Parlophone publish The Beatles’ fifth studio album : ‘Help!’ featuring ‘Ticket to Ride,’ ‘Yesterday’ and ‘Dizzy Miss Lizzy’ (1965)

The Beatles‘ ‘Help!’ is their fifth studio album (OST of the eponymous film) produced by George Martin and released on August 6, 1965 by Parlophone.

(more…)

Continue ReadingParlophone publish The Beatles’ fifth studio album : ‘Help!’ featuring ‘Ticket to Ride,’ ‘Yesterday’ and ‘Dizzy Miss Lizzy’ (1965)

Motown publish ‘More Hits by The Supremes,’ their sixth album featuring ‘Stop! In the Name of Love’ and ‘Back in My Arms Again’ (1965)

‘More Hits by The Supremes‘ is their sixth studio album (released on July 23, 1965) that includes ‘Stop! In the Name of Love’ and ‘Back in My Arms Again.’

(more…)

Continue ReadingMotown publish ‘More Hits by The Supremes,’ their sixth album featuring ‘Stop! In the Name of Love’ and ‘Back in My Arms Again’ (1965)

John Coltrane records ‘Ascension’ with Mccoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Freddie Hubbard, Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp et al (1966)

John Coltrane‘s ‘Ascension’ is an album of continuous performance without breaks recorded on June 28, 1965 and released in February 1966 by Impulse!

(more…)

Continue ReadingJohn Coltrane records ‘Ascension’ with Mccoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Freddie Hubbard, Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp et al (1966)

Wes Montgomery records ‘Smokin’ at the Half Note’ with the Wynton Kelly Trio for Verve (1965)

‘Smokin’ at the Half Note’ by Wes Montgomery & the Wynton Kelly Trio is their second collaboration album recorded live in late June 1965 and in studio, on September 22, 1965 and released the same year by Verve.

(more…)

Continue ReadingWes Montgomery records ‘Smokin’ at the Half Note’ with the Wynton Kelly Trio for Verve (1965)

John Coltrane finishes the recording of ‘The John Coltrane Quartet Plays’ with Mccoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Art Davis and Elvin Jones (1965)

‘The John Coltrane Quartet Plays’ is an album (full title ‘The John Coltrane Quartet Plays Chim Chim Cheree, Song of Praise, Nature Boy, Brazilia’) recorded on February 17-18, March 28 and May 17, 1965 and released the same year by Impulse!

(more…)

Continue ReadingJohn Coltrane finishes the recording of ‘The John Coltrane Quartet Plays’ with Mccoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Art Davis and Elvin Jones (1965)