Combing the Stacks

Combing the Stacks

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Three guys, three unique viewpoints on music. Each week, CTS covers four albums and five singles with a recap of all angles at the end of the season. Season 1 covers the 60s, Season 2 the 70s, Season 3 the 80s and Season 4 (our current season) covers the 90s. Start from the beginning or dive into an episode that covers an album you love (or hate)!New episodes every Friday afternoon. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7-DWaPDG1AGY-giXO6jhtwSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1GN4XRFHL8FLl4PgbomIYbLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/joshua_g/list/combing-the-stacks-movie-list/

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Latest episode

Jul 10, 2026

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S1 B4: Cold Listen/Hot Take 60s Albums: BB King/The Beach Boys 3/Dr. John/The Meters/Nina Simone 2/Ray Charles/Sam Cooke 28.02.2021

Discussing another batch of 1960s albums pulled from the newest Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. This episode covers the following albums: Sam Cooke - Portrait of a Legend (06:09), The Beach Boys - Wild Honey (22:36), Ray Charles - Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Vol 1. (41:22), Nina Simone - Wild as the Wind (59:50), Dr. John - Gris Gris (1:20:43), The Meters - Look-Ka Py...

S1 E34: Top 100 Albums of the 1960s: The Beach Boys 2/The Beatles 11 and Season 1 Wrap Up Discussion 18.02.2021

Discussing #2 and #1 of the top 100 albums of the 1960s from https://besteveralbums.com. The Cleaning the Stacks segment starts at (07:10). This episode covers the following albums: The Beatles - Abbey Road (13:16), The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (45:07), and our 60s Wrap Up Discussion (1:22:43).

S1 E33: Top 100 Albums of the 1960s: The Doors 3/Etta James/The Velvet Underground 3 11.02.2021

Discussing #4-3 and #97 of the top 100 albums of the 1960s from https://besteveralbums.com. Etta James crept into the Top 100 shortly after we started the show and we wanted to give her the respect she deserves! The Cleaning the Stacks segment starts at (07:53). This episode covers the following albums: The Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground and Nico (16:45), The Doors - Self-Titled (41:19),...

S1 E32: Top 100 Albums of the 1960s: The Beatles 10/Jimi Hendrix Experience 3/Led Zeppelin 2 05.02.2021

Discussing #7-5 of the top 100 albums of the 1960s from https://besteveralbums.com. The Cleaning the Stacks segment starts at (10:07). This episode covers the following albums: Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II (20:29), The Beatles - Revolver (52:47), and The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced (1:24:01).

S1 E31: Top 100 Albums of the 1960s: The Beatles 9/King Crimson/The Rolling Stones 3 28.01.2021

Discussing #10-8 of the top 100 albums of the 1960s from https://besteveralbums.com. The Cleaning the Stacks segment starts at (08:17). This episode covers the following albums: The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (18:50), King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King (57:06), and The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed (1:24:34).

S1 E30: Top 100 Albums of the 1960s: The Beatles 8/Love/Van Morrison 22.01.2021

Discussing #13-11 of the top 100 albums of the 1960s from https://besteveralbums.com. The Cleaning the Stacks segment starts at (07:22). This episode covers the following albums: Van Morrison - Astral Weeks (18:10), Love - Forever Changes (45:11), and The Beatles - White Album (1:13:35).

S1 E29: Top 100 Albums of the 1960s: Bob Dylan 7/Jimi Hendrix Experience 2/The Velvet Underground 2 14.01.2021

Discussing #16-14 of the top 100 albums of the 1960s from https://besteveralbums.com. The Cleaning the Stacks segment starts at (12:32). This episode covers the following albums: The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground (16:42), Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited (37:27), and Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland (1:05:12).

S1 E28: Top 100 Albums of the 1960s: The Beatles 7/Charles Mingus/Led Zeppelin 07.01.2021

Discussing #19-17 of the top 100 albums of the 1960s from https://besteveralbums.com. This episode covers the following albums: Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin 1 (07:47), The Beatles - Rubber Soul (38:13), and Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1:07:23).

S1 E27: Top 100 Albums of the 1960s: Bob Dylan 6/John Coltrane 3/The Zombies 31.12.2020

Discussing #22-20 of the top 100 albums of the 1960s from https://besteveralbums.com. Cleaning the Stacks segment starts at (9:47). This episode covers the following albums: The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle (18:15), Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde (45:13), and John Coltrane - A Love Supreme (1:19:27).

S1 E26: Top 100 Albums of the 1960s: The Beatles 6/The Rolling Stones 2/The Velvet Underground 24.12.2020

Discussing #25-23 of the top 100 albums of the 1960s from https://besteveralbums.com. This episode covers the following albums: The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet (14:37), The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat (44:08), and The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour (1:25:05).

S1 E25: Top 100 Albums of the 1960s: Bob Dylan 5/The Kinks 3/Leonard Cohen 2 17.12.2020

Discussing #28-26 of the top 100 albums of the 1960s from https://besteveralbums.com. This episode covers the following albums: Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home (26:33), Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen (59:43), and The Kinks - The Village Green Preservation Society (1:22:47).

S1 E24: Top 100 Albums of the 1960s: Nick Drake/Pink Floyd 2/The Who 3 10.12.2020

Discussing #31-29 of the top 100 albums of the 1960s from https://besteveralbums.com. This episode covers the following albums: Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (14:06), The Who - Tommy (46:09), and Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left (1:14:09).

S1 E23: Top 100 Albums of the 1960s: The Beatles 5/Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band 2/Frank Zappa 03.12.2020

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).

S1 E22: Top 100 Albums of the 1960s: Bob Dylan 4/Jimi Hendrix Experience/Neil Young 26.11.2020

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!

S1 E21: Top 100 Albums of the 1960s: The Band 2/The Beatles 4/The Doors 2 19.11.2020

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).

S1 E20: Top 100 Albums of the 1960s: Cream/Johnny Cash/Miles Davis 2 12.11.2020

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).

S1 E19: Top 100 Albums of the 1960s: The Band/The Moody Blues/Simon and Garfunkel 3 05.11.2020

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).

S1 E18: Top 100 Albums of the 1960s: Jefferson Airplane/The Kinks 3/Otis Redding 29.10.2020

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).

S1 E17: Top 100 Albums of the 1960s: The Beatles 3/Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young/The Rolling Stones 22.10.2020

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).

S1 E16: Top 100 Albums of the 1960s: Aretha Franklin 2/Simon and Garfunkel 2/The Stooges 15.10.2020

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).

S1 E15: Top 100 Albums of the 1960s: The Kinks 2/The Mothers of Invention 2/Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto 08.10.2020

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).

S1 E14: Top 100 Albums of the 1960s: Creedence Clearwater Revival 2/Miles Davis/The Who 2 01.10.2020

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).

S1 E13: Top 100 Albums of the 1960s: Bob Dylan 3/Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band/Nico 24.09.2020

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).

S1 E12: Top 100 Albums of the 1960s: John Coltrane 2/Simon and Garfunkel/Sly and the Family Stone 17.09.2020

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).

S1 E11: Top 100 Albums of the 1960s: Creedence Clearwater Revival/James Brown/The Mothers of Invention 10.09.2020

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).

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