So i've been a fan of 60's music since birth. Sadly i wasnt around in the 60's and i truely feel like i was born in the wrong era. I have a feeling my life would be alot different and maybe someone would be writing a blog about my great psychedelic albums of the past. I'm a fan of different types and genre's of music but for some reason i can never get over how amazing almost every rock album from the period 1966-1968 is beyond perfection. At the end of this little rant, which by the way isnt to be taken too seriously. I'm no music critic nor am i someone to tell you or anyone whats cool. FAR from it. So my reasons for why this era is music is just perfect. Rock N Roll was what about 10 or so years old at this point. Its still a baby, So young, So naive and around 65 everyone was opening the door to what 90 percent of music still cant close or should really. I listen to albums from 66-67 and the sounds i hear on them are to my ears more groundbreaking that anything any computer or synth or anything in 2011 could ever produce! The breakthru in music production are still being felt and re-produced today. Discovering things such as phasing, echo's and insane outerspace reverb units, Backwards recording. The list goes on and on. Also the bands then had nothing to lose, unlike 2011, Rock musicians signed to the major labels were given this thing called CREATIVE FREEDOM which is something that isnt allowed unless your a indie artist and even then you have certain factors your locked into. Any musician could write about anything or play in any style they chose or experiment freely with sound. And most of the most intense albums in my mind from that era on now known as some of the greatest rock recordings ever made. I'd like to see anything fall out boy, or creed or any dubstep, emo, pop punk creeps put out be looked at this fondly 30 or 40 years later. I could go on and on and i feel myself going in endless directions with this so i will leave it at that. 1966-1968 FOREVER.
Here are the list of my top 10 fave albums of 1966-68
1. Pink Floyd- Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
2. The Beatles- Revolver
3. The Beach Boys- Pet Sounds
4. The Byrds- The Notorious Byrd Brothers
5.Captain Beefheart-Strickly Personal
6.Spirit-Self Titled
7.White Noise- An Electric Storm
8. The Pretty Things- S.F. Sorrow
9.Lothar And The Hand People- Self Titled
10. Vanilla Fudge- Self Titled
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