Great list. Cowsills, Beau Brummels, Honeybus, Idle Race etc the ones I'm not familiar with I'll check out
That is one wild album that will be hailed as genius one day. I played all of Side 1 on my radio show.
Yeah, I love it as well. I just have the iTunes download...better than nothing. Wish some company out there would do a vinyl reissue.
Agree! Looks like Immediate/Castle did do a 1000 run double LP reissue in 2007. wonder what that sounds like. Billy Nicholls - Would You Believe
wasn't familiar with this album or artist, listened on YT. thanks for posting it, I like a few of the songs
Cheers, glad you are enjoying The vinyl lp has been a much sought collectors item; the Saga label STFID 2123 had one print run in '68 and was never officially reissued until the year 2000 when it first reappeared on CD on Angel Air Records. Depending on condition of the record, prices these days range from around $30.00 for G (Good) condition to upwards of around $300.00 for one in NM or M- (Near Mint) condition. Thankfully, the Morgan Blue Town label reissued the album on CD in 2018, an excellent needledrop, I believe. I still see copies of it at several local record stores. The upc is 5036436112326. No doubt these will go out of print before long, and the CDs will become minor collector's items themselves
I will list my top 10 from 1968... 1.Miles Davis / Filles De Killimanjaro 2.Miles Davis / Miles In The Sky 3.Magic Sam / Black Magic 4.Dion / Abraham Martin & John (single) 5.Kaliedescope / A Beacon From Mars 6.Great Society / Conspicuous Only In Its Absence 7.Ravi Shankar / Sounds Of India 8.Hendrix / EL 9.Grateful Dead / Anthem To The Sun 10.The Beatles
Aretha Now Astral Weeks - Van Morrison The Beatles Beggars Banquet Crown of Creation - Jefferson Airplane Cruisin’ with Ruben & the Jets Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding Electric Ladyland Friends - Beach Boys Gris Gris - Dr. John Honkey Blues - Sir Douglas Quintet + 2 Immortal Otis Redding Lady Soul - Aretha Franklin Music from Big Pink Music in a Doll’s House - Family Neil Young Notorious Byrd Brothers S.F. Sorrow - Pretty Things Strictly Personal - Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band Sweetheart of the Rodeo - Byrds Tell Mama - Etta James Wee Tam and the Big Huge - Incredible String Band We’re only in it for the money - Mothers of Invention White Light / White Heat - Velvet Underground Would You Believe - Billy Nicholls
The Beatles-Beatles Magical Mystery Tour-Beatles Bookends-Simon & Garfunkel Witchita Lineman-Glen Campbell Wheels Of Fire=Cream Waiting For The Sun-Doors The Birds The Bees & The Monkees-Monkees In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida-Iron Butterfly Disraeli Gears-Cream Steppenwolf-Steppenwolf Vincebus Eruptum-Blue Cheer Harper Valley PTA-Jeannie C. Riley Horizontal-Bee Gees At Folsom Prison-Johnny Cash By The Time I get To Phoenix-Glen Campbell Idea-Bee Gees In Search Of The Lost Chord-Moody Blues Wild Honey-Beach Boys Gold Records Vol. 4-Elvis Presley Magic Bus-The Who Last Time Around-Buffalo Springfield .Again-Buffalo Springfield Sell Out-The Who Creedence Clearwater Revival-Creedence Clearwater Revival Green Tambourine-Lemon Pipers Something Happening-Paul Revere & The Raiders Battle Of The Bands-Turtles Piper At The Gates Of Dawn-Pink Floyd Village Green Preservation Society-Kinks Velvet Gloves And Spit-Neil Diamond Everybody Knows-Dave Clark 5 The Graham Gouldman Thing-Graham Gouldman Neil Young-Neil Young SF Sorrow-Pretty Things Head-The Monkees Favorite new release: Monkees-Head
1. Kinks - The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society 2. Moody Blues - In Search of the Lost Chord 3. Lee Morgan - The Gigolo 4. McCoy Tyner - Expansions 5. Buddy Guy - A Man and the Blues 6. Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet 7. Jefferson Airplane - Crown of Creation 8. Miles Davis - Nefertiti 9. The Doors - Waiting for the Sun 10. Miles Davis - Filles de Kilimanjaro 11. Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers - The Witch Doctor 12. Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland 13. Jeff Beck - Truth 14. Pat Martino - East 15. Cream - Wheels of Fire 16. Lee Morgan - Caramba 17. Miles Davis - Miles in the Sky Horace Silver - Serenade to a Soul Sister 18. Pat Martino - Baiyina 19. Mothers of Invention - We're Only In It for the Money 20. Johnny Winter - The Progressive Blues Experiment 21. The Who - Magic Bus 22. Magic Sam - Black Magic 23. B.B. King - Blues On Top of Blues 24, Lee Morgan - Taru 25. Deep Purple - Shades of Deep Purple
The five albums in order of loveability which would come up for me each and every time for 1968: White Album Child is Father To the Man Oddesey and Oracle Bookends Beggars Banquet... ...bubbling just below these are In Search Of The Lost Chord and Wheels Of Fire. I'd have given some sort of mention to In-A-Gadda_Da-Vidda had side one of the album not been so unlistenable for me.
Re Crown of Creation, by the way, the bonus track version has this cool bit of "Jefferson Airplane putting on their Zappa hats" (actually in collaboration with Zappa)--"Would You Like a Snack"
"The Saga of Sydney Spacepig" bonus track also clearly seems to be a collaboration with Zappa, although it doesn't appear to be credited that way for some reason:
1) Ogden's Nut Gone Flake - The Small Faces 2) Sweetheart of The Rodeo - The Byrds 3) Beggars Banquet - The Rolling Stones 4) Astral Weeks - Van Morrison 5) The Beatles 6) We're Only In It For The Money - The Mothers of Invention 7) Initials B.B. - Serge Gainsbourg 8) Electric Ladyland - The Jimi Hendrix Experience 9) Cheap Thrills - Big Brother and The Holding Company 10) White Light/White Heat - Velvet Underground
What a great year. Here are twenty+ of my favorites (no order): The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers The Beatles - S/T (White Album) The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat The Rascals - Once Upon a Dream The Bee Gees - Horizontal Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle The Monkees - The Birds, The Bees, & The Monkees Eric Burdon and the Animals - The Twain Shall Meet Small Faces - Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake The Band - Music from Big Pink The Doors - Waiting for the Sun Creedence Clearwater Revival - S/T The Moody Blues - In Search of the Lost Chord Cream - Wheels of Fire The Kinks - The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society Van Morrison - Astral Weeks The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet The Left Banke - The Left Banke Too The Easybeats - Vigil The Pretty Things - S. F. Sorrow
Fantastic year for music: The Beatles - The Beatles (The White Album) Dillard & Clark - The Fantastic Expedition Of Dillard & Clark The Monkees - Head The Monkees - The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees Van Morrison - Astral Weeks The Move - Move 3's a Crowd - Christopher's Movie Matinee (w/Bonuses) Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash Donovan - Hurdy Gurdy Man Fairport Convention - Fairport Convention Fairport Convention - What We Did on Our Holidays Frank Zappa - Cruising with Ruben & The Jets Frank Zappa - We're Only in it For The Money Giles, Giles & Fripp - The Cheerful Insanity of Hearts & Flowers - Of Horses, Kids and Forgotten Women Ian & Sylvia - Nashville Idle Race - Birthday Party Iron Butterfly - In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida Jerry Jeff Walker - Mr Bojangles John Renbourn - Sir Jon a Lot of Joni Mitchell - Joni Mitchell Judy Collins - Who Knows Where The Time Goes Mike Nesmith - The Witchita Train Whistle Sings Nilsson - Aerial Ballet Pearls Before Swine - Balaklava Phil Ochs - Tape From California Sagittarius - Present Tense Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends The Band - Music From Big Pink The Byrds - Sweetheart of The Rodeo The Cascades - What Goes on Inside The Dillards - Wheatstraw Suite The Everly Brothers - Roots The Stone Poneys - Linda Ronstadt, Stone Poneys & Friends The Zombies - Odessey & Oracle Tom Rush - The Circle Game
It's hard to believe all of these albums were recorded in the same year. The Band - Music From Big Pink The Byrds - Notorious Byrd Brothers Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends The Zombies - Odessey & Oracle Laura Nyro - Eli & The Thirteenth Confession Van Morrison - Astral Weeks The Beatles - White Album Bobbie Gentry - The Delta Sweete Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland Scott Walker - Scott 2 The Kinks - The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society The Moody Blues - In Search Of The Lost Chord David Ackles - David Ackles Dillard & Clark - The Fantastic Expidition Of Dillard & Clark Blood Sweat & Tears - Child Is Father To The Man Ennio Morricone - Once Upon A Time In The West Fleetwood Mac - Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac Traffic - Traffic Procol Harum - Shine On Brightly Bobby Hutcherson - Stick-Up!
