50 Years Ago

I know all of these very well. My vinyl collection was in it's infant stage and most of these were in it.

Yeah, Hendrix was '67 and Beck was '68 but in '66 The Beatles and Stones took up a lot of my listening time.

I guess Freak out.

mechanicalflattery wrote: zravkapt wrote: Hendrix debut was '67. I don't think any major Jazz albums came out that year or I would have included them. John Coltrane's Meditations, Sonny Rollins' East Broadway Rundown, Don Cherry's Complete Communion, either The Magic City or Other Planes of There by Sun Ra... With the exception of Pink Floyd, The Velvet Underground, Captain Beefheart etc, 60's rock had nothing on 60's jazz. It's probably for the best you didn't include any jazz albums.

To me jazz, as opposed to jazzy, doesn't fit the poll series that well.

John Coltrane's Ascension (released in 1966) is one of my favourite jazz albums. Think about it, it was only at the beginning of 1965 that A Love Supreme was released, which is not only commonly heralded as one of the greatest jazz albums, but one of the greatest albums of all time.   As mentioned, Sun-Ra, who has several releases that year -- the only one of his I have from 1966 is The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume 2, but I really like that album. Course there's Miles Davis' Miles Smiles (or, no, that was recorded in 1966 and released in 1967) and Wayne Shorter. Been meaning to get that Don Cherry.

An album of a different ilk that is noteworthy to me is Stockhausen's Telemusik (not that I exactly find it that enjoyable).

For me, though, a lot of my favourite music of the 60s and 70s was coming from composers known for their soundtrack and library music such as Morricone (who is a favourite of mine). Herbie Hancock also did the OST for Blow Up (with the Yarbirds) in 1966 -- early 1967 release, I think. I also do like a lot of psych and folk from that time.

Logan wrote: mechanicalflattery wrote:   John Coltrane's Meditations, Sonny Rollins' East Broadway Rundown, Don Cherry's Complete Communion, either The Magic City or Other Planes of There by Sun Ra... With the exception of Pink Floyd, The Velvet Underground, Captain Beefheart etc, 60's rock had nothing on 60's jazz. It's probably for the best you didn't include any jazz albums. To me jazz, as opposed to jazzy, doesn't fit the poll series that well. John Coltrane's Ascension (released in 1966) is one of my favourite jazz albums. Think about it, it was only at the beginning of 1965 that A Love Supreme was released, which is not only commonly heralded as one of the greatest jazz albums, but one of the greatest albums of all time. As mentioned, Sun-Ra, who has several releases that year -- the only one of his I have from 1966 is The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume 2, but I really like that album. Course there's Miles Davis' Miles Smiles (or, no, that was recorded in 1966 and released in 1967) and Wayne Shorter. Been meaning to get that Don Cherry. An album of a different ilk that is noteworthy to me is Stockhausen's Telemusik (not that I exactly find it that enjoyable). For me, though, a lot of my favourite music of the 60s and 70s was coming from composers known for their soundtrack and library music such as Morricone (who is a favourite of mine). Herbie Hancock also did the OST for Blow Up (with the Yarbirds) in 1966 -- early 1967 release, I think. I also do like a lot of psych and folk from that time.

Ooh, I hadn't realised the Elevators album came out in 66, thought it might have been a couple of years later .

The Mothers Of Invention - Freak Out!

I forgot about this poll...don't even remember what I voted for.