Albums Released This Week (January 1 – 7)

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):

January 01


● Carl Perkins —— The Dance Album ► Rockabilly >> 1957
● The Everly Brothers —— Instant Party! ► Pop-Rock >> 1962
● Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae —— Peace In The Valley ► Inspirational Pop >> 1963
● Otis Redding —— Pain In My Heart ► Memphis Soul >> 1964
● The Hollies —— Stay With The Hollies ► Pop-Rock >> 1964
● The Easybeats —— The Best of The Easybeats + Party Girl ► Rock ‘N’ Roll >> 1967
● Beck, Bogert & Appice —— Live In Japan ► Hard Rock >> 1974
● Carpenters —— Live At The Palladium ► Easy Listening >> 1977
● Rush —— Permanent Waves ► Arena Rock >> 1980
● Badfinger —— Say No More ► Pop-Rock >> 1981
● The Stranglers —— Feline ► Punk-Rock >> 1983
● Los Lobos —— How Will The Wolf Survive? ► Roots Rock >> 1984
● Kenny G —— Six Of Hearts ► Jazz-Pop >> 1997
● Curtis Mayfield —— Man Of Inspiration ► Soul/Funk >> 1998
● The Presidents Of The United States Of America —— Lumps ► Post-Grunge/Pop Punk >> 2000
● Mariah Carey —— Valentines ► Pop-Rock >> 2000

January 02


● Elvis Presley —— Elvis’ Gold Records Volume 4 ► Rock n Roll >> 1968
● Merle Haggard —— Sing Me Back Home ► Classic Country >> 1968
● Elvis Presley —— Elvis Country (I’m 10,000 Years Old) ► Pop-Rock >> 1971
● Elvis Presley —— Elvis: A Legendary Performer Volume 1 ► Pop-Rock >> 1974
● Infected Mushroom —— Classical Mushroom ► Psychedelic Trance >> 2000

January 03


● Paul Revere & The Raiders —— Just Like Us! ► Pop-Rock >> 1966
● The Byrds —— The Notorious Byrd Brothers ► Country-Rock >> 1968
● Syd Barrett —— The Madcap Laughs ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1970
● Ian McDonald And Michael Giles —— McDonald And Giles ► Progressive Rock >> 1971
● Ben E. King —— The Beginning Of It All ► Soul >> 1972
● Hot Tuna —— The Phosphorescent Rat ► Folk-Rock >> 1974

January 04


● The Doors —— The Doors ► Blues-Rock >> 1967
● Yes —— Fragile ► Prog Rock >> 1972
● Billy Preston —— I Wrote A Simple Song [UK] ► Funk >> 1972
● Grace Slick —— Manhole ► Psychedelic Rock >> 1974
● The Romantics —— The Romantics ► New Wave Power Pop >> 1980
● Judas Priest —— Defenders Of The Faith ► Heavy Metal >> 1984
● Marillion —— B’Sides Themselves ► Prog Rock >> 1988
● L.A. Guns —— L.A. Guns ► Heavy Metal >> 1988
● L.A. Guns —— Lack Of Charisma ► Heavy Metal >> 1993
● Lagwagon —— Trashed ► Punk-Rock >> 1994

January 05


● Bill Haley And His Comets —— Bill Haley’s Chicks ► Rock ‘n’ Roll >> 1959
● The Kingston Trio —— From The Hungry i ► Folk-Pop >> 1959
● Tony Sheridan & The Beat Brothers —— My Bonnie ► Britpop >> 1962
● The Ventures —— The Ventures Play Telstar – The Lonely Bull And Others ► Rock n Roll Instrumental >> 1963
● Creedence Clearwater Revival —— Bayou Country ► Roots Rock >> 1969
● Loretta Lynn —— Wings Upon Your Horns ► Trad Country >> 1970
● Laura Nyro —— The First Songs ► Folk-Rock >> 1973
● Bruce Springsteen —— Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. ► Album Rock >> 1973
● ABBA —— Arrival ► Euro-Pop >> 1977
● Elvis Costello And The Attractions —— Armed Forces ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1979
● Joe Jackson —— Look Sharp! ► New Wave Pop-Rock >> 1979
● Leo Kottke —— Time Step ► Folk-Rock >> 1983
● Hüsker Dü —— Warehouse: Songs And Stories ► Alt Pop-Rock >> 1987
● They Might Be Giants —— Flood ► Alt. Rock >> 1990
● Jeff Beck & Jed Leiber —— Frankie’s House [Sndtrk] ► Instrumental Rock >> 1992
● The The —— Dusk ► Alt. Pop-Rock >> 1993
● Neil Young —— Lucky Thirteen ► Roots Rock >> 1993
● Cell —— Slo*Blo ► Grunge >> 1993
● Hawkwind —— In Your Area ► Space Rock >> 1999
● Gin Blossoms —— Rarities ► Power Pop >> 2010

January 06


● Peter Frampton —— Frampton Comes Alive! ► Arena Rock >> 1976
● Phantom Planet —— Phantom Planet ► Alt Rock/Garage Revival >> 2004
● Animal Collective —— Merriweather Post Pavilion ► Neo Psychedelia >> 2009
● Yes —— Union Live ► Prog Rock >> 2011

January 07


● Billy Preston —— Encouraging Words ► Soul-Funk >> 1970
● Black Sabbath —— Paranoid ► Hard Rock >> 1971
● Nicky Hopkins; Ry Cooder; Mick Jagger; Bill Wyman; Charlie Watts —— Jamming With Edward ► Blues-Rock >> 1972
● David Bromberg —— Wanted Dead Or Alive ► Blues-Rock >> 1974
● Jefferson Airplane —— Flight Log (1966-1976) ► Arena Rock >> 1977
● Lipps, Inc. —— Mouth To Mouth ► Disco >> 1980
● The Fleshtones —— Roman Gods ► Punk-Rock >> 1982
● Smokey Robinson —— Touch The Sky ► Soul – Motown >> 1983
● Rick Wakeman —— Word & The Gospels ► Art Rock >> 1994
● Incubus —— Enjoy Incubus ► Funk Metal >> 1997
● Alex Lloyd —— Black In The Sun ► Alt Rock/Post-Grunge >> 1999
● Bob Dylan —— On The Road Again ► Folk-Rock >> 2005
● Carly Simon —— Into White ► Pop-Rock >> 2007
● Norah Jones —— Little Broken Hearts ► Jazz-Pop Vocals >> 2016
● Bob Dylan —— Bob Dylan And The New Folk Movement ► Folk-Rock >> 2013