Favorite 20 Albums Of 1966

[@thecoolestdad]

I was 7 years old in 1966. At that time I was listening to the Beatles, The Monkees, The Archies, plus a lot more of the bubble gum stuff. As I got a little older in the late 60s, I started getting into The Association, The Doors, Van Morrison, still the Beatles and the Monkees, and the folk music sounds from the Mams and the Papas, Crosby, Stills, and Nash. All of the 60s has some great music.

[@roygoad2870]

A sixties band that’s always overlooked even though they had a number of hits especially in 1966/7 The Troggs, they had one album in 1966 ‘From Nowhere The Troggs’. Yes a few duff songs but it includes the classic Wild Thing. Also the Seeds debut, Them Again with the great I can only give you everything, John Mayall Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton, Mamas and Papa’s If you can believe your eyes and ears, Rolling Stones Aftermath, The Blues Project Projections with the amazing Flute Thing, The Shadows of Knight Gloria with my fav track Oh Yeah, The Spencer Davis Group Autumn 66, Tim Buckley, And Then along comes The Association. Your list was great, but when you dig deep it’s amazing how many good albums came out in 1966! 😊

[@seed_drill7135]

In the US the album was just Wild Thing or Wild Thing/With A Girl Like You depending on whether you got the ATCO or Fontana version of the album. Same cover, but shorter and several tracks not on From Nowhere.

[@bobburroughs6241]

The Troggs were hilariously cr.p - dig out their funny recording tape!

[@seed_drill7135]

@@bobburroughs6241 It's included on their Archeology compilation. Weirdly, they did an album with the instrumentalists from REM called Athens Andover. Allegedly, Reg didn't know who the eff they were at the time.

[@wyliesmith4244]

I am so pleased that you mentioned "Younger Than Yesterday" - my favorite album of '67 - and I confess that I was too steamed to write a comment. Offhand, I would have put Left Banke's first and Kaleidoscope's "Side Trips" in the (make that my) top ten. I entered college in 1966, and based on the number of times I played the records, your top two cannot be questioned. Well, subjectively at least. I applaud t6he fact that you included two Lovin' Spoonful records in your list, and I totally agree with your assessment of "Da Capo." The Kinks' "Face to Face" was exquisite and "Something Else" was even better. But my list would include "The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators," "Along Comes the Association," Donovan's "Sunshine Superman," Paul Revere's "Spirit of '67," Simon & Garfunkel's "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, & Thyme," and "East - West" by Paul Butterfield which has an unbelievable title track. But taste is a personal thing, and list are good to get people up and shouting about missed classics.

[@tomrobinson5776]

I meant to include the first Left Banke in the ‘67 video as well, but got sidetracked while pulling albums off the shelf. Fantastic record. The actual album was released in early ‘67, but Walk Away Renee and Pretty Ballerina were from ‘66. Thanks for watching.

[@syater2]

I was about to augment Tom's 1966 list but it looks like you pretty much caught many of the albums I had in mind. Sunshine Superman would rank high for being a great album and possibly being the first psychedelic pop album, roughly six months before Revolver was released. I'd add Jefferson Airplane Takes Off too. Though not nearly as strong as Surrealistic Pillow it is still innovative folk rock and unique for its time.

[@wyliesmith4244]

@@syater2 Donovan's follow up, "Mellow Yellow" was even more of a favorite with me. Especially "Sunny South Kensington." RIP Mary Quant. I love all six of the Airplane's first six albums, but "Takes Off" really appealed to my latent love of folk/rock/blues. And kaleidoscope and the Left Banke were to be added to my '67 favorites.

[@syater2]

@@wyliesmith4244 "Sunny South Kensington" is an absolute gem, I'm right with you on that point. I only wish the 'Superman' sessions version of "Museum" was on Mellow Yellow, that upbeat version puts it right next to "Kensington." The rerecorded version has a lumbering quality, like he's riding a elephant.

[@seed_drill7135]

I love Side Trips, but my sources have it from 1967.

[@bacarandii]

This is quite a trip. Thanks. It strikes me that the first part of this 1966 list could very well be subtitled "Nuggets," since so many songs were collected on Lenny Kaye's famous 1972 collection of beguiling crudities ("Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era" on Elektra). Also: I just learned recently that the guy who "electrified" "Sounds of Silence" and added drums was the Texas-born African-American Columbia Records producer Tom Wilson, who also produced a lot of early Dylan up through "Like A Rolling Stone." Simon & Garfunkel had split up... but reunited (again) after having their first hit record! "Blonde on Blonde" is an obsessive album for me, too. It contains worlds. And, oddly, I can never get enough of "Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat" (supposedly about Edie Sedgwick). I like funny, quirky Dylan -- just as I love "If Dogs Run Free" on "New Morning."

[@juliatutor8099]

One of my favorite years in music history.....love your channel

[@tomrobinson5776]

Thanks for watching 😉

[@seed_drill7135]

Was fortunate enough to hear Bert Jansch open for Neil Young shortly before his passing. Amazing even late in life.

[@tomrobinson5776]

That’s fantastic.

[@kentyner1749]

Great list! I would have added the Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators…the pioneers of psychedelic rock.

[@johangaudissabois8668]

So glad you introduced FACE TO FACE. A great, great album not even included in Rolling Stone's all time top 500. A shame. So many brilliant songs on it. REVOLER and PET SOUNDS are of course fabulous too. Masterpieces. Great list which also acknowledges the beauty of the albums by LOVIN' SPOONFULL.

[@martifingers]

Relatively unnoticed at the time, 1966 was the year when The Incredible String Band's first eponymously titled record came out. Arguably this (along with Davy Graham's excursions at about the same time) paved the way for folk psychedelia, folk rock, "world music" and similar genres of the coming decades. It shows a rich musical and lyrical inventiveness, a wide emotional range and very skilled playing. A key work of the 1960s.

[@tomrobinson5776]

I need to pick up that record. I’ve heard great things about it over the years in Mojo and other sources. Thanks for the recommendation.

[@sgauge4ever]

As i was watching your countdown , I kept mumbling: "where are the Seeds?"Not only the Seeds but Bert Jansch too! Also listened to your RS list. "You got the Silver" is also my favorite Stones song.

[@glenncollins4778]

With you all the way my man. I was 17 in 66. What an era for me. You and I would get along famously.

[@TheJazzHog]

Just subscribed after I have viewed a handful of your videos…very good except your causing me to buy more records! Cane you do a video on the Chambers Brothers…..one of my favorite bands ! Thx

[@tomrobinson5776]

Thanks for subscribing 😉 I only have the Time Has Come Today album. Do the Chamber Brothers have other gems you could recommend?

[@robison5396]

I love the Tim Hardin debut, such great songs. Bert Jansch is another favourite of mine, his 1969 album Birthday Blues is amazing. Interesting that the US versions of so many UK 60s albums had the singles because in the UK albums couldn't include singles released the same year. Good list.

[@tomrobinson5776]

Thanks for watching 😉

[@jnagarya519]

No mention of Tom Paxton? See his live performance on video on youtube of his song "Central Square".

[@neldinsky]

In This Order: 1.The Beatles-Revolver 2.Love-ST 3.The Byrds-5th Dimension 4.Buffalo Springfield-ST 5.Mothers Of Invention-Freak Out 6.The Association-Renescience 7. The Association-Along Comes...... 8.The Deep-Psychedelic Moods 9.The Beach Boys-Pet Sounds 10.The Folkswingers-Raga-Rock!

[@elliotwalton6159]

A decent showing. I have a few holes in my collection to fill. I did check out the Mamas and the Popas to see their debut album released February 1966. That might sneak in to a top 20 for me, but no one can seriously argue with your choices, plus you included Simon and Garfunkel's Sounds of Silence, a great album start to finish. They had a groovy thing goin' for this adolescent. Thanks.

[@tomrobinson5776]

😉

[@ΒασίληςΜιχαλόπουλος-ι3τ]

… FREAK OUT by the MOTHERS and the great garage heads THE REMAINS !!! My fave garage-psych band!!! Great year for RnR music and pre-psychedelia, hard to choose!!! Take care…

[@tomrobinson5776]

You too, thanks for watching.

[@paulgoldstein2569]

Most people think that 1967 was the first major year for albums. But to me, it was 1966. Although we were still at the tail end of the British Invasion,, it was during 1966 that Psychedelia was starting to be felt in the States, while the British side of the Pop/Rock world was still mostly British Invasion based, but with occasional advancements, and British groups as well as American, finally starting to make concept albums, rather than just releasing albums on the back of hit singles, like during previous years, but filling them up with straightforward covers of hits from other artists, with just a few originals. My favourite 1966 albums, but NOT in order of preference include; The Byrds - 5th Dimension 13th Floor Elevators - self titled debut album Cream - Fresh Cream Roy Orbison - The Orbison Way & The Classic Roy Orbison Simon & Garfunkel - Sound Of Silence & Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, Thyme Tim Hardin - self titled debut album The Yardbirds - Roger The Engineer Lovin' Spoonful - Daydream & Hums Buffalo Springfield - self titled album The Kinks - Face To Face Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde The Standells - Dirty Water & Why Pick On Me The Hollies - For Certain Because The Seeds - self titled debut album & Web Of Sound Paul Revere And The Raiders - Kicks & Spirit of '67 (but released in late 1966, and recorded earlier that year) John Mayall's Bluesbreakers - With Eric Clapton Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine Sam And Dave - Hold On I'm Coming & Double Dynamite Wilson Pickett - The Exciting Wilson Pickett Otis Redding -The Soul Album & Dictionary Of Soul Percy Sledge - Warm And Tender Soul Jr Walker And The Allstars - Soul Session & Road Runner Stevie Wonder - Uptight & Down To Earth The Temptations - Gettin' Ready Marvin Gaye - Moods Of (recorded 1965-66) Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston - Take Two Troggs - Wild Thing (U.S. version of UK album From Nowhere, but with slightly amended tracks) Ike And Tina Turner - River Deep Mountain High (except a couple of weak remakes of earlier singles) Gordon Lightfoot - Lightfoot (although recorded late 1964) The Everly Brothers - In Our Image (recorded 1965-66) Frank Zappa - Freak Out Them - Them Again The Association - Along Comes The Association Donovan - Sunshine Superman (original U.S. 1966 version) The Beach Boys - Pet Sound The Beatles - Revolver I don't think it would be as easy to pick favourite albums from 1965, as that was the last year that albums were usually made on the back of hit singles, and usually only sold on the back of hit singles, but were filled with a lot of filler material. But I think I could just about scrape out twenty. I think 1968 would be difficult, as a lot of my favourite artists tailed off that year, and everything went quiet for a while. I Don't think the Small Faces album here was as good as their later albums. There were a few great tracks. But a lot of it sounded rush-recorded to cash in on their sudden outbreak of success. My favourite albums of theirs were The Immediate Album as it was known and Ogden's.

[@tomrobinson5776]

Great list 😉

[@jnagarya519]

The first "Lovin' Spoonful" LP had some covers of "Kweskin Jug Band" covers. "The Youngbloods" also. And Sebastian and members of Kweskin's band came from "Even Dozen Jug Band".

[@chuckmaiden1770]

Hit this one out of the park Tom! Glad your channel is doing so well.

[@tomrobinson5776]

Thanks Chuck 😉

[@jnagarya519]

"Blonde On Blonde" -- bought it the week it was released. Wore it out and gave it to a nephew.

[@simonbarber2297]

1966 was a fine year for the Blue Note label. Wayne Shorter, Lee Morgan, Blue Mitchell and Hank Mobley released some of my fave albums!

[@tomrobinson5776]

I agree. Blue Note put out some of the greatest jazz records of all time.

[@davejacquith4960]

The Remains…love their album, from ‘66

[@ΒασίληςΜιχαλόπουλος-ι3τ]

Hi!!! I’m Bill from Greece. ROGER THE ENGINEER was a groundbreaking album!!! Great video!!!!

[@tomrobinson5776]

Thanks Bill 😉

[@jnagarya519]

"Roger the Engineer," because of Jeff Beck, is still groundbreaking.

[@Fastnbulbous1969]

The Kinks' Face to Face was the first 60s album I bought as a kid. Between my mom and uncle I already had access to a lot -- Beatles, Dylan, Stones, Beefheart, Doors, Beach Boys, Fugs, etc. "Fancy" blew me away as sounding extremely ahead of it's time. You can tell that Nick Drake listened to a lot of Bert Jansch. "She Said She Said" is one of my all-time fave Beatles songs too. The Feelies do a good cover of it on an EP in '86, added to The Good Earth reissue along with Young's "Sedan Delivery." Thanks for the heads up on those Byrds bonus tracks -- I had an early 90s CD and didn't know those. The Beatles - Revolver Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds Otis Redding - Complete & Unbelievable: Dictionary Of Soul Cecil Taylor - Unit Structures The Kinks - Face To Face The 13th Floor Elevators - Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators Nina Simone - Wild Is The Wind (Four Women) John Coltrane - Meditations John Coltrane - Ascension Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman Albert Ayler - Live In Greenwich Village The Rolling Stones - Aftermath The Byrds - Fifth Dimension Small Faces - Small Faces Don Cherry - Symphony For Improvisers Duke Ellington - The Far East Suite Nina Simone - Nina Simone Sings The Blues Hank Mobley - Straight No Filter John Coltrane - Coltrane Live At The Village Vanguard Again! Miles Davis - Miles Smiles Yardbirds - Roger The Engineer Jacques Brel - Jacques Brel (Ces gens-la) Otis Redding - The Soul Album Archie Shepp - Mama Too Tight The Animals - Animalisms Them - Them Again Nina Simone - Let It All Out Nina Simone - High Priestess Of Soul John Lee Hooker - It Serve You Right To Suffer Tim Buckley - Tim Buckley

[@bert0522]

In my collection of 4,000+ albums I have 11 of your 20. Jim

[@shanecahill4381]

Once again…. Nailed it. 66, 68, 71(u.k.) 72(u.s.) incredible years always thought of 71 the year the Kinks, Stones & Who and others all got the breath in with no Beatle albums(until a few great solos it the racks) and U.S. had the start of some amazing singer songwriters. Thank you, of the many doing these things you have a finger on the pulse of it. I divide the U.K. & U.S. and being an Aussie I always include a list for us as well.

[@tomrobinson5776]

Thank you so much 😉

[@shanecahill4381]

So very welcome, I enjoy yours very much, the impartial mix….. you know that you take the time because of the songs you select from the various albums, I have a little over 6,000vinyl and about 6,000cds and people say constantly “There is no way you play them”….. yet I do, it’s the one great love to listen and play music, and sadly my children have the same addiction between buying music to hear to buying instruments to play….. we are blissfully hopeless. I love the U.S. 1972 period with the amazing solo albums from Michael Nesmith ,Tick Roberts, (sort of) Gene Clark, Tony Joe White, Willis Alan Ramsey, Michael Martin Murphy, B.W. Stephenson, Danny Okeefe, John David Souther, Jim Sullivan, Tim Rose, Dan Fogelberg, Steve Young, Towns Van Zant, Jerry Jeff Walker, Jeffery Cain, Eric Anderson, Jesse Winchester, Michael Hurley, Jesse Collin Young……. Sorry I could go on forever. For me it’s just to hard, I seperate them into categories of styles. It becomes obsessive. But it’s great to see someone who knows and chooses so well. Thanks again.

[@jnagarya519]

"Kinks" "Face to Face" is a great LP. I still have my first release. Cover was influenced by "Revolver".

[@seed_drill7135]

I can't say what I'd bump, as I have everything on your list, but leaving out Freak Out by The Mothers of Invention, Jefferson Airplane Takes Off, The Monkees debut (yes, I know, they mainly only provided the vocals on the first two albums), one of my all time classics The Left Banke Walk Away Renee, plus some great soul classics like The Exciting Wilson Pickett and Otis Redding's Dictionary of Soul. Plus I prefer Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme to Sounds of Silence.

[@tomrobinson5776]

That first Left Bank album is excellent. Meant to include it on the ‘67 video, but got sidetracked. Looks like the album was released early ‘67, but I’m sure most of that material is from ‘66.

[@gregcrowe4826]

In 1969 as a 12 yo, the first album I bought with my own money was Revolver. It had already been out for 3 years but I really never heard any of the songs.....needless to say it quickly became my favorite and since it was the only record I owned for 6 months, I played it constantly......to this day It still is my number one favorite ...... while the vinyl record is long gone I still have the tattered cover with my ancient 12 year old signature claiming proud ownership on it. I have to wholeheartedly agree that "She Said, She Said " is the best song on the album.....those guitars....that tone.. the vocals ...... epic

[@tomrobinson5776]

You said it. 😉

[@RATCLIFFE-LISTENS]

Great Comment on Wayne Shorter and Lee Morgan!! Blues McGoos Ain’t Got Nothing Yet ( Killer) Misty Roses. Tim Hardin great pick! All Spoonful ! Pop Magic Revolver Mono Excellent Choices Subscribed

[@tomrobinson5776]

Thanks 😉

[@konradbenz7110]

👍👍👍 still fresh cream ❤

[@richardfinlayson1524]

ha thats funny , i always call the lovin spoonful , buffalo springfield by accident, lol, the albums are right next to each other, got three or four of each. love all that stuff .good on you mate, enjoying the vids.we have a hell of a lot of records in common.take it easy.

[@shanecahill4381]

I find it almost impossible but you did an amazing job to get it down to 20. Thank You….. Mine is more a list of what was around. U.K. 1. Revolver(The Beatles) 2. Face To Face(The Kinks) 3. Mondays Rain or Spics & Spec’s(The Bee Gees) 4. Aftermath.UK(The Rolling Stones) 5. Sunshine Superman(Donovan) 6. Animalism(The Animals) 7. For Certain Because(The Hollies) 8. A Quick One(The Who) 9. Small Faces(The Small Faces) 10. It’s Two Easy(The Easybeats) 11. Yardbirds”Roger The Engineer”(The Yardbirds) 12. Bluesbreakers(John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers) 13. 3(The Easybeats) 14. The Art Of(Chris Farlow) 15. As Is(Manfred Mann) 16. Fresh Cream(Cream) 17. The Second Album(The Spencer Davis Group) 18. Emotions(The Pretty Things) 19. Them Again(Them) 20. From Nowhere(The Troggs) OTHERS…… 1. Sound Venture(Georgie Fame) 2. Both Sides Of(Herman’s Hermits 3. Distant Shores(Chad & Jeremy) 4. Mindbenders(Mindbenders) 5. Maid From The North Country(Marianne Faithful) 6. Volume 3(Easybeats) 7. A Tom Ic Jones(Tom Jones) 8. Peter and Gordon(Peter & Gordon) 9. Autumn 66(Spencer Davis Group) 10. Follow Me/Pied Piper(Crispin St.Peters) U.S. 1. Pet Sounds(Beach Boys) 2. Blonde On Blonde(Bob Dylan) 3. 5D(Byrds) 4. Freak Out(Mothers) 5. Hums Of(Lovin’ Spoonful) 6. Buffalo Springfield(Buffalo Springfield) 7. The Monkees(The Monkees) 8. 1(Tim Hardin) 9. Love(Love) 10. Psychedelic Sounds Of(The 13th Floor Elevators 11. East/West(Butterfield Blues Band) 12. Sounds Of Silence(Simmon & Garfunkel) 13. Echoes(Gene Clark) 14. Fred Neil(Fred Neil) 15. Projections(Blues Project) 16. Psychedelic Lollipop(Blues Magoos) 17. Dirty Water(Standells) 18. Fugs 2(Fugs) 19. Hey Joe(Leaves) 20. Seeds(The Seeds) OTHERS…… 21. Takes Off(Jefferson Airplane) 22. De Capo(Love) 23. Why Pick On Me(Standells) 24. Can You Believe Your Ears(Mamas & Papas) 25. You Baby(Turtles) 26. Tim Buckley(Tim Buckley) 27. It’s Time(Guess Who)”Canadian” 28. Young Rascals(Rascals) 29. River Deep Mountain High(Ike & Tina Turner) 30. This Old Heart Of Mine(Isley Brothers)

[@tomrobinson5776]

Wow, those are quite the lists! Fantastic 😉

[@shanecahill4381]

Thank You

[@jeffwilson6297]

Jefferson Airplane." Takes Off", Donovan's "Sunshine Superman" and The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators all would be somewhere in my Top 10. Aside from that, a nice list.

[@rft2001]

No "Sunshine Superman." I'd put that at number 4 right after "Pet Sounds" at 1, "Revolver" at 2 and "Fifth Dimension" at 3. Otherwise, very good list. I also think that the fist Electric Prunes should be in there somewhere.

[@ricjan58]

Dude, 2 days ago, I was looking up some old Shindig stuff on You Tube when I noticed your 1965 favorite albums list and have since spent the rest of the weekend watching your other posts and I found myself agreeing with you 99% of the time,which I never do. Great job my friend. Two quick comments on `66. Thanks for admitting your omission of Younger Than Yesterday, my favorite Byrds album and what about East-West by Butterfield from July `66? Let me know how you feel about that one.

[@tomrobinson5776]

East-West is fantastic. Love Bloomfield’s playing throughout. The title track is phenomenal. Thanks for watching the videos. Much appreciated. 😉

[@Cap683]

Fun Fact: The bass player for the Music Machine was Keith Olsen, the famed record producer who launched many famous musical acts such as the seventies version of Fleetwood Mac (the Buckingham Nicks version). HIs fuzz bass part on Talk Talk was a key feature of the song. He has since passed but I did email him upon learning that it was in fact him that played bass in that short lived band. He got right back to me saying that the EKO bass that he used was crushed when traveling by air when that band was still going. Who knew?

[@tomrobinson5776]

Interesting facts. Very cool.

[@pedrogarcia8591]

KINKS FOREVER!! 🍷🍷🤩🤩FACE TO FACE MASTERPIECE!! 👍👌✌️

[@shanecahill4381]

#NAILED IT# So very hard but you did well, for me I had to divide U.K. to U.S. top 20 to get everyone in.

[@Mrbeahz1]

When you got to "Happy Jack" I started laughing! I, too, agree that the best "Quick One" is found on the RS "R&R Circus"!

[@willemvannassov]

Great list. But: why not take the trouble of getting the plastic sleeves off all the albums? And also: where's If you can believe your eyes and ears and The psychedelic sounds of the 13th floor elevators?

[@robertmorgan9205]

The plastic cover on Hums of The Loving Spoonful (for one) needs binning before it ruins the cover and possibly the record.

[@splifftachyon4420]

Excellent list, though I would have included Donovan's groundbreaking Sunshine Superman in there somewhere.

[@jnagarya519]

Donovan was a failed Dylan attempted-clone lightweight, at best. "I Love My Shirt"!?

[@splifftachyon4420]

@@jnagarya519 Both Dylan and Donovan were influenced by some of the same artists, such as Woody Guthrie and the teenage Donovan was certainly influenced by Bob Dylan. This can be heard on his first two albums, but they also have songs that pointed in a different direction, exploring British Isles folk and jazz. Sunshine Superman was a quantum leap forward and sounds nothing like Dylan. "I Love My Shirt" was not on Sunshine Superman, it was on Barabajagal (1969), which is a flawed album, made piecemeal from various recording sessions. "I Love My Shirt" was intended as a children's song teaching them to be comfortable in their own clothes, ie., comfortable being themselves. The album Sunshine Superman, on the other hand, is a psychedelic masterpiece.

[@jnagarya519]

@@splifftachyon4420 I was an ADULT during that period. GAD, the STUPIDITY in defending the indefensible based exclusively on, "I LIKE it!" And all the SHIT about "psychedelic" and "masterpiece"! Get over yourself: just because you LIKE a thing DOES NOT make the thing a "masterpiece". As for "British Isles folk and jazz". US folk music originates in the same "British Isles folk" as "British Isles folk". And jazz originates in the US. And regardless YOUR "interpretation," "I Love My Shirt" is nonsense -- produced by a person out of ideas. The uncritical embrace of everything 1960s as "masterpiece" is the ultimate in self-stupefied stupidity. The "Boomer" generation produced a disproportionate amount of terrific music -- AND ALSO a disproportionate amount of CRAP., much of the latter from use of psychedelics and other drugs.

[@jnagarya519]

@@splifftachyon4420 Donovan was influenced by Woody Guthrie? You've got to be kidding. Donovan was a mediocrity playing traditional British folk -- and trying to improve his game by failing to succeed in his effort to imitate Dylan. Then he went off into empty-headed fantasy. And then he came up with the brilliant lack of idea "I Love My Shirt".

[@neurophile]

My 20 favorite 1966 albums (only in english and in alphabetical order) : - Association - And Then Along Comes The Association - Beach Boys - Pet Sounds - Beatles - Revolver - Christie, Lou - Painter Of Hits - Cream - Fresh Cream - Cyrkle - Red Rubber Ball - Everly Brothers - Two Yanks In England - Four Seasons - Working My Way Back To You - Hollies - For Certain Because - Jay & The Americans - Livin' Above Your Head - Last, James - Annchen Von Tharau (Vol.1) - Mamas And The Papas - Cass, John, Michelle, Dennie - Mamas And The Papas - If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Your Ears - Miracles - Away We A-Go Go - Monkees - Meet The Monkees - Perrey & Kingsley - The In Sound From Way Out - Simon & Garfunkel - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme - T-Bones - Sippin' And Chippin' - Tokens - I Hear The Trumpets Blow - Zappa, Frank - Freak Out

[@tomrobinson5776]

Nice list 😉

[@grooverealizations]

Good list...I would include David Blue debut...awesome folk rock with rich organ and beat poet type lyrics!

[@tomrobinson5776]

I’ll have to check that out. 😉

[@grooverealizations]

@@tomrobinson5776 yes, David Blue's debut is brilliant! He has 8 albums altogether, all great...He was a very under rated/under appreciated recording artist. non other than Leonard Cohen spoke highly of his song writing. David Blue was a close friend of Bob Dylan' back in Dylan's early days. David Blue was the first one to hear Blowin' In The Wind as Bob sang it for him right after he wrote it...

[@grooverealizations]

@@tomrobinson5776 there is an interesting video clip on youtube of David Blue "going deep on Bob Dylan" it is a clip from Dylan's Rolling Thunder Review 1975...In the clip David Blue is playing pinball and talking, looking cool.

[@jnagarya519]

"The Lovin' Spoonful" -- John Sebastian totally underrated songwriter. "Day Blues"!!

[@johncalarco3728]

Nice list. I would include: The Young Rascals - debut album and The Animals - Animalization (American version.)

[@TODDTAMANENDCLARK]

My Favorite Albums From 1966: 01 - FREAK OUT (The Mothers Of Invention) 02 - FIFTH DIMENSION (The Byrds) 03 - TURN ON THE MUSIC MACHINE (The Music Machine) 04 - THE MAGIC CITY (Sun Ra And His Solar Arkestra) 05 - UNIT STRUCTURES (Cecil Taylor) 06 - DA CAPO (Love) 07 - THE PSYCHEDELIC SOUNDS OF… (The Thirteenth Floor Elevators) 08 - HUMS OF THE LOVIN' SPOONFUL (The Lovin' Spoonful) 09 - PSYCHEDELIC LOLLIPOP (The Blues Magoos) 10 - THE SPIRIT OF SIXTY-SEVEN (Paul Revere And The Raiders) 11 - THE FUGS (The Fugs) 12 - BLONDE ON BLONDE (Bob Dylan) 13 - PROJECTIONS (The Blues Project) 14 - A WEB OF SOUND (The Seeds) 15 - LITTLE WHEEL SPIN AND SPIN (Buffy Sainte-Marie) 16 - AND THEN ALONG COMES… (The Association) 17 - BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD (Buffalo Springfield) 18 - EAST-WEST (The Butterfield Blues Band) 19 - SOUNDS OF SILENCE (Simon And Garfunkel) 20 - PET SOUNDS (The Beach Boys)

[@tomrobinson5776]

Excellent list! 1966 had so many great releases.

[@zhoulijun6296]

Sunshine superman. Donovan. Beautiful flower power. James

[@deathxcountry]

when you pulled up the initial lovin spoonful LP i was thinkin, what about hums by...thats the record! and sure enough you pulled that too.

[@rogermansour6085]

Great list. What about The Rascals and The Walker Brothers Evangelist Roger Mansour former Leslie West Vagrants Drummer

[@tomrobinson5776]

The Rascals are great. Saw their reunion show years back with the original line up at The Greek in LA.

[@shanecahill4381]

Walker Brothers thank you….. I’d forgotten how great that album was

[@slimjim4239]

great choices - dylan at his peak - should have released a live lp at the time while he was recuperating

[@tomrobinson5776]

I agree.

[@jnagarya519]

Recuperating from all the weed-and-amphetamine drugging.

[@dreammachine2013]

Great choices Tom! But there's three albums I'm missing: 1. BUTTERFIELD BLUES BAND "EAST WEST" an all time classic❤ 2. Donovan "Sunshine Superman" (US) 3. Incredible Stringband (1) Ginger Baker played 2 drum soli previously to Fresh Cream: both in his former group The Graham Bond Organization "The Sound of 65" and "There's a BOND between us" Which features the tremendous "Camels and Elephants". Concerning " Revolver" It has to be stated, that the castrated US version is by far the worst Beatles album Capitol put out by removing 3 of the best Songs John ever wrote😮 The only acceptible version is the Uk/ european one. Donovan "Sunshine Superman" and the first Incredible Stringband LP.

[@tomrobinson5776]

East West is an incredible record. Don’t know how I missed that one. Bloomfield was on fire in this period. Can’t agree with you more on the U.S. Revolver. We only had this version growing up. I remember going to a friend’s house in 1973 and his brother had the U.K. version playing on his stereo. Right then I realized how the Capitol version was an atrocity. How do you leave off 3 seminal Lennon tracks? They did get it right once with the U.S. Rubber Soul though. Better than the U.K. version IMO.

[@robertsterner408]

I think 66 was more fruitful pet sounds revolver..blonde on blonde ... anyway great vinyl mate enjoyed watching it friend

[@pablocaira8240]

Buen dia! Acabo de suscribirme, soy fanático del rock de los 60as. y me encantó tu forma de explicar. Soy de Argentina y no sé hablar en inglés, tuve que poner el traductor de mi celular jajaaaja... Para mi, faltó Sunshine Superman de Donovan y creo Roger el Ingeniero de The Yardbids y la versión britanica de Aftermath de los Stones, tendrian que estar entre los 5 primeros, obviamente es mi opinión. Seguí así y mucha suerte! Espero ansiozo tu video de 1965, mi año favorito del rock. Saludos y Gracias! 🇦🇷🎸🎼❤

[@tomrobinson5776]

Thank you very much 😉

[@pablocaira8240]

@@tomrobinson5776 Gracias por responderme!!! Te envio un abrazo!! 💪💪💪😉🇦🇷

[@jnagarya519]

I saw "Buffalo Springfield" once. They came onto stage, talked among themselves while tuning up. Finished tuning up and talked some more, then left the stage.

[@tomrobinson5776]

That’s awesome.

[@jnagarya519]

@@tomrobinson5776 They didn't play a note.

[@TheAnarchitek]

Only missing Animalization (MGM) (the best Animals album, in both versions, but the American is superior), The Mamas and The Papas second outing, a pop masterpiece from beginning to end, and, maybe Bobby Darin's LP. capitalizing on the earworm If I Were A Carpenter he'd made of Tim Hardin's song, adding Reason to Believe and 3 more Hardin compositions among the 11 songs on the album. Also, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme, River Deep/Mountain High (Phil Spector meets Ike & Tina), and Junior Walker & the All Stars' Road Runner. A solid list. I'd leave off Da Capo (and I'm a die-hard Love fan from 1965 on, but Revelations was a mistake), and the Standells -- most frustrating band of the era, five good-to-great singles, Dirty Water, Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White Hats, Why Pick on Me, Riot on Sunset Strip, and Try It, scattered across four albums filled with mediocre covers and a few insipid originals.

[@tomrobinson5776]

I agree with you regarding the Standells. Definitely a singles act.

[@TheAnarchitek]

@@tomrobinson5776 I bought the 1st Standells album. It quickly made its way to the back of my collection, only pulled out for the two hits, the rest no better than any versions I played in the bands I was part of in the era between '64 and '69. Mostly bar stuff, good enough, but not great, and the original material not as good.

[@filton0]

I agree that side one of 'Da ('Dah'!) Capo' is perfect, but I think people dismiss side two ('Revelation') a little too readily. It has real drive, there are some fantastic bits of musicianship (e.g. by Tjay Cantrelli!), and lots of little melodies that are memorable and eminently hummable. Love that album!

[@0biwan77]

Yes music machine

[@edwardoneill9559]

Are you from Capistrano Beach?

[@ΒασίληςΜιχαλόπουλος-ι3τ]

Also: PET SOUNDS, REVOLVER, LOVE BY LOVE, BLONDE ON BLOND, THE SHADOWS OF KNIGHT (both albums), REVOLVER, THE STANDELLS and the list goes on… But ROGER….

[@vinylrichie007]

I need to get Hums Of The Lovin Spoonful. I think you have 6 that made my top 10 video.

[@tomrobinson5776]

Very cool

[@melarch.5424]

I'm surprised you didn't include The Troggs somewhere in your list!

[@tomrobinson5776]

The Troggs are great. I only have a Best Of compilation.

[@chrisboerger465]

I have to agree with you about the US version of Aftermath, have never understood people's preference for the UK. Paint It Black is one of my favorite Stones songs...one of my favorite songs, quite frankly. Mother's Little Helper is cool, with good, relevant lyrics, but can't compare with the musical and lyrical brilliance of Paint It Black.

[@tomrobinson5776]

Indeed 😉

[@robgronotte1]

Because it's just the UK album with 4 songs removed, and the one song added that everyone already had from singles collections anyway.

[@senatorjimdracula1603]

My first impression of the remixed Revolver was "Where did Ringo's cymbals go?".

[@tomrobinson5776]

I agree.

[@andrewspingarn8370]

Revelation on Da Capo is not meandering, I find it energetic and exciting

[@davidg5629]

Yeah!

[@andreadaleyutronebel5894]

Pet Sounds had become legendary among critics already by the 70s

[@tomrobinson5776]

In the first edition of The Rolling Stone Record Guide back in 1979 they gave Pet Sounds 3 stars. Also Sgt Pepper received 4 stars. Interesting…

[@andreadaleyutronebel5894]

@@tomrobinson5776 That was Dave Marsh, not typical of the period. He later revised it to 4 stars in the second edition. Already in Paul Gambaccini's 1978 book Top 200 Albums, Pet Sounds appears in the top 20.

[@MrCherryJuice]

Re: Small Faces - that debut album is killer...almost like a live-in-the-studio album, which is surely what it was. Worth noting: 'You Need Loving', the Muddy Waters hit penned by Willie Dixon and covered by the lads with a Booker T & the MGs style backing was Robert Plant's reference when recording the vocal for Zep's 'Whole Lotta Love'. Zep also 'borrowed' the Small Faces ending with 'Way down inside...' etc. And of course Page & Plant assumed the writing credit, though having been sued on the matter now include Dixon. Mind, on the Small Faces album the tune is credited to the band. That was likely done by manager Don Arden, one of the biggest crooks in the business (and Sharon Osbourne's father), so he could score more royalties that could be added to the rest of the money he ripped off from the band. Another tune worth noting in 'E to D'. It's intro surely influenced Pete Townshend's intro to 'I Can See for Miles', both in concept and chord choices. Also, album was not Steve Marriott's debut on vinyl. He had a solo single or two prior to starting the Small Faces.

[@tomrobinson5776]

Marriott was magic. 😉

[@janritz6793]

John Mayall vid Eric Clapton the best albums 1966

[@jnagarya519]

"Roger the Engineer" stands up -- as if it was recorded tomorrow.

[@tomrobinson5776]

Absolutely 😉

[@russellkroeker2822]

I heard the Standels Dirty Water album for the first time recently. I was impressed by the production of the record. Especially the drum sound. So trashy. Great abum

[@dan-no5hm]

We all knew that was coming

[@prossart35]

2009 remaster??

[@tomrobinson5776]

Is this in regards to Revolver?

[@prossart35]

Yea I found it. Cd only I guess?

[@tomrobinson5776]

@@prossart35 Back in 2009 they released a mono and a stereo box set of all the Beatles albums remastered both on vinyl and CD. They were also available in single configurations.For my taste these are the best sounding Beatles albums. They’re the original mixes with stellar sound. I’m not really a fan of all these recent remixes. I think the magic lies in the original mixes. Hopefully the originals will still be available to purchase for future generations.

[@jimfiscus1248]

Wowing zowie. Don't forget Freak Out and the fugs second album. I'm being autocorrected on Wowing zowie.

[@stitchgrimly6167]

Depeche Mode?

[@lionheartroar3104]

I don't understand why there are never soul albums on these lists. Aretha Franklin, Sly & The Family Stone, Otis Redding, and a ton of Motown albums for starters were revolutionary as well. How come no Doors, Jefferson Airplane, Rolling Stones?

[@tomrobinson5776]

The Doors debut was from 1967. Featured in my 67 video, but I chose Strange Days for that year. Aretha’s I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You is on my 67 video. The Stones Aftermath is included in this 66 video. I have a “Most Played Box Sets video where I feature the 4 disc Motown box from 1959-1971 and James Brown’s Star Time box set is featured as well as my favorite most played box set.

[@lionheartroar3104]

@@tomrobinson5776 there were other reat albums in 1966 too Soul and rock.

[@jnagarya519]

"Revolver" cover won a Grammy.

[@tomrobinson5776]

Always loved that cover dating back to childhood. Has this mystique quality to it. Even the back cover is iconic.

[@jnagarya519]

@@tomrobinson5776 The covers of "Face to Face" by "The Kinks," "Eric is Here," by Eric Burdon and The Animals, and "The Magic Garden" by "The 5th Dimension," were all inspired by the "Revolver" cover, which is still a standout from all other record covers. Klaus Voorman also did the cover of the first "Bee Gees" LP.

[@davidoswell3079]

For me, Pet Sounds is overrated.

[@jnagarya519]

"Music Machine" and "The Standells" were studio musicians. So hardly "garage" rock.

[@robgronotte1]

Garage Rock is considered genre - it doesn't mean the music was literally recorded in a garage.

[@jnagarya519]

@@robgronotte1 I grew up during that era. It typically meant poor to average recordings issued on small independent labels. That it is considered a "genre" illustrates the pseudo-intellectual misuse of the word "genre".

[@robgronotte1]

I believe you, but that's how the term is used now.

[@jnagarya519]

@@robgronotte1 Yes, I note that younger generations make up their own meanings instead of bothering to learn the original meaning. After "The Beatles" broke up rock splintered into "alternative rocks". Alternative to what? To rock. And by the 1980s practically every band was claiming to be its own "genre". Along with which "The Beatles" were beginning to be characterized by the smugly confident as a "boy band". It's tiresome dealing with mis-definitions in place of coherence. Christ, there's even a "new" "genre" of science fiction films: "science fiction-horror -- science fiction films that include aliens/monsters. The vast majority of such films have always included aliens/monsters, but the "genre" "science fiction" was sufficient since at latest 1951.

[@Yougotadollar]

I was going to bring up the Byrds if you didn't.

[@tomrobinson5776]

Ha! 😉

[@chrisbotelho7212]

Rock music was full grown in 1966. Face to Face and Revolver are my favorites but there are so many great l.p.'s for that year. However on a more sour note, I can't stomach Pet Sounds. I think it really sucks (well, 3 good songs blown off the disc by a bunch of boring mindless muzak). Seriously it really sucks. Stop propping up this vinyl stink pile. That emperor has no clothes.