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1967: The Year That Changed Music Forever
A survey of the music of 1967: the album as art form, psychedelic rock, soul, the Monterey festival and the changing ways people heard records.
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Music in 1967
Festivals, rock icons and the changing radio dial.
The 1967 Monterey Pop Festival: A Music Event for the Ages
The Monterey Pop Festival of June 1967: how it was organised, who played, the performances that made careers, and its influence on later rock festivals.
The 1967 Music: A Year of Innovation
The studio and instrument advances behind 1967's sound: multitrack tape, Sgt. Pepper at Abbey Road, the sitar, the Mellotron and early Moog synthesizers.
The 1967 Radio Industry: A Year of Change
How radio changed in 1967: Britain outlawed its offshore pirate stations, the BBC launched Radio 1, and American FM began to broadcast album-oriented rock.
The 1967 Radio: A Year of Change
How American radio split in 1967: tightly formatted AM Top 40 stations like WABC, and a new album-oriented FM sound pioneered at KMPX in San Francisco.
The Cultural Exchange Between the US and the UK
In 1967 music crossed the Atlantic in both directions: British Invasion bands in America, British fans of blues and soul, and Jimi Hendrix finding fame in London.
The Life and Times of Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan's career through 1967: from Greenwich Village folk and going electric to the 1966 motorcycle accident, the Basement Tapes and John Wesley Harding.
The Life and Times of Janis Joplin
Janis Joplin's life: from Port Arthur, Texas to San Francisco, her breakthrough with Big Brother and the Holding Company at Monterey in 1967, and her death in 1970.
The Life and Times of Jim Morrison
Jim Morrison's life: film school and the formation of the Doors, the 1967 debut album and Light My Fire, controversy on stage and his death in Paris in 1971.
The Life and Times of Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix's life: his Seattle childhood, years as a sideman, discovery and 1967 breakthrough in London, the Monterey performance and his death in 1970.
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