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episode date - July 9, 2008
Album Rock’ was not invented in the Summer of 1968, but that is the time when it came into fruition. In point of fact, a lot of album rock wasn’t even particularly good, but it was different from the commercial pop music that dominated radio.
If nothing else, the late ‘60s were a time for experimentation, and albums offered something different to an audience that was craving for a new means of expression. This is the time period when album sales began to compete openly with 45 RPM sales, when recording artists were willing to release music that was decidedly “un-commercial,” and when audiences were willing to listen to songs that were much longer and yet less structured.
This show provides music from a sampling of albums released in the early Summer of 1968. Here’s a list of albums covered in today’s program;
Pink Floyd – A Saucerful of Secrets
Small Faces – Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake
The Bee Gees – Horizontal
Fairport Convention – (Debut Album)
Johnny Cash – At Folsom Prison
Sly and the Family Stone – Dance to the Music
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