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  listen to each of these, even still.

I am sure I'll fine-tune my thoughts, but, that is for another day...

I present my favorite albums of 1964...

Albums released 1964

1.    The Beatles                                         A Hard Day's Night

2.    The Animals                                        The Animals

3.    The Kinks                                            The Kinks

4.    Bob Dylan                                           The Times They Are a-Changin'

5.    Muddy Waters                                     Folk Singer

6.    Bo Diddley / Chuck Berry                   Two Great Guitars

7.    Bob Dylan                                           Another Side of Bob Dylan

8.    Yardbirds                                            Five Live Yardbirds

9.    Rolling Stones                                    The Rolling Stones

10.   Hollies                                                In the Hollies Style

Honorable Mentions

11.    Rolling Stones                                   12 X 5

12.    Marvin Gaye and Mary Wells            Together

13.    The Beatles                                        Beatles For Sale

14.    The Supremes                                   Where Did Our Love Go

15.    Hollies                                                Stay With the Hollies

16.    Temptations                                        Meet the Temptations

17.    Simon & Garfunkel                             Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.

Jazz Albums released 1964

1.    John Coltrane                                      Crescent

2.    Eric Dolphy                                          Out to Lunch! 

3.    John Coltrane                                      Live at Birdland

4.    Albert Ayler                                          Witches and Devils

5.    Tony Williams Lifetime                         Lifetime

6.    Lee Morgan                                         The Sidewinder

7.    Larry Young                                         Inta Somthin'

8.    Rashaan Roland Kirk             I Talk with the Spirits

9.    Wayne Shorter                                     Ju Ju

10.   Jackie McLean                     Destination... Out!

Jazz Honorable Mentions

11.  Joe Henderson                                    Our Thing

12.  Rashaan Roland Kirk            Gifts & Messages

13.  Jackie Mclean                            One Step Beyond

14.  John Coltrane                                      Coltrane's Sound

15.  Lee Morgan                                         Search For the New Land