60's Rock and Psychedelic List of Kicks and Digs
Happy April Fool's Day sputnik! I went on a 60's (and earlier) bender recently and it was very wholesome and cleansing lol. Kick your shoes off and jam some of these you haven't heard. Comment below with what you think this list smells like. Most of these are brand new listens so even though it's not really ranked it's assorted with the newest stuff for me at the top, but some oldies but goodies are sprinkled in like angel dust throughout. |
| 1 |  | Kaleidoscope (UK)
Tangerine Dream
1967
4.0 |
| 2 |  | Soft Machine
The Soft Machine
1968
4.0 |
| 3 |  | Love
Love
1966
4.25 |
| 4 |  | The Turtles
You Baby
1966
4.0, could go up |
| 5 |  | Kaleidoscope (UK)
Faintly Blowing
1969
4.5
Probably my favorite all around record on this list. Highly recommended if you want to give one of these a shot. |
| 6 |  | Fairfield Parlour
From Home to Home
I'm sort of cheating with this one because it's 1970, but it's the same band as Kaleidoscope but they changed their name. I'm putting it with dis list because it's gonna be a while til I get through the 70's and it will likely get lost in the shuffle. It's also a really good album.
Solid 4.0 |
| 7 |  | 1910 Fruitgum Company
Goody Goody Gumdrops
1968
4.0 |
| 8 |  | Grapefruit
Around Grapefruit
1968
4.0 |
| 9 |  | Tommy James and The Shondells
Crimson and Clover
1968
4.0 |
| 10 |  | The Turtles
It Ain't Me Babe
1965
4.0 |
| 11 |  | The Byrds
Mr. Tambourine Man
1965
4.5 mayne, and the album here that feels most like a classic over and over |
| 12 |  | The Byrds
Turn! Turn! Turn!
1965
4.0 |
| 13 |  | The Seeds
The Seeds (I)
1966
3.5 |
| 14 |  | The Kinks
The Village Green Preservation Society
1968
4.0/3.5 |
| 15 |  | Golden Earring
Eight Miles High
1969
4.0 |
| 16 |  | The Beatles
Rubber Soul
1965
4.0 |
| 17 |  | Pink Floyd
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
1967 |
| 18 |  | Pink Floyd
A Saucerful of Secrets
1968 |
| 19 |  | The 13th Floor Elevators
The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
1966
4.0 |
| 20 |  | Jefferson Airplane
Surrealistic Pillow
1967
4.0/3.5 |
| 21 |  | Grace Slick & The Great Society
Grace Slick & The Great Society
1971/1968 (recorded live I believe?) but released later.
The slowed down 'Somebody to Love' doesn't seem to work as well as that awesome fucking classic tempo by Airplane, but the 2 minute intro to 'White Rabbit' definitely does once the song breaks in. Overall I thought it was some ok tunes and Grace's voice for once wasn't underutilized. I have yet to hear Starship outside of a few songs and the "first" album however.
3.5 |
| 22 |  | The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
Part One
1967
3.5
"Help, I'm a Rock!" goes hard lol. Love it. |
| 23 |  | Tommy James and The Shondells
I Think We're Alone Now
1967
3.5 |
| 24 |  | Strawberry Alarm Clock
Incense and Peppermints
1967
3.5 |
| 25 |  | The Seekers
Seekers Seen in Green
1967
3.5 |
| 26 |  | The Turtles
Happy Together
1967
3.0 |
| 27 |  | The Band
The Band
1969 |
| 28 |  | The Tornadoes
Bustin' Surfboards
An absolutely awesome surf rock record. The version I heard had two bonus tracks, the last of which 'Beyond the Surf' is an amazing instrumental. Honestly such a vibe, feels great like a cool breeze rushing in to float the album away. Actually gonna make me look a little more into the genre, but just a little to dip my toes in.
1963
4.0 |
| 29 |  | Joan Baez
Joan Baez, Vol. 2
1961
a folky inclusion. 3.5-ish |
| 30 |  | Red Krayola
The Parable of Arable Land
1967
4.0
Very quirky |
| 31 |  | The Byrds
Fifth Dimension
1966
3.5 |
| 32 |  | The United States of America
The United States of America
1968
Need a second, more comprehensive listen to this- because I really disliked it, but I heard an expanded edition with like a whole second record of bonus tracks and that part sounded tight. |
| 33 |  | The Mamas and The Papas
Deliver
1967
4.0 |
| 34 |  | Colosseum
Valentyne Suite
1969
3.5 |
| 35 |  | Tomorrow
Tomorrow
1968
3.5 |
| 36 |  | Strawbs
Strawbs
1969
3.5 |
| 37 |  | C.A. Quintet
Trip Thru Hell
1969
3.25 |
| 38 |  | The Zombies
Odessey and Oracle
1968
3.5 |
| 39 |  | Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention
1968
3.5 |
| 40 |  | July
July
1968
3.5 |
| 41 |  | Sagittarius
Present Tense
1968
3.5 |
| 42 |  | The Seekers
Come the Day
1965
3.5 |
| 43 |  | Sun Ra
Secrets of The Sun
1965
3.5
A little jazz doesn't hurt |
| 44 |  | Procol Harum
Procol Harum
1967
3.5 |
| 45 |  | The Association
The Association
1969
3.0 |
| 46 |  | Soundtrack (Film)
The Graduate Soundtrack
1968 |
| 47 |  | The Buckinghams
In One Ear and Gone Tomorrow
1968 |
| 48 |  | Fairport Convention
What We Did on Our Holidays
1969
3.0 |
| 49 |  | Soft Machine
Volume Two
1969 |
| 50 |  | Tommy James and The Shondells
Hanky Panky
1966
2.5 |
| 51 |  | The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground & Nico
1968
4.5 of course |
| 52 |  | The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
1969
4.0 |
| 53 |  | The Fugs
The Fugs
1966
basically seems to be an eaarrly proto-punk album, which I can go up or down with depending, but in the case of this band, two records was enough. |
| 54 |  | The Animals
The Animals (US)
1964
really not that good but I'll give some other records a shot.
3.0 |
| 55 |  | Soundtrack (Film)
Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and
1970 but how could you not..
Where original list ended |
| 56 |  | Joe Cocker
With a Little Help from My Friends
1969 |
| 57 |  | The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Are You Experienced
1967 |
| 58 |  | The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Axis: Bold as Love
1967 |
| 59 |  | The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Electric Ladyland
1968 |
| 60 |  | Janis Joplin
I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!
1969 |
| 61 |  | The Yardbirds
For Your Love
1965 |
| 62 |  | The Beatles
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1967 |
| 63 |  | The Beatles
Revolver
1966 |
| 64 |  | Xhol Caravan
Get In High
1967
3.0/2.5 |
| 65 |  | Xhol Caravan
Electrip
1969
3.0 |
| 66 |  | The Nice
The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack
1967 |
| 67 |  | Amon Duul II
Phallus Dei
1969 |
| 68 |  | The Mothers of Invention
We're Only in It for the Money
1968 |
| 69 |  | Love
Forever Changes
1967 |
| 70 |  | The Left Banke
Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina
1967 |
| 71 |  | The Monkees
More of the Monkees
1967 |
| 72 |  | The Pretty Things
The Pretty Things
1965 |
| 73 |  | The Pretty Things
Emotions
1967 |
| 74 |  | Os Mutantes
Os Mutantes
1968 |
| 75 |  | Silver Apples
Silver Apples
1968 |
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