Another "random albums" poll with some of my personal favourites. The only common ground is, they were released in the 60's. They should all be on Spotify, but I will provide links to those less known:

Burnin Red Ivanhoe - M144

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_meFDxDxvHQXchHtwpPRVBx-nzAlSPA480" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_meFDxDxvHQXchHtwpPRVBx-nzAlSPA480

Jan Johansson - Jazz på svenska

The Savage Rose - The Savage Rose

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3QKnxEBxAQ" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3QKnxEBxAQ

Steppeulvene - Hip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-ilYO4KN5M&list=PLLmfH3xRW3s5lFbttFTKgMTYQTAakk_yg" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-ilYO4KN5M&list=PLLmfH3xRW3s5lFbttFTKgMTYQTAakk_yg

Cornelis Vreeswijk - Tio vackra visor och Personliga Person

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mrshLCsQg0Wr35yp9tsYYHQAWlMYeN8T4" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mrshLCsQg0Wr35yp9tsYYHQAWlMYeN8T4

Monica Zetterlund and Bill Evans - Waltz for Debbie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi7es1S8OGQ&list=PL0q2VleZJVEncYkqfzkRfcGW4sVRWWzgz" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi7es1S8OGQ&list=PL0q2VleZJVEncYkqfzkRfcGW4sVRWWzgz

Not much for a choice between

Days of Future Passed     and

Again, thanks for youtube links. I gave them all a very quick listen here and there. I will have to take time and listen to Burnin Red Ivanhoe and Jan Johansson properly. 

Could you introduce these artists?

Well, I can try.

Burnin Red Ivanhoe is a Danish band that emerged in the late 60's, centered around the muliti-instrumentalist Karsten Vogel. They cited avant-garde jazz and The Who as their biggest influences, but I think there is an echo of the Velvet Underground and Frank Zappa as well. It's a more raw and edgy variation of jazz-rock. They were among the first Danish bands to gain some international recognition. Some members later formed Secret Oyster.

Jan Johansson (1931-1968) was a prominent Swedish jazz musician who made some significant album releases in the 60's. He was originally inspired by bebop, but during the 60's he became interested in folk music. In Jazz på svenska (Jazz in Swedish) he plays jazz versions of traditional Swedish folk songs. He later turned to Russian folk music in Jazz på ryska.

The Savage Rose. I remember there was a lot of debate as to whether they belong on PA or not, but now they are here, probably as a result of the album Dødens triumf. Their original line-up consisted for musicians such as Annisette Hansen (later Koppel): vocals, Thomas Koppel: piano, composer, his brother Anders Koppel: Hammond organ, lyrics, and Alex Riel: drums. Their early albums are a highly original mix of rock, pop, jazz, classical, and psychedelia, and the band contained members from all these categories. The Koppel brothers, for instance, came from the classical world whereas Alex Riel was - and is - a world class jazz drummer. They got some recognition in the US actually, but were not willing to become world stars.

In the 70's, they moved towards soul, but most of the original members left during that period. From the mid 70's and onward, the Savage Rose was mostly the project of Annisette and Thomas Koppel. They became very political (at some point they moved to Albania which they believed to be the true socialist paradise), and sadly their music became more purist. In the 90's they turned to soul again. After the death of Thomas Koppel, Annisette is the only original band member.

Steppeulvene (The steppenwolves) took their name from the Hermann Hesse novel, just like the American band Steppenwolf, but they were actually formed one year earlier. Their first, and only album, Hip, is a milestone in Danish rock music, especially due to singer Eik Skaløe's highly original lyrics (they are very Dylan-ish, but they are also influenced by contemporary Danish writers). Eik Skaløe committed suicide in India in 1968, and he quickly became a legend.

Cornelis Vreeswijk (1937-1987) was born in the Netherlands, but he moved to Sweden at the age of 12. He is one of the most prominent exponents for the Swedish "visa" tradition (somewhat similar to the French chanson, you could say) which he renewed, incorporating different style elements such as blues, jazz and Latin American music. His lyrics were often idiosyncratic and ironic, and he was a bit of an enfant terrible in Swedish culture. Apart from singing his own songs, he also interpreted Carl Michael Bellman (1740-1795) and Evert Taube (1890-1976) - other legendary visa songwriters.

Monica Zetterlund (1937-2005) was a Swedish jazz singer and actress, and one of the biggest jazz names in Scandinavia, especially due to her moody singing style. She has worked with many notabilities: Sven Asmussen, Louis Armstrong, Stan Getz and Bill Evans, but also f.e. Quincy Jones. Waltz for Debbie (with Bill Evans) is probably her most famous album release.

The Anders wrote: Jan Johansson (1931-1968) was a prominent Swedish jazz musician who made some significant album releases in the 60's. He was originally inspired by bebop, but during the 60's he became interested in folk music. In Jazz på svenska (Jazz in Swedish) he plays jazz versions of traditional Swedish folk songs. He later turned to Russian folk music in Jazz på ryska.

I've got this one with jazz versions of Hungarian folk. I prefer it to the Russian one, but the Swedish one is by far my favortite.

Wonderful!

The sad thing on this list is how the "better" or "best" known is going to run off with it all, specially as most voters probably have not heard about one third of the material listed.

ALL OF IT has a place in its own time ... and all of them were valuable, although it is much easier to say that VU & Nico were better known in NY, than LA or London. FZ was better known in LA, than NY, or London. And so on and so forth.

Comparatively speaking, they all were great contributions to a time and place where creativity was important and not just another "progressive" (invisibly of course!) out there!

The hard part, and sad thing, is that we still do not give any credit whatsoever to the time, and the art that it created all over ... the special feeling of the senses in that time and place, and all we can do is name a few pieces of music, and compare them as if they were in a competition.

To me, this is all about the time and place, and there is not one of them that is better than the other or that I prefer over the other ... they are all very different, and the only thing they do for me, is show how well they could color their minds with music ... something that we have forgotten 50 years later in favor of commercialism and ... 

^ How could I forget Piper. It would have been an obvious choice for the poll.

I really love The Marble Index too, and I considered including it