this.

How many have you heard?

a large percentage. i'd say 80%.

i do want to hear this though....

and this

I just don't get you, man.

I want to hear this and that Hoyt Axton, but agree with Dalen on the lack of stone cold classics.

because i question the percentage of stone cold classic releases during 1969? dude, don't get me wrong, there are some really good records in here, but as an overall year...how many hit my turntable or stereo often....not many.

Quick scan of the thread and I'd have no problem calling any of these stone cold classics

Abbey Road
Let it Bleed
The Velvet Underground
Everybody Knows This is Nowhere
The Band
Bayou Country
Willie and the Poor Boys
Green River
Johnny Cash at San Quentin
Bitches Brew
Aoxomoxoa
Pretties for You
Kick Out the Jams
The Stooges
Trout Mask Replica
In a Silent Way
From Elvis to Memphis
Stand
Dusty in Memphis

I don't really know if your statements in these threads are serious or just rabble-rousing because saying there are 5 classic albums in 1969 just seems inflammatory; You do also strongly suggest that most of the time you focus on new releases so I have to wonder that, statistically speaking, how much time could you allocate to any of these '69 albums? Even classic albums in your collection must get bumped off the queue on a regular basis because there are only so many hours in a day one can be actually listening to music.

while i definitely focus on listening/discovering new music all day during work hours, my commute home and the night time hours are when i usually pull out older releases/vinyl/turntable/stereo stuff. i spend a lot of time with music, every day. thankfully. plus, i'm freakin' 40 now dude. i've spent plenty of time with records from 1969.

i would break it down to these.

I can't take any great '69 list seriously without CCR.

It blows my mind that they released three records that good in one fucking year.

Exactly.

I think it would be interesting for one of the statisticians here to figure out the breakdown, by year, of songs in never-ending rotation on, say, 10 major market Classic Rock radio stations.

All these type discussions are, by simple necessity, individual opinion and bias. Having said that, and please don't take it as inflammatory or an attempt to start shit, but this quote made me laugh my ass off.

Imagine living in a world where you dont think Stand! is a classic.

Or The Band

also did no one even mention In The Court of the Crimson King? that might actually be my favorite record.

the first two Led albums

Bayou Country was drilled into my head as a child. Green River if anything.

you should probably read the thread.

Yeah, that's a pretty good list. But I would never say the phrase "stone cold classics".

my bad, i just meant since the DJ post on this page. I was cooking at the time.

not my links.



Just because I think its interesting. 2nd solo George Harrison record. Completely orchestrated on a Moog, and probably some hallucinogenics. Also, this was the last recording to be released on Zapple Records.

Also:



also not my link


Fun fact: Robbie Basho was born in Baltimore.



Wanted to add this, but couldn't find a link.

But you can stream it here:

http://www.archive.org/details/G_SUB_MOR_01



Again, not my link

Nice, Rabbit, I haven't heard any of those, but I've definitely wanted to check out that David Axelrod album for a while.

And that Robbie Basho album reminds me...


John Fahey - The Yellow Princess

Kind of surprised that we've made it this far without this album being mentioned, but then people have tended to lean toward the more obscure stuff in these threads. Also 1969 just has a ton of great albums, and arguably more "stone cold classics" (ugh) than just about any year.

This may be my favorite Fahey, but it's really hard to pick between all of his '60s albums. I like this one because he really stretches out on it and makes his playing style even more personal and unique. I don't really like most of his later "experimental" stuff, but I think this is the perfect middle ground between that and his earlier, more straightforward stuff. It's probably a good place to start with him, too.


OK, I should let this thread be, but here's one more artist who put out three great albums in 1969:



Pharoah Sanders
Izipho Zam
Karma
Jewels of Thought

Sanders also recorded Summun Bukmun Umyun (Deaf Dumb Blind), also a great album with a similar sound, this same year and released it in 1970.

I've actually never heard Izipho Zam, but I posted it here because it's at least as highly regarded as Jewels of Thought, if not more, and it's relevant to this period of Sander's music, which is his most prolific and arguably his best. I just downloaded it yesterday, and I'll share the link I used below.

For those who don't know, this is, I think, spiritual jazz, a little bit free, a little bit fusion-y. There are some discordant moments and some skronky moments, but it's mostly really pretty. I think the main hurdle to get over for most people who are new to this is actually the vocals. There is singing on a lot of this stuff, and it's a bizarre kind of semi-yodeling that can be really off-putting - or it was to me, anyway - at first. If you can get past that, there's some really incredible music here, if it does seem a little on the New-Age-y side. It has a certain grit to it, enough of an edge to keep it from seeming like a bunch of jazz-hippy garbage, and the spiritual elements hearken back to Coltrane's latter albums, many of which Sanders played on.

And here's Izipho Zam, for anyone interested: