As it's 1st December , the first Christmas song for this year .

Honey & The Bees - Jing Jing A Ling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2fK9...eature=related

From 1964 Roy Hamilton - She Makes Me Wanna Dance

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

Three sixties tracks that I like by the Moody Blues, that are not exactly rare, but not exactly well known either, and on balance I would say they are not unsuitable for the thread.

The Moody Blues - Boulevard De La Madeleine (1966)
From the period when the Moodies were only just beginning their transition from an R'n'B covers band to purveyors of somewhat more adventurous music.

The Moody Blues - Tuesday Afternoon (1967)
This imho would have been the standout track on Days Of Future Past had that album not also included Nights In White Satin.

The Moody Blues - Gypsy (Of a Strange and Distant Time) (1969)
Excellent track taken from the album To Our Children's Children's Children.

Penny & The Quarters - You and Me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8rumyup0Os

Sounds Incorporated were one of the very few British instrumental groups of the sixties who didn't try to imitate the Shadows. Instead they had their own very unique sound.

Here are four fine tracks from this excellent band.

Sounds Incorporated - Taboo (1962)

Sounds Incorporated - Detroit (1964)

Sounds Incorporated - The Spartans (1964)

Sounds Incorporated - Sounds Like Locomotion (1966)

Tucked away as a B side , a gem of a track from The Drifters

I Don't Want To Go On Without You - The Drifters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Wchf...eature=related

Folk protest songs..

Overlooked in favour of Seeger, Dylan etc this is probably Phil's most well known song; it failed to chart when released in the UK in 1966.

Phil Ochs - I Ain't Marching Anymore

'There's not one in a hundred, yet they exist, the anarchists' - brought up in Monaco Leo rebelled against his bourgeois roots and at the time was in the shadow of the more well known Brel and Brassens.

Leo Ferre - Les Anarchistes

One of many Vietnam protest songs to be released towards the end of the decade this is a little known Donovan song.

Donovan - To Susan on the West Coast Waiting

Three cracking tracks from the early sixties.

Buster Brown - Fannie Mae (1960)
I thought I knew all the Rhythm 'n' Blues classics of the late forties, fifties and early sixties, but this classic is a very recent discovery, indicating that there may still be lot more Rhythm 'n' Blues classics out there just waiting to be discovered.

Bill Black's Combo - Smokie Part 2 (1960)
Bill Black had been the bassist in Elvis Presley's backing band in the mid-fifties. By the turn of the decade he'd put together his own combo and they recorded a string of cool, rocking instrumentals, of which this one is arguably the best.

Etta James - Sunday Kind Of Love (1961)
Did this lady ever make a bad record? No, I don't think she did.

A rarely heard Kinks track

Holiday In Waikiki - The Kinks

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

The thread has now been going for more than eighteen months, so I've been very surprised to discover that these two late sixties American rock classics (both of which failed to chart in the UK) have not previously been submitted.

Iron Butterfly - In A Gadda Da Vida (1968)

Quicksilver Messenger Service - Who Do You Love (Part 1) (1969)

Manfred Mann had the hit with this record , The Shirelles version is just as good if not better .

The Shirelles - Sha - La- La

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

Del Shannon with his cover of Summer In The City

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg8JMmDRl9s

A track from one of the top girl groups from the 60's The Crystals .

The Crystals - There's No Other Like My Baby

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

a very merry christmas and a happy and prosperous new year to all who have made these threads such a success!

And a merry Christmas to you, Rob, and to everyone else.

Merry 2nd Christmas to the rare threads!

The Flirtations - Christmas Time Is Here Again

Another great tune from Quicksilver Messenger Service. This one really seems to encapsulate the whole early Frisco vibe:

.Quicksilver Messenger Service - Dino's Song

Happy Christmas 60s buffs!

Had the privilege of seeing the reformed Poets , do an intimate hometwon gig in Glasgow earlier this month . Got to chat with the guys and they were amazed that anyone could remember them , but want to do a full tour soon . They will be playing a gig with the Pretty Things in London some time in 2012.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X4FE...eature=related

Jackie Wilson & Count Basie - Chain Gang . Think the horns add to Sam Cooke's original .


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

Each of these tracks has a bit of a Beatles connection.

The Shirelles - Boys (1960)
The B-side of their classic single, Will You Love Me Tomorrow. The Beatles covered Boys (and another Shirelles song, Baby It's You) on their debut album, Please Please Me.

Bobby Parker - Watch Your Step (1961)
Early sixties Rhythm 'n' Blues at its very best. John Lennon claimed he based the famous riff from I Feel Fine on the riff from this track. Can you see the similarity?

Richard Barrett - Some Other Guy (1962)
Original version of a song famously performed by the Beatles on the only known existing film with synchronized sound showing them performing live at the Cavern Club.

The Archies had a massive hit with Sugar Sugar . Here is a version by Wilson Pickett , hard to believe it's the same song .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrZlu...feature=fvwrel

Happy New Year to all regular contributors to and viewers of the Rare 60's Classics thread, the Rare 70's Classics thread and the 1960's Appreciation thread.


Three lesser known sixties tracks by Stevie Wonder.

Hey Harmonica Man (1964)
The iconic mid-sixties pop music show Ready Steady Go was introduced by quite a few great songs during its three years on television, most famously Wipeout by the Surfaris and 5-4-3-2-1 by Manfred Mann. I believe that this excellent Stevie Wonder track may have also have been used in this capacity for a handful of shows during 1964.

Until You Come Back To Me (1967)
I much prefer the seventies hit version by Aretha Franklin, but Stevie's original is definitely worth a listen.

Alfie (1968)
Fine harmonica version of the famous Burt Bacharach song.

You're right, it is hard to believe it's the same song. Great track.



Few people can write a better tune than Burt Bacharach and few people can play the harmonica better than Stevie Wonder. A winning combination. Great track.

agreed about bacharach... and wonder... still not got my system up, it might be some time yet (alterations) , will have to catch up audio sometime in the future! thanks for posting guys

Something a bit different from Brenda Lee - Dum Dum


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

Some more tracks by the magnificent Young Rascals.

The Young Rascals - Good Lovin' (1966)
The band's first American Number One single. Great track.

The Young Rascals - Groovin' (Italian Version) (1967)
The song may not be remotely rare, but this version is very rare indeed. The Young Rascals were Italian-Americans, so here they are with an Italian language version of what was their only big hit in the UK.

The Young Rascals - It's Wonderful (1967)
The title says it all. It's wonderful.

The Rascals - A Beautiful Morning (1968)
The band dropped the Young from their name in 1968, and this was the first single they released under their shortened moniker.