The Mojo Collection: The Ultimate Music Companion

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The Holy Modal Rounders - The Holy Modal Rounders (1964)

 

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^ Sure thing, if you want to be a bird.

 

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The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones (1964)

 

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Dusty Springfield - A Girl Called Dusty (1964)

Elton John on Springfield's death noted "I'm biased, but I just think she was the greatest white singer there ever has been", and I quite agree.

 

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The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night (1964)

Ah there you boys are. Knew you'd join the party eventually
One cannot say anything original about the Beatles, but I am constantly amazed every time I break them out how wonderful the melodies are even on the lesser known, deep cuts - even songs like "When I Get Home" and "Things We Said Today" remain fantastic.

 

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The Animals - The Animals (1964)

 

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Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch (1964)

Covering the Eric's today from Burdon to Dolphy

 

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Interesting Omissions (early 1960s edition): Again, Mojo's aim is not to encompass as much jazz as other genres, but Mingus' Blues and Roots and Coltrane's Giant Steps. I'd personally include in my core either Dexter Gordon's Go or Our Man in Paris and Coltrane's My Favorite Things. As far as live vocal jazz or standards, Judy Garland's Carnegie Hall and Ella's Mack the Knife in Berlin are both delights. Dylan won't get shorted on this list but with all the other acoustic folk albums we've seen, are they more essential than Freewheelin'?

 

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John Coltrane - A Love Supreme (1965)

 

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The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys Today! (1965)

 

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The Beatles - Past Masters: Volume One

 

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Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' In the Moonlight (1959)

A bit out of order with this Howlin' Wolf compilation, but Mojo has it listed as a 1964 release, I imagine when it hit the UK shores (he also toured Europe in 1964 as part of the American Folk Blues Festival with Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, and John Lee Hooker among others...wow!)

 

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The Very Best of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons

 

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The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys Today! (1965)

I would’ve gone for a comp for this time period of the BB’s but there really isn’t a good one.

 

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The Kinks - The Singles Collection

 

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The Sonics - Here Are the Sonics!!! (1965)

 

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Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch (1965)

 

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Jerry Lee Lewis - Live at the Star Club, Hamburg (1964)

 

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Apropos of almost nothing...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1533509606495793152

 

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Them - The "Angry" Young Them (1965)