A Century of Music

[Zeeba Neighba]

Today's listening:
Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass - Whipped Cream & Other Delights (1965)
Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
The Rolling Stones No. 2 (UK) (1965)
The Rolling Stones - Out of Our Heads (UK) (1965)
The Who - My Generation (1965)

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Today's 1965 listens:

The Beach Boys Today!
Dusty Springfield - Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty
Vince Guaraldi Trio - A Charlie Brown Christmas
Grant Green - Idle Moments
Frank Sinatra - September of My Years
The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads
Nina Simone - Pastel Blues
Phil Ochs - I Ain't Marching Any More

Quite the diversity today. Some comments
Charlie Brown Christmas felt just right 3 months late
Dusty's album has some odd choices ("La Bamba"?) but she was so wonderful - I could listen to her sing anything
Grant Green - too cool
I don't break out Sinatra's September... too often, but he sounds great on it - his last great album?
Och's was a true folk protester and this is one of the truest protest albums you're gonna find - unlike Dylan, every song is a topical protest song thus dating it a bit, but, man, Ochs doesn't pull the punches - and the title song is one of the greatest protest/antiwar songs ever.

 

[Ojai Sam]

John Coltrane - Africa/Brass (1961)
Oliver Nelson - The Blues and the Abstract Truth (1961)

My Impulse! listening project over at the old site taught me just how creative that label was. These two gems from 1961 show a whole new direction. Even the graphics are outstanding.

 

[Ojai Sam]

Today's listening:
Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass - Whipped Cream & Other Delights (1965)
Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
The Rolling Stones No. 2 (UK) (1965)
The Rolling Stones - Out of Our Heads (UK) (1965)
The Who - My Generation (1965)

By 1965, my teenage musical taste had wandered far from that of my parents. When we went shopping at the record store (remember them?), the clerks would roll their eyes at the Stones and The Who. A quite different reaction was elicited by Herbie Alpert and especially Dolores Erickson. Who? I'm glad you asked:

Herb Alpert’s ‘Whipped Cream Lady’ now 76, living in Longview and looking back

The Whipped Cream Lady who is the model on the memorable LP cover of the 1965 Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass' "Whipped Cream & Other Delights" is 76 now and living in Longview. Dolores Erickson wants to tell all...

www.seattletimes.com

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Finished up 1965 the other day with:
The Sound of Music (Motion Picture Soundtrack)
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
The Pretty Things

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Onward to 1966!
Great opening playlist of singles, top album tracks including:

"Good Vibrations", "God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys
"Eleanor Rigby", "Here There and Everywhere", "Gotta Get You Into My Life", "Rain" by The Beatles
"Hey Joe" by Jimi Hendrix
"Reach Out I'll Be There" by The Four Tops
"Try A Little Tenderness" by Otis Redding
"Ain't Too Proud to Beg", "I Know I'm Losing You", "Get Ready" by The Temptations
"When A Man Loves A Woman" by Percy Sledge
"Just Like A Woman", "I Want You" by Bob Dylan
"Eight Miles High" by The Byrds
"For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield
"Scarborough Fair/Canticle", "Hazy Shade of Winter", "I Am A Rock" by Simon and Garfunkel
"You Keep Me Hanging On", "You Can't Hurry Love" by The Supremes
"Paint It Black", "Out of Touch", "Mother's Little Helper", Under My Thumb" by The Rolling Stones
"Hold On I'm Comin'" by Sam and Dave
"You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" by Dusty Springfield
"Wild Thing" by The Troggs
"I'm A Believer" by The Monkees
"Gimme Some Lovin'" by The Spencer Davis Group
"Bus Stop" by The Hollies
"Kicks" by Paul Revere & The Raiders
"Land of 10,000 Dances", "Mustang Sally" by Wilson Pickett
"River Deep, Mountain High" by Ike & Tina Turner
"7 And 7 Is", "My Little Red Book" by Love
"The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly" by Ennio Morricone
"Sunny Afternoon" by The Kinks
"Solitary Man" by Neil Diamond
"I Saw Her Again", Monday, Monday" by The Mamas and the Papas
"Good Lovin'" by The Rascals
"Devil with the Blue Dress/Good Golly Miss Molly" by Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels
"Double Shot (of My Baby's Love)" by The Swingin' Medallions
"Working My Way Back to You", "Opus 17" by The Four Seasons
"Friday on My Mind" by The Easybeats
"Strangers in the Night" by Frank Sinatra
"It's A Man's, Man's, Man's World" by James Brown
"Knock on Wood" by Eddie Floyd
"Shapes of Things" by The Yardbirds
"Substitute", "Happy Jack" by The Who
"Walk Away Renee" by The Left Banke
"Message to Michael" by Dionne Warwick
"Time Won't Let Me" by The Outsiders
"Wild is the Wind" by Nina Simone
"A Place In the Sun" by Stevie Wonder

And many, many more... (109 songs total on the playlist)

Quite the year (quite the understatement)

 

[JazzyRandy]

Joe Henderson - Page One (1963)

Joe Henderson might just miss my top 5 saxophonists but he might be sixth on my personal list - and certainly my favorite of those that did great work beyond the late 1960s. Page One is a fantastic debut. I've said it before - I've never heard a bad Joe Henderson album.

Same here. The man simply could not make bad music.

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Starting 1966 albums with the big un's:

The Beatles - Revolver (1966)
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (1966)
Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde (1966)
The Rolling Stones - Aftermath (1966)

Plan to put 1966 listening on hold this afternoon and get in some Irish music listening

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Frank Zappa/The Mothers of Invention - Freak Out (1966)
Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence (1966)
Simon & Garfunkel - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (1966)
The Kinks - Face to Face (1966)
Love - Love (1966)
Love - Da Capo (1966)

Nice hearing Sounds of Silence today - really like S&G but updated comps are so good that I play those or, if I do go with the originals, its Bookends, Bridge Over Troubled Waters of PSR&T. Sounds is a really nice sounding album.

With the Kinks and Love, though of our old MG compatriot Sidewinder - he and I shared few musical interests but interestingly we both loved these groups. I have all of Love's original on vinyl and when I "discovered" them in early college (thanks to a burnt out old hippie used record store owner), I thought I was the only one in the world who know and loved them. Of course when I joined the ol MG, found that several people appreciated Arthur Lee, but in "real life", I have me no one who remembers Love (sadly)

 

[axolotl]

but in "real life", I have me no one who remembers Love (sadly)

still tryna figger out this sentence...

...but in case it's a cry for help...

we still ya, Zeebs!

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

^
Yes, read it back - it's gibberish!

What it should have said "'in real life', I have met no one who remembers Love". I suppose that makes more sense

But thanks for the love and Love!

 

[Unsomnambulist]

^
Yes, read it back - it's gibberish!

What it should have said "'in real life', I have met no one who remembers Love". I suppose that makes more sense

But thanks for the love and Love!

In Florida, the average person would probably have never heard of 90% of the bands I listen to.

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

More 1966 Albums:
The Mamas and the Papas - If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears
The Byrds - Fifth Dimension
Creams - Fresh Cream
Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield
The Who - A Quick One
Otis Redding - Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul
Otis Redding - The Soul Album
The Monkees - The Monkees

Lots of music today. Fun combo of albums.Comments later?

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Friday typically closes out the year (though certainly not ruling out a few more 1968 albums this weekend) and with the usual suspects dealt with earlier in the week, Friday always brings a diverse listening experience - here soundtracks, jazz, soul, blues, psychedelia, and whatever the hell Sergio Mendes is

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
The Exciting Wilson Pickett
Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep Mountain High
Lee Morgan - Search for the New Land
Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton
Herb Alpert Presents Sergio Mendes & Brazil '66
Cabaret (Original Broadway Soundtrack)
The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Finished 1966 with a few more albums over weekend:
Nina Simone - Wild is the Wind (1966)
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East West (1966)

Most of East West is wonderful blues rock, then the title track comes on at the end of the album - I'm not as into long jams as I used to be, but, man, what a song - a 13 minute psych-blues explosion with Eastern elements including droning guitars combined with some intense guitar and harmonica solos. Wonderful!

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Excited to be at arguably the greatest year in rock music - 1967. So many classic, influential albums...but first the typical Monday playlist including such greats as:

"A Day in the Life", "Strawberry Fields Forever", "All You Need Is Love" (tons more) by The Beatles
"Light My Fire", "The End", "People are Strange" by The Doors
"Respect", "Chain of Fools","I've Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You" by Aretha Franklin
"Purple Haze", "Foxey Lady", "Little Wing" by Jimi Hendrix
"Heroin", "I'm Waiting For the Man" by The Velvet Underground
"Waterloo Sunset" by The Kinks
"Sunshine of Your Love" by Cream
"White Rabbit", "Somebody to Love" by Jefferson Airplane
"Let's Spend the Night Together", "Ruby Tuesday" by The Rolling STones
"Soul Man" by Sam & Dave
"A Whiter Shade of Pale" by Procol Harum
"See Emily Play" by Pink Floyd
"Nights in White Satin", "Tuesday Afternoon" by The Moody Blues
"The Letter" by The Box Tops
"Dance to the Music" by Sly & the Family Stone
"Brown Eyed Girl" by Van Morrison
"My Back Pages", "Have You Seen Her Face" by The Byrds
"Happy Together" by The Turtles
"The Dark End of the Street" by James Carr
"I Can See For Miles" by The Who
"Tears of a Clown", "I Second that Emotion by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
"Cold Sweat" by James Brown
"Rock and Roll Woman", "Mr. Soul" by Buffalo Springfield
"I'd Rather Go Blind" by Etta James
"I Wish It Would Rain" by The Temptations
"Bernadette", "7 Rooms of Gloom' by The Four Tops
"I Think We're Alone Now" by Tommy James & The Shondells
"Get Together" by The Youngbloods
"Different Drum" by The Sone Poneys
"Alone Again Or" by Love
"Nobody But Me" by The Human Beinz
"Let's Live For Today" by The Grass Roots"
"Suzanne" by Leonard Cohen
"Daydream Believer" by The Monkees
"Never My Love", "Windy" by The Association
"Baby Now That I've Found You" by The Foundations
"I Was Made to Love Her" by Stevie Wonder
"Both Sides Now" by Judy Collins
"You Keep Me Hangin' On" by Vanilla Fudge
"Can't Take My Eyes Off of You" by Frankie Valli
"The Look of Love" by Dusty Springfield
"Pictures of Matchbook Men" by Status Quo
"I Say A Little Prayer" by Dionne Warwick
"Leaving on A Jet Plane" by Peter Paul & Mary
"All Along the Watchtower" by Bob Dylan
"Itchycoo Park" by The Small Faces
"At the Zoo" by Simon & Garfunkel

Get the picture. I could go on and on - and did in my 153 song playlist of 1967

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Onto 1967 albums:

Love - Forever Changes (1967)
Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow (1967)
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
The Doors - The Doors (1967)
The Who - The Who Sell Out (1967)

As always on Tuesday, starting with the biggies (well '67 was quite the year so big/important albums will populate the week)

If I had to answer what the "best" album of 1967, I'd have to go with Sgt. Pepper's
Most daring/revolutionary - depending out your point of view Are You Experienced or The Velvet Underground's debut

But my FAVORITE of the year remains Forever Changes all these years later (and I'd say Surrealistic Pillow second) - just so beautiful

I'll say it again, as unfashionable and adolescent as it might be, still love The Doors - the older I get the more impressed I am of the lesser-known songs - 20th Century Fox, I Looked At You, Take It As It Comes

OTOH, hardly break out Sell Out much despite being a Who fan - appreciate its concept. Must say, with its commercials and interludes, it's their most British album - and it IS fun

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced (1967)
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold As Love (1967)
The Velvet Underground and Nico (1967)
The Kings - Something Else by the Kinks (1967)
The Byrds - Younger Than Yesterday (1967)
The Rolling Stones - Between the Buttons (all tracks on US and UK versions) (1967)
Cream - Disraeli Gears (1967)

My favorite Kinks album and my favorite Byrds album!

The Stones were so intriguing in '67 - leaving blues rock behind to explore baroque pop, music hall, and (later in the year) psychedelia. No one would ever argue that either Between the Buttons or Their Satanic Majesties... are the Stones best, but they're definitely pretty good with some great numbers on both. Then it's like Mick and Keith awoke in 1968 and said "enough of this shit, Brian, we're going back to gritty, sleazy blues rock".

British music hall had its influence on a number of music in 1967 - The Kinks, on Sgt. Pepper's, The Stones (ex. "Something Happened to Me Yesterday"), even Cream ("Mother's Lament") - twee music rooted in music hall definitely gives British psychedelia a different flavor from California psych of the era

 

[axolotl]

Then it's like Mick and Keith awoke in 1968 and said "enough of this shit, Brian, we're going back to gritty, sleazy blues rock".

By July of the following year, Brian was decidedly a non-factor.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

By July of the following year, Brian was decidedly a non-factor.

Except in the mind of Anton Newcombe.