Day Is Done by Nick Drake

The 5th Dimension are one of my favourite vocal groups of the late sixties. They are best known for the tracks "Up Up And Away", "Aquarius / Let The Sun Shine In" and "Wedding Bell Blues".

Here are half a dozen other great tracks by them:-

The 5th Dimension - Paper Cup (1967)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WL_8T5WHkU

The 5th Dimension - Another Day , Another Heartache (1967)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRNz8kkn1FI

The 5th Dimension - Carpet Man (1968)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9xFBcsILLM

The 5th Dimension - Stoned Soul Picnic (1968)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUyTKl815MU

The 5th Dimension - The Sailboat Song (1968)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sns1mM6PMPc

The 5th Dimension - Working On A Groovy Thing (1969)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O61xIdRTTDQ

The Isley Brothers - Vacuum Cleaner (1969)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvSn56NELRc

One 5th Dimension track that didn't quite find its way into my last post was their debut single "Go Where You Wanna Go", a John Phillips song first recorded by the Mamas and the Papas.

Here's the original version:-

The Mamas And The Papas - Go Where You Wanna Go (1965)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpsWIcYKl-I

Ask me really nicely and I'll play it on air tomorrow,
from 10am.

Three excellent, but very different female singers performing on American TV in the mid-sixties.

Jody Miller - Yes, My Darling Daughter (1964)
Great version of an old Ukrainian folk song given English words and a Trad Jazz arrangement. Love it.

Donna Loren - Got To Get You Off My Mind (1965)
Never heard of this lady before discovering this clip today, but I really like her performance of this song..

Tina Turner - I Can't Believe What You Say (1965)
I really cannot stand the hugely successful Tina Turner of the eighties and nineties. The moderately successful Tina Turner of the sixties, however, now that's a different story altogether, I like her a great deal.

Four superb instrumental tracks from the early sixties.

Bill Black's Combo - White Silver Sands (1960)
I can't quite put my finger on why, but I keep thinking of Mouldy Old Dough by Lieutenant Pigeon whenever I listen to this track, even though the two tracks are very different from each other.

James Brown and the Famous Flames - Night Train (1962)
Although you can distinctly hear James Brown's voice on this track, it is still to all intents and purposes an instrumental. I have to say that I much prefer early James Brown when he gave us his own unique brand of Soul and R'n'B. I'm not at all keen on what he did later, I've never been a fan of Funk.

The Rockin' Rebels - Wild Weekend (1963)
A little known gem. One of my favourite instrumentals of the sixties.

Bill Black's Combo - Monkey-Shine (1963)
Bill Black's Combo once again. 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 Monkey-Shine is my second favourite after a track entitled Smokie Part 2, which you can find in Post #1358 on Page 55 of the thread.

A very slight similarity in the melodies of each, but nothing much else in common. I personally prefer "Mouldy Old Dough" to "White Silver Sands", but I love "Monkey-Shine", the other Bill Black track in the post.

An excellent live version of Georgia On My Mind - by The Spencer Davis Group .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzX4I...eature=related

Not much by this band on this thread

Moby Grape - 8-05

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

I know a couple of posters at least are quite keen on French artists , so Patricia - Mes Reves De Satin, from 1968

( Nights In White Satin )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3d36...eature=related

Liked the name of the band so listened to a few tracks , much better than I was expecting . my favourite of the few I listened to .

Peanut Butter Conspriacy - Dark On You

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feKuh3v6qv4

We've had a couple of Gary Walker & The Rain tracks featured here ('Francis' & 'Magazine Woman') but here's one by Gary Walker & The Carnabeats released in Japan in 1968.

Gary Walker & the Carnabeats - Cutie Morning Moon (1968)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqQ3s0vaSig

Three good tracks from 1965.

Chubby Checker - (At The) Discotheque (1965)
Not one of my favourites by Chubby Checker, but a decent enough track. The word Discotheque (to denote a Club for dancing where the music is provided by records rather than a live band) originated in France as far back as the forties, but I believe that this track may well be the first instance of it being mentioned in an American song.

Gene Chandler - Nothing Can Stop Me (1965)
Gene Chandler is best known for the 1962 U.S. chart topping Doo-wop classic Duke Of Earl. Three years later Doo-wop was pretty much out of vogue, so Gene had moved on to Soul, and as this track clearly demonstrates, was doing it exceptionally well.

Junior Walker and the All Stars - Shake And Fingerpop (1965)
Does this man play a soulful sax or does this man play a soulful sax? Fabulous track.

Martha Velez - Fiends and Angels LP ('69).

Heavy blues, powerful singer, with some interesting session musicians.

CD Universe - tracklist & performers

Clapton (tracks played)
Paul Kossoff (tracks played)
Jack Bruce
Mitch Mitchell
Christine McVie
etc.

♫ Martha Velez - Feel So Bad ♫

Received this suggestion today in weekly selection from Youtube.

The Turtles - Let Me Be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeqykOBwzU0

A couple of tracks from artists I've never heard of before

The Gnomes - The Sky Is Falling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L0tCtW8AmY

Jon & Robin & The In Crowd - Love Me Baby

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PH48HDyaJI

Yesterday I posted four well known Joan Baez tracks to the 1960's Appreciation Thread. Here are four not so well known tracks by this artist:-

Joan Baez - Plaisir D'Amour (1965)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAmk-nYOahQ

Joan Baez - Bachianas Brasileiras No 5: Aria (1965)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfTtUxyjOaE

Joan Baez - Colours (1965)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66V0Ri3dRfI

Joan Baez - With God On Our Side (1966)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUZGG...eature=related

I love Aaron Neville's version a truly remarkable song,
written by Bob Dylan if I'm not mistaken.

Three excellent Soul tracks.

James Brown and the Famous Flames - Bewildered (1961)
I mentioned in a very recent post that I much prefer early James Brown to what he did he later. This is an early(ish) James Brown track that I only discovered yesterday. Absolutely love it.

Sam Cooke - That's It, I Quit, I'm Moving On (1961)
Sam Cooke has long been my favourite Soul singer, but I only discovered this gem about 18 months ago, and immediately felt impelled to submit it to the thread. Unfortunately, the clip that I supplied back then is no longer on Youtube, which happens a lot, but is a real bummer when it involves a track as good as this one, so here's a replacement clip.

Nina Simone - I Love Your Lovin' Ways (1966)
I'm not really much of a Nina Simone fan, but I like this one a great deal.

Here are three very good surf instrumentals:-

The Marketts - Out Of Limits (1962)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXyeb8ND89M

The Astronauts - Baja (1963)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHbcU5ArqBQ

The Lively Ones - Surf Rider (1963)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soH7t...eature=related

Very nice. Although I confess I do prefer 80s skatepunks JFA's version of Baja.

(JFA = Jodie Foster's Army, in case you were wondering.)

I found this the other day - America by The Nice from 1968! Not rare as such but surprising to find such a good quality clip and in colour too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW-XRlra_BA

I've just checked out the JFA version. It's very good indeed, but I still prefer the one by the Astronauts, maybe because I'm a bit biased when it comes to 1960's vs 1980's.

Two out of my last three posts have featured tracks by James Brown. Let's make that three out of four.

James Brown and Bea Ford - You've Got The Power (1960)

James Brown and the Famous Flames - I'll Go Crazy (1960)

James Brown and the Famous Flames - Baby You're Right (1961)

James Brown and the Famous Flames - Prisoner Of Love (1963)

Excellent track ^^, famously played over the closing credits of Pulp Fiction.

Of course, another great Surf instrumental is famously played over the opening credits of Pulp Fiction; this one ...

Three tracks from a British band who were highly regarded in their day but achieved no commercial success.

The Alan Bown Set - Everything's Gonna Be Alright (1966)
A great piece of blue-eyed soul.

The Alan Bown - We Can Help You (1967)
In 1967 the band dropped the word Set from their name and dropped blue-eyed soul in favour of their own unique brand of psychedelia.

The Alan Bown - All Along the Watchtower (1968)
A fabulous cover that's very different from both the Bob Dylan original and the Jimi Hendrix hit versions. Well worth a listen.