Reendeer obviously prefer snow, so in hotter countries Santa needs to use other animals to pull his sleigh:-

Lou Monte - Dominick The Italian Christmas Donkey (1960)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9K7IaqrfiM

Rolf Harris - Six White Boomers (1963)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&h...&v=gosGBYU5vIE

I don't think we've had a Christmas psych song yet. Well here's the perfect remedy from their '67 Christmas album, A Christmas Present…& Past..

Paul Revere & The Raiders - Rain Sleet or Snow

The singing on that sounds like King Crimson's '21st Century Schizoid Man' !

Given that today's supposed to be the end of the world, here's a little something to make the impending apocalypse sound a bit nicer:


Doug Warren & The Rays - If The World Don't End Tomorrow (I'm Comin' After You) (1960)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bARWQlpeSco

I don't think the following classic track has ever appeared on the thread - it's not exactly rare, but it's not exactly well known either:-

The Impressions - Gypsy Woman (1961)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Wd4tlX5t-Q

it didnt chart... so thats 'rare'!

One of the lesser know known tracks off the Phil Spector Christmas album

The Bells Of St Mary's - Bob B Soxx & The Blue Jeans

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1jKvgzIRYs

Some of the less successful Beach Boys tracks like Little Bird, Wild Honey and Bluebirds over the Mountain are worth checking out as the band were experimenting and trying new sounds.

think we nominated 'wild honey' nearly 3 years ago....lol

along with 'heroes and villains'...

It Might Be Winter Outside ( But In My Heart It's Spring )

Felice Taylor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8D9_QZzARY

Well that is a surprise!!
Many thanks for this.

that's fantastic !.............

I'm surprised I don't remember that one as her big hit 'I Feel Love Coming On' was from around the same time and was a big hit amongst my gang............

Don't know if there is any truth in the comments below the track , that Motown paid off Felice Taylor to not sing again so as not to compete with Diana Ross their golden girl

Barry White wrote the song , so no surprise he reissued it again The 70s with Love Unlimited .

The Valentinos - I'll Make It Alright

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXnx7DvFseQ

for me, barry white was abit like neil diamond....

great in the 60's , but rubbish in the 70's!

It's New Year's Eve, so what better way to get you in the party mood than some good old-fashioned, they certainly don't make 'em like that any more, Twist records that made little or no impact in the UK when first released?

The Isley Brothers - Twist And Shout (1962)

Joey Dee and the Starliters - Peppermint Twist (1962)

Chubby Checker and Dee Dee Sharp - Slow Twistin' (1962)

Gary U.S. Bonds - Twist Twist Senora (1962)

King Curtis - Soul Twist (1962)

nice to see you posting again

ooohh...i cant twist, itll put me back out!

Erm, Barry White was all 70's. He had no 60's hits! He may have written hits n the 60's but nowhere refers to him as a 60's star.

i know... so?....

he was active in the 60's and created some great material..... but i really detest his 70's philly crap!

I have been posting recently, but to the 1960's Appreciation thread rather than this one. After two and half years it's becoming increasingly difficult to come up with new tracks for the Rare 60's Classics thread, but I remember posting a similar comment when the thread was only six months old, so I'm sure there are more posts to come.

The Twist is the type of dance that knackers you fairly early on, but those great old twist records are imho still terrific, if only just to tap your feet to.

If we're on the subject of Barry White:

The Bel Cantos With Barry White - A Fool In Love (1965ish, but not released until 2007)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkTp6ifY-LY

A cover of the Ike & Tina Turner song.

The Bel Cantos - Feel Aw Right (part 1) (1965)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzExbtQQOHQ

White arranged this, plays piano and contributes backing vocals.

The Sunday Group - Pink Grapes (1965)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzExbtQQOHQ

An instrumental co-written and arranged by Big Bazza White himself (and he maybe plays on it too, I'm not sure)

Nothing else from me for the moment except to wish all contributors and followers of this thread a very happy new year.

Let me add my tuppence worth in here
Gene Page was Barry's arranger but before that worked with Phil Spector's Wrecking crew with a veritable who's who in rock and pop music.

One from France that I don't think had a UK release.

Nicoletta - "Quand on a que l'amour" (Barclay - 1969)

This Jacques Brel classic is given a really over the top production but listen to it on a good stereo and it's superb!

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

Happy New Year, Randy.

Happy New Year, everyone else.

I'm sorry to have to mention this, but the clip for Feel Aw Right in the above post is not for that track at all; it is actually a duplicate of Pink Grapes.

I have to say that I share Rob's lack of enthusiasm for Barry White's seventies music. I know next to nothing about his contribution to sixties music, but the Barry White-related sixties tracks submitted in some recent posts are not bad at all.

I also share Rob's preference for Neil Diamond's sixties recordings over his more popular seventies output. This gem from late 1969 (so only just sixties) is a particular favourite of mine:-

Neil Diamond - Holly Holy (1969)

Yes, he did record some great tracks in the sixties. Here are three of my favourites:-

Neil Diamond - Solitary Man (1966)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql4IiP__5ck

Neil Diamond - Cherry Cherry (1966)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlcuAsgc5-c

Neil Diamond - Girl You'll Be A Woman Soon (1967)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc_ZNWBx7-M


And here's the composer's versions of songs that were hits for the Monkees and Lulu respectively:-

Neil Diamond - I'm A Believer (1966)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWQv0dkVzVU

Neil Diamond - The Boat That I Row (1966)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QllzVYCnsi8

Three decent American tracks from the mid-sixties.

Garnet Mimms and the Enchanters - Cry Baby (1963)
If you're at all familiar with this song, then it's probably with the 1970 cover by Janis Joplin. This is the original version.

Dino, Desi and Billy - I'm A Fool (1965)
The fact that Dino was the son of the crooner, Dean Martin, and Desi the son of the comedienne, Lucille Ball, is likely to have been a major factor in securing a recording contract for this trio. However, once they started recording they weren't bad at all and I do rather like this track.

Paul Revere and the Raiders - Hungry (1966)
Yet another in the long line of good American sixties acts who were completely ignored in the UK. My particular favourite by this band, a song entitled Kicks, was one of the first tracks I submitted to the thread, so I'm surprised it's taken me two and half years before submitting Hungry, which I like almost as much.