10 albums from the 1960s that we would rate an 11/10
Better than perfect.
Hippie
Hippies, the apocalypse, and how 1969’s ‘Easy Rider’ led to an overlooked Neil Young masterpiece
It deserves more praise.
Haight in your heart: The causes and lasting effects of the ‘Summer of Love’, 1967
A dream that might have been realised if fewer people had known about it.
The Psychedelic Shop: the first Haight-Ashbury store to commercialise the counterculture
“To have a spiritual, wholesome life…”
Failing to get arrested at the White House destroyed The Guess Who: “I would’ve!”
A missed opportunity.
eden ahbez: The first hippie of the counterculture movement
The nature boy who wrote ‘Nature Boy’, one of the biggest jazz hits of the ’40s.
The Moroccan hippie trail: beats, hash and freedom
An essential pitstop on the road to self-discovery.
‘San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers In Your Hair)’: How a terrified town led to the definitive hippie anthem
A defining track of the 1960s…