20 of your fave Rock albums from the '60s?

David_D wrote: Okay, that's more a problem for PA than for me.

David_D wrote: ... Big Brother & The Holding Company  (USA)  -  Cheap Thrills  (1968) The Doors  (USA)  - The Doors  (1967) Iron Butterfly  (USA)  -  In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida  (1968) King Crimson  (UK)  -  In the Court of the Crimson King  (1969)    Led Zeppelin  (UK)  -  II   (1969)   Moody Blues  (UK)  -  Days of Future Passed  (1967) The Who  (UK)  -  Tommy  (1969) Frank Zappa  (USA)  -  Hot Rats  (1969) ...

Hi,

These for sure, but it's hard to make a good call ... Santana should be listed, and I had a lot of Spirit, CSN&Y, Byrds, It's a Beautiful Day, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Chicago and a few more ... 

One could say that I came from the psychedelic era in California, and there might be a thread in that thought, but for me, when I got to California (1971), the whole thing was a joke and a fad, and it led me to European music real quick. None of the bands really got "better", although JA had some good stuff and The Doors was always great, and LZ just continued on. The GD and Chicago would be the exceptions, although they were always "good" in all albums, and it is very difficult to choose one over the other as "best" from them ... they all have great things. Frank Zappa is another story, and kinda doesn't fit here well ... he didn't sell bananas until the release of "Overnight Sensation" when he (finally!) became really well known ... he was known, but not quite played and enjoyed on the FM radio dial, although many folks played the funny, weird stuff to get attention, and it didn't really help Frank at all. After OS, you couldn't get a ticket to FZ unless it was scalped for several years.

Edited by David_D - January 20 2023 at 08:05

There is even one album from Denmark on my list.

King Crimson -In the Court of the Crimson King 1969 
Soft Machine - Volume 2 1969
East of Eden - Mercator Projected 1969
Jethro Tull - Stand Up 1969 
Burnin' Red Ivanhoe - M144 1969
Caravan - s/t 1968
Colosseum - Valentyne Suite 1969
Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn 1967
Soft Machine - s/t 1968 
Frank Zappa - Hot Rats 1969
The United States of America - s/t 1968
VdGG - The Aerosol Grey Machine 1969
Led Zeppelin - II 1969
Led Zeppelin - s/t 1969
Cream - Disraeli Gears 1967
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are you Experienced? 1967
Pink Floyd - Ummagumma 1969
Pentangle - Basket of Light 1969
Rare Bird - s/t 1969
Manfred Mann Chapter Three - s/t 1969
Steamhammer - MK II 1969
Procol Harum - Shine on Brightly 1968
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 1967

HM:
Amon Duul II - Phallus Dei
The Doors - s/t, Strange Days
The Moody Blues - In the Search of the Lost Chord
The Nice - The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack

Edited by enigmatic - January 23 2023 at 11:15