Janis Joplin album "I Got Dem Ol' Kozmik Blues Again Mama!".
As AMG says "As well as being one of the finest rock singers of the 1960s, Janis Joplin was also a great blues singer, making her material her own with her wailing, raspy, supercharged emotional delivery."
"The Pretty Things" the 1965 first album by The Pretty Things. For a brief moment, they were more than a challenge for The Rolling Stones.
Just try "Roadrunner", "Rosalyn" and "Don't Bring Me Down".
AMG says "Musically, the Pretty Things were one of the toughest and most celebrated artists to rise from the Beat/British Invasion era, and among the very best British R&B bands of the '60s" and "The Pretty Things' debut LP was a legendary exercise in anarchy".
Well, as he was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of fame in 2009, he certainly belongs here. I'm very happy to revisit these - definitely favourites! Jeff Beck 1968 Truth 1969 Beck-Ola 1975 Blow By Blow 1976 Wired
"Phaedra" to my mind Tangerine Dream's best album released in 1974.
AMG says "Phaedra is one of the most important, artistic, and exciting works in the history of electronic music, a brilliant and compelling summation of Tangerine Dream's early avant-space direction balanced with the synthesizer/sequencer technology just beginning to gain a foothold in nonacademic circles."
A full-blooded Kiowa Indian, Davis played in country star Conway Twitty’s band in his native Oklahoma before moving to Los Angeles and quickly picking up session work backing Gary Lewis. After playing on Taj Mahal’s first three albums, Davis amassed a resume of sessions that included Albert King and B.B. King, John Lennon, Harry Nilsson, Gene Clark, and Rod Stewart, as well as standout solos on Bob Dylan’s “Watching The River Flow” and Jackson Browne’s “Doctor My Eyes.” In the late ’80s, Davis wrote and played the music for the poetry of Indian activist John Trudell, their band was called Graffiti Man. After battling drug and alcohol problems most of his career, Davis died of an apparent overdose at age 43.
I saw Matthews Southern Comfort play, probably 1970 0r 1971. Excellent folk-rock band. I remember that album, lent it to a friend and never got it back! Another one to follow-up on Spotify
Jade Warrior is one of my all-time favourite bands and their 1971 s/t album near top of my list.
AMG says "Jade Warrior is.....a remarkable album, all the more so since its makers could readily have given the likes of Jethro Tull and the Moody Blues some serious competition"
"Dancing on a Cold Wind" an excellent 1975 album by Carmen.
AMG says "A unique band, Carmen combined flamenco music with progressive rock. Adding to their distinctiveness was the fact that during long instrumental passages, members of the band would dance on-stage, adding those sounds to the instrumental mix"
and
"Dancing on a Cold Wind is.....musicianship and the spellbinding blend of progressive rock and flamenco".
"Ars Longa Vita Brevis" by The Nice from 1968. One of the very first Progressive Rock albums featuring Keith Emerson before his Emerson, Lake and Palmer days.
I actually preferred Nice to ELP. I saw both bands play, ELP had become a bit pretentious in my view. This was my favourite album at the time from Nice - I will have to search it out on Spotify as I haven't heard it in decades
@greg I couldn't agree more about preferring The Nice to ELP. As regards "Five Bridges", I also really like it and still have my original album version. Lucky you to have seen them live!
"Ahead Rings Out" 1969 album by Blodwyn Pig which made the Top Ten.
AMG says "A quirky detour of late-'60s British progressive/blues rock, Blodwyn Pig was founded by former Jethro Tull guitarist Mick Abrahams, who left Tull after the This Was album....On their two albums, they explored a jazz/blues/progressive style somewhat in the mold of (unsurprisingly) Jethro Tull, but with a lighter feel. They also bore some similarities to John Mayall's jazzy late-'60s versions of the Bluesbreakers, or perhaps Colosseum, but with more eclectic material."
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1969 Town & Country 1970 Humble Pie
1971 Performance: Rockin' The Fillmore
As AMG says "As well as being one of the finest rock singers of the 1960s, Janis Joplin was also a great blues singer, making her material her own with her wailing, raspy, supercharged emotional delivery."
Jackson Browne
1972 Jackson Browne 1973 For Everyman
1974 Late For The Sky
Just try "Roadrunner", "Rosalyn" and "Don't Bring Me Down".
AMG says "Musically, the Pretty Things were one of the toughest and most celebrated artists to rise from the Beat/British Invasion era, and among the very best British R&B bands of the '60s" and "The Pretty Things' debut LP was a legendary exercise in anarchy".
https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-pretty-things-uk-mw0000038754
Jeff Beck
1968 Truth 1969 Beck-Ola
1975 Blow By Blow 1976 Wired
AMG says "Phaedra is one of the most important, artistic, and exciting works in the history of electronic music, a brilliant and compelling summation of Tangerine Dream's early avant-space direction balanced with the synthesizer/sequencer technology just beginning to gain a foothold in nonacademic circles."
https://www.allmusic.com/album/phaedra-mw0000652158
James Gang / Joe Walsh
1969 Yer' Album 1970 James Gang Rides Again
1971 Live In Concert 1973 The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get
1978 ...But Seriously Folks
1967 Big Brother & The Holding Company 1968 Cheap Thrills
1969 I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! 1971 Pearl
1972 Joplin In Concert
Sides 3 and 4 recorded during the Canadian Festival Express June-July 1970 with the Full Tilt Boogie Band
I believe this is the only album that I appear on (uncredited) as I was around the 50th yardline having a great time at McMahon Stadium, Calgary 7/4/70 wondering how she managed to keep standing. I vaguely remember an after party at Prince's Island Park. Oh, those Southern Comfort days...
1970 Jesse Davis 1972 Ululu
After playing on Taj Mahal’s first three albums, Davis amassed a resume of sessions that included Albert King and B.B. King, John Lennon, Harry Nilsson, Gene Clark, and Rod Stewart, as well as standout solos on Bob Dylan’s “Watching The River Flow” and Jackson Browne’s “Doctor My Eyes.”
In the late ’80s, Davis wrote and played the music for the poetry of Indian activist John Trudell, their band was called Graffiti Man. After battling drug and alcohol problems most of his career, Davis died of an apparent overdose at age 43.
1969 Stand Up 1971 Aqualung
1972 Thick As A Brick
AMG says "a beautiful set of songs that splits the difference between West Coast folk-rock and early country-rock".
The band was formed by former Fairport Convention singer/guitarist Iain Matthews.
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/matthews-southern-comfort-mn0000390208/biography
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Recorded 1967 1967 Are You Experienced
Historic Performances Recorded At
The Monterey International Pop Festival
1968 Axis: Bold As Love 1968 Electric Ladyland
John Hammond
1964 Big City Blues 1964-69 The Best Of John Hammond
1970 Southern Fried 1971 Source Point
1981 Frogs For Snakes
A great set of songs which I still enjoy 55 years later!
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-walker-brothers-mn0000582024/biography
AMG says "an excellent 20-track retrospective, capturing Mayall's band at their peak. The Bluesbreakers went through several different lineups during those four years, with musicians the caliber of Eric Clapton, Mick Taylor, Paul Butterfield, Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, and Peter Green floating through the group".
https://www.allmusic.com/album/as-it-all-began-the-best-of-john-mayall-the-bluesbreakers-1964-1969-mw0000032355
"A Hard Road" live featuring Peter Green.
John McLaughlin
1969 Extrapolation 1970 Devotion
1971 My Goal's Beyond 1973 Love Devotion Surrender
I'd totally forgotten Amazing Blondel, thank you Peterfrederics
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/skin-alley-mn0000022533/biography
Johnny Rivers
1964 Johnny Rivers At The Whisky À Go-Go 1966 Here We à Go Go Again!
1967 Whisky A Go-Go Revisited
Johnny Winter
1969 Johnny Winter 1971 Live Johnny Winter And
1973 Still Alive And Well
AMG says "Jade Warrior is.....a remarkable album, all the more so since its makers could readily have given the likes of Jethro Tull and the Moody Blues some serious competition"
AMG says "A unique band, Carmen combined flamenco music with progressive rock. Adding to their distinctiveness was the fact that during long instrumental passages, members of the band would dance on-stage, adding those sounds to the instrumental mix"
and
"Dancing on a Cold Wind is.....musicianship and the spellbinding blend of progressive rock and flamenco".
https://www.allmusic.com/album/dancing-on-a-cold-wind-mw0000466847
http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=668
AMG calls it "a genuinely groundbreaking effort".
AMG says "A quirky detour of late-'60s British progressive/blues rock, Blodwyn Pig was founded by former Jethro Tull guitarist Mick Abrahams, who left Tull after the This Was album....On their two albums, they explored a jazz/blues/progressive style somewhat in the mold of (unsurprisingly) Jethro Tull, but with a lighter feel. They also bore some similarities to John Mayall's jazzy late-'60s versions of the Bluesbreakers, or perhaps Colosseum, but with more eclectic material."
And how about the cover!