Saturday, November 11, 2023

Prog Lists: My Favorite Albums of the 1960s

These are my 30 favorite prog-related albums of the 1960s: they're not all pure prog but all contributed greatly to the forms and sounds that became known as "progressive rock music."



1. STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK Incense & Peppermints (1967)



2. KING CRIMSON In The Court of the Crimson King (1969)


3. LILY & MARIA Lily & Maria (1968)



4. THE ASSOCIATION Greatest Hits (1968)



5. THE COLLECTORS The Collectors (1968)



6. SIMON & GARFUNKLE Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme (1966)



7. JOHN COLTRANE My Favorite Things (1961)



8. THE MOODY BLUES Days of Future Passed (1967)



9. DON ELLIS ORCHESTRA 'Live' at Monterey! (1967)




10. THE PRETTY THINGS S.F. Sorrow (1968)



11. DON ELLIS ORCHESTRA Electric Bath (1967)
12. JOHN COLTRANE A Love Supreme (1965)
13. KALEIDOSCOPE Tangerine Dream (1967)
14. ULTIMATE SPINACH Behold & See (1968)
15. TERJE RYPDAL Bleak House  (1968)
16. CHICAGO Chicago Transit Authority (1969)
17. FRANK ZAPPA Lumpy Gravy (1967/8)
18. SOFT MACHINE Volume Two (1969)
19. STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK Wake Up … It's Tomorrow (1968)
20. H.P. LOVECRAFT II (1968)

21. SANTANA Santana (1969)
22. RENAISSANCE Renaissance (1969)
23. THE PENTANGLE Basket of Light (1968)
24. JOHN COLTRANE A Love Supreme (1965)
25. THE BEATLES Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
26. JEFFERSON AIRPLANE Surrealistic Pillow (1967) 
27. THE DOORS The Doors (1967)
28. GENESIS From Genesis to Revelation (1968)
29. IRON BUTTERFLY In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968)
30. LOVE Forever Changes (1967)
 
31. ULTIMATE SPINACH Ultimate Spinach (1968)
32. YES Yes (1969)
33. THE BEATLES Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
34. TONY WILLIAMS LIFETIME Emergency! (1969)
35. CARAVAN Caravan (1969)
36. COLOSSEUM Valentyne Suite (1969)
37. FRANK ZAPPA Hot Rats (1969)

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