Time Honoured Ghosts is the 6th studio album by the English progressive rock band Barclay James Harvest. This is a nice album, and one that I bought totally on a whim (not knowing anything about the band) back in the 70's when it came out.  It is very melodic and almost melancholy at times, definitely progressive or art rock. Released in 1975 on Polydor PD 6517, this is the only BJH album recorded in the US that I know of.  Here is a sample from One Night

The Board of Directors features Count Basie with The Mills Brothers doing Big Band/Swing classics.  As you can probably tell by now, I don't stick to any particular genre.  Recorded in '67 and released the following year on Dot Records DLP 25838. Listening to this I would be thinking 40's not almost 1970! This album is what you would expect from the combination of two pillars of the big band arena.

The 8th studio album by The Beach Boys, Today is a widely acclaimed album by the band, and with hits like Help Me Ronda, Dance Dance Dance and Do You Wanna Dance? may be (next to Pet Sounds) one of their most praised albums.  My copy is an original mono recording on the Capitol Label T2269, VG condition.

Released in 1967, Wild Honey was not particularly successful at the time for the Beach Boys.  I am not a huge fan of the Beach Boys, but I do like this album a lot; perhaps because it is a departure from their surf pop style. The cover is from a close up of a stain glass window from Brian and Marlyn Wilsons home. My copy is a UK import on Capitol Label ST 2859, made by EMI Limited.
Listen to this clip from the R&B flavoured I Was Made to Love Her

This 1974 double album Endless Summer is a compilation of early 60's hits; all the music that I would associate with the Beach Boys.
Surfin' Safari, Surfer Girl, Be True to Your School, Little Deuce Coupe, I Get Around etc.  If you are a fan and like their early music, this would be a good album to get; for later music, Good Vibrations - Best of The Beach Boys, is a compilation of hits from 66' and on.
Initial releases of this album (which this copy is) included a poster showing an airplane towing a Beach Boys banner.