Albums of the Year 1968

On to 1968. A pivotal year in World History and not by any means a bad one in music though not up there with '67 to my mnd. Still there's plenty of essential stuff. Here's the lsiting on the Best Ever Albums rundown:

1. The Beatles - The Beatles (White Album)

2. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks

3.The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland 

4. The Zombies - Oddessy & Oracle

5. The Velvet Underground - White Light / White Heat

6. The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquest

7. The Kinks - The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society

8. The Band - Music From The Big Pink

9. Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison

10. Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends

 And here is my own. Albums in my personal record collection eligible only:

1. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks

2. The Beatles - The Beatles (White Album)

3. Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes

4. The Kinks - The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society

5. The Zombies - Oddessy & Oracle

6. Dr John - Gris-Gris

7. The Byrds - The Notorious Byrds Brothers

8. Electric Ladyland - The Jimi Hendrix Experience

9. Dillard & Clark - The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark

10. Family - Music in a Doll's House

Much else to recommend. The second album from The Byrds this year, Sweetheart of the Rodeo. United States of America, Creedence, Small Faces, Pretty Things, The Incredible String Band, Laura Nyro, Caetana Veloso and much, much more. But these will do.