Collection of Rare or Lesser-Known Rock Classics
Yes…another collection of classic rock music to bring back memories or expose a new generation to the songs of old. There was a lot of good music out there back then, and not many of them ever made it to the Top 40. The 
Top 40 was almost exclusive to groups under contract to the big labels, who had the financial power to promote and market them. While most groups and artists on smaller labels or who marketed their own work ended up being locally popular. The Sonics were a perfect example of a great group that were a local hit in the Washington State area ( from Tacoma, Washington ) but never broke the National or International market. It wasn’t that they couldn’t have been a big hit, they just never had the backing at that time.
So…a lot of great groups, great songs, were overlooked. For a variety of reasons. I would imagine that the music industry works much the same as the newspaper comic strip industry, years ago I created two comic strips ( Jake the – Blue Bouncing Bottler – Snake and Socrates ), but newspaper syndicates would receive hundreds, even thousands, of submissions, each year, out of 
which they would pick 6 or 7 to run in the few open spots they had available. And I would imagine the music industry works pretty much the same way, they look at several artists and pick the few they think they can market and make money off of. And, in many cases they’re wrong, and great, or potentially great artists, get cast to the wind.
Some of you might remember a few of these…they might have had some National exposure, or were a hit in your local area. Or maybe you saw them play a club, or on a reunion tour with other lesser-known groups. One thing for sure, there’s a lot more out there than what they play on Top 40 radio or those Classic Oldies Stations. And if you dig the 60’s and 70’s you should lend an ear, you’ll like what you hear! So get your groove on Baby, cause it’s gonna be outta sight!
Each one of these songs I’ve played on my Sweat986FM Blip Station.
Spriguns – Lord Lovell
Randy California – Downer….remember the group Spirit? He also played with Hendrix in his group The Blue Flame
St. John Green – Devil and the Sea
Jim Capaldi – electric nights…you might remember him from the group Traffic
Joe Byrd and The Field Hippies -You can`t ever come down
The Changin’ Times – How Is The Air Up There?
The Stalk-Forrest Group – What is Quicksand?
Stone the Crows – Good Time Girl with Maggie Bell
Les Chaussettes Noires – Hey Pony
Cherry Smash – Sing songs of love
Philamore Lincoln – Rainy Day
Circus Maximus – Wind
Superfine Dandelion – People In The Street
Christine Perfect – I’m On My Way
Chick Churchill – broken engagements…from Ten Years After
Sweet Smoke – Mary Jane is to Love
Toad – Cream
Tintern Abbey – Beeside
The Left Handed Marirage w/ Brian May – She Was Once My Friend
Timon – Now She Says She’s Young
Three Souls In My Mind – Ado
The N’ Betweens (Slade) – Hold Tight
The VIPs – I Wanna Be Free
The Cougars – I Wish It Would Rain
Bitter Honey – The Holy Mackerel with Paul Williams
Mama Lion – Candy Man
Tony Colton & The Big Boss Band – You’re Wrong There Baby
Ten Wheel Drive – Tightrope
Mahavishnu Orchestra – One Word…Jeff Beck called John McLaughlin “the best guitarist alive”
Clear Light – She’s Ready To Be Free
The Tages – In My Dreams
Terry Sylvester – Too Bad Lucy Jane…from The Hollies
The Deviants – You’ve Got To Hold On
The Ugly’s – Wake up my mind
TWINK – suicide
The Mixtures – Pushbike Song
Truth – Music Is Life
The Triffids – Looking Around
Daughters Of Albion – Hey, You, Wait, Stay
Medicine Head – Rising Sun
Dantalian’s Chariot – The Madman Running Through The Fields
Christine McVie – I’d Rather Go Blind – ya might remember her from Fleetwood Mac
Damnation Of Adam Blessing – Back To The River
The Daily Flash – Jack Of Diamonds…they played on at least one episode of The Girl from Uncle
Cupid’s Inspiration – Yesterday Has Gone
Michele Torr – Discomotion
Mother Earth – People Tree
Robb & Dean Douglas – Phone Me
Morning Dew – Young Man
Rick van der Linden & Trace – Doubts
Darkness – Van der Graaf Generator
Moondog – Do Your Thing
The Vagrants – The Final Hour
Mott – Storm
Gary Usher – Wax, Board & Woodie
Moon’s Train – It’s in my mind – including Peter Frampton
The Unspoken Word – Anniversary of my mind
The Montanas – You’ve Got To Be Loved
The Dirty Strangers (with Paul Fox & Ronnie Wood) – Here She Comes
United Travel Service – Wind & Stone
Dib Cochran & The Earwigs – Oh Baby
Stephen Monahan – Lost People
The Electric Flag – Goin’ Down Slow
The Elastik Band – Spazz
Arik Einstein – SheKsheNavo
The Nashville Five – Batman Theme
Graeme Edge Band – In Dreams …you might remember him from the Moody Blues
Nick Nantos and his Fireballers – Jazz Banana
Eclection – Mark Time
Earth Island – Peace And Understanding
Music Emporium – Gentle Thursday
Dale Rocka & The Volcanos – The whole night long
Simon Dupree & Big Sound – Kites
The Mourning Reign – Satisfaction Guaranteed
Daddy Cool – Flip
Julie Driscoll Brian Auger & Trinity – Wheels On Fire
Sylvie Vartan – Money
Charlie Feathers – Wild Wild Party
Willie And The Red Rubber Band – Mary Jane
Mick Farren and The Deviants – Screwed Up
Gary Farr – In The Mud
Nomadi – Io vagabondo
Mike Wilhelm – Me and My Uncle
The Family Dogg – The Storm
The Wilde Three – Since You’ve Gone
The Spotnicks (ft. Jimmie Nicol) – Drum Diddley – Jimmie Nicol toured with the Beatles in 64′
Roger Nichols & the Small Circle of Friends
Roky Erickson – Two Headed Dog
Scott English – High On A Hill
Keith West – Havin’ Someone
Ted Mulry Gang – Jump In My Car
Felder’s Orioles – BackStreet
Orphan Egg – Falling
Fenwyck – Mindrocker
Fickle Pickle – Saturday
Shuggie Otis – Aht Uh Mi Hed
Richard Wright – Summer Elegy ( Pink Floyd – from his solo Wet Dream album 1978 )
Guy Fletcher – Mary in the Morning
Pussyfoot – The Way That You Do It (1976)
PF Sloan – From a Distance
Writing on the wall – Aries from 1968
The Paper Garden – A Day
The Pentangle – Hunting Song
David Peel & The Lower East Side – The Pope Smokes Dope
The Fugs – CIA Man
Zior – Entrance of the Devil
Pearls before Swine – Another time
Fuchsia – Gone With The Mouse
The Paupers – Magic Peoples
Patto – Time To Die
Claude Francois – Belinda
The Paper Garden – A Day
Lindy Blaskey & The Lavells – You Ain’t Tuff
Madd, Inc. – Don’t Be So Mean
The Litter – Action Woman
Teddy and his Patches – Suzy Creamcheese
The Barbarians – Moulty
The Tammys – Egyptian Shumba
Fran̤oise Hardy РTous Les Garcons et Les Filles
The Monks – Monk Time
France Gall – Laisse Tomber Les Filles
Vicky Leandros – L’amour Est Bleu – this song was covered by the Paul Mauriat orchestra
The Misunderstood – I Unseen
Misty Wizards – It`s Love
Ellen Margulies – Meditation
While you’re at it Check out our other lists:
You might want to check out our one-hit wonder collection lists:
One-Hit Wonders: Popular and Rare
One-Hit Wonders of the 60’s: Popular and Rare
Top Twenty One-Hit Wonders in the UK: 1960-1999
Top Ten One-Hit Wonders of the 90’s
Top Ten One-Hit Wonders of the 80’s
Top Ten One-Hit Wonders of the 70’s
Top Ten One-Hit Wonders of the 60’s
also our number-one hit collections:
Number One Hits in the UK: 1960s
Number One Hits in the UK: 1970s
Number One Hits in the UK: 1980s
Number One Hits in the UK: 1990s
also our hit collections:
Rock: Can You Dig It, Baby: Present meets the Past
100 Greatest Rock Classics: 1960-1999
Rock Classics: Remembering the Classics…songs that never made our other lists
Rock Classics: Remembering the Classics…songs that never made our other lists : Part Two
Rock Classics: that almost never get played anymore
Rock Classics: that almost never get played anymore: Part Two
Rock Classics: that almost never get played anymore: Part Three
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I made the mistake of cleaning up after her for the first 11 years without complaint, been trying to get her to clean up after herself for the last 3 years and she knows if she doesn’t I’ll get around to doing it for her. I’m not a neat freak by any stretch of the imagination but I do like to keep things modestly clean. 😉
You could point out to her how unfair guys are. They tend to want their gals to clean up after them. Since she can’t clean up after herself, she might be signing her Old Maid Certificate.
Case in point would be my step-daughter. She had a hard time keeping guys around until I informed her they wouldn’t hang around as long as she couldn’t cook or clean. Gave her a cook book one year which pissed her the hell off. She used it to teach herself some simple dishes and Todd has now hung in with her for 3 years. For her that’s almost a lifetime commitment.
My daughter scarfed my stereo a couple years back, on condition she cleaned her room and kept it clean for 1 month…
she has my stereo
I’m still waiting for her room to be clean for a month 😀
I don’t remember many of these songs at all, and when I get new speakers, I may have to go see if I can listen to them. Speakers croaked last week. Trying to decide whether I want a new computer or just the speakers. 😀 I HATE spending money.