The Beatles 1965 – Ticket To Ride
The needle drops, and the air itself seems to thicken. There is no gentle fade-in, no charming ‘yeah, yeah, yeah’…
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The Rolling Stones 1964 – Little Red Rooster
The air in the London studio in late 1964 must have felt thick with the nervous energy of defiance. Outside,…
Frankie Avalon 1960 – Why
The calendar turned from 1959 to 1960 with a shift so subtle, yet so profound, that you can hear it…
Marty Robbins 1965 – El Paso
The year 1965 sits a full five years after this monumental piece of music first crested the charts, but the…
The Toys 1965 – Lovers Concerto
The air in my grandfather’s study was always thick with the scent of aged paper and lemon polish. It was…
John Denver 1969 – Leaving On A Jet Plane
The air in the studio must have been thick with the ghosts of songs already gone. October 1969. While one…
The Dave Clark Five 1968 – Red Balloon
The British Invasion, by 1968, was less an invasion and more an occupation, a permanent fixture in the cultural landscape.…
The Shadows 1964 – Theme for young lovers
The air in the café hung still, a familiar late-afternoon lull broken only by the hiss of the espresso machine…
The Tremeloes 1969 – Hello World
The tail-end of the 1960s was a study in sonic whiplash. The Beatles had fractured the pop template with the…
Brian Poole & The Tremeloes 1965 – Three Bells
The London air in 1965 was electric, saturated with the raw energy of the Beat Boom. Bands were turning up…