Concrete toes and pigeons' feet
I hate the term "alternative," but that doesn't mean I get to dismiss other people's use of it.
When Christopher Weingarten sent his list of potential acts for Spin's '60s alternative roundup, I wrote back that they should get rid of the Velvets, Stooges, and Leonard Cohen and put Vanilla Fudge, Rare Earth, and Iron Butterfly in their stead. Was ( Read more... )
When Christopher Weingarten sent his list of potential acts for Spin's '60s alternative roundup, I wrote back that they should get rid of the Velvets, Stooges, and Leonard Cohen and put Vanilla Fudge, Rare Earth, and Iron Butterfly in their stead. Was ( Read more... )
Françoise Hardy - Françoise Hardy (Disques Vogue, 1962)
Rotary Connection - Rotary Connection (Cadet Concept, 1968)
The Watts Prophets - The Black Voices: On the Streets in Watts (FFRR, 1969)
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air (CBS, 1969)
Ray Barretto - Acid (Fania, 1968)
The Monks - Black Monk Time (International Polydor Production, 1965)
Townes Van Zandt - For the Sake of the Song (Poppy, 1968)
Nico - Chelsea Girl (Verve, 1967)
Anthony Braxton - For Alto (Delmark, 1969)
Alexander Spence - Oar (Columbia, 1969)
The Godz - Contact High With the Godz (ESP-Disk)
Sonny Sharrock - Black Woman (Vortex, 1969)
Desmond Dekker - This Is Desmond Dekker (Trojan, 1969)
The Holy Modal Rounders - The Moray Eels Eat the Holy Modal Rounders (Elektra, 1968)
The Peter Brötzmann Octet - Machine Gun (BRÖ, 1968)
Fairport Convention - Liege & Lief (Island, 1969)
The Sonics - Here Are the Sonics (Etiquette, 1965)
White Noise - An Electric Storm (Island, 1969)
The Meters - The Meters (Josie, 1969)
John Coltrane - Ascension (Impulse!, 1966)
Steve Reich - Early Works (Nonesuch, 1987)
Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum (1968)
John Fahey - Vol. 3: The Dance of Death & Other Plantation Favorites (Takoma, 1964)
Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left (Island, 1969)
Love - Forever Changes (Elektra, 1967)
Silver Apples - Silver Apples (Kapp, 1968)
The Fugs - The Fugs First Album (Folkways, 1965)
Van Dyke Parks - Song Cycle (Warner Bros., 1968)
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground (MGM, 1969)
Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (Columbia, 1967)
The Mothers of Invention - Freak Out! (1966)
Albert Ayler - Spiritual Unity (ESP-Disk, 1964)
The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle (CBS, 1968)
MC5 - Kick Out the Jams (Elektra, 1969)
The Shaggs - Philosophy of the World (Third World, 1969)
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen (Columbia, 1967)
Nico - The Marble Index (Elektra, 1968)
Karlheinz Stockhausen - Kontakte (WERGO, 1964)
The 13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators (International Artists, 1966)
Various Artists - Tropicália ou Panis et Circensis (Phillips, 1968)
Can - Monster Movie (United Artists, 1969)
Sun Ra - The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Vol. 1 & 2 (ESP-Disk, 1965)
Terry Riley - In C (Columbia, 1968)
Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz (Atlantic, 1960)
Various Artists - Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era (Elektra, 1972)
The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Gilded Palace of Sin (A&M, 1969)
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica (Straight, 1969)
The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico (Verve, 1967)
The Stooges - The Stooges (Elektra, 1969)
The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat (Verve, 1968)
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