Brewer and Shipley, "Tarkio Road" and a few others
The Band, "Cahoots", "Music from Big Pink"
New Riders of the Purple Sage, first LP
Jorma Kaukonan "Quah"
Albert King, "I Wanna Get Funky," and "I'll Play the Blues for You"
Dave Mason, "Alone Together"
Three LP's that is a who's who (members of: Quicksilver Messenger Service, Grateful Dead, CSNY, Jefferson Starship, Joni Mitchell, etc.) of SF bands. Best LPs in descending order: Sunfighter, Baron von Tollbooth and the Chrome Nun, and Blows Against the Empire). The band was put together by Paul Kanter.
David Crosby, "If Only I Could Remember My Name"
Grateful Dead, "Workingman's Dead" and "American Beauty"
Howlin Wolf, "The Real Folk Blues..."
Jerry Garcia, "Garcia"
Jethro Tull, "Standup"
Eric Clapton, "Clapton"
JJ Cale, you may want to check out some of his stuff. Wrote a lot for Clapton. Very good acoustic guitar and lyrics
John Mayall, "USA Union" Some really hot UK blues with a violin!
Mississippi John Hurt, "The Complete Studio Recordings"
Quick Silver Messenger Service, first self-named LP
Stephen Stills, first self-named LP (Hendrix plays on one track)
Taj Mahal "TAke a Giant Step"
Steve Miller, first two LPs
Sons of Champlin (house band for The Lions Share)
The Electric Flag, "A Long Time Comin'" With: Mike Bloomfield, Barry Goldber, Harvey Brooks, Buddy Miles, Nick Gravenites, etc.
Van Morrison, "Moondance", "Saint Dominics Preview", "Hard Nose the Highway" and my favorite "Veedon Fleece."
I tried not to repeat what has been listed above, with the exception of Van Morrison's recordings. I used to go to The Lions Share in San Anselmo and watch Van, and remember well when it snowed in San Anselmo...he refers to it on the "Hard Nose the Highway" LP.
Here is the site where you can download some original 4-track tape recordings that they did for every show at The Lion's Share:
http://bigozine2.com/roio/?p=1744[/ftp]][ftp=ftp://bigozine2.com/roio/?p=1744]http://bigozine2.com/roio/?p=1744[/ftp]