The Zombies

Album: Odessey and Oracle
Format: LP
Label/Info: Big Beat WIKD 181 - "30th Anniversary Edition" vinyl reissue

While I can only handle so much psychedelic pop, this is beautifully-crafted music and quite simply one of the finest albums ever made. The CD sounds tinny, so avoid it, and contains a lot of unnecessary bonus tracks.

James Brown

Album: Live at the Apollo (Volume II - 1967)
Format: CD
Label/Info: Universal/Polydor Deluxe Edition. Originally released in 1968 as King LP 1022.