Obscure songs from the '60s that you love to share with people

thanks for keeping this thread alive. There are a lot of great tunes to discover!!

 

from 1965, The Ginger Snaps (aka The Honeys) with "Growing Up IS Hard To Do"

 

from 1965, Glen Campbell with "Guess I'm Dumb" never charted. produced by Brian Wilson.
Mentioned on other threads, but not here.

 

from 1966, The Unknowns, "Melody For An Unknown Girl"

 

from 1966, Yvonne Baker, with The James Bond influenced, "You Didn't Say A Word"

 

from 1966, Terry Stafford, with "Try My World Little Girl"

 

from 1966, The Taylor Brothers, with "Showdown"

 

from 1966, The Symbols, with "To Make You Smile Again"

 

OMG another one that's so pretty I'm going to have to listen to it a dozen times in succession!

 

Marc Brierley - Time for Love

Obscure English singer songwriter who was performing between 1965 and 1973.
He released his debut EP on Transatlantic in 1966, and followed that with two LPs and four singles on CBS between 1968 and 1970. Marc Brierley continued touring as a musician, but ceased the folk music circuit in 1973.

"Time for Love" is from his first ever release, a self-titled 7" five-song EP, released on Transatlantic in 1966.

Dark melancholy, and just plain beauty.

 

My screw up. It was the Godfrey version.

 

The Mickey Finn - Garden of My Mind

 

Peck's Bad Boys - Crazy World

Rock & roll garage band from the Bronx.
"Crazy World" is their first single, released on Scepter Records in 1966.
They released a second single in 1967 (again on Scepter), and were billed as "Pex's Bad Boys" on the label.

 

1- Ride captain ride / The Blues Image
2- Green tambourine / The Lemon Pipers
3- 96 tears / ? & the Mysterians
4- Louie Louie / The Kingsmen
5- Nobody but me / Human Beinz
6- Pictures of matchstick men / Status Quo
7- Incense & peppermint / Strawberry Alarm Clock
8- Time of the season / The Zombies
9- Devil with a blue dress / Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels
10- Wild Thing / The Troggs
11- Dirty Water / The Standells
12- Time has come / The Chamber Brothers
13- Let's get together / The Youngbloods
14- Friday on my mind / The Easybeats
15- Talk talk / The Music Machine
16- Pushin' too hard / The Seeds
17- I had too much to dream last night / The Electric Prunes
18- Psychotic reaction / The Count Five
19- Cool jerk / The Capitols
20- The lion sleeps tonight / The Tokens
21- Heat wave / Martha & the Vandellas
22- Jimmy Mack / Marthan & the Vandellas
23- Hang on Sloopy / The McCoys (w/ Rick Derringer)
24- You make me feel so good / The McCoys (w/ Rick Derringer)
25- The letter / Box Tops
26- Fire / Arthur Brown
27- Oh Yeah / Shadows of Knight
28- Classical gas / Mason Williams (w/ Jim Gordon > drums)
29- Summer time blues / Blue Cheer
30- We ain't got nothin' yet / Blues Magoos
31- Half past midnight / Five Men Electrical Band

 

Not all that obscure because it made the charts, but it doesn't seem to get much recollection -

The Fireballs, Goin' Away:

 

except for half past Midnight, nothing obscure here, if you lived in the 1960, or listen to oldies radio.

 

Sharon Tandy- Hold On
1967 Freakbeat? B side
Backed by the Fleur De Lys.

I played this for a major rock fan born 1948 and he is on the lookout know for anything Sharon Tandy.
The guitar at the intro got him the freak out solo was thick gravy.
After i play this track i usually play The Yardbirds: Happenings Ten Years Time Ago.
I would love to hear suggestions of other songs that would fit and complement these.

 

The Fabulous Morticians - I Don't Understand

Garage rock band from Iowa.
"I Don't Understand" is the flipside of their sole single "I've Been 'A Waitin'", released on the Ogden/Utah label Guillotine in 1966.

 

The Fireballs - Come On React!

 

The Story Tellers - Cry with Me

Moody garage sounds from Millburn/New Jersey, released on Trystero in 1967.

The Story Tellers featured Danny Federici on organ (who later became a long-time member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, but sadly passed away in 2008 from melanoma) and Bill Chinnock on guitar and vocals (who went on to record a few fine albums in the 70s and 80s).

 

The Bush - Feeling Sad and Lonely

Garage rock group from Rialto/California.
They released three singles in 1966 on the Hiback label.

Originally formed as "The Bushmen", they won a band battle sponsored by Radio KMEN, their prize being the opening slot for a Rolling Stones show at the San Bernardino Swing Auditorium in early 1965.

 

I can feel pretty safe introducing this in a discussion of obscure records from the sixties. I still smile at his admonition to "take a trip."