Late 1950s - 1990s
including later re-issues & greatest hits collections

• Bo Diddley, "The Originator" - played key role in the transition of Blues to Rock & Roll music + + + + #
• Little Richard, esp. "The Very Best of Little Richard". Called "The Architect of Rock & Roll" + + + + #
• Chuck Berry, many recordings below wouldn't be possible without him + + + + #
• The Weavers, inspired the commercial "folk boom" that followed them in the 1950s and 1960s + + + + #
• Woody Guthrie, had an enormous influence on American music. Jack Elliott's Teacher. + + + + #
• Pete Seeger, had an enormous influence on American music. + + + + #
• Jack Elliott, had a great influence on Bob Dylan, Donovan and British 1960s music. + + + + #
• Thelonious Monk "Brilliant Corners", + + + + #
• Muddy Waters, "Electric Mud" + + + + + #
• Charlie Parker, + + #
• Bud Powell, + + #
• "We Travel the Spaceways/Bad and Beautiful" by Sun Ra (1956), +
• "The Heliocentric World" by Sun Ra (1965), +
• "The Magic City" by Sun Ra (1965), +
• "Porgy And Bess" by Miles Davis (1958), +
• "Milestones" by Miles Davis (1958), +
• "Somethin' Else" by Miles Davis (1958), +
• "Introducing The Beau Brummels" (1965),
• "The Fugs First Album" (esp.: "I Couldn’t Get High", 1965), +
• "The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1965) +
• "East-West" by The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1966) +
• "Pet Sounds" by The Beach Boys (1966), +
• "Introducing... The Beatles" by The Beatles (Chicago 1964),
• "Meet The Beatles!" by The Beatles (1964), + +
• "Twist and Shout!" by The Beatles (1964), + +
• "Something New" by The Beatles (1964), + + +
• "Beatles for Sale" by The Beatles (1964), + + +
• "Beatles '65" by The Beatles (1964), + + +
• "Rubber Soul" by The Beatles (1965), + + + + #
• "Revolver" by The Beatles (1966), + + + + #
• "Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band" by The Beatles (1967), + + + #
• "Magical Mystery Tour" by The Beatles (1967), + + + + #
• "Abbey Road" by The Beatles (1969), + + + #
• "12 X 5" by The Rolling Stones (1964), +
• "Out Of Our Heads" by The Rolling Stones (UK & US Editions, 1965), +
• "The Rolling Stones, Now!" (1965), +
• "December's Children" (1965), +
• "Aftermath" by The Rolling Stones (1966),
• "Got Live if You Want It!" by The Rolling Stones (1966),
• "Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass)" by The Rolling Stones (1966),
• "Flowers" by The Rolling Stones (1967), +
• "Their Satanic Majesties Request" by The Rolling Stones (1967), +
• "Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert" (1970), + +
• "Exile On Main Street" by The Rolling Stones (1972), + + #
• "Goat's Head Soup" by The Rolling Stones (1973), + +
• "Sucking In The Seventies" by The Rolling Stones (1981),
• "Tattoo You" by The Rolling Stones (1981), +
• "Stripped" by The Rolling Stones (1995), +
• "Bridges To Babylon" by The Rolling Stones (1997), +
• "Forty Licks" by The Rolling Stones (2002), +
• "High Time" by MC5 (1971),
• "Days of Future Passed" by The Moody Blues (esp. Nights in White Satin, 1967), + + + #
• "In Search Of The Lost Chord" by The Moody Blues (1968; esp. Disc 2, 2006 SACD Deluxe Edition), + + + #
• "What's Going On" by Marvin Gaye (1971), + +
• John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers (1965 - 2008),
• "Late For The Sky" by Jackson Browne (1974), + + + #
• "The Best Of Jackson Browne" (released in Germany), +
• "The Very Best Of Jackson Browne" (2004), + + #
• "Vincebus Eruptum" by Blue Cheer (esp. Summertime Blues, 1968),
• "Outside Inside" by Blue Cheer (esp. Babylon & The Hunter, 1968),
• "Jefferson Airplane Takes Off" by Jefferson Airplane (1966), + +
• "Surrealistic Pillow" by Jefferson Airplane (1966), + + + + #
• "After Bathing At Baxters" by Jefferson Airplane (1967), + + + + #
• "Crown Of Creation" by Jefferson Airplane (1968), + + + + #
• "Dragon Fly" by Jefferson Starship (1974), + + +
• "Sonny & Cher - Greatest Hits", +
• "Melanie Safka - Greatest Hits", +
• "Retrospective: The Best Of Buffalo Springfield" (esp.: "For What It's Worth", 1969),
• "Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young" by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (1969), + +
• "Déja Vu" by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (1970), + +
• "Carry On" by Crosby, Stills & Nash (and Young) (1991),
• "Neil Young Greatest Hits" (2004), + + +
• "Astral Weeks" by Van Morrison (1968),
• "Moondance" by Van Morrison (1970),
• "...It's Too Late to Stop Now" by Van Morrison (1974),
• "Avalon Sunset" by Van Morrison (1989),
• "The Best Of Van Morrison" (Exile Productions Ltd., U.K. 1990), + + #
• "Days Like This" by Van Morrison (1995),
• "Brown Eyed Girl" by Van Morrison (Made in E.C. 1998),
• "Alice's Restaurant" by Arlo Guthrie, +
• "Itchycoo Park" by Small Faces, +
• "Brothers and Sisters" by The Allman Brothers (1973), + + + +
• "We're In It Only For The Money" by Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of
Invention, +
• "Freek Out!" by Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention, +
• "In A-Gadda-Da-Vida" by Iron Butterfly + + #
• "Fresh Cream" by Cream (1966), +
• "Disraeli Gears" by Cream (1967), +
• "Wheels of Fire" by Cream (esp.: "Crossroads" & "Spoonful", 1968), + + #
• Led Zeppelin - esp. First and Fourth album by Led Zeppelin (1968 and 1971), + +
• "Steppenwolf - Gold" (esp. The Pusher, Magic Carpet Ride, Don't Step On The Grass, Sam. 2005),
• "Black Magic Woman" by Santana (esp: title song), +
• "Visnujana Swami & the Radha Damadora Temple", + #
• "666" by Aphrodite's Child (1971), + #
• "The Best Of The Doors" (Elektra 1985), + + + #
• "Are You Experienced?" by J. Hendrix Experience (1967), +
• "Anthem Of the Sun" by The Grateful Dead (1967), +
• "Grateful Dead The Arista Years" (1996), + #
• "Simon & Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits", + + + #
• "Healing Sounds" by Dr. Christopher Hills & the University of the Trees Choir (1979), #
• "Cat Stevens - The Best Of...", +
• "Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Greatest Hits" (1993),
• "Two Virgins" John Lennon & Yoko Ono (1968), + +
• "Imagine" by John Lennon & Plastic Ono Band, +
• "Double Fantasy" by John Lennon & Yoko Ono (1980), + +
• "The John Lennon Collection" by John Lennon (1989), + + + + #
• "Black Sabbath" by Black Sabbath (1970), +
• "Paranoid" by Black Sabbath (1970), +
• "Master of Reality" by Black Sabbath (1971), + + + #
• "Black Sabbath Vol. 4" by Black Sabbath (1972), +
• "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" by Black Sabbath (1973), + + + + #
• "Dark Side Of The Moon" by Pink Floyd +
• "The Wall" by Pink Floyd esp. the movie +
• "Woodstock 1969", + + +
• "The Band" by The Band,
• "The Byrds Greatest Hits" (1991), + +
• "Janis Joplin’s Greatest Hits" (1967), +
• "Blonde On Blonde" by Bob Dylan, + +
• "Nashville Skyline" by Bob Dylan, + +
• "More Bob Dylan Greatest Hits" (1971), +
• "Slow Train Coming" by Bob Dylan (1979), +
• "The Best Of Bob Dylan" vol. 1&2 by Bob Dylan, +
• "The Bootleg Series" vol. 1,2&3 by Bob Dylan, +
• "Creedence Clearwater Revival Golden Hits", +
• "The Velvet Underground and Niko (1966), +
• "Transformer" by Lou Reed,
• "David Bowie One Changes" (1976),
• "Low" by David Bowie (1977), +
• "Googbye Yellow Brick Road" by Elton John (1974), + +
• Bread (songs written mostly by David Gates), +
• "Eagles - Their Greatest Hits" by The Eagles (1976), +
• "Hotel California" by The Eagles, + +
• "Closing Time" by Tom Waits (1973), + + + + #
• "The Heart of Saturday Night" by Tom Waits (1974), + + + + #
• "Foreign Affairs" by Tom Waits (1977), + + + + #
• "Respect - The Very Best Of Aretha Franklin" by Aretha Franklin (2003) + +
• "The Best Of Joni Mitchell",
• "The Very Best Of Burt Bacharach" (various original artists), + + + +
• "Burt Bacharach Plays His Hits",
• "Now And Then" by The Carpenters (1973)
• "California Dreamin" by Various Artists (Germany 1992), +
• "Flower Power" by Various Artists (2 CD, Columbia 465784 2, Germany 1993), + + + + #
• "What's Bin Did & What's Bin Hid" by Donovan (1965. US version: Catch the Wind), + + + + #
• "Fairytale" by Donovan (1965), + + + + # #
• "Sunshine Superman" by Donovan (1966), + + + + # #
• "Mellow Yellow" by Donovan (1967), + + + +
• "A Gift From A Flower To A Garden" by Donovan (2 CD, 1967), + + + + #
• "The Hurdy Gurdy Man" by Donovan (1968), + + + +
• "The Best of Donovan" by Donovan (1969), + + + +
• "Barabajagal" by Donovan (1969), + + + + #
• "Donovan's Greatest Hits" by Donovan (1969, 1999 bonus tracks), + + + + #
• "Summer Day Reflection Songs" by Donovan (2CD, France 1965, 1971, 2000), + + + + # #
• "Blue Light Boogie" by Taj Mahal, + +
• "The Essential" by Taj Mahal,
• "The Natch'i Blues" by Taj Mahal,
• "Highway To Hell" by AC/DC (1979), +
• "Greetings From Asbury Park" by Bruce Springsteen (1973), + +
• "Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits" (1995), +
• "Lionel Richie & The Commodores, The Definitive Collection" (2003),
• "The Very Best Of Burlesque" (2CD, Various Artists. Not Now Music, 2010), + + + +
• "History of American Folk" (3CD, Various Artists. Not Now Music, 2010), + + + +
• "The Complete Reprise Sessions" by Gram Parsons (3CD, 2006), + + + +
• "Dream of Life" by Petti Smith (1988), + + + +
• "Banjoman: a tribute to Derroll Adams" (2006), +
• New York Dolls +
• Sex Pistols +
• The Animals,
• The Yardbirds,
• The Kinks,
• The Lovin' Spoonful, + +
• Willie Dixon, +
• Buddy Guy, +
• B. B. King, +
• John Fogerty,
• Elvin Bishop,
• Joan Baez, +
• Gordon Lightfoot, +
• Jerry Lee Lewis, +
• Motown music,
• Paul Butterfield Blues Band, +
• Willie Nelson,
• "Weird Al" Yankovic,
• Clayton Thomas,
• Jonny Lang,
• Cole Citrenbaum,
• The Supremes, The Ronettes, The Crystals, +
• And many others...

Music for a flashback to the spirit of
late 1950s and early 1960s

• "American Graffiti" Motion Picture Sound Track (1973), + + +
• "Mose Allison - Greatest Hits" (1988),
• "Mose Allison Sings",
• "The Songs of Mose Allison",
• "Mose Allison - Live In London Vol. 1&2",
• Hank Marvin & The Shadows,
• "Pet Sounds" by The Beach Boys (1966),
• Pete Seeger, + + +
• Jan and Dean,
• Bob Dylan, + + + +
• Joan Baez, + + +
• Sam Cooke,
• "Peter, Paul and Mary" (1962), + + +
• "Blowing In The Wind" by Peter, Paul and Mary (1963). + + +

1970s Disco Music

• "Disco Inferno" by The Trammps,
• "Never Can Say Goodbye" by Gloria Gaynor,
• "Rock Your Baby" by George McCrae,
• "Get Down Tonight" by KC And The Sunshine Band,
• "Love To Love You Baby" by Donna Summer,
• "Rivers of Babylon" by Boney M,
• The Village People

1980s and beyond
Other music I sometimes listen to now

• "Legend – The Best Of Bob Marley and the Wailers" (1984), +
• "The Traveling Wilburys" (vol 1 & 3 + DVD. 1988-1990) +
• "Brothers In Arms" by Dire Straits (1985),
• "Sultans Of Swing - The Very Best Of Dire Straits" (2 HDCD + DVD),
• "Sports" by Huey Lewis & The News (1983),
• "Appetite for Destruction" by Guns N' Roses (1987), +
• "Guns N' Roses Lies" by Guns N' Roses (1988), +
• "Use Your Illusion 1 & 2" by Guns N' Roses (1991), +
• "Rum Sodomy & the Lash" by The Pogues (1985),
• "The Pogues - the very best of..." by The Pogues (2001),
• "Sadie Mae" by Nick Moss & The Flip Tops,
• "Live at Chan's" by Nick Moss & The Flip Tops,
• "Supernatural" by Santana (1999),
• "Stripped" by The Rolling Stones (1995),
• "Slip, Stitch And Pass" by Phish (1997), + +
• "Round Room" by Phish (2002),
• "Mellow Gold" by Beck (1994), + +
• "Beck! Odelay" by Beck (1996), + +
• "Weird Al" Yankovic,
• "Countbasic - life think it over"
• "The Singles Collection 1984/1990" by Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat & the Communards (1991)
• "I Find You Very Attractive" by Touch And Go (1999),
• "The Very Best Of Aerosmith" (2006),
• "Undiscovered" by James Morrison (2006),
• Lenny Kravitz,
• Nirvana
• Metallica + + + #
• "On The Dam" by Adam Wojtanek (2008) +
• "Adam's Blues" by Adam Wojtanek (2009) +
• "Alive" by The Famous Unknowns (Carlos Vamos, 2008) + #
• "Wanted" by The Famous Unknowns (Carlos Vamos, 2008) + #

Classical Music

• "Three Ragas" Ravi Shankar (1956), + + + + #
• "The Sounds Of India" Ravi Shankar (1968), + + + + #
• Igor Stravinski,
• Karlheinz Stockhausen (Paul McCartney used his drum beat on "Tomorrow Never Knows"),
• Frédéric Chopin,
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,

Comment:
+ - indicates very special, spiritually charged 1960s recordings.
# - indicates recordings suitable for use in some forms of magic.

At The Guitar Center, Chicago 1983

Some favorite lyrics


Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream
by Simon & Garfunkel

Last night I had the strangest dream
I ever dreamed before
I dreamed the world had all agreed
To put an end to war
I dreamed I saw a mighty room
The room was filled with men
And the paper they were signing said
They'd never fight again

And when the papers all were signed
And a million copies made
They all joined hands and bowed their heads
And grateful prayers were prayed
And the people in the streets below
Were dancing round and round
And guns and swords and uniforms
Were scattered on the ground

Last night I had the strangest dream
I ever dreamed before
I dreamed the world had all agreed
To put an end to war.


Early Morning Rain
by Gordon Lightfoot

In the early morning rain with a dollar in my hand
With an aching in my heart and a pocket full of sand.
I'm a long way from home and I miss my loved one so
In the early morning rain with no place to go.

Out on runway number nine, big 707 set to go.
But I'm stuck here on the grass where the cold winds they do blow,
Where whiskey it was boss and the women they were fast.
Well now there she goes my friend, now there she's rolling down the line.

Hear the mighty engines roar, see the silver bird on high.
She's away and westward bound, far above the clouds she'll fly.
There the morning rain don't fall and the sun always shines.
She'll be flying over my home in about three hours time.

This old airport's got me down, it ain't no earthy good to me
Because I'm stuck here on the ground, cold and drunk as I can be.
You can't jump a jet plane like you can a railroad train.
So I'd best be on my way in the early morning rain.


Imagine
by John Lennon

Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one


The Times They Are A-Changin'
by Bob Dylan

Come gather 'round people where-ever you roam
and admit that the waters around you have grown.
And accept it that soon you'll be drenched to the bone,
if your time to you is worth savin'.
Then you better start swimmin' or you'll sink like a stone
FOR THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN'!

Come writers and critics who phrophecise with your pen
and keep your eyes wide the chance won't come again.
And don't speak too soon for the wheel's still in spin
and there's no tellin' who that it's namin'.
For the loser now will be later to win
FOR THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN'!

Come mothers and fathers throughout the land
and don't criticize what you can't understand.
Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command
your old road is rapidly again'.
Please get out of the new one if you can't lend your hand
FOR THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN'!

Come senators, congressmen please head the call
don't stand in the doorway, don't block up the hall
for he that gets hurt will be he who has stalled.
There's a battle outside and it's ragin'
it'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls
FOR THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN'!

The line it is drown, the curse it is cast
the slow one now will later be fast.
As the president now will later be past
the order is rapidly fadin'.
And the first one now will later be last
FOR THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN'!



The times they are a-changin' on my Mickey Mouse watch. This watch is now for sale.
Original Bradley movement was replaced with a Russian 16 ruby movement - Contact.


Turn, Turn, Turn
by Pete Seeger
Lyrics from The Book of Ecclesiastes

To everything, Turn, Turn, Turn
There is a season, Turn, Turn, Turn
And a time for every purpose, under Heaven

A time to be born, a time to die
A time to plant, a time to reap
A time to kill, a time to heal
A time to laugh, a time to weep

To Everything, Turn, Turn, Turn
There is a season, Turn, Turn, Turn
And a time for every purpose, under Heaven

A time to build up, a time to break down
A time to dance, a time to mourn
A time to cast away stones, a time to gather stones together

To Everything, Turn, Turn, Turn
There is a season, Turn, Turn, Turn
And a time for every purpose, under Heaven

A time of love, a time of hate
A time of war, a time of peace
A time you may embrace, a time to refrain from embracing

To Everything, Turn, Turn, Turn
There is a season, Turn, Turn, Turn
And a time for every purpose, under Heaven

A time to gain, a time to lose
A time to rend, a time to sew
A time to love, a time to hate
A time for peace, I swear it's not too late.


Somebody To Love
by Darby Slick (Jefferson Airplane)

When the truth is found to be lies
and all the joys within you dies
don't you want somebody to love
don't you need somebody to love
wouldn't you love somebody to love
you better find somebody to love

When the garden flowers baby are dead yes
and your mind is full of red
don't you want somebody to love
don't you need somebody to love
wouldn't you love somebody to love
you better find somebody to love

your eyes, I say your eyes may look like his
but in your head baby I'm afraid you don't know where it is
don't you want somebody to love
don't you need somebody to love
wouldn't you love somebody to love
you better find somebody to love

tears are running ah running down your breast
and your friends baby they treat you like a guest
don't you want somebody to love
don't you need somebody to love
wouldn't you love somebody to love
you better find somebody to love.


Waiting On A Friend
by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards

Watching girls go passing by
It ain't the latest thing
I'm just standing in a doorway
I'm just trying to make some sense

Out of these girls go passing by
The tales they tell of men
I'm not waiting on a lady
I'm just waiting on a friend

A smile relieves a heart that grieves
Remember what I said
I'm not waiting on a lady
I'm just waiting on a friend
I'm just waiting on a friend

Don't need a whore
I don't need no booze
Don't need a virgin priest
But I need someone I can cry to
I need someone to protect

Making love and breaking hearts
It is a game for youth
But I'm not waiting on a lady
I'm just waiting on a friend.

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Below are some lists of things, which turned me and perhaps others like me at one time or another. The lists are not organized in any particular order.


Favorite Movies & Films:

Not all films and movies listed below are so called "hippie movies". This is a list of ones I like or used to like at one time or another. Movies and films that I like best are ones that are entertaining, have some mind expending qualities or are somehow on the subject of return to innocence. My favorite Film Directors are: Luchino Visconti, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Steven Spielberg, Woody Allen and François Ozon.

Comment: "+" indicates old movies and documentary films that could be of interest to hippies.