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The Landmark Albums of 1967
A survey of the most influential albums of 1967, from The Doors and Sgt. Pepper to Hendrix and Pink Floyd, and why they changed how records were made and heard.
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Landmark Albums of 1967
Debut records and breakthrough albums released in 1967.
Are You Experienced and the Debut of the Jimi Hendrix Experience
How Jimi Hendrix came to London, formed the Experience and made the 1967 debut Are You Experienced, with its track listing and the differing UK and US editions.
Aretha Franklin Breakthrough Year at Atlantic Records
How Aretha Franklin left Columbia for Atlantic, recorded at Muscle Shoals and turned Respect into a number-one hit that made 1967 her breakthrough year.
Disraeli Gears and the Sound of Cream
How Cream used the power trio format, a New York studio and a psychedelic sleeve to make Disraeli Gears, the 1967 album behind Sunshine of Your Love.
Otis Redding at Monterey and the Dock of the Bay Sessions
Otis Redding's 1967: the Monterey set that won a rock audience, the December sessions for Dock of the Bay and his death in a plane crash at age 26.
Surrealistic Pillow and the Jefferson Airplane
How Jefferson Airplane, with new singer Grace Slick, made Surrealistic Pillow in 1967 and put San Francisco psychedelia on the radio with two hit singles.
The Doors Debut Album and the Rise of Los Angeles Rock
How The Doors formed in Venice, rose on the Sunset Strip and recorded their January 1967 debut album, including Light My Fire and the long closer The End.
The Monkees: A Television Band Becomes a Chart Force
How a 1965 casting call created the Monkees, their string of chart-topping records, and the 1967 fight over who should control their music.
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn and Pink Floyd Early Years
Pink Floyd's early years under Syd Barrett: the London underground, the Abbey Road sessions and the August 1967 debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn.
The Velvet Underground and Nico Album
The 1967 debut of The Velvet Underground and Nico: Andy Warhol's sponsorship, the songs about drugs and the city, and its very slow commercial start.
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