Best of 1969... so far

[Zeuhlmate]

He didn't post a YT clip....he's authentic.

And no mentioning of bands from eastern europe before 1989 !

[Sturgeon's Lawyer]

Actually, mention of an Eastern European band from (20 years) before 1989 would be apropos to this thread...

[Zappathustra]

He didn't post a YT clip....he's authentic.

I was alarmed by the exotic British location. He could be real

[Gravedigger]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Plus, he didn't reprimand anyone for any incorrect sub-sub-sub-genre.

[MYSTERIOUS TRAVELLER]

I just finished listening to Jonny Mac's Extrapolation and it is not how I remember it that last time I heard it (prolly 30 years ago)
gotta take this one off my 'best of' 69 list

the s/t Coryell album from 69 is definitely better

[mogrooves]

I love the completely unlistenable sound of Emergency. That's how they should make them!

Check out Love Cry Want (w/Young), and Young's Lawrence of Newark.

[mogrooves]

I got see TW Lifetime live, as a quartet with Bruce.

They were supposed to appear at the Randall's Island Pop Festival in NYC in the summer of '70, for which we drove up from Virginia. Miles was a no-show as well, but Jimi made it.

The Who in a high school-gymnasium.

I caught them in the gym at Georgetown University, Washington DC, 1969. LOUD!!

[Dana5140]

https://relix.com/articles/detail/th...y-high-school/

[Teddy Vengeance]

Vitous, Miroslav Infinite Search (aka Mountain in the Clouds)

This is a truly badass piece of ‘69 jazz. IMO Vitous never improved upon it.

[Kcrimso]

I believe Infiny Search was released in 1970 though it was recorded late 1969.

[Kcrimso]

This is a truly badass piece of ‘69 jazz. IMO Vitous never improved upon it.

Universal Syncopations (2003) is even better.

[Kcrimso]

Colosseum's Valentyne Suite is, in my opinion, one of the gems of 1969. I wrote a review of it: https://pienemmatpurot.com/review-co...ne-suite-1969/

[Zeuhlmate]

Colosseum's Valentyne Suite is, in my opinion, one of the gems of 1969. I wrote a review of it: https://pienemmatpurot.com/review-co...ne-suite-1969/

Totally agree, and it's also mentioned on page 1 by yours truly.

[Trane]

Colosseum's Valentyne Suite is, in my opinion, one of the gems of 1969. I wrote a review of it: https://pienemmatpurot.com/review-co...ne-suite-1969/

I think it's always useful to mention the confusion between the different artworks and track lists (not to mention line-up changes) of their first two albums according to which side of the Atlantic you were.
Mainly because the North Am public (yours truly included) discovered Valentyne Suite on Those About To Die.
Indeed The Grass Is Greener (same picture used as VS) is a very different album - with a lot of tracks unavailable elsewhere (especially those with Clempson singing)unless in specific compilations

[alanterrill]

1969 - I was 15, living in England and buying my first albums, so the few I could afford that year were, and remain, very important:

Caravan -Ist
Van Der Graaf Generator- Aerosol Grey Machine
Soft Machine - 2
Family- Family Entertainment
High Tide- Sea Shanties
East of Eden - Mercator Projected

[llanwydd]

1. Abbey Road - Beatles
2. Yes - Yes
3. In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson
4. Live/Dead - Grateful Dead
5. Hot Rats - Zappa
6. Empty Sky - Elton John
7. Aoxomoxoa - Grateful Dead
8. Nashville Skyline - Dylan
9. Nice - The Nice
10. Ummagumma - Pink Floyd