(B-list) Album Chart of 1968
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| (B-list) Album Chart of 1968 |
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Prince Buster
Fab MS-6
“A classic” Ska / RocksteadyJukebox picks: “Madness” (10) • “Burning Creation” (9.7) • “Enjoy It” (9.5)
A wop baba loo bop a wop bam boom - you can feel the excitement as you pick up the cover. They try to pass this off as t...more →
Various Artists
Smanje Manje LSJM-1001
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“Excellent” AfricanaJukebox picks: “Makgona Tsohle Band - Big Bag No. 1” (9.8) • “Mahlathini and The Queens - Uyagiyaumahlathini” (9.5) • “Makgona Tsohle Band - Izulu Liya Duduma No. 2” (9.2)
A truly excellent compilation, as tough as old boots, rounding up 12 Smanje Manje single sides from 1967 and 1968. Check...more →
Prince Buster
Blue Beat BBLP-821
“Brilliant” Ska / Rocksteady; ReggaeJukebox picks: “Rough Rider [album vesion]” (9.8) • “Wine Or Grind” (9.2) • “Wreck A Body” (9.1)
Blue Beat 821 was almost another new album but gets the 'b-list' tag as 3 of the 12 tracks had appeared on previous stud...more →
Various Artists
Atlantic 643301
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“Brilliant” Soul; Soul BalladJukebox picks: “Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)” (10) • “Otis Redding - Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa (Sad Song)” (9.6) • “Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music” (9.1)
Atlantic putting out a best of soul compilation in 1968? It could hardly fail and doesn't....more →
Otis Redding
Volt VOLT-S419
“Really good” SoulJukebox picks: “Tramp” (9.3) • “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay” (9.1) • “Ole Man Trouble” (7.9)
3 of the 11 tracks had appeared on the previous studio albums, so not considered a regular new music album, even though ...more →
Desmond Dekker and The Aces
Beverley's Records LP-003
“Really good” Ska / RocksteadyJukebox picks: “007 (Shanty Town)” (8.5) • “Unity” (8.4) • “Mother Long Tongue” (7.8)
Dekker’s first Jamaican LP, issued on Beverleys LP003. Seven of the twelve tracks appeared on last years UK debut LP, he...more →
Fats Domino
Liberty 83174
“Good” Blues / Rhythm n BluesJukebox picks: “How Long” (7.7) • “Careless Love” (7.5) • “Rose Mary” (7.4)
Liberty 83174. 18 early period recordings released as sides between 1949 and 1953, with 2 tracks previously unreleased –...more →
The Beach Boys
Capitol Records DKAO-2893
“Good” Pop; Cerebral PopJukebox picks: “Sloop John B [instrumental version]” (9.8) • “Do It Again [instrumental version]” (8.9) • “God Only Knows [instrumental version]” (8.7)
Authentic Beach Boys karaoke. That Capitol Records didn’t miss a trick eh? This “budget-price issue” was “a gift t...more →
Johnny Cash
Columbia CL-2839
“Good” CountryJukebox picks: “25 Minutes To Go [live at folsom prison]” (9.1) • “Orange Blossom Special [live at folsom prison]” (8.4) • “Folsom Prison Blues [live at folsom prison]” (8.3)
Ever since releasing “Folsom Prison Blues” as his 2nd single away back in 1955, prisoners had been writing to Cash, ...more →
Bill Haley and his Comets
Hallmark Records SHM-668
“Good” Rock n Roll / RockabillyJukebox picks: “Shake, Rattle And Roll” (7.9) • “Rock-A-Beatin’ Boogie” (7.6) • “Rock Around The Clock” (7.5)
No surprises, just some good time Rock n Roll....more →
The Kingsmen
Marble Arch Records MAL-829
“Decent enough” Proto-Punk; PopJukebox picks: “Louie Louie [alt take]” (9.5) • “Killer Joe” (7.3) • “Long Green” (7.1)
Budget label compile with a mix of studio and live recordings....more →
James Brown
King Records 1022
“Decent enough” Soul; Soul Ballad; Disco / Funk; Blues / Rhythm n BluesJukebox picks: “There Was A Time [live apollo ’67]” (8.8) • “It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World [live apollo ’67]” (8.7) • “That’s Life [live apollo ’67]” (8.0)
Recorded over two nights on June 24th-25th, 1967 in Harlem’s Apollo Theatre. It was the second album in JB’s Apollo Quad...more →
Elvis Presley
RCA Victor LPM-4088
“Decent enough” Blues / Rhythm n Blues; Pop BalladJukebox picks: “Lawdy Miss Clawdy [live unplugged]” (9.8) • “One Night [live unplugged]” (9.3) • “Blue Christmas [live unplugged]” (9.0)
So good to see and hear Elvis has still got a genuine feeling for the blues and for Rock n Roll in him. A much-need re-a...more →
Johnny Cash
CBS 63316
“Average” CountryJukebox picks: “The Matador” (8.9) • “The Sons Of Katie Elder” (7.2) • “Dark As A Dungeon [1964]” (6.7)
A bit of a vaults clear out from Columbia, with tracks recorded between 1961 and 1969. Only 2 tracks have appeared on pr...more →
Wanda Jackson
Hilltop JS-6058
“Average” CountryJukebox picks: “Slippin’” (8.4) • “Please Help Me I’m Falling” (6.7) • “Let Me Go, Lover” (6.5)
Another fair Wanda compile in '68 featuring the fantastic “Slippin’”....more →
Wanda Jackson
Capitol Records ST-2883
“Average” CountryJukebox picks: “Let’s Have A Party” (7.2) • “The Box It Came In” (7.0) • “Kickin’ Our Hearts Around” (6.7)
Well received compile released in February '68, making the Country Top 30 of the year....more →
Nina Simone
RCA Victor LSP-4065
“Average” Soul BalladJukebox picks: “Ain’t Got No (I Got Life) [1968 album version]” (7.4) • “Do What You Gotta Do” (6.4) • “Why? (The King Of Love Is Dead) [live westbury ’68]” (6.2)
Nina Simone performing at Westbury Music Fair on the evening following the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King. The album w...more →
Manfred Mann
Mercury SR-61168
“Below average” Blues / Rhythm n Blues; PopJukebox picks: “The Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo)” (9.2) • “Ha Ha Said The Clown” (7.5) • “Every Day Another Hair Turns Grey” (6.1)
An especially constructed LP by Mercury for the American market, reimagining the Mighty Garvey UK LP, removing and addin...more →
The Dave Clark Five
Epic LN-24354
“Below average” PopJukebox picks: “Inside And Out” (6.9) • “Concentration Baby” (6.8) • “Hold On Tight” (6.7)
The American version of “Everybody Knows” (Epic LN 24354) was released in the USA in January 1968, a month after the Bri...more →
Various Artists
Ocora OCR-40
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“Poor” Africana; Avant-GardeJukebox picks: “Tambourinaires de Bukirasazi - Ensemble De Tambours” (7.5) • “Deux Jeunes Filles - Akazéhé Par Deux Jeunes Filles” (6.2) • “Le Chœur Buyenzi - Chant De Femmes” (6.1)
The Ocora label – the recording arm of Radio France – was big on ethnographic long-players, and this set was one of the ...more →
Various Artists
Columbia STWO-2
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“Poor” Orchestra Dance; Film Score / IncidentalJukebox picks: “Jack Emblow - Ritual Fire Dance” (7.4) • “David Rose and his Orchestra - The Stripper” (6.4) • “Joe Loss and his Orchestra - Wheels - Cha Cha” (6.2)
As the liner notes tell it: “A further selection of tracks from the spectacular and exciting Studio Two catalogue… e...more →
Various Artists
ATCO Records SD 33-269
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“Lame” Soul; Soul BalladJukebox picks: “Joe Tex - I’ll Make Everyday Christmas (For My Woman)” (7.5) • “Otis Redding - White Christmas” (6.1) • “Otis Redding - Merry Christmas Baby” (6.0)
Patchy compile, a bit naff in places, but not without one or two cherry pickers....more →
The Bachelors
Decca SPA-2
“An embarrassment” PopJukebox picks: “The Sound Of Silence” (3.5) • “My Foolish Heart” (2.1) • “No Arms Can Ever Hold You” (1.9)
Greatest hits set. Apparently....more →
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