Music news for June 1968
Pink Floyd announces that founding member Syd Barrett has officially left the band. Simon and Garfunkel’s “Mrs. Robinson” reaches #1 on the singles chart.
Top 500 Albums of All-Time for June 1968
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Album Rewind Pick of the Month for June 1968
“Aretha Franklin – Aretha Now” https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/55HZ2ectg1mMTEKDqIq3kC?utm_source=generator
Tier ranking of my top 5 albums for June 1968
S Tier: None
A Tier: None
B Tier: Aretha Franklin – Aretha Now (soul)
C Tier: Pink Floyd – Saucerful of Secrets (psychedelic rock) //// Iron Butterfly – In-A-Gadda-Da-Vidda (psychedelic rock) //// Chicken Shack – 40 Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed and Ready to Serve (blues rock)
D Tier: Fairport Convention – Fairport Convention
A true “Hidden Gem” – Chicken Shack’s Blue Fingers…Never heard of the group before. I was pleasetnly surprised. Nothing groundbreaking but it’s a great blues album! I’m tempted to move it up to B Tier but I need to listen to it some more. In a fairly average month of albums this one does stick out.
Not quite my Pink Floyd– Pink Floyd is one of my favorite groups of all-time. Their run from Dark Side of the Moon through The Wall is one of the best runs of albums ever. I do really like the album Meddle as well and some of their other early 70’s albums. Like Piper at the Gates of Dawn before it, Saucerful of Secrets is a good album it’s just a completely different band than what they would become at their peak. They haven’t quite found their sound yet, but you can hear snippets of peak Pink Floyd on this album.
Garden of Eden – The title track for Iron Butterfly’s In-A-Gadda-Da-Vidda is pretty famous for being a 15 minute plus psychedelic jam. The title is of course a play on words for “Garden of Eden”. I was never a big fan of the song, but never listened to the rest of the album until now. Although I find the title track to be a bit overrated, the rest of the album is actually pretty groovy!
My Favorite Songs for June 1968:
- Aretha Franklin – Think
- Aretha Franklin – See Saw
- Pink Floyd – Let There Be More Light
- Pink Floyd – Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
- Iron Butterfly – Most Anything You Want
- Iron Butterfly – Termination
- Chicken Shack – The Letter
- Chicken Shack – Lonesome Whistle Blues
- Chicken Shack – When the Train Comes Back
- Fairport Convention – Time Will Show the Wiser