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Brainbox > Brainbox

Artist: Brainbox
Label: Capitol Records
Catalog#: ST-596
Format: Vinyl
Country: United States
Released: 1969

Caravan > Caravan

Artist: Caravan
Label: Verve Forecast
Catalog#: FTS-3066
Format: Vinyl
Country: United States
Released: 1969-01
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Caravan's history begins as half of The Wilde Flowers, the original hotbed of musical proclivity that originated in Canterbury, Kent in 1965. Soft Machine, of course, was the other half. With its members drifting both in and out of the band, The Wilde Flowers ranks were constantly revolving. At some point, the reins were left to guitarist/singer Pye Hastings, drummer Richard Coughlan and organist Dave Sinclair. Adding Dave's cousin Richard Sinclair on bass, they became Caravan in early 1968.

Changing Horses > Incredible String Band, The

Artist: The Incredible String Band
Label: Elektra
Catalog#: EKS-74057
Format: Vinyl
Country: US
Released: 1969

Circus > Circus

Artist: Circus (11)
Label: Transatlantic Records
Catalog#: TRA 207
Format: Vinyl
Country: UK
Released: 1969-09
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The Surrey-based Stormsville Shakers had their start in 1961. Like The Yardbirds, also from Surrey, they gigged relentlessly, playing R&B and often backing American musicians visiting the UK. Prior to recording a couple of singles in the late 60s, the Shakers changed their name to the more contemporary sounding Circus. Released in 1967, their first single "Gone Are the Songs of Yesterday" b/w "Sink or Swim" was written by the Shakers' founder, Phillip Goodhand-Tait.

Collapsing > Amon Düül

Artist: Amon Düül
Label: Metronome
Catalog#: SMLP 012
Format: Vinyl
Country: Germany
Released: 1969-11-17

Deep Purple > Deep Purple

Artist: Deep Purple
Label: Tetragrammaton Records
Catalog#: T-119
Format: Vinyl
Country: United States
Released: 1969

Emergency! > Tony Williams Lifetime, The

Artist: Tony Williams Lifetime
Label: Polydor
Catalog#: 23-3001
Format: Vinyl
Country: United States
Released: 1969-05
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Just 17 years old when he joined Miles Davis's quintet in 1962, drummer Anthony "Tony" Williams had spent his earliest years playing in the clubs of Boston. His debut as a band leader was the 1964 release Life Time for the Blue Note label. By the end of the decade though, Williams was headed in a completely different direction. New York City was fertile ground at the time and seeds of jazz fusion were being sown. Williams (among many others) jammed with Jimi Hendrix, and there's little doubt of the guitarist's influence on what would follow.

End Of The World (Rain And Tears) > Aphrodite's Child

Artist: Aphrodite's Child
Label: Mercury
Catalog#: 20140 SMCL
Format: Vinyl
Country: United Kingdom
Released: 1969

Escalator > Sam Gopal's Dream

Artist: Sam Gopal
Label: Stable Records
Catalog#: SLE 8001
Format: Vinyl
Country: UK
Released: 1969

Even More Electric Banana > Electric Banana, The

Artist: Electric Banana
Label: Music De Wolfe
Catalog#: DW/LP 3123
Format: Vinyl
Country: UK
Released: 1969