Having been born in 1962, and liking and listening to music from the early sixties onward, I thought it might be fun to attempt a listing of my favorite albums each year since birth.
I didn't really begin to listen to a lot of music until the early '70's, and I began buying records around 1974 or 1975 I guess. I can still recall many of those first albums I bought. Many, I still enjoy.
Many of the early 1960's records I found later on in life, some just in the last few years.
I had a period of time from early '90's until the late 2000's that my listening was mostly jazz. This means a couple of things... (a) there will be a decent selection of jazz records in my list, and (b) many of the "rock" albums from this time I might have caught later on (a decade or more) from when they first came out.
So, this isn't really a list from any sort of time-machine, of what was #1 during that year. It's looking at sixty years of music that I can say I enjoy or have enjoyed.
I am sure I'll fine-tune my thoughts, but, that is for another day...
I present my favorite albums of 1962...
Albums released 1962
1. John Coltrane Coltrane
2. Howling Wolf The Rockin' Chair Album
3. Bob Dylan Bob Dylan
4. Rashaan Roland Kirk Domino
5. Bo Diddley Bo Diddley ‘62
6. Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm Dance
7. Dexter Gordon Go
8. Roy Orbison Crying
9. Jackie McLean Bluesnik
10. Charles Mingus Oh Yeah
Honorable Mentions
11. Ike & Tina Turner Dynamite!
12. Sun Ra Art Forms of Dimensions Tomorrow
13. Bo Diddley Bo Diddley's a Twister
14. Charles Mingus Tijuana Moods
15. Bo Diddley Bo Diddley & Company
16. The Shirelles Baby It's You
17. Dexter Gordon A Swingin’ Affair