Hidden 60’s and 70’s Gems

[CliffMcTainshaw]

It's very good in it's own right despite the obvious imitation. I wonder why he had the saxophone. Maybe they did another song with sax. Does he blow it once just offscreen, or mimes blowing it.

Nancy Sinatra did a cover of this song on the "Boots" LP.

Yes, it's almost as if he is playing/holding it as a guitar substitute. Apparently they also did a lot of Beach Boy stuff as well. Recorded at his home studio by Leon Russell. The other thing of note is, they aren't even a British band, they're American.

 

[CliffMcTainshaw]

I have posted this previously, but it fits this thread perfectly. This isn't a song but a whole album.

Music From Free Creek

This “super session” album was recorded in 1969 but wasn’t released until 1973 due to arguments about the publishing rights. There were a huge number of artists on the double LP and they were signed to at least a dozen different recording labels. None of the recording companies could come to an agreement and so the album was released without the correct names of the artists involved. When it was originally released many of the names given in the credits were made up due to contractual arrangements with so many record labels involved. For example Eric Clapton was named as “King Cool” and Jeff Beck was identified as “A.N. Other”. It wasn’t until all the contracts that artists had with their recording companies expired, that the players could be identified.

If you look through the following names you will see some really high profile artists and other artists who were a band member or played with well know musicians of the time. In addition to the artists named there are a huge number of session musicians (23). No musical slouches on this album.

Linda Ronstadt, Valerie Simpson- (Ashford & Simpson), Chris Darrow - (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band), Joe Farrell - (Chick Corea & Return to Forever), Tom "Bones" Malone – (Blues Brothers), Alan Rubin – (Blues Brothers (Mr Fabulous)), Chris Wood – (Traffic), Adolfo de la Parra – (Canned Heat), Roy Markowitz – (Janis Joplin, Don McClean, Manhattan Transfer, Judy Collins, Al Kooper), Mitch Mitchell – (Jimi Hendrix Experience), John Ware – (Stone Poneys, Mike Nesmith, Emmy Lou Harris), Dr. John, Keith Emerson – (Emerson Lake and Palmer), Jimmy Greenspoon – (Three Dog Night), Mark "Moogy" Klingman – (Todd Rundgren Band), Jeff Beck, Delaney Bramlett - (Delaney & Bonnie and Friends), Eric Clapton, Carol Hunter - (Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan, Richie Havens, Janis Ian), Bernie Leadon – (Eagles), Harvey Mandel – (Canned Heat), Chuck Rainey - (Aretha Franklin, Steely Dan, and Quincy Jones), Elliott Randall – (Steely Dan, Irene Cara), Red Rhodes - (The Monkees, Michael Nesmith, James Taylor, The Beach Boys, Seals and Crofts, The Byrds, The Carpenters), Todd Rundgren, Larry Taylor – (Canned Heat, The Monkees, Jerry Lee Lewis) and 23 session musicians.

 

[stax on the mull]

Yes, it's almost as if he is playing/holding it as a guitar substitute. Apparently they also did a lot of Beach Boy stuff as well. Recorded at his home studio by Leon Russell. The other thing of note is, they aren't even a British band, they're American.

American yes. A lot of people (including me eventually) would have heard them for the first time because they appeared on the compilation called "Nuggets: (Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968)" that came out in the early '70's compiled by Lenny Kaye, later of The Patti Smith Group. Track 4 side A Disc 1 between the Strangeloves and The Vagrants.

It was one of those records that very few people had that you heard about but would never see in local record stores until the mid 1980's when Rhino records started expanding the series with re-issued versions. I had a taped cassette version of it for years.

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[stax on the mull]

I always thought this groovy instrumental was a cover of something else - as a lot of Jamaican tunes are versions of US soul and funk but I don't recognise this one. I used to assume it sounded like a mix of "Funky Nassau" by The Beginnning of The End and/or African Music Machine's "Black Water Gold". Having a listen to both of those tunes alongside this one it's not either and besides this Jackie Mittoo choon is from 1969 and the others are recorded later. The style of guitar playing is different to the reggae from Studio One.

 

[stax on the mull]

RIP Jesse Colin Young. Apart from his music with the Youngbloods he ran Raccoon Records which released records by his friend Michael Hurley.

 

[stax on the mull]

Mix of girl group sound with some eiree psych bits, borders pop and rock. Someone said "like nancy sinatra meets the VU" but it's not, but it's good.

 

[Fossie 32]

It's very good in it's own right despite the obvious imitation. I wonder why he had the saxophone. Maybe they did another song with sax. Does he blow it once just offscreen, or mimes blowing it.

Nancy Sinatra did a cover of this song on the "Boots" LP.

Another Beatles soundalike track. They also did the theme for one of my favourite shows ‘My Name’s McGooley’

 

[DaRick]

A Battlefield: Vietnam classic - the nagging baseline, the harmonica, the psychedelic freak-out sections, the frenetic drumming - an absolute 60s nugget:



Remastered in stereo by a fan.

EDIT: Didn't realise that smasha already found this one.

 

[stax on the mull]

Another Beatles soundalike track. They also did the theme for one of my favourite shows ‘My Name’s McGooley’

I wonder if that version of "Gypsy Woman" that follows is the version Chris Bailey heard. It's on one of The Saints b-sides early in the post-Ed Kuepper period. 1981 B-side of the "Let's Pretend" single.

 

[CliffMcTainshaw]

This is how it was back then. Amazing how a crowd without phones behaves.

 

[stax on the mull]

Original 1972 version of the song "Blue Flower" that was sort of a hit in the 1990's for Mazzy Star (I used to hear it being played in my local Woolworths). Also covered around the same time by Pale Saints.

 

[stax on the mull]

Another much covered song. (Rod Stewart/Everything But The Girl etc.)

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Garage rock with a sax solo out of nowhere