John Mayall with Eric Clapton – Blues Breakers
The rain-slicked streets of London’s West End became the incubator for an entirely new musical theology during the spring of 1966. For months, the…
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– 1965
B.B. King – Live at the Regal
The smoky, sweat-drenched air of Chicago’s Regal Theatre on a cold November night in 1964 became the staging ground for the most definitive live…
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The Sonics – Here Are The Sonics!!!
The pristine, heavily manicured landscape of mid-sixties American pop radio was violently disrupted by a sound so feral, abrasive, and structurally primitive that it…
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The Beach Boys – The Beach Boys Today!
In March 1965, popular music was mutating at an uncontrollable velocity, but few anticipated that the most radical catalyst for change would emerge from…
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Bert Jansch – Bert Jansch
In April 1965, a young Scottish troubadour walked into a London flat with a borrowed guitar and recorded an album that would permanently rewrite…
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The Who – My Generation
In late 1965, a four-piece band from London took the raw energy of American rhythm and blues, ran it through a wall of customized…
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Bob Dylan – Bringing It All Back Home
n March 1965, the American folk revival was delivered a beautifully chaotic, plugged-in death blow. Bob Dylan, the undisputed prophet of the acoustic protest…
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The Beatles – Rubber Soul
If A Hard Day’s Night proved The Beatles were exceptional songwriters, Rubber Soul proved they were exceptional album artists. Released at the end of…
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John Coltrane – A Love Supreme
Some albums are admired for their musicianship. Others are celebrated for their innovation. A select few transcend those categories entirely, becoming deeply personal artistic…
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Otis Redding – Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
Soul music has produced countless legendary records, but only a handful feel as complete and emotionally overwhelming as Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul.…
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The Byrds – Mr. Tambourine Man
The mid-1960s were one of popular music’s most fertile periods, with new sounds emerging seemingly every month. British rock bands were dominating the charts,…
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Buck Owens and His Buckaroos – I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail
During the mid-1960s, country music found itself at a crossroads. Nashville’s polished “Countrypolitan” sound was dominating the charts, with lush string arrangements and pop-influenced…
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Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited
Popular music was changing at a breathtaking pace in 1965, and no artist was driving that transformation more aggressively than Bob Dylan. Having already…
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