Morituri Te Salutant is a compilation of live and studio tracks by Colosseum.
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1969 was probably where progressive rock emerged from psychedelia to become a music genre of its own.
In The Court Of the Crimson King by King Crimson is often seen as the start.
Live albums from 1969 include:
Deep Purple Concerto for Group and Orchestra 1969
King Crimson Epitaph Volumes 1 & 2 1969
King Crimson Live At The Marquee 1969
The Nice Five Bridges 1969
The Nice Live At The Fillmore East December 1969
Pink Floyd Ummagumma 1969
Yes Something’s Coming The BBC Recordings 1969 to 1970
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Morituri Te Salutant is a compilation of live and studio tracks by Colosseum.
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Live At The Marquee 1969 is a live album by King Crimson.
Tracks 1 to 7 were recorded at the Marquee Club in London on 6 July 1969. Trees was recorded at the Fairfields Halls in Croydon on 17 October 1969.
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Live At The Fillmore East December 1969 is a live album by The Nice.
It was recorded in New York a few minutes before the band split in March 1970.
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Five Bridges is a live album by The Nice featuring Keith Emerson before he formed Emerson, Lake & Palmer. It also features an orchestra, Sinfonia Of London.
It was mainly recorded at Fairfield Halls in Croydon (UK) on 17 October 1969. Country Pie was recorded live at The Fillmore East in New York in December 1969 and One Of Those People is a studio recording.
The Five Bridges refer to the (then) five bridges that crossed the River Tyne between Newcastle and Gateshead in the North East of England.
Epitaph Volumes 1 & 2 is a live album by King Crimson.
It was recorded in 1969 at various concerts.
On CD 1:
All the songs on CD2 was recorded on December 15, 1969 at the Fillmore West in San Francisco
Concerto for Group and Orchestra is a live album by Deep Purple.
The concerto was written by John Lord and was performed by Deep Purple and The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 24 September 1969. The album was released in January 1970 in the UK and a month earlier in the USA.
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra was conducted by Malcolm Arnold.
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Yes Something’s Coming The BBC Recordings is a live compilation album by Yes. It is made up of songs recorded by the BBC.
(also called Beyond and Before: BBC Recordings 1969–1970)
This is the early stuff before they developed the sound they are known for from The Yes Album onwards and is played by the original members of Yes.
Jon Anderson – vocals
Peter Banks – guitars
Tony Kaye – keyboards
Chris Squire – bass, vocals
Bill Bruford – drums
Peter Banks went on to form Flash but didn’t do a great deal musically after leaving Yes.
Tony Kaye formed Badger and Detective and played on one album with Badfinger. He returned to Yes in the 1980s and 1990s and played on the albums 90125, 9012Live The Solos, Big Generator, Union and Talk.
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Ummagumma is the first Pink Floyd live album recorded in 1969 with early psychedelic space rock classics.
It was a double LP with one LP live and the other recorded in the studio and featuring compositions by the individual members of the group. Only one song, Grantchester Meadows is really worthwhile.