[SunkenCiv]

Thanks. Interesting. I’d like to find Wald’s book on Dave Van Ronk (Dylan lived with DVR for a while, and ripped an arrangement from him, putting it on his first album). Not sure I see his point about this one though.

The Beatles paved the way for the British Invasion (not to say that there had never been a British musician making it big in the US before that), which consisted (mostly) of a British retelling of various musical genres from the American cultural past. Sgt Pepper spawned a host of imitations from the Kinks, the Beach Boys, and many others. But “Revolver” and “Rubber Soul” (which preceded SP) were where the Beatles peaked, IMHO.

[vetvetdoug]

Rubber Soul and Between the Buttons were both great albums about the same time. Funny, no one mentions folk music and the Kingston Trio gets overlooked...almost like embarrassed to admit that we listened to them. The Trio carried Capital Records when Sinatra tanked and were there to welcome the Beatles. Simon and Garfunkel, Peter, Paul and Mary, and a host of other groups from the 60’s were all influenced by the Trio. The Trio earned the first Grammy for country music in 1958 and are rarely mentioned in Country music circles.