Record shop owner sells his vintage T-shirts to fund book on lost 1960s Malaysian music

'Psyche Oh! A Go Go', published by Sputnik Rekordz and Obscura Malaysia, is a book highlighting 'lost' Malaysian and Singaporean music from the 1960s and 70s. Photo: Cultkids

Record store owner and musician Naza Mohamad (frontman of indie band The Times) knew he needed to self-publish a book about obscure Malaysian music from the 1960s and early 1970s in order to find out more about the many forgotten musicians and bands that he has been regularly discovering through the years.

The result is the Psyche Oh! A Go Go hardcover book, published by Sputnik Rekordz and Obscura Malaysia, which comes with a handpicked CD of 22 rare tracks. Names such Rudyn Al-Haj, A. Zanne & The Fifty Fifty, A. Halim & De'Fictions, Fatimah Ismail, Adnan Othman & The Wanderers, Helen Velu & The Kilats, A. Sukiyaki & The Swinging Surfaris, M. Said & Les Remaja and Rubiah Lubis are some highlights.