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1965



John Coltrane – A Love Supreme
The Kinks – Kinda Kinks
The Kinks - Kink Kontroversy
The Zombies – Begin Here
The Byrds – Mr. Tambourine Man
The Byrds - Turn Turn Turn
Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
Otis Redding – Otis Sings Blue
Smokey Robinson – Going To A Go-Go
The Who – Sings My Generation
Yardbirds – For Your Love
The Sonics – Here Are The Sonics
The Beatles – Help!
The Beatles - Rubber Soul
The Beau Brummels – Introducing The Beau Brummels
Martha And The Vandellas – Dance Party
Rolling Stones – Out Of Our Heads
Herb Alpert – Whipped Cream And Other Delights
The Fugs – First Album
Sun Ra – The Heliocentric Worlds Of Sun Ra
Junior Wells – Hoodoo Man Blues
Nina Simone – Pastel Blues
Barbra Streisand – My Name Is Barbra
Peter Paul And Mary – A Song Will Rise
Peter Paul And Mary - See What Tomorrow Brings
The Beach Boys – Today!
The Beach Boys – Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!!)

Notes:  I look forward to listening to other mid-60s years, because this was a lot of fun. This is also the year with the most repeated artists so far; partially because the albums were generally pretty short, and partially because you can't make me choose between Help! and Rubber Soul or Highway 61 Revisited and Bringing It All Back Home.

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