Tag: 1966

John Mayall with Eric Clapton, Blues Breakers, 1966 on London Records

This was the debut studio album for Mayall and the Bluesbreakers but credited to John Mayall with Eric Clapton. The band here includes Mayall, Clapton, John McVie, Hughie…

Nancy Sinatra, How Does That Grab You?, 1966 on Reprise

Another Lee Hazlewood produced mid-sixties Nancy Sinatra record – this was the followup to Boots – on Reprise. It didn’t do as well as Boots, but did reach…

Bob Dylan, Blonde on Blonde, 1966 on Columbia

Dylan’s catalog is so extensive and so amazing it’s hard to keep track. Most of it just feels like it’s always just been there – part of the…

Johnny Hodges and Earl “Fatha” Hines, Stride Right, 1966 on Verve.

Produced by Creed Taylor, and recorded January 14th, 1966 at Rudy Van Gelder’s in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Hodges (alto sax) and Hines (piano & organ) are joined…

Nancy Sinatra, Boots, 1966 on Reprise.

Sinatra’s debut full-length on Frank Sinatra’s Reprise label, produced by Lee Hazlewood and arranged & conducted by Billy Strange. My copy is one of the Light in the…

The Blues Project, Live at the Cafe Au Go Go, 1966 on Verve Folkways

Credited on the cover as “featuring Tommy Flanders,” who had left the group by the time it was released. My copy is a 1966 mono version which I…

Eric Andersen, ‘Bout Changes & Things, 1966 on Vanguard.

Eric Andersen, ‘Bout Changes & Things, 1966 on Vanguard. I think this title would work well for an autobiography. Andersen was part of the Greenwich Village folk scene…

Sarah Vaughan, The New Scene, 1966 on Mercury.

Sarah Vaughan, The. New Scene, 1966 on Mercury. One of Vaughan’s later Mercury albums, a few years after the Tivoli live record. Includes the Lennon-McCartney Michelle

Frank Sinatra, Sinatra at the Sands, 1966 on Reprise.

Frank Sinatra, Sinatra at the Sands, 1966 on Reprise. My copy is from the 2022 @vinylmeplease anthology Story of Quincy Jones, as he was the arranger and conductor…

Oscar Peterson, Something Warm, 1966 on Verve.

Oscar Peterson, Something Warm, 1966 on Verve. One of the four LPs of material recorded at the London House in Chicago in 1962 (along with The Trio, Sound…

Oscar Peterson Trio, Put On A Happy Face, 1966 on Verve.

Oscar Peterson Trio, Put On A Happy Face, 1966 on Verve. My favorite incarnation with Ed Thigpen and Ray Brown – one of four LPs of music recorded…

Otis Redding, Otis Redding Recorded Live (Previously Unreleased Performances), 1982 on Atlantic.

Otis Redding, Otis Redding Recorded Live (Previously Unreleased Performances), 1982 on Atlantic. As the liner notes explain, Ed Michel uncovered these tapes (from the same performances which made…

Richie Havens, Mixed Bag. 1966 on Verve Folkways.

Richie Havens, Mixed Bag. 1966 on Verve Folkways. Originally Verve Folkways – my copy is an MGM reissue from after Woodstock, with new hype banner.

Simon and Garfunkel; Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme; 1966 on Columbia.

Simon and Garfunkel; Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme; 1966 on Columbia. I’ll forgive Paul Simon the lack of an Oxford comma here. This is the one that closes…

The Blues Project, Projections, 1966 on Verve Folkways.

The Blues Project, Projections, 1966 on Verve Folkways. The Blues Project was only active for a few years around 1966 in Greenwich Village, and included Al Kooper, Roy…

The Monkees, The Monkees, 1966 on Colgems.

The Monkees, The Monkees, 1966 on Colgems. This one has some bonus eyebrows drawn on the rear cover by a previous owner – the Underhills. The debut album,…