There is something mythological about the day Jim Morrison and Ray Manzarek crossed paths. The two men from very different worlds met in Venice Beach in 1965, and within a few short years would create one the most enigmatic bands of the twentieth century. Their partnership produced music both sensual and cerebral, violent and beautiful, restrained, but also completely out of control.

the album Desire would be released. The second and last attempt to salvage his marriage to Sara Lownds.

The historical ‘Country Rock Summit meeting’ as the photo has been coined in Sid Griffin’s 1985 book Gram Parsons: A Music Biography has long been the subject of a debate on whether the photo is authentic.

Mad Dogs & Englishmen erupts in a manic blaze of colour and sound, with the screen barely able to contain the colours and sounds bursting from every shot. Musicians spill from every corner, and voices intertwine into a harmonious tapestry of song, reminiscent of the Rolling Stones’ Rock ‘N’ Roll Circus.

Easy Rider would shatter Hollywood with one decision, the film wouldn’t use independent orchestral scores but the music of close friends. The first various-artist soundtrack featuring The Byrds, The Band, Jimi Hendrix, Steppenwolf, and others

No Other arrived in 1974 with an extravagant sound and mysterious image during a time when music was moving away from the traditional folk-country sound of the late sixties, favouring hard and blues rock. The album seemed deliberately out of step with its time, with Gene Clark sewing together an impossibly elaborate tapestry of gospel choirs, steel pedals and orchestral arrangements backed by soul rhythms and spiritual searching.

Jimmy Carter and the Dallas County Green’s double-released album “Summer Brings the Sunshine” was originally released in 1977 by BOC and again 39 years later by the Numero Group. The archival record label is known for repressing and recirculating lost media from the 20th century. It features Jimmy Carter’s Missouri drawl backlit by the haunting femininity of folk sirens Mary Beth Lemons and Eliane Fender. Steve Lemons would take on lead and rhythm guitar, along with piano, w