Your top 3 most obscure albums from 1969?
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Topic: Your top 3 most obscure albums from 1969?
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Subject: Your top 3 most obscure albums from 1969?
Date Posted: May 06 2021 at 04:05
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This thread (and eventually a series of threads) is entirely dedicated to your recommendations, fellow forum users. Please comment your top 3 most obscure albums from the year 1969; they might be albums in your collection that were hard to find and not many people know, some albums you have heard about but can never get, or some pretty wacky record by an Estonian progressive proto-punk band that you streamed online for some reason. *Conventional albums that many people know are not welcome!
 This is a joke, of course, you can suggest whatever albums you feel are obscure and/or underground* |
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Posted By: Rick1
Date Posted: May 06 2021 at 04:18
| From 1969? Most record companies were not taking a punt on underground music around then so my choices would be familiar to most, including 'From Genesis to Revelation' which only shifted around 600 copies on release and went unnoticed. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: May 06 2021 at 04:27
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An excellent thread topic, especially considering we won't see In the Court of the Crimson King winning the 1969 poll yet again.  2. ANDWELLA'S DREAM - Love and Poetry (Proto-Prog • United Kingdom) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rEcnpplYjI" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rEcnpplYjI 3. ARCADIUM - Breathe Awhile (Psychedelic/Space Rock • United Kingdom) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFtWctjASs8" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFtWctjASs8 That's the actual order of my Top 3 obscure favourites from 1969. It's purely a coincidence that they happen to be in alphabetical order too.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: May 06 2021 at 04:30
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Odyssey - Setting Forth Shiver - Walpurgis Gandalf - s/t
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: May 06 2021 at 05:09
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I can only name one, but this one is a very obscure one. it was only available in porn shops in Amsterdam. we found it at a record fair  though it is from the Netherlands the music sounds like Krautrock in the vein of the first two albums of the Cosmic Jokers
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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: May 06 2021 at 05:24
| 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. |
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: May 06 2021 at 05:25
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Grumpyprogfan wrote:Posted By: JD
Date Posted: May 06 2021 at 05:26
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Some might know this one, but It wasn't a chart topper as far as I know.  ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: May 06 2021 at 05:50
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.
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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: May 06 2021 at 06:21
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: May 06 2021 at 06:45
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 ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: May 06 2021 at 07:22
| ^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. |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: May 06 2021 at 07:27
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Tea & Symphony - Asylum for the Musically insane Melmoth - La Devanture des Ivresses Collectors - Grass and Wiold Strawberrues. ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: May 06 2021 at 07:33
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
------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: May 06 2021 at 08:05
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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  ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: May 06 2021 at 09:43
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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' |
Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: May 06 2021 at 10:03
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Circus- Circus Principal Edwards Magic Theatre- Soundtrack 'Igginbottom- Igginbottom's Wrench My favorite obscure modern prog- Afasia- Nelle Vesti Del Mio Ego (2016) Italy, Progressive Metal/RPI Italy Melting Clock- Destinazioni (2019) Italy, RPI
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: May 06 2021 at 10:52
------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: May 06 2021 at 11:13
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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 )------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: May 06 2021 at 11:39
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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 ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: May 06 2021 at 13:19
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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. ------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: May 06 2021 at 13:44
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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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Posted By: Artik
Date Posted: May 06 2021 at 13:47
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My top obscurities (lesser known) from 1969 would be Arzachel - Arzachel High Tide - Sea Shanties Renaissance - Renaissance |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: May 06 2021 at 13:51
nice list
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Posted By: Artik
Date Posted: May 06 2021 at 13:59
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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Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: May 06 2021 at 14:01
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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* |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: May 06 2021 at 14:54
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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 ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: May 06 2021 at 15:25
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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). |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: May 06 2021 at 15:30
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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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Posted By: Artik
Date Posted: May 06 2021 at 17:32
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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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: May 06 2021 at 17:54
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Mighty Baby Skin Alley Pussy Plays ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Artik
Date Posted: May 06 2021 at 18:12
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Rare Bird - selftitled White Noise - An Electric Storm
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Posted By: Hiram
Date Posted: May 06 2021 at 23:02
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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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Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: May 07 2021 at 00:12
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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/TEast 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' |
Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: May 07 2021 at 01:11
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. |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: May 07 2021 at 02:55
^Good to see you Sagi  Very nice pick btw - one I forgot about. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Artik
Date Posted: May 07 2021 at 02:57
| Hmm isn't Skin Alley from 1970? It's a great album though. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: May 07 2021 at 03:12
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Wikipedia and YouTube say 1970, but most other sources (Discogs, Rateyourmusic, Allmusic etc.) say 1969. -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: May 07 2021 at 03:26
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Posted By: Artik
Date Posted: May 07 2021 at 04:24
| Another great one: Jody Grind - "One step on" |
Posted By: Artik
Date Posted: May 07 2021 at 07:17
| Spirit of John Morgan - "Spirit of John Morgan" - this one is so obscure that it isn't on PA :) It's been refered to as blues rock on Discogs, but there is MUCH more to it. Other reference I saw qualified them as "psychedelic proto progressive blues rock". Add some jazz to this brew and you'll be close. On Discogs this album is listed for 1969, but some other sources claim it was recorded in 1969 but released two years later. It's definitely worth a spin. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: May 07 2021 at 07:29
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It may be that it is not in the archives because it is not considered to fit under the umbrella of "progressive rock". ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: May 07 2021 at 09:29
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^Last two suggestions by Artik have been added to the big list on page 2! |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: May 07 2021 at 23:56
I very much agree with you here, in theory at least... and yeah, most of the times I would consider it a plus if they tell me it was all recorded in one take. That's the way music should be played and heard. So live in the studio, or just live, very often I like it better. But then, it's not a rule set in stone, if I hear an album played with all the production benefits you can think and it sounds good, or better than the live versions, then I will enjoy it too. Different methods will suit different artists better than others. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: May 08 2021 at 03:59
John Morgan is mentioned in the title of one of the tracks on the Circus album from 1969. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Spaciousmind
Date Posted: May 26 2021 at 18:57
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Here is a mixed bag for 1969 prog and non prog and plain silly. Some obscure and some not so obscure. Omega - 10000 lépés Man - 2ozs Of Plastic With A Hole In The Middle Man - Revelation Bubble Puppy - A Gathering of Promises Savoy Brown - A Step Further Le Orme - Ad Gloriam Blodwyn Pig - Ahead Rings Out Grateful Dead - Aoxomoxoa The Maze - Armageddon The Kinks - Arthur (or The Decline and Fall of the British Empire) Audience - S/T Ambrose Slade - Beginnings Bert Jansch - Birthday Blues Blind Faith - S/T Savoy Brown - Blue Matter Blue Mountain Eagle - S/T The Groundhogs - Blues Obituary Spooky Tooth - Ceremony: An Electronic Mass Spooky Tooth - Spooky Two Spirit - Clear Simon Dupree & The Big Sound - Without Reservations Deep Purple - Concerto For Group And Orchestra The Damnation of Adam Blessing - S/T Fleetwood Mac - English Rose Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On Family - Family Entertainment Maddy Prior & Tim Hart - Folk Songs Of Old England Vol. 2 Love - Four Sail Free - S/T Keef Hartley Band - Halfbreed It’s a Beautiful Day - S/T Bonzo Dog Doo/Dah Band - Keynsham Bonzo Dog Doo/Dah Band - Tadpoles Jean‐Luc Ponty - King Kong Krokodil - S/T Jeff Simmons - Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up Jeff Simmons - Naked Angels Mary Butterworth - S/T Steamhammer - MK II Steppenwolf - Monster Os Mutantes - Mutantes The Nice - S/T Chicken Shack - O.K. Ken? Group 1850 - Paradise- Now Amon Düül II - Phallus Dei Writing on the Wall - The Power of the Picts The Savage Rose - S/T Ten Year After - Stonedhenge Strawbs - Strawbs Ars Nova - Sunshine & Shadows The Famous Jug Band - Sunshine Possibilities Colosseum - Those Who Are About to Die Salute You- Colosseum - Valentyne Suite The Turtles - Turtle Soup Velvett Fogg - S/T |
Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: May 26 2021 at 20:25
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1 - Food - "Forever Is a Dream" Amazing baroque pop with a lot of fuzz guitars, imagine a mix of bands like The Left Banque meets the Mandrake Memorial 2 - Touch - "Touch" firts prog rock record made in USA (?), Don Gallucci its a great composer 3 - Master Of Deceit - "Hensley´s Electric Jazz Band And Synthetic Symphonette" Canterbury before Canterbury scene!! Other suggestions: Skin Allen - "Skin Allen" Pussy - "Pussy Plays" Please - "Seeing Stars" (pre T2 band, archival) Apaloosa - Apaloosa |
Posted By: LAM-SGC
Date Posted: June 05 2021 at 11:41
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1.Ardent Admirer - Skymningen (Swedish hippy-folk, Fairport Convention meets Jefferson Airplane) 2. OK, I'll Have More Tea - Liquid-Sun (Psych-folk from Notting Hill) 3. Vänder bladet nu! - Zvamp Hets (Swedish, spacey-psych) |