1001 Album Club

The Beach Boys Today! signaled a departure from previous albums through Wilson’s increasingly sophisticated, orchestral approach and the abandonment of themes related to surfing, cars, or teenage love.

We can’t get enough of Otis Redding in this wonderful soul gem.

Bob Dylan goes electric as he sheds the acoustic troubadour for the street-wise rock and roller and once again inspires an entire generation.

The Sonics debut “Here Come The Sonics” audibly blew open the doors for what would come to be called garage rock, inspiring everyone from the Stooges, 70’s punk, and 90’s Seattle Grunge. They might be the most important garage rock band in history.

A wild Jerry Lee Lewis comes out of the blackness of the German wilderness al sorts of pilled up to absolutely burn the star club to the ground as he destroys a piano and glimpses into what could have been. Needless to say the group loves it.

Buck Owens bring his own brand of Bakersfield honky tonk and while he might not get the acclaim because of his Hee Haw days, there is no denying this group is “road tested”. Stick around till the end to learn about another local tribute band that is absolutely filthy .

The debut by the Rolling Stones is heavy on the blues covers. Half of us love it and the other half, well listen for yourself .

Dusty Springfield bridges the gap of girl groups, R&B and soul.

Soul originator Solomon Burke has countless stories about his wild youth and entrepreneurial affairs; and they are all hilarious.

Considered a master of the modern chanson Jacques Brel was Belgian singer, songwriter, actor and director who composed and performed literate, thoughtful, and theatrical songs that generated a large, devoted following during the the early 60.

A Hard Day’s Night elevates the Beatles to the premiere leaders of 1960’s pop rock and most of use like it.

The defining bossa nova album of the 60’s that sold more than 2 million copies in 1964 and has the originators of the genre.

Often cited as “the greatest soul album of all time”; we are having a great time listening to the unstoppable James Brown .

Considered one of the great technical achievements of orchestrated Jazz The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady Stands as a testament to Charles Mingus’s innovation and determination to create a magnum opus.

In 1962 on a warm January 12th night at the Harlem Square Club in Miami, Sam Cooke brought the magic but the album wouldn’t be released for 20 years!

Phil Spector’s – A Christmas gift for you is the greatest traditional Christmas album ever.

The album that lead Dylan to folk fame and being named, “Spokesman of a Generation”. A title the singer hated.

After building their reputation playing clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg over a three-year period spanning 1960 – 63 The Beatles become the biggest band ever with their second album “With the Beatles” .

Night Life represents a crossroads in Price’s country career as he refines his honky tonk style bridging the gap into the 1960’s mainstream Nashville sound, In addition to being one of the first of country concept albums.

Jazz Samba signaled the beginning of the bossa nova craze in America. However, the task of creating an authentic sound proved much more challenging than either had anticipated .

The originators of the Southern/Memphis soul movement come up with one of the greatest riffs in music history while on a break in the studio, but how good is the album?

Ray Charles landmark album covering country and western music during the civil right moment is incredible.

The Bill Evans Trio live at the Village Vanguard is considered a classic but we consider it terrible mainly because of bassist Scott La Faro.

Muddy Water Performs a killer set an the Newport Jazz festival in 1960. We also talk about “dentist blues” and what it means to “put a tiger in your tank”.