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THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 934) The Holy Ghost Reception Committee #9 — “Rise Up” Wonderful “jangling Byrds styled Folk-Rock” (Psychedelic Rock ‘n’ roll, https://psychedelic-rocknroll.blogspot.com/?m=1) by kids at NYC’s Regis (Catholic) High School (see #604). Scott Blackerby says of The Torchbearers — the album from which it isContinue reading “The Holy Ghost Reception Committee #9 — “Rise Up”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 25, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 933) Angel Pavement — “When Will I See June Again” To my ears, this was a surefire power pop hit. In the unforgiving and frequently unfair real world, it was a little noticed ’70 B-side by the UK’s Angel Pavement, whose “elegant mixContinue reading “Angel Pavement — “When Will I See June Again”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 24, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 932) Jon Blanchfield — “Town of Tuxley Toymaker Part 1” Here is some lovely “fairytale psych” (PsychedelicGuy, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuA1gHcy5vs) written by Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb, and performed by Australia’s Jon Blanchfield (’67), the UK’s Billy J. Kramer (’67), New Zealand’s Shane (’68), andContinue reading “Jon Blanchfield — “Town of Tuxley Toymaker Part 1”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 23, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 931) King Floyd — “Together We Can Do Anything” This is no “Groove Me”, but a sweet love song from “The Soulful Highness[‘s]”* first album. As Jason Ankeny tells us: New Orleans soul singer King Floyd . . . . began singing onContinue reading “King Floyd — “Together We Can Do Anything”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 22, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 930) The Jackpots — “Jack in the Box” I think Freddie Mercury and Jeff Lynne must have been big fans of Gothenburg, Sweden’s Jackpots (see #83), cause this “tripped out classic pop psike gem” (https://www.last.fm/music/The+Jackpots/+wiki) sounds “like a mashup of ELO and Queen”Continue reading “The Jackpots — “Jack in the Box”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 21, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 929) The Hep Stars — “Spinning, Spinning, Spinning” How many degrees of separation are there between ABBA and sunshine pop wunderkind Curt Boettcher (see #397, 506, 586, 662, 810)? How about one! Before ABBA, Benny Andersson was already a star, a Hep Star!Continue reading “The Hep Stars — “Spinning, Spinning, Spinning”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 20, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 928) Dogfeet — “Sad Story/Reprise” This is an “attractive atmospheric ballad” (John Dug, https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x10qa23) alright. It is also haunting and disquieting — in a good way! The Shrewsbury prog/heavy psych band (see #593) deserved much better than it got. Last.fm tells us that:Continue reading “Dogfeet — “Sad Story/Reprise”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 19, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 927) Ten Wheel Drive Featuring Genya Ravan — “Tightrope” From the opening bass groove and hand claps, you know this is going to be special. “[F]ive-minutes-and-ten-seconds of psychedelic blues-jazz-funk. This is the sound Janis Joplin would refine for her Kozmic Blues experience”. (JoeContinue reading “Ten Wheel Drive Featuring Genya Ravan — “Tightrope”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 18, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 926) The Attack — “Lady Orange Peel” ’68 B-side was the group’s final attack — “a nice, sultry psych-tinged number” (Mike Stax, https://ugly-things.com/the-attack-an-interview-with-richard-shirman/), on the heavier and trance-like side. Vernon Joynson says the Attack “played a form of guitar-driven mod-rock [and] were oneContinue reading “The Attack — “Lady Orange Peel”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 17, 2023”

The song starts at the 13:24 mark on Mindrocker, Vol. 12. THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 925) Rock’n’Roll Gypsies – “(It’s a) Love-In” After listening to this gentle paean to love-ins for the first time, I had a sneaking suspicion it is a hilarious, but also a bitContinue reading “Rock’n’Roll Gypsies – “(It’s a) Love-In”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 16, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 924) David McNeil — “Space Plane” This is not your daddy’s “Leaving on a Jet Plane”! ‘68 UK B-side by Marc Chagall’s son is “a wholly surreal and twisted mantra and one of the more original and eccentric releases of the psychedelic era.”Continue reading “David McNeil — “Space Plane”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 15, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 923) The Tokens — “The Bathroom Wall” This is 1968’s greatest rock and roll tribute to public bathrooms, where “[p]eople from the finest homes come to write their finest poems” (though the Stones would have put up a fight had they been allowedContinue reading “The Tokens — “The Bathroom Wall”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 14, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 922) Syd Barrett: “Two of a Kind” (Peel Session) A few nights ago, I saw the sad, wistful Syd Barrett doc Have You Got It Yet. While it provides terrific insights into Syd, he still remains an enigma to me.* I do loveContinue reading “Syd Barrett: “Two of a Kind” (Peel Session): Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 13, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 921) Paper Bubble — “You’re Feeling Sleepy” A hypnotic baroque lullaby. A response to the Beatles’ “I’m Only Sleeping” or S&G’s “Feelin’ Groovy”? David Wells says that Paper Bubble’s first album Scenery (see #626) was composed of “elegiac, post-psychedelic baroque pop soundscapes .Continue reading “I Shall Be Released: Paper Bubble — “You’re Feeling Sleepy”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 12, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 920) Pete Dello and Friends — “There Is Nothing I Can Do For You” Delightful whimsy from a Honeybus-man’s holiday. Pete Dello tells us that “[T]his really is a joke song. Lewis Carroll type stuff I enjoyed writing for my girl friend atContinue reading “Pete Dello and Friends — “There Is Nothing I Can Do For You”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 11, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 919) Bobby Womack — “Lillie Mae” Since I featured Bobby Womack and his brothers yesterday, I thought today I’d turn to a favorite from Bobby’s first solo album. It is a “quick tempo’d example [of] countrified funky soul at it’s finest”. (Dunderbeck1980, https://andresmusictalk.wordpress.com/2016/03/04/anatomy-of-the-groove-lillie-mae-by-bobby-womack-1968/)Continue reading “Bobby Womack — “Lillie Mae”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 10, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 918) The Valentinos — “It’s All Over Now” The song that quite possibly broke the Rolling Stones in America was this Bobby Womack-penned stunner that the Valentinos (the Womack brothers) had released as a single about a month earlier. Impresario and disc jockeyContinue reading “The Valentinos — “It’s All Over Now”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 9, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 917) Dayaks — “So Long, Sad Sack” Nasty middle America garage rock — nasty vocal, nasty guitar, nasty attitude. Wait, this is from Belgium? Well, they sure put the twerp in Antwerp. “One of the coolest Euro 60s trax… EVER!!!!! Private release andContinue reading “Dayaks — “So Long, Sad Sack”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 8, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 916) The Mourning Reign — “Satisfaction Guaranteed” Alec Palao writes that the Reign “rose rapidly in [San Jose’s] pecking order with a patented repertoire of Anglified raunch, which their deput waxing . . . with its twin guitar leads and angst-ridden vocal, articulatedContinue reading “The Mourning Reign — “Satisfaction Guaranteed”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 7, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 915) The Free-For-All/The Great Scots — “Show Me the Way” It’s been said that the Beatles inspired untold thousands of teenagers across the Americas to buy guitars and head to their garages. Well, if the Beatles actually were a garage band and gotContinue reading “The Free-For-All/The Great Scots — “Show Me the Way”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — August 6, 2023”