7. Don't Look Back by the Remains 1966

In the late seventies we used to drive to the university record shops looking for albums. There were a lot of American albums with cut outs on the side and incredibly thick cardboard. One album I picked up was Nuggets which was almost a template for a lot of the stuff that band s were doing during the punk wars. "Don't Look Back" by the Remains knocked me off my feet. It just leaped off the vinyl.

You both made your bed and now
You're gonna have to sleep there
Old Man Blues is goin' to try
Try to find you everywhere

Why wasn't this a hit? Why did I stumble across it at Monash records. Sometimes you get flabbergasted by what is popular and what isn't. This is just a truly brilliant song. I'm sure the Sunny Boys were listening to it because it's almost a template for their records. Sadly I lost the album somewhere along the way but have now replaced it with 2 box sets. Great stuff.