“Spin” rinde homenaje a los miembros más innovadores de la generación de los años sesenta. Para ello ha elaborado la lsita de los 100 álbumes alternativos de la década. Frente a los grandes nombres, están aquellos músicos alternativos que abrieron nuevos caminos y transformaron géneros como el jazz, el rock experimental, la chanson francesa, la música brasileña, el punk, la psicodelia, la salsa, el pop, el kraut rock alemán, la música de vanguardia, el country, el R&B, el folk, la canción de autor… Brigitte Fontaine, Can, Os Mutantes, Leonard Cohen, Sege Gainsbourg, The Velvet Underground, The Moder of Invention, Ornette Coleman, Love, Joe Cuba Sextet, Nico, Moondog, Pentangle, The Electric Prunes, Karlheinz Stockhausen, The Flying Burrito Brothers y Captain Beefheart son algunos de los músicos incluidos en al lista. En este enlace puedes consultar el “Top 100 Alternative Albums of the 1960s”, de “Spin”, y leer los comentarios a cada disco.
“The Top 100 Alternative Albums of the 1960s”, de “Spin”:
100 Marshall McLuhan – The Medium Is the Massage (Columbia, 1968)
99 Cromagnon – Orgasm (ESP-Disk, 1969)
98 Mulatu Astatke – Afro-Latin Soul, Vol. 1 (Worthy, 1966)
97 Brigitte Fontaine – Comme à la Radio (Saravah, 1969)
96 Alan Watts – OM: The Sound of Hinduism (Warner Bros., 1967)
95 Conlon Nancarrow – Studies for Player Piano (Columbia Masterworks, 1969)
94 Pärson Sound – Pärson Sound (Subliminal Sounds, 2001)
93 Pearls Before Swine – One Nation Underground (ESP-Disk)
92 The Monkees – Head (Colgems, 1968)
91 Os Mutantes – Os Mutantes (Polydor, 1968)
90 Harry Partch – The World of Harry Partch (Columbia, 1969)
89 Babatunde Olatunji – Drums of Passion (Columbia, 1960)
88 Ornette Coleman – Town Hall 1962 (ESP-Disk, 1965)
87 John Lennon and Yoko Ono – Unfinished Music No. 2: Life With the Lions (Zapple, 1969)
86 Sun Ra and His Solar Arkestra – Other Planes of There (Saturn, 1966)
85 Joe Cuba Sextet – Wanted Dead or Alive (Bang! Bang! Push, Push, Push) (Fania, 1967)
84 Kim Fowley – Outrageous (Imperial, 1968)
83 The Roscoe Mitchell Art Ensemble – Congliptious (Nessa, 1968)
82 The Electric Prunes – Release of an Oath (Reprise, 1968)
81 The United States of America – The United States of America (Columbia, 1968)
80 Cecil Taylor – Unit Structures (Blue Note, 1966)
79 Tod Dockstader – Eight Electronic Pieces (Folkways, 1961)
78 Nihilist Spasm Band – No Record (Allied Record Corporation, 1968)
77 Various Artists – Back From the Grave Volume One (Crypt, 1983)
76 Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band – Gorilla (Liberty, 1967)
75 Brigitte Bardot et Serge Gainsbourg – Bonnie and Clyde (Fontana, 1968)
74 Pentangle – Basket of Light (Transatlantic, 1969)
73 Amon Düül II – Phallus Dei (Liberty, 1969)
72 The Seeds – The Seeds (GNP Crescendo, 1966)
71 Eric Dolphy – Out to Lunch! (Blue Note, 1964)
70 Karen Dalton – It’s So Hard to Tell Who’s Going to Love You the Best (Capitol, 1969)
69 The Roland Kirk Quartet – Rip, Rig & Panic (Limelight, 1965)
68 Karlheinz Stockhausen – Gruppen / Carré (Deutsche Grammophon, 1968)
67 Caetano Veloso – Caetano Veloso (Philips, 1969)
66 Various Artists – The Balinese Gamelan: Music From the Morning of the World (Nonesuch, 1967)
65 Spontaneous Music Ensemble – Karyobin (Island, 1968)
64 David Axelrod – Songs of Innocence (Capitol, 1968)
63 Moondog – Moondog (Columbia Masterworks, 1969)
62 Dick Hyman – MOOG: The Electric Eclectics of Dick Hyman (Command, 1969)
61 Pharoah Sanders – Tauhid (Impulse!, 1967)
60 Pauline Oliveros – Reverberations: Tape & Electronic Music 1961-1970 (Important, 2012)
59 Pierre Henry – Messe Pour Le Temps Présent (Philips, 1967)
58 The BBC Radiophonic Workshop – BBC Radiophonic Music – (BBC, 1968)
57 The Red Crayola – The Parable of Arable Land (International Artists, 1967)
56 Morton Subotnick – Silver Apples of the Moon (Nonesuch, 1967)
55 Perrey-Kingsley – The In Sound From Way Out! (Vanguard, 1966)
54 AMM – AMMMusic (Elektra, 1966)
53 The Incredible String Band – The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter (Elektra, 1968)
52 Scott Walker – Scott 2 (Smash, 1968)
51 The Mothers of Invention – We’re Only in It for the Money (Verve, 1968)
50 Françoise Hardy – Françoise Hardy (Disques Vogue, 1962)
49 Rotary Connection – Rotary Connection (Cadet Concept, 1968)
48 The Watts Prophets – The Black Voices: On the Streets in Watts (FFRR, 1969)
47 Terry Riley – A Rainbow in Curved Air (CBS, 1969)
46 Ray Barretto – Acid (Fania, 1968)
45 The Monks – Black Monk Time (International Polydor Production, 1965)
44 Townes Van Zandt – For the Sake of the Song (Poppy, 1968)
43 Nico – Chelsea Girl (Verve, 1967)
42 Anthony Braxton – For Alto (Delmark, 1969)
41 Alexander Spence – Oar (Columbia, 1969)
40 The Godz – Contact High With the Godz (ESP-Disk)
39 Sonny Sharrock – Black Woman (Vortex, 1969)
38 Desmond Dekker – This Is Desmond Dekkar (Trojan, 1969)
37 The Holy Modal Rounders – The Moray Eels Eat the Holy Modal Rounders (Elektra, 1968)
36 The Peter Brötzmann Octet – Machine Gun (BRÖ, 1968)
35 Fairport Convention – Liege & Lief (Island, 1969)
34 The Sonics – Here Are the Sonics (Etiquette, 1965)
33 White Noise – An Electric Storm (Island, 1969)
32 The Meters – The Meters (Josie, 1969)
31 John Coltrane – Ascension (Impulse!, 1966)
30 Steve Reich – Early Works (Nonesuch, 1987)
29 Blue Cheer – Vincebus Eruptum (1968)
28 John Fahey – Vol. 3: The Dance of Death & Other Plantation Favorites (Takoma, 1964)
27 Nick Drake – Five Leaves Left (Island, 1969)
26 Love – Forever Changes (Elektra, 1967)
25 Silver Apples – Silver Apples (Kapp, 1968)
24 The Fugs – The Fugs First Album (Folkways, 1965)
23 Van Dyke Parks – Song Cycle (Warner Bros., 1968)
22 The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground (MGM, 1969)
21 Pink Floyd – The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (Columbia, 1967)
20 The Mothers of Invention – Freak Out! (1966)
19 Albert Ayler – Spiritual Unity (ESP-Disk, 1964)
18 The Zombies – Odessey and Oracle (CBS, 1968)
17 MC5 – Kick Out the Jams (Elektra, 1969)
16 The Shaggs – Philosophy of the World (Third World, 1969)
15 Leonard Cohen – Songs of Leonard Cohen (Columbia, 1967)
14 Nico – The Marble Index (Elektra, 1968)
13 Karlheinz Stockhausen – Kontakte (WERGO, 1964)
12 The 13th Floor Elevators – The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators (International Artists, 1966)
11 Various Artists – Tropicália ou Panis et Circensis (Phillips, 1968)
10 Can – Monster Movie (United Artists, 1969)
9 Sun Ra – The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Vol. 1 & 2 (ESP-Disk, 1965)
8 Terry Riley – In C (Columbia, 1968)
7 Ornette Coleman – Free Jazz (Atlantic, 1960)
6 Various Artists – Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era (Elektra, 1972)
5 The Flying Burrito Brothers – The Gilded Palace of Sin (A&M, 1969)
4 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Trout Mask Replica (Straight, 1969)
3 The Velvet Underground & Nico – The Velvet Underground & Nico (Verve, 1967)
2 The Stooges – The Stooges (Elektra, 1969)
1 The Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat (Verve, 1968)
