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Probably the most obscure 1969 album for me is Van der Graaf Generator - The Aerosol Grey Machine. Not very obscure, I know, but it's probably one of their lesser known albums.
 
 
 
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My second tier obscure Big 3 from 1969:-

CIRCUS - Circus  (Jazz Rock • United Kingdom)
GANDALF - Gandalf (Psychedelic Rock • United States)
ARZACHEL - Arzachel (Psychedelic Rock • United Kingdom)
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My top obscurities (lesser known) from 1969 would be 
Arzachel - Arzachel
High Tide - Sea Shanties
Renaissance - Renaissance
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Originally posted by Artik Artik wrote:

My top obscurities (lesser known) from 1969 would be 
Arzachel - Arzachel
High Tide - Sea Shanties
Renaissance - Renaissance

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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Artik Artik wrote:

My top obscurities (lesser known) from 1969 would be 
Arzachel - Arzachel
High Tide - Sea Shanties
Renaissance - Renaissance

nice list Thumbs Up

Thanx :) I would add The Flock - The Flock as the honorable mention. It's surely not worst than any album above. 


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After a few more comments, we get the now-expanded list:

Genesis - 'From Genesis to Revelation'
Andromeda - S/T
Andwella's Dream - 'Love and Poetry'
Arcadium - 'Breathe Awhile'
Odyssey - 'Setting Forth'
Shiver - 'Walpurgis'
Gandalf - S/T
The First International Sex Opera Band - 'Anita'
Dick Hyman - 'Moog: The Electric Eclectics of Dick Hyman'
Tea & Symphony - 'Asylum for the Musically Insane'
Melmoth - 'La Devanture des Ivresses'
Collectors - 'Grass and Wild Strawberries'
Friendsound - 'Joyride'
Alrune Rod - S/T
Holger Czukay - 'Canaxis'
Cromagnon - 'Orgasm'
Circus - S/T
Principal Edwards Magic Theatre - 'Soundtrack'
'Igginbottom - ''Igginbottom's Wrench'
Burning Red Ivanhoe - 'M144'
Gal Costa - S/T
Taste Of Blues - 'Schizofrenia'
After All - S/T
Pesky Gee - '!'
Van der Graaf Generator - 'The Aerosol Grey Machine'
Arzachel - S/T
High Tide - 'Sea Shanties'
Renaissance - S/T
The Flock - S/T

*Quite a rich list, I can say; And what is better is that I do not know a good 95% of these*


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of these 29 albums we have 13. I am curious about the Melmoth album; both band name (named after a horror novel by Charles Maturin) and album title (which translates as "The Shop Window of Drunkenesses") are very interesting. according to Discogs the album is from 1970 though. Rateyourmusic gives the release date as 1969


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I don't think I know much from 1969 that is really obscure. As you should expect I love Holger Czukay's Canaxis album, and not everyone knows the wonderful Mercator Projected by East of Eden. Other than that my 1969 picks would be pretty well known around here (Renaissance and VDGG are listed among the top 20 1969 albums on PA, I wouldn't call that obscure, as are Monster Movie and Phallus Dei).
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since the Melmoth album apparently received an award in 1969 Discogs must be off.

Melmoth is an alias of Dashiell Hedayat, who was backed by very early Gong for his album "Obsolete"; we have that album


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Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

not everyone knows the wonderful Mercator Projected by East of Eden. 
Oh, this one is great! 
Another gem, that comes to mind is Manfred Mann Chapter Three selftitled album - soaked in jazz, but with song structures mantained <3
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Mighty Baby
Skin Alley
Pussy Plays
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Rare Bird - selftitled 
White Noise - An Electric Storm
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Can't get much more obscure than West Siberian prog, so I'll recommend debut albums of the two most important Finnish prog bands:

Wigwam - Hard N' Horny
Tasavallan Presidentti - Tasavallan Presidentti

They both did better albums later, but these are still well worth checking out. 

Can are far from obscure but do check out Monster Movie if you haven't already. 
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Another round of comments gives us the following list:

Genesis - 'From Genesis to Revelation'
Andromeda - S/T
Andwella's Dream - 'Love and Poetry'
Arcadium - 'Breathe Awhile'
Odyssey - 'Setting Forth'
Shiver - 'Walpurgis'
Gandalf - S/T
The First International Sex Opera Band - 'Anita'
Dick Hyman - 'Moog: The Electric Eclectics of Dick Hyman'
Tea & Symphony - 'Asylum for the Musically Insane'
Melmoth - 'La Devanture des Ivresses'
Collectors - 'Grass and Wild Strawberries'
Friendsound - 'Joyride'
Alrune Rod - S/T
Holger Czukay - 'Canaxis'
Cromagnon - 'Orgasm'
Circus - S/T
Principal Edwards Magic Theatre - 'Soundtrack'
'Igginbottom - ''Igginbottom's Wrench'
Burning Red Ivanhoe - 'M144'
Gal Costa - S/T
Taste Of Blues - 'Schizofrenia'
After All - S/T
Pesky Gee - '!'
Van der Graaf Generator - 'The Aerosol Grey Machine'
Arzachel - S/T
High Tide - 'Sea Shanties'
Renaissance - S/T
The Flock - S/T
East of Eden - 'Mercator Projected'
Manfred Mann Chapter Three - S/T
Mighty Baby - S/T
Skin Alley - S/T *
Pussy - 'Pussy Plays'
Rare Bird - S/T
White Noise - 'An Electric Storm'
Wigwam - 'Hard N' Horny'
Tasavallan Presidentti - S/T
Can - 'Monster Movie'
Jody Grind - 'One Step On'
Spirit of John Morgan - S/T
Axe - 'Axe Music'


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It's actually hard for me to remember which ones of my albums were released in 69 but there's one that I immediately recall since I reviewed it not so long ago.
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Hmm isn't Skin Alley from 1970? It's a great album though.
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Wikipedia and YouTube say 1970, but most other sources (Discogs, Rateyourmusic, Allmusic etc.) say 1969.


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Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Wikipedia and YouTube say 1970, but most other sources (Discogs, Rateyourmusic, Allmusic etc.) say 1969.
I also saw this in the various sources, so I will put a star next to it, since it cannot be certainly attributed to '69.
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Another great one: Jody Grind - "One step on"
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