The End or The Beginning? Led Zeppelin!

The 12th of January Led Zeppelin's debut album is released in Britain and the Melody Maker rewived it as"...this Zeppelin is really in a gas new bag!..."

The Beatles is performing on the roof Apple Studios(London), for the last time in public, filmed for the Let It Be movie.(January 30)

In february John and Yoko had their Amsterdam Bed-In protest to protest the Vietnam war and rumours of the Beatles split and that Paul McCartney was dead was spreading.

In March Jim Morrison of the Doors is arrested for exposing himself during a show at Miami's Dinner Key Auditorium..

Blind Faith was formed with Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker from the Cream and Stevie Winwwod from Traffic.

Peter Frampton left the Herd and formed Humble Pie together with ex. Samll Faces member Steve Marriott.

Jimi Hendrix was on an downward spiral, arrested at Toronto International Airport for heroin possession(released on $10,000 bond)

Brian Jones left the Rolling Stones and a few weeks later(July 3) he was found dead in his swimming pole, at the age of 27. The Rolling Stones free concert at Hyde Park, 5th of July became a memorial concert in Brian's name. Other bands that played that day was, King Crimson(playing Court Of The Crimson King, 21st Century Schizoid Man), Family and others..

Also in July: Felix Pappalardi & Leslie West form Mountain and in the 21th of July Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon at 2:56:15 AM (GMT), David Bowie's musical career begins with his debut single "Space Oddity" and it was the BBC theme song for the television coverage of the moon landing...

In August two historical festivals was held: Woodstock(15,16 and 17th) and the Isle of Wight festival(30th and 31st) and Jethro Tull released the album "Stand Up"

In October some important album is released: the Beatles "Abbey Road", Led Zeppelin II, Pink Floyd's "Ummagumma" and King Crimson's "In the Court of the Crimson King"

In Sweden Pugh Rogefledt released his groundbreaking album "Ja dä ä dä"(Yes it is it) together with George Wadenius(Made in Sweden) on guitar and Jan Karlsson(Hansson & Karlsson) on drums

The decade ended with the Hells Angels killing of a black man during the free concert at the Altamont Speedway in California...300,000 attended to see: Santana, Jefferson Airplane, Flying Burrito Brothers, Crosby, Stills and Nash and Rolling Stones

January:

USA,in Newark (Jersey): 30,000 copies of the John Lennon, Yoko Ono album, Two Virgins, with a nude photo of John and Yoko were confiscated by police because violated pornography laws
Release of theCreams "White Room" / "Those Were the Days"(UK)
The album Led Zeppelin by the Led Zeppelin was released in the US on the 17 of January
Fleetwood Mac's: single "Albatross" in the UK chart #1 for one week

February:

The Move's "Blackberry Way" hits the UK-chart at no.1 for 1 week
Deep Purple release "Emmaretta"

March:

UK release of The Who's "Pinball Wizard" (UK #4)
Levi started to sell Levis bell-bottomed jeans
The Kinks release "Plastic Man" / "King Kong"
In March 25th John and Yoko Ono staged a bed-in for peace in Amsterdam

April:

The Jimi Hendrix Experience "Crosstown Traffic" / "Gypsy Eyes" was released
Cream release: "Badge"/"What a Bringdown"
King Crimson debuts at the London Speakeasy
The Beatles: "Get Back", released in theUK release, release in US the 5th May
Fleetwood Mac release: "Man of the World", in the UK charts at #2
The Moody Blues has announced that they will form their own record label
Janis Joplin and the Kozmic Blues Band appear at the Royal Albert Hall
An unofficially premier of the Who's rockopera Tommy at the Institute of Technology in Bolton(UK)
At April the 24th Paul McCartney denies rumors that he is dead
Steve Marriott and Peter Frampton will form a new band called the Humble Pie

May:

Officially premier of the Who's rockopera Tommy at Ronnie Scott's in London
US: The Turtles perform at the White House and Mark Volman falls off the stage 5 times
In May 11 the Monty Python comedy troupe is formed
The release of Jethro Tulls "Living In the Past", charts; UK at no.3

June:

In Hyde Park(London) Blind Faith debut for an audience of 120,000 together with Edgar Broughton Band, Third Ear Band and others
Brian Jones announces that he is leaving the Rolling Stones
HEAD LINE ;=) Led Zeppelin begins their first UK tour
David Bowie released "Space Oddity."
The Beatles song "The Ballad of John and Yoko" is at no1 in the UK chart for 3 weeks
Thunderclap Newman release, "Something In the Air", hits theUK charts #1
Rolling Stones "Jumping Jack Flash" peaked at #1 on the U.K. chart.
The Denver Pop Festival(Jun 27) with a crowd of 50,000 people
"Festival of the Blues" in Bath with Led Zeppelin, John Mayall, Fleetwood Mac, Chicken Shack, Ten Years After, Colosseum, Blodwyn Pig, the Nice, Keef Hartley, Taste, Savoy Brown and others
Jimi Hendrix Experience bass player Noel Redding formally announces that he has quit the band

July:

The Mountain is formed by Leslie West and Felix Pappalardi
In July the 3rd Brian Jones (age 27) was found dead at the bottom of his swimming pool
140,000 attended at the Atlanta Pop Festival featuring Led Zeppelin & Janis Joplin
In Hyde Park, London King Crimson made their debut. At the same concert was the Rolling Stones, Family, Battered Ornaments, Third Ear Band and others
The Rolling Stones, "Honky Tonk Women" peaked at #1 on the U.K. chart
Release of Plastic Ono Bands "Give Peace a Chance", charts UK at #2
In July 20 American astronauts land on the Moon

August:

In August the 8 the photos of the Beatles for the cover of their "Abbey Road" album was shot
The Ninth National Jazz and Blues Festival was held at Plumpton, East Sussex: with Pink Floyd, Soft Machine, East of Eden, Blossom Toes, the Strawbs, Peter Hammill, the Who, Chicken Shack, Fat Mattress, Yes!, King Crimson, the Groundhogs, the Nice, the Family, Keef Hartley, Mick Abrahams' Blodwyn Pig, Circus, Hard Meat, Affinity and others. That must have been awesome!!!!
In August the 15th, The Woodstock Music and Art Fair opened at Max Yasgur's farm in the Bethel hamlet of White Lake, N.Y. with Crosby, Stills and Nash; the Grateful Dead; Jimi Hendrix; the Jefferson Airplane; Janis Joplin; Canned Heat, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Santana, Ten Years After, and others..
400,000 people at the festival and "only" two died, one from an overdose of heroin and the other from a burst appendix
30-31 of august: The Isle of Wight Festival of Music with artists like: the Band, Blodwyn Pig, Blonde On Blonde, Edgar Broughton Band, Joe Cocker, Bob Dylan, Family, Fat Mattress Julie Felix, Free, Gypsy, the Moody Blues, the Nice, the Pretty Things, Third Ear Band, the Who and others

September:

David Bowies "Space Oddity" charts UK #5
Rugby Rag's Blues Festival( Warwickshire) with Pink Floyd, the Nice, Taste, Free, Third Ear Band, Edgar Broughton and others
John Lennon's first concert in four years, with the Plastic Ono Band at the Toronto Peace Festival
In September the 26th The Beatles released their last and best album "Abbey Road. It stayed at no.1 for 11 weeks in the chart

October:

Release of the Fleetwood Macs "Oh Well", UK chart #2
Hollies: "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" is released(UK chart #3)
Monty Python's Flying Circus made its debut on BBC Television
Jack Kerouac (47) died of alcoholism
The release of Led Zeppelin's second album Led Zeppelin II in the UK and in the US
The Beatles release: "Something"/"Come Together" (UK and US release)

November:

Jethro Tull: "Sweet Dream" was released, charts the UK at no.7
Plastic Ono Band: "Cold Turkey" was released
Release of theFamily's: ""No Mule's Fool" (UK #29)
John Lennon returned "Order of the British Empire" medal to protest UK's support for Vietnam War

December:

At December the 6th, Meredith Hunter, was stabbed to death by a Hell's Angel(security staff) during the Rolling Stones concert at the Altamount Speedway in Livermore(California), 300,000 people attended

Misc:

Brian Eno's musical career begins as a member of Cardew's Scratch Orchestra
Black Sabbath forms in Birmingham, England
Mott the Hoople's musical career begins
King Crimson's musical career begins
Judas Priest forms in Birmingham, England
In Sweden:
"Asoka" released the album "Schizophrenia"
Pugh Rogefeldt released the groundbreaking album "Ja Dä Ä Dä" with George Wadenius(Made in Sweden) on guitar and Jan Karlsson(Hansson & Karlsson) on drums