The Turtles – It Ain't Me Babe (VG/VG) – LP, AU 1965

It Ain't Me Babe is an LP by The Turtles from 1965 released on the Festival Records label.

About this album

It Ain’t Me Babe shows The Turtles turning folk-rock into something brisk, bright and commercially savvy. Their debut album, released in 1965, folds Bob Dylan material into a punchy garage-rock framework, with the title track, Love Minus Zero and Like A Rolling Stone helping define the group’s early identity. The record arrived as American bands were reshaping British Invasion pop into a more electric, song-driven sound, and The Turtles’ harmonies and momentum made them one of the more distinctive acts in that shift. As a first statement, it established the blend of wit, drive and melodic polish that would carry them through the rest of the decade.