Cara Lin – Strangeloves
I first encountered “Cara-Lin” on a battered 45 RPM single, the paper label stained brown by time and spilled soda.…
Don’t Think Twice – Four Seasons
The Greenwich Village folk scene of the early 1960s and the glossy, orchestrated pop sound of The Four Seasons existed…
Darling Be Home Soon – Lovin Spoonful
The rain was an indifferent curtain tonight, streaking the window of the empty room. It was the kind of solitary…
I’m a Fool – Dino, Desi & Billy
The year is 1965. The airwaves are a battlefield of British Invasion grit and American garage band honesty. Yet, right…
Sure Gonna Miss Her Gary Lewis
The year is 1966. The radio dial is a fever dream of British Invasion grit and American garage-band swagger. Yet,…
Gimme Shelter Rolling Stones
The light was fading, not just outside the dusty window of the apartment, but across the entire decade. It was…
Where Have All the Flowers Gone Johnny Rivers
The needle drops. There is a faint, almost imperceptible whisper of tape hiss—the sonic fingerprint of a mid-sixties studio session.…
The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde – Georgie Fame
The air in the café hung thick with the smell of stale coffee and damp wool. It was the kind…
Run Baby Run Newbeats
The vinyl crackle of a forgotten 45 is a sound like no other. It’s the sonic signature of potential, the…
Off The Hook Rolling Stones
The late autumn air of 1964 had a specific electrical charge—the kind that only a successful transatlantic invasion could generate.…