Artist	Song
The Troggs	Love Is All Around
from The Best of The Troggs (1994)
The Nazz	Open My Eyes
from Nazz (Bonus Track Version) (2008)
The Guess Who	Shakin' All Over
from The Guess Who: Anthology (2003)
The Searchers	When You Walk In the Room
from The Very Best of... The Searchers (2008)
The Smoke	My Friend Jack
from It's Smoke Time (2008)
The Beach Boys	Heroes and Villains
from Smiley Smile / Wild Honey (2001)
Three Dog Night	Nobody
from Celebrate - The Three Dog Night Story, 1965-1975 (1993)
The Band	Chest Fever
from The Band: Greatest Hits (2000)
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band	Born In Chicago
from The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - An Anthology: The Elektra Years (2005)
The Youngbloods	Darkness, Darkness
from Get Together: The Essential Youngbloods (2002)
Procol Harum	Whisky Train
from Greatest Hits (1996)
The Velvet Underground	White Light / White Heat
from Gold: The Velvet Underground (2005)
Fleetwood Mac	Albatross
from The Pious Bird of Good Omen (2004)
Ted Nugent	Baby, Please Don't Go
from The Ultimate Ted Nugent (2002)
The Blues Magoos	Tobacco Road
from Kaliedescope Compendium - The Best of the Blues Magoos (1992)
The Remains	Why Do I Cry
from The Remains (2007)
The Seeds	Can't Seem to Make You Mine
from The Seeds (1966)
The McCoys	Say Those Magic Words
from Hang On Sloopy - The Best of the McCoys (1995)
Chicago	Someday (August 29, 1968)
from Chicago Transit Authority (2004)
The Stooges	I Feel Alright (1970) [Mono Single Edit]
from 1970: The Complete Fun House Sessions (2005)
The Electric Flag	Killing Floor
from A Long Time Comin' (1988)
Jeff Beck	Beck's Bolero
from Truth (Remastered) (2006)
Spooky Tooth	I Am the Walrus
from The Best of Spooky Tooth - That Was Only Yesterday (1999)
Blind Faith	Can't Find My Way Home
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Steve Winwood (1999)
Ten Years After	I Woke Up This Morning
from Essential Ten Years After Collection (1992)

Comment:

One of the ’60s’ defining excesses — and there were [i]many[/i] — comes in the form of the bands’ names: Chocolate Watchband. Strawberry Alarm Clock. Ultimate Spinach. But make no mistake: many of these goofy-monikered musicians turn out some awe-inspiring songs. Brit blues-rockers Spooky Tooth split the difference between Traffic’s soft-focus hallucinations and Led Zeppelin’s hard-edged crunch in their heavy-as-Dostoyevsky cover of “I Am the Walrus.” The Nazz, led by then-future superstar Todd Rundgren, opens up “Open My Eyes” with an organ riff lifted from the Who’s “I Can’t Explain,” then spins into a swirly maelstrom of phase-shifted proto-power-pop. And perhaps the era’s ultimate fusion of art and rock — how many [i]other[/i] bands can claim a cover designed by Andy Warhol? — the Velvet Underground ride roughshod over a leather-jacket-tough track where boogie-woogie meets the blues somewhere down a dark alley in “White Light/White Heat.”

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