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 24
1968 ● The Rascals —— Time Peace: The Rascals Greatest Hits ► Blue-Eyed Soul
1974 ● The Beach Boys —— Endless Summer ► Pop-Rock
1975 ● Average White Band —— Cut The Cake ► Funk
1977 ● James Taylor —— JT ► Folk-Rock
1979 ● The Who —— The Kids Are Alright [Sndtrk] ► British Rock
1980 ● Jackson Browne —— Hold Out ► Folk-Rock
1982 ● The Replacements —— Stink ► Alt. Pop-Rock
1984 ● Celtic Frost —— Morbid Tales ► Heavy Metal/Extreme Metal
1986 ● Soul Asylum —— Time’s Incinerator ► Alt. Pop-Rock
1988 ● Elton John —— Reg Strikes Back ► Pop-Rock
1991 ● Marillion —— Holidays In Eden ► Prog Rock
1991 ● America —— Encore: More Greatest Hits ► Folk-Rock
1993 ● The House Of Love —— Audience With The Mind ► Indie Rock
1996 ● Opeth —— Morningrise ► Heavy Metal/Doom Metal
1997 ● Del Amitri —— Some Other Sucker’s Parade ► Alt Pop-Rock
1997 ● Mötley Crüe —— Generation Swine ► Heavy Metal
1997 ● Testament —— Demonic ► Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal
2003 ● Michael McDonald —— Motown ► Blue-Eyed Soul
2003 ● Dion —— New Masters ► Pop-Rock
2003 ● Bob Marley & The Wailers —— Live At The Roxy ► Roots Reggae
2008 ● Mötley Crüe —— Saints Of Los Angeles ► Heavy Metal
2008 ● Peter Gabriel & Various Artists —— Big Blue Ball ► Prog Rock
2014 ● Phish —— Fuego ► Prog Rock/Jam Band
2014 ● The Band —— Carter Barron Amphitheater Washington, DC, July 17th, 1976 ► Folk-Rock
2016 ● Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers —— The Record Plant ’77 ► Album Rock
2016 ● Neil Young With Promise Of The Real —— Earth ► Folk-Rock
June 25
1968 ● Elvis Presley —— Speedway ► Rock n Roll
1971 ● Supertramp —— Indelibly Stamped ► Prog/Art Rock
1973 ● Chicago —— Chicago VI ► Jazz-Rock
1973 ● Aretha Franklin —— Hey Now Hey (The Other Side Of The Sky) ► Soul
1975 ● Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention —— One Size Fits All ► Art Rock
1976 ● Alice Cooper —— Alice Cooper Goes To Hell ► Hard Rock
1980 ● Huey Lewis & The News —— Huey Lewis And The News ► Pop-Rock
1982 ● Peter Criss —— Let Me Rock You ► Hard Rock
1984 ● Mike Oldfield —— Discovery ► Progressive Rock
1987 ● Skinny Puppy —— Cleanse Fold And Manipulate ► Alt. Rock – Industrial
1990 ● Deicide —— Deicide ► Heavy Metal/Death Metal
1990 ● Dusty Springfield —— Reputation ► Pop-Rock
1991 ● Crystal Waters —— Surprise ► House/Dance-Pop
1991 ● The Moody Blues —— Keys Of The Kingdom ► Prog Rock
1991 ● Bonnie Raitt —— Luck Of The Draw ► Blues-Rock
1996 ● Jay-Z —— Reasonable Doubt ► East Coast Rap
1996 ● Screaming Trees —— Dust ► Neo-Psychedelia
1996 ● King Crimson —— Thrakattak ► Prog Rock
1996 ● Kiss —— You Wanted The Best, You Got The Best!! ► Hard Rock
2002 ● Aerosmith —— Classic Aerosmith: The Universal Masters Collection ► Hard Rock
2002 ● Ozzy Osbourne —— Live At Budokan ► Hard Rock
2013 ● Natalie Cole —— Natalie Cole En Espanol ► Soul-Pop
2013 ● Jerry Garcia Band —— Garcia Live Volume Two ► Roots Rock
2013 ● Heart —— Original Album Classics ► Album Rock
June 26
1961 ● The Ventures —— The Ventures ► Rock n Roll Instrumental
1964 ● The Beatles —— A Hard Day’s Night ► Pop-Rock
1967 ● The Rolling Stones —— Flowers ► Rock n Roll
1970 ● Free —— Fire And Water ► Hard Rock
1974 ● Bad Company —— Bad Company ► Hard Rock
1975 ● Bob Dylan And The Band —— The Basement Tapes ► Folk-Rock
1976 ● Trooper —— Two For The Show ► Hard Rock
1976 ● Grateful Dead —— Steal Your Face ► Folk-Rock
1979 ● Queen —— Live Killers ► Glam Rock
1984 ● Icehouse —— Sidewalk ► New Wave Synth-Pop
1989 ● Bad English —— Bad English ► Arena Rock
1990 ● Cameo —— Real Men Wear Black ► Soul-Funk
1995 ● The Chemical Brothers —— Exit Planet Dust ► Eletronica/Big beat
1995 ● Dire Straits —— Live At The BBC ► Post-Punk Pop-Rock
2000 ● Badly Drawn Boy —— The Hour Of Bewilderbeast ► Indie Folk-Rock
2001 ● Lou Reed —— American Poet ► Album Rock
2002 ● Bobby Patterson —— How Do You Spell Love? (The Paula Recordings 1971-1973) ► Texas Soul
2003 ● Simple Minds —— Early Gold ► New Wave Alt. Pop
2007 ● Nick Lowe —— At My Age ► Pub Rock
2007 ● Pearl Jam —— Live At The Gorge 05/06 ► Hard Rock
2007 ● Paul Simon —— The Essential Paul Simon ► Folk-Pop
June 27
1966 ● The Mothers Of Invention —— Freak Out! ► Art Rock
1974 ● Grateful Dead —— From The Mars Hotel ► Psychedelic Rock
1981 ● Motörhead —— No Sleep ‘Til Hammersmith ► Heavy Metal
1983 ● Twisted Sister —— You Can’t Stop Rock ‘N’ Roll ► Hair Metal
1985 ● Lee Aaron —— Call Of The Wild ► Hard Rock
1986 ● Chaka Khan —— Destiny ► Funk
1988 ● Ranking Roger —— Radical Departure ► Ska
1988 ● Jethro Tull —— 20 Years Of Jethro Tull ► Prog Rock
1989 ● Don Henley —— The End Of The Innocence ► Pop-Rock
1989 ● The B-52’s —— Cosmic Thing ► New Wave Pop-Rock
1989 ● Pete Townshend —— The Iron Man: A Musical ► Prog Rock
1992 ● Emerson, Lake & Palmer —— Black Moon ► Prog Rock
1994 ● Beck —— One Foot In The Grave ► AA Pop-Rock
1995 ● Gov’t Mule —— Gov’t Mule ► Southern Rock/Jam Rock
1995 ● Alison Moyet —— Singles ► AA Pop-Rock
1995 ● Phish —— A Live One ► Prog Rock/Jam Band
1995 ● Bon Jovi —— These Days ► Arena Rock
1995 ● Neil Young Featuring Pearl Jam —— Mirror Ball ► Folk-Rock
1997 ● HammerFall —— Glory To The Brave ► Heavy Metal/Power Metal
2000 ● Whitesnake —— 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Whitesnake ► Arena Rock
2000 ● Chuck Berry —— The Anthology ► Rock n Roll
2000 ● Heart —— Greatest Hits: 1985-1995 ► Album Rock
2006 ● Whitesnake —— Gold ► Arena Rock
2006 ● Bob Dylan —— Blues ► Folk-Rock
2011 ● Queen —— Deep Cuts, Volume 2 (1977-1982) ► Glam Rock
June 28
1963 ● Martha Reeves & The Vandellas —— Come And Get These Memories ► Soul – Motown
1968 ● Manfred Mann —— Mighty Garvey! ► Folk-Rock
1974 ● Elton John —— Caribou ► Pop-Rock
1980 ● The Soft Boys —— Underwater Moonlight ► Post-Punk/Psych-Folk
1982 ● Jon Lord —— Before I Forget ► Hard Rock
1983 ● Men at Work —— Cargo ► Synth-Pop
1985 ● AC/DC —— Fly On The Wall ► Hard Rock
1988 ● Public Enemy —— It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back ► Hip-Hop
1988 ● Amy Grant —— Lead Me On ► Pop-Rock/Christian
1990 ● Bonnie Raitt —— Bonnie Raitt Collection, The ► Blues-Rock
1994 ● Da Brat —— Funkdafied ► G-Funk
1994 ● House Of Pain —— Same As It Ever Was ► West Coast/Hardcore Rap
1994 ● Leonard Cohen —— Cohen Live: Leonard Cohen In Concert ► Soft Rock
1999 ● The Psychedelic Furs —— Radio One Sessions ► Post-Punk New Wave
2011 ● David Cook —— This Loud Morning ► Post-Grunge Pop-Rock
2011 ● Limp Bizkit —— Gold Cobra ► Rap-Metal
2011 ● The Doobie Brothers —— Live At The Greek Theater 1982 ► Pop-Rock
June 29
1967 ● Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band —— Safe As Milk ► Psychedelic Rock
1968 ● Pink Floyd —— A Saucerful Of Secrets ► Prog Rock
1987 ● Whitney Houston —— Whitney ► Pop
1987 ● Great White —— Once Bitten… ► Heavy Metal
1992 ● Blind Guardian —— Somewhere Far Beyond ► Heavy Metal/Power Metal
1993 ● Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark —— Liberator ► New Wave Synth-Pop
1993 ● Barbra Streisand —— Back To Broadway ► Easy Listening
1993 ● Jeff Beck & The Big Town Playboys —— Crazy Legs ► Rock n Roll
1993 ● Billy Idol —— Cyberpunk ► Electronica
1999 ● Alice In Chains —— Nothing Safe: Best Of The Box ► Heavy Metal/Grunge Metal
1999 ● Mötley Crüe —— Supersonic And Demonic Reloics ► Heavy Metal
1999 ● Grand Funk Railroad —— Thirty Years Of Funk: 1969 – 1999 ► Hard Rock
1999 ● Styx —— Brave New World ► Prog/Art Rock
2004 ● The Tragically Hip —— In Between Evolution ► Folk-Rock
2004 ● The Cure —— The Cure ► Post-Punk
2004 ● Rush —— Feedback ► Prog/Art Rock
2004 ● Paul Simon —— The Studio Recordings, 1972-2000 ► Folk-Pop
2008 ● David Bowie —— iSelect ► Glam Rock
2009 ● Steely Dan —— The Very Best Of Steely Dan ► Jazz-Rock
2010 ● Indigo Girls —— Staring Down The Brilliant Dream ► Folk-Rock
2015 ● Neil Young With Promise Of The Real —— The Monsanto Years ► Folk-Rock
June 30
1963 ● James Brown —— Live At the Apollo ► Soul
1971 ● Stephen Stills —— Stephen Stills 2 ► Folk-Rock
1973 ● Sly & The Family Stone —— Fresh ► Soul-Funk
1975 ● The Beach Boys —— Good Vibrations – Best Of The Beach Boys ► Pop-Rock
1977 ● Kiss —— Love Gun ► Hard Rock
1980 ● Queen —— The Game ► Glam Rock
1984 ● Stephen Stills —— Right By You ► Folk-Rock
1986 ● Big Country —— The Seer ► New Wave/Alt. Pop-Rock
1986 ● Madonna —— True Blue ► Dance-Pop
1987 ● Various Artists —— La Bamba [Sndtrk] ► Roots Rock
1987 ● Neil Young With Crazy Horse —— Life ► Folk-Rock
1990 ● Biohazard —— Biohazard ► Heavy Metal/Thrash Metal
1992 ● Mary Chapin Carpenter —— Come On Come On ► Country-Folk
1992 ● The Chills —— Soft Bomb ► Alt Indie Rock
1992 ● Skinny Puppy —— Last Rights ► Alt. Rock – Industrial
1992 ● Bonnie Tyler —— Natural Force ► Pop Vocals (Female)
1993 ● Cyndi Lauper —— Hat Full Of Stars ► Pop-Rock
1993 ● Strawberry Alarm Clock —— Anthology ► Psychedelic Pop
1994 ● The Clarks —— Love Gone Sour Suspicion And Bad Debt ► Garage Rock
1997 ● Iron Savior —— Iron Savior ► Heavy Metal/Power Metal
1998 ● Lucinda Williams —— Car Wheels on a Gravel Road ► Country-Rock
1998 ● Carpenters —— Reflections ► Easy Listening
1998 ● Cowboy Junkies —— Miles From Our Home ► Alt. Pop-Rock
1998 ● Extreme —— Running Gag ► Pop-Metal
1998 ● Megadeth —— Live Trax ► Brash Metal
1998 ● Bobby Patterson —— I’d Rather Eat Soup ► Texas Soul
1998 ● Cheap Trick —— Hits Of Cheap Trick ► Hard Rock/Power Pop
1998 ● Earth, Wind & Fire —— Plugged In & Live ► Soul-Funk
2003 ● The Who —— Live At The Royal Albert Hall ► British Rock
2006 ● Goo Goo Dolls —— Rolling Stone Original [EP] ► Alt Pop-Rock/Post-Grunge
2008 ● David Bowie —— Live Santa Monica ’72 ► Glam Rock
2008 ● The Zombies —— Odessey and Oracle: 40th Anniversary Concert ► Baroque Pop
2009 ● Wilco —— Wilco (The Album) ► Alt. Country-Rock
2009 ● Jefferson Airplane —— The Woodstock Experience ► Psychedelic Rock
Runt. The Ballad of Todd Rundgren
Released June 24, 1971
Stars on E.S.P. is an album by His Name Is Alive
Released June 24, 1996