1968

Rock 

The Doors’ Difficult Third Album

October 5, 2018October 6, 2018 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments 1968, 50th anniversary, Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Ray Manzerek, Rhino Records, Robbie Krieger, The Doors

Waiting For The Sun gets reissued for its 50th anniversary

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Country and/or Western Pop Rock 

50 Years a Sweetheart

September 4, 2018September 4, 2018 Justin Joffe 0 Comments 1968, 50th anniversary, Chris Hillman, Gram Parsons, Marty Stuart, Roger McGuinn, The Byrds

The Byrds’ 1968 country rock classic reminds us of a time when the privileged used their influence to disrupt the status quo, not nurture it

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Rock Soul 

Cheap Thrills at 50

August 30, 2018August 30, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment 1968, 50th anniversary, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Columbia Records, Janis Joplin, Robert Crumb

A celebration of the Crumb-kissed 2nd LP from Big Brother and the Holding Company

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Rock 

Mr. Wonderful Turns 50

August 23, 2018August 22, 2018 Luci Turner 1 Comment 1968, 50th anniversary, Fleetwood Mac, Jeremy Spencer, Peter Green

Honoring the Peter Green-era Fleetwood Mac masterpiece that deserves just as much discussion as Rumours, Tusk and Tango combined

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Rock 

A Half-Century of Truth

August 20, 2018August 20, 2018 Bill Kopp 0 Comments 1968, 50th anniversary, Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart, The Jeff Beck Group, The Yardbirds

Jeff Beck left The Yardbirds, and then he kicked their arses with his blistering solo debut featuring a young, savage Rod Stewart

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Rock 

50th Anniversary Edition of The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society Announced

August 15, 2018August 15, 2018 Ron Hart 3 Comments 1968, 50th anniversary, British Invasion, Dave Davies, Ray Davies, The Kinks

Listen to the previously unreleased Kinks track “Time Song”

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Rock 

National Anthem

August 1, 2018August 2, 2018 Jedd Beaudoin 0 Comments 1968, 50th anniversary, Bob Weir, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh, Pigpen, Rhino Records

Fifty years on, The Grateful Dead’s Anthem Of The Sun remains brilliantly under-realized

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Rock 

All in the Family

July 26, 2018July 26, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1968, 50th anniversary, Blind Faith, Family, Ric Grech

50 years on, Music In a Doll’s House still bodes well for English eccentricity

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Progressive Rock Rock 

A Half-Century With The Moody Blues’ Cosmic Classic

July 17, 2018July 18, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 2 Comments 1968, AOR, Justin Hayward, Psychedelic Rock, The Moody Blues

In Search of the Lost Chord still fascinates listeners 50 years on

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