The Great Blitz Album Survey…Favourite Albums Across The Years…The 60s

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If there is one thing that Blitz never has enough of, it’s music threads…so here’s another one.

Over the coming weeks I am looking to develop a comprehensive list of Blitzer’s favourite albums for each year from 1960 through to 2024.

I’ll break it down into threads by decades so you don’t have to spend ages on putting your favourites together.

This fifth thread is for the 1960s.

I’m asking that you name your top three albums for each year…in order as your top album will get three votes, 2nd favourite will get 2 votes and 3rd favourite will get one.

Eg

3 - Fave Album (3 votes)
2 - 2nd fave (2 votes)
3 - 3rd fave 1 (1 vote)

Extra Info: Live albums and Soundtracks are ok but Greatest Hits/Compilations are not

I’ll keep a tally and present the details later.

I’m aiming to keep voting open for a week so get into it and have your say.

Format is simple:

Copy and paste the following data into your post…and then add the details

ARTIST NAME - ALBUM TITLE

1960

3 -
2 -
1 -

1961

3 -
2 -
1 -

1962

3 -
2 -
1 -

1963

3 -
2 -
1 -

1964

3 -
2 -
1 -

1965

3 -
2 -
1 -

1966

3 -
2 -
1 -

1967

3 -
2 -
1 -

1968

3 -
2 -
1 -

1969

3 -
2-
1 -

If you missed the first thread (the 90s), here is the link for it:

If you missed the second thread (the 70s), here is the link for it:

If you missed the third thread (the 80s), here is the link for it:

If you missed the fourth thread (the 2000s), here is the link for it:

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I know that some of you might not want to participate in this one due to lack of knowledge but even a partial list is better than none.

So even if you only know 1-2 albums that you like from a particular year, please vote for them as it will help the overall survey.

Oh…and a gentle reminder that the format is:

ARTIST NAME - ALBUM TITLE

Thanks in advance :slight_smile:

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3 - The Everly Brothers - A Date With the Everly Brothers
2 -
1 -

1961

3 – Del Shannon - Runaway With Del Shannon
2 – The Miracles - Cookin’ with the Miracles
1 -

1962

3 - Roy Orbison - Crying
2 - The Beach Boys - Surfin’ Safari
1 -

1963

3 - Roy Orbison - In Dreams
2 - The Beatles - Please Please Me
1 - The Beatles - With The Beatles

1964

3 - Dusty Springfield - A Girl Called Dusty
2 - Simon and Garfunkel - Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.
1 - The Beatles - A Hard Day’s Night

1965

3 - The Beatles - Rubber Soul
2 - The Beatles - Help!
1 - Dusty Springfield - Ev’rything’s Coming Up Dusty

1966

3 - The Beatles - Revolver
2 - The Rolling Stones - Aftermath
1 - John Mayall - Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton

1967

3 - The Doors - The Doors
2 - The Beatles - Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Hand
1 - The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour

1968

3 - The Beatles - White Album
2 - Jeff Beck - Truth
1 - Traffic - Traffic

1969

3 - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
2 - Dusty Springfield - Dusty In Memphis
1 - Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash

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I’m gonna have to do some listening research for the early 60s

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I spent about a week doing it…listened to a lot of stuff that just wasn’t that good…hence my lack of at least three entries for 1960-62.

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You sure this was released as an album in 1967?

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Damn…wiki shows 2007…will edit

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First official release of the gig
was actually 1970. Split with Otis Redding.

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Honestly don’t think I’ve got an awful lot to contribute here… Given I was born right at the end of the decade, there’s nothing I have any sort of personal attachment to, and it’s really just a few of the usual suspects that I’ve absorbed over time…

1960
3 -
2 -
1 -

1961
3 –
2 –
1 -

1962
3 -
2 -
1 -

1963
3 - The Beatles - Please Please Me
2 - The Beatles - With The Beatles
1 -

1964
3 - The Beatles - A Hard Day’s Night
2 - Simon and Garfunkel - Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.
1 -

1965
3 - The Beatles - Rubber Soul
2 - The Beatles - Help!
1 -

1966
3 - The Beatles - Revolver
2 - Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
1 - The Byrds - 5th Dimension
HM: Easybeats - It’s 2 Easy, Thirteenth Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds Of…

1967
3 - The Beatles - Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Hand
2 - The Kinks - Something Else
1- Beach Boys - Smiley Smile
HM: The Who - Sell Out, Pink Floyd - Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

1968
3 - The Beatles - White Album
2 - The Kinks - Kinks & The Village Green Preservation Society
1 - The Nazz - Self-titled

1969
3 - Beatles - Abbey Road
2 - Tamam Shud - Evolution
1 - David Bowie - Space Oddity
HM: Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left, The Who - Tommy

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Anyone who doesn’t give the Beatles three votes for every one of their eligible years doesn’t know about the 60s.

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That’s…an opinion :slight_smile:

Maybe you could join us and do a list to show us how it’s done.

All are welcome

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1960’s

1960

3- Chet Baker - In Milan
2- John Coltrane - Giant Steps
1- Jimmy Smith - Home Cookin’

1961

3- The Jazz Crusaders - Freedom Sound
2- Grant Green - Green Street
1- Baby Face Willette - Stop And Listen

1962

3- Booker T. & The M.G.'s - Green Onions
2- Dexter Gordon - Go
1- Mel Tormé - Comin’Home Baby!

1963

3- Grant Green - Am I Blue
2- The Beatles - Please Please Me
1- Bo Diddley - Rides Again

1964

3- The Kinks - Kinks
2- Simon & Garfunkel - Wednesday Morning, 3AM
1- The Beatles - Beatles For Sale

1965

3- The Beatles - Rubber Soul
2- The Who - My Generation
1- The Easybeats - Easy

1966

3- Cream - Fresh Cream
2- The Beatles - Revolver
1- The Byrds - Fifth Dimension

1967

3- The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced
2- The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold As Love
1- Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates of Dawn

1968

3- The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
2- Cream - Wheels Of Fire
1- The Band - Music From Big Pink

1969

3- Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
2- Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
1- Blind Faith - Blind Faith

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Nice list :slight_smile:

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As Swoods says, great list, but taking Beatles For Sale over A Hard Days Night is certainly a unique choice.

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Where’s your 2000s list? :grin:

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Its comin…

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…so is Christmas :rofl:

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I’m not super keen on any Beatles pre Rubber Soul, but I love “I’ll Follow the Sun” and I think that got it over the line.

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Fair call. Beautiful song.