Raymond Froggatt – Callow La Vita
The tape hiss comes first—imagined, really—and then that slow, buoyant lift that made so many late-60s pop productions feel like…
Herman’s Hermits – There’s A Kind Of Hush
The tape hiss is the first thing I imagine when I press play in my mind: a soft veil, then…
The Rolling Stones – Oh Baby We Got A Good Thing Goin’
I first met “Oh Baby (We Got a Good Thing Goin’)” in the way so many mid-60s Stones tracks arrive:…
Billy Fury – I’d Never Find Another You
I first hear the swell before I can put a name to it—the warm bloom of strings, a soft thrum…
The Move – Fire Brigade
The first thing you hear is panic organized into pleasure: that sliding, siren-like chord and the band snapping to attention…
The Equals – Softly Softly
I first met “Softly Softly” the way many of us meet nearly forgotten 45s—from a late-night radio show where the…
Very Rare Footage The Walker Brothers – Make It Easy On Yourself
The first thing you notice in that grain-kissed 1965 footage isn’t the suits or the slicked hair; it’s the hush.…
Brenda Lee – I’ll Be Seeing You
There’s a hush that precedes the first phrase, like the slow lift of theater curtains. A measured swell from the…
The Rolling Stones – Time Is On My Side
I first heard “Time Is On My Side” the way many people did: in the dark, when a radio seems…
The Springfields – Island Of Dreams
I remember the first time “Island of Dreams” found me. It was late, the kind of hour when a radio’s…