1960-1969
The Golden Years of Vinyl Records
1961 RCA Victor
release the compact single 33 - a 7inch playing at 33 1/3 - it didn't last long
1961 EMI sign The
Beatles
1962 Twist Dance
Fever originated by Hank Ballard hits the UK
1963 Andrew Loog
Oldham manages the Rolling Stones and they sign a recording contract with Decca
1964 Record sales
in the UK up 60% on 1960
1964 Pirate radio
stations start broadcasting among them Radio Caroline
1966 Brian Wilson
produces Pet Sounds
1966 "River
Deep Mountain High" by Ike and Tina Turner and produced by Phil Spector
with his trademark "Wall of Sound" released
1967 Sergeant
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band released with cover designed by Peter Blake
1967 Monterey Pop
Festival takes place with performers including Jimi Hendrix, The Who & Otis
Redding who was killed that December
1967 Birth of Radio
1 using a Pirate Radio format as the offshore broadcasters are forced to
withdraw
1967 Height of the
Flower Power psychedelic scene particularly in San Francisco paving the way for
the Acid Rock scene
1969 500,000
people flock to a soggy field in upstate New York for the Woodstock Festival
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