant recalls that this “rough demo” — two guys “in front of a microphone with two guitars” — was “a favorite of John Lennon’s and I can’t say how much that meant to us[,Continue reading “I Shall Be Released: Focal Point — “‘Cept Me”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 28, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,093) Brazilian Octopus — “Gamboa” Come to a fashion show in Rio accompanied by some absolutely fabulous lounge jazz from some of Brazil’s greatest musicians. “The opening melody shifts from a dreamlike intro to a swinging mid-tempo that recalls everything from Jacques Tati’sContinue reading “Brazilian Octopus — “Gamboa”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 27, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,092) Spirit — “Gramophone Man” Here is a Spirit song not nicked by Zeppelin, but which probably shoulda been! It’s “a tongue-and-cheek stab at radio-inclined music executives [with] a groove in the verses.”  (Sinusoid, https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=13042) Boppin’s Blog says: The start is very early Floyd like. IContinue reading “Spirit — “Gramophone Man” — Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 26, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,091) Montage — “The Grand Pianist” After walking away from the Left Banke, Michael Brown ,”who had been the group’s chief artistic force as principal songwriter, arranger, and keyboardist — worked with Montage [see #252] to continue in [a] splendid Baroque pop/rock vein”Continue reading “Montage — “The Grand Pianist”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 25, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,090) The Liberty Bell — “I Can See” Garage gold out of Corpus Christi, Texas, from the Liberty Bell (see #505), who “specialized in a blues-based brand of proto-punk influenced by British groups such as the Yardbirds”. (tasos epit, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUueHSyzV0Q) The unreleased at theContinue reading “I Shall Be Released: The Liberty Bell — “I Can See”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 24, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,089) Blonde on Blonde — “Country Life” This Welsh band’s (see #227, 267) ‘68 B-side is a “wonderful psych-pop song” (https://www.clear-spot.nl/item/506848/blonde_on_blonde_contrasts.html) that “recalls The Moody Blues’ sound”. (Vernon Joynson, The Tapestry of Delights Revisited) The song’s “simpler, appropriately rustic charms” as compared to the classicContinue reading “Blonde on Blonde — “Country Life”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 23, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,088) Nick Garrie — “Close Your Eyes” The B-side of Nick Garrie’s (see #3, 19, 41, 65, 104, 137, 245, 362, 493, 871, 965) only single of the 60’s is “[a]bsolutely stunning [UK] pop psych!!” (PsychedelicGuy, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPaAiUgFkzc) and “shows the sweetness of some of hisContinue reading “Nick Garrie — “Close Your Eyes”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 22, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,087) The Beatles — “Ooh! My Soul” Ooh, in the blink of an eye, the Beatles do Little Richard proud with one of Paul McCartney’s “all-time greatest rock ‘n’ roll vocal performances”. (The Beatles Bible, https://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/ooh-my-soul/) The Good Book goes on: The BeatlesContinue reading “The Beatles — “Ooh! My Soul”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 21, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,086) Murray Head — “She Was Perfection” Forget a night in Bangkok — I’ll take one in Swinging London anytime! ”Perfection” is perfection, a head-on “gorgeous collision of baroque strings and fey harmonies” (David Wells, liner notes to the CD comp Let’s Go DownContinue reading “Murray Head — “She Was Perfection”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 20, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,085) Billy Nicholls — “Being Happy” Billy Nicholls gave us one of, if not the, greatest “lost” albums of the ’60’s — Would You Believe (see #2, 64, 144, 428, 757, 964). As David Wells says, “lost classic is a much abused term amongst pop historians,Continue reading “Billy Nicholls — “Being Happy”Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 19, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,084) Willie Cobbs — “You Don’t Love Me” There have been some pretty celebrated covers of this R&B classic — Gary Walker & the Rain (#26 in the UK), the Allman Brothers live, Dawn Penn (#3 in the UK, #58 in the U.S.Continue reading “Willie Cobbs — “You Don’t Love Me”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 18, 2024″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,082) Chris Farlowe & the Thunderbirds — “Dawn” Who else can sing like Chris Farlowe (see #473), “widely regarded as Britain’s finest ever blues and soul singer”? (Merseysider Magazine, https://vancouversignaturesounds.com/hits/time-chris-farlowe/). Don’t know? You’re out of time! The answer is absolutely no one! SayContinue reading “Chris Farlowe — “Dawn”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 17, 2024”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 1,081) Kindred Spirit — “Peaceful Man” Talk about the Johnstown flood! This dam-bursting ‘70 A-side from Johnstown, PA, is a “driving psych fuzz rocker with added brass blasts.” (happening45, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PRLphPTacw). I have added a Facebook page for Brace for the Obscure 60s Rock!Continue reading “Kindred Spirit — “Peaceful Man”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — January 16, 2024”