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the rare 60's classics thread
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mushymanrob
10-07-2011
Originally Posted by Heliocentric:
“Shape & Sizes - Rain On My Face (Decca)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JqKrJcrPho

Obscure, but delicious B Side from their only Decca 45 - from 1966. Female fronted act who I think were based in London.”

thats a great track! ....

was this the 'a' side? 'a little loving something'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_zEd...eature=related
Barney06
11-07-2011
In the same category as Shape & Sizes , The Termites

The Termites - Tell Me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yx4DH9iOBo

Bubble Puppy - Hot Smoke & Sasafrass

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qja2ptq_p7I
Vabosity
13-07-2011
Continuing Vabosity's first anniversary review of the thread.

Here's my selection of five great tracks from Page 13 of the thread:-

Dick Dale - Hava Nagila
Originally submitted by Randy Gibbons on 6th August 2010.

Chris Clark - From Head To Toe
Originally submitted by Capablanca on 10th August 2010.

The Critters - Mr Dieingly Sad
Originally submitted by Capablanca on 13th August 2010.

The Beach Boys - Caroline No
Originally submitted by Vabosity on 14th August 2010.

The McCoys - You Make Me Feel So Good

Originally submitted by Vabosity on 14th August 2010.
Vabosity
14-07-2011
Continuing Vabosity's first anniversary review of the thread.

Here's my selection of five great tracks from Page 14 of the thread:-

The Kinks - I'm Not Like Everybody Else
Originally submitted by Randy Gibbons on 16th August 2010.

Michel Polnareff - La Poupée Qui Fait Non
Originally submitted by Vabosity on 16th August 2010.

The Trashmen - Malaguena
Originally submitted by Randy Gibbons on 17th August 2010.

Nini Rosso – Il Silenzio
Originally submitted by Vabosity on 18th August 2010.

Them - Mystic Eyes
Originally submitted by ohglobbits on 20th August 2010.
JohnnyForget
17-07-2011
Originally Posted by Vabosity:
“
The Kinks - I'm Not Like Everybody Else
Originally submitted by Randy Gibbons on 16th August 2010.
”

Absolutely love that one ^^.

Here's another terrific lesser known track by this fabulous band:-

The Kinks - Who'll Be The Next In Line (1965)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7lhMDrxEZU


From one of the best British bands of the sixties to one of the best American bands of that decade:-

The Young Rascals - You Better Run (1966)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKehnQ75QAI


Let's finish the post with a true psychedelic classic:-

The Electric Prunes - I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night (1967)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItDSim_1KEg
laineythenomad
17-07-2011
Here's a song I haven't heard in years, not sure if it qualifies as rare but I love her voice. It's Maureen Evans singing "The Big Hurt":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhWs-...B0EA4B2A2C3DF5
Vabosity
18-07-2011
Originally Posted by laineythenomad:
“Here's a song I haven't heard in years, not sure if it qualifies as rare but I love her voice. It's Maureen Evans singing "The Big Hurt":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhWs-...B0EA4B2A2C3DF5”

Well, it's certainly rare to me as I'd never heard of it before your post! I checked out its chart position and it got no higher than 26 in 1960, so if you use the OP's Top Twenty rule it definitely qualifies for the thread. I like it, it's a very good song, and you're right, she has a great voice.


Anyway ...

Continuing Vabosity's first anniversary review of the thread.

Here's my selection of five great tracks from Page 15 of the thread:-

The Liverpool Five - Heart
Originally submitted by Randy Gibbons on 29th August 2010.

Francoise Hardy - Le Temps De L'Amour
Originally submitted by ohglobbits on 30th August 2010.

Enchanters 4 - I Don't Know
Originally submitted by Vabosity on 1st September 2010.

The Chiffons - Up On The Bridge
Originally submitted by Capablanca on 1st September 2010.

Joe Meek (The Blue Men) - I Hear A New World
Originally submitted by ohglobbits on 1st September 2010.
WPaulVanDyk
18-07-2011
One song i love from the 60's which is obscure and not even a chart hit here or America is

Moses Smith - The Girl Across the Street (classic Northern soul)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENtg6HRGePs
chatty1
18-07-2011
Here's one I haven't heard for a very long time.. Paul & Paula

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZIYFG1SccQ
Randy Gibbons
18-07-2011
Blues Magoos - She's Coming Home (1966)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKlBb0MkuGw

I shall be posting some more Blues Magoos and also The Nightcrawlers (of Little Black Egg fame which we've already had) soon I hope, when my connection behaves itself a bit better and I can search properly for clips without each one taking an age. In the meantime, check out this good one from their debut lp 'Psychedelic Lollipop'.
Beatles4ever
18-07-2011
Not sure if this qualifies as 'rare', because it is the flipside of a major hit.
However, "Do I have to come right out and say it" by Buffalo Springfield now has a life of its own apart from its more famous "A" side, "For what it's worth".
It's a Neil Young composition, originally done with Richie Furay on lead vocal.
Several versions and at least one cover are on YT, well worth the time to view IMO.
Barney06
19-07-2011
Following the death last week of Jerry Ragovoy who wrote Time Is On My Side , under the pseudonym Norman Meade. Thought the song deserved hearing again , surprisingly not issued as a single in The UK .

Time Is On My Side - Rolling Stones

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHVeyo4W18U
Capablanca
19-07-2011
Originally Posted by Beatles4ever:
“Not sure if this qualifies as 'rare', because it is the flipside of a major hit.
However, "Do I have to come right out and say it" by Buffalo Springfield now has a life of its own apart from its more famous "A" side, "For what it's worth".
It's a Neil Young composition, originally done with Richie Furay on lead vocal.
Several versions and at least one cover are on YT, well worth the time to view IMO.”

It's a nice tine that one. Here's are two more great Neil song also sung by Richie:

Buffalo Springfield - Flying On The Ground Is Wrong (1966)

Buffalo Springfield - On The Way Home (1968)
Vabosity
22-07-2011
Continuing Vabosity's first anniversary review of the thread.

Here's my selection of five great tracks from Page 16 of the thread:-

The Spencer Davis Group - Strong Love
Originally submitted by mushymanrob on 5th September 2010.

Reparata and the Delrons - Saturday Night Didn't Happen
Originally submitted by Randy Gibbons on 6th September 2010 (see Note 1).

The Anglos - Incense
Originally submitted by ohglobbits on 11th September 2010.

The Baroques - Mary Jane
Originally submitted by Vabosity on 11th September 2010 (see Note 2).

Jefferson Airplane - Today
Originally submitted by Capablanca on 11th September 2010.


Note 1
When Randy Gibbons submitted Saturday Night Didn't Happen he was waxing lyrical about it, and quite rightly so, it's a fantastic track. Randy also said that the song contained the greatest rhyming couplet ever in recorded history. Quite a claim!

Now my trouble is that I tend to ignore the lyrics in songs, so I'm notoriously bad at remembering them. This means I've had to listen to Saturday Night Didn't Happen several times (no great hardship) to try and get the rhyming couplet that Randy was referring to. I eventually managed to remember a terrific little rhyme about feeding the parrot with a carrot. Was this the rhyme you meant, Randy, or was there something even better that I've missed?


Note 2
I have submitted scores of tracks over the last fourteen months and a sizeable minority of them have been ones that were unknown to me prior to the commencement of the thread. Last year I was so much enjoying posting to this thread that I decided to go out of my way to find rare sixties tracks that were new to me, and I discovered some real gems, with Mary Jane by the Baroques (see above) unquestionably my greatest discovery. I think it's an amazing track.
Randy Gibbons
22-07-2011
Haha, yes it was the parrot/carrot bit. Genius.

I think the really brilliant thing about this thread is it's like a party where everybody brings something and nobody leaves empty handed. Due to the diverse tastes of the posters here I think we've all been able to find new, interesting things we've never heard before, and that's what keeps life interesting isn't it? Long may it continue.

Here's a couple from me by The Nightcrawlers. We've already featured The Little Black Egg on here, which is imo by far their best effort, but that doesn't mean it's their only good song.

The Nightcrawlers - You're Running Wild (1966)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbjZGKoa_gc

The Nightcrawlers - Who Knows (1967)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H59T2...eature=related

Another excellent one is 'I Don't Remember' but unfortunately I haven't been able to track down a clip for it. Well worth a listen though if you get the chance. They also did some good covers, including 'Sea Of Love' and a good one of this early Stones song from their 'No2' album. (catchy title lads!)

The Rolling Stones - Grown Up Wrong (1965)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQQQPKt0X20
Barney06
23-07-2011
Two tunes from Link Wray

Big City After Dark - Link Wray

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBvj3...eature=related

A more familiar record

Please Please Me - Link Wray

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bz0bn...eature=related
JohnnyForget
23-07-2011
Four very good American tracks from the late sixties:-

Don and the Goodtimes - I Could Be So Good To You (1967)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcH4QZECiaM

The Grass Roots - Let's Live For Today (1967)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnFZsrs32Co

Peter, Paul and Mary - I Dig Rock and Roll Music (1967)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdX5Ly9WBT0

The Turtles - You Showed Me (1969)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBBj8...eature=related
Mike_1101
24-07-2011
Originally Posted by JohnnyForget:
“......Peter, Paul and Mary - I Dig Rock and Roll Music (1967)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdX5Ly9WBT0”

One of their earlier classics - "500 Miles" (1962)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stwt_...eature=related

and covered in french as "J'entends Siffler le Train" by Richard Anthony (issued on Columbia in the UK around the same time).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_UbNicrWXk

Moving away from the charts, here is Johnny Gray who recorded many instrumental tracks for Philips & Fontana in the 1960s with various orchestras.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGrbSOg13pE - a version of "Deep Purple".

I have version of "Flamingo" he recorded with the Reg Tilsley orchestra but can't put it on Youtube, sadly as it's a brilliant track.
So if you like 60s instrumentals here is
The Reg Tilsley Orchestra - "Another Spring" (1969)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMCpufRsskM
ohglobbits
24-07-2011
A lot earlier in this thread, someone mentioned the Dutch guitarist Jan Akkerman's group, The Hunters with the song Russian Spy and I from around '66. Here's another group of his, Brainbox with some recordings from '69/'70.

Brainbox - The Smile

Brainbox - Amsterdam, The First Days

Brainbox - Summertime
Vabosity
27-07-2011
Continuing Vabosity's first anniversary review of the thread.

Here's my selection of five great tracks from Page 17 of the thread:-

Nina Simone - I Put A Spell On You
Originally submitted by Vabosity on 12th September 2010.

Jack Jones - Without Her
Originally submitted by Capablanca on 12th September 2010.

Elephant's Memory - Old Man Willow
Originally submitted by ohglobbits on 17th September 2010.

The Cyrkle - The Visit
Originally submitted by Capablanca on 17th September 2010.

Santana - Evil Ways
Originally submitted by Bedlem on 18th September 2010.
Vabosity
28-07-2011
Continuing Vabosity's first anniversary review of the thread.

Here's my selection of five great tracks from Page 18 of the thread:-

Twinkle - Golden Lights
Originally submitted by Capablanca on 21st September 2010.

The Young Rascals - How Can I Be Sure?
Originally submitted by Vabosity on 23rd September 2010.

Michel Polnareff - Love Me Please Love Me
Originally submitted by RadioRob on 24th September 2010.

Françoise Hardy - Tous Les Garçons Et Les Filles
Originally submitted by RadioRob on 25th September 2010.

Fleetwood Mac - Need Your Love So Bad
Originally submitted by Vabosity on 27th September 2010.
ohglobbits
30-07-2011
Enjoying Vabosity's first anniversary review; suprised by how few of the French tracks so far were submitted by me! But I posted a lot of psych so here's some more with this marvellous french track which blends psych with ye-ye.

Les Papyvores - Le Papyvore

and a great UK cover of the same track.

Proco Magnum - Neurotic saga
Randy Gibbons
30-07-2011
^ Liking Les Papyvores!

We've already had (We Ain't Got) Nothing Yet, Tobacco Road and She's Coming Home on this thread, so here's a selection of other songs from Blues Magoos' first two albums - 1966's Psychedelic Lollipop and 1967's Electric Comic Book.

The Blues Magoos - Albert Common Is Dead (1967)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa-eKSX0EZc

The Blues Magoos - Take My Love (1967)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2w1NfUNpB0

The Blues Magoos - Pipe Dream (1967)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6WfRL4qqYU

The Blues Magoos - Gotta Get Away (1966)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVhcNficOZY

Groovy, man!
JohnnyForget
03-08-2011
Originally Posted by JohnnyForget:
“The Turtles - You Showed Me (1969)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBBj8...eature=related”

The version of this song by the Lightning Seeds is one of my favourite singles of the nineties, and it was reading somewhere that it was a cover version of an old Turtles song that made me check out their (The Turtles) version, which I also love.

It's only in the last few days since my previous post that I have discovered the Turtles' version was not actually the original, but is itself a cover of a Byrds' song. As I generally prefer original versions of songs to covers and as I generally like most of what I've heard from the Byrds I decided to check out their version too and I cannot begin to describe how disappointed I am, the track just doesn't work for me. On the other hand, it may work for you, so here it is:-

The Byrds - You Showed Me (1964)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sHCEYjNYsI


I may prefer the nineties hit cover version of the previous song to the sixties original, but there is absolutely no way I could ever prefer the eighties hit cover version (by Tiffany) or the noughties hit cover version (by Girls Aloud) to this sixties original:-

Tommy James and the Shondells - I Think We`re Alone Now (1967)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkMFLUXTEwM
Audio Rebel
03-08-2011
A couple of Northern Soul classics (IMO)

Judy Street - What (covered by Soft Cell in 1982)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmPb95SUZF0

Spiral Staircase - Love you more today than yesterday

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuqHlv1YPe0

Neither UK chart hits (as most Northern Soul songs weren't)
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