The first 50 of The Electric Bible‘s 500 essential albums, listed in chronological order:
ELVIS PRESLEY “MYSTERY TRAIN” (1954-55)
HOWLIN’ WOLF “EVIL” (1954-60)
BO DIDDLEY “I’M BAD” (1955-57)
CHUCK BERRY “ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC” (1955-57)
VARIOUS “SUNGLASSES AFTER DARK” (1955-59)
ORNETTE COLEMAN “FREE JAZZ” (1960)
VARIOUS “SURF BEAT” (1962-63)
VARIOUS “NUGGETS” (1963-68)
ALBERT AYLER “HOLY GHOSTS” (1964)
THE SHANGRI-LAS “L.U.V.” (1964-66)
VARIOUS “NUGGETS : UK” (1964-69)
JOHN COLTRANE “OM” (1965)
BOB DYLAN “BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME” (1965)
BOB DYLAN “HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED” (1965)
THE BYRDS “EIGHT MILES HIGH” (1965-66)
BEACH BOYS “PET SOUNDS” (1965-66)
PANDIT RAVI SHANKAR “SACRED SOUNDS” (1965-67)
ROLLING STONES “SATISFACTION” (1965-68)
THE WHO “SUBSTITUTE” (1965-69)
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE “SURREALISTIC PILLOW” (1966) 20
THE BYRDS “YOUNGER THAN YESTERDAY” (1966)
THE DOORS “THE DOORS” (1966)
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND “THE VELVET UNDERGROUND AND NICO” (1966)
BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD “BURNED” (1966-67)
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART “MOONCHILD” (1966-67)
JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE “ARE YOU EXPERIENCED?” (1966-67)
NANCY SINATRA “LIGHTNING’S GIRL” (1966-68)
VARIOUS “SOUL POWER” (1966-69)
13th FLOOR ELEVATORS “EASTER EVERYWHERE” (1967)
THE BYRDS “NOTORIOUS BYRD BROTHERS” (1967)
LOVE “FOREVER CHANGES” (1967
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART “TAROTPLANE” (1967)
DR JOHN “NIGHT-TRIPPER” (1967)
BLUE CHEER “VINCIBUS ERUPTUM” (1967)
ROBBIE BASHO “INCARNATIONS” (1967)
VAN MORRISON “TB SHEETS” (1967)
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND “WHITE LIGHT/WHITE HEAT” (1967)
JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE “ELECTRIC LADYLAND (PART ONE)” (1967-68)
PINK FLOYD “VEGETABLE MAN” (1967-68)
CHOCOLATE WATCHBAND “DARK SIDE OF THE MUSHROOM” (1967-68)
SCOTT WALKER “PLASTIC PALACE PEOPLE” (1967-1969)
VAN MORRISON “ASTRAL WEEKS” (1968)
NICO “THE MARBLE INDEX” (1968)
FREE “VISIONS OF HELL” (1968)
PÄRSON SOUND “MODERNA MUSEET 68” (1968)
PETER BRÖTZMANN OCTET “MACHINE GUN” (1968)
TERRY RILEY “PURPLE STROBE ECSTASY” (1968)
THE SEEDS “RAW AND ALIVE” (1968)
KIM FOWLEY “OUTRAGEOUS” (1968)
SKIP SPENCE “HALO OF GOLD” (1968)
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF ROBERT YOUNG (1964-2014)
“ÆTERNUM VORTICE LACRIMARUM SOMNIAT”