Author: tomtom
Date: Oct 31, 2007 17:11
On Oct 29, 7:10 pm, poisoned rose aol.com> wrote:
> How late? Thoughts? I don't have a strict answer myself.
>
> I suppose some people define it very firmly, ending in '66 or
> '67...I don't mind extending the zone to '69 or '70 (about the time
> when UK acts stop having an intrusive, exotic "foreignness" and
> begin seeming mainstream/commonplace). However, the harbinger
> late-sixties records which sound more "seventies" don't fit so well,
> such as most of the prog and singer-songwriter stuff.
>
> Some 1970 albums I like and don't mind categorizing as "British
> Invasion":
> Badfinger-Magic Christian Music + No Dice
> The Pretty Things-Parachute
> The Move-Shazam + Looking On
> The Moody Blues-A Question of Balance
> The Who-Live at Leeds
> Thunderclap Newman-Hollywood Dream
> The Beatles-Let It Be [mostly recorded in '69]
> The Kinks-Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround ...
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