Glad you're enjoying it. I'm enjoying doing it, even though picking no more than five tracks from each page is a near impossible task and can be a real headache. No French tracks in today's selection and for the very simple reason that your name does not appear even once on Page 19 neither are there any tracks originally submitted by your good self.

So ...

Continuing Vabosity's first anniversary review of the thread.

Here's my selection of five great tracks from Page 19 of the thread:-

John Lee Hooker - Dimples
Originally submitted by Vabosity on 30th September 2010.

The Walker Brothers - I Don't Want To Hear It Anymore
Originally submitted by Capablanca on 1st October 2010.

Raymond Froggatt - Callow La Vita
Originally submitted by Radio Ruderham on 1st October 2010.

The Nightcrawlers - The Little Black Egg
Originally submitted by Randy Gibbons on 9th October 2010.

The Silkie - You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
Originally submitted by Capablanca on 9th October 2010.

from 1965-1966
mighty avengers so much in love
mighty avengers walking through the sleepy city
mighty avengers blue turns to grey
all written by jagger/richard i think

guess who his girl
casinos then you can tell me goodbye
johnny rivers poor side of town
graham bonny supergirl
walker brothers love minus zero
walker brothers first love never dies

critters younger girl
the four evers a lovely way to say goodnight
tokens she lets her hair down
doris troy ill do anything for him

Each one a gem!

1. My favourite ever track from the great John Lee Hooker.

2. Scott Walker's voice is normally amazing, but on that track it's ultra-amazing!

3. That Raymond Froggatt track is pure class. I cannot believe that the truly abysmal Dave Clark Five cover was the hit version.

4. The Nightcrawlers are a new name to me. Good band. Great song.

5. One of my favourite ever Beatles songs and the Silkie's version is one of my favourite ever covers of any Lennon-McCartney song.

Two from 1968 - the year I was born - from me today. The first is a garage/psych classic that was a minor hit in the US and has since featured on many compilations of the genre, and the second is a B-side by Dion 'The Wanderer' Dimucci that I heard on 6 Music this week and it really knocked me out.


The Balloon Farm - A Question Of Temperature (1968)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcb0I-rwYsc

Dion - Daddy Rollin' In Your Arms (1968)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehAtR5Dl_Q8

Enjoy!

Released about the same time as the hit version by Keith but with not as much success the Welsh band The Bystanders with 98.6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T482MzpstNo

From 1959 , Bo Diddley - Crackin' Up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fA4TaagzF8k

Continuing Vabosity's first anniversary review of the thread.

I am now up to Page 20, which is just about halfway through, so perhaps I'll get the first anniversary review completed before the second anniversary after all!

Here's my selection of five great tracks from Page 20 of the thread:-

Georgie Fame - Seventh Son
Originally submitted by Vabosity on 11th October 2010.

Jimmy and the Rackets - Black Eyes
Originally submitted by Vabosity on 15th October 2010.

Gérard Lenorman - Michèle
Originally submitted by ohglobbits on 17th October 2010.

The Cystals - He Hit Me (It Felt Like A Kiss)
Originally submitted by Barney06 on 17th October 2010.

Connie Francis - Where The Boys Are
Originally submitted by RadioRob on 17th October 2010.

This Boy ... The Beatles

This was a brilliant track and was also sometimes called "Ringo's Theme" because of it being in the background as an instrumental in the film "A Hard Day's Night" when Ringo was being strongly featured.

However, it was actually the B side of "I Want To Hold Your Hand" which reached number one virtually all over the world, so I suppose you could say that it was a big hit.

Thank you for that, I knew it was a B side but didn't know which song.

Three "interesting" cover versions of three chart-topping singles.


The Shadows' instrumental version of "Dance On" topped the British singles chart in January 1963. Kathy Kirby's vocal version was a hit too. Here's Pet Clark's French language vocal version. I really like this one.

Petula Clark - Je Me Sens Bien Auprès De Toi (Dance On) (1963)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZufFRQ-5MQ


"Paint It Black", famously featuring Brian Jones on sitar, was the Rolling Stones' sixth British No.1 single, topping the charts in May 1966. There is no sitar on this fine cover by The Deep Six, but there is a harpsichord (I think) and a girl singer with a very pleasant voice. I like this version almost as much as the original.

The Deep Six - Paint Black (1966)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toeXM4lywDQ


"Tired of Waiting For You" was the second of the Kinks' three British No.1 singles, topping the charts in February 1965. Four years later, American band The Flock recorded a version that was so different from the original that I believe you're either going to say "vive la difference" and completely love it or you'll be so appalled by what they've done to a classic Kinks song that you'll totally hate it.

The Flock - Tired Of Waiting For You (1969)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EneVFeUb5Wc

Liking the first two!

The third has to be contravening some kind of law, I'm sure.

Lighthearted summer song by the Kinks with typically ironic lyrics rhyming wake-a-hola with coca-cola, making it a possible forerunner to Lola.

The Kinks - Holiday in Waikiki

I included this in my first post in this thread but didn't include a link, this song deserves far better as it's absolutely gorgeous:
The Honeybus - (Do I Figure) In Your Life (1967)

Same with this song, and keeping the baroque pop theme:
Nirvana - Pentecost Hotel (1967)

that honeybus track was uploaded by a freind of mine...

thanks for posting 'pentecost hotel', i remember it now! a true 'lost' track...

Continuing Vabosity's first anniversary review of the thread.

Here's my selection of five great tracks from Page 21 of the thread:-

Martha Reeves and the Vandellas- Nowhere to Run
Originally submitted by mushymanrob on 19th October 2010.

Jackie Wilson - Baby Workout
Originally submitted by Vabosity on 23rd October 2010.

The Action - Shadows and Reflections
Originally submitted by themaninblack on 24th October 2010.

Francoise Hardy - La Mer
Originally submitted by Radio Ruderham on 24th October 2010.

The Velvet Underground - I’m Waiting For The Man
Originally submitted by Vabosity on 26th October 2010.

well well well..... im never ceased to be amazed at what can crop up from a most unexpected scource!

on tv recently theres a cracking little french track thats been used for kleenex..

turns out its by jacques dutronc who is married to francois hardy, and the track - 'mini mini mini' is a tribute to her and written in 1966 so qualifies for this thread!! lol

enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye7XYuW_fE8

As does
"Et moi,et moi,et moi"
from the same year
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRaAg...eature=related

basically the same song...lol.. and they are both on the same release as 'a' and 'b' sides, worth a little bit too...

interesting, its almost 'proto-rap'..

Continuing Vabosity's first anniversary review of the thread.

Here's my selection of five great tracks from Page 22 of the thread:-

Them - All For Myself
Originally submitted by Randy Gibbons on 31st October 2010.

Leonard Cohen - The Partisan
Originally submitted by Vabosity on 3rd November 2010.

The Marvelows - I Do
Originally submitted by Vabosity on 3rd November 2010.

The Human Expression - Love At Psychedelic Velocity
Originally submitted by ohglobbits on 5th November 2010.

The Rogues - Wanted Dead or Alive
Originally submitted by ohglobbits on 6th November 2010.

Mungo Jerry must have known that record!

Mungo Jerry - Alright Alright Alright

I've always liked this one as well:

Nirvana - Tiny Godess (1967)

EDIT: The lovely Francoise covered it to boot:

Françoise Hardy - La bilancia dell'amore (Tiny goddess) (1968)

Four very different tracks from four very different female singers.


Lavern Baker was one of the more successful Rhythm 'n' Blues acts of the fifties, as her records tended to have a lot of mainstream pop crossover appeal. Here's an obscure gem she recorded in 1960:-

LaVern Baker - Bumble Bee (1960)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSBVJO9lNL0


From an R'n'B singer with mainstream pop crossover appeal to a country singer with mainstream pop crossover appeal. Here's the lady known back then as Little Miss Dynamite:-

Brenda Lee - Let´s Jump The Broomstick (1961)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g_JX...eature=related


Yesterday I posted two great album tracks by the wonderful Vashti Bunyan to the seventies thread. Here's a fabulous Vashti track from the sixties:-

Vashti Bunyan - Train Song (1966)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AGD78mWcss


Finally, a terrific clip of Lulu singing one of my favourite compositions by her then husband, Maurice Gibb, and his two brothers:-

Lulu - In The Morning (1969)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Utr7qrtDMZE

Perhaps slightly off topic but definitely related...

As I posted in another thread, my wife and I saw the Searchers performing in the theatre on Cromer Pier. One of the founder members remains and another had been with them 47 years! The other two members were newer. Anyway I have to tell you they are excellent and well worth seeing if you are into 60s music.


I'm not sure if it's been posted in this thread, but one of my favourite Connie tracks is Moments to Remember http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dBVP3lNVUg

... quite apt for this thread I guess

The Searchers had a No.1 EP in 1965 and their decent cover of 'Bumble Bee' was the lead track:

The Searchers - Bumble Bee (1965)

Continuing Vabosity's first anniversary review of the thread.

Here's my selection of five great tracks from Page 23 of the thread:-

Tim Hardin - Reason To Believe
Originally submitted by Urban Bassman on 7th November 2010.

Tito Puente - Oye Como Va
Originally submitted by Vabosity on 8th November 2010.

The Lafayettes - Life's Too Short
Originally submitted by Randy Gibbons on 13th November 2010.

Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66 - So Many Stars
Originally submitted by RadioRob on 13th November 2010.

The Poets - Now We're Thru
Originally submitted by catboy71 on 13th November 2010.