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    Posted: July 16 2021 at 04:29
This is much harder for me than the later years. I'm not that much a man of the past... need to add some somewhat proggy stuff.
Soft Machine - Vol. 1
Pink Floyd - A Saucerful of Secrets
Can - Decay 1968
Gabor Szabo - Dreams
Beatles - White Album
United States of America - United States of America
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
Mothers of Invention - We're only in it for the money
Silver Apples - Silver Apples
Terry Riley - In C
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Pink Floyd - A Saucerful of Secrets
The Moody Blues - In Search of the Lost Chord
Family - Music in the doll's house
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Strictly Personal
Caravan - Caravan
The Incredible String Band - Wee Tam & The Big Huge
Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes
The Mothers of Invention - We're Only in It for the Money
The Pentangle - The Pentangle
Terje Rypdal - Bleak House
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Originally posted by tempest_77 tempest_77 wrote:

1 - The Beatles - S/T (The White Album)
2 - The Soft Machine - S/T
3 - Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
4 - The Mothers of Invention - We're Only In It for the Money
5 - The Moody Blues - In Search of the Lost Chord
6 - Pink Floyd - A Saucerful of Secrets
7 - The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
8 - Caravan - S/T
9 - Spirit - S/T
10 - Traffic - S/T

Honorable Mention:
Spirit - The Family That Plays Together

I have amended my list to add Spirit's other 1968 album, as well as to remove Tull's debut.

I've only just remembered that Caravan's debut was a 1968 release, not 1969, so I've amended my list appropriately and have moved Spirit's second album to Honorable mention so Traffic still makes the top 10.
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Originally posted by tempest_77 tempest_77 wrote:

1 - The Beatles - S/T (The White Album)
2 - The Soft Machine - S/T
3 - Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
4 - The Mothers of Invention - We're Only In It for the Money
5 - The Moody Blues - In Search of the Lost Chord
6 - Pink Floyd - A Saucerful of Secrets
7 - The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
8 - Spirit - S/T
9 - Spirit - The Family That Plays Together
10 - Traffic - S/T

I have amended my list to add Spirit's other 1968 album, as well as to remove Tull's debut.
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Pink Floyd - A Saucerful of Secrets
Second Hand - Reality
The Pretty Things - S.F.Sorrow
Family- Music In A Dolls House
The Beatles - White Album
The Doors - Waiting for the sun
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
Procol Harum - Shine on brightly
Deep Purple - Shades of Deep Purple
Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes
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13           Hendrix, Jimi     Electric Ladyland
13           Jefferson Airplane          Crown of Creation                                         

12           Buckley, Tim      Happy / Sad                        

12           Caravan               Caravan             
12           Collectors           The Collectors                   

12           Gale, Eddie        Eddie Gale's Ghetto Music                 

12           Pentangle           The Pentangle
12           Procol Harum    Shine On Brightly 

12           Quicksilver Messenger Service Quicksilver Messenger Service                                  

12           SRC        SRC
12           Vanilla Fudge    Renaissance

12           Morrison, Van  Astral Weeks    

11           Eric Burdon & Animals   The Twain Shall Meet     

11           Deep Purple      The Book of Taliesyn   
11           H.P. Lovecraft   H.P. Lovecraft II             
11           Jethro Tull          This Was                     

11           MacDermot, Galt / Various Artists          Hair - The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical

11           Moody Blues, The          In Search of the Lost Chord        
11           Pearls Before Swine      Balaklava
11           Spirit     Spirit


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1. CARAVAN Caravan
2. IRON BUTTERFLY In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
3. THE FREE SPIRITS Out of Sight and Sound
4. THE BEATLES The Beatles (The White Album)
5. FAMILY Music in a Doll's House
6. PROCOL HARUM Shine On Brightly
7. TERJE RYPDAL Bleak House
8. PENTANGLE The Pentangle
9. TERRY RILEY In C
10. DON ELLIS Shock Treatment


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The Mothers Of Invention We're Only In It For The Money
Jimi Hendrix Electric Ladyland
Rolling Stones Beggars Banquet
The Beatles White Album
The Zombies Odessey And Oracle
The Small Faces Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake
Cream Wheels Of Fire
Big Brother & the Holding Co. Cheap Thrills
Jefferson Airplane Crown Of Creation
The Pretty Things SF Sorrow
The Prog Corner
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Moody Blues- In Search..
Tull- This was
Spirit-st
Hendrix-Electric Ladyland
Caravan-st
Beatles- White lp
Procol Harum-Shine..
Cream-Wheels..
Family- Music In A Dolls House
Doors-Waiting ..

Hon Mention:
Zombies-Odessey..
Small Faces-Ogden...
Traffic-st
Jefferson Airplane- Crown of...



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Caravan - Caravan
The Collectors - The Collectors
Pink Floyd - A saucerful of secrets
Moody Blues - In serch of the lost chord
Jethro Tull - This Was
The Doors - Waiting for the sun
Family - Music in the doll's house
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
Blood Sweat and Tears - Child is fahther to the man
Iron Butterfly - In a gadda da vida
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1 - The Beatles - S/T (The White Album)
2 - The Soft Machine - S/T
3 - Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
4 - The Mothers of Invention - We're Only In It for the Money
5 - The Moody Blues - In Search of the Lost Chord
6 - Pink Floyd - A Saucerful of Secrets
7 - The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
8 - Spirit - S/T
9 - Traffic - S/T
10 - Jethro Tull - This Was


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Ten albums from 1968 I happen to like:
Jethro Tull - 'This Was'
Deep Purple - 'Shades of Deep Purple'
Deep Purple - 'The Book of Taliesyn'
Jimi Hendrix - 'Electric Ladyland'
Soft Machine - 'The Soft Machine'
Pink Floyd - 'A Saucerful of Secrets'
Giles, Giles & Fripp - 'The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles & Fripp'
The Beatles - S/T
Procol Harum - 'Shine on Brightly'
Cream - 'Wheels of Fire'
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Pink Floyd - A Saucerful of Secrets
The Zombies - Odessey And Oracle
The Left Banke - Too
The Pretty Things - S.F.Sorrow
The Soft Machine - The Soft Machine
Caravan - Caravan
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Layland
July - July
Listening - Listening
Giles, Giles & Fripp - The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles and Fripp

Honorable mentions

The Mandrake Memorial - The Mandrake Memorial
Graffitti - Graffitti
Tmorrow - Tomorrow
Jethro Tull - This Was
The Kinks - The Kinks Are The Green Preservation Society
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1. The Mothers Of Invention - We're Only In It For The Money
2. Frank Zappa - Lumpy Gravy
3. Soft Machine - The Soft Machine
4. Miles Davis - Miles In The Sky
5. Giles, Giles & Fripp - The Cheerful Insanity Of Giles, Giles & Fripp
6. Pink Floyd - A Saucerful Of Secrets
7. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
8. Terry Riley - In C
9. The United States Of America - The United States Of America
10. The Doors - Waiting For The Sun
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^ I had the opposite problem of trying to whittle my list down to just ten. Smile
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Plenty of non-prog but that reflects what I have to get to 10.

Pink Floyd - Saucerful Of Secrets
Cream - Wheels of Fire
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
Leonard Cohen - Songs Of Leonard Cohen
Terry Riley - In C
Nico - The Marble Index
Big Brother & The Holding Company - Cheap Thrills
Soft Machine - s/t
Deep Purple - The Book Of Taliesyn
Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - We're Only In It For The Money
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Pink Floyd - A Saucerful of Secrets
The Beatles - White Album
The Nice - Ars Longa Vita Brevis
Caravan - Caravan
Spirit - Spirit
The United States of America - The United States of America
The Moody Blues - In Search of the Lost Chord
The Collectors - The Collectors

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Traffic - Traffic
Cream - Wheels of Fire
Deep Purple - Shades of Deep Purple
Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Procol Harum  - Shine on Brightly
Small Faces - Ogden's Nut Gone Flake
Pentangle - The Pentangle
The Moody Blues - In Search of the Lost Chord
Blood, Sweat & Tears - Child Is Father to the Man
Zombies - Odessey and Oracle
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Another Top 10 list which is heavy on the psychedelic, although ironically, it doesn't include Iron Butterfly's "Heavy" debut. Smile

Caravan - Caravan
The Chocolate Watchband - The Inner Mystique
Deep Purple - The Book of Taliesyn
Fairport Convention - Fairport Convention
Group 1850 - Agemo's Trip to Mother Earth
Iron Butterfly - In-a-Gadda-da-Vida
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
The Moody Blues - In Search of the Lost Chord
Ultimate Spinach - Behold & See
The United States of America - The United States of America
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