Top 30 Historic & Classic 1960′s & 1970’s OST LPs Original SoundTrack Albums

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TOP 30 HISTORIC & CLASSIC 1960′s & 1970’s
ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK ALBUMS

00individual has always loved soundtracks for their obvious ambient qualities and for showcasing amazing songs.
The perfect strain of music at the exact time within a scene can evoke laughter, tears, and a myriad of emotions to move the viewer along with intelligent dialogue and the actors’ talents.
And, of course, great film music always has the ability to stand-alone regardless of the quality of the film it supports.

During the early-to-mid ’70s height of Record Store Managin’ and Record Rack Jobbin’, 00individual was fortunate again to be in the right place in time and co-managed an independent record store in Westwood Village just below UCLA.
Through the owner’s insight to specialize in everything the majors didn’t – collectible factory-sealed “cut-outs” (album cover cut corner or hole punch to designate promos, deleted catalog LPs, out of production or discontinued overstock) with soundtracks and Broadway shows a super specialty. That, coupled with Lp trade-ins for cash or trade saw the store thrive with their own unique clientele, even though surrounded by the corporate chains of; Tower, the Wherehouse, Licorice Pizza, and Music Odyssey.

Through trade-ins and cut-outs 00individual experienced daily introductions to endless amounts of various categories of music.
Soundtracks became a second major vinyl Long Playing album collection in 00’s all time high of 3,500 choice Rock albums and over 500 choice Soundtrack albums and then another 1000 of Classical, Comedy, Jazz, ’30s thru ’60s Song Stylists, and miscellaneous.

Trust that there were plenty more that a list of 300 soundtracks would better justify, so see these as albums that were actually played and enjoyed either alone, with the Tribe, or girlfriend at the time, as a pleasurable catalyst for remembrance of a great movie and/or an album of pure musical delight to bathe in while getting high, groovin’ naturally or partyin’ down.

The first ten titles in bold are serious favorites – ingrained, they are part of 00individual.

Here ’tis:

Original Motion Picture Soundtrack from the film MORE – PINK FLOYD – 1969

LA VALLEE (OBSCURED BY CLOUDS) – PINK FLOYD – 1972

THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY – ENNIO MORRICONE – 1966

TAXI DRIVER – BERNARD HERRMANN/TOM SCOTT – 1976

THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR – DAVE GRUSIN – 1975

MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR – THE BEATLES – 1967

RAINBOW BRIDGE – JIMI HENDRIX – 1970

CHINATOWN – JERRY GOLDSMITH – 1974

TROUBLE MAN – MARVIN GAYE – 1972

PERFORMANCE – VARIOUS – 1970

DR. NO – JOHN BARRY – 1962

GOLDFINGER – JOHN BARRY – 1964

THUNDERBALL – JOHN BARRY – 1965

HAIR – RAGNI/RADO/MacDERMOT – 1969

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY – VARIOUS – 1968

200 MOTELS – FRANK ZAPPA -1970

WOODSTOCK – VARIOUS – 1970

A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS – ENNIO MORRICONE – 1964

WILD IN THE STREETS – MAX FROST & THE TROOPERS – 1968

PAT GARRETT & BILLY THE KID – BOB DYLAN – 1973

DEATH WISH – HERBIE HANCOCK – 1974

EASY RIDER – VARIOUS – 1969

ZABRISKIE POINT – FLOYD, DEAD, VARIOUS – 1969

SUPERFLY – CURTIS MAYFIELD – 1973

THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW – CAST – 1975

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE – WALTER CARLOS – 1971

THE HARDER THEY FALL – JIMMY CLIFF – 1972

ROLLERBALL – ANDRE PREVIN – 1975

SUSPIRIA – GOBLIN – 1977

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There’s world-class art on the cover of these soundtrack albums – artists, photographers and designers worked hard back then to create required representative imagery through painting, drawing and photography techniques that were limited to the mediums available to them – but their creativity was not limited.
Point being, there was a definite “work of art” on those mostly hand-created 12 inch by 12 inch covers that successfully related the essence of a two hour movie into one image to further tempt interest.

The thirty paintings, photographs and designs on display in the header art represent just a sample of the most lasting iconic imagery from that era.
Dig It!

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VANILLA FUDGE . . . August 1967

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VANILLA FUDGE – August 1967

Although 00individual was getting the psychedelic most from his new friendship with Marijuana, when Vanilla Fudge released their debut album mid-’67 he had not yet taken any psychedelics, like LSD or Mescaline. However, this album was the “advance man” for the rapidly-approaching psychedelic days to come, as the Top 13 Historic & Classic Psychedelic Albums 1967 proves.

Vanilla Fudge used the time-expanding properties of LSD and created intensely dramatic, sometimes heart-rending, nearly operatic versions of big Rhythm and Blues, Soul, and Pop songs and made them their own.

These were not cover songs, as once they were mixed through the Vanilla Fudge LSD Machine they came out as a delightful batch of tasty re-invented songs.

While the songs they Fudged were certainly familiar, it was the way they did them that dredged up deep primal dream-state psychedelia.  Their stylized version of The Supremes’ You Keep Me Hangin’ On is a time-stamp epic of Acid-drenched Psychedelic R’n’B Soul Rock.  Yowza!

In ’68, Deep Purple (MKI) were tagged as “the British Vanilla Fudge” with their slowed-down Psychedelic Rock versions of Soul/R’n’B and Pop songs such as; Kentucky Woman (Neil Diamond cover), We Can Work It Out (The Beatles cover), River Deep, Mountain High (Ike & Tina Turner cover), Hush (Joe South cover), Help! (John Lennon, Paul McCartney cover).  

Actually, both bands were leaders and explorers of the extended dramatic anthemic Hammond organ heavy precursor to Progressive Rock – which would magnificently explode in the very early-to-mid ’70s.

So, this is where it was at in the second half of ’67 – from then on every level of Pop Culture, Madison Avenue, and even the Mainstream Media, adopted, exploited, and enjoyed the proliferation of Psychedelic Culture in their music, designs, products, advertisements, and their lives.

VANILLA FUDGE – Full Album
Side one
“Ticket to Ride” (John Lennon-Paul McCartney) – 5:40
“People Get Ready” (Curtis Mayfield) – 6:30
“She’s Not There” (Rod Argent) – 4:55
“Bang Bang” (Sonny Bono) – 5:20
Side 1 of the album ends with: “The following is a series of high-frequency tones…”

Side two
“Illusions of My Childhood – Part One” – 0:20
“You Keep Me Hangin’ On” (Brian Holland-Lamont Dozier-Eddie Holland) – 6:42
“Illusions of My Childhood – Part Two” – 0:23
“Take Me for a Little While (Trade Martin) – 3:27  “Take Me for a Little While – Evie Sands’ ’65 hit – 2:35
“Illusions of My Childhood — Part Three – 0:23
“Eleanor Rigby” (Lennon–McCartney) – 8:10

Vanilla Fudge recorded five albums during the years 1967–69 with the original band members:
Mark Stein vocalist/organist, Tim Bogert bassist/vocalist,
Vince Martell lead guitarist/vocalist, and Carmine Appice drummer/vocalist.

After Vanilla Fudge’s break-up, the band continued on through personnel changes; Bogert and Appice formed Cactus, and later joined Jeff Beck as Beck, Bogert and Appice.
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Vanilla Fudge Cooked-Up Psychedelic Sweets!
Tasty!

It’s Awards Season and here are the Winners of 00individual’s ERA: the Essential Record Awards!

It’s Awards Season and here are the First Annual 00individual’s ERA: the Essential Record Awards, where this year focus was on the 1960s, next year it will be on the 1970s.

Delving into the 00individual Era (the Classic Rock Decade of roughly 1965 through 1975), the mind boggles at the amount of musical and lyrical creativity that was produced, recorded, and performed. Absolutely amazing – a once in a lifetime, once in history of this world event.

Even within the innumerable releases there were many that not only stood out, but withstood the test of time.

00individual has a theory that some albums contain more than just music; some saturate the aural, mental, and physical senses and connect with something real creatlng a sound that transcends normal Rock recordings, live or studio, and therefore they receive the 00individual Essential Record Award.

 And the Winners in the Rock category are: 

from 1963
(The) Ventures In Space
The Ventures were so inspired by the current interest in space exploration, science fiction and the supernatural that they chose to make an entire album about those themes; an album that was as important to Psychedelic Space Rock as the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s was to Psychedelic Pop Rock.

from 1965THEM
Repping the entire British Invasion bands, THEM had a distinct aural space all their own with Van Morrison doing Jim Morrison two years before him.
Every track is hip, strong, gritty, otherworldly, soulful, melancholy and rocks deeper than anyone at the time or in many cases, since.
The fact that something this good could come out so early in the British Invasion scene is really preternatural.

from 1967The DOORS
The Doors’ inimitable quality set them apart from every other band and established an exalted place in Rock History that still holds Rock steady today.
With Jim Morrison doing his best Van Morrison (THEM), their songs rocked hard, yet were seductive with a mysterious vibe that cast a spell; a spell that empowered.
All good Rock has the ability to empower but there was something righteously spiritual and unique about the Doors’ music – and this album specifically.

from 1967The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced
The first time 00 heard the Jimi Hendrix Experience “Are You Experienced” album was on an 8-track tape in my buddy’s ’52 Chevy. He was into R ‘n’ B and bought the new release tape thinking that the Experience was a new English soul group. We were going to cruise around but once the tape started we sat mesmerized in his parked car.
It was right there and then on Compass Drive in Westchester “the Home of LAX” in May/June of 1967 that 00individual truly became “experienced”! Groovy!

from 1967

LOVE – Forever Changes
LOVE were never as big as The Beatles, but back in the Summer of Love 1967, with Sgt. Pepper’s dominating the atmosphere, a little band in L.A. touched a far deeper groove of Soul-Searching, Psychedelic Rock Grandeur – this was the true essence of 1967 – this wasn’t about carnival characters, this was about us, this spoke to us.

from 1968Jeff Beck – Truth
Jeff Beck, straight from the Yardbirds, stepped-up and electrified-in-stone his place in Rock with “Truth” which began a highly successful life-long career as a True Guitar God and a proven innovator and genre-fusing solo artist.
Beck generously and notoriously gives others the chance in the spotlight as he does here with Rod Stewart, who gets to showcase his vocals extraordinaire.
Ron Wood on bass (who would later again join up with Rod on his solo ventures and with the Faces before becoming a Stone) and Micky Waller on drums (who performed and recorded with all the heavies) and with guest drummers Keith Moon and Aynsley Dunbar made for a tight band with Nicky Hopkins tickling the ivories and John Paul Jones on Hammond organ and Jimmy Page’s signature touch here and there.
A 00 Top Ten Fave. Tribal Truth.

from 1969Led Zeppelin
This entire album still has the power to thrill. Song for song, with every nuance in place and recorded in less than a month, this LP is thee essence of Rock ‘n’ Roll!
00 was almost 19 years old when this Rock ‘n’ Roll Monster was released and set a new standard for all those that followed.
Like the emergence of Hendrix firing off soundwaves of what was possible; this LP created a huge impact of what was to come – because Led Zeppelin just blew the roof off the ceiling of Rock – and the Blues.

from 1969Fleetwood Mac – Then Play On
Peter Green’s genius, and the other world-class talent in Fleetwood Mac; John McVie, Jeremy Spencer, Danny Kirwan and Mick Fleetwood, were all supernatural. This is the Blues album that the Rock ‘n’ Roll Fates brought “The Mac” together for. Drop the needle anywhere on any track on this album and you will experience a super-reality of the Blues, of Rock, of music.

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Well, that ends this year’s presentation of the Winners of the 2022 ERA.
This award show was free of commercials, politics, a MC, and was mercifully short.
So tap those internal links for some indepth fun about the Winners’ albums and their songs.

See you next year when the focus will be on the 1970s!

Top 13 Diana Ross & the Supremes Greatest Hits

Top 13 Diana Ross and the Supremes Greatest Hits

While perusing the 00individual Draft Files of Many Unfinished Posts, he decided to dedicate time to finish and post some of them in 2022.

As 00 was editing/writing this post, he was once again amazed at the magic that the Supremes sustained with such infectious songs.
All of the songs in this two vinyl record set were produced by the songwriting/production team of Holland–Dozier–Holland and instrumentation was by Detroit’s Funk Brothers.

Growing up as a teen in the ’60s was, well, groovy, meaning that things existed in everyday life that created smiles, a lot of smiles, and whether a fan or casual listener, the Supremes seemed to always deliver smiles, have meaningful lyrics, righteous beats, supreme voices, irresistible melodies, and something totally unique that converted one to become a fan.

The songs etched in bold below are ground-breaking, classic, and just seriously too good.
And to add to that, all of these songs were from 1964 through 1967 – four years of continuous gold from Diana Ross and the Supremes!

Soulfully-chosen by 00, here in bold are the Top 13 Greatest Hits from the 1967 double vinyl album:

Top 13 Diana Ross and the Supremes Greatest Hits
When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes 2:38
Where Did Our Love Go 2:30
Ask Any Girl 2:44
Baby Love 2:34
Run, Run, Run 2:20
Stop! In The Name Of Love 2:53
Back In My Arms Again 2:52
Come See About Me 2:38
Nothing But Heartaches 2:57
Everything Is Good About You 2:57
I Hear A Symphony 2:38
Love Is Here And Now You’re Gone 2:45
My World Is Empty Without You 2:32
Whisper You Love Me Boy 2:40
The Happening 2:50
You Keep Me Hangin’ On 2:40

You Can’t Hurry Love 2:45

This song has great memories attached to it; it was released in the early summer of 1966 when 00 was fifteen. That was when he met a cute blonde Swedish girl at the beach who lived in Inglewood. They became boyfriend and girlfriend for that summer and beyond.

Everytime 00 hears this song a wonderful Pavlovian Dog reaction takes him back to innocently holding hands on her porch and looking into each others’ eyes, and 00’s heart felt like it would burst.

00 had no license yet so he had to hitch-hike to her house. They were under watchful eyes and as frustrating as it was, it was also intensely romantic – the forbidden love thing of stolen moments was so exciting – you can’t hurry love, you just have to wait.

After summer, contact between them waned as they went to different schools and 00 was still not of age for a driver’s license but still hitch-hiked to her house.

Eventually he met his new love a couple months later at a new years eve party, and her name was  G-L-O-R-I-A.

Standing At The Crossroads Of Love 2:28
Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart 2:55
There’s No Stopping Us Now 2:56

To be truthful, all of the songs in bold are imprinted catalysts for memorable experiences and the vibes of a wonderful time in life – the ’60s.

The Supremes; Diana Ross, Mary Wilson, Florence Ballard, and Cindy Birdsong were gifted with a name that was/is iconic and self-prophesizing – they were SUPREME – from the beginning to the end!

The Rolling Stones – “Beggars Banquet” Dec. 6, 1968 and “Let It Bleed” Dec. 5, 1969

00individual continues with his tribute to Charlie Watts with two releases showcasing his perfection: “Beggars Banquet” and “Let It Bleed”.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The ROLLING STONES – “Beggars Banquet” –  December 6, 1968.

Nowadays, people expect the unexpected, or they should.
In order to stay sane in the world today is to anticipate the morning’s headlines.

In 1968, the world was in the exact same state; with the assassinations of Martin Luther King in April and Robert Francis Kennedy in June, the world had become more chaotic and insane.

The use of mind-expanding drugs by the Counter-Culture opened many to the reality of the Establishment’s lies, unjust laws, abuse of power, and oppressive control. This in turn resulted in rebellion and resistance to unchecked power.
This sense of frustration and anger was expressed in the music and lyrics that Rock Bands were using as a “Weapon of Unity” against the home-grown evil that was being exposed daily.

Sound eerily familiar?

While many known and unknown bands certainly contributed to the “good fight”, The Rolling Stones took a bold stance on several levels with their breakthrough album Beggars Banquet.

On one level, their three previous albums; Aftermath – (The Stones proved that they could write songs that rivaled the best), Between The Buttons – (besides the band’s dislike; a 00individual favorite), and with their psychedelic masterpiece Their Satanic Majesties Request, (they created a zeitgeist album which served as one of the Top 13 Psychedelic Albums of 1967) were solid; with Beggars Banquet The Stones’ evolution created a sophisticated rawness and righteous conduit for ’69’s truly historic, Let It Bleed.

In the midst of the shock of ’68’s two historic assassinations, with the accompanied riots, civil rights and Vietnam war demonstrations, outrage and unanswered questions; the world got serious.
The total innocence of the ’50s gave way to the game changer; the ’60s.
Easily the most historic peak in novelty – from Frisbees and transistor radios to assassinations and a man on the Moon – the tumultuous decade reached epic highs and unbelievable lows on all fronts.

At the center of the turmoil was the Vietnam War monster, and those who supported it were its Master.
So, to further fuel and energize the righteous flames of justice, the Stones made history with two of the most impressive and expressive songs of ’68; Sympathy For The Devil and Street Fighting Man. The lyrics to these songs were stark, honest, revealing and the music rocked like Hell.

With Sympathy Mick reminds us that, “after all it was you and me” – a soul-searching statement, and one that literally questioned one’s true place in society.
Back then there was a very popular uncompromising quote/statement that elicited a decisive outcome of where one stood, and that was; “If you were not part of the solution, then you were part of the problem.”
The Counter-Culture would be nothing more than contributing Devils unless they took a stance – for after all, it was you and me.

And while not an endorsement, the head-nodic, fist-pumpin’ Street Fighting Man became emblematic of the frustration and anger the Counter-Culture was experiencing; “Everywhere I hear the sound of marching, charging feet, boy.” And there was a lot of that going on; protests for and against passionate important issues brought the people to the streets – and news coverage followed.
“Cause summer’s here and the time is right for fighting in the street, boy.” There was tension across the board and definitely fighting in the streets, but at the same time it raised the surreality vibe of real life and death situations that were heightened by the “cosmic outlaw” lifestyles of the Counter-Culture.

As fucked up as things could be, it was also very exciting to walk among society, aware of the insight that you had gained, and that everyone who looked at you sideways would unfortunately never know.
And as joyfully trippy as things could be, to walk among society knowing what you knew, and then seeing a Brother, and knowing that he did too, created an indescribable welled-up feeling of not only unity and Brotherly Love, but of the positive unspoken Vibe.

On another level, The Stones mastered and introduced the Acoustic Rock/Hard Rock genre before Crosby, Stills and Nash and Led Zeppelin III.
The Stones got real. This album reeked of raw emotion, real down and dirty heartfelt, fun tracks.
“Factory Girl”, “Prodigal Son” and “Salt of the Earth” were songs of the people, real people.  “No Expectations” and “Dear Doctor” showcased The Stones affinity for down-home Roots Blues and Stray Cat Blues, Parachute Woman and Jigsaw Puzzle were solid Classic Stone Rockers. 

Beggar’s Banquet
Side One
1. “Sympathy for the Devil” 6:18
2. “No Expectations” 3:56
3. “Dear Doctor” 3:28
4. “Parachute Woman” 2:20
5. “Jigsaw Puzzle” 6:06
Side Two
6. “Street Fighting Man” 3:16
7. “Prodigal Son” 2:51
8. “Stray Cat Blues” 4:38
9. “Factory Girl” 2:09
10. “Salt of the Earth” 4:48

England’s Hit Makers of the British invasion evolved into serious socio-political Hard Rockers and took Rock ‘n’ Roll to its highest levels in ’68, ’69, and ’71.

JUMPIN’ JACK FLASH
from Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) – September 12, 1969

“Jumpin’ Jack Flash” began during the Beggars Banquet recording sessions and was released as a single in June ’68 and one year later it was released as a track on the album Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2).

JJF was the rousing introduction to the spirited Rock of the year-end Beggars Banquet album and was an instant hit..
Among other things this was a song of symbolic empowerment that stated that no matter what obstacles and adversity were faced, one could persevere – because . . .

. . .  it’s all right now, in fact, it’s a gas!
But it’s all right, I’m Jumpin Jack Flash,
Its a gas! gas! gas!

We wuz all Jumpin’ Jack Flash  – at one time.

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Mick Jagger –  Jumpin’ Jack Flash – 1969
Original Custom 3.75″ Action Figure. Original Custom 6″ x 9″ Card Art.
For Display – Not Play.  Figure is glued into a stationary position.
One Of A Kind. Sold.

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“Poppin’ Cherries” copyright 2014 00individual  TLL

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THE ROLLING STONES – LET IT BLEED – December 5, 1969

Fifty-two years ago The World’s Greatest Rock ‘n’ Roll Band, The Rolling Stones, released the epic album Let It Bleed.

From 1969 to date could be considered a lifetime, but for 00individual, it seems like only yesterday. No, really.
It’s nice to realize that as long as there are Rockers with Spirit, long after the population of the ’60’s and ’70’s Counter Culture is gone, this album will prevail.

Let It Bleed, in its entirety and/or with its individual iconic tracks, empowered the strengths needed of the last years-as-a-teenager transition into a new level of life full of limitless possibilities and was emblematic of that very heightened time in history.

As far as 00individual is concerned The Stones are The Best; continually on the ascent, album after album from the beginning.
“The Rolling Stones Now!” album is ingrained into 00individual’s earliest recognition of The Stones’ introduction to an exciting world, a world just around the corner filled with Rock ‘n’ Roll, concerts and incredible good times – that world was the mid-to-Late ’60s, when Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll – and Magick Ruled.

Being a devout Stones Fan informs 00individual’s bias and opinion, but it is true, factually and historically – no other bands, including the Pop combo, The Beatles, have even come close to the creative output, endurance, influence and world-wide adoration of generation after generation of millions of fans whose love has placed The Rolling Stones not only in Rock History, but in History itself!

There has never been, or ever will be, a Rock ‘n’ Roll Band that can rightfully claim the title of The World’s Greatest Rock ‘n’ Roll Band.
And with Beggar’s Banquet, Let It Bleed and their following two releases – Sticky Fingers and Exile On Main Street – The Stones were historically sculpted in Solid Stone in a place at the very top of Mount Rockmore.

For 00individual, and millions of other Counter Culture Rockers, anytime any track from this album is heard, a level of Rock Perfection is released and a Pavlovian response triggers a time when the Stones’ were hitting the heights – and so were the Youth, Pop Culture, and History, across all levels of life.

LET IT BLEED   (Full Album)
Side one
1. “Gimme Shelter” (featuring Merry Clayton) 4:31
2. “Love in Vain” (Robert Johnson†) 4:19
3. “Country Honk” 3:09
4. “Live with Me” 3:33
5. “Let It Bleed” 5:26
Side two
1. “Midnight Rambler” 6:52
2. “You Got the Silver” 2:51
3. “Monkey Man” 4:12
4. “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” 7:28
. . . but we got what we needed.

One month prior to the release of Let It Bleed, 00individual was witness to
The Rolling Stones LIVE!
11-8-1969 – The Fabulous Forum
Setlist featured tracks from Beggar’s Banquet; the only tracks performed from the as-yet-released Let It Bleed were; “Midnight Rambler” and the first time ever performed-live “Live With Me“!

Then two and a half years later . . .

00individual attended the “party” at the Hollywood Palladium:
The ROLLING STONES LIVE!
Hollywood Palladium – 06-09-1972
(“Exile On Main Street” Tour)

Then forty-one years later . . .

THE WORLD’S GREATEST ROCK ‘N’ ROLL BAND!
The ROLLING STONES
STAPLES CENTER – Premium Seating – May 20, 2013 – LOS ANGELES, CA
“50 and Counting” World Tour Concert

LONG LIVE ROCK – LONG LIVE THE ROLLING STONES!

THE ROLLING STONES – AFTERMATH – 6/20/66 BETWEEN THE BUTTONS – 1/20/67

00individual continues with his tribute to Charlie Watts with two releases showcasing the Stones first full album with no cover songs, all originals; AFTERMATH – and – Watts’ prominent drums featured on the rockin’ BETWEEN THE BUTTONS.

“The Aftermath” – copyright 2012 00individual TLL

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the ROLLING STONES – AFTERMATH – June 20. 1966

00 LOVES THE STONES!
Always have, always will – and what’s not to love? They truly are the World’s Greatest Rock ‘n’ Roll Band with no one else coming even close – history has proven this.

00’s first Stones LP was “the Rolling Stones Now!” – he played that an obscene amount of times but when Aftermath was released he felt that they had really come into their own – no covers – all originals and while he really liked “Between the Buttons” (regardless of the Stones own disdain for it) Aftermath placed them on par with the Beatles as far as originality regarding the Jagger-Richards vs. Lennon-McCartney song writer teams.

Aftermath, the U.S. release, contained instant classics as well as songs that became classic upon repeated listenings. Side one, tracks one through four are well known, but “Doncha Bother Me” and “Think” had irresistible hooks that equaled them.
“Flight 505” and “High and Dry” foreshadowed the Stones future affinity with country blues and “It’s Not Easy” would’ve fit nicely on “Between the Buttons”. “I Am Waiting” is a beautiful composition and a companion piece to “Lady Jane”.
But to have “Going Home” as the album ender was perfect and it was a total fave as 00’s a sucker for extended tracks and the Stones pulled this off masterfully.  Its groove and the way it chugged along just made 00 want to listen to the whole LP all over again – which he did – many times.

Rock ‘n’ Roll is so much more than a song or even an attitude, it’s a way of life – and it’s the Spirit that matters, Man, the Spirit of Rock ‘n’ Roll – and the Stones are just that.

AFTERMATH – FULL ALBUM:
1. Paint It, Black  3:22, 2. Stupid Girl  2:56, 3. Lady Jane  3:08, 4. Under My Thumb  3:41
5. Doncha Bother Me  2:41, 6. Think  3:09, 7. Flight 505  3:27, 8. High And Dry  3:08
9. It’s Not Easy  2:56, 10. I Am Waiting  3:11, 11. Going Home  11:13

Here’s another historic and classic element of 1966

Charlie Watts wears the Between the Buttons on his jacket – seen enlarged below.

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The ROLLING STONES – BETWEEN THE BUTTONS – Decca – January 20, 1967

By the time 1967 arrived the British Invasion had peaked – although the Brit allure was still strong, the times moved fast, and other genres were too hot to ignore: Hard Rock, Hard Rock Blues, and Psychedelic Rock were on the rise.  That said, there were still a few more British album releases by groups with that hard-to-define element that made the whole British scene so cool.

Before The Rolling Stones paid tribute to Their Majesty they sealed the Pop/Rock ‘60s deal with an absolute gem of an album, Between The Buttons; a perfect mix of Pop, Rock, Power Pop, Ballads, and Psychedelia.

00individual is a devoted Stones fan and lived life from Now! to Exile religiously and BTB has always been a fave and is as solid an era album, track for track, as their future masterpieces Bleed and Sticky.  This was their swansong as R’n’B Hit-makers before their full immersion as the World’s Greatest Rock ‘n’ Roll Band with the gritty Classic Rock of Beggars Banquet.  Let it be known that Charlie Watts gets a workout on this album – he is the undisputed driver of BTB.

Side one of kicks off with a typical Stones rocker, Yesterday’s Papers 2:04, then really picks up steam with My Obsession 3:17, and nestles into the melancholy magic of Back Street Girl 3:27, Connection 2:08 returns to the rock of Obsession and segues into the frenetic She Smiled Sweetly 2:44, which builds to even more frenzy with Cool, Calm & Collected 4:17.  Side two continues the Watts Workout with All Sold Out 2:17, then the psychedelically-tinged Please Go Home 3:17, Jagger’s accusatory Who’s Been Sleeping Here?  3:55, Watts still at it – and, its all about chicks, Man Complicated 3:15, then the truly whacked climax of Miss Amanda Jones 2:48, and after all of that, Rockers get to bathe in the afterglow of the fun stoned classic Something Happened to Me Yesterday 4:55 which finishes the album acknowledging their shift in consciousness – or altered states of mind –  through experimenting with Marijuana and psychedelics – as their next release would clearly reveal.

The U.S. “BTB” February release had the hits Let’s Spend The Night Together and Ruby Tuesday minus the “Flowers” album’s Backstreet Girl and Please Go Home.

“Well, thank you very much and now I think it’s time for us all to go.
So from all of us to all of you not forgetting the boys in the band
And our producer, Reg Thorpe, we’d like to say “God Bless”
So, if you’re out tonight, don’t forget, if you’re on your bike, wear white
Ev’ning all.”, 

THE ROLLING STONES, NOW! February 13, 1965

Due to the passing of Rolling Stones’ drummer, Charlie Watts, 00individual wants to celebrate his life’s work with a post or two a month, in chronological order, of some of the best Stones album releases in Rock history, and therefore some of the best drumming in Rock History.

These albums were obtained by 00 at the time of their release and coincided with the historical era of the eight years from 1965 to 1972 when 00 was 14 through 21 – 00 was blessed.

Up first is “Now!”, (known as No. 2 in the U.K.) this 1965 Rockabilly R ‘n” B  Blues album not only juxtaposed the Pop of The Beatles, but set a level of badness that only The Animals approached at that time.

 THE ROLLING STONES, NOW!

On February 13, 1965 “The Rolling Stones, Now!” album was released in the U.S.- a week later it was 00individual’s 14th birthday, and with the gift of birthday money he bought the original monaural vinyl long playing record album.

Every 14 year old knows the weird transition of feeling old enough to do bigger things, but being held back because you were, well, 14.
At 11 and 12 you’re a long way off from the freedom you would like to enjoy. Even one more year at 15 the reins loosen, and at 16 you’ve made it, you can legally drive, to the Moon and back. But at 14 that seems like a decade away.

However, there was a maturing process going on under the radar. While 00individual had not experienced many of the emotions about relationships and love on the tracks of this album – ‘cept for spurts of Puppy Love – he knew that these were all important songs and were not Pop “Top 30” fare.

While the tunes on “The Rolling Stones, Now!” were infectious, and the Rockin’ Blues were down home, there was the double entendre or outright messages of the songs written by Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, and Willie Dixon that made 14 year old 00individual feel that he knew something others didn’t – and that, folks, is the essence of Rock ‘n’ Roll; you either got it, or you didn’t.

00individual was going to comment on each track but realized that it was every track, the whole entire album, that just felt sooo right – he had not heard anything like this before. This was the real deal; the choice of songs, the delivery, the musicianship, real raunchy Blues, and Jagger’s classic vocals were, well, perfect – perfect for a frustrated rockin’ 14 year old..

Side One
1. “Everybody Needs Somebody to Love” Solomon Burke, Bert Berns, Jerry Wexler. The Rolling Stones No. 2 (UK version of Now!) has an alternative longer version 2:57
2. “Down Home Girl” Jerry Leiber, Artie Butler The Rolling Stones No. 2 4:15
3. “You Can’t Catch Me” Chuck Berry The Rolling Stones No. 2 4:30
4. “Heart of Stone” Jagger/Richards single (US) 2:49
5. “What a Shame” Jagger/Richards B-side of “Heart of Stone” (US) 2:50
6. “Mona (I Need You Baby)” Ellas McDaniel a.k.a. Bo Diddley The Rolling Stones (UK) 3:55
Side two
7. “Down the Road Apiece” Don Raye The Rolling Stones No. 2 3:00
8. “Off the Hook” Jagger/Richards B-side of “Little Red Rooster” (UK) 2:35
9. “Pain in My Heart” Naomi Neville a.k.a. Allen Toussaint The Rolling Stones No. 2 2:12
10. “Oh Baby (We Got a Good Thing Goin’)” Barbara Lynn Ozen The Rolling Stones, Now! 2:06
11. “Little Red Rooster” Willie Dixon single (UK) 3:00
12. “Surprise, Surprise” Jagger/Richards The Rolling Stones, Now! 2:20

The songs were recorded between June 10 and November 8 1964 at the Chess Records studio in Chicago, and RCA Records studio in Hollywood, California; except “Mona (I Need You Baby)”, January 3–4 1964, Regent Sound Studios, London.

At the time of these recordings:
Jagger was 21, Richards 21, Jones, 22, Watts 23, and Wyman 28.
Mick Jagger – lead vocals, harmonica, tambourine, percussion
Keith Richards – electric guitar, backing vocals
Brian Jones – electric and slide guitars, harmonica, backing vocals
Charlie Watts – drums, percussion
Bill Wyman – bass guitar, backing vocals

Additional personnel
Jack Nitzsche – piano (2), “Nitzsche phone” (sound effects on 9)
Ian Stewart – piano (1, 5)

It was like this, up ’til then it was all Pop, even Rock ‘n’ Roll was in the mold of Elvis, but this, this felt deeper – and right then The Stones cast their mold as the Bad Boys of Rock and Blues with gritty soulful electrified attitude within every member of this soon to be World’s Greatest Rock ‘n’ Roll Band.

00individual saw the Stones live in 2013 at the “50 & Counting World Tour” concert at the Staples Center, Los Angeles – with VIP seats!
In 1972 for the now classic Hollywood Palladium “Exile On Main St. Tour” concert – up front and close
and in 1969 at the first show at the Fabulous Forum

With Jones long gone, Wyman retired, and now Watts enjoying Jazz on another level, that leaves the Glimmer Twins to carry on, which without a doubt they will continue to do til their dying day – all truly members of the World’s Greatest Rock ‘n’ Roll Band.

JOHNNY RIVERS – REALIZATION – January 1968

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JOHNNY RIVERS – REALIZATION – January 1968

By 1968 psychedelia had become a popular part of life through; music, fashion, merchandise, design, advertising, literature – it touched on everything – and it all came about through the psychedelic experience that drugs and marijuana provided.

There was another important aspect of psychedelics other than the distortion of reality, and that was the reality of expanding consciousness. There was always a part of the trip where it seemed like everything just sloughed off and you were left with yourself – the Real Me.

Now you could either take this vulnerable opportunity to truthfully ask or answer tough questions about yourself, your beliefs, your goals and your life, or you could waste this psychedelic opportunity.  Not all were ready for self-analyzing and self-realization and that was fine.  But for those who were, Johnny Rivers’ album “Realization” was perfect company on the  journey.

“Realization”, although never promoted as such, was a mellow psychedelic concept album; the songs had segued ambient music / sounds that led into the next song and sometimes reflected the songs’ themes. Each song was very select and each were able to touch your soul.

So here we have a man who was able to absorb the positive introspective Brotherly Love vibe and had the knowledge of what the psychedelic experience offered and through words and music preserved feelings of the ’60s for historic posterity.

Many albums had tracks that dealt with the deeper side of psychedelics and self-realization; but other than the Moody Blues no one achieved this perfect of a introspective album.  Thank you Johnny!

Take a trip back in time when these lyrics and these songs expressed the ambient environment of the counter-culture and the positive benefit that LSD and other hallucinogens had for the Adventurers and Soul Explorers.

Johnny Rivers speaks Tribal Truth:

Look To Your Soul

I nearly lost myself
Trying to be someone else
All of my life I’ve been playin’ the game

Gotta get out of myself it seems,
Life’s not real when you’re in a dream
Hang on to your head and give it a try

To live you must nearly die
Giving up the need to say “I”
Look to your soul for the answer,
Look to your soul…

So many people passing by
Have a need to identify
All of us want to be satisfied…

Few people seem to care
Living a life that leads nowhere
Nobody takes the time to try…

To live you must nearly die
Giving up the need to say “I”
Just look to your soul for the answer
Look to your soul.

00individual has gotta say that this album really reflects the Vibe. People will always make fun of the hippies and the couinter-culture, but that’s because sadly, they’ve never felt true unconditional brotherly love.

So, take a trip back when “Have a nice day” really meant it.

A masterful “Hippie-era” album and iconic music that still sounds sublime today:
Hey Joe  -By – William Roberts, Johnny Rivers
Look To Your Soul  -By – James Hendricks
The Way We Live  -By – Johnny Rivers – TIMELESS – unfortunately
Summer Rain -By – James Hendricks – TIMESTAMP SONG – big hit for Johnny
Whiter Shade Of Pale -By – Gary Brooker, Keith Reid
Brother, Where Are You -By – Oscar Brown Jr.
Something Strange -By – James Hendricks, Johnny Rivers
What’s The Difference – By – Scott McKenzie
Going Back To Big Sur – By – Johnny Rivers
Positively 4th Street – By – Bob Dylan

Johnny had his start up in the clubs on the Sunset Strip in the early ‘60s, and 00 saw him back up there at the House of Blues in 1997 and it was a real thrill and a righteous show.

Remember, this is the man who had a string of major hits including 00 favorites “Seventh Son”, “Poor Side of Town” and the iconic, classic theme to Patrick McGoohan’s “Secret Agent” TV series; “Secret Agent Man”.
00 played that single with the James Bond-esque twangy guitar hooks, cool lyrics, rockin’ beat and Johnny’s perfect voice an obscene amount of times – and it was good!

Johnny Rivers is one of Rock, Pop, and Soul’s all time best vocalists – very distinct.
His voice elevates everything he sings. 

GET REALIZED!

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The BAND – Top 13 Album Track Gems

Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Richard Manuel, Garth Hudson, Robbie Robertson

THE BAND

Back in the good ol’ days of the ’60s, the Counter-Culture’s minds and musical tastes were opened wide to receive the exploding cornucopia of new and newly revived genres of music.

By the mid-to-late ’60s a new genre, Country Rock, was pioneered by Bob Dylan (Blonde On Blonde, Nashville Skyline, John Wesley Harding) and Dylan’s back-up band (and notable others, Gram Parsons, the Byrds, the Flying Burrito Brothers, Poco, Creedence Clearwater Revival, the New Riders of the Purple Sage, and later, Crosby, Stills, and Nash, and the Eagles) that became a staple in music lovers’ album collections – but the seminal “hit” was 1968’s The Band’s “Music From Big Pink”.

Country Rock was centered around a combination, to varying degrees, of Roots Rock, Blues Rock, Folk Rock, Southern Rock, Swamp Rock, and Heartland Rock. This genre was a refreshing back-to-basics alternative to Pop and the Psychedelic Rock of the era.

Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Rick Danko, Garth Hudson and Richard Manuel were side-lined by Dylan’s 1966 motorcycle accident rehabilitation and therefore spent the downtime at their group’s residence, nicknamed “Big Pink” and laid down some of the most unique tracks of an album that is a verified stone classic influencer in Rock History. (see “The Band’s Legacy” below)

Here are their Top 13 Album Track Gems – in bold with excerpt lyrics:

Music From Big Pink – 1968

1. “Tears of Rage” Bob Dylan Richard Manuel 5:23
2. “To Kingdom Come” Robbie Robertson Manuel3:22
3. “In a Station” Manuel 3:34
4. “Caledonia Mission” Robertson Rick Danko 2:59

5. “The Weight” Robertson Helm with Danko 4:34
I picked up my bag
I went looking for a place to hide
When I saw Carmen and the Devil
Walking side by side
I said “Hey Carmen, come on
Let’s go downtown?”
And she said, “I gotta go
But my friend can stick around”

1. “We Can Talk” Manuel Helm Danko 3:06
We can talk about it now
It’s that same old riddle, only starts from the middle
I’d fix it but I don’t know how
Well, we could try to reason, but you might think it’s treason
One voice for all
Echoing (echoing) echoing along the hall
Don’t give up on father’s clock
We can talk about it now

2. “Long Black Veil” Marijohn Wilkin Danny Dill Danko 3:06

3. “Chest Fever” Robertson Manuel 5:18
“She’s stoned, ” said the Swede
And the moon calf agreed
But I’m like a viper in shock
With my eyes in the clock
She was just there somewhere and here I am again
And as my mind unweaves
I feel the freeze down in my knees
But just before she leaves, she receives

4. “Lonesome Suzie” Manuel 4:04
5. “This Wheel’s on Fire” Dylan, Danko 3:14

6. “I Shall Be Released” Dylan, Manuel 3:19
They say everything can be replaced
They say every distance is not near
So I remember every face
Of every man who put me here
I see my light come shining
From the west down to the east
Any day now, any day now
I shall be released

The Band – 1969

1. “Across the Great Divide” Manuel 2:53
Across The Great Divide
Just grab your hat, and take that ride
Get yourself a bride
And bring your children down to the river side

2. “Rag Mama Rag” Helm 3:04

3. “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” Helm 3:33
Now, I don’t mind chopping wood
And I don’t care if the money’s no good
You take what you need
And you leave the rest
But they should never
Have taken the very best

4. “When You Awake” Robertson Richard Manuel Danko 3:13

5. “Up on Cripple Creek” Helm 4:34
Up on Cripple Creek, she sends me
If I spring a leak, she mends me
I don’t have to speak, she defends me
A drunkard’s dream if I ever did see one

6. “Whispering Pines” Robertson Manuel Manuel, Helm 3:58

1. “Jemima Surrender” Robertson Levon Helm Helm 3:31
Jemima Surrender, I’m gonna give it to you
Ain’t no pretender gonna ride in my canoe
If I were a barker in a girly show
Tell ya what I’d do, I’d lock the door
Tear my shirt and let my river flow

2. “Rockin’ Chair” Manuel 3:43
3. “Look Out Cleveland” Danko 3:09
4. “Jawbone” Robertson Manuel Manuel 4:20
5. “The Unfaithful Servant” Danko 4:17

6. “King Harvest (Has Surely Come)” Manuel 3:39
Long enough I’ve been up on Skid Row
And it’s plain to see, I’ve nothing to show
I’m glad to pay those union dues
Just don’t judge me by my shoes
Scarecrow and a yellow moon
And pretty soon a carnival on the edge of town
King Harvest has surely come

Stage Fright – 1970

1. “Strawberry Wine” Levon Helm, Robbie Robertson Helm 2:34
2. “Sleeping” Robertson, Richard Manuel Manuel 3:10
3. “Time to Kill” Robertson Rick Danko, Manuel 3:24
4. “Just Another Whistle Stop” Manuel, Robertson Manuel 3:48
5. “All La Glory” Robertson Helm 3:31

1. “The Shape I’m In” Robertson Manuel 3:58
Go out yonder, peace in the valley
Come downtown, have to rumble in the alley
Oh, you don’t know the shape I’m in

2. “The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show” Robertson Helm, Danko 2:58
3. “Daniel and the Sacred Harp” Robertson Helm, Manuel 4:06

4. “Stage Fright” Robertson Danko 3:40
See The Man With The Stage Fright
Just Standin’ Up There To Give It All His Might.
And He Got Caught In The Spotlight,
But When We Get To The End
He Wants To Start All Over Again

5. “The Rumor” Robertson Danko, Helm, Manuel 4:13

The Band’s Legacy

The Band has influenced numerous bands, songwriters, and performers, including the Grateful Dead, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Led Zeppelin. Elvis Costello, Elton John, and Pink Floyd.

The album, Music from Big Pink, in particular, is credited with contributing to Clapton’s decision to leave the supergroup Cream. In his introduction of the Band during the Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Concert, Clapton announced that in 1968 he had heard the album, “and it changed my life”.

Roger Waters placed Music From Big Pink right behind The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band as the most influential record in Rock History. “Sonically, the way the record’s constructed, I think Music From Big Pink is fundamental to everything that happened after it.”

00 played “Big Pink”, “The Band”, and “Stage Fright” albums a lot back then – for while the Counter-Culture, Hippies, and Individuals loved psychedelic tripping, they also liked to get back to the garden to set their souls’ free – and The Band provided that trip.

00individual ERA: Essential Record Award . . . . . LOVE – FOREVER CHANGES – November 1967

Delving into the 00individual Era (the Classic Rock Decade of roughly 1965 through 1975), the mind boggles at the amount of musical and lyrical creativity that was produced, recorded, and performed. Absolutely amazing – a once in a lifetime, once in history of this world event.

Even within the innumerable releases there were many that not only stood out, but withstood the test of time.

00individual has a theory that some albums contain more than just music; some saturate the aural, mental, and physical senses and connect with something real. “Forever Changes” created a sound that transcended normal Rock recordings, live or studio, and therefore receives the 00individual Essential Record Award.

EXPERIENCE PSYCHEDELIC ROCK HISTORY!

For a belated Valentine’s Day 2021, 00individual gives you the gift of
LOVE
FOREVER CHANGES
November 1967

YOWZA!
Well, here it is kidz! The Real Deal. Possibly the Best Album Ever.

LOVE’s eponymous debut album release and their second Da Capo were perfect creative stepping stones to the masterpiece that is Forever Changes.

LOVE was Arthur Lee’s band and as multi instrumentalist leader he evoked the best of mid-sixties: the unique creativity of Lennon and McCartney – only darker, attitude and hipness that Jagger emulated, really, look it up, remember this was ’67, creativity was exploding and everyone influenced everyone else.
Then there were Lee’s “Johnny Mathis Rock” vocals and Herb Alpert-esque trumpet cool that all crisscrossed perfectly within Pop, Folk, Ballad, Rock genres.
With orchestral strings, Morricone brass, flamenco-esque guitar and arrangements to die for, all delivered with LOVE’s underlying original 7&7 is punk attitude and mixed evenly with Lee’s meaningful poetic, psychedelic lyrics, that rivaled Dylan’s best, really, all together created the epic Forever Changes.

Forever Changes is/was a totally original West Coast, yet universal, non-concept concept album – a brilliant piece of Rock Art.

Love billboard on Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA, 1967. Chateau Marmont in the background.

However, the album was not initially received with the adulation and praise that would come with the growing numbers who would eventually connect with this Stone Classic Album.
(See Rock History accolades below.)

LOVE were never as big as The Beatles, but back in the Summer of Love 1967, with Sgt. Pepper’s dominating the atmosphere, a little band in L.A. touched a far deeper groove of Soul-Searching, Psychedelic Rock Grandeur – this was the true essence of 1967 – this wasn’t about carnival characters, this was about us, this spoke to us.

And what’s more it was honest. These didn’t seem like songs, they somehow achieved a higher level and became an exchange of sonic altruistic feelings. A gift for those who Lee knew would appreciate his efforts.
In the classic way that legends are created; Forever Changes surpassed its unique modest intent to become a Major Rock Icon – now, that’s honesty.

There are very few bands, let alone single songs, that reach that level of intimacy – and here we have a solid album – every single track is honest, beautiful, truly unique and Rocks harder on a deeper level of psychedelic reality.

Here’s the Acid Test: one listen to this album and it could be heard as the next best Album of the Year, of any year, in the past or the future.
Although a time stamp of a specific era, it delivers a timeless yet unique sound.

It is a truly archival piece of Rock Music History Sound and Lyric – the Best of the Best.

LOVE – FOREVER CHANGES – 1967

All songs written by Arthur Lee, except for Bryan MacLean where noted.
Side one
“Alone Again Or” (Bryan MacLean) – 3:16
“A House Is Not a Motel” – 3:31
“Andmoreagain” – 3:18
“The Daily Planet” – 3:30
“Old Man” (MacLean) – 3:02
“The Red Telephone” – 4:46
Side two
“Maybe the People Would Be the Times or Between Clark and Hilldale” – 3:34
“Live and Let Live” – 5:26
“The Good Humor Man He Sees Everything Like This” – 3:08
“Bummer in the Summer” – 2:24
“You Set the Scene” – 6:56

Arthur Lee: lead vocals, guitar, Johnny Echols: lead guitar, Ken Forssi: bass guitar,
Bryan MacLean: rhythm guitar, background vocals,  Michael Stuart: drums percussion

00individual was fortunate to be one of the select of L.A. to experience

ARTHUR LEE with LOVE
at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood
2004!

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A righteous nod to LOVE’s iconic and visually-striking psychedelic album cover art by Bob Pepper, design by William S. Harvey – and – to Jac Holzman at Elektra Records back in ’66 for signing LOVE and The Doors. Both bands played on the Strip back then and both created extremely unique Rock, both with a mysterious edge and both seminal in their creativity and both signed to Elektra.
This was the first time that 00individual really took to branding with the association of that capital E for Elektra that meant cool bands and albums.

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LOVE FOREVER CHANGES ROCK HISTORY!

The 1979 edition of The Rolling Stone Record Guide gave the album a rating of five stars (out of five). It also received five stars in the 1983 edition of the guide and in the fourth edition that was published in 2004.

In a special issue of Mojo magazine, Forever Changes was ranked the second greatest psychedelic album of all time.
In the January 1996 issue, Mojo readers selected Forever Changes as #11 of the “100 Greatest Albums Ever Made.”

Forever Changes was praised by a group of Members of the British Parliament in 2002 as being one of the greatest albums of all time.

Rolling Stone magazine ranked the album 40th in its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time in the December 11, 2003 issue.

In 2003, NME ranked the album #6 on their list of greatest albums of all time.

In 1998, Q magazine readers voted Forever Changes the 82nd greatest album of all time.

In a 2005 survey held by British television’s Channel 4, the album was ranked 83rd in the 100 greatest albums of all time.

The album was included in the 2005 book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

As of 2021 the album is one of 00individual’s Top 13 Rock Albums of All Time.

and one of the Top 13 Historic & Classic Psychedelic Albums 1967

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BOO-BIP-BIP BOO-BIP-BIP
YEAH!

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You Set The Scene, whew, what a powerhouse throughout on all levels – legendary!