1. The Who- Live at Leeds

Listen: “Summertime Blues”

2. Neil Young- After the Gold Rush

Listen: “Southern Man”

3. John Lennon- Plastic Ono Band

Listen: “God”

4. Black Sabbath- Black Sabbath

Listen: “N.I.B.”

5. Derek and the Dominos- Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs

Listen: “Bell Bottom Blues”

6. The Velvet Underground- Loaded

Listen: “Sweet Jane”

7. Van Morrison- Moondance

Listen: “Into the Mystic”

8. The Stooges- Fun House

Listen: “T.V. Eye”

9. Grateful Dead- American Beauty

Listen: “Box of Rain”

10. Jimi Hendrix- Band of Gypsys

Listen: “Who Knows”

Honorable Mention: Black Sabbath’s Paranoid; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young’s Deja vu; Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew; Nick Drake’s Bryter Layter; George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass; Led Zeppelin’s Led Zeppelin III; MC5’s Back in the USA; Van Morrison’s His Band and the Street Choir; Santana’s Abraxas

Updated: December 31, 2011

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