"The perfect companion to Jon Savage's 1966 The Year The Decade Exploded and Jon Savage's 1967 The Year Pop Divided. These three compilations chart how music changed between 1965 and 1967, and are a fascinating insight into how music and wider popular culture evolved. This lovingly curated triumvirate of compilations, especially Jon Savage's 1965: The Year The Sixties Ignited are a perfect primer or reminder of what were three hugely important years for music.This change began in 1965, and is documented on Jon Savage's 1965: The Year The Sixties Ignited which like the two previous volumes, oozes quality. It's a truly eclectic compilation that features classics, hit singles, slow burners and of-overlooked hidden gems. There's folk, garage rock, pop, psychedelia and rock n roll, plus funk and soul. The songs on Jon Savage's 1965: The Year The Sixties Ignited defined 1965, and captured the mood of a nation".