Best Album on My Favourite Albums of......1969

anyone mention Burning Spear's self-titled yet? that's a monster

reggae is a blind spot of mine

actually that might not be 1969 anyway. reggae releases are such a mess

ok lol I was way off with that (1973). What a crazy year: I would have a hard time picking my favorite Fairport Convention release

voted foIn A Silent Way, it's a brimstead desert island disc

runners up:

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left

led zeppelin ii is the only one of these i've ever owned on 8-track

"filles de kilimanjaro" is also a very good pick, but most of these are, that's the thing

for a long time "uncle meat" was my favorite 1969 record, and it's still one of zappa's best, but i think i'm probably past it now

I thought it was gonna be an easy vote for Captain Beefheart but then I kept reading and saw Miles, Sly, etc. Probably still Beefheart, but still.

Few more rock nuggets from '69.

Grateful Dead- Live Dead
CCR- Willy and the Poor Boys
The Who- Tommy
Jefferson Airplane- Volunteers (also put out live record "Bless It's Pointed Little Head" in 69 too).
Santana, Allman Brothers, Mott the Hoople- s/t debuts
Free's s/t from '69 was their 2nd lp and they also put out Tons of Sobs that year).
Grand Funk Railroad- Grand Funk (aka red album)

lesser known favorites of mine:
Spirit- The Family that Plays Together & Clear
Leslie West- Mountain
Spooky Tooth- Spooky Two
Humble Pie- As Safe As Yesterday Is & Town and Country

here are some other great cult '69 records:

clare fischer - thesaurus
dave bixby - ode to quetzlcoatl
dick hyman - moog: the electric eclectics of dick hyman
doris duke - i'm a loser
high tide - sea shanties
howlin' wolf - this is howlin' wolf's new album
the mandrake memorial - puzzle
mark eric - a midsummer's day dream
the masters of deceit - hensley's electric jazz band & synthetic symphonette
morgen - s/t
the open window - s/t
phil upchurch - upchurch
ramsey lewis - mother nature's son
Le Seigneur Rochereau et l'orchestre African-Fiesta National "Le Peuple" - l'afrique danse no. 4
rahsaan roland kirk - volunteered slavery
ruth white - flowers of evil
third ear band - alchemy
white noise - an electric storm

Either Beefheart or In a Silent Way, I don't know. Both are very important albums.

xp very cool list, thank you!

geez also there’s love’s “four sail”

1969 is about the point where modern mic’ing and multi-tracking become widely deployed, so you’ve got a lot of records with overall ambience that hasn’t dated as much as, say, the Spector wall-of-sound ideal that was preponderant a few years before. The idea of the LP as a cohesive statement had really sunk in. And labels would take a stab at promoting just about anything, so artistic leeway was at a high tide.

The Who- Tommy

Not a favorite of mine, thought it has some incredible moments. During recording, Townshend planned on adding electric guitar overdubs to toughen up the sound, but was told by Kit Lambert that all the tracks were full. When Townshend dug up the multitracks for a remix in the '90s, he found that every reel had two or three empty tracks.

xp very cool list, thank you!

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thanks, i love when i manage to shoehorn in the opportunity to recommend records i love that i can't really talk about to anybody outside the internet

i found a really nice looking copy of the "touch" s/t on deram in a local thrift store, it was $40 but honestly in the discogs age that wasn't terribly inflated given what they were charging for old journey records

i don't have a record player though so i didn't get it. nice record. unfortunately the album cover bears a striking resemblance to goatse.

the high tide was one of the albums i had to leave off for this poll as it only allows 50 options

and the 2 Spirit albums

I really hope some of you check out that Donald Byrd album btw. What a run he made

Voted for Abbey Road just over Led Zeppelin II.

Oar is shite.

Your posting is shite, and you just keep doing it.

So, I'll just continue to enjoy Oar and talk about how great it is.

Well go on, then!

sorry dicky but yer wrong about oar

Hehehe... it's fine - I know we agree on a lot of other things. Good to see you back!

'Shite' is overstating it tbf.

I cant wait for the 1975 poll where everone posts about how 1975 are shite
xp

this poll is about the 1969

I'm sure anyone that would do that would do so when they reach the Top 10 of the EOY albums poll?

(xp)

it's 1969 okaaaayy

I made a rule about the EOY poll I only comment on albums I like

... Oar across the USA (xp)

1969 in the sunshine

In a Silent Way for me and you...

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

the beatles are going to win this, aren't they?

somebody mentioned a gut vote, which is the only way to get through this onslaught of manna---so I'll go with Black Woman: Sonny and Linda Sharrock are both the most tenacious beauty and the beast, still right here, right now, and transcendent in both/all directions.

down to terry riley vs in a silent way vs stooges for me

Chucking Düül a vote cos Miles doesn't need any more.

a lot of great stuff here but went Beefheart in the end

I hope we get over 100 voters like last time

THere's a new version of Alchemy by the Third Ear Band coming from Esoteric imminently. I'm just listening through the Elements 3cd from them on Spotify.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

hesitated and missed the vote but would have voted for terry riley, i think

i'm happy tim buckley got a vote but sad nobody but me voted for him

my top three prediction was:

IASW
stooges s/t
lz 2

kinda surprised stooges didn’t get more votes tbh

sort of funny, ILM doesn't really change:

Acclaimed Music Top 25 Albums from 1969 poll

23 Miles Davis - In a Silent Way 11
1 The Beatles - Abbey Road 9
13 The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground 7
21 Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul 6
6 Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis 6

heh

ok going to start the 1970 poll in a few

Have fun
Best Album on My Favourite Albums of......1970

100+ votes again! Thanks for voting!

This is my top 5 played from '69 since I started keeping track of my listening.

Miles Davis- In A Silent Way (#1 most played overall)
Rolling Stones- Let It Bleed
Led Zeppelin- I/II
The Stooges- The Stooges
Grateful Dead- Live Dead