50th anniversary

Folk Pop 

Forever and a Day

February 7, 2019February 7, 2019 Bill Kopp 0 Comments 1969, 50th anniversary, Apple Records, Mary Hopkin, Paul McCartney, The Beatles

Mary Hopkin’s Macca-conspired Apple debut Post Card at 50

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Country and/or Western Rock 

High Flying Byrds

February 6, 2019February 6, 2019 Bobby Moore 0 Comments 1969, 50th anniversary, Chris Hillman, Gram Parsons, The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers

The Flying Burrito Brothers’ The Gilded Palace of Sin at 50

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Rock 

What’s Purple and Filled with Regret?

January 31, 2019January 31, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1969, 50th anniversary, Columbia Records, Moby Grape, Skip Spence

Moby Grape ’69 at 50

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Blues Soul 

Soul ’69 at 50

January 29, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1969, 50th anniversary, Aretha Franklin, Atlantic Records

Aretha swings the blues

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Country and/or Western Gospel 

The Man In Black in the Kingdom of God

January 27, 2019January 27, 2019 Bobby Moore 0 Comments 1969, 50th anniversary, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash

A Half Century of The Holy Land by Johnny Cash

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Rock 

50 Years Ago: Neil Does Neil

January 24, 2019January 24, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1969, 50th anniversary, Carol Kaye, Jack Nitzsche, Neil Young, Ry Cooder

A low key debut sets the stage for Neil Young’s prolific progression

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Blues Heavy Metal Rock 

Going Over Like A….

January 12, 2019January 12, 2019 Ron Hart 2 Comments 1969, 50th anniversary, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant

Led Zeppelin’s debut album 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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Experimental Rock 

John and Yoko Strip Down The Sentiment… And Themselves

November 11, 2018January 1, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1968, 50th anniversary, 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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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, 2018November 11, 2018 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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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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Pop Rock 

Born and Reborn Walden Robert Cassotto

September 27, 2018September 27, 2018 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 50th anniversary, 60th anniversary, Bobby Darin, Robert Kennedy, The Byrds

Celebrating the bookend debuts of Bobby Darin

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Pop Punk Uncategorized 

The Resident

September 19, 2018September 19, 2018 J Poet 0 Comments 50th anniversary, avant-garde, experimental pop, Feral House Books, Homer Flynn, The Residents

Homer Flynn and the mysterious performance outfit he manages have been walking the edge of pop music for 50 years

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