Your Favorite Albums Of 1964

I decided it would be fun to see what everyone's favorite albums were year-to-year. I arbitrarily started at 1964. If people seem to like it I'll continue through the years. Ok here's mine.
Alphabetically, of course:

1.The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night (British version)
2. Chuck Berry - St. Louis To Liverpool
3. Sam Cooke - Ain't That Good News
4. Eric Dolphy - Out To Lunch
5. Bob Dylan - Another Side Of Bob Dylan
6. Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder
7. Buck Owens - Together Again/My Heart Skips A Beat
8. Otis Redding - Pain In My Heart
9. The Ronettes - Presenting The Ronettes Featuring Veronica
10. Muddy Waters - Folk Singer

 

The Beatles - Introducing the Beatles
The Beatles - Meet the Beatles
The Beatles - The Beatles' Second Album
The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
The Beatles - Something New
The Beatles - Beatles '65 (released in '64)
The Rolling Stones - England's Newest Hit Makers
The Rolling Stones - 12 X 5
The Beach Boys - All Summer Long
The Beach Boys - Shut Down vol 2

I had limited tastes......and probably still do!

 

Nothing wrong with that. All great albums!

 

That’s a great list.
Lots of my picks on it too
I’d add Beach Boys “All Summer Long”
Stones debut lp.

 

It was mostly 45 RPM's for me, I was 8 years old - but...

The Chipmunks Sing The Beatles
Meet the Beatles
Hard Days Night (United Artists version) - probably the first album I bought for myself.

 

1. The Beach Boys – All Summer Long
2. The Beach Boys - Shut Down II
3. The Beatles – For Sale
4.The Rolling Stones – 12X5
5. Johnny Cash – Bitter Tears
6. Johnny Cash - I Walk The Line
7. The Beatles – Hard Days Night
8. The Beach Boys - Christmas Album
9. Frank Sinatra – Sings Days of Wine & Roses, etc
10. The Rolling Stones - s/t

 

Rolling Stones: The Rolling Stones / England's Newest Hitmakers (either version)
Rolling Stones: 12x5
Bob Dylan: The Times They Are A-Changin'
Bob Dylan: Another Side of Bob Dylan
Beach Boys: All Summer Long
Beach Boys: Shut Down, Vol. 2
Beatles: A Hard Day's Night
Beatles: Beatles for Sale

I mean...this early in the '60s is pretty much just these four artists for me in terms of albums. TONS of great singles that year though. Some favorites:

"All Day and All of the Night" by Kinks
"House of the Rising Sun" by Animals
"Oh, Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison
"Come See About Me" by Supremes
"My Guy" by Mary Wells
"She's Not There" by Zombies

 

Good choices! I completed forgot about Johnny Cash when making my list. D'oh!

 

Yeah, I thought about doing favorite singles by year too but decided to start with albums first.

 

20 Original Winners on Roulette Records. You'll find "Leader of The Laundromat" there!!!

And "Mixed Up, Shook Up Girl" too!!

 

The Beatles - A Hard Day’s Night
The Beatles - Beatles For Sale
The Beatles - Another Beatles Christmas Record (actually had joined the fan club in 1964)
The Kinks - Kinks
The Kinks - You Really Got Me
Bob Dylan - The Times Are A-Changin’
Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman
My Fair Lady - Movie Soundtrack

 

Those are some great albums!

 

Top 10:

The Beatles – 65

The Ronettes – Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes featuring Veronica

Muddy Waters – Folk Singer

The Beatles - Second Album

The Rolling Stones – England’s Newest Hitmakers

The Rolling Stones – 12x5

The Beatles – Meet The Beatles

Bob Dylan – Another Side of

The Animals – ST

The Yardbirds – Five Live Yardbirds


Bonus:

The Kinks – You Really Got Me

The Supremes – Where Did Our Love Go

The Beach Boys – Christmas Album

 

Awesome choices!

 

1. Together Again/My Heart Skips a Beat - Buck Owens & His Buckaroos
2. Keep on Pushing - The Impressions
3. Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica - The Ronettes
4. Anyone Who Had a Heart - Dionne Warwick
5. Another Side of Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan
6. Hello, Dolly! - 1964 Original Broadway Cast
7. Fiddler on the Roof - 1964 Original Broadway Cast
8. Funny Girl - 1964 Original Broadway Cast
9. People - Barbra Streisand
10. All Summer Long - The Beach Boys

 

Beatles - AHDN
Beatles '65
Chuck Berry - St. Louis To Liverpool
Beatles Second Album
Beatles For Sale
Rolling Stones - England's Newest Hit Makers
Trashmen - Surfin' Bird

 

Meet The Beatles

 

Dionne Warwick - Anyone Who Had A Heart
Dionne Warwick - Make Way For Dionne Warwick
Otis Redding - Pain In My Heart
Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin'
Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles
The Ronettes - The Ronettes - Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica
The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
The Beach Boys - All Summer Long
Bob Dylan - Another Side Of Bob Dylan
The Temptations - Meet The Temptations

 

In no particular order:

Beatles - Hard Day's Night
Ronettes - Presenting....
Dylan - Times They Are/Another Side
Dionne Warwick - Anyone/Make Way
Jerry Lee Lewis - Live At The Star Club
Lesley Gore - Boys Boys Boys
The Impressions - Keep On Pushing

 

A couple that come to mind from that year:

John Coltrane - Live at Birdland
Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch
Frank Sinatra & Count Basie - It Might as Well Be Swing
Sun Ra - Other Planes of There (uncertain release date but recorded in '64)
Albert Ayler - Spiritual Unity
Sam Rivers - Fuschia Swing Song
Andrew Hill - Black Fire
Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
Tony Williams - Life Time
Etta James Rocks the House

 

That’s a lot of Beatles

 

Just three albums from 1964 for me:

Simon & Garfunkel - Wednesday Morning 3 AM

Joan Baez - 5

The Dillards - Live!!!! Almost!!!!

 

1964 albums from my collection...
Born to Wander The Four Seasons
Shut Down Volume 2 The Beach Boys -
Meet The Temptations The Temptations
Dawn (Go Away) and 11 Other Great Songs The Four Seasons -
Glad All Over The Dave Clark Five
The Dave Clark Five Return! The Dave Clark Five
Stay & Other Great Hits The Four Seasons
More of Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits Roy Orbison
All Summer Long The Beach Boys
American Tour The Dave Clark Five
Early Orbison Roy Orbison Compilation
Kinks The Kinks -
A Bit of Liverpool The Supremes
Beach Boys Concert The Beach Boys
Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. Simon & Garfunkel -
The Beach Boys' Christmas Album The Beach Boys
In The Hollies Style The Hollies
St. Louis to Liverpool Chuck Berry
Coast to Coast The Dave Clark Five
Here I Go Again The Hollies
A Session with The Dave Clark Five The Dave Clark Five
The Very Thought Of You Rick Nelson
Rick Nelson Spotlight On Rick


Darryl

 

Sweet! Great collection!

 

Beatles - Hard Days Night
Manfred Mann - Five Faces (UK version)
Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over
Dave Clark Five - American Tour
Beach Boys - All Summer Long
Hollies - Stay