User:Nickelarcade/Timeline of progressive rock (1960–1969)

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.

Contents
1962-1967 - 1968 - 1969


 * See also
 * Links and references

Newly formed bands

 * David Allen Trio (1963)
 * The Moody Blues (1964)
 * The Mothers of Invention (1964)
 * The Wilde Flowers (1964)
 * Pink Floyd (1965)
 * The Syn (1965)
 * Barclay James Harvest (1966)
 * Family (1966)
 * Soft Machine (1966)
 * Stormy Six (1966)
 * Touch (1966)
 * Unit Delta Plus (later White Noise) (1966)
 * Eric Burdon & The Animals (1967)
 * Genesis (1967)
 * Gong (1967)
 * Jethro Tull (1967)
 * The Nice (1967)
 * Organisation (later Kraftwerk) (1967)
 * Procol Harum (1967)
 * Uriel (1967)
 * Van der Graaf Generator (1967)

Albums

 * The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (USA) (1966)
 * Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - Freak Out! (USA) (1966)
 * The Beatles - Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (England) (1967)
 * Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Safe as Milk (USA) (1967)
 * The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed (England) (1967)
 * The Nice - The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack (England) (1967)
 * Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (England) (1967)
 * Procol Harum - Procol Harum (England) (1967)
 * Soft Machine - Jet Propelled Photographs (England) (1967) - NOTE: Demo Recordings first released 1971 as part of the Rock Generation series by BYG Record - Jet Propelled Photograph was adopted as a title quite some time later.
 * Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free (USA) (1967)
 * Frank Zappa - Lumpy Gravy (USA) (1967)

Disbandments

 * The Syn (1967)
 * The Wilde Flowers (1967)

Newly formed bands

 * Art Zoyd
 * Can
 * Caravan
 * Henry Cow
 * O Terço
 * Rush
 * United States of America
 * Yes

Albums

 * The Beatles - The Beatles (AKA The White Album)
 * Caravan - Caravan (England)
 * Eric Burdon & The Animals - The Twain Shall Meet (USA)
 * Family - Music In A Doll's House (England)
 * Giles, Giles and Fripp - The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles and Fripp (England)
 * Jethro Tull - This Was (England)
 * Moody Blues - In Search of the Lost Chord (England)
 * Pärson Sound - Pärson Sound (Sweden)
 * Pink Floyd - A Saucerful of Secrets (England)
 * Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (England)
 * Procol Harum - Shine On Brightly (England)
 * Soft Machine - Volume One (England, although the original album was only available in USA, an import in the UK)
 * The Nice - Ars Longa Vita Brevis (album) (England)
 * United States of America - United States of America (USA)
 * Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - We're Only In It For The Money (USA)

Events

 * Syd Barrett leaves Pink Floyd after an extended and notorious fling with hallucinogenic drugs which cause him psychological damage; replaced by childhood friend David Gilmour.

Newly formed bands

 * Atomic Rooster
 * Beggars Opera
 * Curved Air
 * Egg
 * Focus
 * Hawkwind
 * King Crimson
 * Renaissance
 * Samla Mammas Manna
 * Supertramp
 * Triumvirat
 * Wigwam

Albums

 * The Beatles- Abbey Road
 * Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica (USA)
 * Caravan - Caravan (England)
 * East of Eden - Mercator Projected (England)
 * Fairport Convention - Liege and Lief (England)
 * Genesis - From Genesis to Revelation (England)
 * Gong - "Magick Brother" (France)
 * Jethro Tull - Stand Up (England)
 * King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King (England)
 * The Moody Blues - On the Threshold of a Dream (England)
 * The Moody Blues - To Our Children's Children's Children (England)
 * The Nice - The Nice (England)
 * Organisation - "Tone Float" (Germany)
 * Pink Floyd - Music From The Film More (England)
 * Pink Floyd - Ummagumma (England)
 * Renaissance - Renaissance (England)
 * Soft Machine - Volume Two (England)
 * Touch - Touch (USA)
 * Van der Graaf Generator - The Aerosol Grey Machine (England, although original album was released only in USA))
 * Wigwam - Hard 'n' Horny (Finland)
 * Yes - Yes (England)
 * Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - Uncle Meat (USA)
 * Frank Zappa - Hot Rats (USA)