Best Group In 1967?

The Velvet Underground

 

He said the best of 67, not the biggest.

 

well then, Wiki and the Washington Post said so, so it's totally 100% true and accurate

 

i've had to read 1000s of posts on this board, amusingly, how Spotify and iTunes sales are the clincher in an argument about "the best"

my time for revenge...

i do appreciate the effort of Headquarters, it's sort of a White Album for The Monkees

 

1967?
Not the Beatles least till Xmas 1967 and MMT.

Either The Monkees or The Mamas & Papas.

 

Probably The Experience.

 

Zappa
Floyd
Doors
Hendrix
Kinks
Velvet underground
Who
Temptations
Bee goes
Easy beats
Moody blues
Yardbirds
Stones
Beatles

How is it possible to even break that down

 

old/original heads back in the day definitely did, they were the epitome of the trojan horse for the Man infiltrating "our music"

 

Odessey And Oracle was recorded in 1967 and was supposed to come out in that year but was delayed because the record company wanted a stereo mix which was completed on the first day of 1968. I think of it as a ‘67 album but I’m sure some don’t. Also since it was recorded in the same studio at the same time, extreme shoutouts to The Hollies’ Evolution, one of the best psych/pop records I’ve ever heard.

 

Butterfield Blues Band
Yardbirds
Barrett's Floyd

 

You second.

 

Then, you're eight miles high.

 

And yet whenever I bring up the charts or certifications, I usually get a reply somewhere along the lines of "Just cuz it went number one and multi-platinum doesn't make it good."

My first thought is always "Thanks for pointing out the obvious."

 

to be fair, the Fab Four had a record release in May 1967 that is kind of hard to exclude from critical judgment of 1967 and the rest of music history...

 

The Hollies had an amazing 1967

45: On a Carousel / All the World is Love
45: Carrie-Anne / Signs That Will Never Changer
LP: Evolution
45: King Midas in Reverse / Everything is Sunshine
LP: Butterfly

 

Sgt Pepper was released in 67. Perhaps a masterpiece but I listen to Surrealistic Pillow more often so the Airplane gets my vote. Comin Back to Me is beautiful (bonus: Jerry Garcia on guitar).

 

i can dig it

needed the laugh, thanks!

 

These lads:

 

If I could only pick one to go back in time to go see, its a toss up between Syd's Floyd @ UFO or an EPI Velvet Underground show.

 

Never heard Pepper till 1968.

 

Lemme guess who'd you pick ...

I pick "The Beatles", but I think one of the biggest groups that year
was The Airplane ... they really created a splash that year.

I remember a rather heated "Dead vs The Beatles" discussion
forty years ago ... good points on both sides.

Two others big that year: The Monkees and Jimi. Guess who
I began listening to first?

 

Dang! I thought you were a millennial.

 

LOL

 

My top 10 in 67:

The Moody Blues
The Kinks
Jefferson Airplane
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Who
Cream
The Doors
Pink Floyd
Traffic
The Mothers of Invention

 

The Jimi Hendrix Experience.