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THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 787) Mojo — “Flower of Love” This wonderful ’69 B-side alternates between gentle balladry and jaunty interludes, with “The Entertainer”-style piano on occasion, all about a woman “sad and lonely somewhere . . . waiting for someone to love”. The Mojo Men wereContinue reading “Mojo — “Flower of Love”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 6, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 786) Joyce’s Angels — “Flowers for My Friends” Where have all the flowers gone? This “Great Hippie Dippie Track about some Cheerful Guy giving Flowers away” (Vintage Vinyl Via Valves, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-tMQ1Z9I-8), “a nice Psych Pop Hippy dancer track about a happy chappy givingContinue reading “Joyce’s Angels — “Flowers for My Friends”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 5, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 785) Alan David — “Flower Power” Flower power. What is it good for? Absolutely everything! Say it again! Happening45 calls this British ode to flower power, titled appropriately “Flower Power”, “probably a bandwagon zeitgeist jumping effort, or a pee-take, or a genuine odeContinue reading “Alan David — “Flower Power”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 4, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 784) John Williams — “Flowers in Your Hair” Staying with the flower children theme, here is a ’67 A-side from John Williams, no, not that John Williams — I’m talkin’ about the one who hung out with Jimmy Page! (see #402 for theContinue reading “John Williams — “Flowers in Your Hair”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 3, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 783) The Crazy World of Arthur Brown — “Give Him a Flower” The Crazy World’s ’67 B-side proves that even the god of hellfire can be won over by flower power and give a flower to the eight stone bully who kicks sandContinue reading “The Crazy World of Arthur Brown — “Give Him a Flower”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 2, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 782) The Masked Marauders (John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, Bob Dylan) — “I Can’t Get No Nookie” Before there were the Travelling Wilburys, there were the Masked Marauders. The supergroup included future Wilburys George Harrison and Bob Dylan, plus JohnContinue reading “The Masked Marauders (John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger and Bob Dylan) — “I Can’t Get No Nookie”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — April 1, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD Someone once quipped that many bands could have made their careers off of Lennon and McCartney throwaways. Well, in some cases, they actually did . . . . 779) Paul McCartney — “From a Window” Besides “Bad to Me” (see #520), written byContinue reading “Do You Want to Know a Secret? — These Songs Were Written by Lennon and/or McCartney #2: Paul McCartney — “From a Window”, Paul McCartney — “I Don’t Want to See You Again”, John Lennon & Paul McCartney — “That Means a Lot”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 31, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 778) Dave Berry — “You Made a Fool of Me” Slinky ’66 number by Dave Berry (see #554) about a woman who made a fool out of him. Hope it doesn’t get him into that crying game! Nostalgia Central gives us a grounding:Continue reading “Dave Berry — “You Made a Fool of Me”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 30, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 777) Maryrené — “Je T’appelais Monsieur“ Bouncy, infectious ’66 yé-yé by a quite obscure artist. What is yé-yé? Matt Collar explains: Yé-yé pop showcased young, cherubic-voiced female singers framed against dance-ready beats and rock & roll hooks in songs often riddled with thinlyContinue reading “Maryrené — “Je T’appelais Monsieur”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 29, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 776) Emergency Exit — “Maybe Too Late” Cool ’66/’67 garage B-side from Seattle. Glendoras//DJ Mean Mojo Mathias says: [The song is an] absolutely fabulous garage jangle rocker on Dunhill!! I got knocked by the great guitar playing when I first heard this, greatContinue reading “Emergency Exit — “Maybe Too Late”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 28, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 775) Thomas and Richard Frost — “Where Did Yesterday Go” Thomas and Richard Frost (actually Thomas and Richard Martin) recorded one of the greatest “lost” album of the ’60’s, the psychedelic classic Visualize (see #209, 211, 247, 385, 595). Here is another stellarContinue reading “Thomas and Richard Frost — “Where Did Yesterday Go”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 27, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD ’67 B-side by the great Bill Fay (who has had quite a second act!) “is fantastic . . . . like some long lost Bob Dylan “Blonde On Blonde” out-take, Fay sounds just like Zimmy and his lyrics are far out to theContinue reading “Bill Fay — “Screams in the Ears”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 26, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 773) O.V. Wright — “A Nickel and a Nail” Now that I let myself feature songs from ’71 once in a while, I am so excited to play “A Nickel and a Nail”. This ’71 A-side by O.V. Wright (see #71, 274) reachedContinue reading “O.V. Wright — “A Nickel and a Nail”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 25, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 772) The JuJus — “You Treat Me Bad” Steve Leggett calls “You Treat Me Bad” a “ragged and raw garage cult classic” (https://www.allmusic.com/album/you-treat-me-bad-1965-1967-mw0002022479). Who knew that “West Michigan was a minor hotspot of garage records, thanks to the Fenton label of Grand Rapids[?].Continue reading “The JuJus — “You Treat Me Bad”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 24, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 771) Fate — “Sergeant Death” “Hey boy, do you know who I am? Hey boy, wanna see Vietnam? . . . My friends call me Sergeant Death.” The greatest Doors’ song from Apocalypse Now that wasn’t by the Doors and wasn’t in ApocalypseContinue reading “Fate — “Sergeant Death”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 23, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 770) Andwella — “The World of Angelique” A gorgeous, ethereal and diaphanous ballad off of People’s People, the third and final album from Belfast’s David Lewis and his band Andwella (see #714). Did I mention gossamer? Andwella’s — then Andwella’s Dream — firstContinue reading “Andwella — “The World of Angelique”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 22, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 769) “Free Creek” Super Session (Earl Dowd, Eric Clapton, Dr. John, Moogy Klingman) — “Getting Back to Molly” When I first heard this Bayou funk slow burner, I could swear that Dr. John (see #177) was growling out the vocals. Well, the goodContinue reading ““Free Creek” Super Session (Earl Dowd, Eric Clapton, Dr. John, Moogy Klingman) — “Getting Back to Molly”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 21, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 768) The Orange Seaweed — “Stay a While” I’ve played the B-side (“Pictures in the Sky” (see #180)). Here is the pleasing pop-psych A-side of the only single from this “[p]sychedelic band from Hastings, England . . . formed out of cult FreakbeatContinue reading “The Orange Seaweed — “Stay a While”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 20, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 767) Genesis — “Am I Very Wrong” A quite beautiful song from Genesis’ ’69 schoolboy debut. TGM: Orb says it is “one of the highlights of the album: the excellent pensive acoustics-trombone-and-vocals of the verses, with great piano parts between them, unfortunately, itContinue reading “Genesis — “Am I Very Wrong”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 19, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 766) Omega — “H., Az Elektromos Fűrész”/”H. , The Electric Saw” Mind-blowing instrumental from Hungary’s greatest rock band’s (see #195, 644) third album — Éjszakai Országút (On the Highway at Night). The album (and song) are “full of energetic heavy prog rock withContinue reading “Omega — “H., Az Elektromos Fűrész”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 18, 2023”