The Beatles – With The Beatles
Success can be a difficult thing to follow, but The Beatles barely paused long enough to acknowledge it. Just eight months after releasing their…
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– 1963
James Brown – ‘Live’ at the Apollo
Some live albums capture a great performance. Others redefine what a live album can be. James Brown’s Live at the Apollo belongs firmly in…
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Jimmy Smith – Back at the Chicken Shack
By the dawn of the 1960s, Jimmy Smith had already accomplished something extraordinary. In just a few years, he had transformed the Hammond B-3…
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Bob Dylan – The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan
Few albums have altered the course of popular music as profoundly as The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan. Released in 1963, it transformed a relatively unknown…
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Ray Price – Night Life
Ray Price had already established himself as one of country music’s finest vocalists by the time Night Life arrived in 1963, but this album…
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