The most important albums of the sixties according to Hunter S. Thompson

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“I resent your suggestion that music isn’t my thing – for several years I’ve argued that music is the new literature, that Dylan is the ’60s answer to Hemingway, and that the primary voice of the ’70s is on records rather than books recorded on videocassettes.”

Hunter S. Thompson wrote these lines to ROLLING STONE journalist John Lombardi in the late 1970s – his letter was part of the book “Fear and Loathing in America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist 1968-1976”. In order to underpin his knowledge of music, the gonzo journalist, who, in addition to writing literary milestones, also set new standards with subjective political and cultural reports, enclosed a list. Raoul Duke, his anti-hero alter ego from “Fear And Loathing in Las Vegas” declared that the undisputedly most important albums of the sixties were.

“The 1960s sort of echoes the 1920s. The parallels are too obvious for historians to ignore.”

Herbie Mann: “Memphis Underground” (1969)

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Bob DylanBringing It All Back Home (1965)

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Bob Dylan: “Highway 61 Revisited” (1965)

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The Grateful Dead “Workingman’s Dead” (1970)

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The Rolling Stones: “Let It Bleed” (1969)

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Buffalo Springfield: “Buffalo Springfield” (1967)

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Jefferson Airplane: “Surrealistic Pillow” (1967)

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Roland Kirk: “various albums”

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Miles Davis: Sketches of Spain (1959)

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Sandy Bull: “Inventions” (1965)

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