Track 117: Voices Green and Purple by The BeesRelease Date: 1966From: Covina, CaliforniaAphoristical Rating: 9/10 Confusingly, there are at least … Continue Reading Nuggets: Voices Green and Purple by The Bees
Track 118: Blue’s Theme by Davie Allan & the ArrowsRelease Date: 1966From: San Fernando Valley, South CaliforniaAphoristical Rating: 7/10 Davie … Continue Reading Nuggets: Blue’s Theme by Davie Allan & the Arrows
Neil Leslie Diamond is usually adored by mature women, and ironically enjoyed by sports crowds singing ‘Sweet Caroline’. Indoctrinated at … Continue Reading 10 Best Neil Diamond Songs
By the time Jimi Hendrix released debut album Are You Experienced?, he certainly was experienced. After a stint in the … Continue Reading 51st Anniversary by The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Great B-Sides
Last week’s debut quiz was pretty straightforward, and no-one got more than one question wrong. Bruce from Vinyl Connection powered … Continue Reading Music Quiz: Ruined by a Letter (1960s)
Emerging in the late 1960s from Los Angeles, Spirit were an odd band even by the standards of an era … Continue Reading Sweet Stella Baby by Spirit: Great B-Sides
The Byrds were one of the most significant American bands of the 1960s. They emerged out of the L.A. folk … Continue Reading 10 Best Songs by The Byrds
Aretha Franklin was the Queen of Soul, a powerhouse vocalist and a talented pianist. Growing up in the Church, her … Continue Reading 10 Best Aretha Franklin Songs
Scott Walker is one long-time favourite artist who I’ve barely mentioned on this site. Born Noel Scott Engel, in Ohio, … Continue Reading The Plague by Scott Walker: Great B-Sides
There was a lot of great pop music in the 1960s, and Birmingham psychedelic rock band The Move are overlooked … Continue Reading Omnibus by The Move: Great B-Sides
Despite releasing their first album in 1968, Creedence Clearwater Revival weren’t hippies. Frontman John Fogerty represents blue-collar America, addressing working-class … Continue Reading 10 Best Creedence Clearwater Revival Songs
Arnold Dorsey struggled to break into the music industry until he was advised to adopt a more interesting stage name. … Continue Reading Ten Guitars by Engelbert Humperdinck: Great B-Sides
Universally beloved soul singer Bill Withers passed away this week. He came from the small coal mining town of Slab … Continue Reading What’ll I Do by Bill Withers: Great B-Sides
The Kinks formed in Muswell Hill, London, in 1964. They launched their career with hard-driving rock and roll like ‘You … Continue Reading I’m Not Like Everybody Else by The Kinks: Great B-Sides
The Velvet Underground began as a collaboration between frustrated songwriter Lou Reed and classically trained John Cale. Cale had worked … Continue Reading The Velvet Underground’s Best Album: The Velvet Underground & Nico
Neil Young first rose to prominence in 1960s folk-rock group Buffalo Springfield, playing lead guitar on their breakthrough hit ‘For … Continue Reading Sugar Mountain by Neil Young: Great B-Sides
