Soul (and Reggae) Albums


1955
Ray Charles > I Got A Woman (45, Atlantic)

1956
Ray Charles > Hallelujah, I Love Her So (45, Atlantic)
Ray Charles > Lonely Avenue (45, Atlantic)
James Brown > Please Please Me (45, Federal)

1957
Sam Cooke > You Send Me (45, Keen)
Sam Cooke > Summertime (45, Keen)
Jackie Wilson > Reet Petite (45, Brunswick)

1958
Jackie Wilson > Lonely Teardrops (45, Brunswick)

1959
Ray Charles > What'd I Say (45, Atlantic)
James Brown > Please Please Me (33, King)
Sam Cooke > Only Sixteen (45, Keen)

1960
James Brown > I'll Go Crazy (45, Federal)
Sam Cooke > Wonderful World (45, Keen)
Sam Cooke > Chain Gang (45, Keen)

1961
Ray Charles > Hit The Road Jack (45, ABC)
Sam Cooke > Cupid (45, RCA)
Marvin Gaye > The Soulful Moods Of (33, Tamla)

1962
Ray Charles > I Can't Stop Loving You (45, ABC)
Miracles > You've Really Got a Hold on Me (45, Motown)
Marvin Gaye > Proud and Joy (45, Tamla)
James Brown > Live At The Apollo (33, King)

1963
Sam Cooke > Night Beat (33, RCA)
Marvin Gaye > Can I Get A Witness (45, Tamla)

1964
Sam Cooke > A Change Is Gonna Come (45, RCA)
Sam Cook > At The Copa (33, RCA)
Temptations > The Way You Do The Things You Do (45, Motown)
Temptations > My Girl (45, Motown)
Four Tops > Baby I Need Your Lovin (45, Motown)
Martha and the Vandellas > Dancing In The Street (45, Gordy)

1965
Otis Redding > Otis Blue (Volt)
James Brown > Papa Got A Brand New Bag (45, King)
Temptations > Don't Look Back (45, Motown)
Supremes > Stop! In The Name Of Lord (45, Motown)
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles > Going To A Go-Go (33, Motown)

1966
James Brown > It's A Man's Man's World (45, King)
Temptations > Ain't Too Proud To Beg (45, Motown)
Four Tops > Reach Out I'll Be There (45, Motown)

1967
Jackie Wilson > (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher (45, Columbia)

1968
Temptations > Cloud Nine (45, Motown)
Marvin Gaye > I Heard It Through The Gravepine (45, Tamla)
Otis Redding > (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay (45, Volt)

1969
Temptations > Don't Let The Joneses Get You Down (45, Motown)
The Jacksons 5 > Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5 (33, Motown)
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles > Live! (33, Motown)


1970
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles > The Tears Of A Clown (33, Motown)
Curtis Mayfield > Curtis (33, Curtom)
Toots & The Maytals > Monkey Man (Trojan)

1971
Temptations > Just My Imagination Do (45, Motown)
Marvin Gaye > What's Going On (33, Tamla)
Marvin Gaye > Inner City Blues (45, Tamla)
Sly & The Family Stone > There's a Riot Goin' On (33, Epic)

1972
Temptations > Papa Was A Rolling Stone (45, Motown)
Curtis Mayfield > SuperFly (33, Curtom)
Jimmy Cliff > The Harder They Come (33, Island)

1973
Stevie Wonder > Innervision (Tamla)
Temptations > Masterpiece (45, Motown)
Marvin Gaye > Let's Get It On (45, Tamla)
Al Green > Call Me (33, Hi)
Bob Marley and The Wailers > Catch A Fire (33, Tuff Gong)
Bob Marley and The Wailers > Burnin' (33, Tuff Gong)

1974
Al Green > Take Me To The River (45, Hi)
Commodores > Machine Gun (33, Motown)
Marvin Gaye > Live! (33, Tamla)

1976
Stevie Wonder > Songs In The Key Of Life (Motown)
Bob Marley and The Wailers > Live! (33, Island)
1979
Michael Jackson > Off The Wall (33, Motown)

1978
Peter Tosh > Bush Doctor (33, Rolling Stones)

1993
Black Uhuru > Mystical truth

best of 2010


Tom Petty + Heartbreakers > Mojo
Peter Wolf > Midnight Souvenir
Elton John & Leon Russell > The Union 
Ron Wood > I Feel Like Playing
Mary Gauthier > The Foundling
Neil Young > Le Noise
Black Crowes > Croweology
Los Lobos > Tin Can Trust
Roky Erickson > True Love Cast Out All Evil
John Hiatt > The Open Road
John Mellencamp > No Better Than This
Ray LaMontagne > God Willin’ & the Creek don’t Rise
Alejandro Escovedo > Street Songs of Love
Natalie Merchant > Leave Your Sleep
Ryan Bingham > Junky Star
Robert Plant > Band Of Joy
Chieftains & Ry Cooder > San Patricio
7 Walkers
Graham Parker > Imaginary Television
Lorenzo Bertocchini > Uncertain, Texas
Francesco Lucarelli > Find The Light
Antonio Zirilli > Trying To Get Out
Cheap Wine > Stay Alive

best of 2009


Ian Hunter > Man Overboard
Dave Matthews Band > Europe 2009
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers > The Live Anthology
Bob Dylan > Together Through Life
Black Crowes > Warpaint Live
Van Der Graaf Generator > Live At The Paradiso
Black Crowes > Before The Frost… Until The Freeze
Gov't Mule > By A Thread
Dave Matthews Band > Big Whiskey
Bruce Springsteen > Working On A Dream
Peter Hammill > Thin Air
Gong > 2032
Porcupine Tree > The Incident
George Thorogood > The Dirty Dozen
Drive-By Truckers > Live From Austin, Tx.
Willie Nile > House Of A Thousand Guitars

best of 2008


Bob Dylan > Tell Tale Signs (bootleg series vol VIII) 
Massimo Bubola > Ballate di Terra & d'Acqua
Black Crowes > Warpaint
Gov't Mule > Holy Haunted House
Gaslight Anthem > The '59 Sound
JJ Grey & MOFRO > Orange Blossoms
Paul McCartney + Youth > The Fireman Electric Arguments
Joe Jackson > Rain
Drive By Truckers > Brighter Than Creation's Dark
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals > Cardinology
David Byrne & Brian Eno > Everything that happens...
Southside Johnny > Grapefruit Moon
Lucinda Williams > Little Honey
Lou Reed > Berlin Live At St.Ann's Warehouse
Hold Steady > Stay Positive
Graziano Romani > Between Trains
Little Feat > Join The Band
Moe > Sticks And Stones
Jesse Malin > On Your Sleeve

plus:
Grateful Dead > Rocking The Cradle Egypt 1972

best of 2007


Van Der Graaf Generator > Real Time
Joe Henry > Civilians
Lucinda Williams > West
Cowboy Junkies > Trinity Revisited
Bruce Springsteen > Live In Dublin
Ryan Bingham > Mescalito
Graham Parker > Don't Tell Columbus
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss > Raising Sand
Levon Helm > Dirt Farmer
Steve Earle > Washington Square Serenade
Elliott Murphy > Coming Home Again
Mary Gauthier > Between Daylight and Dark
Ray Davies > Workin’ Man’s Café
Jackson Taylor > Dark Days
(Nick Cave) > Grinderman
Gov’t Mule > Mighty High
John Butler Trio > Grand National
Radiohead > In Rainbows
Tom Petty > 30th Anniversary Concert
Ry Cooder > My Name is Buddy
Bruce Springsteen > Magic
Wilco > Sky Blue Sky
Ian Hunter > Shrunken Heads
T-Bone Walker > Trailbalzing Blues
Tift Merritt > Another Country

Cronologia del Rock Progressivo



1967
Pink Floyd: The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (Columbia EMI) - agosto
Moody Blues: Days Of Future Passed (Deram) - novembre
The Nice: The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack (Immediate) - dicembre

1968
Pink Floyd: A Saucerful Of Secrets (Columbia EMI) - giugno
Moody Blues: In Search Of The Lost Chord (Deram) - luglio
Jethro Tull: This Was (Island) - ottobre
The Nice: Ars Longa Vita Brevis (Immediate) - novembre

1969
Colosseum: Those About To Die Salute You (Fontana) - marzo
Moody Blues: On The Treshold Of A Dream (Deram) - aprile
Yes (Atlantic) - luglio
Jethro Tull: Stand Up (Island) - agosto
The Nice: Nice (Immediate) - settembre
Van Der Graaf Generator: The Aerosol Grey Machine (Mercury) - settembre
King Crimson: In The Court Of The Crimson King (Island) - ottobre
Pink Floyd: Ummagumma (Harvest) - ottobre
Colosseum: Valentyne Suite (Vertigo) - novembre

1970
Van Der Graaf Generator: The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other (Charisma) - febbraio
Jethro Tull: Benefit (Island) - aprile
King Crimson: In The Wake Of Poseidon (Island) - maggio
Soft Machine: Third (Columbia) - giugno
Yes: Time And A Word (Atlantic) - luglio
Gentle Giant (Vertigo) - agosto
Pink Floyd: Atom Heart Mother (Harvest) - ottobre
Genesis: Trespass (Charisma) - ottobre
Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Island) - novembre
King Crimson: Lizard (Island) - dicembre
Van Der Graaf Generator: H to He, Who Am the Only One (Charisma) - dicembre

1971
Yes: The Yes Album (Atlantic) - febbraio
Jethro Tull: Aqualung (Island) - marzo
Caravan: In The Land Of Grey And Pink (Deram) - aprile
Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Tarkus (Island) - giugno
Gentle Giant: Acquiring The Taste (Vertigo) - luglio
Colosseum: Live (Bronze) - settembre
Van Der Graaf Generator: Pawn Hearts (Charisma) - ottobre
Pink Floyd: Meddle (Harvest) - ottobre
Yes: Fragile (Atlantic) - novembre
Genesis: Nursery Cryme (Charisma) - novembre
Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Pictures At An Exhibition (Island) - novembre
King Crimson: Islands (Island) - dicembre

1972
Gentle Giant: Three Friends (Vertigo) - aprile
Jethro Tull: Living In The Past (Island) - giugno
Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Trilogy (Island) - luglio
Yes: Close To The Edge (Atlantic) - settembre
Genesis: Foxtrot (Charisma) - ottobre
Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso (Ricordi)
Gentle Giant: Octopus (Vertigo) - dicembre

1973
King Crimson: Larks' Tongues in Aspic (Island) - marzo
Pink Floyd: The Dark Side Of The Moon (Harvest) - marzo
Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells (Virgin) - maggio
Yes: Yessongs (Atlantic) - maggio
Genesis: Live (Charisma) - luglio
Gentle Giant: In A Glass House (Vertigo) - settembre
Genesis: Selling England By The Pound (Charisma) - ottobre
Premiata Forneria Marconi: Photos Of Ghosts (Manticore) - ottobre
Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Brian Salad Surgery (Manticore) - novembre
Yes: Tales From Topographic Oceans (Atlantic) - dicembre
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso: Io Sono Nato Libero (Ricordi)

1974
King Crimson: Starless and Bible Black (Island) - marzo
Refugee (Charisma) - marzo
Mike Oldfield: Hergest Ridge (Virgin) - agosto
Premiata Forneria Marconi: Cook (Manticore)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Welcome Back… (Manticore) - agosto
Gentle Giant: The Power And The Glory (Vertigo) - settembre
Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (Charisma) - novembre
King Crimson: Red (Island) - novembre
Yes: Relayer (Atlantic) - dicembre

1975
King Crimson: USA (Island) - aprile
Gentle Giant: Free Hand (Chrysalis) - agosto
Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here (Harvest) - settembre
Van Der Graaf Generator: Godbluff (Charisma) - ottobre
Mike Oldfield: Ommadawn (Virgin) - ottobre
Steve Howe: Beginnings (Atlantic) - ottobre
Chris Squire: Fish Out Of Water (Atlantic) - novembre

1976
Genesis: A Trick Of The Tail (Charisma) - febbraio
Van Der Graaf Generator: Still Life (Charisma) - aprile
Jon Anderson: Olias of Sunhillow (Atlantic) - luglio
Van Der Graaf Generator: World Record (Charisma) - ottobre
Patrick Moraz: Story Of I (Charisma)

1977
Pink Floyd: Animals (Harvest) - gennaio
Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Works Volume 1 (Island) - marzo
Yes: Going For The One (Atlantic) - luglio
Van Der Graaf: The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome (Charisma) - settembre

1978
Van Der Graaf: Vital (Charisma) - luglio

1979
Pink Floyd: The Wall (Harvest) - novembre

1989
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (Arista)

1992
Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells II (WEA)

1996
Yes: Keys To Ascension (Essential)

1997
Yes: Keys To Ascension 2 (Essential)

1999
Yes: The Ladder (Eagle)

2001
Yes: Magnification (Eagle)

2004
Keith Emerson & The Nice: Vivacitas

2003
King Crimson: The Power To Believe (Sanctuary)

2005
Van Der Graaf Generator: Present (Charisma)

2006
King Crimson: Epitaph (DGM)

2007
Van Der Graaf Generator: Real Time (Fie!)
Yes: Live At Montreux 2003 (Eagle)
Jethro Tull: Live In Montreux 2003 (Eagle)

2008
Van Der Graaf Generator: Trisector (Virgin)

2009
Van Der Graaf Generator: Live At Paradiso (Voiceprint)

2011
Van Der Graaf Generator: A Grounding In Numbers (Esoteric)




❛ 10 capolavori della scena Progressive ❜ :

King Crimson > In The Court Of The Crimson King (1969)
Pink Floyd > Atom Heart Mother (1970)
Caravan > In The Land Of Grey And Pink (1971)
VDGG > Pawn Hearts (1971)
Soft Machine > Third (1971)
PFM > Photos Of Ghost (1972)
Jethro Tull > Living In The Past (1972)
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso (1972)
Yes > Close To The Edge (1973)
Mike Oldfield > Tubular Bells (1973)
Genesis > The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (1974)
Gentle Giant > Free Hand (1974)
Robert Wyatt > Rock Bottom (1974)

best of 2006


Bruce Springsteen > We Shall Overcome
Bob Dylan > Modern Times
Tom Petty > Highway Companion
Willie Nile > Streets Of New York
Elton John > The Captain & the Kid 
Ray Davies > Other People’s Lives
Steve Hackett > Wild Orchids
JJ Cale & Eric Clapton > Road To Escondido
Bill Bruford > Earthworks Underground Orchestra
Who > Endless Wire
David Gilmour > On An Island
Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris > All The Roadrunning

plus:
Neil Young & Crazy Horse > Fillmore East 1970
Phish > Live In Brooklin’ 2004
Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band > Hammersmith Odeon, London 1975
Colosseum > LiveS (The Reunion Concerts 1994)
Tom Waits > Orphans

best of 2005


Adrian Belew > side one / side two
Brian Eno > Another Day On Earth
Southside Johnny > Into The Harbour
Wallflowers > Rebel Sweetheart
Ryan Adams > Cold Roses
Dave Matthews Band > Weekend On The Rocks
Blues Traveler > ¡Bastardos!
Mary Gauthier > Mercy Now
Van Der Graaf Generator > Present
Phil Manzanera > 50 Minutes Later
Sufjan Stevens > Illinois
Wilco > Kicking Television Live In Chicago
John Hiatt > Master Of Disaster
Bruce Springsteen > Devils & Dust
Rickie Lee Jones > Duchess Of Coolsville
Bill Frisell > East & West
Syn > Syndestructible
Grayson Capps > If You Knew My Mind
Rolling Stones > A Bigger Bang
Lucinda Williams > Live @ The Fillmore
Richmond Fontaine > The Fitzgerald
Kevin Gordon > O Come Look At The Burning
Nick Cave & Bad Seeds > B sides and rarities
Elliott Murphy > Never Say Never

plus

Phish > New Year's Eve 1995
Grateful Dead > Truckin' Up To Buffalo
Hold Steady > Separation Sunday


best of 2004


Little Feat > Highwire Act Live in St. Louis 2003 (Hot Tomato)
Dave Matthews Band > The Gorge
Phil Manzanera > 6pm
Leonard Cohen > Dear Heather
Eric Burdon > My Secret Life
Marillion > Marbles
John Fogerty > Deja Vu All Over Again
Graham Parker > Your Country
Dr. John > N Awlinz Dis Dat Or Dudda
Stan Ridgway > Snakebite
Allman Brothers Band > One Way Out
Dave Alvin > Ashgrove
Willy DeVille > Crow Jane Alley
Blues Traveler > Live on the Rocks
John Butler Trio > Sunrise Over Sea
Warren Haynes > Live At Bonnaroo
Nick Cave > Abattoir Blues / The Lyre Of Orpheus
Who > Then And Now
Lou Reed > Animal Serenade
Brian Wilson > Smile
Ben Harper and The Blind Boys Of Alabama > There Will Be A Light
Phish > Undermind
Dickey Betts Band > The Odean Cleveland, Ohio 3/9/2004
Los Lobos > The Ride / Ride This
Johnny Rivers > Reinvention Highway
Gary US Bonds > Back In 20
Roger McGuinn > Limited Edition
Buddy and Julie Miller > Love Snuck Up
Buddy Miller > Universal United House Of Pray
Cheap Wine > Moving
Chris Rea > The Blue Jukebox
Treves Blues Band > Blues Friends
Eric Andersen > The Street Was Always There
Dwight Yoakam > Dwight s Used Records
Wilco > A Ghost Is Born