Always wanted to find some footage of The Pleasure Fair but other than a brief snippet from an old episode of Ironside... nothing so far, zilch, zero...
An obscure girl group called The Boys (don't ask). I think this may have been their only release. I prefer this version to Jackie Deshannon's original. I have no idea how they got on a national TV show -- maybe the managers had contacts. Another obscure group who got on one of these L.A shows -- surprisingly, since they were from Detroit. Even their big "hit" only got to #19 in Motown. I think they put out two singles. Why they were given a Hollywood TV shot (who paid for the flight?) is baffling. A clip of this performance survives and was once on YT, but was taken down and I haven't found it since. This is one of my favorite '60s nuggets: The Human Beings - Because I Love Her »
Be patient with this one - click the link and enjoy some truly obscure footage: http://www.60sgaragebands.com/images/Home_Movies_Montage.mpg Check out the listing of filmed 60s action: 1960s Garage Bands »
I tried to find the clip of them doing the original (superior) version of "The Pied Piper", but it's no longer on YT.
Sir Winston and the Commons' fuzzfest We're Gonna Love while appearing on WLWI Indianapolis, Indiana's Bandstand 13 show hosted by Jimmy Mack:
I found this clip by accident a few years ago. The first time I watched it, I thought it was a '60s revivalist band in the '80s doing a super-retro video. But no, it's authentic. The Mascots were from Sweden and cut at least two Beat classics, this and the even better "Sad Boy", one of the great tracks in the style. SAD BOY - The Mascots (subtitulado) »
That is cool. If I didn't know better, I'd say Peter Tork was moonlighting on a Telecaster with the band on weekends.
The Standells aren't so obscure, but what about the Dirty Water boys backing up Howlin' Bing Crosby on a not-so-bad rendition of Kansas City?
