Jon Savages 1965 Year The 60s Ignited / Various- Jon Savage’s 1965: Year the 60S Ignited

The second “book-end” to Jon Savage’s hugely popular 1966 Faber book and Ace compilation and to last year’s “1967” CD follow-up, this prequel double CD based around 1965 represents the lead up and context to all that was about to happen. A genre-spanning mix of hit singles, slow burners and lost gems from soul, funk, psych, garage and rock’n’roll, these are the 45s that defined the year, captured the mood and crystallised Jon Savage’s personal memories of the year. Dylan, denim, soft drugs and political disaffection, 1965 saw the death of Churchill and the rise of civil rights. 1965 was the year the sixties ignited.

Tracklist:

1. Concrete and Clay – Unit Four Plus Two
2. Land of a Thousand Dances PT 1 – Thee Midniters
3. Shotgun – JR Walker ; the All Stars
4. Come and Stay with Me – Marianne Faithfull
5. That’s the Way It’s Got to Be – the Poets
6. Fortune Teller – Tony Jackson with the Vibrations
7. Twine Time – Alvin Cash ; the Crawlers
8. Stranger in Town – Del Shannon
9. Nowhere to Run – Martha ; the Vandellas 1
10. Iko Iko – the Dixie Cups 1
11. Boot-Leg – Booker T ; the MG’s 1
12. Leaving Here – the Birds 1
13. I’m Alive – the Hollies 1
14. Some Things Just Stick in Your Mind – Vashti 1
15. Anyway Anyhow Anywhere – the Who 1
16. Incense – the Anglos 1
17. The Price of Love – the Everly Brothers 1
18. Boss Hoss – the Sonics 1
19. Nobody Knows What’s Goin’ on (In My Mind But Me) – Chiffons 2
20. Heart Full of Soul – the Yardbirds 2
21. Agent Double-O-Soul – Edwin Starr 2
22. In the Midnight Hour – Wilson Pickett 2
23. Too Many People – the Leaves 2
24. See My Friends – the Kinks 2
25. I’ll Feel a Whole Lot Better – the Byrds 2
26. Buttermilk PT 1 – Sly 2
27. Anything – the Vejtables 2
28. Can’t Seem to Make You Mine – the Seeds 2
29. Are You a Boy or Are You a Girl – the Barbarians 3
30. London Town – the Pretty Things 3
31. You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away – the Silkie 3
32. From a Buick 6 – Bob Dylan 3
33. If You Gotta Go, Go Now – Manfred Mann 3
34. Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag – James Brown 3
35. Ain’t That Peculiar – Marvin Gaye 3
36. Can You Hear Me – Lee Dorsey 3
37. It’s My Life – the Animals 3
38. You Just Gotta Know My Mind – Karen Verros 3
39. Blow Your Mind – the Gas Co 4
40. The Train from Kansas City – the Shangri-Las 4
41. You’ve Got What I Want – the Sorrows 4
42. Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness) – Donovan 4
43. Girl from the North Country – Link Wray 4
44. I’ve Got Mine – Small Faces 4
45. The Duck – Jackie Lee 4
46. The Story of John Hardy – the Sir Douglas Quintet 4
47. We Sell Soul – the Spades 4
48. My World Is Empty Without You – the Supremes