***Due to my obsessive nature I am editing this article with Amazon.com sales rankings included because I’m obsessed with them right now for some sick reason.*** According to the users of the website RateYourMusic.com, these are the top 10 pop/rock albums of the 1960s: #01 The Beatles – Abbey Road (1969) – #82 on Amazon [...]

The Beatles The fab four are actually a bit late to the box set game as they are finally (in 2009) releasing their first CD box sets (I know, I know, what about the Capital Box Sets? Eh…) Of course they are doing it in style with not just one box set but two. There’s [...]

As a follow-up to my last post on the top 10 artists on Last.FM, I thought it’d be interesting to look at the top 10 artists who released most of their music in the 60s and 70s are. I think this gives a good idea of which “classic” artists have continued to stay relevant not [...]

Ray Manzarek was born on February 12th of 1939 in Chicago, Illinois. He is best known as the keyboardist (and a co-founder) of the 1960s psychedelic rock group The Doors. The Doors were formed in 1965 by Manzarek (keyboards) with Jim Morrison (vocals), John Densmore (drums), and Robby Krieger (guitars.) The band released six studio [...]

This song is off their fourth record which was released in 1969 entitled “The Soft Parade”, the album had a chart-topper in “Touch Me”, and indeed we all did. While it must be said that Jim Morrison was part lizard, which is something that I always found difficult, as I being a man naturally prejudiced [...]