1968

Blues Hard Rock Psychedelics 

Cream’s Longest Goodbye

March 17, 2020March 24, 2020 Meghan Roos 0 Comments 1968, Cream, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Goodbye Cream, Goodbye Tour Live 1968, Jack Bruce, Polydor, Spoonful, Sunshine of Your Love, Toad, White Room

A new four-disc box set revisits the trio’s 1968 farewell tour in the band’s first release since the death of Ginger Baker

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Blues Festivals Folk Psychedelics Rock 

I Met Nina Simone and Richie Havens in 1978 for Dinner, Part Two

October 20, 2019November 4, 2019 Carey Budnick 1 Comment 1968, 1969, Bill Cosby, Buffy Saint-Marie, Butterfield Blues Band, Canned Heat, Charles Lloyd Quartet, Chuck Berry, Country Joe & The Fish, Dick Gregory, Flatt & Scruggs, Fleetwood Mac, Grateful Dead, Ian & Sylvia, Iron Butterfly, James Cotton Blues Band, Joan Rivers, Joni Mitchell, Jose Feliciano, Jr Walker & The All-Stars, Lenny Bruce, Marvin Gaye, Nina Simone, Richard Pryor, Richie Havens, Rodney Dangerfield, Steppenwolf, Sweet Inspirations, The Boxtops, The Grassroots, The Joe Tex Revue, The Turtles, Woodstock

Further observations at the intersection of two American music giants

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Country and/or Western Pop Rock 

Sing Me Back Home

January 16, 2019January 16, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1968, Lenny Waronker, The Byrds, The Everly Brothers, Warner Bros.

The Everly Brothers’ Roots at 50

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Folk jazz Progressive Rock Rock 

The Soft Machine Turns On

December 24, 2018December 24, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1968, Hugh Hopper, Kevin Ayers, Robert Wyatt, Soft Machine

50 years ago, the legendary Jazz/Rock/Fusion ensemble defined the progress in progressive rock

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Pop Rock 

Head’s Up!

December 21, 2018December 21, 2018 Gillian G. Gaar 2 Comments 1968, Davy Jones, Mickey Dolenz, Mike Nesmith, Peter Tork, The Monkees

A look at the Monkees’ underrated psychedelic classic at 50

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Rock 

“I Don’t Think He Died Of Drugs; I Think He Died Of Boredom”

December 12, 2018December 12, 2018 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment '68 Comeback Special, 1968, Elvis Presley, NBC, Steve Binder

A conversation with game-changing television director behind the Elvis Presley ’68 Comeback Special

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Rock 

The Comeback King

December 3, 2018December 3, 2018 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1968, DJ Fontana, Elvis Presley, NBC, Scotty Moore

Elvis Presley and the ’68 Special

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Blues Pop Rock 

A Thrill Revisited

November 30, 2018November 30, 2018 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1968, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Janis Joplin, Legacy Recordings

Big Brother and the Holding Company’s landmark 1968 LP loses the Crumb but gains the Sex and Dope back into its title on this 50th anniversary reissue

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Folk jazz Pop 

Between The Viaducts Of Your Dream

November 29, 2018 Luci Turner 0 Comments 1968, Astral Weeks, Van Morrison

Astral Weeks Turns 50

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Blues Pop Rock Soul 

“Not No Game”

November 29, 2018November 29, 2018 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments 1968, 50th anniversary, Jimi Hendrix, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Legacy Recordings

Jimi Hendrix’s Electric Ladyland Reissued

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Blues Country and/or Western Folk Heavy Metal jazz Pop Rock Soul 

They Showed Us

November 21, 2018 Bill Kopp 0 Comments 1968, 50th anniversary, Flo 'n Eddie, Frank Zappa, The Turtles

The Turtles Present The Battle of the Bands at 50

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adblock Experimental Rock 

John and Yoko Strip Down The Sentiment… And Themselves

November 11, 2018November 30, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1968, 50th anniversary, adblock, John Lennon, Yoko Ono

It was 50 Years Ago this Month: John Lennon and Yoko Ono Record Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins

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Remembrance Rock 

My Life With The White Album

November 9, 2018November 10, 2018 Ron Hart 1 Comment 1968, George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, The Beatles

As the 50th anniversary deluxe edition of The Beatles’ magnum opus arrives in stores, one man looks inward at the music that shaped his brain

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Country and/or Western 

I Hear You Singing in the Wire

November 3, 2018November 3, 2018 Mitchell Cohen 1 Comment 1968, 50th anniversary, Glen Campbell, Guns 'N' Roses, Jimmy Webb, R.E.M.

Glen Campbell’s Jimmy Webb-penned signature hit “Wichita Lineman” turns 50

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Rock 

Crown of Creation at 50

October 23, 2018June 17, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1968, 50th anniversary, Grace Slick, Jack Casady, Jefferson Airplane, Jorma Kaukonen, Marty Balin

The Jefferson Airplane Falls Prey to the Sweep of Psychedelia

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