As readers will know, there were fewer new obscure finds this year (I think I have come close to exhausting what's actually worth flagging here!), so I expanded to posting some relatively obscure number as well as obscure "covers" of great rock numbers, and recycling "great moments" from prior years. Here, in any case, are my four favorite really obscure discoveries from this past year:
Creepy John Thomas, "Ride a Rainbow," 1969
Frijid Pink, "State Line Boogie," 2011
And here are four other obscure (but not as obscure) numbers I realy enjoyed from the past year:
Atomic Rooster, "Devil's Answer," 1971
Bonnie & Delaney & Friends, "Comin' Home," 1971
Feel free to add your own favorite "obscure" (or fairly obscure) rock 'n' roll finds over the past year; you can just cut and paste the URL into the comment, it will convert automatically. I may take some of your suggestions for next year! (Two of the four on this year's "really obscure" list were suggested by reader Dave Wasser.)