| Tom Waits | Earth Died Screaming (for the legacy of Scott Pruitt at the EPA) | Bone Machine | Island |
| Marvin Gaye | Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) | Anthology | Motown |
| The Four Tops | It's the Same Old Song (released July 5, 1965) | The Ultimate Collection | Motown |
| Phil Alvin (and The Blasters) | County Fair | County Fair 2000 | HighTone |
| Elvis Presley | That's All Right (recorded July 5, 1954) | The Great Performances | RCA |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | The Working Man | Creedence Clearwater Revival (released July 5, 1968) | Fantasy |
| The Rolling Stones | Jumping Jack Flash (released July 6, 1968; played in Hyde Park on July 5, 1969, two days after Brian Jones died) | Hot Rocks 1964-1971 | ABKCO |
| Henry Butler (RIP: died July 2 at age 69) | Orleans Inspiration / Something You Got | Orleans Inspiration | Windham Hill |
| The Band | Chest Fever | Music from Big Pink (released July 1, 1968) | Capitol |
| The Byrds | My Back Pages | The Byrds Play Dylan | Columbia |
| Fairport Convention | Time Will Show the Wiser | Fairport Convention (released June 1968) | Polydor |
| Pentangle | Train Song (first album released June 1968) | Light Flight: The Anthology | Castle |
| Duo Probosci | Devolution | Nethermead | Duo Probosci |
| Cassandra Wilson (performed at the first Lilith Fair concert in George, Washington, July 5, 1997) | Harvest Moon | New Moon Daughter | Blue Note |
| Randy Newman | Love Story (You and Me) | Randy Newman (released June 1968) | Reprise |
| Greg Brown | The Poet Game | The Poet Game | Red House Records |
| Thomas Bartlett & Nico Muhly | Pemoengkah / Valentine | Peter Pears: Balinese Ceremonial Music | Nonesuch |
| Stomu Yamashta, Steve Winwood, Michael Shrieve, Klaus Schulze, Al DiMeola ...(Happy 69th birthday on June 6, Michael Shrieve) | Crossing the Line / Man of Leo | Go | Hip-O Select |
| Santana | Hope You're Feeling Better (featuring Michael Shrieve on drums) | Abraxas | Columbia |
| Nik Bartsch's Ronin | Modul 34 | Awase | ECM |
| Dave Holland (Evan Parker, Craig Taborn, Ches Smith) | Thought on Earth | Uncharted Territories | Dare2 Records |
