Sunday, February 26, 2012

The Corpus

To start the project, I assembled a list of recordings I am calling "the corpus."

For artists in this list, I am including everything they released from 1967 through 1974, except compilations and live albums.

ARTISTS WHOSE COMPLETE WORK FROM 1967-74 IS IN THE CORPUS

Alice Cooper
Badfinger
The Band
Barry White [singles]
The Beach Boys
The Beatles
Big Star
Billy Joel
Bob Dylan
Brian Eno
Bruce Springsteen
Buffalo Springfield
The Byrds
Captain Beefheart
David Bowie
The Doors
Elton John
Fairport Convention
Fleetwood Mac
Flying Burrito Brothers
George Harrison
Gram Parsons
Grateful Dead
James Brown [singles]
Janis Joplin [solo and with bands]
Jefferson Airplane
Jimi Hendrix
Jobriath
John Cale
John Lennon
Joni Mitchell
The Kinks
Laura Nyro
Led Zeppelin
Leonard Cohen
Lou Reed
Loudon Wainwright III
Love
The MC5
The Mothers of Invention
Mott the Hoople
Neil Young
New York Dolls
Nick Drake
Nico
Pete Townshend
Phil Ochs
Pink Floyd
Queen
Rod Stewart
The Rolling Stones
Roxy Music
Scott Walker
Sparks
Steely Dan
The Stooges [also Iggy & the Stooges]
T. Rex [also Tyrannosaurus Rex]
Tim Buckley
Todd Rundgren
Van Morrison
The Velvet Underground
The Who

There are other artists in the corpus, but not their complete work from 1967-74.

6 comments:

  1. Great list, here are some more ideas.

    The Faces
    Van Dyke Parks
    The Modern Lovers
    Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention
    Townes Van Zandt
    Black Sabbath
    Judas Priest
    Deep Purple
    ZZ Top
    Thin Lizzy
    The Animals
    Cream
    Zombies
    The Monks (*you have to check out these guys*)
    Monkees
    Faust
    Residents
    Soft Machine
    Suicide

    I'll try to think of more...

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  2. Mothers of Invention are in the corpus. Cream and Monkees are mentioned here: http://1967to1974project.blogspot.com/2012/02/corpus-whats-left-out.html For the rest, I need some time to respond!

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  3. Simon and Garfunkel. Cat Stevens.

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    1. I feel like Simon & Garfunkel are too poppy for me. But I might decide to include some early stuff that I'm not too familiar with. Cat Stevens, I am still boycotting until he apologizes to Salman Rushdie.

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  4. "Wednesday Morning, 3AM" is not overpoppy. changed my life.

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