40 CLASSIC FOLK AND COUNTRY ROCK ALBUMS FOR COLLECTORS

40 CLASSIC FOLK AND COUNTRY ROCK ALBUMS FOR COLLECTORS May 18, 2023

There are, without a doubt, dozens and dozens of great folk rock and country albums worth listening to and having in one’s collection, but the following, in my judgment, are essential. I could have listed more, but these will do for now.  It’s my top 40 plus 1, and they are not listed in any particular order.

CLASSIC FOLK AND COUNTRY ROCK ALBUMS EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE

 

CROSBY, STILLS, AND NASH

CROSBY, STILLS, NASH AND YOUNG—DÉJÀ VU

LOGGINS AND MESSINA—SITTIN IN

NEIL YOUNG—EVERYONE KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE

NEIL YOUNG— AFTER THE GOLDRUSH

NEIL YOUNG—HARVEST

GRAHAM NASH—WILD TALES

DAVID CROSBY—IF ONLY I COULD REMEMBER MY NAME

CROSBY AND NASH—WIND ON THE WATER

STEPHEN STILLS— FIRST SOLO LP

STEPHEN STILLS–MANASSAS

JACKSON BROWNE—DOCTOR MY EYES

JACKSON BROWNE—LATE FOR THE SKY

THE EAGLES—DESPERADO

THE EAGLES—HOTEL CALIFORNIA

DAN FOGELBERG— SOUVENIRS

DAN FOGELBERG—THE INNOCENT AGE

JAMES TAYLOR (ON APPLE)

JAMES TAYLOR—FIRE AND RAIN

JAMES TAYLOR—MEXICO

CAROLE KING—TAPESTRY

CAROLE KING—MUSIC

SIMON AND GARFUNKEL—PARSLEY, SAGE

SIMON AND GARFUNKEL— BOOKENDS

SIMON AND GARFUNKEL—BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS

BOB DYLAN— BLONDE ON BLONDE

BOB DYLAN—BLOOD ON THE TRACKS

BOB DYLAN—SLOW TRAIN COMIN

 

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LINDA RONDSTADT

LINDA RONSTADT—HEART LIKE A WHEEL

POCO  (1970)

POCO—A GOOD FEELIN TO KNOW

POCO—DELIVERIN

THE BYRDS—SWEETHEART OF THE RADIO

FIREFALL

J.J. CALE— NATURALLY

THE MARSHALL TUCKER BAND

THE ALLMAN BROTHERS— BROTHERS AND SISTERS

THE NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND—UNCLE CHARLIE AND HIS DOG TEDDY

NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE

 


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