Timeline of progressive rock (1960–69)
This is a timeline of artists, albums, and events in progressive rock and its subgenres. This article contains the timeline for the period 1960–1969.
1962–1967
Newly formed bands
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Albums
Disbandments
- The Syn (1967–1969)
- The Wilde Flowers (1967–1968)
Events
- David Gilmour joins Pink Floyd in December 1967.
1968
Newly formed bands
Albums
Release date | Artist | Album | Country |
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15 January 1968 | The Byrds | The Notorious Byrd Brothers | US |
15 January 1968 | Miles Davis | Nefertiti | US |
22 January 1968 | Spirit | Spirit | US |
February 1968 | Vanilla Fudge | The Beat Goes On | US |
21 February 1968 | Blood, Sweat & Tears | Child Is Father to the Man | US |
4 March 1968 | The Mothers of Invention | We're Only in It for the Money | US |
6 March 1968 | The United States of America | The United States of America | US |
March 1968 | The Incredible String Band | The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter | Scotland |
March 1968 | The Move | Move | England |
13 May 1968 | Frank Zappa | Lumpy Gravy – An original rare release appeared in late 1967 on Capitol, but was pulled quickly because of threatened legal action by MGM. This MGM/Verve release was the first popularly available version. | US |
June 1968 | The Crazy World of Arthur Brown | The Crazy World of Arthur Brown | England |
29 June 1968 | Pink Floyd | A Saucerful of Secrets | England |
June 1968 | Fairport Convention | Fairport Convention | England |
June 1968 | Vanilla Fudge | Renaissance | US |
5 July 1968 | Tyrannosaurus Rex | My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair... But Now They're Content to Wear Stars on Their Brows | England |
17 July 1968 | Deep Purple | Shades of Deep Purple | UK |
19 July 1968 | Family | Music in a Doll's House | England |
22 July 1968 | Miles Davis | Miles in the Sky | US |
26 July 1968 | The Moody Blues | In Search of the Lost Chord | England |
August 1968 | The Jeff Beck Group | Truth | US |
September 1968 | Procol Harum | Shine on Brightly | England |
September 1968 | Giles, Giles and Fripp | The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles and Fripp | England |
September 1968 | Jefferson Airplane | Crown of Creation | US |
October 1968 | Caravan | Caravan | England |
October 1968 | Traffic | Traffic | England |
October 1968 | Deep Purple | The Book of Taliesyn | UK |
14 October 1968 | Tyrannosaurus Rex | Prophets, Seers & Sages: The Angels of the Ages | England |
25 October 1968 | Jethro Tull | This Was | England |
1 November 1968 | George Harrison | Wonderwall Music | England |
November 1968 | The Nice | Ars Longa Vita Brevis | England |
November 1968 | The Left Banke | The Left Banke Too | US |
November 1968 | The Incredible String Band | Wee Tam and the Big Huge | Scotland |
11 December 1968 | Blood, Sweat & Tears | Blood, Sweat & Tears | US |
December 1968 | The Pretty Things | S.F. Sorrow | England |
December 1968 | Soft Machine | The Soft Machine – the original album was only available in the US, an import in the UK; later re-issued as Volume One. | England |
1968 | Miles Davis | Filles de Kilimanjaro | US |
1968 | International Harvester – originally called Pärson Sound (recordings from Pärson Sound weren't released until 2001) | Sov gott Rose-Marie | Sweden |
1968 | Mother's Love – later called De Dream | Take One | Netherlands |
1968 | Touch | Touch | US |
Disbandments
Events
- Syd Barrett leaves Pink Floyd in April 1968.
1969
Newly formed bands
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Albums
Release Date | Artist | Album | Country |
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January 1969 | Sam Gopal | Escalator | England |
February 1969 | Jefferson Airplane | Bless Its Pointed Little Head | US |
February 1969 | Spirit | The Family That Plays Together | US |
February 1969 | Vanilla Fudge | Near the Beginning | US |
5 March 1969 | The Byrds | Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde | US |
7 March 1969 | Genesis | From Genesis to Revelation | England |
March 1969 | Colosseum | Those Who Are About to Die Salute You | England |
March 1969 | Family | Family Entertainment | England |
21 April 1969 | The Mothers of Invention | Uncle Meat | US |
25 April 1969 | The Moody Blues | On the Threshold of a Dream | England |
28 April 1969 | Chicago | Chicago Transit Authority | US |
9 May 1969 | George Harrison | Electronic Sound | England |
16 May 1969 | Tyrannosaurus Rex | Unicorn | England |
23 May 1969 | The Who | Tommy | England |
May 1969 | Traffic | Last Exit | England |
13 June 1969 | Pink Floyd | More | England |
16 June 1969 | Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band | Trout Mask Replica | US |
21 June 1969 | Deep Purple | Deep Purple | UK |
June 1969 | It's a Beautiful Day | It's a Beautiful Day | US |
June 1969 | Procol Harum | A Salty Dog | England |
25 July 1969 | Yes | Yes | England |
30 July 1969 | Miles Davis | In a Silent Way | US |
1 August 1969 | Jethro Tull | Stand Up | England |
August 1969 | Organisation | Tone Float | Germany |
August 1969 | Santana | Santana | US |
26 September 1969 | The Beatles | Abbey Road | England |
September 1969 | The Nice | The Nice | England |
September 1969 | Soft Machine | Volume Two | England |
September 1969 | Van der Graaf Generator | The Aerosol Grey Machine | England, however album was originally released only in the US |
September 1969 | Vanilla Fudge | Rock & Roll | US |
10 October 1969 | King Crimson | In the Court of the Crimson King | England |
10 October 1969 | Frank Zappa | Hot Rats | US |
25 October 1969 | Pink Floyd | Ummagumma | England |
October 1969 | Spirit | Clear | US |
7 November 1969 | Manfred Mann Chapter Three | Manfred Mann Chapter Three | UK |
21 November 1969 | The Moody Blues | To Our Children's Children's Children | England |
November 1969 | Quinessence | In Blissful Company | UK |
November 1969 | Kevin Ayers | Joy of a Toy | UK |
November 1969 | The Incredible String Band | Changing Horses | Scotland |
December 1969 | Fairport Convention | Liege & Lief | England |
December 1969 | Renaissance | Renaissance | England |
1969 | Amon Düül | Psychedelic Underground | Germany |
1969 | Amon Düül | Collapsing / Singvögel Rückwärts & Co | Germany |
1969 | Amon Düül II | Phallus Dei | Germany |
1969 | Brainbox | Brainbox | Netherlands |
1969 | Cromagnon | Orgasm | US |
1969 | East of Eden | Mercator Projected | England |
1969 | Catherine Ribeiro + 2Bis | Catherine Ribeiro + 2Bis | France |
1969 | Rare Bird | Rare Bird | UK |
1969 | The Vampires of Dartmoore | Dracula's Music Cabinet | Germany |
1969 | Wigwam | Hard 'n' Horny | Finland |
1969 | The Tony Williams Lifetime | Emergency! | US |
See also
- Timeline of progressive rock: other decades: 1970s – 1980s – 1990s – 2000s – 2010s – 2020s
- Timeline of progressive rock (Parent article)
- Progressive rock
- Canterbury scene
- Symphonic rock
- Avant-rock
- Rock in Opposition
- Neo-progressive rock
- Progressive metal
- Jazz fusion
Further reading
- Snider, Charles. The Strawberry Bricks Guide To Progressive Rock. Chicago, Ill.: Lulu Publishing (2008) 364 pages, ISBN 978-0-615-17566-9 (paperback). A veritable record guide to progressive rock, with band histories, musical synopses and critical commentary, all presented in the historical context of a timeline.
- Lucky, Jerry. The Progressive Rock Files Burlington, Ontario: Collector's Guide Publishing, Inc (1998), 304 pages, ISBN 1-896522-10-6 (paperback). Gives an overview of progressive rock's history as well as histories of the major and underground bands in the genre.
- Macan, Edward. Rocking the Classics: English Progressive Rock and the Counterculture. Oxford: Oxford University Press (1997), 290 pages, ISBN 0-19-509887-0 (hardcover), ISBN 0-19-509888-9 (paperback). Analyzes progressive rock using classical musicology and also sociology.
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