I'm not a big fan of instrumentals, but this one is very cool. Bert's Apple Crumble - The Quik (1967)
Before he was in H.P. Lovecraft... It's the b-side of the sole single by Illinois folk-rocker George Edwards, "Never Mind, I'm Freezing", a minor-key folk-pop song with jangly guitar, released in 1966.
From 1967, it's Santa Barbara, California band Giant Crab with a pretty pop song, "The Answer is No", the b-side of their 3rd single (of 7).
From 1968, it's New Jersey band the Giant Jellybean Copout, doing their best Beach Boys imitation with, "Awake in a Dream", the a-side of their only single. Lovely vocals. Also good is the b-side, "Look at the Girls": The Giant Jellybean Copout - Look at the Girls »
From 1968, it's short-lived, obscure British group Giles, Giles and Fripp with the a-side of their 2nd and last single, "Thursday morning", a lovely, orchestrated pop number. They also released an album in 1968, "The Cheerful Insanity of ..." Fripp went on to play in King Crimson.
From 1965, it's all-girl, California group the Girls -- four sisters from Los Angeles -- with R&B number,"Chico's Girl", the 2nd of 3 singles. Sounds like something Tarantino would use in one his movies.
From 1968, it's New York band the Glitterhouse -- sounding very British -- with the b-side to their 3rd (of 4) singles, the excellent pop-psych track,"Tinkerbell's Mind".
From 1967, it's obscure U.S. band the Golden Bough, with "Everybody's Gotta be Someplace", a catchy pop tune with nice harmonized vocals. I know nothing about this band, except that they recorded this single in the U.S. on the A&M label on August, 1967.
From 1967, it's Texas psychedelic band Golden Dawn, with "Starvation", from their sole album, 'Power Plant'. Do they sound like the 13th Floor Elevators or what?!? Turns out, the lead singer of Golden Dawn, George Kinney, grew up with 13th Floor Elevator's singer, Roky Erikson, in South Austin!
Big fan here. I started a thread on these guys awhile back and actually got some responses. The Giant Crab... Anybody? »
I *love* "Look at the Girls". What an incredible melody. For those unaware, The Giant Jellybean Copout was actually The Critters with Bob DiLeo sitting in on lead vocals. Bob had some exceptional singles of his own released on Columbia. Rahni by Bob Dileo »
A voice so powerful there's distortion. This was the first song of her's I heard. I think it's her best of the two or three I've heard.
Catchiest country song ever? This was a huge one in New Zealand. She recorded it no less than 4 times! This is the original 45 version from 1966. She re-recorded it with a longer intro and guitar break a year later for her "In Nashville" album which was recorded in the U.S. another version appears on a K-Tel 1970 '20 Explosive Hits' album labeled as "USA Version" on a recent Kiwi Compilation, she then recorded it yet again in the early 80's for cut-price label Music World.
Great Aussie group who supported the Beatles on their tour Down Under. Mainly instrumental, but did some great vocal tunes too. I think this ones on par with those early Lennon-McCartney tunes of the Meet The Beatles era.
This might have been mentioned in one of the previous 53 pages, but I think one of the most overlooked, hauntingly beautiful songs I've ever heard is the Zombies "Beechwood Park" from "Odessey and Oracle." Man..
From their 1968 self-titled album, its New York Italian-American band the Good Rats with a catchy pop-psych number, "Anybody Got the Time". Also good is the title track, "We are the Good Rats": THE GOOD RATS we are the good rats » That lead singer has quite a voice!
From their 1970 self-titled album, its British heavy-prog band Gracious with a cool number, "Introduction". I'm not a big prog fan, but I like this track.
