30 ALBUMS FOR 30 YEARS

A Podcast for Music Lovers and Historians

30 Albums for 30 Years chronologically showcases each year's 30 most impactful albums from 1964-1994, eventually taking you through 900 albums! Learn about and listen to these fantastic albums with your host, music historian Jay Sweet.

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Feb 26
6 min

30 Albums for 30 Years: Season 1

Otis Redding- Pain In My Heart (1964)

Otis Redding - Pain In My Heart (Atco) Released March 1964 Recorded - 1963-1964 Every one of Otis Redding's albums has received at least...

The Dave Clark Five- Glad All Over (1964)

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Feb 22
5 min

30 Albums for 30 Years: Season 1

The Dave Clark Five- Glad All Over (1964)

The Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over (Columbia) Released March 1964 Recorded 1963 to early 1964 The Dave Clark Five (DC5) is the most...

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Feb 20
7 min

30 Albums for 30 Years: Season 1

Sam Cooke- Ain't That Good News (1964)

Sam Cooke- Ain’t That Good News (RCA Victor) Released February 1964 Recorded February 28, 1963- January 30, 1964 LISTEN HERE Singer and...

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Feb 16
4 min

30 Albums for 30 Years: Season 1

Muddy Waters- Folk Singer (1964)

Muddy Waters- Folk Singer (Chess Records) Released January 30, 1964, Recorded September 1963 LISTEN HERE The thirty albums chosen for...

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Feb 13
6 min

30 Albums for 30 Years: Season 1

The Beatles- Meet the Beatles! (1964)

The Beatles - Meet The Beatles (Capitol Records) Released in the U.S. on January 20, 1964, Recorded between February 11 and October 23,...

Bob Dylan- The Times They Are A-Changin' (1964)

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Feb 8
6 min

30 Albums for 30 Years: Season 1

Bob Dylan- The Times They Are A-Changin' (1964)

Bob Dylan-The Times They Are A-Changin' (Columbia Records) Released January 13, 1964 Recorded August 6-October 1963 LISTEN HERE Bob Dylan...

The Beatles- Introducing... The Beatles (1964)

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Feb 2
9 min

30 Albums for 30 Years: Season 1

The Beatles- Introducing... The Beatles (1964)

Introducing…The Beatles (Vee-Jay) Released January 10, 1964 Recorded 1962- 1963 LISTEN HERE No need for an exterminator- it's time to...

Charles Mingus - Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus (1964)

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Jan 31
8 min

30 Albums for 30 Years: Season 1

Charles Mingus - Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus (1964)

Charles Mingus - Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus (Impulse!) Released January 9, 1964 Recorded January 20 and September 20, 1963...

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Jan 27
7 min

30 Albums for 30 Years: Season 1

John Coltrane- Live at Birdland (1964)

John Coltrane -Live At Birdland (Impulse!) Released January 9, 1964 Recorded October 8, 1963, and November 18, 1963 LISTEN HERE A Brief...