Music news for January 1969
The Beatles play their final public concert. The famous concert takes place on the rooftop of the headquarters of Apple Corps in London. Led Zeppelin releases their first album. Marvin Gaye’s “I Heard it Through the Grapevine” hits #1 on the charts.
Top 500 Albums of All-Time for January 1969
Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin
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Album Rewind Pick of the Month for January 1969
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bayou Country
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Tier ranking of my top 5 albums for January 1969
S Tier:
Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin (Rock, Blues Rock)
A Tier:
none
B Tier:
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bayou Country (Rock, Southern Rock)
Boz Scaggs – Boz Scaggs (Soul Rock)
C Tier:
Neil Young – Neil Young (Country Rock)
Merle Haggard – Same Train, A Different Time (Country)
Random Musings:
Debut – January 1969 would see the release of the debut albums from two major artists, Neil Young and Led Zeppelin. Neil Young’s debut is good but not great. But he will have many great albums to come. Zeppelin on the other hand starts their career out strong with the release of their debut. Those first few notes of “Good Times, Bad Times” let the listener know that this band is not messing around and that a new heavier sound has arrived.
Note that Neil Young’s debut album was originally released in 1968, remixed and then re-released in January 1969.
So many albums – CCR release their album Bayou Country in January 1969. This is their first of three albums released in 1969! That’s unfathomable in this day and age when most artists take years between albums. What is even crazier is that CCR released 6 albums in their first 2 years. All of those classic CCR songs that we all know in love were written and recorded within a couple of years. How did they do that?!
The Boz – I’ll admit, I don’t know much about Boz Scaggs besides his 70’s hits, “Lowdown” and “Lido Shuffle”. I had know idea to expect from his album, simply called Boz Scaggs. Not a bad album and I was surprised to hear how soulful the album is.
Album Rewind – Favorite Songs for January 1969:
- Led Zeppelin – Good Times, Bad Times
- Led Zeppelin – Babe I’m Gonna Leave You
- Led Zeppelin – Communication Breakdown
- CCR – Born on the Bayou
- CCR – Proud Mary
- CCR – Keep on Chooglin’
- Neil Young – The Loner
- Neil Young – I’ve Been Waiting For You
- Boz Scaggs – I’m Easy
- Boz Scaggs – I’ll Be Long Gone
- Merle Haggard – California Blues
- Merle Haggard – Miss the Mississippi and You
Album Rewind Rating for January 1969 = 8/10
