1960s
British Invasion, Motown, psych and folk — the decade music grew up and got strange. 1960s vinyl at Wax Trax.
British Invasion, Motown, psych and folk — the decade music grew up and got strange. 1960s vinyl at Wax Trax.
No decade packed more transformation into ten years. The British Invasion (Beatles, Stones, Kinks) remade rock; Motown built the most reliable hit factory in history; folk went electric and Dylan rewrote the rules; and by the back half, psychedelia sent everything spiraling beautifully sideways. The album emerged as an art form in the '60s — which is exactly why digging the decade on vinyl feels like watching the medium discover what it could do.
1960s rock and British Invasion, Motown and soul, folk, psych and garage — on LP and 45. From the chart-toppers to the obscure regional psych single, the decade rewards both casual and obsessive digging.
Why are '60s records so collectible?
Because the decade produced an outsized share of the canon. It's also when the LP became an art form, so the albums reward serious listening.
Where do the psych and garage records live?
Some here, with deeper digging in our dedicated Psych & Garage section — worth a look if that's your zone.