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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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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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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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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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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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My top obscurities (lesser known) from 1969 would be 
Arzachel - Arzachel
High Tide - Sea Shanties
Renaissance - Renaissance
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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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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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I just went through our collection. the self-titled albums of After All and Andromeda and "!" by Pesky Gee are pretty obscure too. and "Orgasm" by Cro-Magnon, which is also one of the weirdest albums ever


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I changed my mind

Burning Red Ivanhoe - M144
Gal Costa - s/t
Taste Of Blues - Schizofrenia

Edith:
...and 96’ing the 69 we get something like this:
Cul de Sac - China Gate
Miriodor - Jongleries Élastiques
The Future Sound Of London - Dead Cities (perhaps not at all obscure..except maybe on PA )

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Originally posted by omphaloskepsis omphaloskepsis wrote:

Circus- Circus
we have that Circus album too. it features Mel Collins on sax. very nice cover version of "Norwegian Wood" on it


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Circus- Circus
Principal Edwards Magic Theatre- Soundtrack 
'Igginbottom- Igginbottom's Wrench



My favorite obscure modern prog-

Cirkus- Wild Dogs (2018) Canada, Symphonic

Afasia- Nelle Vesti Del Mio Ego (2016) Italy, Progressive Metal/RPI Italy

Melting Clock- Destinazioni (2019) Italy, RPI


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So far the list of obscure albums from 1969 looks like this (based on the fellow forum users' suggestions):

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'
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Nice thread. I will most likely forget half of what I want to list and also regret not having X in there..but yeah here goes:
Friendsound - Joyride (American “Krautrock” at it’s finest)
Alrune Rod - s/t (Danish psychedelic pastry)
Holger Czukay - Canaxis (Complete mindfeck of an album..and brilliant to boot)

Edith: Yup! I obviously forgot about Cromagnon’s underground classic Orgasm

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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

^Disagee. Ever heard the later Beatles album? Overproduced, big time. Does Barbara D. play live with a band when she's recording. How about Peter Hammill or VDGG? Doubt it. Plenty on jazz cats and classical musicians record live but hardly anyone else.

I have the same opinion about VdGG or Peter Hammill or whoever; I would rather hear their albums recorded live in the studio. but at least VdGG did publish some material that was recorded live in the studio


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Tea & Symphony - Asylum for the Musically insane
Melmoth - La Devanture des Ivresses
Collectors - Grass and Wiold Strawberrues.

 
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^Disagee. Ever heard the later Beatles album? Overproduced, big time. Does Barbara D. play live with a band when she's recording. How about Peter Hammill or VDGG? Doubt it. Plenty on jazz cats and classical musicians record live but hardly anyone else.
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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

I'm in no hurry to get to the music of the present day.
This is the sentiment of most forum members. Another Pink Floyd poll? It's sad.

the sad thing about most modern music is that it sounds sterile due to overdone production. as a rule of thumbs you can say "the better the production the more sterile it sounds". music should LIVE.

in my opinion the best way to produce an album is to play live in the studio. not only is this the most honest way, it also adds something very important that gets lost when you record every instrument and voice separately: overtones. the instruments and voices interact with each other, and that leads to overtone fracture and a huge enrichment of sound


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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

I'm in no hurry to get to the music of the present day.
This is the sentiment of most forum members. Another Pink Floyd poll? It's sad.
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Originally posted by A Crimson Mellotron A Crimson Mellotron wrote:

Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Great poll idea, but you should have started in 2021 and went back in time. Most of the forum participants have an aversion to newer bands. I could list multiple obscure albums from the last twenty years, not so much from half a century ago.
We'll get to most recent times at some point.
I prefer it this way around, starting from 1967 and gradually working our way towards 2021. I'm in no hurry to get to the music of the present day. Smile
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