For a brief moment, it was Scott’s world and we were just living in it… (Philips) Released: April 5 th  1968 Producer: John Franz Topped the chart: 12 th  May 1968 (for 1 week) 1 week total   Scoot 2  is an odd record from 1968. With psychedelia taking darker turns, all fuzz and atonal guitars, here comes one of the Walker Brothers making arch chamber pop that sounds like Mike Flowers Pop covering The Divine Comedy. Also included: songs about “Spanish bums” and gonorrhoea.  

Dylan goes back to the future… (CBS) Released: February 23 rd  1968 Producer: Bob Johnston Topped the chart: 3 rd  March 1968 (for 10 weeks) 19 th  May 1968  (for 3 weeks) 13 weeks total   John Wesley Harding  was a sales behemoth in 1968, surprising considering how quiet and reflective this is in Bob Dylan’s catalogue. Filled with some of his densest and most inscrutable poetry, this is a transitional album that’s very singular in its arrangements, with only one hit (for som

Supreme by name… (Tamla Motown) Released: January 1968 Producer: Brian Holland & Lamont Dozier Topped the chart: 11 th  February 1968 (for 3 weeks) 3 weeks total   When you look at the track listing of this greatest hits album from The Supremes, it’s wild to think that for a long time at Motown they were nicknamed “The No Hits Supremes.” But that’s what they were known as for several years in the early 60s as a string of frankly pretty rubbish singles failed to go anywhere (a