1969 was my high school graduation year and it's also the year I joined the Navy. For the past year or so I was going many shows and concerts in addition to buying lots of albums. So here are my favorite albums from my collection that were released in 1969. I saw quite a few of these bands in concert in that year.So I have The Beatles' Abbey Road as my top pick for the year. As with all of these 60@60 lists there is some relative subjectivity in the rankings. The top group is almost a shared rank but only one can be number one and so I've tried to be a little more selective and thoughtful with that pick. It's hard to imagine the incredible buzz that led up to the release of Abbey Road especially with all the talk of the group's inevitable breakup. We were also experiencing all the craziness of the Paul is dead phenomenon. I remember walking up to Chelten Avenue on the Saturday morning of the release of the album to get my copy.
1969 was a good year for music and I had to keep on adding albums from my collection to this list. I just couldn't stop at 60 and so this list goes to 100. My favorite 100 albums from 1969 and yes I have every one of them. Lots of vinyl too.
- The Beatles - Abbey Road
- Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
- The Band - The Band
- The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
- Sly & The Family Stone - Stand!
- Led Zeppelin - Led Zepplin II
- Crosby, Stills & Nash- Crosby, Stills & Nash
- Santana - Santana
- Chicago - Chicago Transit Authority
- Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
- Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers
- Joe Cocker - With a Little Help From My Friends
- Janis Joplin - I Got Dem Ol' Kosmic Blues Again Mama!
- The Temptations - Cloud Nine
- Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
- Miles Davis - In A Silent Way
- The Kinks - Arthur or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire
- Blind Faith - Blind Faith
- Donovan - Barabajagal
- Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline
- Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River
- The Byrds - Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde
- Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis
- John Mayall - The Turning Point
- Tommy James & The Shondells - Crimson & Clover
- The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Gilded Palace of Sin
- Johnny Winter - Johnny Winter
- Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country
- The Stooges - The Stooges
- The MC5 - Kick Out The Jams
- The Byrds - Ballad of Easy Rider
- Boz Scaggs - Boz Scaggs
- Rashaan Roland Kirk - Volunteered Slavery
- The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
- Joni Mitchell - Clouds
- Blood, Sweat & Tears - Blood, Sweat & Tears
- The Who - Tommy
- Pink Floyd - Ummagumma
- Jethro Tull - Stand Up
- Tim Buckley - Happy Sad
- Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica
- King Crimson - In The Court of The Crimson King
- Quicksilver Messenger Service - Happy Trails
- Ten Years After - Ssssh
- Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
- Three Dog Night - Suitable For Framing
- Jack Bruce - Songs For a Tailor
- Tyrannosaurus Rex - Unicorn
- Boz Scaggs - Boz Scaggs
- Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
- Jeff Beck Group - Beck-Ola
- The Moody Blues - On the Threshold of a Dream
- Grateful Dead - Aoxomoxoa
- The Incredible String Band - Changing Horses
- Can - Monster Movie
- Townes Van Zandt - Our Mother the Mountain
- Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking
- The Moody Blues - To Our Children's Children's Children
- The Doors - The Soft Parade
- Rare Earth - Get Ready
- Johnny Cash - At San Quentin
- Moby Grape - Truly Fine Citizen
- John McLaughlin - Extrapolation
- Steppenwolf - Monster
- The Beach Boys - 20/20
- Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy and the Poor Boys
- Aretha Franklin - Soul '69
- Grateful Dead - Live/Dead
- Procol Harum - A Salty Dog
- Tony Williams Lifetime - Emergency
- Al Green - Green is Blues
- Vanilla Fudge - Near the Beginning
- Herbie Mann - Memphis Underground
- Cream - Goodbye
- The Mandrake Memorial - Puzzle
- Townes Van Zandt - Townes Van Zandt
- Joe Cocker - Joe Cocker!
- Fairport Convention - Liege & Lief
- Billy Preston - That's The Way God Planned It
- The Allman Brothers Band - The Allman Brothers Band
- Quicksilver Messenger Service - Shady Grove
- Amon Duul II - Phallus Dei
- Johnny Winter - Second Winter
- Savoy Brown - Blue Matter
- Tony Joe White - Black and White
- Roberta Flack - First Take
- Steppenwolf - At Your Birthday Party
- It's A Beautiful Day - It's A Beautiful Day
- The Chambers Brothers - Love, Peace and Happiness
- Poco - Pickin' Up The Pieces
- Mike Bloomfield & Al Kooper - The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper
- Steve Miller Band - Brave New World
- Fleetwood Mac - Blues Jam in Chicago: Volume One
- The Illusion - The Illusion
- The 5th Dimension - The Age of Aquarius
- Spooky Tooth - Spooky Two
- The Bubble Puppy - A Gathering of Promises
- Vanilla Fudge - Rock and Roll
- Iron Butterfly - Ball
- Wild Man Fischer - An Evening With Wild Man Fischer
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