Combing the Stacks

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).

Discussing #97-95 of the top 100 albums of the 1960s from https://besteveralbums.com. This episode covers the following albums: The Kinks - Face to Face (8:44), The Byrds - Younger than Yesterday (31:53), and Leonard Cohen - Songs From a Room (54:15).

Discussing the top 100 albums of the 1960s from besteveralbums.com. This episode covers the following albums: Townes Van Zandt - self titled (18:00), Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding (41:35), and Big Brother and the Holding Company - Cheap Thrills (58:45)