Richard Shaw

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The self titled Fred Neil LP was re-released & retitled in response to the success of Nilsson's cover of Everybody's Talkin'
Whatever title it has it's a good solid album all held together by Neil's great velvety voice, contains one of the greatest songs ever written The Dolphins

Folk Songs And Blues - Mississippi John Hurt. 1963, Piedmont. Don't listen to blues much but here I am #nowplaying #5albums50s60s5

Study In Brown - Clifford Brown And Max Roach. 1955, EmArcy. Back on the pedal #nowplaying #5albums50s60s5

#5albums50s60s5 The Rolling Stones - Out Of Our Heads (1965) 4 of the 12 songs on this UK version are self penned. Their manager writes the most pretentious sleeve notes - absolute garbage. The Stones' upwards trajectory accelerates as they become slightly less dependent on covers. #MusicSky

#5albums50s60s5 The Songs Of Leonard Cohen (1967) Songs of venomous relationships with both friends and enemies. He brings his author's eye to the song's characters. His dry, flatlined voice is not to everyone's taste, but it fits perfectly here. #MusicSky

Brilliant Corners - Thelonious Monk. 1957, Riverside Records. Thursday means jazz for #5albums50s60s5

#5albums50s60s5 Pink Floyd - A Saucerful Of Secrets (1968) Syd's last stand. This album continues the space inspired rock of their debut and includes Walter's first ruminations on the relationship with his father. Gilmour cameos. Solid sophomore release. #MusicSky

#5albums50s60s5 #albumoftheday The Beatles - Please Please Me (1963) Fresh, tight & professional debut. Still sounds live & sophisticated given the basic recording set up. But compare and contrast with Sgt. Pepper just 4 years later. Best track - I Saw Her Standing There #NowPlaying

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Outer sleeve and spinning vinyl record. Jefferson Airplane “Surrealistic Pillow”

This one makes three psychy 60s bands in a row — all from the SF Bay Area—for #5albums50s60s5. White Rabbit & Someone to Love are iconic, but the album is pretty good throughout. #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

The Clown Charles Mingus · Album · 1957 · 6 songs

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Mingus is the big winner for me in these 50s and 60s polls. Went into them with Mingus x5 as my only certainty but have already voted for him 3 times. Not sure this will quite make it 5 votes but Haitian Fight Club is making a strong case.
open.spotify.com/album/2XtydL...

Outer sleeve and spinning vinyl record. The Mothers of Invention “Freak Out!”

Next up for #5albums50s60s5 is this nutty, psychy, and super-fun debut from Frank and the Mothers. Freak Out! #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

#5albums50s60s5 #albumoftheday Otis Redding - Dictionary Of Soul (1966) His last album as a living, breathing elite singer. Whether interpreting Day Tripper or writing soul classics, his rough silk voice is transcendent. Best track - Try A Little Tenderness #NowPlaying

YouTube video by Bebop Music Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners (Full Album 1957)

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Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners
I can confirm that the corners are indeed brilliant.
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Lotte Lenya Singt Kurt Weill - Lotte Lenya. 1955, Philips. My spirit animal #nowplaying #5albums50s60s5

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The Pretty Things - S. F. Sorrow

The music on this album is just wonderful.

Use to have this on vinyl, lent it to someone & never saw it again.

The Doors - s/t (Elektra, 1967/79) At the heart of this album filled with big ideas about European art song, performance art, pop music, psych rock, and the blues is a small band, economically and passionately bashing it out. Densmore’s kit is about to fly apart! #5albums50s60s5

The New Sound! - Les Paul. 1950, Capitol Records. The guitar man!...new to me and so far sounding great #nowplaying #5albums50s60s5

Psychedelic Sounds
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Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow (1967)

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The Supremes A' Go-Go has one of their many #1 songs, "You Can't Hurry Love." Their version of the McCoys' "Hang on Sloopy" closes the album out, and I have to appreciate a group from Michigan singing the State Song of Ohio.

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A Saucerful of Secrets, Pink Floyd's second album features both Syd Barrett and his replacement, David Glimour.

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Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me

Starting my listening for #5albums50s60s5 with a pair of CCR albums. Both are stacked with classic hits from top to bottom, including Willy and the Poor Boys' "Fortunate Son," perhaps the greatest anti-war song of the Vietnam era.

YouTube video by @RedBaron863 The Moody Blues - Voices in the Sky

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The Moody Blues- In Search of the Lost Chord

Nightingale, hovering high
Harmonize the wind
Darkness, your symphony
I can hear you sing
Of voices in the sky 🎵

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Outer sleeve and spinning vinyl record. The Supremes “The Supremes A' Go-Go”

Next up for #5albums50s60s5. “the first album by an all-female group to reach number-one on the Billboard 200 album charts in the United States” (Wikipedia). A fun romp of mostly covers and a few notable originals (You Can't Hurry Love). #johnsvinyl #nowplaying

The Beatles - Revolver (Parlophone, 1966/2014) A leap even from Rubber Soul, not only is this a life-changing collection of songs and sounds, it’s an object lesson in artistic achievement and ambition. And only three years from Please Please Me! #5albums50s60s5

Outer sleeve and spinning red vinyl record. The 13th Floor Elevators “The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators”

Next up for #5albums50s60s5. A founding 1966 psych masterwork. Recently acquired for #johnsvinyl. #wasplaying

Surrealistic Pillow Jefferson Airplane · Album · 1967 · 17 songs

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Another album that won't make my top 5. Any soundtrack to the 60s though would be incomplete without Somebody To Love and White Rabbit. Such epic tracks, hard to believe they're both under 3 minutes long.
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Elvis Is Back Elvis Presley · Album · 1960 · 12 songs

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Won't make my top 5, may not make anybody's, but I do have a soft spot for this. In a way it prefigures the country-soul that makes From Elvis In Memphis so great. The wasted years in-between really are criminal.
open.spotify.com/album/2SBAAt...

YouTube video by Thelonious Monk - Topic Eronel

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Thelonious Monk - Criss-Cross (1963)