Not as supremely tempting as one might hope… (Tamla Motown) Released: November 8th 1968 Producer: Frank Wilson, Smokey Robinson, Al Cleveland, Henry Cosby, Terry "Buzzy" Johnson, Nickolas Ashford, Deke Richards Topped the chart: 9th February 1969 (for 4 weeks) 4 weeks total 1969 marked the end of an era at Motown. The days of singles taking precedent over LPs was coming an end with Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder’s Lps over the next few years. Additionally, listeners were sta

Seek(er)ing some spirituality? Look no further… (Columbia) Released: November 1968 Producer: Various Topped the chart: 19th January 1969 (for 1 week) 2nd February 1969 (for 1 week) 23rd March 1969 (for 2 weeks) 13th April 1969 (for 1 week) 27th April 1969 (for 1 week) 6 weeks total On the surface, this is another anomaly of the rock era- while the kids were jamming to Hendrix and losing their minds to The Grateful Dead, here come Australia’s The Seekers with their vaguely r

The Beatles are still all-white by us… (Apple) Released: 22nd November 1968 Producer: George Martin, Chris Thomas Topped the chart: 1st December 1968 (for 7 weeks) 26th January 1969 (for 1 week) 8 weeks total There’s an unspoken rule that when a band self-title one of their albums and it isn’t their debut, it’s normally because they are trying to reset the clock: get back to basics. Strip everything back to a group of people in a room making music together. Which is both