Recording dates
This is a project to revise the dates of the best albums of the 1960s using recording dates instead of release dates
Please email me data in the format Artist: Title (month year)
People who contributed to this research: Luke Muehlhauser, Giuseppe Leone, Nick Campsall, Chris Ford, Aron Vallinder, Nicola Porti, Rocco Stilo
Tangerine Dream: Electronic Meditation (october 1969)
Rolling Stones: I (february 1964)
Rolling Stones: 12 X 5 (june 1964)
Donovan: Catch The Wind (march 1965)
Donovan: Fairy Tale (september 1965)
Donovan: Sunshine Superman (may 1966)
Donovan: Mellow Yellow (october 1966)
Donovan: Concert (september 1967)
Donovan: A Gift From A Flower To A Garden (october 1967)
Donovan: Hurdy Gurdy Man (april 1968)
Donovan: Barabajagal (may 1969)
Al Kooper: Super Sessions (may 1968)
Blues Project: CafŠ au Go Go (january 1966)
Blues Project: Projections (october 1966)
Third Ear Band: Alchemy (december 1968)
Tim Hardin 1 (july 1966)
Tim Hardin 2 (april 1967)
Tim hardin III (april 1968)
Tim Buckley: Tim Buckley (august 1966)
Tim Buckley: Goodbye & Hello (june 1967)
Tim Buckley: Happy Sad (prob. june 1968)
Tim Buckley: Lorca (september 1969)
Tim Buckley: Blue Afternoon (november 1969)
Nico: Chelsea Girl (april 1967)
Nico: The Marble Index (september 1968)
Jefferson Airplane: Takes Off (march 1966)
Jefferson Airplane: After Bathing At Baxter's (june 1967)
Jefferson Airplane: Crown of Creation (june 1968)
Jefferson Airplane: Bless Its Pointed Little Head (november 1968)
Grateful Dead: Grateful Dead (january 1967)
Pearls Before Swin: One Nation Underground (may 1967)
Pearls Before Swin: Balaklava (spring 1968)
Byrds: Mr Tambourine Man (april 1965)
Byrds: Turn! Turn! Turn! (november 1965)
Byrds: Fifth Dimension (may 1966)
Byrds: Younger Than Yesterday (december 1966)
Byrds: Notorious Byrd Brothers (december 1967)
Byrds: Sweetheart Of The Rodeo (may 1968)
Byrds: Dr Byrds And Mr Hyde (december 1968)
Byrds: Ballad Of The Easy Rider (august 1969)
Bob Dylan: Highway 61 Revisited (aug 1965)
Monks: Black Monk Time (november 1965)
Who: My Generation (oct 1965)
Rolling Stones: Aftermath (mar 1966)
Nick Drake: Five Leaves Left (july 1968)
Bob Dylan: Blonde on Blonde (mar 1966)
Frank Zappa: Freak Out (mar 1966)
Beach Boys: Pet Sounds (apr 1966)
Doors: The Doors (sep 1966)
Love: Da Capo (oct 1966)
Yardbirds: Roger The Engineer (june 1966)
Jefferson Airplane: Surrealistic Pillow (nov 1966)
Rolling Stones: Between The Buttons (December 1966)
Frank Zappa: Absolutely Free (nov 1966)
Velvet Underground: Velvet Underground & Nico (all songs recorded in april-may 1966 except Sunday Morning in nov 1966)
Byrds: Younger Than Yesterday (dec 1966)
Jefferson Airplane: Surrealistic Pillow (Nov 1966)
Country Joe and The Fish: Electric musc for your mind and body (feb 1967)
Country Joe and The Fish: I feel like I'm Fixin' to die (sep 1967)
Red Crayola: Parable Of Arable Land (mar 1967)
Jimi Hendrix: Are You Experienced? (apr 1967)
Jimi Hendrix: Axis: Bold As Love (october 1967)
Jimi Hendrix: Electric Ladyland (August 1968)
Captain Beefheart: Safe as Milk (apr 1967)
Beatles: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (apr 1967)
Cream: Fresh (december 1966)
Cream: Disraeli Gears (may 1967)
Pink Floyd: The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (jun 1967)
Tim Buckley: Goodbye And Hello (jun 1967)
Doors: Strange Days (aug 1967)
Leonard Cohen: Songs of Leonard Cohen (Aug 1967)
Velvet Underground: White Light White Heat (september 1967)
Blue Cheer: Vincebus Eruptum (month? 1967)
Bob Dylan: Basement Tapes (September 1967)
Love: Forever Changes (September 1967)
Incredible String Band: Hangman Beautiful Daughter (December 1967)
Rolling Stones: Their Satanic Majesties Request (october 1967)
Traffic: Mr Fantasy (November 1967)
Traffic: John Barleycorn Must Die (april 1970)
United States Of America: self titled (December 1967)
Frank Zappa: Lumpy Gravy (october 1967)
Nico: Chelsea Girl (may 1967)
Buffalo Springfield: Again (October 1967)
Frank Zappa: We're Only In It For the Money (oct 1967)
The Moody Blues: Days of Future Passed (Nov 1967)
Captain Beefheart: Mirror Man (nov 1967)
Bob Dylan: John Wesley Harding (nov 1967)
Byrds: Notorious Byrd Brothers (dec 1967)
Doors: Waiting for the Sun (May 1968)
Rolling Stones: Beggar's Banquet (june 1968)
Frank Zappa: Uncle Meat (feb 1968)
Laura Nyro: Eli And The 13th Confession (feb 1968)
Grateful Dead: Anthem Of The Sun (mar 1968)
Pink Floyd: A Saucerful Of Secrets (apr 1968)
Cream: Wheels Of Fire (march 1968)
Captain Beefheart: Strictly Personal (may 1968)
Jimi Hendrix: Electric Ladyland (aug 1968)
Van Morrison: Astral Weeks (oct 1968)
MC5: Kick out the Jams (oct 1968)
Led Zeppelin: I (oct 1968)
Leonard Cohen: Songs From A Room (oct 1968)
Kinks: Village Green Preservation Society (oct 1968)
Cream: Goodbye (december 1968)
Grateful Dead: Live Dead (mar 1969)
Grateful Dead: Aoxomoxoa (mar 1969)
Who: Tommy (mar 1969)
Jefferson Airplane: Volunteers (apr 1969)
Jethro Tull: Stand Up (apr 1969)
Soft Machine: Volume One (apr 1968)
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Bayou Country (month? 1968)
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Willy And The Poor Boys (month? 1969)
Soft Machine: Volume Two (mar 1969)
Doors: The Soft Parade (apr 1969)
Captain Beefheart: Trout Mask Replica (april 1969)
Santana: self-titled (may 1969)
The Stooges: Fun House (May 1969)
Velvet Underground: Velvet Underground (december 1968)
Blind Faith: self-titled (jun 1969)
The Stooges: s/e (June 1969)
Laura Nyro: New York Tendaberry (jul 1969)
Beatles: Abbey Road (aug 1969)
Syd Barrett: The Madcap Laughs (aug 1969)
King Crimson: In The Court Of The Crimson King (sep 1969)
Frank Zappa: Hot Rats (sep 1969)
Chicago: Chicago II (August 1969)
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: Dejavu (month? 1969)
Van Morrison: Moondance (nov 1969)
Simon & Garfunkel: Bridge Over The Troubled Water (nov 1969)
James Taylor: Sweet Baby James (Dec 1969)
Doors: Morrison Hotel (dec 1969)
The Moody Blues: On the Threshold of a Dream (Jan 1969)
Jefferson Airplane: Volunteers (Apr 1969)
King Crimson: In the Court of the Crimson King (Sep 1969)
Pink Floyd: Ummagumma (may 1969)
Frank Zappa: Hot Rats (september 1969)
Rolling Stones: Let It Bleed (November 1969)
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