looking for more 60s pop

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so i posted before and i got some good recs - still looking for more 60s pop brilliance that everyone recognizes but no one can name (last time got recs for left banke and the association, other songs include donovan's classics, beach boys (too popular, but that's what i'm looking for)... pretty things/beatles too beatlesy; i want whimsy and i know there are one hit wonders out there that can provide it.

all thoughts GREATLY appreciated - also things along the lines of the yardbirds or house of the rising sun or things slightly more rockin' would be ok, as long as they're qualified as such.

― arthur purvis, Wednesday, 29 January 2003 00:41 (twenty-three years ago)

ummm.... www.revola.co.uk

adn the millennium....

― robotman, Wednesday, 29 January 2003 00:43 (twenty-three years ago)

I have this album which someone made me a copy of, it's called "25 Greatest Hits Of Bubblegum" and I've got no track listing or label or anything, but it starts with Yummy Yummy Yummy and ends with Sugar Sugar and is packed chock full of yummy 60s undeniably dancable and catchy pop choons. Cannot reccomend it highly enough!

― kate, Wednesday, 29 January 2003 00:45 (twenty-three years ago)

I love the Free Design

― coelcanth, Wednesday, 29 January 2003 01:28 (twenty-three years ago)

cowsills

― keith (keithmcl), Wednesday, 29 January 2003 03:10 (twenty-three years ago)

Try the Cyrkle-"Red Rubber Ball" and "Turn Down Day", Nilsson's "Everybody's Talkin", Small Faces' "Itchycoo Park", lotsa Turtles and Zombies.

― Colin O, Wednesday, 29 January 2003 05:19 (twenty-three years ago)

Paul (Paulus) to thread...

The Teeneage Opera is a must-buy (Mark Wirtz/Keith West), Wendy & Bonnie's Genesis is a real one-off, anything by Margo Guryan, & if you're into French music, Serge Gainsbourg's Comic Strip, a France Gall '60s compilation (or her 1968 album al spring to mind.

― Jez (Jez), Wednesday, 29 January 2003 08:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I have yet to meet anyone who can dissuade me from the belief that 'The Legend Of Xanadu' by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich is the best song of the entire 1960s.

― Marcel Gallingez (Marcel Gallingez), Wednesday, 29 January 2003 10:24 (twenty-three years ago)

Hi Jez!Hope you're well
Check out The Love Generation,Eternity's Children,Cowsills,Free Design,Mark Eric,'Fading Yellow'comps,Hugo Montenegro's 'Good Vibrations'&'Moog Power',5th Dimension,Sergio Mendes' Brasil '66,The Match,'Ripples'comps.All this stuff is great,really soft & melodic.Just downloaded a great Michel Polnareff track from Kazaa'Tout tout pour ma cherie'.Jez has made some great 60's flavoured music himself,check out his site(www.boum.co.uk)

― Paul R (paul R), Wednesday, 29 January 2003 14:01 (twenty-three years ago)

A few more... The Groop,Roger Nichols & The Small Circle of Friends(sadly only available on Japanese import)The Parade(again only Japanese import.The 'Bubblegum MF' series is worth checking out on ebay($16.99)Although the guy took ages to send me the CD's.They are very good indeed,loads of great trax.If anyone has any to swap,I've got 3 volumes...

― Paul R (paul R), Wednesday, 29 January 2003 14:28 (twenty-three years ago)

The entire Ripples series is fabulous and worth every penny. They track Britain's take on California sunshine pop and all that sort of thing. Lots of covers of better known artists like Roger Nichols, etc.

Musica has a bunch of them for £8 post paid within the UK. Delivery would be extra out of the UK.

― elisabeth k, Wednesday, 29 January 2003 15:35 (twenty-three years ago)

the bee gees - horizontal/odessa/cucumber castle
andy kim - rainbow ride lp
post-belmonts Dion (his cover of purple haze is sticky!)
kinks - arthur/percy

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Wednesday, 29 January 2003 15:49 (twenty-three years ago)

Check out the Five Americans, "Western Union" was their hit but the Sundazed reissue of the same name has other great songs ... especially "7:30 Guided Tour" and "Evol Not Love"

Also look for some of Tommy James & the Shondells' lesser hits like "I Like The Way" and "Don't Let My Love Pass You By"

― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Wednesday, 29 January 2003 18:24 (twenty-three years ago)

I love '7:30 Guided Tour',one of my favourites.'Mirage' is also very good by Tommy James & The Shondells.

― Paul R (paul R), Wednesday, 29 January 2003 20:47 (twenty-three years ago)

Sundazed and The Collectables Label - very cheap! are good places to pick up comps. I can't tell you how many Collectables things I've bought. The "Pye Psych" one is good. The Lemon Pipers one is supposed to be good and is going for practically nothing.

― Kerry (dymaxia), Wednesday, 29 January 2003 22:33 (twenty-three years ago)

PAUL REVERE AND THE RADIERS! PAUL REVERE AND THE RAIDERS!

The Stones to the Monkees' Beatles. Definitely check out: Greatest Hits, Ultimate Ride '63-'67, Just Like Us!, Revolution, Spirit Of '67, Midnight Ride.

So damn good.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 29 January 2003 22:36 (twenty-three years ago)

I really like The Turtles' Battle of the Bands, where they pretend to be a bunch of different bands.

― Kerry (dymaxia), Wednesday, 29 January 2003 22:39 (twenty-three years ago)

The Hollies

― William R Henderson (Cabin Essence), Thursday, 30 January 2003 02:12 (twenty-three years ago)

Yeah, you have to get the Fading Yellow comps. If you're looking for obscure one-off 45s that's where to find 'em. About 1/3-1/2 of each CD are great stuff, & you won't have heard of more than 1-2 songs before. 3 volumes, all worth getting.

Also there's a piece in the latest Record Collector about a band called The AeroVons, whose great lost LP was issued last year. It's so Beatle-y as to be Rutle-y, but is truly marvellous.

Thomas & Richard Frost was my fave reissue of recent times, but perhaps you already have that? The Mark Eric LP mentioned upthread has recently been reissued I gather, so get that too. Ripples? Polnareff? Cyrkle? Oh yes indeed.

― harveyw (harveyw), Thursday, 30 January 2003 16:50 (twenty-three years ago)

For a more obscure reccom.
try The Action, especially "Rolled Gold," which
is a collection of unreleased tracks, but contains
their best songs. Very good pop-rock - not on the
happy, hippy side of things but on the solid,
power-pop side of things.

― Squirlplice, Thursday, 30 January 2003 19:30 (twenty-three years ago)

You got the Zombies, right? Check out some Cahd & Jeremy (on sundazed). Get the Bee Gees 60s records, especially Odessa. If you like softpop/sunshine/easy listening pop or bossa nova, look for some of the more obscure pop Astrud Gilberto albums, Claudine Longet, The Sandpipers. And if you want one-hit wonders, get Buddah bubblegum records of course...

― g (graysonlane), Thursday, 30 January 2003 19:37 (twenty-three years ago)

five years pass...

LEN BARRY - 1-2-3

The Tremeloes - Here comes my baby

Jay & The Techniques - Apples Peaches Pumpkin Pie

― PappaWheelie V, Saturday, 24 January 2009 21:05 (seventeen years ago)

Jewel Akens - The Birds and the Bees

The Gentrys - Keep on Dancing

The Vogues - Five o'clock world

― PappaWheelie V, Saturday, 24 January 2009 21:09 (seventeen years ago)

Crispian St. Peters - I'm the Pied Piper

New Vaudeville Band - Winchester Cathedral

The Flying Machine - Smile A Little Smile For Me

― PappaWheelie V, Saturday, 24 January 2009 21:13 (seventeen years ago)

five months pass...

not sure if this fits the remit but i have to post it somewhere on ilm, perfect 60s bubblegum popsoul about being skint and partying regardless:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI1j1gmaP4w

Dean and Jean - Hey jean hey Dean (party song)

was this a hit? is it fairly well-known? heard it for the first time ever the other day. can anyone recommend similar little-known gems?

― NI, Saturday, 18 July 2009 20:49 (sixteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AugFirVobQ

― nicky lo-fi, Saturday, 18 July 2009 21:07 (sixteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF4uj-zu9Ys&feature=related

― nicky lo-fi, Saturday, 18 July 2009 21:14 (sixteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBltZXRg3mQ

― nicky lo-fi, Saturday, 18 July 2009 21:37 (sixteen years ago)

This thread has (had?) such potential.

(then again, x-post!)

― PappaWheelie V, Saturday, 18 July 2009 21:46 (sixteen years ago)

No Winchester Cathedral, no credibility.

― kornrulez6969, Friday, July 17, 2009 8:55 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

― PappaWheelie V, Saturday, 18 July 2009 22:06 (sixteen years ago)

perfect 60s bubblegum popsoul

Gary US Bonds, anyone?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoopfp5iaKw

― PappaWheelie V, Saturday, 18 July 2009 22:09 (sixteen years ago)

My 2 faves, ever:

Freddy Cannon - Palisades Park (written by Gong Show Chuck Barris)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWzTE83-buA

The Reflections - Just Like Romeo And Juliet (DETROIT WHAT!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycCZX-olchU

― PappaWheelie V, Saturday, 18 July 2009 22:12 (sixteen years ago)

Yeah, the 60s was ushered in with Chubby Checker's 1959 cover of The Twist (or Ray Charles' 1959 Tell Me What I Say, if you prefer), but for me, both have more of a foot in the 50s than 60s.

The tipping of the scales is in this 1961 hit, imo:

Bruce Channel - Hey Baby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4w1Mp6Mce4

― PappaWheelie V, Saturday, 18 July 2009 22:17 (sixteen years ago)

1959/1960 Barret Strong - Money (That's what I want)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oNrreaCeDY

― nicky lo-fi, Saturday, 18 July 2009 22:25 (sixteen years ago)

The Foundations-Build Me Up Buttercup

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdfXl8y-vwY&feature=related

― nicky lo-fi, Saturday, 18 July 2009 22:35 (sixteen years ago)

that gary us bonds track is one of my favourite songs ever! just wonderful

― NI, Saturday, 18 July 2009 22:46 (sixteen years ago)

Gloria Jones - Tainted Love
Stevie Wonder - Uptight
James Clarke - Blow Up A Go Go
Spencer Davis Group - I'm A Man
Laura Lee - I Need It Just as Bad as You (1972)
Sly & The Family Stone - Sing A Simple Song
Bar-Kays - Soul Finger
Shocking Blue - Venus
Ike and Tina Turner - I Idolize You

― nicky lo-fi, Saturday, 18 July 2009 23:13 (sixteen years ago)

The Stone Poneys - Different Drum
The Move - Flowers In The Rain
The Pretty Things - Come See Me
Monks - Complication
The Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today
Billy Preston - Will It Go Round In Circles (1972)
Them - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
The Merry-Go-Round - Live
The Isley Brothers - It's Your Thing
Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Band - Express Yourself
Wanda Jackson - Let's Have a Party
Blood, Sweat & Tears - Spinning Wheels

― nicky lo-fi, Saturday, 18 July 2009 23:43 (sixteen years ago)

eleven months pass...

Eddie Peregrina & The Blinkers - love for sale (1967)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruuwnUuLdMM

― meisenfek, Sunday, 20 June 2010 17:13 (sixteen years ago)

The Stone Poneys - Different Drum

As written by Michael Nesmith!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDgF-A_kGVg

― PappaWheelie V, Sunday, 20 June 2010 21:59 (sixteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5X2G40uNFo

― wavestation (r1o natsume), Sunday, 20 June 2010 22:04 (sixteen years ago)

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