TJR presents... 1965 Albums’ Choice Cuts
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Featuring the top rebel-approved (6.5+) cut from each of the 1965 albums of the year @ TJR:
www.thejukeboxrebel.com/album-chart-of-1965
runtime: 2h 17m
ELECTRIC DYLAN STILL BOSS HOSS
Despite some rumblings of discontent from certain quarters within the Folk fraternity, Bob Dylan’s shift to electric elevated his work to yet a new level of greatness. As if wary of a new puritan revolt, “Bringing It All Back Home” (March) started the process gently with an electric / acoustic compromise, before “Highway 61 Revisited” (August) maxed out. Quite frankly, anyone who didn’t dig “Like A Rolling Stone” must have been tasteless beyond comprehension.
Once again, the British invasion is held at arm’s length, as the U.S. takes my Top 5, and with beautiful diversity too, as the Proto-Punk assault of The Sonics, the melodramatic Pop of The Shangri-Las and the spine-tingling Soul of Otis Redding accompanies the electric one in the higher echelons.
From England, The Rolling Stones were on their A-game and The Who delivered as dynamic a debut as anyone from the green and pleasant land to date.
The Byrds were notable debutants and Johnny Cash delivered the best album of his career - and a double at that.
Them put Northern Irleland on the map with an angry debut, and two fine Scots by the names of Bert Jansch and Donovan led the way in the world of acoustic folk music. Keeping traditional fires burning were The Dubliners, now firmly established as the pride of the Emerald Isle.
Bob Marley appears for the first time, although the debut set from The Wailers fails to catch a fire, and sits outside of the Top 30.
A quick look at the albums which find themselves outside of my Top 30 demonstrates the ever-increasing strength in depth of the album market in 1965…
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