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1968 was a pivotal year for creativity in British rock, beginning with some influences of psychedelia still present in work by ground-breaking artists such as Pretty Things, Tomorrow, Incredible String Band, Idle Race, Traffic and The Move, but gradually giving way to styles influenced by jazz, blues, folk and more that would eventually become termed as “progressive”, “folk-rock” and “hard” rock, all of which championed by “underground” figures of the day such as DJ John Peel on his BBC Radio One show Top Gear and by publications such as International Times and Oz. TRACKS BY DEEP PURPLE, JETHRO TULL, BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST, JULIE DRISCOLL, BRIAN AUGER & THE TRINITY, SPOOKY TOOTH, TRAFFIC, THE MOVE, CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN, VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR, PROCOL HARUM, GENESIS, CARAVAN, JEFF BECK, PRETTY THINGS, THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND, TOMORROW.
1968 was a pivotal year for creativity in British rock, beginning with some influences of psychedelia still present in work by ground-breaking artists such as Pretty Things, Tomorrow, Incredible String Band, Idle Race, Traffic and The Move, but gradually giving way to styles influenced by jazz, blues, folk and more that would eventually become termed as “progressive”, “folk-rock” and “hard” rock, all of which championed by “underground” figures of the day such as DJ John Peel on his BBC Radio One show Top Gear and by publications such as International Times and Oz. TRACKS BY DEEP PURPLE, JETHRO TULL, BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST, JULIE DRISCOLL, BRIAN AUGER & THE TRINITY, SPOOKY TOOTH, TRAFFIC, THE MOVE, CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN, VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR, PROCOL HARUM, GENESIS, CARAVAN, JEFF BECK, PRETTY THINGS, THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND, TOMORROW.