The Band 1969 album
Buy The Band As a perfect counterpart to Music from Big Pink, their 1968 debut album, The Band embarked on part two of their new musical, North American roots journey with their eponymous […]
1969 Albums
Stand Up by Jethro Tull
Buy Stand Up 1969’s Stand Up is an early classic by Jethro Tull. The album was produced in the wake of a splitting of musical directions, as the band’s original guitarist Mick Abrahams […]
Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones
Buy Let It Bleed The middle release of the three greatest Rolling Stones albums, Let It Bleed finished the decade of the 1960s with a mostly solid blues/rock effort which contains a pop/rock […]
In the Court of the Crimson King
by King Crimson
Buy In the Court of the Crimson King Seldom does a band release a debut album as critically and financially successful as In the Court of the Crimson King, an Observation by King […]
Everybody Knows This is Nowhere
by Neil Young
Buy Everybody Knows This is Nowhere Neil Young‘s second solo record, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, was the first of his string of classics. Released in May 1969, this album was also the […]
Crimson and Clover by
Tommy James & the Shondells
Buy Crimson and Clover Tommy James and the Shondells hit their creative and commercial climax in 1969 with their sixth studio album, Crimson and Clover. This album combines some heavy psychedelic elements with […]
Chicago Transit Authority
by Chicago
Buy Chicago Transit Authority Chicago used their short-lived name for their double-length 1969 debut album, Chicago Transit Authority. From the inception, the seven member group fused brass, jazz, soul, and blues-based rock and […]
Arthur (or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
by The Kinks
Buy Arthur (or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) Although The Kinks were part of the first wave of British artists to break through following the Beatles, they were never really […]
Aoxomoxoa by Grateful Dead
Buy Aoxomoxoa Aoxomoxoa is the third studio album by Grateful Dead and, perhaps, the one most dominated by lead guitarist and vocalist Jerry Garcia. Created under the working title of “Earthquake Country” (because […]
Abbey Road by The Beatles
Buy Abbey Road Short of careers cut short by tragedy, there are very few times in rock history where a band or artist finished with their greatest work. Abbey Road, the eleventh and […]