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     I consider today’s album to be one of the more significant and notable albums in the evolution of pop and rock and roll music for several reasons, which I will address in more detail below.  “Rubber Soul”, the sixth studio album from the Beatles, is rated #35 on Rolling Stone’s Top 500 Greatest AlbumsContinue reading “The Beatles “Rubber Soul” (1965)”

     I just wrapped up 71 songs, 4 hours and 54 minutes worth of the hardest working man in show business, Mr. Please, Please Himself, the Godfather of Soul, the one and only James Brown.  This massive gathering of R&B and funk, the comprehensive collection “Star Time”,  covers a large time span of his career,Continue reading “James Brown “Star Time” (1965)”

     Over the course of this ~ 1.5-year experience, I will listen to albums I have heard a thousand times, albums I know in part, and even encounter a new discovery now and then from an artist I only knew in passing.  Rarely do I come across an artist or album I have absolutely noContinue reading “The Watersons “Frost and Fire” (1965)”

     We have talked a lot about the perpetual hit machines in the 1960s, the Beatles and the Beach Boys.  That being said, aside from the Beatles, no artist produced more #1 hits in the 1960s than The Supremes, also known as Diana Ross and The Supremes.  Today’s album is the collection “Anthology”, a greatestContinue reading “Diana Ross & The Supremes “Anthology” (1965)”

     Today’s album is an eclectic and interesting choice for me, even as the #178 album on Rolling Stone’s Top 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.  It is also rated as the #4 all-time soul album by digitaldreamdoor.com.  When I saw it was an Otis Redding day, I was pretty excited, as I’m a bigContinue reading “Otis Redding “Otis Blue” (1965)”

     It is no secret that Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone magazine have a rather biased appreciation of Bob Dylan.  As I joked with my son, I estimated that 97 of the Top 100 Albums on their list were Bob Dylan albums.  Now, now… I know that’s an exaggeration, particularly with their most recent listContinue reading “Bob Dylan “Highway 61 Revisited” (1965)”

I realized there are two other key observations I somehow excluded from my first post. First, “You’re Going To Lose That Girl” is my other absolute favorite song on this album. From a style perspective, I feel like this song would have fit better on “A Hard Day’s Night”, as it is a classic LennonContinue reading “The Beatles “Help!”… Part Two (1965)”

     As was frequently the case in the 1960s, if a Rolling Stones album came out, you had to know the Beatles wouldn’t be far behind.  “Help!”, their fifth album and soundtrack to their second movie, was released in August of 1965.  It is rated as album number 266 on Rolling Stone’s Top 500 GreatestContinue reading “The Beatles “Help!” (1965)”

     While discussing “For Your Love” by the Yardbirds, I noted that while similar in influence and style to the Rolling Stones, I felt they lacked the same creative songwriting, energy and diversity in their music.  This next album from the Stones, “Out of Our Heads”, released in July of 1965, could not illustrate thisContinue reading “The Rolling Stones “Out of Our Heads” (1965)”

     Of the many bands who joined in the “British Invasion” following the success of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, most tended to follow either the pop formula associated with the Beatles or the blues-influenced track of the Stones.  One of the more notable and successful blues acts to come next from the UKContinue reading “The Yardbirds “For Your Love” (1965)”