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

From the CTV After Four LP -

Susan Taylor, If You Love Me:

 

Ed Askew - Love Is Everyone

Experimental folk from Ed Askew's self-titled debut album, released on ESP Disk in 1968.

Ed Askew is a singer-songwriter and painter from New York City.
He is still active on the music scene. On his 2013 album "For the World" he collaborated with Sharon Van Etten. In 2011 he was touring with Bill Callahan.

 

Something Beautiful - Margaret Mandolph ( 1965 )

 

Connie Francis - In The Summer Of His Years. Released in the wake of JFK's assassination.

 

Neil Sedaka - i Must Be Dreaming. One of his prettiest melodies.

 

I am late to the party, but I have really enjoyed it -- so far. The idea is brilliant. I cannot think of another decade for which obscure recordings within popular music in the broad sense, could be both accessible and varied to this degree. Still I would really like to do this also for other decades sometime.

Thank you all for all great songs! I have listened (at least about 1/2 minute for each clip) to everything I did not know about before. I have collected songs for which I have sensed a certain potential, listened to these songs repeatedly, and sifted out the ones that did not hold up. I expect to "harvest" about 70-100 songs from this thread, when the process is done. Although I have listened through thousands of songs, this is still a much better quote than when I listen to, e.g., youtube suggestions. But it is also nice to follow people that are engaged in this thread (for example the alphabetic excursions of I Feel Free, that I really miss).

I would like to share some favorites of mine too. January 1960: Kelly Sims Betrayed by Love/A Girl in Love. A lovely voice and nice sparse arrangement. The B side is my favorite, but could not find it separately on youtube.

 

Actually a B side (as so many great tracks are). Available on Fading Yellow Vol. 5 CD for anyone that's interested.

 

He apparently turned down His Latest Flame as well, equally strange.

 

Of all great songs in this thread, Let the Rain Be Me is the song that I spontaneously think of when I try to pick a favorite.

 

This song is fantastic!

 

Edwick Rumbold - Shades of Grey

Obscure band from the London district Woolwich, who only released two singles.
"Shades of Grey" is their second and final single, released on Parlophone in 1967.

 

I just got the NUGGETS II box this week and I'm listening to Disc 4 right now, and this track just came up and I went "Oh, LORDY!" What a great, great track, nothing earthshaking of course but dang, RELENTLESS beat. Woo hoo! Perfection. Gone and done in 2:20 - to quote Mike Myers as Austin Power, "And, I'm spent..!"

 

Los Shakers are definitely worth checking out. I think out of ALL the foreign Beatles sounding bands, they did it best. This is their Revolver-ish track (backwards guitar and even a little huff at the beginning):

 

Hold On
Sharon Tandy
1967 Freakbeat single

Backing from the Fleur De Lys

 

POP AND ONLY POP and pleasant POP SIKE from me (NO rock, no rock, no fuzz !)

 

ALL posts are from my own (40 year old) record collection... I am not leeching other people's uploads