Pitchfork's 200 Best Albums of the 60s

[Nickyboy]

Indeed and IMO much too low on their list - I would rank it in top 25 of the 60s personally

It's in my top 5.

 

[lpfreak1170]

186 – The Kinks - Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)


Not their best of that era, but still a fantastic album...love it!

 

[lpfreak1170]

185 - Charles Mingus - Mingus Plays Piano


Not gonna lie...a little nervous about this one.

 

[lpfreak1170]

185 - Charles Mingus - Mingus Plays Piano


Not gonna lie...a little nervous about this one.

So it seems I didn't have to be nervous about it at all. I was expecting it to be pretty "out there", but not at all. I enjoyed it but don't know if I would listen again.

 

[Ojai Sam]

So it seems I didn't have to be nervous about it at all. I was expecting it to be pretty "out there", but not at all. I enjoyed it but don't know if I would listen again.

@lpfreak1170, props to you for being adventurous. MPP is like the MTV Unplugged albums, a detour in his vast catalog that shows a different side of a very creative musician.

 

[lpfreak1170]

Almost 2 months later...not bad.

184 - BBC Radiophonic Workshop - BBC Radiophonic Music


Had to resort to youtube to find about 20 of the pieces of music on this...some pretty cool sounds.

 

[lpfreak1170]

183 – Mickey Newbury – Looks Like Rain


Know this album well...a stunner. Word of advice...don't listen while down over a lost love...trust me on this.

 

[Ojai Sam]

Almost 2 months later...not bad.

184 - BBC Radiophonic Workshop - BBC Radiophonic Music


Had to resort to youtube to find about 20 of the pieces of music on this...some pretty cool sounds.

This looks very interesting. I just bought the LP from the UK.

 

[Nickyboy]

This looks very interesting. I just bought the LP from the UK.

There is an interesting documentary on Delia Darbyshire called "The Delian Mode".

 

[lpfreak1170]

182 – The Soft Machine – The Soft Machine


Wonderful psychedelic album.

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

On the edge of my seat, LPFreak.... what's 181?

 

[lpfreak1170]

Hey, man...give me some time!!

 

[lpfreak1170]

181 – Lesley Gore – I'll Cry If I Want To


All songs either about crying/sadness or with some form of "cry" in the title. Love the upbeat, bossa nova version of "Cry Me A River". I love the girl groups/girl singers/girl sounds of the 60s, and Lesley is pretty close to the top of my list. Really glad to see this one on the list.

 

[Ojai Sam]

183 – Mickey Newbury – Looks Like Rain


Know this album well...a stunner. Word of advice...don't listen while down over a lost love...trust me on this.

Stunning it is - one of the best concept albums of all time. Mickey must control his own catalog because it was never released on CD other than in a long OOP 8 CD box which goes for the big bucks. But you can enjoy it here:

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on the Sam-O-Meter.

 

[lpfreak1170]

Stunning it is - one of the best concept albums of all time. Mickey must control his own catalog because it was never released on CD other than in a long OOP 8 CD box which goes for the big bucks. But you can enjoy it here:

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on the Sam-O-Meter.

I'm fortunate to have the original vinyl and that box.

 

[lpfreak1170]

180 – Wilson Pickett – The Exciting Wilson Pickett


"Exciting" doesn't even begin to describe it. If some part of you doesn't start moving while listening to this, then you're already gone.

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

180 – Wilson Pickett – The Exciting Wilson Pickett


"Exciting" doesn't even begin to describe it. If some part of you doesn't start moving while listening to this, then you're already gone.

Great album

 

[Ojai Sam]

191 – Amon Duul II – Phallus Dei

God's penis. It's not quite that grand of an album, but it is some good, early psychedelic prog...that's my label for it, anyway.

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Not on Spotify so here it is. Prog Archives sez:

In 1969, AMON DÜÜL II released a curious but incredibely furious album, just before the massive "Yeti" and "Dance of the lemmings". Musically, the band delivers a kind of psychedelic rock, largely made on perpetual jammings with a certain sense of humour, a lot of raw guitar parts and some delicate folk violin parts (the title track). There's also a constant use of percussions, incantatory, haunted voices harmonised by the lovely girl singer Rentate Knaup. The opening track represents Amon Duul typical sound at their beginning: an intense and primitive heavy rock with a great dose of space effects. "Phallus Dei" is mesmerizing and remains a fine approach to AMON DÜÜL II musical creativity.

 

[Ojai Sam]

Almost 2 months later...not bad.

184 - BBC Radiophonic Workshop - BBC Radiophonic Music


Had to resort to youtube to find about 20 of the pieces of music on this...some pretty cool sounds.

Vinyl Rip Of The Day. I think @Nickyboy and @axolotl will enjoy this one. I find it fascinating, clearly the antecedent of the catchy themes of B.J. Liederman that are inescapable on NPR.

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AMG sez:

A treasured LP for fans of early electronic music, 1968's BBC Radiophonic Music compiles a series of short works composed as intros or occasionally, complete soundtracks, for various radio or television programs, representing hours of work by three of the Maida Vale facility's most enterprising minds: John Baker, David Cain, and Delia Derbyshire. The three, along with innumerable engineers and studio technicians, helped bring electronic music to a wide audience during the '60s, much as Raymond Scott had been doing in America. On the scale of early electronic music, these come halfway between the ditty pop flair of Scott and the more consciously composed symphonies of Tod Dockstader. Since most of these were show themes -- for BBC affiliates in Sheffield and Nottingham and programs aimed at everything from farmers to domestic audiences -- there isn't a great deal of experimentation. Unsurprisingly, it's only with a pair of science-fiction themes (Derbyshire's "Ziwzih Ziwzih Oo-Oo-Oo" and Cain's "War of the Worlds") that this collections offers a degree of stylistic experimentation to match the technological sophistication on display. Still, BBC Radiophonic Music is practically unmatched for pure marvel at the hours of work involved in this pioneering field.

 

[Nickyboy]

I have listened to it. And yes, right up my alley. And as I mentioned before, the documentary on Delia Derbyshire is worth a watch if you are into this.