Discovered your channel a couple of weeks ago dude and got hooked straight in. Love your brutal honesty and black n white "calls it as you sees it" attitude towards stuff. Yeah, hooked and subed dude. Cheers from Christchurch, New Zealand 🇳🇿
@@vinylrichie007 ....not here unfortunately dude. Glad I found you at last. Been catching up on yer old videos but still got a shit ton to get through. Your tee shirt collection must be epic too dude...you should do a Sideshow Bob tee shirt video some day....unless you've already done one that I ain't seen yet..😳 Cheers and beers dude..🍻
Some of my favourite 68 albums are Amboy Dukes "Journey to the Center of the Mind", The Status Quo "Picturesque Matchstickable Messages From The Status Quo", and The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown "The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown"! Great Video as usual Mr. Richie!
I don’t have the Amboy Dukes. I have Status Quo but didn’t make the top ten. I used to have the crazy world of Arthur Brown but I can’t listen to it any more.
Another great Video Richie! 1968 is my birthyear! Going to pickup Electric Lady Land today at my closest descent indie record store here in Everett WA😁
I was a huge fan of the Stones in the 60s. The white album is when I truly started digging the Beatles. Great picks, every album. I was really into psych also so I am glad you had so many. Everyone was trying to sound psych in '68. Great video.
Mine would be: 1. White Album - The Beatles 2. Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix 3. The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter - The Incredible String Band 4. Quicksilver Messenger Service - Quicksilver Messenger Service 5. S.F. Sorrow - The Pretty Things 6. The United States Of America - The United States Of America 7. The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks 8. Wee Tam & The Big Huge - The Incredible String Band 9. Crown Of Creation - Jefferson Airplane 10. Cheap Thrills - Big Brother and the Holding Company
Nice Picks, I recorded my video last week, just released it, We had a several matches, "Beacon From Mars" may make it on my 68 list at some point. George Martin said "The White Album" could have been a single album and I agree. Thanks for showing my link
Kudos for naming the United States of America, an album that remained in print long after many of its contemporaries had been deleted. It was a very good year, for Rock, not so much for me. I spent the whole year in the rotten Republik of VietNam, but a friend in London kept me supplied with new releases. I had the White Album only a week after it was released in Britain, thanks to my pal Jamie, Beggars Banquet, too. I couldn't play 'em, but friends whose jobs didn't involve walks though Indian Country had top of the line stereos. I'd break out the "good stuff", and we'd crank the volume to 11. I'm sure Charley and his pals thought we were off our rockers, but we were just getting 'em on! There's a lot of good stuff to choose from: Traffic - The 2nd album (this time openly acknowledging Dave Mason) from Stevie Winwood's band is a tour de force, surprisingly long (40'24"), and eminently engaging, a commentary on the post-Summer of Love world, psychedelia and the way of all things. Not a weak song on it, Traffic is still prominently located on my personal Top 100 Albums of All Time. "I bought a sequined suit from a pearly queen, And she could drink more wine than I'd ever seen. She had some gypsies' blood flowing through her feet, And when the time was right, she said that I would meet My destiny" In Search of the Lost Chord - Arguably the Moodys' best LP, ISotLC set the tone for the band's work. If the first album, the immortal Days of Future Passed, was psychedelically-tinged, Lost Chord was acid-drenched. The House of Four Doors might be the weakest tracks (I & II), but if one is cognizant of the progress of a "trip", one knows of the "plateaus", where sanity seems to have re-asserted itself, only to give way to the next phase. Again, a Top 100 pick, 55 years on. The Word and Om do show their age, but the rest of the album is near-perfect, Legend of a Mind, Voices in the Sky, Best Way to Travel, Visions of Paradise and The Actor, sublime. "Along the coast you'll hear them boast About a light they say that shines so clear So raise your glass, we'll drink a toast To the little man who sells you thrills along the pier" ("Clear" was acid, also referenced by the next band's 1969 LP of the same name) The Family that Plays Together - Spirit's second album delivered on the promise the first LP had hinted at. I played this one til the grooves gave out, still bring it out for a taste of that je ne sais pas combination of sandalwood and patchouli that made 1967 so redolent, the aroma didn't wear off until the dawn of 1970. Pay attention to Silky Sam, Dream Within a Dream, She Smiles, Aren't You Glad, and the hit, I've Got a Line on You. "Stepping off this mortal coil will be my pleasure Giving the gift that giving brings to me my pleasure" Any Day Now - Joan Baez' reading of Bob Dylan's Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word is one of her finest performances on record. The rest of this double-album offering are more songs by Bob. "Seems like only yesterday I left my mind behind, Down in the gypsy café with a friend of a friend of mine, Who sat with a baby heavy on her knee, Yet spoke of life most free from slavery, With eyes that showed no trace of misery. A phrase in connection first with she occurred That love is just a four-letter word." Who Knows Where the Time Goes - Judy Collins' reading of Sandy Denny's immortal paean to time is probably the most accessible version of the song. Sandy did little more than a demo of the tune, and it is a powerful, if spare, reading. Judy gives it a polish, courtesy of Stephen Stills, Chris Ethridge, James Burton, and Jim Gordon. Stills is all over this record, done before his star soared with the release of the first CSN album a few months later. "Across the evening sky, all the birds are leaving, But how can they know, it's time for them to go? Before the winter fire, I will still be dreaming, I have no thought of time." Book of Taliesyn - Deep Purple's second album, on Tetragrammaton Records, was a better LP than their first, featuring a remake of the Ike-&-Tina-meet-Phil-Spector mash-up, River Deep Mountain High, with typical DP restraint. None, that is. Still, as a record, it keeps the listener's interest, throughout. "In ages past when spells were cast, In a time of men in steel When a man was taught no special thing It was all done by feel So listen, so learn, so read on You got to turn the page Read the Book of Taliesyn" Boogie with Canned Heart - Canned Heat's best LP, least-boogie-fied outing, the album captures the LA scene in late '68, when speed was becoming the menace it would later turn into nationally. " ("Clear" was acid, also referenced by the next band's 1969 LP of the same name) Astral Weeks deserves mention, Van Morrison reinventing himself in the mold that would bring him lasting fame. And, Crown of Creation (the Airplane's follow-up to After Bathing at Baxter's, returning to rock 'n' roll), Cheap Thrills (Janis and the band that made her a star), Bookends (Paul Simon's lead-in to 1972's Paul Simon), The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (the first "concept album"), Wow (except for the Arthur Godfrey slowdown, a very fine record), There Are but Four Small Faces (an undeniably classic record, overwhelmed by kitsch of Itchycoo Park), and, last but far from least, Shine on Brightly, my choice for the best of Procol Harum's 9 LPs. "At a time like this, which exists maybe only for me But is nonetheless real, if I can communicate And in the telling and the bearing of my soul Anything is gained, even though the words Which I use are pretentious and make you cringe With embarrassment, let me remind you of the pilgrim Who asked for an audience with the Dalai Lama He was told he must first spend five years in contemplation After the five years He was ushered into the Dalai Lama's presence, who said 'Well, my son, what do you wish to know?' So the pilgrim said 'I wish to know the meaning of life, father.' So the Dalai Lama smiled and said 'Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?'" It doesn't get any better.
What an absolutely amazing year for music...certianly for Rock n Roll imho. Great selection again Richie! On another fortunate note about 1968 (unfortunate for some over the years lets be honest) the year I was born. Totally agree about Saucerful and Banquet too...great albums. 🤘🎶🤘
Ritchie you are right on the number 1 here. I mean what can you say about the Stones-they bring that extra brilliance to their body of work that is just in my opinion unequaled.
Hi Mr. Rich.. Grandpa said to tell you he just picked up " kaleidoscope" from 1969... I think it was their third album... Also S. F Sorrow one of my favorite records... You have tastes just like us.. thanks Mr. Rich... Olivia....
Damn! This is a freaking amazing list! I love all these albums! Very very solid top 10! Not sure how I’m gonna pull this off but I will try and do a 1968 list of my own Great stuff! Peace ☮️✌️👽🤘☮️
I have been doing the 68, 69 and 70 list at the same time. Almost done with the other two years. I might do 69 and then take a break before jumping into the 70’s.
Sorry for so many comments - but what do you think about the Zombies "Odyssey and Oracle?" 1968 was such a great year, I don't think it'd be #1 even for me but in my top three of 68
No such thing as too many comments. I haven’t listened to Odyssey And Oracle in a while. I knew the the song Time Of The Season and love that song. When I heard the album I was disappointed. I should pull out the CD and give it a fresh listen.
@@vinylrichie007 Time of the Season is a bit of an anomaly on the album - the rest of the songs don't really sound like it - sort of like putting "Sloop John B" on Pet Sounds. Most of the album is piano based but a good mix of bouncy pop and moody/weepy stuff. What you might call paul McCartney style wanker music, waltzy granny music, but super catchy. "I Want Her She Wants Me" "This Will Be Our Year" and "Friends of Mine" are highlights. Second side probably better than first half
Thanks for checking in. Since I retired I thought I would be able to watch more UA-cam videos. That hasn’t been the case. It turns out I used to watch a lot while at work.
Stones were just in town here and Mick stopped in the Thirsty Beaver Saloon. I can tell you that place lives up to it’s name. Funny. He was wearing a hat and nobody recognized the geezer. Lol. The owners were pissed the bartender didn’t realize what was up and call them lol.
There was a recent contest where you were to pick your favorite year in music and I picked 1968. I enjoyed hearing your picks but I don’t know a couple of the psych albums. My all time favorite album is from 1968 in Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks. Other great albums include debuts by Fleetwood Mac, The Band and Blood, Sweat and Tears (with Al Kooper) and albums by 🥚Big Brother & The Holding Company and The Zombies.
Hi Richie- I love Hendrix’s “All along the Watchtower “ - it blew me away on the first hearing. Regarding the Beatles White album- they should have trimmed a few songs including Obladi and Rev#9 and made it 2 sides rather than 4 and it could have been #1 in your list. Totally agree that the Stones’ Beggars Banquet is fantastic. -Cheers Bill
@@gdtrfb2546 hi Beggars Banquet is a wonderful album for the first one bought with your own money and will always remain special. A true 5 star album. Cheers Bill
Excellent choices. I would switch #1 and #2. Like your choices of "S.F. Sorrow" , "Beacon From Mars", "United States of America" - all amazing and often overlooked.
I can’t argue with switching #1 and #2. I know it has been two months but I would like to thank you for watching. I try to respond to all comments but some slip through the cracks.
Always meant to listen to that Pretty Things album. Good choice on that Muddy Waters album. You summed up the White Album perfectly. Mick is up there with the best for sure.
I didn't know what to think of Electric Ladyland when I first heard it. All these kind of sound sketches and then All Along The Watchtower which was probably the first Jimi Hendrix song I ever heard and loved. Kind of a similar feeling somebody else mentioned about albums having the hit song that doesn't really fit in with the rest of the LP. Agree about the distinction between best and favourite. And kind of tricky sometimes to objectively differentiate between the two. Never seen an original of the SF Sorrow, didn't know it came in that rounded cover, I've got a later reissue of it. Cheers Rich!
Hey, great list. I agree with you regarding the White Album, although I would listen to Honey Pie before Revolution #9 anytime. #9, to me, is too painful to listen to, almost, but not quite, as bad as Lou Reed's "Metal Machine Music" or some of Beefheart's Trout Mask Replica. White Album almost a 10. Peace.
a lot of bands tried country songs,remember when gene clark left the byrds ,his first solo album was with the gosdin bros,so yeah country was everywhere -your picks all good of course,saw kaleidoscope ,great but too multi talented for the times,yes electric mud was,in my opinion very good,,but that persona for muddy was short lived,then came johnny winter,sooooo i donr know people loved him.,why so hard on muddy 🤔sf sorrow was always raved about yet know one heard it ,until recent years,well i found it all interesting picks and its your channel so you have to respect that you had big bands beatles,stones,hendriv,who would also take time to warm up ,tune up guitars between songs,you had obscure ones pretty things,USOF AMERICA,so yeah all good ,but there are so many not mentioned,for me the white album wipes up any others,my opinion its one of the all time greatest albums since Elvis put rock n roll and teen music on the map,in fact when the white album was released ,the sher volume of music was like a blitzkrieg of sound,with elements of heavy rock,experimental,love songs,reaggae,country,its all buried in those two records,not to mention the cultural aspects of manson's embrace of the white album ,which led to disaster. sympathy of the devil,is a perfect song,the the album is epic,but not the white album,my opinion.all good tho ,thanks would love to see an expanded battle between 1967 and 68,whic year was best,put out the best,thanks again and good health and forture for you always,👍above to be clear i was saying hendrix took a while between songs.Viva Los Dodgers!!!!
Some obscure bands did make this list. I considered a lot more. 1968 was a great year for Psychedelic music. I did say the White album is my favorite Beatles album. Beggar’s Banquet is my favorite Rolling Stones. Since the Beatles are my favorite band the White album should be number one. I thought I would mix it up though since the Beatles were number one in 65, 66, and 67.
@@vinylrichie007haha thats why they were thr beatles,great video you do a great job-pretty thinhs were great and you spotlighted them,also united states of america and kaleidocope-you know good music and because of that ,now so do others- thanks-for me 67,68,69 all standalone-in greatness ,by 69 psych was being replaced as a dominant force by a mixed bag,even prog started creeping in by 69- have a great weekend--southwind,the grease band also had country influences by 69,poco maybe.
My Best of ‘68: 1. The Kinks - Village Green Preservation Society 2. Pink Floyd - Saucerful of Secrets 3. Small Faces - Ogdens Nut Gone Flake 4. The Doors - Waiting for the Sun 5. The Velvet Underground - White Light, White Heat 6. Simon and Garfunkel - Bookends 7. Marvin Gaye - In the Groove 8. Jethro Tull - This Was 9. Captain Beefheart - Strictly Personal 10. Donovan - Hurdy-Gurdy Man ( Beggars Banquet might have been in there but I don’t possess a copy of that LP.. ) Love to all! 👍
@@vinylrichie007 👍 - Thanks for the mention in your Vinyl Finds #163… Yeah the other semi-opaque coloured vinyl of Joy Division is Unknown Pleasures which is purple I think.. 😉
I never got into Presidents of the United States, people raved about it and I just did t get it. I have never heard of Life on Mars ( I think that was the group) but sounds interesting. I agree with Saucerful of Secrets, just love that album, more complex then the first. Artificial Energy was the first Byrds song I heard, still my favorite OMG an album still in the shrink- you just lost 200 subs, oh the humanity of this lol. I actually have my 68 list ready, just waiting on you to do this one. Agree with Sympathy For The Devil.
Kaleidoscope is the name of the band. They are right up your alley. David Lindley was a member. He played on all kinds of records in the 70’s and formed El Rayo X. Check them out. You have to be careful because there were three bands named Kaleidoscope in the late 60’s. The good thing is that they are all good.
A lot of Muddy's white blues-nerd fans even objected to him playing the electric guitar at all, let alone doing psychedelic rock. I recommend the Nick Mason live album that came out a couple years ago, some great versions of songs from Saucerful. Syd is meant to be on the song Remember A Day, on slide guitar. There's a bit of a difference between a slave owner and Satan, in that people actually were slave owners whereas Satan is a mythical character.
The fact that slave owners actually did exist is more reason to not pretend they didn’t. Honestly I have no problem with the Rolling Stones not preforming Brown Sugar. The fact that they announced it is pandering. They have so many songs no one would have cared that they didn’t play Brown Sugar. The fact that they did this in 2021 speaks volumes. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment. I’m wondering if you have the same address. I have a few records that I would like to send your way.
My favorite album of all time and my first real album (before this I only collected 45’s) that my mother bought for me when I was a 13 year old geeky kid and my dad was in Vietnam. When my dad came home just before Christmas got Abbey Road (my second all time favorite album). Anyway, here’s my favorites from 1968 Beatles - White Album (love, love, love every single song, including Revolution 9 and Wild Honey Pie and even Good Night) and in no particular order: The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle Buffalo Springfield - Last Time Around Bloomfield/Cooper/Stills - Super Session Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet Jefferson Airplane - Crown of Creation Pink Floyd - A Saucerful of Secrets Joni Mitchell - Song to a Seagull Moody Blues - In Search of the Lost Chord Cream - Wheels of Fire
Joseph Byrd did the orchestral/electronic arrangement for Phil Ochs song "Crucifixion" (1967). One of the wildest arrangements ever, but surrounding a very simple melody.
Richie: Three albums that are incredible but not well know from 68 that I consider a top 10. Power Plant-Golden Dawn; The Magic Mixture-self-titled and Creation by the Druids of Stonehenge. If you have not listened to those pull them up on UA-cam. Best
Great list. Personally, I would have flipped one and two. Interesting that after they censored the toilet, the two almost have the same cover. I always kinda liked the juxtaposition of Revolution 9 with Goodnight. Village Green by The Kinks probably makes my list. Such a great Byrds album.
Devil’s don’t annoy people. How about Manson and Midnight Rambler. Manson has fans and their are Manson UA-cam channels. I made a comment on a Manson worship video. Boy did the maniacs come after me. Thanks for watching.
@@vinylrichie007 The Rolling Stones puerile violent misogyny and general idiocy tends to be seen as more of a concern than Supernatural fantasy constructs. Although when you see the damage down by the Taliban or even the USA pro Trump 'believers' (in Jesus, the socialist!) perhaps the Stones were more lightweight.
Great picks sir. The United States of America are awesome - Love Song For the Dead Che is a beauty. I love Electric Mud. Anything involving Charles Stepney has legs man, an amazing producer. Word to Beggar's Banquet, no "wanker" songs on there! 🤟 Have you got the eponymous debut by David Ackles, on the Elektra label?
No worries on reply dely. David Ackles is THE album. Eponymous. American Gothic is the second album. Produced by Bernie Taupin. I recommend them both. Subway To the Country is the one after. Not as good, so it isn't, but it still has moves
I didn't realize how good Waiting For The Sun was until you started rattling off the songs. SF Sorrow - I just love that album. Saucerful of Secrets is absolutely a great choice - I play the first two albums as one long album (due to A Nice Pair). I'm with you, Byrd Brothers is better than Sweetheart by a long shot. I listen to Electric Ladyland most out of his first three albums. I'm with you also on White album side 4.
You should do a followup. #10-20 for each year. Probably would be much harder to choose since most of the LPs would be not perfect albums but near perfect--- and --- relatively obscure for most listeners. You would agonize over which to choose. But look on the bright side. You could consume more beers while you made those choices!!!
1. The Beatles 2. Electric Ladyland 3. Wheels Of Fire 4. Crazy World of Arthur Brown 5. CCR 6. Wating For The Sun 7. Elvis T.V Special 8. Steppewolf 9. Muisc from Big Pink 10. The Birds The Bees & The Monkees.
Awesome, bit by the psych bug for this edition. Very much with you on the USofA album. Very beautiful and nothing else like it. SF Sorrow is a perfect LP to me. Have you heard "Parachute" by the Pretty Things? It's their next album. You don't see it too often but it shouldn't be too much. US pressing on Rare Earth. I think it equals SF Sorrow though more of a straight rock album with some psych leanings. If you ever see it certainly snag it. I'm working on a similar list for my channel otherwise I'd give you all sorts of '68 favorites.
@@michaelpdawson The fact that a mass murderer live streaming on UA-cam was playing it in the car before he went into a Mosque and murdered a bunch of Muslims doesn’t help. I just couldn’t listen to it any more. That mass shooting was the reason UA-cam required someone to have 1,000 subscribers before they could livestream.
@@vinylrichie007 Ugh, I didn’t know about that. I can understand your point. But then, the White Album has similar baggage. I think I will refuse to let madmen spoil my favorite albums for me.
That American sleeve on SF Sorrow is pretty weird. Amazing record though. I agree with you, Notorious Byrds Brothers is the best Byrds album. Goin’ Back still sounds sublime every time you spin it.
The album that obsessed the music industry in 1968 was Eli and the Thirteenth Confession by Laura Nyro - "it blew everybody's mind" Todd Rundgren. Massively influential for scores of artists such as Steely Dan and Elton John, it took pop songwriting to a new level of complexity and artistic and emotional expression. See separate Nyro UA-cam discussions by Elton John, Todd Rundgren, Alice Cooper, Narada Michael Walden.
@@vinylrichie007 Yeah mate. Just "spreading the news" since Laura is relatively obscure with music fans despite her importance, and she was also the most commercially successful solo songwriter in the late 1960's. In November 1969 her songs were at 1, 2 and 10 on Billboard. Cheers.
Cool list man! I hear ya on the wanker songs on the White Album lol, but then again, I think the variety of the styles is what gives it its charm as an album. But hard to argue your top 3 man. All classics for sure!
I like Strawberry Alarm Clock but I don't think they are top ten. I need to give Wake Up It's Tomorrow a fresh listen but it has always been my least favorite.
@@vinylrichie007 I love that album, not sure it's top 10, but some days/weeks it is lol too many damn good psych albums in '68 & '69. Great video though VR.
Moot point but .., Bob Dylan's version? How is the original recording called a version? Isn't everything that follows the original a version but the original is just that?
It is the original version but a version none the less. Thanks for watching two months late. I try to respond to all comments but some slip through the cracks.
Some fine fine albums here, Richie! I like that United States Of America album also - never hear it mentioned much. And SF Sorrow, et al....good stuff. And I agree 100% on this Stones-Go-Wimpy thing! Sixty years of in-your-face provocation and what....NOW they decide to go all wimpy?.....Oh well..... Btw, The Byrds prissified the hell out of every Dylan song they touched....just sayin'...... ;-)
Refreshing to see a 1968 top 10 list without the Zombies odessey and oracle in it and not hearing thats it's the greatest psychedelic album of all time. Thank you for that, good list 👍
All the best stuff came about in 1968...a lot of people think 1967...but if you at the dates on ur fave 45s and yip all the best songs ever made..1968.there's too many to even mention
I will be doing 1976. The Dodgers are done. They were done last year at this time and went on to win the World Series. I hope Dave Roberts is done. How do you let the starting pitcher give up 4 home runs in a must win game?
How you doing? Haven’t able to watch many videos the last couple of weeks. I’ll keep my eye out for the Halloween finds. I don’t think Chain Whip will make an appearance in many other 1968 videos.
Great choice on the Notorious Byrd Brothers, it's my favorite album by the Byrds. I'd include John Wesley Harding by Bob Dylan. It's my go to Dylan album.
Nice video, Rich. I’ve never heard you sound so clear-eyed and sensible! Thank you for rating the Stones ahead of the Beatles. But, please don’t sing. You make Mazzy sound like Caruso.
United States of America is wonderful.unique record.very ahead of its time. I have the first Kaleidoscope album. The Doors debut is easily my favourite. I saw a copy of that US SF Sorrow at a fair last week. I love Remember A Day , Richard Wright was a really underrated songwriter. Notorious Byrd Brothers is definitely the Byrds last great album. Dolphin Smile..sublime. I like Electric Ladyland but prefer Axis. White Album is wonderful, I'm afraid I like the ' wanker ' songs..including Good Night..lol!! My favourite is probably Cry Baby Cry. Years since I listened to Beggars' Banquet. The PC police just seem to infiltrate everything eventually.
I did say the White album is my favorite Beatles album. I don’t think Notorious Byrd Brothers is their last great album. Not sure if any others will make future top tens. The Doors debut is my favorite also.
Good list, Beggars Banquet is my favorite stones album, gets the nod over Let it Bleed from the following year, mostly because I can't stand that song Country Honk, I know it was supposedly the original version but I think they should have put the single on there instead, then it would it be a tough call for me between that and Beggars Banquet. Enjoy these videos.
Kudos on the pretty things,I saw them live at slims in S.F. C,A, (Highway madness an parachute are real good albums) to bad about phil may he was in a bike accident.. Floyds saucerful of secrets is available see thru vinyl in mono
There's about five nominations for what year the Sixties ended. The last one is 1973, calling the Sixties a 'long decade' that lasted till the recession. That's dodgy because if the recession hadn't happened, would we still be in the 'Sixties' in the late-Seventies? Some say the Sixties ended right on cue in 1970 when the Beatles and Simon & Garfunkel split. Many say it crashed in 1969 with the Manson murders and Altamont and Nixon's inaugural and the Beatles' last public gig, and never mind the man in the Moon. And some say 1968 with the Paris riots and the London protests and America's assassinations that killed the chance of a Kennedy legacy and ended MLK's uniting influence. Hunter Thompson said the Sixties ended at the end of the Summer of Love 1967, and he pinpointed the end at exactly the moment that "The Beatles threw in their lot with the Maharishi." But 1968 is a fuzzy middleground - - because a lot of '68 product in records and films were made in '67 and released in '68. You could say that about any year, but somehow 1968 feels like 2 years in one - - and neither one was 1968. Most years in the Sixties had their own definitive identity, but not '68. How's that again? 1968 was '67 doubling up with '69? Yes, sort of.
1967 is considered the year of Psychedelic music. Though 1968 has more great Psychedelic albums. There are lots left off this list. People tend to wrap things up by decade but it really doesn’t work that way. Heck I was a hippie in 1973. At least people called me that.
Missing Electric Mud. Someone beat me to it at the flea market. However, at $40 I might have passed on it if I had got to it first. Also, I've never seen that Pretty Things LP in the wild.
His frist two albums were amazing -- beautiful baroque folk pop featuring his soft voice and classical guitar playing, Then unfortunatley he went glam in the 70s -- was never the same, Died at a young age,
Liked the list. Byrds would've been my no 1, but I'm not a huge Beatles/Stones fan either. totally agree that "Sweetheart" torpedoed Byrds career. they had a great sound going - too bad. Also agree that putting that "PC shit in check" is right on.
Excellent choices! Can't disagree w/ any of those. Shame about Brown Sugar...can't understand the PC shit going on. I think your pressing of Electric Ladyland is an 80s club pressing judging by the UPC spot in the corner, possibly BMG? Just subbed, will definitely be checking out more of your videos!
It is indeed a BMG pressing. For some reason I thought it was a 78 pressing. I don’t know why I said a UK pressing. Thanks for watching and looking forward to more comments. Good eye by the way.
The CRT and politically correct crowd are going to wipe out all rebellious music if they have their way. Sheesh. We won’t even be able to listen to Hey Joe anymore. Great choices again. Some of my favorites in there. Totally agree with your #1. I have a particular fondness for No Expectations, Jigsaw Puzzle, Street Fighting Man and Parachute Woman. Hendrix, of course. That year I was (and still am) into the Jeff Beck Group’s album, Truth. A little uneven but a very hard rock for the most part. Believe it or not, I just happily discovered the United States of America album in the last 5 years.
Jeff Beck was considered along with about six other albums. Before sitting down and listening to the records I would have sworn Crown Of Creation would be in the top ten. Beggar’s Banquet is a great album. It is disappointing it didn’t get the same treatment that the Beatles 50th anniversary albums have been getting.
The Beatles "Goodnight" is sort of a creepy song - with Ringo whispering and the schmaltzy strings... Never thought of putting the single version of Revolution at the end - that might have worked. Or even just a more stripped down acoustic guitar version of goodnight... My favorite Beatles album too but fun to think about what-ifs...
Great pic of Byrds album. That being said, I guess you’re not a fan of Sweetheart of the Rodeo. I really did not get into The Byrds until the 80’s when I was listening to R.E.M. and jangle music which made me go back and discover The Byrds. That being said, I was not a fan of Sweethearts until I got older and started diving into Alt-Country, which led me to The Flying Burrito Brothers and Gram Parsons, hence I’m now a big fan of that album. Regarding Good Night on The White Album, which would have been my number 1 of ‘68, I could not disagree more. It’s a beautiful song that closes out that album well. That entire album has no turds on it in my opinion. That’s why it’s a classic and incredibly creative. Those guys never put anything bad out.
Discovered your channel a couple of weeks ago dude and got hooked straight in. Love your brutal honesty and black n white "calls it as you sees it" attitude towards stuff.
Yeah, hooked and subed dude.
Cheers from Christchurch, New Zealand 🇳🇿
Thanks for the nice compliment. I’m just wondering, where have you been?
@@vinylrichie007 ....not here unfortunately dude. Glad I found you at last.
Been catching up on yer old videos but still got a shit ton to get through. Your tee shirt collection must be epic too dude...you should do a Sideshow Bob tee shirt video some day....unless you've already done one that I ain't seen yet..😳
Cheers and beers dude..🍻
@@andrewharrison4910 Thanks for watching mate.
@@andrewharrison4910 I did you an underwear video but I took it down.
@@vinylrichie007 ...Monday to Sunday grubby grudds video..🤣...damn!...glad I missed it..😂
Some of my favourite 68 albums are Amboy Dukes "Journey to the Center of the Mind", The Status Quo "Picturesque Matchstickable Messages From The Status Quo", and The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown "The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown"! Great Video as usual Mr. Richie!
I don’t have the Amboy Dukes. I have Status Quo but didn’t make the top ten. I used to have the crazy world of Arthur Brown but I can’t listen to it any more.
love arthur brown - nightmare
Great year of music.
Love the way you talk about albums it never gets old. Cheers
It is just how I feel.
Another great Video Richie! 1968 is my birthyear! Going to pickup Electric Lady Land today at my closest descent indie record store here in Everett WA😁
“anybody but Rogers” LOL - I couldn’t agree more!
Enjoyed the video my friend! It would be hard to argue about any of those albums. 🎸
Thanks for watching but I don’t mind arguing.
Another stellar Ten Best !
Thanks for watching.
I was a huge fan of the Stones in the 60s. The white album is when I truly started digging the Beatles. Great picks, every album. I was really into psych also so I am glad you had so many. Everyone was trying to sound psych in '68. Great video.
The White Album is my favorite Beatles album. 1968 was a great year for Psych albums.
Mine would be:
1. White Album - The Beatles
2. Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix
3. The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter - The Incredible String Band
4. Quicksilver Messenger Service - Quicksilver Messenger Service
5. S.F. Sorrow - The Pretty Things
6. The United States Of America - The United States Of America
7. The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks
8. Wee Tam & The Big Huge - The Incredible String Band
9. Crown Of Creation - Jefferson Airplane
10. Cheap Thrills - Big Brother and the Holding Company
Another batch of great albums. I hope there are some other good ones left for a video. Thanks, Chris
There are lots of great ones that I left off and some influential ones.
Nice Picks, I recorded my video last week, just released it, We had a several matches, "Beacon From Mars" may make it on my 68 list at some point. George Martin said "The White Album" could have been a single album and I agree. Thanks for showing my link
I don’t agree the White Album should have been a single album. I only have issue with side four. It is my favorite Beatles album.
Kudos for naming the United States of America, an album that remained in print long after many of its contemporaries had been deleted. It was a very good year, for Rock, not so much for me. I spent the whole year in the rotten Republik of VietNam, but a friend in London kept me supplied with new releases. I had the White Album only a week after it was released in Britain, thanks to my pal Jamie, Beggars Banquet, too. I couldn't play 'em, but friends whose jobs didn't involve walks though Indian Country had top of the line stereos. I'd break out the "good stuff", and we'd crank the volume to 11. I'm sure Charley and his pals thought we were off our rockers, but we were just getting 'em on!
There's a lot of good stuff to choose from:
Traffic - The 2nd album (this time openly acknowledging Dave Mason) from Stevie Winwood's band is a tour de force, surprisingly long (40'24"), and eminently engaging, a commentary on the post-Summer of Love world, psychedelia and the way of all things. Not a weak song on it, Traffic is still prominently located on my personal Top 100 Albums of All Time.
"I bought a sequined suit from a pearly queen,
And she could drink more wine than I'd ever seen.
She had some gypsies' blood flowing through her feet,
And when the time was right, she said that I would meet
My destiny"
In Search of the Lost Chord - Arguably the Moodys' best LP, ISotLC set the tone for the band's work. If the first album, the immortal Days of Future Passed, was psychedelically-tinged, Lost Chord was acid-drenched. The House of Four Doors might be the weakest tracks (I & II), but if one is cognizant of the progress of a "trip", one knows of the "plateaus", where sanity seems to have re-asserted itself, only to give way to the next phase. Again, a Top 100 pick, 55 years on. The Word and Om do show their age, but the rest of the album is near-perfect, Legend of a Mind, Voices in the Sky, Best Way to Travel, Visions of Paradise and The Actor, sublime.
"Along the coast you'll hear them boast
About a light they say that shines so clear
So raise your glass, we'll drink a toast
To the little man who sells you thrills along the pier"
("Clear" was acid, also referenced by the next band's 1969 LP of the same name)
The Family that Plays Together - Spirit's second album delivered on the promise the first LP had hinted at. I played this one til the grooves gave out, still bring it out for a taste of that je ne sais pas combination of sandalwood and patchouli that made 1967 so redolent, the aroma didn't wear off until the dawn of 1970. Pay attention to Silky Sam, Dream Within a Dream, She Smiles, Aren't You Glad, and the hit, I've Got a Line on You.
"Stepping off this mortal coil will be my pleasure
Giving the gift that giving brings to me my pleasure"
Any Day Now - Joan Baez' reading of Bob Dylan's Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word is one of her finest performances on record. The rest of this double-album offering are more songs by Bob.
"Seems like only yesterday I left my mind behind,
Down in the gypsy café with a friend of a friend of mine,
Who sat with a baby heavy on her knee,
Yet spoke of life most free from slavery,
With eyes that showed no trace of misery.
A phrase in connection first with she occurred
That love is just a four-letter word."
Who Knows Where the Time Goes - Judy Collins' reading of Sandy Denny's immortal paean to time is probably the most accessible version of the song. Sandy did little more than a demo of the tune, and it is a powerful, if spare, reading. Judy gives it a polish, courtesy of Stephen Stills, Chris Ethridge, James Burton, and Jim Gordon. Stills is all over this record, done before his star soared with the release of the first CSN album a few months later.
"Across the evening sky, all the birds are leaving,
But how can they know, it's time for them to go?
Before the winter fire, I will still be dreaming,
I have no thought of time."
Book of Taliesyn - Deep Purple's second album, on Tetragrammaton Records, was a better LP than their first, featuring a remake of the Ike-&-Tina-meet-Phil-Spector mash-up, River Deep Mountain High, with typical DP restraint. None, that is. Still, as a record, it keeps the listener's interest, throughout.
"In ages past when spells were cast,
In a time of men in steel
When a man was taught no special thing
It was all done by feel
So listen, so learn, so read on
You got to turn the page
Read the Book of Taliesyn"
Boogie with Canned Heart - Canned Heat's best LP, least-boogie-fied outing, the album captures the LA scene in late '68, when speed was becoming the menace it would later turn into nationally. "
("Clear" was acid, also referenced by the next band's 1969 LP of the same name)
Astral Weeks deserves mention, Van Morrison reinventing himself in the mold that would bring him lasting fame. And, Crown of Creation (the Airplane's follow-up to After Bathing at Baxter's, returning to rock 'n' roll), Cheap Thrills (Janis and the band that made her a star), Bookends (Paul Simon's lead-in to 1972's Paul Simon), The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (the first "concept album"), Wow (except for the Arthur Godfrey slowdown, a very fine record), There Are but Four Small Faces (an undeniably classic record, overwhelmed by kitsch of Itchycoo Park), and, last but far from least, Shine on Brightly, my choice for the best of Procol Harum's 9 LPs.
"At a time like this, which exists maybe only for me
But is nonetheless real, if I can communicate
And in the telling and the bearing of my soul
Anything is gained, even though the words
Which I use are pretentious and make you cringe
With embarrassment, let me remind you of the pilgrim
Who asked for an audience with the Dalai Lama
He was told he must first spend five years in contemplation
After the five years
He was ushered into the Dalai Lama's presence, who said
'Well, my son, what do you wish to know?'
So the pilgrim said
'I wish to know the meaning of life, father.'
So the Dalai Lama smiled and said
'Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?'"
It doesn't get any better.
Richie, great top 10 of 1968 I look forward to your opinions on these albums one of the best parts of the video!
Thanks for the nice comment.
1968 is another year that you could do a new top 10 for days on end
I left some great obscure albums off and some big influential albums off.
@@vinylrichie007 So many like The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society and Folsom Prison Live by Johnny Cash , a great year in music
@@martinbench3657 I like the Kinks album but didn’t make my top ten. I think the San Quintin album is better.
What an absolutely amazing year for music...certianly for Rock n Roll imho. Great selection again Richie! On another fortunate note about 1968 (unfortunate for some over the years lets be honest) the year I was born. Totally agree about Saucerful and Banquet too...great albums. 🤘🎶🤘
1968 is one of the best years in music.
Another great list! More than half of your choices I don’t own! Very cool seeing those! Your top 3 is killer 👍🤘🤘
Thanks for watching. The top 3 are all great.
Your awesome dude, I’m 69, loved all them albums, hey!, just love the music, great critique
This 65 year old fart thanks you for watching.
Ritchie you are right on the number 1 here. I mean what can you say about the Stones-they bring that extra brilliance to their body of work that is just in my opinion unequaled.
I know it has been a month but I would like to thank you for watching.
Hi Mr. Rich.. Grandpa said to tell you he just picked up " kaleidoscope" from 1969... I think it was their third album... Also S. F Sorrow one of my favorite records... You have tastes just like us.. thanks Mr. Rich... Olivia....
The third Kaleidoscope is also a good album. Nice to hear someone has the same taste as me.
Damn! This is a freaking amazing list! I love all these albums! Very very solid top 10! Not sure how I’m gonna pull this off but I will try and do a 1968 list of my own Great stuff! Peace ☮️✌️👽🤘☮️
I have been doing the 68, 69 and 70 list at the same time. Almost done with the other two years. I might do 69 and then take a break before jumping into the 70’s.
@@vinylrichie007 Haha that’s what I did for 65-67 it was my only day off so I said f*ck it I’ll do all 3! I’m working on 68 now
Sorry for so many comments - but what do you think about the Zombies "Odyssey and Oracle?" 1968 was such a great year, I don't think it'd be #1 even for me but in my top three of 68
No such thing as too many comments. I haven’t listened to Odyssey And Oracle in a while. I knew the the song Time Of The Season and love that song. When I heard the album I was disappointed. I should pull out the CD and give it a fresh listen.
@@vinylrichie007 Time of the Season is a bit of an anomaly on the album - the rest of the songs don't really sound like it - sort of like putting "Sloop John B" on Pet Sounds. Most of the album is piano based but a good mix of bouncy pop and moody/weepy stuff. What you might call paul McCartney style wanker music, waltzy granny music, but super catchy. "I Want Her She Wants Me" "This Will Be Our Year" and "Friends of Mine" are highlights. Second side probably better than first half
@@CBCDs Interesting you mentioned Pet Sounds. I feel the same about both albums.
Very good video is also my favourite albums. Best from Poland.
Thanks for the comment.
Well here are 4 great 1968 albums everyone misses out: Taj Mahal. Steve Miller Band - Sailor. The Insect Trust. Dr. John - Gris Gris.
Those are four great albums. I have two of them. I need to get the early Steve Miller albums and Gris Gris.
Love your comments about Electric Mud. I 100% agree. I love when artists experiment and try something completely different.
Thanks for checking in. Since I retired I thought I would be able to watch more UA-cam videos. That hasn’t been the case. It turns out I used to watch a lot while at work.
Stones were just in town here and Mick stopped in the Thirsty Beaver Saloon. I can tell you that place lives up to it’s name. Funny. He was wearing a hat and nobody recognized the geezer. Lol. The owners were pissed the bartender didn’t realize what was up and call them lol.
Mick not being recognized must have burnt his ass.
I agree with your number 1 pick! Thanks for the video!
My favorite.
The year the Stones were neck and neck with the Beatles. By 69, they’d knocked them off the top
I think the Beatles calling it quits may have more to do with it than any actual knocking them off.
There was a recent contest where you were to pick your favorite year in music and I picked 1968. I enjoyed hearing your picks but I don’t know a couple of the psych albums. My all time favorite album is from 1968 in Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks. Other great albums include debuts by Fleetwood Mac, The Band and Blood, Sweat and Tears (with Al Kooper) and albums by 🥚Big Brother & The Holding Company and The Zombies.
There were lots of great albums from 1968. Astral Weeks is the one I would add to the list before the others. I also considered Music From Big Pink.
Hi Richie- I love Hendrix’s “All along the Watchtower “ - it blew me away on the first hearing. Regarding the Beatles White album- they should have trimmed a few songs including Obladi and Rev#9 and made it 2 sides rather than 4 and it could have been #1 in your list. Totally agree that the Stones’ Beggars Banquet is fantastic. -Cheers Bill
I think there are too many great songs to trim on the White album to make it a single record. I actually like ObLaDi and I don’t hate Revolution #9.
Beggars Banquet was my first album bought with my own money. Still one of my favs!
@@gdtrfb2546 hi Beggars Banquet is a wonderful album for the first one bought with your own money and will always remain special. A true 5 star album. Cheers Bill
@@gdtrfb2546 That is a great way to start the record collection. I think mine was Happy Together by the Turtles.
Excellent choices. I would switch #1 and #2. Like your choices of "S.F. Sorrow" , "Beacon From Mars", "United States of America" - all amazing and often overlooked.
I can’t argue with switching #1 and #2. I know it has been two months but I would like to thank you for watching. I try to respond to all comments but some slip through the cracks.
Always meant to listen to that Pretty Things album. Good choice on that Muddy Waters album. You summed up the White Album perfectly. Mick is up there with the best for sure.
The Muddy Waters album is great. His next one is also good.
Good selection as always !!! just curious no ZEP ? Electric Mud i`ve been looking for a copy of that for a while .
We will have to wait until 69 to see if Led Zeppelin make the top ten list.
I need to pick up a copy of that Pink Floyd LP!
It is in my top five Floyd albums.
I didn't know what to think of Electric Ladyland when I first heard it. All these kind of sound sketches and then All Along The Watchtower which was probably the first Jimi Hendrix song I ever heard and loved. Kind of a similar feeling somebody else mentioned about albums having the hit song that doesn't really fit in with the rest of the LP. Agree about the distinction between best and favourite. And kind of tricky sometimes to objectively differentiate between the two. Never seen an original of the SF Sorrow, didn't know it came in that rounded cover, I've got a later reissue of it. Cheers Rich!
The SF Sorrow cover is pretty weird. I love Electric Ladyland but that live jam at the end of side one sticks out like a sore thumb.
Hey, great list. I agree with you regarding the White Album, although I would listen to Honey Pie before Revolution #9 anytime. #9, to me, is too painful to listen to, almost, but not quite, as bad as Lou Reed's "Metal Machine Music" or some of Beefheart's Trout Mask Replica. White Album almost a 10. Peace.
The White album is my favorite Beatles album. I was going to put it at one but decided to mix it up.
Mr Richie, Do you have a video showing your gear? Would love to see what you use. Cheers.
I’ve never done one.
This series is great and if your biased towards the LA scene your not alone, also when you sang the " lie " part of the Doors song you nailed it.
I did nail the lie part. Didn’t I?
You did.
Biased towards LA while ignoring Zappa's and Beefheart's 1968 contributions? Pffffft! 😉
a lot of bands tried country songs,remember when gene clark left the byrds ,his first solo album was with the gosdin bros,so yeah country was everywhere -your picks all good of course,saw kaleidoscope ,great but too multi talented for the times,yes electric mud was,in my opinion very good,,but that persona for muddy was short lived,then came johnny winter,sooooo i donr know people loved him.,why so hard on muddy 🤔sf sorrow was always raved about yet know one heard it ,until recent years,well i found it all interesting picks and its your channel so you have to respect that you had big bands beatles,stones,hendriv,who would also take time to warm up ,tune up guitars between songs,you had obscure ones pretty things,USOF AMERICA,so yeah all good ,but there are so many not mentioned,for me the white album wipes up any others,my opinion its one of the all time greatest albums since Elvis put rock n roll and teen music on the map,in fact when the white album was released ,the sher volume of music was like a blitzkrieg of sound,with elements of heavy rock,experimental,love songs,reaggae,country,its all buried in those two records,not to mention the cultural aspects of manson's embrace of the white album ,which led to disaster. sympathy of the devil,is a perfect song,the the album is epic,but not the white album,my opinion.all good tho ,thanks would love to see an expanded battle between 1967 and 68,whic year was best,put out the best,thanks again and good health and forture for you always,👍above to be clear i was saying hendrix took a while between songs.Viva Los Dodgers!!!!
Some obscure bands did make this list. I considered a lot more. 1968 was a great year for Psychedelic music. I did say the White album is my favorite Beatles album. Beggar’s Banquet is my favorite Rolling Stones. Since the Beatles are my favorite band the White album should be number one. I thought I would mix it up though since the Beatles were number one in 65, 66, and 67.
@@vinylrichie007haha thats why they were thr beatles,great video you do a great job-pretty thinhs were great and you spotlighted them,also united states of america and kaleidocope-you know good music and because of that ,now so do others- thanks-for me 67,68,69 all standalone-in greatness ,by 69 psych was being replaced as a dominant force by a mixed bag,even prog started creeping in by 69- have a great weekend--southwind,the grease band also had country influences by 69,poco maybe.
I like to see what I have and what I need.
Thanks for checking in.
Man you said wanker more than I have lately. Beggars is my favorite Stones album too. These are good lists 😎
I’m trying to cut back on saying fantastic. As a result wanker has replaced it.
My Best of ‘68:
1. The Kinks - Village Green Preservation Society
2. Pink Floyd - Saucerful of Secrets
3. Small Faces - Ogdens Nut Gone Flake
4. The Doors - Waiting for the Sun
5. The Velvet Underground - White Light, White Heat
6. Simon and Garfunkel - Bookends
7. Marvin Gaye - In the Groove
8. Jethro Tull - This Was
9. Captain Beefheart - Strictly Personal
10. Donovan - Hurdy-Gurdy Man
( Beggars Banquet might have been in there but I don’t possess a copy of that LP.. )
Love to all! 👍
That is a great list of records.
@@vinylrichie007 👍 - Thanks for the mention in your Vinyl Finds #163… Yeah the other semi-opaque coloured vinyl of Joy Division is Unknown Pleasures which is purple I think.. 😉
I never got into Presidents of the United States, people raved about it and I just did t get it. I have never heard of Life on Mars ( I think that was the group) but sounds interesting. I agree with Saucerful of Secrets, just love that album, more complex then the first. Artificial Energy was the first Byrds song I heard, still my favorite OMG an album still in the shrink- you just lost 200 subs, oh the humanity of this lol. I actually have my 68 list ready, just waiting on you to do this one. Agree with Sympathy For The Devil.
Kaleidoscope is the name of the band. They are right up your alley. David Lindley was a member. He played on all kinds of records in the 70’s and formed El Rayo X. Check them out. You have to be careful because there were three bands named Kaleidoscope in the late 60’s. The good thing is that they are all good.
Thanks, I will. I was a fan of El Rayo X.
A lot of Muddy's white blues-nerd fans even objected to him playing the electric guitar at all, let alone doing psychedelic rock. I recommend the Nick Mason live album that came out a couple years ago, some great versions of songs from Saucerful. Syd is meant to be on the song Remember A Day, on slide guitar. There's a bit of a difference between a slave owner and Satan, in that people actually were slave owners whereas Satan is a mythical character.
The fact that slave owners actually did exist is more reason to not pretend they didn’t. Honestly I have no problem with the Rolling Stones not preforming Brown Sugar. The fact that they announced it is pandering. They have so many songs no one would have cared that they didn’t play Brown Sugar. The fact that they did this in 2021 speaks volumes. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment. I’m wondering if you have the same address. I have a few records that I would like to send your way.
Hi Richie ! Bravo ciao !
Thanks for stopping by.
My favorite album of all time and my first real album (before this I only collected 45’s) that my mother bought for me when I was a 13 year old geeky kid and my dad was in Vietnam. When my dad came home just before Christmas got Abbey Road (my second all time favorite album).
Anyway, here’s my favorites from 1968
Beatles - White Album (love, love, love every single song, including Revolution 9 and Wild Honey Pie and even Good Night)
and in no particular order:
The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle
Buffalo Springfield - Last Time Around
Bloomfield/Cooper/Stills - Super Session
Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
Jefferson Airplane - Crown of Creation
Pink Floyd - A Saucerful of Secrets
Joni Mitchell - Song to a Seagull
Moody Blues - In Search of the Lost Chord
Cream - Wheels of Fire
Great choices. Thanks for checking in.
Joseph Byrd did the orchestral/electronic arrangement for Phil Ochs song "Crucifixion" (1967). One of the wildest arrangements ever, but surrounding a very simple melody.
I will check that out. Thanks for the comment. Happy New Year.
Richie: Three albums that are incredible but not well know from 68 that I consider a top 10. Power Plant-Golden Dawn; The Magic Mixture-self-titled and Creation by the Druids of Stonehenge. If you have not listened to those pull them up on UA-cam. Best
I will give those two a listen. There are a lot of good Psych albums from 68.
Great list. Personally, I would have flipped one and two. Interesting that after they censored the toilet, the two almost have the same cover. I always kinda liked the juxtaposition of Revolution 9 with Goodnight. Village Green by The Kinks probably makes my list. Such a great Byrds album.
In truth, I had one and two flipped. I thought I would mix it up.
Devil's don't seem to annoy people as they are made up entities. Great selection of tunes you rarely hear about.
Devil’s don’t annoy people. How about Manson and Midnight Rambler. Manson has fans and their are Manson UA-cam channels. I made a comment on a Manson worship video. Boy did the maniacs come after me. Thanks for watching.
@@vinylrichie007 The Rolling Stones puerile violent misogyny and general idiocy tends to be seen as more of a concern than Supernatural fantasy constructs. Although when you see the damage down by the Taliban or even the USA pro Trump 'believers' (in Jesus, the socialist!) perhaps the Stones were more lightweight.
1st LP by Quicksilver Messenger Service. "Crown of Creation" by Jefferson Airplane.
I considered both.
Nice to see The United States Of America, A Beacon From Mars and SF Sorrow make the list
Great picks sir. The United States of America are awesome - Love Song For the Dead Che is a beauty.
I love Electric Mud. Anything involving Charles Stepney has legs man, an amazing producer.
Word to Beggar's Banquet, no "wanker" songs on there! 🤟
Have you got the eponymous debut by David Ackles, on the Elektra label?
I do not have the David Ackles album. I don’t think I’ve heard it. I know it has been two months but I would like to thank you for watching.
Is Subway To The Country the album?
No worries on reply dely. David Ackles is THE album. Eponymous. American Gothic is the second album. Produced by Bernie Taupin. I recommend them both. Subway To the Country is the one after. Not as good, so it isn't, but it still has moves
I didn't realize how good Waiting For The Sun was until you started rattling off the songs. SF Sorrow - I just love that album. Saucerful of Secrets is absolutely a great choice - I play the first two albums as one long album (due to A Nice Pair). I'm with you, Byrd Brothers is better than Sweetheart by a long shot. I listen to Electric Ladyland most out of his first three albums. I'm with you also on White album side 4.
Thanks for the great comment. Happy New Year.
You should do a followup. #10-20 for each year. Probably would be much harder to choose since most of the LPs would be not perfect albums but near perfect--- and --- relatively obscure for most listeners. You would agonize over which to choose. But look on the bright side. You could consume more beers while you made those choices!!!
I was thinking of doing a video of the albums that just missed out for each year.
1. The Beatles 2. Electric Ladyland 3. Wheels Of Fire 4. Crazy World of Arthur Brown 5. CCR 6. Wating For The Sun 7. Elvis T.V Special 8. Steppewolf 9. Muisc from Big Pink 10. The Birds The Bees & The Monkees.
Out of those Music From Big Pink was the only one that almost made my list.
Awesome, bit by the psych bug for this edition. Very much with you on the USofA album. Very beautiful and nothing else like it. SF Sorrow is a perfect LP to me. Have you heard "Parachute" by the Pretty Things? It's their next album. You don't see it too often but it shouldn't be too much. US pressing on Rare Earth. I think it equals SF Sorrow though more of a straight rock album with some psych leanings. If you ever see it certainly snag it. I'm working on a similar list for my channel otherwise I'd give you all sorts of '68 favorites.
It has been years since I’ve heard Parachute. I didn’t like it near as much as SF Sorrow.
I’ll keep an eye out. I have my 69 list done.
Many great choices, but you missed out The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, which has got to be in the top 5. Cheers!
I gave my copy of Arthur Brown to Randall Weaver. Let’s just say I don’t love the album.
@@vinylrichie007 I'm surprised! At least half of our choices would be the same.
@@michaelpdawson The fact that a mass murderer live streaming on UA-cam was playing it in the car before he went into a Mosque and murdered a bunch of Muslims doesn’t help. I just couldn’t listen to it any more. That mass shooting was the reason UA-cam required someone to have 1,000 subscribers before they could livestream.
@@vinylrichie007 Ugh, I didn’t know about that. I can understand your point. But then, the White Album has similar baggage. I think I will refuse to let madmen spoil my favorite albums for me.
@@michaelpdawson That is an excellent point regarding the White album.
That's my favorite Stones album also ,
It is a solid listen.
the best here's the review - my 1t on my channel Beggars Banquet ua-cam.com/video/g3Y_tw-H21Q/v-deo.html
That American sleeve on SF Sorrow is pretty weird. Amazing record though. I agree with you, Notorious Byrds Brothers is the best Byrds album. Goin’ Back still sounds sublime every time you spin it.
The SF Sorrow is pretty weird. Thanks for watching.
Yes never seen that cover before.
Funny how these years seem to pass by so quickly.
Heck, this year is almost over.
They fly by.
I'm at the age where every day seems to be "trash day".....damn.....
@@CalicoSilver You know you are getting old when trash day us a highlight of the week.
Interesting choices! I put Electric Ladyland at #1....Beggars Banquet at # 2...........I had Electric Mud...what a hoot!!!!
Electric Ladyland is great.
I wonder where Let It Be will place in 1970’s list.
Pretty good bunch. I would include Ultimate Spinach - behold and see. Must listen to Waiting for the sun again, I've never really rated that album.
The album that obsessed the music industry in 1968 was Eli and the Thirteenth Confession by Laura Nyro - "it blew everybody's mind" Todd Rundgren. Massively influential for scores of artists such as Steely Dan and Elton John, it took pop songwriting to a new level of complexity and artistic and emotional expression. See separate Nyro UA-cam discussions by Elton John, Todd Rundgren, Alice Cooper, Narada Michael Walden.
I still haven’t checked out Laura Nyro. I will. This list isn’t the most influential though.
@@vinylrichie007 Yeah mate. Just "spreading the news" since Laura is relatively obscure with music fans despite her importance, and she was also the most commercially successful solo songwriter in the late 1960's. In November 1969 her songs were at 1, 2 and 10 on Billboard. Cheers.
@@lupcokotevski2907 I will give her a listen. She very likely could make an appearance in a future vinyl finds video.
@@vinylrichie007 No worries, mate. Hope you like her - took me a few listens because she is so unique, especially her 1969 album. Cheers.
@@lupcokotevski2907 I have heard songs by her but never sat down and listened to her albums.
Cool list man! I hear ya on the wanker songs on the White Album lol, but then again, I think the variety of the styles is what gives it its charm as an album. But hard to argue your top 3 man. All classics for sure!
I did say the White album is my favorite Beatles album.
@@vinylrichie007 yes and that is a strong statement, sir!
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society.
@@chrisbotelho7212 I can’t disagree with that.
Captain Beefheart 'Strickly Personal"and (maybe) Steve Miller "Sailor""
I considered Strictly Personal. I don’t own any Steve Miller.
@@vinylrichie007 I don't own any Rolling Stones. Even?
@@roboffermanns5511 They have dome great albums.
Not having Strawberry Alarm Clocks wake up.. it's tomorrow is sacrilegious though lol
I like Strawberry Alarm Clock but I don't think they are top ten. I need to give Wake Up It's Tomorrow a fresh listen but it has always been my least favorite.
@@vinylrichie007 I love that album, not sure it's top 10, but some days/weeks it is lol too many damn good psych albums in '68 & '69. Great video though VR.
Moot point but .., Bob Dylan's version? How is the original recording called a version? Isn't everything that follows the original a version but the original is just that?
It is the original version but a version none the less. Thanks for watching two months late. I try to respond to all comments but some slip through the cracks.
I love Ringo's Good Night
I prefer the version without all the strings.
Some fine fine albums here, Richie! I like that United States Of America album also - never hear it mentioned much. And SF Sorrow, et al....good stuff. And I agree 100% on this Stones-Go-Wimpy thing! Sixty years of in-your-face provocation and what....NOW they decide to go all wimpy?.....Oh well..... Btw, The Byrds prissified the hell out of every Dylan song they touched....just sayin'...... ;-)
The Byrds did make Dylan radio friendly but what an original sound. The jangle pop genre started with Mr Tambourine Man.
@@vinylrichie007 Yep, gotta agree that they were hugely influential, for sure.
The million dollar question: does Vinyl Richie collect CD's.?
I have lots of CDs but don’t buy many currently.
Dude, you’re making me hungry for a nice bowl of voodoo chili.
My 2 for 1968 are - 1. Jimi Hendrix - Electric ladyland - 2. Joni Mitchell - Song to a Seagull
The early Joni Mitchell albums are really good.
Refreshing to see a 1968 top 10 list without the Zombies odessey and oracle in it and not hearing thats it's the greatest psychedelic album of all time. Thank you for that, good list 👍
Being familiar with Time Of The Season I was disappointed when I finally bought Odessey And Oracle.
@@vinylrichie007 I agree, I think it's highly overrated
All the best stuff came about in 1968...a lot of people think 1967...but if you at the dates on ur fave 45s and yip all the best songs ever made..1968.there's too many to even mention
1967 is considered the year of Psych but way more great Psych albums came out in 1968. Thanks for watching.
Ritchie can you do my bday 1976 lots of good stuff 76. Doyers got so lucky yesterday lol
I will be doing 1976. The Dodgers are done. They were done last year at this time and went on to win the World Series. I hope Dave Roberts is done. How do you let the starting pitcher give up 4 home runs in a must win game?
CHAIN WHIP will make an appearance in my Halloween vinyl Finds video.
How you doing? Haven’t able to watch many videos the last couple of weeks. I’ll keep my eye out for the Halloween finds. I don’t think Chain Whip will make an appearance in many other 1968 videos.
@@vinylrichie007 I am doing fine. I am going to a bowling alley in downtown Detroit to see The Stools on Oct 27th. That should be fun .
@@TheWinston7777 That should be good.
Great choice on the Notorious Byrd Brothers, it's my favorite album by the Byrds. I'd include John Wesley Harding by Bob Dylan. It's my go to Dylan album.
Notorios Byrd Brothers is also my favorite. I like John Wesley Harding but I prefer New Morning. Happy New Year.
THese 3 stick out like a sore thumb in 1968 The White Album, Beggar's Banquet and Electric Ladyland. Anyone disagree??
My three best.
i agree about beggars banquet being their best
Great album.
Nice video, Rich. I’ve never heard you sound so clear-eyed and sensible! Thank you for rating the Stones ahead of the Beatles. But, please don’t sing. You make Mazzy sound like Caruso.
I thought I did a good job with the line, I will lie to you.
Kaleidescope beacon from mars is one of my faves. Really innovative band
From all accounts they were great live.
@@vinylrichie007 i can imagine. I also have their incredible album its more funky jazz but still great
My Man!
Thanks for watching.
Great list! You forgot one album: The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society.
No doubt that would be in my top 15. Thanks for the comment.
Where does Jim sing "I will lie to you?" It's " Tell you lies. Tell you wicked lies.... "
It’s kind of the same thing. For the most part I’m a music guy.
The Pretty Things drove the Mamas and Papas insane
I think Papa Philips drove them crazy.
United States of America is wonderful.unique record.very ahead of its time.
I have the first Kaleidoscope album.
The Doors debut is easily my favourite.
I saw a copy of that US SF Sorrow at a fair last week.
I love Remember A Day , Richard Wright was a really underrated songwriter.
Notorious Byrd Brothers is definitely the Byrds last great album.
Dolphin Smile..sublime.
I like Electric Ladyland but prefer Axis.
White Album is wonderful, I'm afraid I like the ' wanker ' songs..including Good Night..lol!!
My favourite is probably Cry Baby Cry.
Years since I listened to Beggars' Banquet.
The PC police just seem to infiltrate everything eventually.
I did say the White album is my favorite Beatles album. I don’t think Notorious Byrd Brothers is their last great album. Not sure if any others will make future top tens. The Doors debut is my favorite also.
The Doors debut came out in 67 but it continued to be popular in 68
Good list, Beggars Banquet is my favorite stones album, gets the nod over Let it Bleed from the following year, mostly because I can't stand that song Country Honk, I know it was supposedly the original version but I think they should have put the single on there instead, then it would it be a tough call for me between that and Beggars Banquet. Enjoy these videos.
I completely agree about Country Honk. I wish they would have put songs like Jumping Jack Flash and Honkey Tonk Woman on albums.
Flip #1 and #2 .
Can’t really argue with that.
Kudos on the pretty things,I saw them live at slims in S.F. C,A, (Highway madness an parachute are real good albums) to bad about phil may he was in a bike accident.. Floyds saucerful of secrets is available see thru vinyl in mono
The first two Pretty Things albums are both good. Dying at 75 from complications of a bike accident is so unfortunate.
@@vinylrichie007 I agree
There's about five nominations for what year the Sixties ended. The last one is 1973, calling the Sixties a 'long decade' that lasted till the recession. That's dodgy because if the recession hadn't happened, would we still be in the 'Sixties' in the late-Seventies? Some say the Sixties ended right on cue in 1970 when the Beatles and Simon & Garfunkel split. Many say it crashed in 1969 with the Manson murders and Altamont and Nixon's inaugural and the Beatles' last public gig, and never mind the man in the Moon. And some say 1968 with the Paris riots and the London protests and America's assassinations that killed the chance of a Kennedy legacy and ended MLK's uniting influence. Hunter Thompson said the Sixties ended at the end of the Summer of Love 1967, and he pinpointed the end at exactly the moment that "The Beatles threw in their lot with the Maharishi." But 1968 is a fuzzy middleground - - because a lot of '68 product in records and films were made in '67 and released in '68. You could say that about any year, but somehow 1968 feels like 2 years in one - - and neither one was 1968. Most years in the Sixties had their own definitive identity, but not '68. How's that again? 1968 was '67 doubling up with '69? Yes, sort of.
No, maybe not. I reserve the right to disagree with what I just said by 2022.
1967 is considered the year of Psychedelic music. Though 1968 has more great Psychedelic albums. There are lots left off this list. People tend to wrap things up by decade but it really doesn’t work that way. Heck I was a hippie in 1973. At least people called me that.
@@vinylrichie007 Like the lad in 'Wait Till Your Father Gets Home' Richie! that show looks like 1968 and was animated in 1972-73.
Missing Electric Mud. Someone beat me to it at the flea market. However, at $40 I might have passed on it if I had got to it first. Also, I've never seen that Pretty Things LP in the wild.
How many years ago did you see the Electric Mud at the flea market?
@@vinylrichie007 It was toward the final years of the market so I would estimate about 7 years ago.
Give Me Take You by Duncan Browne, Those that know, know.
Wasn’t Duncan Browne more of a early 70’s artist.
His frist two albums were amazing -- beautiful baroque folk pop featuring his soft voice and classical guitar playing, Then unfortunatley he went glam in the 70s -- was never the same, Died at a young age,
@@martykerker4734 I remember a song from the 70’s that I liked. I will check out his albums.
Liked the list. Byrds would've been my no 1, but I'm not a huge Beatles/Stones fan either. totally agree that "Sweetheart" torpedoed Byrds career. they had a great sound going - too bad. Also agree that putting that "PC shit in check" is right on.
The Byrds are in my top five 60's bands. Though the Beatles and Stones are too.
Excellent choices! Can't disagree w/ any of those. Shame about Brown Sugar...can't understand the PC shit going on. I think your pressing of Electric Ladyland is an 80s club pressing judging by the UPC spot in the corner, possibly BMG? Just subbed, will definitely be checking out more of your videos!
It is indeed a BMG pressing. For some reason I thought it was a 78 pressing. I don’t know why I said a UK pressing. Thanks for watching and looking forward to more comments. Good eye by the way.
The CRT and politically correct crowd are going to wipe out all rebellious music if they have their way. Sheesh. We won’t even be able to listen to Hey Joe anymore.
Great choices again. Some of my favorites in there. Totally agree with your #1. I have a particular fondness for No Expectations, Jigsaw Puzzle, Street Fighting Man and Parachute Woman. Hendrix, of course. That year I was (and still am) into the Jeff Beck Group’s album, Truth. A little uneven but a very hard rock for the most part. Believe it or not, I just happily discovered the United States of America album in the last 5 years.
Jeff Beck was considered along with about six other albums. Before sitting down and listening to the records I would have sworn Crown Of Creation would be in the top ten. Beggar’s Banquet is a great album. It is disappointing it didn’t get the same treatment that the Beatles 50th anniversary albums have been getting.
The Beatles "Goodnight" is sort of a creepy song - with Ringo whispering and the schmaltzy strings... Never thought of putting the single version of Revolution at the end - that might have worked. Or even just a more stripped down acoustic guitar version of goodnight... My favorite Beatles album too but fun to think about what-ifs...
I do like the version of Good Night without the over the top strings.
@@vinylrichie007 Have you heard Lennon singing Goodnight.
@@clearview4076 I have not heard Lennon singing Good Night.
@@vinylrichie007 He does a good version.
Great pic of Byrds album. That being said, I guess you’re not a fan of Sweetheart of the Rodeo. I really did not get into The Byrds until the 80’s when I was listening to R.E.M. and jangle music which made me go back and discover The Byrds. That being said, I was not a fan of Sweethearts until I got older and started diving into Alt-Country, which led me to The Flying Burrito Brothers and Gram Parsons, hence I’m now a big fan of that album.
Regarding Good Night on The White Album, which would have been my number 1 of ‘68, I could not disagree more. It’s a beautiful song that closes out that album well. That entire album has no turds on it in my opinion. That’s why it’s a classic and incredibly creative. Those guys never put anything bad out.
I love jigsaw puzzle
It is a great one.