Combing the Stacks

Discussing #34-32 of the top 100 albums of the 1960s from https://besteveralbums.com. This episode covers the following albums: The Beatles - Help! (16:13), Frank Zappa - Hot Rats (44:46), and Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica (1:12:21).

Discussing #37-35 of the top 100 albums of the 1960s from https://besteveralbums.com. This episode covers the following albums: Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (18:45), Jimi Hendrix - Axis: Bold As Love (47:56), and Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1:29:56). Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Discussing #40-38 of the top 100 albums of the 1960s from https://besteveralbums.com. This episode covers the following albums: The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night (12:14), The Doors - Strange Days (41:12), and The Band - Self-Titled (1:12:46).

Discussing #43-41 of the top 100 albums of the 1960s from https://besteveralbums.com. This episode covers the following albums: Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison (14:03), Cream - Disraeli Gears (47:47), and Miles Davis - In A Silent Way (1:11:38).

Discussing #46-44 of the top 100 albums of the 1960s from https://besteveralbums.com. This episode covers the following albums: Simon and Garfunkel - Bookends (12:10), The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed (35:23), and The Band - Music from Big Pink (1:03:01).

Discussing #49-47 of the top 100 albums of the 1960s from https://besteveralbums.com. This episode covers the following albums: Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow (15:31), The Kinks - Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) (50:38), and Otis Redding - Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul (1:23:35).

Discussing #52-50 of the top 100 albums of the 1960s from https://besteveralbums.com. This episode covers the following albums: Crosby, Stills and Nash - self-titled (08:06), The Beatles - Please Please Me (44:39), and The Rolling Stones - Aftermath (1:04:49).

Discussing #55-53 of the top 100 albums of the 1960s from https://besteveralbums.com. This episode covers the following albums: The Stooges - self-titled (10:50), Simon and Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence (38:16), and Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1:00:43).

Discussing #58-56 of the top 100 albums of the 1960s from https://besteveralbums.com. This episode covers the following albums: The Mothers of Invention - Freak Out! (28:12), The Kinks - Something Else By The Kinks (1:01:10), and Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto (1:24:36).

Discussing #61-59 of the top 100 albums of the 1960s from https://besteveralbums.com. This episode covers the following albums: The Who - The Who Sell Out (10:26), Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain (48:55), and Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River (1:18:45).

Discussing #64-62 of the top 100 albums of the 1960s from https://besteveralbums.com. This episode covers the following albums: Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Safe as Milk (12:07), Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin' (38:53), and Nico - Chelsea Girl (1:06:53).

Discussing #67-65 of the top 100 albums of the 1960s from https://besteveralbums.com. This episode covers the following albums: Simon and Garfunkel - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (12:42), Sly & The Family Stone - Stand! (44:58), and John Coltrane - Giant Steps (1:05:05).

Discussing #70-68 of the top 100 albums of the 1960s from https://besteveralbums.com. This episode covers the following albums: Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy and the Poor Boys (17:43), James Brown - Live at the Apollo (50:07), and The Mothers of Invention - We're Only In It For The Money (1:22:30).

Discussing #73-71 of the top 100 albums of the 1960s from https://besteveralbums.com. This episode covers the following albums: The Who - My Generation (15:26), Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis (51:08), and Pink Floyd - Saucerful of Secrets (1:21:00).

Discussing #76-74 of the top 100 albums of the 1960s from https://besteveralbums.com. This episode covers the following albums: Os Mutantes - self-titled (16:55), The Doors - Waiting For the Sun (47:08), and John Coltrane - My Favorite Things (1:17:30).

Discussing #79-77 of the top 100 albums of the 1960s from https://besteveralbums.com. This episode covers the following albums: The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers (12:55), Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul (45:40), and Pharoah Sanders - Karma (1:08:45).

Discussing #82-80 of the top 100 albums of the 1960s from https://besteveralbums.com. This episode covers the following albums: The Beatles - Beatles for Sale (10:34), David Bowie - David Bowie [Space Oddity] (36:49), and Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch! (1:11:50).

Discussing #85-83 of the top 100 albums of the 1960s from https://besteveralbums.com. This episode covers the following albums: The 13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators (09:45), Nina Simone - Pastel Blues (38:17), and The United States of America - self-titled (1:04:30).

Discussing #88-86 of the top 100 albums of the 1960s from https://besteveralbums.com. This episode covers the following albums: Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline (05:22), Santana - Self-Titled (36:20), and Scott Walker - Scott 4 (1:06:00).

In the final installment of our trilogy of bonus episodes, Jon and Matt dig deep to find two albums with interesting narratives.  We start by discussing the US version of "The Animals" by the Animals, a pioneering album of the British Invasion and one of the favorite albums of Jon's father.  For our second segment, we embrace the avant garde with "Black Monk Time" by The Monks.  The...

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With Josh still away on summer vacation, Jon and Matt take a trip of their own to the Motor City for the second episode in the Cleaning the Attic bonus series. This time, we feature the Supremes and the MC5, two artists from Detroit who released great albums in the 1960’s but whose sounds couldn’t be more different. Matt leads off with The Supremes' hugely successful hit-making 1964 Motown record...

While Josh is away on vacation, Jon and Matt keep the Combing the Stacks podcast spirit alive with the first installment of a bonus series, Cleaning the Attic . The guys discuss two albums that didn’t make the top 100 list of the best albums of the 1960s, but nevertheless deserve their due. Matt kicks things off with a dive into the Byrds’ 1968 country-rock classic Sweetheart of the Rodeo while Jo...

Discussing #91-89 of the top 100 albums of the 1960s from https://besteveralbums.com. This episode covers the following albums: The Beatles - With the Beatles (11:45), The Beach Boys - Today! (47:51), and Robert Johnson - King of the Delta Blues Singers (1:22:00).

Discussing #94-92 of the top 100 albums of the 1960s from https://besteveralbums.com. This episode covers the following albums: Tim Buckley - Goodbye and Hello (9:35), Fairport Convention - Liege & Lief (40:31), and The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (1:01:00).