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Poll Question: Is your favorite important 1968-album here?
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
2 [3.70%]
4 [7.41%]
1 [1.85%]
0 [0.00%]
1 [1.85%]
0 [0.00%]
12 [22.22%]
3 [5.56%]
0 [0.00%]
1 [1.85%]
3 [5.56%]
4 [7.41%]
3 [5.56%]
0 [0.00%]
1 [1.85%]
0 [0.00%]
1 [1.85%]
1 [1.85%]
1 [1.85%]
2 [3.70%]
8 [14.81%]
0 [0.00%]
3 [5.56%]
0 [0.00%]
3 [5.56%]
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    Posted: October 28 2021 at 01:31
I think I got most of the 25 historically most relevant "progressive rock & related" albums of 1968 included here. Well actually this time I even included a few albums I'm not that crazy about - from Spirit, Procol Harum, Deep Purple and Jimi Hendrix (I don't dislike them either, as with The Nice:). All in all I think it's a real fun and eclectic mix of forward thinking, progressively minded bands and artists from a time when whatever we consider to be prog, had yet to calcify.

I could - or would like to have include: The Savage Rose - Savage Rose, The Incredible String Band - Wee Tam & The Big Huge, Ultimate Spinach - Behold & See, International Harvester - Sov gott Rose-Marie, The Pentangle - Sweet Child, Traffic - St mm.... and literally tons of psychrock/early fusion not represented in PA.

-There was no extra space left for "other", so you will have to write what other album you would vote for in the comment section:)


Btw: If you want to check out PA's Top Albums for 1968 you only get a top seven. What's up with that?
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Deep Purple - The Book of Taliesyn
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Soft Machine's debut against heavy competition
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Originally posted by Rick1 Rick1 wrote:

Soft Machine's debut against heavy competition

nice!
I did not see it in the poll initially EmbarrassedLOL
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Tough call between Zappa and the Machine.

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I've never listened to a  The Crazy World of Arthur Brown full length album Embarrassed
Am I missing something? If so, where should I start? 
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I'm between Terry Riley and David Axelrod. Can't choose currently.
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

I've never listened to a  The Crazy World of Arthur Brown full length album Embarrassed
Am I missing something? If so, where should I start? 
Me too, honestly
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

I've never listened to a  The Crazy World of Arthur Brown full length album Embarrassed
Am I missing something? If so, where should I start? 
I like it! A genuine "shock rock" psychedelic/prog (but really all over the place) gem that sounds like nothing else. Both entertaning and impressive. 

Other than that I'd reccomend excellent Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come - Journey from 1973.
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Originally posted by octopus-4 octopus-4 wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

I've never listened to a  The Crazy World of Arthur Brown full length album Embarrassed
Am I missing something? If so, where should I start? 
Me too, honestly
What are you missing?
Just one of the greatest psychedelic albums of all times, that's all.
Start at the beginning, track one, and continue until the end of track 10.
It's pretty easy actually.
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Why is The Beatles White Album not on here?
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Nice list! I listen more often to The Soft Machine and FZ/Mothers of Invention, but I deem Terry Riley's In C more important...

Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

Btw: If you want to check out PA's Top Albums for 1968 you only get a top seven. What's up with that?

Yes, it's an awkward thing in the search options: First of all the proto-prog and prog-related subgenres are not included in the subgenres that are being searched and, second, if you want more results, you have to set the "Minimum number of ratings" filter to 1 (but I doubt it will then include albums without a rating, which thus possibly will never turn up in a search...).

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Originally posted by Cboi Sandlin Cboi Sandlin wrote:

Why is The Beatles White Album not on here?
Its mainly because I think it has very little relation to progressive rock (and that its ca. 40% awful). I would have included them on a 1967-list and included Abbey Road for 1969.
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Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

Originally posted by Cboi Sandlin Cboi Sandlin wrote:

Why is The Beatles White Album not on here?
Its mainly because I think it has very little relation to progressive rock (and that its ca. 40% awful). I would have included them on a 1967-list and included Abbey Road for 1969.

White album does have a lot of awful songs but it also does have some good stuff, I would have put it on here.
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Originally posted by Cboi Sandlin Cboi Sandlin wrote:

Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

Originally posted by Cboi Sandlin Cboi Sandlin wrote:

Why is The Beatles White Album not on here?
Its mainly because I think it has very little relation to progressive rock (and that its ca. 40% awful). I would have included them on a 1967-list and included Abbey Road for 1969.

White album does have a lot of awful songs but it also does have some good stuff, I would have put it on here.
Fine, but it's my poll, and I don't think the great songs that on are on White Album are great because they're "proggy". It's a bunch of tunes. Some good, some great, some bad.
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In Search of the Lost Cord, a truly magnificent album, got my vote. My collection also includes This Wasl, Electric Ladyland, Spirit, and Book of Taliesyn.
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I'm going with Spirit a truly unique California band.That first album also has the contested song ''Taurus'' which Randy California played / taught Jimmy Page backstage at the first Atlanta International Pop Festival. Jimmy later used it as the intro to ''Stairway to Heaven.'' This LP employed jazz fusion throughout many of the their songs.
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