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Ummagumma > Pink Floyd

Artist: Pink Floyd
Label: Harvest
Catalog#: STBB-388
Format: Vinyl
Country: United States
Released: 1969-10
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Released after the varied (but commercially successful) soundtrack More, Ummagumma was intended to be a tour de force for Pink Floyd. The two-record set is half-live and half-studio-recorded and constitutes the first release on EMI's new Harvest sub-label. Offering the first live document of the band, the first disc was culled from a series of concerts recorded in April and May. Here, "Careful with That Axe, Eugene," the archetype of their slow-building space rock, makes its first appearance on album.

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Unhalfbricking > Fairport Convention

Artist: Fairport Convention
Label: A&M Records
Catalog#: SP 4206
Format: Vinyl
Country: United States
Released: 1969-07
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Prior to their second album, vocalist Sandy Denny-a regular at London’s Troubadour and Les Cousins folk clubs-joined Fairport Convention. She had already recorded two low-key albums, along with a third (unreleased) with the Strawbs, All Our Own Work. Spurred on by Denny’s arrival, Fairport now took cues from traditional British music-in a move similar to progressive rock’s relation with classical music-ready to set a new standard for electric folk rock.

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Valentyne Suite > Colosseum

Artist: Colosseum
Label: Vertigo
Catalog#: VO 1
Format: Vinyl
Country: United Kingdom
Released: 1969-11

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Volume Two > Soft Machine, The

Artist: Soft Machine
Label: Probe
Catalog#: CPLP 4505-S
Format: Vinyl
Country: United States
Released: 1969-09
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Following their second 1968 US tour supporting the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Soft Machine effectively broke up. Robert Wyatt stayed in the US, while Mike Ratledge returned to London and Kevin Ayers sold his bass and departed for Ibiza, where he would eventually launch a moderately successful solo career. But a recording commitment to Probe Records prompted new sessions for the band, this time at London's Olympic Studios. Wyatt and Ratledge invited roadie Hugh Hopper to join up.

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Welcome To My Head > Money, Zoot

Artist: Zoot Money
Label: Capitol Records
Catalog#: ST-318
Format: Vinyl
Country: US
Released: 1969

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What We Did On Our Holidays > Fairport Convention

Artist: Fairport Convention
Label: Island Records
Catalog#: ILPS 9092
Format: Vinyl
Country: United Kingdom
Released: 1969-01

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Yellow Submarine > Beatles, The

Artist: Beatles
Label: Apple Records
Catalog#: SW-153
Format: Vinyl
Country: United States
Released: 1969-01-13

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Yes > Yes

Artist: Yes
Label: Atlantic
Catalog#: SD 8243
Format: Vinyl
Country: United States
Released: 1969-07
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The Yes story begins in 1966 with a band called The Syn. Bassist Chris Squire and guitarist Peter Banks spent two years with that band, progressing along the way from R&B covers to psychedelia, establishing a residency at the Marquee Club and cutting two singles for Deram. Ultimately, success wasn't in the cards for The Syn, but Squire and Banks reunited later in Mabel Greer's Toyshop. Vocalist Jon Anderson was persuaded to join; but upon recruiting drummer Bill Bruford and organist Tony Kaye (born Anthony John Selvidge), they changed their name to Yes.

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