Here’s a sampling of the BEST music ever made! Great albums from the 60s, 70s and 80s rock and pop released this week (and some related albums of note): June 15 1965 ● Golden Earring —— Just Ear-rings ► Hard Rock 1966 ● The Temptations —— Getting’ Ready ► Soul – Motown 1968 ● Jeremy Dormouse —— Toad ► Folk-Rock 1971 ● Jackie DeShannon —— Songs ► Pop-Rock 1972 ● Golden Earring —— Together ► Hard Rock 1973 ● Manfred Mann’s Earth Band —— Messin’ ► Prog Rock 1974 ● John Denver —— Back Home Again ► Folk-Pop 1978 ● Bob Dylan —— Street Legal ► Folk-Rock 1979 ● Dire Straits —— Communique ► Post-Punk Pop-Rock 1979 ● America —— Silent Letter ► Folk-Rock 1979 ● Joy Division —— Unknown Pleasures ► Post-Punk 1981 ● Duran Duran —— Duran Duran ► New Wave Synth-Pop 1982 ● Steve Miller Band —— Abracadabra ► Album Rock 1984 ● John Waite —— No Brakes ► Power Pop 1987 ● King Diamond —— Abigail ► Heavy Metal 1989 ● Nirvana —— Bleach ► Grunge 1993 ● Ozzy Osbourne —— Live & Loud ► Hard Rock 1993 ● Pete Townshend —— Psychoderelict ► Prog Rock 1993 ● Neil Young —— Unplugged ► Folk-Rock 1994 ● Golden Earring —— Face It ► Hard Rock 1994 ● Joan Jett & The Blackhearts —— Pure And Simple ► Hard Rock 1994 ● Pansy Division —— Deflowered ► Punk/Queercore 1998 ● Roxy Music —— Concert Classics ► Prog Rock 1999 ● Sarah McLachlan —— Mirrorball ► Folk-Rock 1999 ● Cheap Trick —— Music For Hangovers ► Hard Rock/Power Pop 1999 ● Dokken —— Erase The Slate ► Heavy Metal 1999 ● Santana —— Supernatural ► Jazz-Rock Fusion 2004 ● Phish —— Undermind ► Prog Rock/Jam Band 2004 ● Fleetwood Mac —— Live In Boston ► Pop-Rock 2009 ● Aretha Franklin —— A Deeper Love: The Best Of Aretha Franklin ► Soul 2009 ● Queen —— The Singles Collection: Volume 2 ► Glam Rock 2010 ● Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers —— Mojo ► Album Rock 2010 ● John Mellencamp —— On Rural Route 7609 ► Roots Rock 2010 ● Chris Isaak —— Live At The Fillmore ► Adult Contemporary 2018 ● Gene Clark —— Gene Clark Sings For You ► Country-Rock June 16 1969 ● Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band —— Trout Mask Replica ► Avant-Gard 1969 ● Steve Miller Band —— Brave New World ► Album Rock 1970 ● Grand Funk Railroad —— Closer To Home ► Hard Rock 1971 ● Elvis Presley —— Love Letters From Elvis ► Rock n Roll 1971 ● Three Dog Night —— Golden Biscuits ► Blue-Eyed Soul 1972 ● Roxy Music —— Roxy Music ► Prog Rock 1978 ● Ringo Starr —— Bad Boy ► Pop-Rock 1978 ● Olivia Newton-John —— Grease [Sndtrk] ► Country-Pop 1980 ● Carly Simon —— Come Upstairs ► Pop-Rock 1981 ● Carpenters —— Made In America ► Easy Listening 1983 ● Ringo Starr —— Old Wave ► Pop-Rock 1986 ● The Smiths —— The Queen Is Dead ► Alt. Pop-Rock 1991 ● Type O Negative —— Slow, Deep And Hard ► Heavy Metal/Goth Metal 1991 ● Big Audio Dynamite II —— The Globe ► Dance-Rock 1992 ● Taj Mahal —— Taj’s Blues ► Folk-Blues 1992 ● Peter Cetera —— World Falling Down ► Pop-Rock 1995 ● Michael Jackson —— HIStory: Past, Present, Future, Book I ► Dance-Pop 1997 ● Radiohead —— OK Computer ► Alt. Pop-Rock 1998 ● Ringo Starr —— Vertical Man ► Pop-Rock 1998 ● Neil Finn —— Try Whistling This ► Alt. Pop-Rock 1998 ● Aaron Carter —— Aaron Carter ► Teen Dance-Pop 1998 ● Little Feat —— Under The Radar ► Southern Rock 2004 ● The Jellybricks —— Power This ► Alt. Pop-Rock 2005 ● Shpongle —— Nothing Lasts…But Nothing Is Lost ► Pop-Rock 2009 ● George Harrison —— Let It Roll: Songs By George Harrison ► Pop-Rock 2009 ● Don Henley —— The Very Best Of Don Henley ► Country-Rock 2015 ● James Taylor —— Before This World ► Folk-Rock June 17 1961 ● Elvis Presley —— Something For Everybody ► Pop-Rock 1969 ● Elvis Presley —— From Elvis In Memphis ► Adult Contemporary 1972 ● Eagles —— Eagles ► Country-Rock 1976 ● LaBelle —— Chameleon ► Funk 1977 ● Crosby, Stills & Nash —— CSN ► Folk-Rock 1978 ● David Gilmour —— David Gilmour ► Prog Rock 1985 ● Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark —— Crush ► New Wave Synth Pop 1987 ● The Replacements —— Pleased To Meet Me ► Alt. Pop-Rock 1987 ● Natalie Cole —— Everlasting ► Soul-Pop 1991 ● Van Halen —— For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge ► Hard Rock 1991 ● Foreigner —— Unusual Heat ► Arena Rock 1994 ● Ghost —— Temple Stone ► Neo-Psychedelia 1997 ● Megadeth —— Cryptic Writings ► Heavy Metal 1997 ● 38 Special —— Resolution ► Southern Rock 1997 ● 10,000 Maniacs —— Love Among The Ruins ► Folk-Rock 1997 ● Neil Young & Crazy Horse —— Year Of The Horse ► Folk-Rock 1997 ● Blink-182 —— Dude Ranch ► Punk-Pop 2002 ● Peter Gabriel —— Long Walk Home [Sndtrk] ► Prog Rock 2003 ● Finger Eleven —— Finger Eleven ► Alt. Rock 2003 ● Bryan Adams —— Live At The Budokan ► Pop-Rock 2003 ● Steve Winwood —— About Time ► Album Rock 2003 ● Sam Cooke —— Portrait of a Legend 1951 – 1964 ► Soul 2008 ● Rick Springfield —— Playlist: The Very Best Of Rick Springfield ► Power Pop 2008 ● Judas Priest —— Nostrodamus ► Heavy Metal 2011 ● Bon Iver —— Bon Iver, Bon Iver ► Dream Pop 2013 ● Bob Dylan —— A Long Time A Growin’ – Volume 1-5 ► Folk-Rock 2014 ● David Gray —— Mutineers ► AA Pop-Rock June 18 1971 ● The Yardbirds —— Remember…The Yardbirds ► Blues Rock 1972 ● Elvis Presley —— Elvis: As Recorded Live At Madison Square Garden ► Rock n Roll 1973 ● Donny Hathaway —— Extension Of A Man ► Soul 1973 ● Joe Walsh —— The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get ► Blues-Rock 1976 ● Brand X —— Unorthodox Behavior ► Jazz-Rock Fusion 1982 ● Fleetwood Mac —— Mirage ► Pop-Rock 1982 ● King Crimson —— Beat ► Prog Rock 1983 ● Pink Floyd —— Works ► Prog Rock 1984 ● Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds —— From Her To Eternity ► Post-punk Alt Rock 1984 ● Dolly Parton —— Burlap & Satin ► Country-Pop 1984 ● Rod Stewart —— Camouflage ► Blues-Rock 1984 ● Elvis Costello And The Attractions —— Goodbye Cruel World ► Alt. Pop-Rock 1985 ● “Weird Al” Yankovic —— Dare To Be Stupid ► Comedy/Parody 1990 ● Alias —— Alias ► Hard Rock 1991 ● 3rd Bass —— Derelicts Of Dialect ► Golden Age 1991 ● Cher —— Love Hurts ► Pop-Rock 1995 ● Blondie —— Beautiful: The Remix Album ► New Wave Pop-Rock 1996 ● The Brian Jonestown Massacre —— Their Satanic Majesties’ Second Request ► Psychedelic Rock 1996 ● Beck —— Odelay ► AA Pop-Rock 1996 ● Patti Smith —— Gone Again ► Heartland Rock 1996 ● Primitive Radio Gods —— Rocket ► Alt. Rock 1996 ● The Ramones —— Greatest Hits Live ► Punk-Rock 1996 ● Little Feat —— Live From Neon Park ► Southern Rock 1996 ● AFI —— Very Proud Of Ya ► Hardcore Punk 1996 ● Toni Braxton —— Secrets ► Soul-Pop 2001 ● Iggy Pop —— Beat ‘Em Up ► Alt. Rock / Punk 2002 ● Yes —— Symphonic Live ► Prog Rock 2013 ● Phish —— Ventura ► Prog Rock/Jam Band June 19 1970 ● Diana Ross —— Diana Ross ► Soul – Motown 1973 ● Smokey Robinson —— Smokey ► Soul 1974 ● Marvin Gaye —— Marvin Gaye Live! ► Soul 1978 ● Trooper —— Thick As Thieves ► Hard Rock 1979 ● Blue Öyster Cult —— Mirrors ► Metal 1979 ● Lowell George —— Thanks, I’ll Eat It Here ► Country-Rock 1980 ● Bob Dylan —— Saved ► Folk-Rock 1981 ● Oingo Boingo —— Only A Lad ► New Wave Ska-Pop 1984 ● The Rolling Stones —— Rewind (1971-1984) ► Blues-Rock 1984 ● Glenn Frey —— The Allnighter ► Pop-Rock 1987 ● John Waite —— Rover’s Return ► Power Pop 1988 ● Jimmy Page —— Outrider ► Blues-Rock 1989 ● Cher —— Heart Of Stone ► Pop-Rock 1995 ● Reef —— Replenish ► Brit Pop 2000 ● Duran Duran —— Pop Trash ► AA Pop-Rock 2001 ● 311 —— From Chaos ► Alt. Pop-Rock 2001 ● Loverboy —— Live, Loud And Loose (1982 – 1986) ► Arena Rock 2002 ● The Church —— Greatest Hits Acoustic ► Alt. Power Pop 2012 ● Richard Marx —— A Night Out With Friends ► Pop Acoustic 2020 ● Bob Dylan —— Rough And Rowdy Ways ► Folk-Rock June 20 1959 ● Bo Diddley —— Go Bo Diddley ► Blues-Rock 1966 ● The Beatles —— Yesterday…And Today ► Pop-Rock 1969 ● Cher —— 3614 Jackson Highway ► Pop-Rock 1969 ● Aretha Franklin —— Soft And Beautiful ► Soul 1969 ● Cher —— Chastity [Sndtrk] ► Pop-Rock 1969 ● Grateful Dead —— Aoxomoxoa ► Psychedelic Rock 1969 ● Otis Redding —— Love Man ► Memphis Soul 1974 ● Bob Dylan & The Band —— Before The Flood ► Folk-Rock 1975 ● Neil Young —— Tonight’s The Night ► Folk-Rock 1978 ● Foreigner —— Double Vision ► Arena Rock 1980 ● Peter Frampton —— Rise Up ► Arena Rock 1980 ● Blues Brothers —— Blues Brothers [Sndtrk] ► Blues-Rock 1985 ● Scorpions —— World Wide Live ► Heavy Metal/Kraut Rock 1988 ● Bobby Brown —— Don’t Be Cruel ► New Jack Swing 1988 ● Chicago —— Chicago 19 ► Jazz-Rock 1989 ● Prince —— Batman ► Dance-Pop 1989 ● The Allman Brothers Band —— Dreams ► Southern Rock 1995 ● Dusty Springfield —— A Very Fine Love ► Pop-Rock 1995 ● Big Audio Dynamite —— F-Punk ► Dance-Rock 2000 ● Ayreon —— Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer ► Heavy Metal/Prog Metal 2000 ● The Clarks —— Let It Go ► Heartland Rock 2000 ● Little Feat —— Chinese Work Songs ► Southern Rock 2006 ● Guster —— Ganging Up On The Sun ► AA Pop-Rock 2006 ● Madonna —— I’m Going To Tell You A Secret ► Dance-Pop 2006 ● Counting Crows —— New Amersterdam: Live At Heineken Music Hall ► AA Pop-Rock 2006 ● Gram Parsons —— The Complete Reprise Sessions ► Country-Rock 2006 ● Pearl Jam —— Live At Easy Street ► Hard Rock 2011 ● Weather Report —— Live In Offenbach 1978 ► Jazz-Rock Fusion June 21 1965 ● The Byrds —— Mr. Tambourine Man ► Country-Rock 1968 ● John Mayall —— Bare Wires ► Blues-Rock 1969 ● Deep Purple —— Deep Purple ► Hard Rock 1971 ● Buck Owens —— Ruby ► Country-Rock/Bakersfield 1979 ● Mick Taylor —— Mick Taylor ► Blues-Rock 1982 ● Crosby, Stills & Nash —— Daylight Again ► Folk-Rock 1982 ● ABC —— The Lexicon Of Love ► Dance-Pop 1982 ● Carpenters —— Ketteiban (The Definitive) [Japan] ► Easy Listening 1985 ● Marilyn —— Despite Straight Lines ► New Wave Pop-Rock 1985 ● Mötley Crüe —— Theatre Of Pain ► Heavy Metal 1987 ● Judas Priest —— Priest…Live! ► Heavy Metal 1987 ● White Lion —— Pride ► Hard Rock/Hair Metal 1988 ● Big Daddy Kane —— Long Live The Kane ► Golden Age Rap 1990 ● Uncle Tupelo —— No Depression ► Alt. Country 1990 ● Anita Baker —— Compositions ► Quiet Storm 1990 ● Poison —— Flesh & Blood ► Heavy Metal/Hair Metal 1993 ● Manic Street Preachers —— Gold Against The Soul ► Hard Rock 1994 ● John Mellencamp —— Dance Naked ► Roots Rock 1994 ● James Taylor —— Best Live ► Folk-Rock 1994 ● Bone Thugs-N-Harmony —— Creepin On Ah Come Up ► Gangsta Rap 1999 ● Sinergy —— Beware The Heavens ► Heavy Metal/Power Metal 2005 ● John Hiatt —— Master Of Disaster ► Roots Rock 2005 ● New Order —— Best Remixes ► Alt Pop-Rock 2010 ● The Jackson 5 —— Live At The Forum ► Soul – Motown 2011 ● The Chain Gang of 1974 —— Wayward Fire ► Electronic Pop
