Thursday, September 19, 2024

Album Challenge - 1966 pt. 4 - The Trifecta

The Trifecta plus one. For the Album Challenge asking me for the albums that have influenced my taste in music that I'm doing by year it was easy for me to pick out and talk about Freak Out for 1966 but there were others that were also very important to me but probably not quite as intensively. Whenever I've made list of my favorite albums in my collection released in 1966 at the top of the list is this trifecta...


  • Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde
  • The Beatles - Revolver
  • The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Ok, three more great albums from 1966 in my collection...
  • Otis Redding - The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul
  • The Temptations - Gettin' Ready
  • James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good)
and another three...
  • Love - Da Capo
  • The Yardbirds - Roger The Engineer
  • Cream - Fresh Cream
and again...
  • Jefferson Airplane - Jefferson Airplane Takes Off
  • The Young Rascals - The Young Rascals
  • Donovan - Sunshine Superman
I can keep on going...
  • Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence
  • The Mamas & The Papas - If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears
  • Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield
and going...
  • The Kinks - Face to Face
  • The Rolling Stones - Aftermath
  • The Byrds - Fifth Dimension
going...  here are more favorite albums in my collection released in 1966
  • Sam & Dave - Hold On, I'm Comin'
  • The Four Tops - The Four Tops on Top
  • The Supremes - Supremes A-Go-Go
  • Judy Collins - In My Life
  • Tim Buckley - Tim Buckley
  • Simon & Garfunkel - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Tyme
  • The Incredible String Band - The Incredible String Band
  • Tim Hardin - Tim Hardin
  • Bert Jansch - Jack Orion
  • Marianne Faithful - North Country Maid
  • The Left Banke - Walk Away Renee
  • Waylon Jennings - Folk Country
  • John Mayall - Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton
  • Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East/West
  • The Blues Project - Projections
  • Mississippi John Hurt - Today
  • Jr. Walker & The All Stars - Road Runner
  • Otis Redding - The Soul Album
  • Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman
  • Wilson Pickett - The Exciting Wilson Pickett
  • Martha & The Vandallas - Watchout!
  • The Supremes - I Hear A Symphony
  • Marvin Gaye - The Moods of Marvin Gaye
  • The Righteous Brothers - Soul & Inspiration
  • The Rolling Stones - Big Hits (High Tide & Green Grass)
  • The Who - A Quick One
  • The 13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
  • The Seeds - The Seeds
  • The Remains - The Remains
  • The Shadows of Knight - Back Door Men
  • The Music Machine - (Turn On) The Music Machine
  • Paul Revere & The Raiders - Just Like Us
  • The Animals - The Best of the Animals
  • The Fugs - The Fugs
  • The Beatles - Yesterday and Today
  • The Rolling Stones - Got Live If You Want It
  • The Monkees - The Monkees
  • The Turtles - You Baby
  • Paul Revere & The Raiders - Midnight Ride
  • The Sonics - Introducing The Sonics
  • Blues Magoos - Psychedelic Lollipops
  • The Cyrkle - Red Rubber Ball
  • Sir Douglas Quintet - The Best of the Sir Douglas Quintet
  • The Association - And Then Along Comes The Association
  • Tommy James & The Shondells - Hanky Panky
  • Question Mark & The Mysterians - 96 Tears
  • The Monks - Black Monk Time
  • Them - Them Again
  • The Standells - Dirty Water
  • Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels - Take A Ride
  • The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - Volume One
  • Love - Love
  • The Dave Clark Five - Satisfied With You
  • Los Bravos - Black is Black
  • The Godz - Contact High With The Godz
  • The Four Tops - Live
  • The Isley Brothers - The Old Heart Of Mine
  • John Coltrane - Meditations
  • Brother Jack McDuff - A Change Is Gonna Come
  • Grant Green - For The Funk Of It
  • Cannonball Adderley - Mercy Mercy Mercy
  • Charles Lloyd - The Flowering
  • Joe Henderson - Mode For Joe
  • Wes Montgomery - Tequila
  • Stanley Turrentine - Let It Go
  • Nancy Sinatra - Boots

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