My Aunt Elsie's Top 100 albums of 1968

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1. The Beatles ("The White Album") - The Beatles
2. Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix Experience
3. Astral Weeks - Van Morrison
4. Beggars Banquet - The Rolling Stones
5. Music From Big Pink - The Band
6. Lady Soul - Aretha Franklin
7. Odessey & Oracle - The Zombies
8. The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks
9. The Ice Man Cometh - Jerry Butler
10. Wheels Of Fire - Cream
11. Bookends - Simon and Garfunkel
12. Cheap Thrills - Big Brother And The Holding Company
13. The Notorious Byrd Brothers- The Byrds
14. Truth - Jeff Beck
15. In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly
16. S.F. Sorrow - The Pretty Things
17. We're Only In It For The Money - The Mothers Of Invention
18. The United States Of America - The United States Of America
19. Gris-Gris - Dr. John, The Night Tripper
20. The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
21. Aretha Now - Aretha Franklin
22. Tell Mama - Etta James
23. Vincebus Eruptum - Blue Cheer
24. Wish It Would Rain - Temptations
25. Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf
26. Sweetheart Of The Rodeo - The Byrds
27. White Light/White Heat - The Velvet Underground
28. Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake - The Small Faces
29. 'Live' at the Apollo, Volume II - James Brown
30. Quicksilver Messenger Service - Quicksilver Messenger Service
31. Traffic - Traffic
32. The Family That Plays Together - Spirit
33. Spirit - Spirit
34. The Soft Machine - The Soft Machine
35. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Creedence Clearwater Revival
36. Elvis: TV Special - Elvis Presley
37. Super Session - Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper, Steve Stills
38. Begin - The Millennium
39. This Is My Country - The Impressions
40. There Is - The Dells
41. Realization - Johnny Rivers
42. Waiting For The Sun - The Doors
43. In Search Of The Lost Chord - The Moody Blues
44. A Saucerful Of Secrets - Pink Floyd
45. Crown Of Creation - Jefferson Airplane
46. Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes
47. Aerial Ballet - Nilsson
48. The Immortal Otis Redding - Otis Redding
49. Anthem Of The Sun - The Grateful Dead
50. Undead - Ten Years After
51. Child Is Father To The Man - Blood, Sweat & Tears
52. Crimson And Clover - Tommy James & The Shondells
53. This Was - Jethro Tull
54. Silver Apples - Silver Apples
55. In Person At The Whisky a Go Go - Otis Redding
56. Music In A Doll's House - Family
57. Boogie With Canned Heat - Canned Heat
58. Eli and the Thirteenth Confession - Laura Nyro
59. Fairport Convention - Fairport Convention
60. A Beacon From Mars - Kaleidoscope
61. Fleetwood Mac/Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
62. I Thank You - Sam & Dave
63. This Is Clarence Carter - Clarence Carter
64. The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
65. Living The Blues - Canned Heat
66. I'm in Love - Wilson Pickett
67. The Move - The Move
68. Present Tense - Sagittarius
69. Nazz - Nazz
70. Take Time To Know Her - Percy Sledge
71. I Can't Stand Myself When You Touch Me - James Brown
72. King Solomon - Solomon Burke
73. Life - Sly & The Family Stone
74. Shine On Brightly - Procol Harum
75. The Twain Shall Meet - Eric Burdon & The Animals
76. The Inner Mystique - The Chocolate Watchband
77. Would You Believe - Billy Nicholls
78. Bradley's Barn - The Beau Brummels
79. July - July
80. Tomorrow - Tomorrow
81. The Hurdy Gurdy Man - Donovan
82. Sailor - Steve Miller Band
83. Journey To The Center Of The Mind - Amboy Dukes
84. The Turtles Present The Battle of the Bands - The Turtles
85. Dance to the Music- - Sly & The Family Stone
86. Introspect - Joe South
87. Head - The Monkees
88. The Savage Resurrection - The Savage Resurrection
89. Who's Making Love... - Johnnie Taylor
90. Randy Newman - Randy Newman
91. Soul Folk in Action - The Staple Singers
92. La La Means I Love You - The Delfonics
93. Blues From Laurel Canyon - John Mayall
94. CQ - The Outsiders
95. Mad River - Mad River
96. Shades Of Deep Purple - Deep Purple
97. Safe at Home - International Submarine Band
98. The Sweet Inspirations - The Sweet Inspirations
99. No Sad Songs - Joe Simon
100. Outsideinside - Blue Cheer

That's better!




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[robertff]

Easier to count the ones I haven’t got really.


Off the top of my head with the ones I know I have definitely got it’s 79. It’s some of the soul ones I can’t remember clearly enough. An excellent year though.

Amazed to Laurel Canyon so low on the list, also funny the Kinks are placed so highly when the album sold next to nothing at the time, same with the Zombies - hindsight is a wonderful thing. Nevertheless they got the recognition they deserve.


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[mudshark]

I've got 39 of those.
Doesn't really come as a surprise: most of those are US albums. Of the British offering I only have White Album. Beggars Banquet, Soft Machine, JT, PT, PF and Small Faces. It's unfortunate that nobody bothered to look across the North Sea in those days. Had they, surely Serge Gainsbourg (Initials B.B.) and Cuby + Blizzards (Trippin' Thru' a Midnight Blues) would have been in there.

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It's unfortunate that nobody bothered to look across the North Sea in those days.

Oh yes, Nederbiet.

The Motions, Tee-Set and even Golden Earring on the omtrek

The Outsiders are there though….


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[ChrisB]

That's one hell of a list in a year when music began to blossom and diversify.
Got 59, and a lot of those I don't own are because I'm not keen on the genre eg soul, plus I don’t own a single studio album by Hendrix, Van or the Stones. Cries of heretic can be heard all the way from Kent

[robertff]

That's one hell of a list in a year when music began to blossom and diversify.
Got 59, and a lot of those I don't own are because I'm not keen on the genre eg soul, plus I don’t own a single studio album by Hendrix, Van or the Stones. Cries of heretic can be heard all the way from Kent

And beyond.


What’s wrong with you man, get a grip!


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[ChrisB]

I can add Bob Dylan and Elvis Presley to that list of "never bought a studio album " by them, but I do own Dylan's "Basement Tapes" and "Best of volume 2". I do also own "Best of Hendrix" which I never play.

[C]

Dylan "Best of volume 2". I do also own "Best of Hendrix"

Stop it!



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[Darkness_Fish]

From that list I have:

The Beatles ("The White Album") - The Beatles
Bookends - Simon and Garfunkel
White Light/White Heat - The Velvet Underground
The Soft Machine - The Soft Machine
Silver Apples - Silver Apples

My top 10 would be:
1. The Incredible String Band - The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
2. Phil Ochs - Tape From California
3. Silver Apples - Silver Apples
4. The Incredible String Band - Wee Tam
5. The Velvet Underground - White Light / White Heat
6. Nico - The Marble Index
7. The Pentangle - Sweet Child
8. Soft Machine - Soft Machine
9. Simon and Garfunkel Bookends
10. Miles Davis - Nefertiti

[C]

My top 10 would be:
1. The Incredible String Band - The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

Yes, a nice list and the ISB album is superb.

I was raving about the band a few months ago but they didn't get much traction with the Goons

Of course, as you know, the Softs were "The' on their first album

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[robertff]

Where is the criteria C. you haven't copied that in?


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[C]

Where is the criteria C. you haven't copied that in?


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Endorsed by Darkness Fish




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[Darkness_Fish]

Where is the criteria C. you haven't copied that in?


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The criteria is top 100 albums by people who pretend not to be surprised at Jerry Butler's inclusion.

[ChrisB]

Dylan "Best of volume 2". I do also own "Best of Hendrix"

Stop it!



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Don't worry, I won't be buying this one


It must be an "incredibly" short album. Did they manage to fill one side?

[robertff]

Dylan "Best of volume 2". I do also own "Best of Hendrix"

Stop it!



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Don't worry, I won't be buying this one


It must be an "incredibly" short album. Did they manage to fill one side?

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[pcqgod]

I have a crazy number of '68 albums. This is just the top half or so:



The Zombies – Odessey and Oracle
The Byrds – The Notorious Byrd Brothers
The Pretty Things – SF Sorrow
The Kinks – are the Village Green Preservation Society
Os Mutantes – s/t
The United States of America – s/t
Van Dyke Parks – Song Cycle
The Outsiders – CQ
Tomorrow – s/t
Gary Walker and the Rain – Album #1
Nazz – s/t
Grapefruit -- Around
Small Faces – Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake
Frank Zappa and the Mothers – We’re only in it for the Money
Turtles – The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands
Margo Guryan – Take a picture
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band – A Child’s Guide to Good and Evil
Miles Davis – Kilimanjaro
The Kaleidoscope (US) – Beacon from Mars
Billy Nicholls – Would you Believe?
The Beatles – s/t
The Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet
Lothar and the Hand People – Presenting
The Monkees – Head
The Electric Prunes – Mass in F Minor
Silver Apples – s/t
Sun Ra – A Sound of Joy
The Left Banke – The Left Banke Too
The Move – s/t
Blue Cheer – Vincebus Eruptum
Fairport Convention – s/t
Pentangle – Sweet Child
Nico – The Marble Index
Johnny Cash – At Folsom Prison
The Incredible String Band – The hangman’s beautiful daughter
Various Artists – 2001: A Space Odyssey (soundtrack)
The Moody Blues – In search of the lost chord
The Bonzo Dog Band – Urban Spaceman
Buffalo Springfield – Last time around
Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
Big Brother & the Holding Company – Cheap Thrills
Genesis – In the Beginning
The Litter -- $100 Fine
Graham Gouldman – Thing
The Smoke – s/t
Chad & Jeremy – The Ark
The Gods – Genesis
SRC – s/t
The Savage Resurrection – s/t
Churchill’s – s/t
C.A. Quintet – Trip Thru Hell
Pink Floyd – A Saucerful of secrets
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Electric Ladyland
Rainbow Ffolly – Sallies Fforth
Ant Trip Ceremony – 24 Hours
Caetano Veloso – s/t
Jeff Beck – Truth
Amboy Dukes – Migration
Traffic – s/t
Creedence Clearwater Revival – s/t
The Byrds – Sweetheart of the Rodeo
Blue Cheer – Outsideinside
Plastic Cloud – s/t
Mort Garson – The Wozard of Iz: An Electronic Odyssey
The Motions – Impressions of Wonderful
Los Shakers – La Conferencia Secreta del Toto’s Bar
Golden Earring – Miracle Mirror

[C]

I would suggest these were glaring omissions:

The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack - The Nice
The Pentangle - Pentangle
Lumpy Gravy - Frank Zappa
Bare Wires - John Mayall
40 Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed and Ready to Serve - Chicken Shack
Shades of Deep Purple - Deep Purple
Balaklava - Pearls Before Swine
Filles de Kilimanjaro - Miles Davis
A Morning Raga/An Evening Raga - Ravi Shankar
Strictly Personal - Captain Beefheart





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[robertff]

I would suggest these were glaring omissions:

The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack - The Nice
The Pentangle - Pentangle
Lumpy Gravy - Frank Zappa
Bare Wires - John Mayall
40 Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed and Ready to Serve - Chicken Shack
Shades of Deep Purple - Deep Purple
Balaklava - Pearls Before Swine
Filles de Kilimanjaro - Miles Davis
A Morning Raga/An Evening Raga - Ravi Shankar
Strictly Personal - Captain Beefheart

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Don't know about the Miles and Ravi but the others should have been considered for inclusion at least. Perhaps they were?


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[C]

Ravi

An excellent album - give it a try (the Evening Raga is more upbeat as is the tradition)

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[robertff]

Ravi

An excellent album - give it a try (the Evening Raga is more upbeat as is the tradition)

[Two tracks not separated time-wise, but about halfway]




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Not my cuppa at all C.


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