Your 10 Favourite Prog Albums of 1968
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Topic: Your 10 Favourite Prog Albums of 1968
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Subject: Your 10 Favourite Prog Albums of 1968
Date Posted: May 17 2021 at 05:53
Another Top 10 list which is heavy on the psychedelic, although ironically, it doesn't include Iron Butterfly's "Heavy" debut.  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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Posted By: Spaciousmind
Date Posted: May 17 2021 at 06:57
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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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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: May 17 2021 at 06:59
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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 If Scott Walker were in PA, Scott 2 would be my no.1 for 1968. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: May 17 2021 at 07:48
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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 ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: May 17 2021 at 07:56
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^ I had the opposite problem of trying to whittle my list down to just ten.
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Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: May 17 2021 at 08:56
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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 ------------- https://mirasnelder.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow - Freelance composer, accepting commissions | https://mirasnelder.bandcamp.com/album/altered-acuity" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp page |
Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: May 17 2021 at 09:10
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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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Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: May 17 2021 at 09:11
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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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Posted By: tempest_77
Date Posted: May 17 2021 at 10:42
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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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Posted By: Artik
Date Posted: May 17 2021 at 12:41
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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 |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: May 17 2021 at 14:27
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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... ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: May 17 2021 at 15:00
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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 |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: May 17 2021 at 15:30
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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 ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: May 17 2021 at 15:57
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13 Hendrix, Jimi Electric Ladyland 13 Jefferson Airplane Crown of Creation 12 Buckley, Tim Happy / Sad 12 Caravan Caravan 12 Gale, Eddie Eddie Gale's Ghetto Music 12 Pentangle The Pentangle 12 Quicksilver Messenger Service Quicksilver Messenger Service 12 SRC SRC 12 Morrison, Van Astral Weeks 11 Eric Burdon & Animals The Twain Shall Meet 11 Deep Purple The Book of Taliesyn 11 MacDermot, Galt / Various Artists Hair - The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical 11 Moody Blues, The In Search of the Lost Chord Take the first 10 in bold characters (the ones that aren't bolded are not in PA) ------------- 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: Olape
Date Posted: May 18 2021 at 17:48
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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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Posted By: tempest_77
Date Posted: June 14 2021 at 20:35
I have amended my list to add Spirit's other 1968 album, as well as to remove Tull's debut. ------------- I use they/them pronouns (feel free to ask me about this!) Check out my music on https://tempestsounds.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - my bandcamp ! |
tempest_77 wrote:Posted By: tempest_77
Date Posted: July 05 2021 at 14:32
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. ------------- I use they/them pronouns (feel free to ask me about this!) Check out my music on https://tempestsounds.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - my bandcamp ! |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: July 15 2021 at 15:03
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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 |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: July 16 2021 at 04:29
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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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