Your favorites from 1969

[Karl Henning]

Let It Bleed, Hot Rats, In A Silent Way.

My votes: Hot Rats, In A Silent Way, & Abbey Road

[NJ Joe]

Did any of you listen to In a Silent Way in 1969? I was unaware of anything by Miles Davis except for Bitches Brew until the 1990s, when Columbia put out all those box sets.

Hell no! The first Miles album I bought was Agharta, sometime in the late 70's.  It wasn't until 1981's We Want Miles that I became a fan and slowly began exploring his back catalog. Even then, In A Silent Way came much later on.

[bwv 1080]

Tommy, Blind Faith and Hot Rats

although Uncle Meat was also released in 1969, and am nearly as partial to it

Hot Buttered Soul is a great album, how many times has the opening to Walk on By been sampled?

also the Allman Brothers and Flying Burrito Brothers first albums were released that year

[drogulus]

     1) Quicksilver Messenger Service Happy Trails

     https://www.youtube.com/v/Wi0e7brHdMQ

     Who Do You Love

     The first 3:32 introduce you to electric guitar as played by a giant insect, from Cippolina. Then we get Bloomfieldiana on acid, from Duncan. The contrast is wonderful. At a point silliness ensues. This is 1969 (recorded in late '68). At long last they tire of what they're doing and start playing again and build to a tremendous conclusion.

      Mona and Maiden of the Cancer Moon are the best of the rest, again featuring the most idiosyncratic twin guitar attack in the civilized world. Considering who else was in town back then, that is pretty remarkable. Calvary is studio noodling tacked on.

     2) Hot Rats

     3) LiveDead

[Hollywood]

I voted CCR, CCR and the Beatles "Let It Be".

Native Californian here and I was 13 back in 1969. Growing up in the 1950s and 1960s in Los Angeles, and since CCR was a Calif. band, I heard their music often. "Down on the Corner" is one of my CCR favorites.