There are plenty more worthy albums beyond my top 30 of the year. So to round out my Year in Review playlist here are... More Albums from my 1966 Year...
Read MoreThe Next 10 Albums, for My Top 30 Albums of 1966 Note: Some of this commentary is adapted from that in No Hype No Trends Music’s 200 Best Albums of the 1960s....
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One of the classic psychedelic garage rock bands, the 13th Floor Elevators and lead singer / future acid-casualty Roky Ericskon are perhaps a bit better in myth than reality. Their…
The Band first gained fame as a backup band for Bob Dylan in 1966, first as a touring band and then for the series of demos they recorded with him...
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If Otis Redding is the passionate soul of rhythm and blues, then surely Wilson Pickett is its fun-loving heart. He belts out one irresistible dance tune after another. Pickett can…
In the short space of three albums, folk singer-songwriter Fred Neil managed to quietly influence a generation. Without finding much commercial success himself, he left his imprint on popular music…
Doo-wop originated in the 1940s among urban African-Americans—enabling them to create rich musical accompaniment vocally, without the need for costly instruments—and was quickly adopted by Italian-Americans, who at that time…
The Next 8 Albums, for My Top 20 Albums of 1966 Note: Some of this commentary is adapted from that in No Hype No Trends Music’s 200 Best Albums of the 1960s....
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Arthur Lee’s band Love is primarily known for their orchestral, psychedelic 1967 classic Forever Changes, one of the most revered albums of the era. They are also notable as one…
Alternative rock starts here. On the band’s debut The Velvet Underground & Nico, Lou Reed’s stark, matter-of-fact lyrics and delivery evoke a dark realism in tales of hustlers and addicts,...
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