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C Puffer @[email protected] · 2025-08-10 · 21:00 UTC

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C Puffer @[email protected] · 2025-08-10 · 21:00 UTC

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C Puffer @[email protected] · 2025-08-10 · 21:00 UTC

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C Puffer @[email protected] · 2025-08-10 · 21:00 UTC

#BuffaloSpringfield #NeilYoung #CountryRock #PsychedelicRock #FolkRock #1960s #selftitled #music #SpaceAceSunday #1001OtherAlbums

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1001 Other Albums @[email protected] · 2025-07-09 · 15:20 UTC

SpaceAce Sunday | Buffalo Springfield (1966, Canada/US)

Our next Self-Titled Summer spotlight is on number 1054 on The List. And, as it was submitted by our dear friend J aka SpaceAce, this is technically a SpaceAce Sunday. Why not on a Sunday? Well. Today is a year since he left us. A whole year. Makes no sense at all.

As for this album, I somehow did not know Buffalo Springfield was a Neil Young band or that they’re the ones responsible for the fantastic protest single “For What It’s Worth”, a song I’ve always absolutely loved. As soon as I pressed play on this album and heard the first few notes of that song, I literally smiled and thanked J out loud.

Thanks, J. Love that I’m still learning from you.

You are still very much missed. 💜

Want to read more? See the full spotlight on the Fediverse at @1001otheralbums.com or on the blog: https://1001otheralbums.com/2025/07/09/self-titled-spaceace-buffalo-springfield-1966-canada-us/

Want to skip straight to the music? Here's a Songlink: https://album.link/i/265611980

#1001otheralbums #spaceacesunday #music #selftitled #1960s #folkrock

1001 Other Albums @[email protected] · 2025-07-09 · 15:20 UTC

SpaceAce Sunday | Buffalo Springfield (1966, Canada/US)

Our next Self-Titled Summer spotlight is on number 1054 on The List. And, as it was submitted by our dear friend J aka SpaceAce, this is technically a SpaceAce Sunday. Why not on a Sunday? Well. Today is a year since he left us. A whole year. Makes no sense at all.

As for this album, I somehow did not know Buffalo Springfield was a Neil Young band or that they’re the ones responsible for the fantastic protest single “For What It’s Worth”, a song I’ve always absolutely loved. As soon as I pressed play on this album and heard the first few notes of that song, I literally smiled and thanked J out loud.

Thanks, J. Love that I’m still learning from you.

You are still very much missed. 💜

Want to read more? See the full spotlight on the Fediverse at @1001otheralbums.com or on the blog: https://1001otheralbums.com/2025/07/09/self-titled-spaceace-buffalo-springfield-1966-canada-us/

Want to skip straight to the music? Here's a Songlink: https://album.link/i/265611980

#BuffaloSpringfield #NeilYoung #CountryRock #PsychedelicRock #FolkRock #1960s #selftitled #music #SpaceAceSunday #1001OtherAlbums

#1001otheralbums #spaceacesunday #music #selftitled #1960s #folkrock

1001 Other Albums @[email protected] · 2025-07-09 · 15:20 UTC

SpaceAce Sunday | Buffalo Springfield (1966, Canada/US)

Our next Self-Titled Summer spotlight is on number 1054 on The List. And, as it was submitted by our dear friend J aka SpaceAce, this is technically a SpaceAce Sunday. Why not on a Sunday? Well. Today is a year since he left us. A whole year. Makes no sense at all.

As for this album, I somehow did not know Buffalo Springfield was a Neil Young band or that they’re the ones responsible for the fantastic protest single “For What It’s Worth”, a song I’ve always absolutely loved. As soon as I pressed play on this album and heard the first few notes of that song, I literally smiled and thanked J out loud.

Thanks, J. Love that I’m still learning from you.

You are still very much missed. 💜

Want to read more? See the full spotlight on the Fediverse at @1001otheralbums.com or on the blog: https://1001otheralbums.com/2025/07/09/self-titled-spaceace-buffalo-springfield-1966-canada-us/

Want to skip straight to the music? Here's a Songlink: https://album.link/i/265611980

#BuffaloSpringfield #NeilYoung #CountryRock #PsychedelicRock #FolkRock #1960s #selftitled #music #SpaceAceSunday #1001OtherAlbums

#1001otheralbums #spaceacesunday #music #selftitled #1960s #folkrock

1001 Other Albums @[email protected] · 2025-07-09 · 15:20 UTC

SpaceAce Sunday | Buffalo Springfield (1966, Canada/US)

Our next Self-Titled Summer spotlight is on number 1054 on The List. And, as it was submitted by our dear friend J aka SpaceAce, this is technically a SpaceAce Sunday. Why not on a Sunday? Well. Today is a year since he left us. A whole year. Makes no sense at all.

As for this album, I somehow did not know Buffalo Springfield was a Neil Young band or that they’re the ones responsible for the fantastic protest single “For What It’s Worth”, a song I’ve always absolutely loved. As soon as I pressed play on this album and heard the first few notes of that song, I literally smiled and thanked J out loud.

Thanks, J. Love that I’m still learning from you.

You are still very much missed. 💜

Want to read more? See the full spotlight on the Fediverse at @1001otheralbums.com or on the blog: https://1001otheralbums.com/2025/07/09/self-titled-spaceace-buffalo-springfield-1966-canada-us/

Want to skip straight to the music? Here's a Songlink: https://album.link/i/265611980

#BuffaloSpringfield #NeilYoung #CountryRock #PsychedelicRock #FolkRock #1960s #selftitled #music #SpaceAceSunday #1001OtherAlbums

#buffalospringfield #neilyoung #countryrock #psychedelicrock #folkrock #1960s

1001 Other Albums @[email protected] · 2025-07-09 · 06:00 UTC

SpaceAce Sunday | Buffalo Springfield (1966, Canada/US)

Our next Self-Titled Summer spotlight is on number 1054 on The List. And, as it was submitted by our dear friend J aka SpaceAce, this is technically a SpaceAce Sunday. Why not on a Sunday? Well. Today is a year since he left us. A whole year. Makes no sense at all.

I knew I wouldn’t want to write this post so, after noticing that the next submission from J was a s/t, I started the whole Self-Titled Summer series to psych myself up. That didn’t work though, as I wrote the last STS post a couple weeks ago and have been stalled on this since. I even did a full listen-through of Carly Rae Jepsen’s entire discography to see if that would help (J was a HUGE Carly fan). But it didn’t.

So, if you don’t mind, rather than giving this album – Buffalo Springfield’s debut – the regular STS treatment, I’m just going to leave it at a few random thoughts I had when I gave it my first listen, just over a month ago, and imagine what J would have to say about it.

Seems like the perfect SpaceAce pick to land on today, given J’s origins were also Canada/US.
I did not know Buffalo Springfield was a Neil Young band or that they’re the ones responsible for the fantastic protest single “For What It’s Worth”, a song I’ve always absolutely loved. As soon as I pressed play on this album and heard the first few notes of that song, I literally smiled and thanked J out loud.
There are variances in the tracklists, depending on what version/medium you’re listening to. Only some include “For What It’s Worth” (recorded after the album was first released, then added for the reissue a few months later), either as the first track or somewhere on side B; “Leave” seems to be on different sides depending on the variant; and “Baby Don’t Scold Me” is missing completely from some variants and streaming services (swapped out for “For What It’s Worth”).
Aside from “For What It’s Worth”, the other stand out track for me is “Out of My Mind”, with Neil Young on main vocals.

Thanks, J. Love that I’m still learning from you.

You are still very much missed.

#1960s #BuffaloSpringfield #countryRock #folkRock #music #musicDiscovery #NeilYoung #psychedelicRock #selftitled #SpaceAceSunday

#1960s #buffalospringfield #countryrock #folkrock #music #musicdiscovery

1001 Other Albums @[email protected] · 2025-07-09 · 06:00 UTC

SpaceAce Sunday | Buffalo Springfield (1966, Canada/US)

Our next Self-Titled Summer spotlight is on number 1054 on The List. And, as it was submitted by our dear friend J aka SpaceAce, this is technically a SpaceAce Sunday. Why not on a Sunday? Well. Today is a year since he left us. A whole year. Makes no sense at all.

I knew I wouldn’t want to write this post so, after noticing that the next submission from J was a s/t, I started the whole Self-Titled Summer series to psych myself up. That didn’t work though, as I wrote the last STS post a couple weeks ago and have been stalled on this since. I even did a full listen-through of Carly Rae Jepsen’s entire discography to see if that would help (J was a HUGE Carly fan). But it didn’t.

So, if you don’t mind, rather than giving this album – Buffalo Springfield’s debut – the regular STS treatment, I’m just going to leave it at a few random thoughts I had when I gave it my first listen, just over a month ago, and imagine what J would have to say about it.

Seems like the perfect SpaceAce pick to land on today, given J’s origins were also Canada/US.
I did not know Buffalo Springfield was a Neil Young band or that they’re the ones responsible for the fantastic protest single “For What It’s Worth”, a song I’ve always absolutely loved. As soon as I pressed play on this album and heard the first few notes of that song, I literally smiled and thanked J out loud.
There are variances in the tracklists, depending on what version/medium you’re listening to. Only some include “For What It’s Worth” (recorded after the album was first released, then added for the reissue a few months later), either as the first track or somewhere on side B; “Leave” seems to be on different sides depending on the variant; and “Baby Don’t Scold Me” is missing completely from some variants and streaming services (swapped out for “For What It’s Worth”).
Aside from “For What It’s Worth”, the other stand out track for me is “Out of My Mind”, with Neil Young on main vocals.

Thanks, J. Love that I’m still learning from you.

You are still very much missed.

#1960s #BuffaloSpringfield #countryRock #folkRock #music #musicDiscovery #NeilYoung #psychedelicRock #selftitled #SpaceAceSunday

#1960s #buffalospringfield #countryrock #folkrock #music #musicdiscovery

1001 Other Albums @[email protected] · 2025-07-09 · 06:00 UTC

SpaceAce Sunday | Buffalo Springfield (1966, Canada/US)

Our next Self-Titled Summer spotlight is on number 1054 on The List. And, as it was submitted by our dear friend J aka SpaceAce, this is technically a SpaceAce Sunday. Why not on a Sunday? Well. Today is a year since he left us. A whole year. Makes no sense at all.

I knew I wouldn’t want to write this post so, after noticing that the next submission from J was a s/t, I started the whole Self-Titled Summer series to psych myself up. That didn’t work though, as I wrote the last STS post a couple weeks ago and have been stalled on this since. I even did a full listen-through of Carly Rae Jepsen’s entire discography to see if that would help (J was a HUGE Carly fan). But it didn’t.

So, if you don’t mind, rather than giving this album – Buffalo Springfield’s debut – the regular STS treatment, I’m just going to leave it at a few random thoughts I had when I gave it my first listen, just over a month ago, and imagine what J would have to say about it.

Seems like the perfect SpaceAce pick to land on today, given J’s origins were also Canada/US.
I did not know Buffalo Springfield was a Neil Young band or that they’re the ones responsible for the fantastic protest single “For What It’s Worth”, a song I’ve always absolutely loved. As soon as I pressed play on this album and heard the first few notes of that song, I literally smiled and thanked J out loud.
There are variances in the tracklists, depending on what version/medium you’re listening to. Only some include “For What It’s Worth” (recorded after the album was first released, then added for the reissue a few months later), either as the first track or somewhere on side B; “Leave” seems to be on different sides depending on the variant; and “Baby Don’t Scold Me” is missing completely from some variants and streaming services (swapped out for “For What It’s Worth”).
Aside from “For What It’s Worth”, the other stand out track for me is “Out of My Mind”, with Neil Young on main vocals.

Thanks, J. Love that I’m still learning from you.

You are still very much missed.

#1960s #BuffaloSpringfield #countryRock #folkRock #music #musicDiscovery #NeilYoung #psychedelicRock #selftitled #SpaceAceSunday

#1960s #buffalospringfield #countryrock #folkrock #music #musicdiscovery

1001 Other Albums @[email protected] · 2025-07-09 · 06:00 UTC

SpaceAce Sunday | Buffalo Springfield (1966, Canada/US)

Our next Self-Titled Summer spotlight is on number 1054 on The List. And, as it was submitted by our dear friend J aka SpaceAce, this is technically a SpaceAce Sunday. Why not on a Sunday? Well. Today is a year since he left us. A whole year. Makes no sense at all.

I knew I wouldn’t want to write this post so, after noticing that the next submission from J was a s/t, I started the whole Self-Titled Summer series to psych myself up. That didn’t work though, as I wrote the last STS post a couple weeks ago and have been stalled on this since. I even did a full listen-through of Carly Rae Jepsen’s entire discography to see if that would help (J was a HUGE Carly fan). But it didn’t.

So, if you don’t mind, rather than giving this album – Buffalo Springfield’s debut – the regular STS treatment, I’m just going to leave it at a few random thoughts I had when I gave it my first listen, just over a month ago, and imagine what J would have to say about it.

Seems like the perfect SpaceAce pick to land on today, given J’s origins were also Canada/US.
I did not know Buffalo Springfield was a Neil Young band or that they’re the ones responsible for the fantastic protest single “For What It’s Worth”, a song I’ve always absolutely loved. As soon as I pressed play on this album and heard the first few notes of that song, I literally smiled and thanked J out loud.
There are variances in the tracklists, depending on what version/medium you’re listening to. Only some include “For What It’s Worth” (recorded after the album was first released, then added for the reissue a few months later), either as the first track or somewhere on side B; “Leave” seems to be on different sides depending on the variant; and “Baby Don’t Scold Me” is missing completely from some variants and streaming services (swapped out for “For What It’s Worth”).
Aside from “For What It’s Worth”, the other stand out track for me is “Out of My Mind”, with Neil Young on main vocals.

Thanks, J. Love that I’m still learning from you.

You are still very much missed.

#1960s #BuffaloSpringfield #countryRock #folkRock #music #musicDiscovery #NeilYoung #psychedelicRock #selftitled #SpaceAceSunday

#spaceacesunday #selftitled #psychedelicrock #neilyoung #musicdiscovery #music

1001 Other Albums @[email protected] · 2025-03-30 · 16:41 UTC

SpaceAce Sunday | Julie London with The Bud Shank Quintet – All Through The Night: Julie London Sings the Choicest of Cole Porter (1965, US)

The next album submitted to the project by SpaceAce aka J, our dearly missed friend, is number 1052 on The List.

This is pin-up model-turned actress-turned singer Julie London’s 24th of 29 studio albums. J had a handful of Julie’s albums, so it’s not a bad idea to listen to another one or two of her albums after this one. Not bad at all.

Want to skip straight to the music? Here's a Songlink: https://album.link/ca/i/716276170

Thanks, J. 🙏

#JulieLondon #BudShank #ColePorter #jazz #VocalJazz #CoolJazz #1960s #SpaceAceSunday #music #1001OtherAlbums

#1001otheralbums #music #spaceacesunday #1960s #cooljazz #vocaljazz

1001 Other Albums @[email protected] · 2025-03-30 · 16:41 UTC

SpaceAce Sunday | Julie London with The Bud Shank Quintet – All Through The Night: Julie London Sings the Choicest of Cole Porter (1965, US)

The next album submitted to the project by SpaceAce aka J, our dearly missed friend, is number 1052 on The List.

This is pin-up model-turned actress-turned singer Julie London’s 24th of 29 studio albums. J had a handful of Julie’s albums, so it’s not a bad idea to listen to another one or two of her albums after this one. Not bad at all.

Want to skip straight to the music? Here's a Songlink: https://album.link/ca/i/716276170

Thanks, J. 🙏

#JulieLondon #BudShank #ColePorter #jazz #VocalJazz #CoolJazz #1960s #SpaceAceSunday #music #1001OtherAlbums

#1001otheralbums #music #spaceacesunday #1960s #cooljazz #vocaljazz

1001 Other Albums @[email protected] · 2025-03-30 · 16:41 UTC

SpaceAce Sunday | Julie London with The Bud Shank Quintet – All Through The Night: Julie London Sings the Choicest of Cole Porter (1965, US)

The next album submitted to the project by SpaceAce aka J, our dearly missed friend, is number 1052 on The List.

This is pin-up model-turned actress-turned singer Julie London’s 24th of 29 studio albums. J had a handful of Julie’s albums, so it’s not a bad idea to listen to another one or two of her albums after this one. Not bad at all.

Want to skip straight to the music? Here's a Songlink: https://album.link/ca/i/716276170

Thanks, J. 🙏

#JulieLondon #BudShank #ColePorter #jazz #VocalJazz #CoolJazz #1960s #SpaceAceSunday #music #1001OtherAlbums

#1001otheralbums #music #spaceacesunday #1960s #cooljazz #vocaljazz

1001 Other Albums @[email protected] · 2025-03-30 · 16:41 UTC

SpaceAce Sunday | Julie London with The Bud Shank Quintet – All Through The Night: Julie London Sings the Choicest of Cole Porter (1965, US)

The next album submitted to the project by SpaceAce aka J, our dearly missed friend, is number 1052 on The List.

This is pin-up model-turned actress-turned singer Julie London’s 24th of 29 studio albums. J had a handful of Julie’s albums, so it’s not a bad idea to listen to another one or two of her albums after this one. Not bad at all.

Want to skip straight to the music? Here's a Songlink: https://album.link/ca/i/716276170

Thanks, J. 🙏

#JulieLondon #BudShank #ColePorter #jazz #VocalJazz #CoolJazz #1960s #SpaceAceSunday #music #1001OtherAlbums

#julielondon #budshank #coleporter #jazz #vocaljazz #cooljazz

1001 Other Albums @[email protected] · 2025-03-30 · 06:00 UTC

SpaceAce Sunday | Julie London with The Bud Shank Quintet – All Through The Night: Julie London Sings the Choicest of Cole Porter (1965, US)

The next album submitted to the project by SpaceAce aka J, our dearly missed friend, is number 1052 on The List.

This one is for you romantics out there. All Through The Night was pin-up model-turned actress-turned singer Julie London’s 24th of 29 studio albums, and it’s just as gorgeous – maybe even moreso? – as her debut from a decade prior, Julie Is Her Name (1955).[1] J had a handful of Julie’s albums, so it’s not a bad idea to listen to another album or two after this one. Not bad at all.

Btw, exactly one year ago, we had our first SpaceAce spotlight, when J was still with us. If you didn’t catch J’s review of Forest’s The Full Circle the first time, take a look. The post is technically a glorified link to our friend Puffer’s Digital LoFi blog where J’s review lives, but seeing his comment at the bottom of the post here always makes me smile.

Thanks, J.

Our other dearly missed friend and artist, Norn Cutson (@n69n) started their delightful “Record Collection” series with a tribute to Julie’s debut album, seen here. ↩︎

#BudShank #ColePorter #coolJazz #jazz #JulieLondon #SpaceAceSunday #vocalJazz

#budshank #coleporter #cooljazz #jazz #julielondon #spaceacesunday

1001 Other Albums @[email protected] · 2025-01-26 · 17:00 UTC

SpaceAce Sunday | The Shangri-Las – Golden Hits of The Shangri-Las (1966, US)

The next album SpaceAce – aka J, our dearly missed friend – submitted to the project is number 1051 on The List.

As previously mentioned in a previous SpaceAce Sunday spotlight, the last few albums J submitted are all from 1966, due to me pointing out that we had no albums from that year on The List at that point and wondering what was up with that. So, that explains why this compilation is here…or does it? While The Shangri-Las did have a couple studio albums (both released in 1965), the name of the game at that time in American pop music was more about hit singles, so I wonder if this compilation – released while the band was still at the height of their popularity – was perhaps their most popular album. I mean, I’m totally guessing here without J’s insight, but I find it curious that this compilation has a volume in the excellent 33 1/3 book series. As far as I know, there aren’t other compilations given the 33 1/3 treatment (other than a soundtrack and a tribute album), so it seems like this one is a special case?

Anyway, I digress! …but, also, now I really want to read the 33 1/3 book, by Ada Wolin. I mean, here’s the blurb on it – don’t you want to read it now too?

Of the many girl-groups that came out of the 1960s, none is more idiosyncratic and influential than the Shangri-Las. They were together only five years, but within that time they subverted pop standards and foreshadowed a generation of tough women in music. Critically, they are not lauded in the way of the Ronettes, and they are certainly not a household name like the Supremes. They were a little too low-brow with an uncouth flair for theatrics that has placed them just left of the girl-group canon.
This book examines the still-elusive validation of 1960s girl-groups as a whole, but also paradoxically aims to free the Shangri-Las from that category, viewing them instead with the sort of individuality traditionally afforded to rock groups. They were somehow able to challenge the status quo under the guise of sticky-sweet pop, a feat not many pop groups can achieve, but which they do fleetingly but not insubstantially in Golden Hits of the Shangri-Las.

For every other 1001 Other Albums spotlight, I’ve listened to the album at least once, either prior to posting or the day of. But, full disclosure: I haven’t yet listened to this album in its entirety because I kind of want to read this book beforehand. The description of The Shangri-Las having a “tough girl” persona doesn’t compute with the bubblegum album cover and the couple of tracks I have heard – and they’re cited as influencing a lot of musicians I respect (e.g., Kim Gordon, Kathleen Hanna, Amy Winehouse) – so I sort of want some context first. Am I overthinking it? Yep! But that’s what I do.

Anyway, thanks J for adding another book to be TBR pile, I’m rather looking forward to listening to this one.

I can’t find a Songlink for this one, so either try the YT link, or check out the 1996 compilation linked below which has all of the same songs (in a different order) plus a couple extras:
- Youtube: The Shangri-Las – Golden Hits of The Shangri-Las
- Songlink: The Shangri-Las – The Best of the Shangri-Las
Discogs: The Shangri-Las – Golden Hits of The Shangri-Las

#1001OtherAlbums #1960s #ListenToThis #music #musicDiscovery #Musodon #popMusic #SpaceAceSunday #TheShangriLas

#1001otheralbums #1960s #listentothis #music #musicdiscovery #musodon

1001 Other Albums @[email protected] · 2025-01-26 · 17:00 UTC

SpaceAce Sunday | The Shangri-Las – Golden Hits of The Shangri-Las (1966, US)

The next album SpaceAce – aka J, our dearly missed friend – submitted to the project is number 1051 on The List.

As previously mentioned in a previous SpaceAce Sunday spotlight, the last few albums J submitted are all from 1966, due to me pointing out that we had no albums from that year on The List at that point and wondering what was up with that. So, that explains why this compilation is here…or does it? While The Shangri-Las did have a couple studio albums (both released in 1965), the name of the game at that time in American pop music was more about hit singles, so I wonder if this compilation – released while the band was still at the height of their popularity – was perhaps their most popular album. I mean, I’m totally guessing here without J’s insight, but I find it curious that this compilation has a volume in the excellent 33 1/3 book series. As far as I know, there aren’t other compilations given the 33 1/3 treatment (other than a soundtrack and a tribute album), so it seems like this one is a special case?

Anyway, I digress! …but, also, now I really want to read the 33 1/3 book, by Ada Wolin. I mean, here’s the blurb on it – don’t you want to read it now too?

Of the many girl-groups that came out of the 1960s, none is more idiosyncratic and influential than the Shangri-Las. They were together only five years, but within that time they subverted pop standards and foreshadowed a generation of tough women in music. Critically, they are not lauded in the way of the Ronettes, and they are certainly not a household name like the Supremes. They were a little too low-brow with an uncouth flair for theatrics that has placed them just left of the girl-group canon.
This book examines the still-elusive validation of 1960s girl-groups as a whole, but also paradoxically aims to free the Shangri-Las from that category, viewing them instead with the sort of individuality traditionally afforded to rock groups. They were somehow able to challenge the status quo under the guise of sticky-sweet pop, a feat not many pop groups can achieve, but which they do fleetingly but not insubstantially in Golden Hits of the Shangri-Las.

For every other 1001 Other Albums spotlight, I’ve listened to the album at least once, either prior to posting or the day of. But, full disclosure: I haven’t yet listened to this album in its entirety because I kind of want to read this book beforehand. The description of The Shangri-Las having a “tough girl” persona doesn’t compute with the bubblegum album cover and the couple of tracks I have heard – and they’re cited as influencing a lot of musicians I respect (e.g., Kim Gordon, Kathleen Hanna, Amy Winehouse) – so I sort of want some context first. Am I overthinking it? Yep! But that’s what I do.

Anyway, thanks J for adding another book to be TBR pile, I’m rather looking forward to listening to this one.

I can’t find a Songlink for this one, so either try the YT link, or check out the 1996 compilation linked below which has all of the same songs (in a different order) plus a couple extras:
- Youtube: The Shangri-Las – Golden Hits of The Shangri-Las
- Songlink: The Shangri-Las – The Best of the Shangri-Las
Discogs: The Shangri-Las – Golden Hits of The Shangri-Las

#1001OtherAlbums #1960s #ListenToThis #music #musicDiscovery #Musodon #popMusic #SpaceAceSunday #TheShangriLas

#1001otheralbums #1960s #listentothis #music #musicdiscovery #musodon

1001 Other Albums @[email protected] · 2025-01-26 · 17:00 UTC

SpaceAce Sunday | The Shangri-Las – Golden Hits of The Shangri-Las (1966, US)

The next album SpaceAce – aka J, our dearly missed friend – submitted to the project is number 1051 on The List.

As previously mentioned in a previous SpaceAce Sunday spotlight, the last few albums J submitted are all from 1966, due to me pointing out that we had no albums from that year on The List at that point and wondering what was up with that. So, that explains why this compilation is here…or does it? While The Shangri-Las did have a couple studio albums (both released in 1965), the name of the game at that time in American pop music was more about hit singles, so I wonder if this compilation – released while the band was still at the height of their popularity – was perhaps their most popular album. I mean, I’m totally guessing here without J’s insight, but I find it curious that this compilation has a volume in the excellent 33 1/3 book series. As far as I know, there aren’t other compilations given the 33 1/3 treatment (other than a soundtrack and a tribute album), so it seems like this one is a special case?

Anyway, I digress! …but, also, now I really want to read the 33 1/3 book, by Ada Wolin. I mean, here’s the blurb on it – don’t you want to read it now too?

Of the many girl-groups that came out of the 1960s, none is more idiosyncratic and influential than the Shangri-Las. They were together only five years, but within that time they subverted pop standards and foreshadowed a generation of tough women in music. Critically, they are not lauded in the way of the Ronettes, and they are certainly not a household name like the Supremes. They were a little too low-brow with an uncouth flair for theatrics that has placed them just left of the girl-group canon.
This book examines the still-elusive validation of 1960s girl-groups as a whole, but also paradoxically aims to free the Shangri-Las from that category, viewing them instead with the sort of individuality traditionally afforded to rock groups. They were somehow able to challenge the status quo under the guise of sticky-sweet pop, a feat not many pop groups can achieve, but which they do fleetingly but not insubstantially in Golden Hits of the Shangri-Las.

For every other 1001 Other Albums spotlight, I’ve listened to the album at least once, either prior to posting or the day of. But, full disclosure: I haven’t yet listened to this album in its entirety because I kind of want to read this book beforehand. The description of The Shangri-Las having a “tough girl” persona doesn’t compute with the bubblegum album cover and the couple of tracks I have heard – and they’re cited as influencing a lot of musicians I respect (e.g., Kim Gordon, Kathleen Hanna, Amy Winehouse) – so I sort of want some context first. Am I overthinking it? Yep! But that’s what I do.

Anyway, thanks J for adding another book to be TBR pile, I’m rather looking forward to listening to this one.

I can’t find a Songlink for this one, so either try the YT link, or check out the 1996 compilation linked below which has all of the same songs (in a different order) plus a couple extras:
- Youtube: The Shangri-Las – Golden Hits of The Shangri-Las
- Songlink: The Shangri-Las – The Best of the Shangri-Las
Discogs: The Shangri-Las – Golden Hits of The Shangri-Las

#1001OtherAlbums #1960s #ListenToThis #music #musicDiscovery #Musodon #popMusic #SpaceAceSunday #TheShangriLas

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1001 Other Albums @[email protected] · 2025-01-26 · 17:00 UTC

SpaceAce Sunday | The Shangri-Las – Golden Hits of The Shangri-Las (1966, US)

The next album SpaceAce – aka J, our dearly missed friend – submitted to the project is number 1051 on The List.

As previously mentioned in a previous SpaceAce Sunday spotlight, the last few albums J submitted are all from 1966, due to me pointing out that we had no albums from that year on The List at that point and wondering what was up with that. So, that explains why this compilation is here…or does it? While The Shangri-Las did have a couple studio albums (both released in 1965), the name of the game at that time in American pop music was more about hit singles, so I wonder if this compilation – released while the band was still at the height of their popularity – was perhaps their most popular album. I mean, I’m totally guessing here without J’s insight, but I find it curious that this compilation has a volume in the excellent 33 1/3 book series. As far as I know, there aren’t other compilations given the 33 1/3 treatment (other than a soundtrack and a tribute album), so it seems like this one is a special case?

Anyway, I digress! …but, also, now I really want to read the 33 1/3 book, by Ada Wolin. I mean, here’s the blurb on it – don’t you want to read it now too?

Of the many girl-groups that came out of the 1960s, none is more idiosyncratic and influential than the Shangri-Las. They were together only five years, but within that time they subverted pop standards and foreshadowed a generation of tough women in music. Critically, they are not lauded in the way of the Ronettes, and they are certainly not a household name like the Supremes. They were a little too low-brow with an uncouth flair for theatrics that has placed them just left of the girl-group canon.
This book examines the still-elusive validation of 1960s girl-groups as a whole, but also paradoxically aims to free the Shangri-Las from that category, viewing them instead with the sort of individuality traditionally afforded to rock groups. They were somehow able to challenge the status quo under the guise of sticky-sweet pop, a feat not many pop groups can achieve, but which they do fleetingly but not insubstantially in Golden Hits of the Shangri-Las.

For every other 1001 Other Albums spotlight, I’ve listened to the album at least once, either prior to posting or the day of. But, full disclosure: I haven’t yet listened to this album in its entirety because I kind of want to read this book beforehand. The description of The Shangri-Las having a “tough girl” persona doesn’t compute with the bubblegum album cover and the couple of tracks I have heard – and they’re cited as influencing a lot of musicians I respect (e.g., Kim Gordon, Kathleen Hanna, Amy Winehouse) – so I sort of want some context first. Am I overthinking it? Yep! But that’s what I do.

Anyway, thanks J for adding another book to be TBR pile, I’m rather looking forward to listening to this one.

I can’t find a Songlink for this one, so either try the YT link, or check out the 1996 compilation linked below which has all of the same songs (in a different order) plus a couple extras:
- Youtube: The Shangri-Las – Golden Hits of The Shangri-Las
- Songlink: The Shangri-Las – The Best of the Shangri-Las
Discogs: The Shangri-Las – Golden Hits of The Shangri-Las

#1001OtherAlbums #1960s #ListenToThis #music #musicDiscovery #Musodon #popMusic #SpaceAceSunday #TheShangriLas

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C Puffer @[email protected] · 2025-01-06 · 01:11 UTC

Neil Young - Comes a Time

Got this last Friday at my local, Turn It Up! Brattleboro #Vermont. I’d been keeping an eye out for this since J left this comment on my post on the blog about Harvest Moon.

I miss these sorts of casual insights that J used to drop. #SpaceAceSunday

#recordoftheday #vermont #spaceacesunday #vinyl #vinylcollection

C Puffer @[email protected] · 2025-01-06 · 01:11 UTC

Neil Young - Comes a Time

Got this last Friday at my local, Turn It Up! Brattleboro #Vermont. I’d been keeping an eye out for this since J left this comment on my post on the blog about Harvest Moon.

I miss these sorts of casual insights that J used to drop. #SpaceAceSunday

#recordoftheday #vermont #spaceacesunday #vinyl #vinylcollection

C Puffer @[email protected] · 2025-01-06 · 01:11 UTC

Neil Young - Comes a Time

Got this last Friday at my local, Turn It Up! Brattleboro #Vermont. I’d been keeping an eye out for this since J left this comment on my post on the blog about Harvest Moon.

I miss these sorts of casual insights that J used to drop. #SpaceAceSunday

#recordoftheday #vermont #spaceacesunday #vinyl #vinylcollection

C Puffer @[email protected] · 2025-01-06 · 01:11 UTC

Neil Young - Comes a Time

Got this last Friday at my local, Turn It Up! Brattleboro #Vermont. I’d been keeping an eye out for this since J left this comment on my post on the blog about Harvest Moon.

I miss these sorts of casual insights that J used to drop. #SpaceAceSunday

#recordoftheday #vermont #spaceacesunday #vinyl #vinylcollection

C Puffer @[email protected] · 2025-01-06 · 01:11 UTC

Neil Young - Comes a Time

Got this last Friday at my local, Turn It Up! Brattleboro #Vermont. I’d been keeping an eye out for this since J left this comment on my post on the blog about Harvest Moon.

I miss these sorts of casual insights that J used to drop. #SpaceAceSunday