Pitchfork's 200 Best Albums of the 60s

[lpfreak1170]

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.

Thank you! I can't pay the going rate for the original vinyl when I have so many other things to get.

 

[lpfreak1170]

179 - Art Ensemble Of Chicago - Message To Our Folks (1969)


That "avant-garde jazz" tag makes me nervous...lol.

 

[Ojai Sam]

179 - Art Ensemble Of Chicago - Message To Our Folks (1969)


That "avant-garde jazz" tag makes me nervous...lol.

:nunja::nunja: As well it should.

This is a classic but takes some getting used to.

 

[lpfreak1170]

179 - Art Ensemble Of Chicago - Message To Our Folks (1969)


That "avant-garde jazz" tag makes me nervous...lol.

As well it should. :nunja::nunja:

This is a classic but takes some getting used to.

It was VERY good! I really loved "Rock Out". The side long track on side 2 lost me a couple times, though. It will get more listens.

 

[lpfreak1170]

178 – Wendy Carlos – Switched-On Bach


Haven't listened to this in years.

 

[lpfreak1170]

177 – Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles


First listen.

 

[lpfreak1170]

176 – Townes Van Zandt – Townes Van Zandt


Already know just how brilliant this is but still gonna listen to it. I can always listen to some Townes!

 

[lpfreak1170]

175 - Ella Fitzgerald/Count Basie - Ella and Basie! (1963)


First listen.

 

[Ojai Sam]

178 – Wendy Carlos – Switched-On Bach


Haven't listened to this in years.

Not on Spotify so here it is:
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I have a weakness for early electronica and the mathematical precision of Johann Sebastian lent itself well to the Moog. The original LP (on the Columbia Masterworks classical imprint) is quite pricey but I scored a copy when a good friend moved back to Kentucky. Thanks, Kendra!

This record makes me look around to be sure I don't get run over by the Main Street Electrical Parade.

 

[lpfreak1170]

174 – Patty Waters – Sings (1966)


I've seen the cover and imagined it was a folk album. Three songs in and its late night just a woman and a piano...lovely.

 

[lpfreak1170]

174 – Patty Waters – Sings (1966)


I've seen the cover and imagined it was a folk album. Three songs in and its late night just a woman and a piano...lovely.

And then there's side 2...is this Diamanda Galas' mother?

 

[lpfreak1170]

173 – Duke Ellington – Far East Suite (1967)

 

[Ojai Sam]

177 – Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles


First listen.

Great to spin this one again for the first time in a long while. These four young musicians epitomized the fresh approach to jazz at Blue Note. Their base was hard bop, but by 1964 they had moved to a whole new level of their own. Herbie left plenty of room for the other players to shine.

 

[Ojai Sam]

176 – Townes Van Zandt – Townes Van Zandt


Already know just how brilliant this is but still gonna listen to it. I can always listen to some Townes!

Even though it was his third release, I didn't learn of Townes or this album until long after it came out in 1969 on Poppy Records, a label best known as the home of the Giant Jellybean Copout:

By the mid-70's, covers of his literate yet simple and emotionally powerful songs began hitting the country charts. Townes subsequently released a lot of material but none approaches his eponymous masterpiece.

 

[Ojai Sam]

189 - The Cannonball Adderley Quintet - Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at “The Club”


Not knowledgeable enough about the genre to know where this one ranks...I just know I'm enjoying this immensely.

Catching up on the holiday, I thought I’d spin this for the first time in a long while. Sure glad I did. It doesn’t surprise me that Freak digs this one. It has a very soulful vibe.

 

[lpfreak1170]

172 – Eddie Palmieri – Justicia (1969)

 

[Ojai Sam]

188 - Dave Van Ronk – Folksinger


Excellent folk.

flisten, I'm ashamed to say. Van Ronk is a unique voice in folk music. His stripped down, emotional approach owes nothing either to the pop stylings of The Kingston Trio or to the Anglophilic scholasticism of Ed McCurdy. It's easy to see why his raw, black-sounding vocals appealed to later rockers. So it's not an overstatement to call him the missing link between Robert Johnson and Mick Jagger.

 

[lpfreak1170]

171 – Various Artists – Golden Rain (1969)


Linking to the later CD version since that's the cover you'll find on streaming services (at least on Tidal it is). Also, would everyone want me to copy/paste the album description from the original article (or would that be a copyright no-no)?

 

[Unsomnambulist]

171 – Various Artists – Golden Rain (1969)


Linking to the later CD version since that's the cover you'll find on streaming services (at least on Tidal it is). Also, would everyone want me to copy/paste the album description from the original article (or would that be a copyright no-no)?

As long as you copy an excerpt and not the whole article you should be OK.

 

[Ojai Sam]

As long as you copy an excerpt and not the whole article you should be OK.

As long as you give credit to the source, for our purposes here it’s fair use even if you copy the whole thing. However, for readability you might want to quote a key excerpt and include the link to the whole thing.