Featuring the top rebel-approved (6.5+) cut from each of the 1960 albums of the year @ TJR: www.thejukeboxrebel.com/album-chart-of-1960 runtime: 1h 13m ELMORE JAMES IMMORTALIZED ON LP “I believe my time ain’t long” sang Elmore James on “Dust My Blues”, the top track from my album of the year. From his mid 20s he had known that he had a serious heart condition. Thankfully, the Bihari brothers with their Crown label had the good sense to make sure that there was at least one LP issued in the man’s lifetime, issued this year when he was 42; he would die young from a heart attack just 3 years later. It’s a real classic set, comprised of single sides from 5 years earlier. Strangely, my Number 2 LP of the year is also “out of date”, a shelved Woody Guthrie album from 1947 finally getting the release that it so richly deserved. There are terrific debut sets from Etta James and The Shirelles, and Elvis is back in the studio after his army stint – his 3 new albums of 1960 delivering mixed results. There was a riot at the Newport Jazz festival – those who missed out live had to make do with album documents from Muddy Waters and Nina Simone. Brilliantly, Miriam Makeba puts South Africa firmly on the international album’s map, giving hope for the decade to come in so many ways. The Jukebox Rebel 03-Dec-2015