the rare 60's classics thread

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  • mushymanrobmushymanrob Posts: 17,992
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    Vabosity wrote: »
    I think rhod was just having a laugh, the Puppini Sisters are indeed a modern act, but I think they're fantastic! (Not something you'll hear me say about any other modern act!)

    I also happen to know Stephanie's uncle (Stephanie is the tall red-headed Puppini Sister).

    oops! lol... shoulda guessed that but watching tv at the same time...

    plus im old! :D
  • rhodrhod Posts: 3,995
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    Vabosity wrote: »
    I think rhod was just having a laugh, the Puppini Sisters are indeed a modern act, but I think they're fantastic! (Not something you'll hear me say about any other modern act!)

    I also happen to know Stephanie's uncle (Stephanie is the tall red-headed Puppini Sister).
    oops! lol... shoulda guessed that but watching tv at the same time...

    plus im old! :D

    Aren't we all, rob - aren't we all!

    Have you heard The Ditty Bops, Vabosity? Similar sort of style to the Puppinis - all good stuff!
  • VabosityVabosity Posts: 2,999
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    rhod wrote: »
    Aren't we all, rob - aren't we all!

    Have you heard The Ditty Bops, Vabosity? Similar sort of style to the Puppinis - all good stuff!

    No, I've never heard of them before, but I do like that track.
  • Radio RuderhamRadio Ruderham Posts: 13,776
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    Oooooooooooooooooh! Nancy Sinatra! What A Babe!:eek::rolleyes:

    Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood Some Velvet Morning:)

    Can't find this anywhere:(
    Lee Hazlewood, and Six Feet of Chain.
  • Radio RuderhamRadio Ruderham Posts: 13,776
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    Oooooooooooooooooh! Nancy Sinatra! What A Babe!:eek::rolleyes:

    Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood Some Velvet Morning:)

    Can't find this anywhere:(
    Lee Hazlewood, and Six Feet of Chain.


    Just Found this Scroll down to the player.
    Unfortunatley the monologue at the begining is missing
  • mushymanrobmushymanrob Posts: 17,992
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    Oooooooooooooooooh! Nancy Sinatra! What A Babe!:eek::rolleyes:

    Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood Some Velvet Morning:)
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    got that earlier on! lol.. fantastic track. :)
  • mushymanrobmushymanrob Posts: 17,992
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    the pretty things .... pretty underrated i reckon.

    rosalyn
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOgjEZJokvc

    come see me
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olHSpJlBpOI&feature=related

    midnight to six man
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTj5fTP7Qlc&feature=related

    you can see where 'the coral' got their influences from! lol
  • VabosityVabosity Posts: 2,999
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    The Drifters - On Broadway (1963)
    I love this song. Composed by the songwriting team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller (who also wrote “Jailhouse Rock”) in collaboration with the songwriting team of Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil (who also wrote “You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling”), this classic failed to chart in the UK. That was par for the course back then for the Drifters. They recorded some marvellous stuff in the fifties and sixties, but apart from their excellent 1961 chart-topper “Save The Last Dance For Me”, they had absolutely no success whatsoever over here. The irony is that when they did finally achieve some success in the UK (they had quite a few hits here in the seventies) it was with some of the most appalling dross I’ve ever heard in my life.

    The Exciters - Doo Wah Diddy Diddy (1963)
    Better than the Manfred Mann version? I’ll let you decide.

    Inez and Charlie Foxx - Mockingbird (1963)
    Original version of a song famously covered ten years later by James Taylor and Carly Simon.

    Doris Troy - Just One Look (1963)
    Much as I like the Hollies, this version is imho significantly better than theirs.

    Robert Parker - Barefootin' (1966)
    Great track, and the only one here not from 1963. Brownsville Station did a good Rock cover of this in the seventies.
  • *weeschmoo**weeschmoo* Posts: 9,713
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    I love this thread.

    I don't know how obscure these are as I was brought up with them but here they are.

    Brook Benton - Think Twice
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U8fVyd_TYc

    The Supremes - All I know about you
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7neq8bR3ZCw

    Bob Luman - Let's Think About Livin'
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YigH6J8S6zQ
  • VabosityVabosity Posts: 2,999
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    One of the best sad songs ever was from the 60s by Jackie Trent: Where Are You Now My Love? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJLESaA_XrA

    It's interesting to note that this excellent track actually got to No.1 in the UK charts in 1965, and yet it somehow doesn't seem out of place in this thread, because (unlike the overwhelming majority of sixties UK charttopping singles) it has regrettably managed to get lost in the mists of time.


    Here are some other singles (all a bit cheesey, I'm afraid) that also got to No.1 in the UK charts that I feel have likewise got lost in the mists of time:-

    Anthony Newley - Why? (1960)
    The late Anthony Newley was a massive talent; a fine actor, a great songwriter and a singer with a unique vocal style, who David Bowie has cited as a major influence.
    I think it’s a combination of Newley’s vocal style and a different arrangement from the awful Frankie Avalon original that makes this version of the song the only one I don’t have a problem listening to.

    Petula Clark - Sailor (1961)
    Petula’s most memorable song is Downtown, which got to No. 2 in the UK charts in 1964. Three years earlier this single went one better, but how many people have even heard of “Sailor”, let alone know that it got to No. 1?

    Double A-Side
    Shirley - Bassey - Reach For the Stars (1961)
    Shirley Bassey - Climb Every Mountain (1961)
    Petula Clark’s most memorable song may not have got to No.1, but Shirley Bassey’s most memorable song (“Goldfinger”) didn’t even make the Top Twenty!
    This double A-side was her only UK No.1 of the sixties. I’m not too keen on “Reach for the Stars”, but I’ve included it anyway, and while “Climb Every Mountain” (from “The Sound Of Music”) is probably not one of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s most fondly remembered songs, I think that Shirley does a really good job with it.

    The Four Pennies - Juliet (1964)
    An almost forgotten track that topped the chart in the same year that more memorable songs like "Downtown" and "Goldfinger" didn’t.
  • mushymanrobmushymanrob Posts: 17,992
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    Vabosity wrote: »
    It's interesting to note that this excellent track actually got to No.1 in the UK charts in 1965, and yet it somehow doesn't seem out of place in this thread, because (unlike the overwhelming majority of sixties UK charttopping singles) it has regrettably managed to get lost in the mists of time.

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    i guess its not 'cool' enough for the miriad of 60's compilations there have been... i like it, its a good ballad/lament.
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    Just a couple from me this week. I'm not sure of the exact year of either of them, but if they're not sixties I'll eat my hat:

    This totally bonkers and rather wonderful Joe Meek freakbeat number
    The Syndicats - Crawdaddy Simone
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpddVVqZyLw

    The Misunderstood - yet another of those 'they could have been massive' groups
    I Unseen
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzs7KqAT6pE

    Enjoy!
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 25
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    How about Ricky Nelson with Summertime - the bass riff from Black Night as well!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izsVZup02-4
  • CapablancaCapablanca Posts: 5,130
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    Just a couple from me this week. I'm not sure of the exact year of either of them, but if they're not sixties I'll eat my hat:

    This totally bonkers and rather wonderful Joe Meek freakbeat number
    The Syndicats - Crawdaddy Simone
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpddVVqZyLw

    The Misunderstood - yet another of those 'they could have been massive' groups
    I Unseen
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzs7KqAT6pE

    Enjoy!

    Yep, they're both from the sixties ('65 & '66 respectively).

    Here's a strange freakbeat number - great pounding drums and fuzz. It also sounds like a punkier Adam & The Ants!:D

    Searching In The Wilderness - Alan Pound`s Get Rich
  • CapablancaCapablanca Posts: 5,130
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    How about Ricky Nelson with Summertime - the bass riff from Black Night as well!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izsVZup02-4

    I love that record. That bass riff was also nicked by the Blues Magoos on We Ain't Got Nothing Yet :)
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    Capablanca wrote: »
    I love that record. That bass riff was also nicked by the Blues Magoos on We Ain't Got Nothing Yet :)

    Does anyone know any more about the Blues Magoos? I have that one and Tobacco Road on compilations, is there anything else worth having?

    The 'Kaleidescopic Compendium: the Best of the Blues Magoos' seems to be the place to go but its availability is very limited and hence it's getting a little on the expensive side for me to take a speculative punt.
  • VabosityVabosity Posts: 2,999
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    Capablanca wrote: »
    I love that record. That bass riff was also nicked by the Blues Magoos on We Ain't Got Nothing Yet :)

    Yet another one with the same riff:-

    The Liverpool Five - She's Mine (1966)
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  • VabosityVabosity Posts: 2,999
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    This thread is still going strong after several weeks, which is fantastic. However, as a regular contributor, I don't mind telling you, it's getting more and more of a struggle finding tracks to submit. I have therefore decided, for the purposes of this post only, to "bend" the rules a little bit by declaring that the sixties is no longer a ten year period lasting from 1960-1969, but a twelve year period lasting from 1959-1970!

    With this two year extension I am now able to submit the following gems:-

    Frankie Ford - Roberta (1959)
    Frankie Ford’s “Sea Cruise” is without question a fifties Rock’n’Roll classic. This is the B-Side, which imo is an even better track.

    The Flamingoes - I Only Have Eyes For You (1959)
    I am a huge fan of Doo-wop music, and this one is a particular favourite.

    The Peddlers - Girlie (1970)
    For some reason I thought this one was from 1968 and was going to submit it ages ago, but then discovered it was from 1970, so didn’t. Now that I’ve decided to “bend” the rules here it is at last.

    The Ides of March - Vehicle (1970)
    I remember listening to an edition of Mark Lamarr’s Alternative Sixties Show on Radio 2 a few years back, and he closed the show with this one, apologising for featuring a track from 1970 in a sixties show, but adding that when a track is this good it doesn’t really matter if it was recorded a few months after the decade in question has ended, the track just has to be played! No need to apologise to me, Mark, I agree with your sentiments entirely. What a brilliant track!
  • CapablancaCapablanca Posts: 5,130
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    ^^ No arguments about 'Vehicle' - such a fantastic track. In fact I think I first heard it when Mark Lamarr played it years back on a Sunday morning show he used to do.

    A few 'mod' classics from me:

    Mike Vickers - On The Brink
    I love this - Mike was in Manfred Mann early on.

    St. Louis Union - East Side Story
    Manchester band who had a minor hit with a cover of the Beatles' 'Girl' - This is a Bob Seger cover and easily their best record.

    Julien Covey & The Machine - Sweet Bacon
    Great Hammond organ instrumental.
  • mushymanrobmushymanrob Posts: 17,992
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    Vabosity wrote: »
    The Ides of March - Vehicle (1970)
    I remember listening to an edition of Mark Lamarr’s Alternative Sixties Show on Radio 2 a few years back, and he closed the show with this one, apologising for featuring a track from 1970 in a sixties show, but adding that when a track is this good it doesn’t really matter if it was recorded a few months after the decade in question has ended, the track just has to be played! No need to apologise to me, Mark, I agree with your sentiments entirely. What a brilliant track!

    lol.. i LOVE vehicle... one of the best tracks from 1970, in fact second imho only to mr bloe, grooving with mr bloe... but vehicle is utter class.
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    First a unique take on the Who's I can See For Miles by the enigma that was Lord Sitar.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=122__aBqSvY

    And some oddities from 1970

    Turkish Blend - Fairy Tail http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_VW4GisPk4

    Red Dirt - Wilting Tree http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orxcpjpyhDA

    Rumplestiltskin - Mr Joe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-txKk4a3uks
  • rhodrhod Posts: 3,995
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    The Ides of March are still a very popular live act in their native Chicago. I think they even have a street named after them in their home town.

    With clips like this you can see why! Those horns still kick ass!
  • CAMERA OBSCURACAMERA OBSCURA Posts: 8,002
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    One of my fave 60's hidden pop gems, brilliant chorus.

    Fire - My Fathers Name

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3helJXwGBSI


    And for some reason this always gets people up at parties at my house, especially drunk girlfriends:D (try it)

    Billie Davis - I want You To Be My Baby

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3bTmq72olg
  • CapablancaCapablanca Posts: 5,130
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    rhod wrote: »
    The Ides of March are still a very popular live act in their native Chicago. I think they even have a street named after them in their home town.

    With clips like this you can see why! Those horns still kick ass!

    Wow...they're still sounding good.

    Chicago and Blood, Sweat & Tears did some prety decent horn based stuff early on. Here's a great number from B,S & T's debut: I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know
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