Late 60s Pop

bort · **Posted:** Sun Dec 12, 2004 11:14 pm

so i guess i'm making a mix cd for my mother in law. so far i've got this:

so far just a rough draft/song list

1. kinks - picture book
2. nightcrawlers - little black egg
3. beach boys - wonderful
4. bee gees - holiday
5. csny - our house
6. pure prairie league - aimee
7. beatles - nowhere man
8. dave clarke 5 - because
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20. mamas and the papas - dream a little dream

i want to fill out the rest of the disc with:

syd barrett
zombies
donovan
nico
beau brummels
harry nilsson
byrds
csny
beach boys

and maybe some arthur brown and van dyke parks.

any recommendations on some similar artists would be greatly appreciated.

thanks!

bort

hey look · **Posted:** Sun Dec 12, 2004 11:15 pm

so are you blantantly trying to leave off the beatles and beach boys?

also, what about some Mamas and Papas or The Association ("Along Comes Mary" is one of my favorite songs ever) or Simon and Garfunkel or The Rascals or The Turtles or The Hollies

HaqDiesel · **Posted:** Sun Dec 12, 2004 11:26 pm

Left Banke - Walk Away Renee

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

The Move
The Merry Go Round
The Millenium
The Left Banke
Billy Nicholls
Buffalo Springfield
Moby Grape
The Mamas & Papas
The Association
Small Faces
Scott Walker

paper · **Posted:** Sun Dec 12, 2004 11:37 pm

pure prairie leauge - amiee

bort · **Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 12:10 am

i've got the beach boys. and who needs the beatles when you've got all these other great artists?

bort

np: the who

hey look · **Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 12:25 am

Oh yeah, I forgot The Small Faces, thanks Billy G.

HaqDiesel · **Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 12:29 am

Oh, and you accidentally forgot Donovan sucks and included him on your list

[img][354:500]http://boomersint.org/images/donovan.jpg[/img]

splates · **Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 1:21 am

Looking through my Dad's mp3s i found these. I think they fit what your looking for.
The Troggs - 'With a girl like you'
The Tremeloes - 'Even the bad times are good'
- 'Angel of the morning' (cover)
The Animals - 'Don't let me be misunderstood'
- 'We Gotta Get Out of This Place'

Elvis Fu · **Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 1:27 am

The Box Tops, "Soul Deep"

lawrencerock · **Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 1:53 am

Duncan Browne - Give Me Take You One of the best albums of the sixties, a true baroque pop album. Song suggestion: "on the bombsite"

Montage - S/T Michael Brown's project after he quit the Left Banke, though he wasn't "officially" in the band. Song Suggestion "Grand Pianist"

Free Design - ALL Wow, sophisticated sunshine pop. Harmonies equal to or better than the beach boys because of the greater range provided by female as well as male singers. Produced by Enoch Light. Song Suggestion "I found Love"

Bee Gees: 1st - damn their early stuff was some good 60's lush pop. Song Suggestion "Holiday"

Left Banke: all - walk away renee is too easy, they have so so so many great songs. Song Suggestion: "And Suddenly"

damn, late sixties pop is my favorite genre.

lawrencerock · **Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 1:56 am

HaqDiesel Wrote:

Oh, and you accidentally forgot Donovan sucks and included him on your list

whoa. easy. donovan has some kick ass records, some of them are just weird and really inventive. don't dismiss so fast.

i like "sunny south kensington" for mixes.

Bee OK · **Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 2:11 am

lawrencerock Wrote:

HaqDiesel Wrote:

Oh, and you accidentally forgot Donovan sucks and included him on your list

whoa. easy. donovan has some kick ass records, some of them are just weird and really inventive. don't dismiss so fast.

i like "sunny south kensington" for mixes.

Agree, I don’t think he sucks at all. I think he is misunderstood but not sure if I like him that much to warrant owning three albums by him.

lawrencerock · **Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 2:16 am

he doesn't really have too many really good albums, but there are many gems to be found on almost all of his albums.

couplekiller · **Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 3:01 am

how's bout

love (take your pick really)
jefferson airplane
tim buckley (once i was and i never asked to be your mountain are real kickers)
Skip Spence's "oar" (whole damn thing is mighty special)
the yardbirds (heart full of soul, over under sideways down, happenings ten years tima ago etc)
the electric prunes
joni mitchell (though blue and ladies of the canyon are both early 70's)
townes van zant (not really poppy, but absolutely beautiful stuff)
the youngbloods
the pretty things

and then there's always your beatlesstonesdylanwhogratefuldeaddoorsledzepcreambowiejanis...

this sounds like its gonna be one hell of a mix, good luck

hey look · **Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 3:07 am

wow yeah. "Alone Again Or" by Love should definitely start the album off. That's probably in my top 5 opening tracks ever.

duckyboy · **Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 4:09 am

There's a British band called Honeybus you might consider checking out.

Evil Dr. K · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:51 am **Posts:** 6327

bort Wrote:

and maybe some arthur brown

Russell! Look! If this doesn't get you on board nothing will. And don't give me that "I keep forgetting the address" excuse, sonny boy.

bort · **Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 9:15 am

excellent. keep em coming

PopTodd · **Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 10:23 am

The Creation
The Hollies
Millennium (someone said that already, no?)
Sagitarius
Merry-Go-Round ("Live" was covered by the Bangles)
Emitt Rhodes (from Merry-Go-Round... his first solo record was actually 1970, does that count?)

DumpJack · **Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 10:25 am

How about something by the Pozo-Seco Singers?

Elvis Fu · **Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 10:29 am

I was going to say The Hollies, too, but Todd beat me to it.

mutty · **Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 10:33 am

Your mother-in-law is cooler than mine.

HaqDiesel · **Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 10:58 am

lawrencerock Wrote:

Left Banke: all - walk away renee is too easy, they have so so so many great songs.

But they only had one one one record.

Plus it's for his mother-in-law. Easy is good.

PopTodd · **Posted:** Mon Dec 13, 2004 11:01 am

HaqDiesel Wrote:

lawrencerock Wrote:

Left Banke: all - walk away renee is too easy, they have so so so many great songs.

But they only had one one one record.

Plus it's for his mother-in-law. Easy is good.

They had two records, actually.
And I would put forth the the following options as extremely viable:
Pretty Ballerina
Barterers & Their Wives
Desiree

Any of them woulkd be gret picks, even for a mother-in-law.

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