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THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 765) Blood, Sweat & Tears — “The Modern Adventures of Plato, Diogenes and Freud” OK, BST’s first album — Child Is Father to the Man — is really by Al Kooper’s (see #642, 705) Blood, Sweat & Tears, literally and figuratively. It isContinue reading “Blood, Sweat & Tears — “The Modern Adventures of Plato, Diogenes and Freud”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 17, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 764) Honeybus — “She Sold Blackpool Rock” Honeybus is one of my favorite 60’s bands (see #6, 52, 207, 434, 562, 605), with the honey being especially bittersweet with what should have been, what could have been. The beautiful ballad “She Sold BlackpoolContinue reading “The Honeybus — “She Sold Blackpool Rock”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 16, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 763) Los Vidrios Quebrados — “Ficciones”/”Fictions” You wanna be a paperback writer? Well, the Beatles-inspired Los Vidrios Quebrados (The Broken Glass) “wanna make fictions”! The Chilean garage classic “Ficciones”/”Fictions” is “included in compilations of the all-time best tracks of South American rock history.”Continue reading “Los Vidrios Quebrados — “Ficciones”/”Fictions”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 15, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 762) The Supremes — “Come Together” The Supremes — without the recently departed Diana Ross — do the Beatles’ “Come Together”, as does Diana as a solo artist in the same year. What were they thinking?! Well, both versions work remarkably well —Continue reading “The Supremes — “Come Together”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 14, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 761) The Factory — “Red Chalk Hill” The fifth song I ever featured was the Factory’s “Path Through the Forest”, one of the most titantic slabs of ’60’s British psych to be found. Later on, I featured the A-side of the band’s secondContinue reading “The Factory — “Red Chalk Hill”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 13, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 760) The Savage Resurrection — “Thing in E” This ’68 A-side and album track is “a total stormer” (Lee Dorrian, https://www.loudersound.com/features/deep-cuts-the-savage-resurrection-the-forgotten-west-coast-freaks-from-1968) that sounds so punky it seems a decade ahead of its time. I can almost hear the Talking Heads’ version. Retpaarticles saysContinue reading “The Savage Resurrection — “Thing in E”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 12, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 759) Octopus — “I Say” A fleeting McCartneyesque gem that I would wager Paul would be proud to call his own. Garwood Pickjon calls it “Macca-by-way-of-Emitt-Rhodes sounding”. (https://popdiggers.com/octopus-restless-night/) Loser boy ponders the band and the album: Fantastic UK psychedelic pop progressive act whoContinue reading “Octopus — “I Say”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 11, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 758) The Guess Who — “Believe Me” Guess who released a slab of garage perfection before going on to fame for making fun of American women? The Guess Who, for sure! This ’66 A-side and album cut (from It’s Time) reached #10 onContinue reading “The Guess Who — “Believe Me”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 10, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 757) Billy Nicholls — “Feeling Easy” It has been too long since I’ve featured a cut from one of, if not the, greatest“lost” albums of the ’60’s — Billy Nicholls’ Would You Believe (see #2, 64, 144, 428). The second song I everContinue reading “Billy Nicholls — “Feeling Easy”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 9, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 756) The Namelosers — “Susie Q” This ’65 B-side all the way from Malmö, Sweden is a “[r]aw, mean and dirty” (Dr. Rayman, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwSjTYAhsOg) cover of “Susie Q” that is a “FUZZ MONSTER” (Glendoras//DJ Mean Mojo Mathias, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X14eAK3MxVI) and even better than itsContinue reading “The Namelosers — “Susie Q”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 8, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 755) Freddy Lindquist — “Woman Running Around” Norway? No way! Yes way! Savage Saint says that “[b]ack in the 60’s, Freddy Lindquist was known as one out of two super lead guitarist[s] in Norway. . . . hailed as the Hendrix of Norway.”Continue reading “Freddy Lindquist — “Woman Running Around”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 7, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 754) Jimmy Gordon — “Buzzzzzz” ‘63 A-side is an “instro-surf-psycho-trash-garage” classic (Marco Casas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb6cNcFXooU) and “one of the more sought-after records of its genre, having an absolute overload of fuzz guitar and riff-ridden drama.” (23 Daves, http://left-and-to-the-back.blogspot.com/2015/11/jimmy-gordon-test-pattern-1980.html). In fact, it “rips so muchContinue reading “Jimmy Gordon — “Buzzzzzz”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 6, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 753) The Kinks — “Too Much on My Mind” Take a journey to the center of Ray Davies’ mind (see #100, 381, 417, 450, 508, 529, 606, 623) Alex Hopper calls “Too Much” an “underrated standout” (https://americansongwriter.com/5-deep-cuts-from-the-kinks-that-you-should-be-listening-to/) and the always spot-on Rob SheffieldContinue reading “The Kinks — “Too Much on My Mind”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 5, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 752) The Intruders — “It Must Be Love” This “upbeat, happy jam” (Funk My Soul, https://www.funkmysoul.gr/albums-no-review/the-intruders-1967-are-together/) is so good it was a ‘66 B-side and a track on two albums! Would there even be Philly soul without the Intruders?! Steve Huey: As theContinue reading “The Intruders — “It Must Be Love”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 4, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 751) The Stone Poneys — “The Train and the River” As Paul McCartney might say, “La la la la la the lovely Linda”. Here is a remarkable and remarkably gentle folk song off the Stone Poney’s first album. Nik says that “[Kenny] EdwardsContinue reading “The Stone Poneys — “The Train and the River”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 3, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 750) Fenner, Leland & O’Brien — “Where’s My Life Going” One of the great ’60’s counterculture protest songs — yet, virtually unknown at the time. OK, its dated, but who can resist lyrics like “in this world there are too many fools whoContinue reading “Fenner, Leland & O’Brien — “Where’s My Life Going”: the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 2, 2023″

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 749) The Paupers — “Oh That She Might” Nik says of this gorgeous pop psych ballad from Ellis Island, the great Canadian band’s (see #192) second and final album, that “[f]ew 1960s bands ever succeeded at doing atmospheric balladry like the Paupers doContinue reading “The Paupers — “Oh That She Might”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — March 1, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 748) The Stained Glass — “My Buddy Sin” The Stained Glass was, per Alec Palao, “[a]mong the most underrated entries in the Bay Area 1960s pantheon”, with “My Buddy Sin” being “baroque-tinged” and “catchy and innovative”, a song that “should have sent theContinue reading “The Stained Glass — “My Buddy Sin”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 28, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 747) Focal Point — “Girl on the Corner” Focal Point is one of the greatest coulda/shoulda-beens in the annals of British pop psych (see #4, 43, 198, 538). “Girl”, one of the first four songs they recorded, knocked out John Lennon and BrianContinue reading “Focal Point — “Girl on the Corner”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 27, 2023”

THE GREATEST SONGS OF THE 1960s THAT NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD 746) Los Saicos — “El Entierro De Los Gatos”/“The Burial of Cats” Raucous ‘65 B-side by Peru’s Los Saicos — yes, pronounced “psychos” — who very well may have been the world’s first punk band!Martin Schneider say that today’s song “is a terseContinue reading “Los Saicos — “El Entierro De Los Gatos”/“The Burial of Cats”: Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! — February 26, 2023”